This late-summer live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the second in a periodic series that showcases deliriously over-the-top music that’s ecstatic, sometimes relentlessly so. Through pieces short and long, improvised and composed, the program will explore musical ecstasy from a variety of perspectives: rock, jazz, maximalism, Krautrock, world music, just intonation and more. “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer will kick off the show with a tune featuring Lester Young, who would have turned 115 on the day of this broadcast. The program will culminate with a just-intonated jam by La Monte Young and the Forever Bad Blues Band.  

This show is dedicated to Rob’s sister Cathy who died 364 days ago on her 60th birthday, August 28, 2023. Her memory is a blessing. 

Playlist: 

Ascension - SUNN O)))

Vitus Labrusca (“Overlooked” theme) - Ben LaMar Gay

After You’ve Gone - Kansas City Six with Lester Young

Glossolalia - Cecil Taylor

Macaw - Horse Lords

Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno

Rahma - Kadef Agbi

Laila II - Agitation Free

And The Glitter is Gone - Yo La Tengo 

Six - Hampton Grease Band

Just Stompin’ - La Monte Young & The Forever Bad Blues Band

After the local news at noon, “Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments, a mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird.  "Overlooked" offers mix of newly released music and thematic programs. Live from Overlook Mountain in Ulster County.

Host Rob Saffer is the former Executive Director and Producer of the Creative Music Foundation. While living in Brooklyn for 25 years, he served on advisory boards for Celebrate Brooklyn and Symphony Space. He also curated the Brooklyn Museum’s summer jazz series and helped found The Mingus Big Band.