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Ben LaMar Gay鈥檚 mixtape

Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from Chicago composer and vocalist Ben LaMar Gay to blast away the January blues, with Brazilian jazz, gospel guitar, electroacoustic sounds and more.

Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from Chicago multi-instrumentalist, composer and vocalist Ben LaMar Gay to blast away the January blues. Raised on Chicago's South Side, Gay started his career as a cornet player, honing his craft as a member of the respected Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. A prolific creator and collaborator in the experimental music scene in the city, he鈥檚 worked with everyone from Makaya McCraven, Joshua Abrams and Nicole Mitchell to Jaimie Branch, Theo Parrish and Bitchin Bajas.

Often described as a 鈥榩ostmodern folklorist鈥�, Gay鈥檚 sound melds a vast array of influences including avant-garde jazz, Brazilian traditions, and experimental electronic composition. His exclusive mixtape for Late Junction reflects his wide-ranging influences, featuring Brazilian jazz, gospel blues, electroacoustic sounds, and plenty of avant-garde mind-bending jazz moments, with pieces from Pauline Oliveros, Pamela Z and Blind Willie Johnson.

Elsewhere in the show there鈥檚 sonic experiments from the Kingdom of Fife, piano improvisations from Iran and jaw harp from Nova Scotia.

Produced by Katie Callin
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Music Played

  • Ben LaMar Gay

    In Tongues And In Droves (feat. Tomeka Reid)

    • Open Arms to Open Us.
    • International Anthem Recording Company.

  • Comorian

    Please Protect My Newborn Child From The Spirits

    • 骋濒颈迟迟别谤产别补迟冲迟补办鈥�:鈥媡颈濒冲2021.
    • Glitterbeat.

  • Morteza Mahjubi

    Improvisation in Afshari (Yek Shakheh Gol #179)

    • Selected Improvisations From Golha, Pt. I.
    • Death Is Not The End.

  • Chik White

    Dreamer's Way

    • Jaw Works & Behind A Dead Tree On The Shore.
    • Notice Recordings.

  • Sonologyst

    Teatro Grottesco

    • Dust Of Human Race.
    • Eighth Tower Records.

  • Su Wai

    Luu Ma Naw (Lonely in the Forest)

    • Gita Pon Yeik.
    • Little Axe Records.

  • Terry Riley & Gyan Riley

    The Lake

    • Way Out Yonder.
    • ORG Music US.

  • Jana Rush

    Intergalactic Battle (feat. DJ Paypal)

    • Painful Enlightenment.
    • Planet Mu.

  • Houeida Hedfi

    Echos De Medjerda (feat. Olof Dreijer)

    • Fleuves De l'Ame.
    • Phantasy Sound.

  • Ben LaMar Gay鈥檚 mixtape

    • Blind Willie Johnson

      Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

      • The Complete Blind Willie Johnson.
      • Sony Records Int'l.

    • Nicole Mitchell

      The Chalice

      • Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds.
      • FPE Records.

    • Pamela Z

      Quatre Couches / Flare Stains

      • A Secret Code.
      • Neuma Records.

    • La Negra Graciana

      La Vieja

      • Sones Jarochos Con El Tr铆o Silva.
      • Corason.

    • Pauline Oliveros

      Fed Back 2

      • Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970.
      • Important Records.

    • Marina Rosenfeld & George Lewis

      We Gig Or Else

      • Sour Mash.
      • Innova Recordings.

    • Nan谩 Vasconcelos

      Vozes (Saudades)

      • Saudades.
      • ECM Records.

    • Mark Pritchard

      Hi Red

      • Under The Sun.
      • Warp Records.

    • Meredith Monk

      Gotham Lullaby

      • Dolmen Music.
      • ECM Records.

    • Alexander Hawkins & Tomeka Reid

      Peace On You

      • Shards And Constellations.
      • Intakt Records.

    • King Sunny Ad茅 and His African Beats

      Mo Beru Agba

      • Juju Music.
      • Sunny Alade.

  • Otis Sandsj枚 & Niklas Wandt

    Lingua

    • Compagni Di Merende.
    • Kryptox.

  • Cerddorion Y Ffordd Euraidd / Golden Road Musicians

    C芒n y Ffordd Euraidd / Song of the Golden Road

    • C芒n y Ffordd Euraidd / Song of the Golden Road.
    • https://vimeo.com/642288464.

  • Sam Sweeney

    Untitled Waltz #1 / Tweedside

    • Solo.
    • Hudson Records.

  • Brice Catherin & Henry McPherson

    GIOFest Small Group 6

    • GIOFest 2021.

  • Sontag Shogun

    Flutter (Excerpt)

    • Flutter & Scrape.
    • Flag Day Recordings.

  • Natalia Beylis

    Invaded By Fireflies (Excerpt)

    • Invaded By Fireflies.
    • Takuroku.

  • Kinbrae & Clare Archibald

    Haul into Being

    • Birl of Unmap.
    • Full Spectrum Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Jan 2022 23:00
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