The Weekend Planet

Angel is the new album from one of the world’s more remarkable young lutenists. The young, Egyptian-born, Joseph Tawadros has called Australia home since arriving here as a two year old in 1986. Angel is a set of original, decidedly-conversational instrumental music. It inclines to the contemplative, but offers fire, too. With the leader-composer’s oud are frame drums {beautifully played by his brother James Tawadros}, piano and clarinet - the latter very sensitively handled, respectively, by Matt McMahon and Dimitri Vouras.

Joseph Tawadros site: www.josephtawadros.com

Playlist

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Details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs

’THE WEEKEND PLANET’ SUN 30 .3 08

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THEME:
(details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - ’Nuevos Medios Coleccion’ - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
{ in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm }
and ’Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate’ (Hannibal 334352 )

CD CUT 1, ’JARABI’
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - ’SONGHAI’
THIRTY SECONDS (EXCERPT)
(retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate’s kora, Danny Thompson’s beautiful double bass and Ketama’s flamenco guitars )

2206
CD CUT 12, ’OUD TAQASIM’
JOSEPH TAWADROS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 2008-03-19
( in Australia through Creative Vibes www.cvibes.com
Worldwide: www.josephtwaadros.com )
JOSEPH TAWADROS - ’ANGEL’
4: 28
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: Joeph’s oud {fretless Arabic lute}, solo, on a virtuosic modal improvisation. Joseph is playing a custom-designed oud, made by Faruk Turunz. The internationally-renowned Turkish luthier has recently added to his range a ’Joseph Tawadros Signature Series Oud’, which is what Joseph plays on this CD.

YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE MAN WHO MADE JOSEPH’S OUD?

Go to:
www.oudmaster.com/php

JOSEPH TAWADROS CD LAUNCH CONCERT ALERT ( Sydney )

Wednesday April 16th, 8pm
St Stephen’s Church
189 Church St, Newtown
Bookings: joe@josephtawadros.com )

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CD 13, ’SOUL’
JOSEPH TAWADROS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 2008-03-19
( in Australia through Creative Vibes www.cvibes.com
Worldwide: www.josephtwaadros.com )
JOSEPH TAWADROS - ’ANGEL’
7: 12
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF; Joseph’s oud, Dimitri Vouras’s clarinet, Matt McMahon’s piano and James Tawadros on frame-drum - here, the bendir, tolling. Has obviously-Arabic elements, but not those-only. This piece is mostly more introspective.

YOU’D LIKE TO SEE/KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BENDIR?

This is a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendir

SEGUE
(same-disc, consecutive)

2220
CD CUT 14, ’GUARDIAN’
JOSEPH TAWADROS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 2008-03-19
( in Australia through Creative Vibes www.cvibes.com
Worldwide: www.josephtwaadros.com )
JOSEPH TAWADROS - ’ANGEL’
5: 18
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: same musos, different mood. Joseph’s oud, Dimitri Vouras’s clarinet, Matt McMahon’s piano and James Tawadros on frame-drum - here, the req {aka ’riq’ - little frame-drum/tambourine with jingles/cymbals in its rim } - bright, exuberant and virtuosic.

LIKE TO SEE/KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RIQ {AKA ’RIQQ/REQ’}?

This is a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riq

LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FRAME DRUMS, GENERALLY?

Here are two good places to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_drum
www.rhythmweb.com/frame

JOSEPH TAWADROS CD LAUNCH CONCERT ALERT ( Sydney )

Wednesday April 16th, 8pm
St Stephen’s Church
189 Church St, Newtown
Bookings: joe@josephtawadros.com )

2227
CD CUT 8 - ’ANGEL AND MR. CASH’
KATE FAGAN
CONTROL
KF 0601
(in Australia through MGM: www.thegroovemerchants.com
Worldwide: www.katefagan.com )
KATE FAGAN - ’DIAMOND WHEEL’
3: 58
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: solo: Kate plays spare piano and sings. Her song was inspired by the video clip of Johnny Cash singing ’Hurt’.

KATE FAGAN + LUCIE THORNE: GIGS ALERT ( Sydney, Katoomba )

The two songsters together, on two nights:

Tuesday April 15th, 8pm in Sydney, at The Basement
www.thebasement.com.au
tel: 02 9251 2797

Friday April 18, 7.30 pm in Katoomba, at The Clarendon Guest House.
www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au
tel: 02 4782 1322 )

SEGUE

2231
CD CUT 6, ’BOLOM KOZH’ ( LE VIEUX BONHOMME )
TRAD/ THIERRY ROBIN/ ARR THIERRY ROBIN AND ERIK MARCHAND PUB NOT SPEC
OCORA RADIO FRANCE C 559 084
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
Ocora is Radio France’s label www.radiofrance.com )
ERIK MARCHARND AND THIERRY ROBIN - ’AN HENCHOU TREUZ’ {CHANTS DU CENTRE-BRETAGNE [SONGS OF CENTRAL BRITTANY])
4: 07
(A rhythmic, traditional Breton song with Arabic-cum-Hindustani instrumentation. Erik sings, with Thierry Robin {now known as ’Titi Robin’. This was issued in 1990 } playing the oud and Hameed Khan on tabla. Introduced by a solo taqsim {modal improvisation} on oud, the song is about a young woman, aggrieved at being wed to an old man. The seeming- plaint turns into a ’happy’ song: the old man soon dies, leaving her still young, available-again.. and wealthy.

ABC RADIO NATIONAL {THIERRY} TITI ROBIN ALERT

His splendid Australian debut performances were at WOMADelaide 2008. ’Music Deli’ was recording there, so Titi will surface on a future edition.

Music Deli’ with Paul Petran airs each Friday from 8.05 pm to 9.00pm.
It is repeated on Sunday afternoons after the 4.00 pm news

Website {includes audio}: www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli )

2237
CD CUT 3, ’DHUN’
COMP NOT SPEC, BUT ALMOST CERTAINLY TRAD/ANON, ARR BY THE PLAYERS
PUB NOT SPEC, BUT ALMOST CERTAINLY PUBLIC DOMAIN
RHYME RECORDS RCD 2535
( no Australian distributor.
Available worldwide, direct: www.rhymerecords.com )
USTAD SHAHID PARVEZ - ’LIVE’
11: 42
( in concert, Kansas City, 2004 The lighter end of Hindustani {north Indian} classical - a genial, bright and lyrical dhun {setting of a song, usually a ’folk’ song} for the Ustad’s sitar, accompanied by Subhajyoti Guha on tabla )

2250
CD CUT 6, ’SOULTRANE’
TADD DAMERON
CARBABY MUSIC CO (ASCAP)
BLUE NOTE 0946 3 70281 2 4
( Through EMI...at least notionally
www.bluenote.com )
JOE LOVANO AND HANK JONES - ’KIDS: LIVE AT DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA’
7: 30
( ’Live’, unhurried, swinging, warm and lyrical duo. Jones’ piano, Lovano’s tenor sax. Jones was just shy of his 88th birthday at time of this 2006 gig )

2258
CD CUTS 13, ’BUBAK AND HUNGARICUS’
TRAD HUNGARIAN ARR ERNIE GRUNER AND PHIL CARROLL
EBN 001
( Independent release.
Available direct, via www.erniegruner.com )
ERNIE GRUNER AND PHIL CARROLL - ’BOHEMIAN NIGHTS’
0: 50
(AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR : Ernie’s violin and Phil’s accordion, in lively, Hungarian, ’gypsy’ mode.

BOHEMIAN NIGHTS GIG ALERT ( Melbourne )

Saturday April 5th, 8pm
1 Mark St Hall, North Fitzroy
Bookings via 03 9417 1983
www.erniegruner.com/gypsynights.html
www.boite.com.au )

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11 PM NEWS
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2305
CD CUT 7, ’SOMETHING FINE’
JACKSON BROWNE
SWALLOW TURN MUSIC ( ASCAP )
INSIDE RECORDINGS INR8021-9
( in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au
Worldwide: www.insiderecordings.com )
JACKSON BROWNE - ’SOLO ACOUSTIC VOL. 2’
4: 56
(’live’ , tender, solo, recently performed by Jackson’s voice and finger-picked ac guitar. The song is at least thirty-six years old - now, around twice as old as the author was when he wrote it. It includes a joking reference to Moroccan hashish, but it is very definitely not a ’drug song’. It was prompted by a brief, intense love affair with someone who happened to be in the house he stayed in, on his first visit to England. The song’s ’original’ recording was on Browne’s debut LP, issued in 1972.

ABC RADIO NATONAL JACKSON BROWNE ALERT

This CD will be explored through the week - Mon April 1st to Fri 4th - on ’The Daily Planet’.

’ The Daily Planet’ - with Lucky Oceans - airs Monday to Friday at 2.20pm
Except on Fridays, it has a second airing at 11.20 pm
website {includes audio} : www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet

LIKE TO SEE THE LYRIC TO ’SOMETHING FINE’?

It’s here:
www.jrp-graphics.com/jb/sbu.html )

2312
CD CUT 6, ’REQ TAQASIM’
JAMES TAWADROS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 2008-03-19
( in Australia through Creative Vibes www.cvibes.com
Worldwide: www.josephtwaadros.com )
JOSEPH TAWADROS - ’ANGEL’
1: 36
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: bright and virtuosic solo on an only seemingly-modest frame’drum/tambourine - the req. Played by James Tawadros, the still-teenaged younger brother of Joseph.

LIKE TO SEE/KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RIQ {AKA ’RIQQ/REQ’}?

This is a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riq

LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FRAME DRUMS, GENERALLY?

Here are two good places to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_drum
www.rhythmweb.com/frame )

SEGUE

2314
CD CUT 7, ’FALLEN’
JOSEPH TAWADROS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 2008-03-19
( in Australia through Creative Vibes www.cvibes.com
Worldwide: www.josephtwaadros.com )
JOSEPH TAWADROS - ’ANGEL’
6: 04
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF. Very fleet, whirling, virtuosic. Has a deal of interaction and improvisation, too. . Joseph’s oud, Dimitri Vouras’s clarinet, Matt McMahon’s piano and James Tawadros on frame-drum - here, the req {aka ’riq’ - little frame-drum/tambourine with jingles/cymbals in its rim } - bright, exuberant and virtuosic.

JOSEPH TAWADROS CD LAUNCH CONCERT ALERT ( Sydney )

Wednesday April 16th, 8pm
St Stephen’s Church
189 Church St, Newtown
Bookings: joe@josephtawadros.com )

2321
CD CUT 2, ’BEETHOVEN’
JAMES MULLER
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
KIMNARA RECORDS NARA004
( www.kimnara.com.au
See its ’links’ page for list of suppliers )
MATT MCMAHON - ’PATHS AND STREAMS’
4: 40
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: contemplative and beautiful, drawing from the dedicatee’s late string quartets. James Muller’s elec guitar, Simon Barker’s brushes, the leader’s piano, Brett Hirst’s ac bass, plus a string quartet )

2329
CD CUTS 1 THROUGH 5: ’ANGEL SUITE IN D’
( 1: LIGHT/ 2: SPINNING ROUND/ 3: THERE/ 4: STRANGER/ 5: ANGEL )
JOSEPH TAWADROS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 2008-03-19
( in Australia through Creative Vibes www.cvibes.com
Worldwide: www.josephtwaadros.com )
JOSEPH TAWADROS - ’ANGEL’
24: 47 ( 6: 37 + 3: 22 + 4: 17 + 5: 23 + 5: 28 )
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: The piece relates to these words, written by Mary Baker Eddy: ’when angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts.’

.A 5-part suite for Joseph’s oud {fretless Arabic lute}, James Tawadros {his younger brother} on bendir {frame drum}, pianist Matt McMahon and clarinettist Dimitri Vouras Has obviously-Arabic elements, but not those-only. Variously lively and meditative -predominantly, the latter.

JOSEPH TAWADROS CD LAUNCH CONCERT ALERT ( Sydney )

Wednesday April 16th, 8pm
St Stephen’s Church
189 Church St, Newtown
Bookings: joe@josephtawadros.com )

LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT MARY BAKER EDDY ( 1821 - 1910 )?
She is famous/infamous for something other than the quote to which Joseph’s CD relates.

Go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Baker_Eddy )

2355
CD CUT 3, ’LULLABY’
HANK JONES
THANK MUSIC (ASCAP)
BLUE NOTE 0946 3 70281 2 4
( Through EMI...at least notionally
www.bluenote.com )
JOE LOVANO AND HANK JONES - ’KIDS: LIVE AT DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA’
3: 30 (excerpt)
( Unassumingly magnificent: sublime, utterly relaxed, highly alert and very lyrical duo jazz, ’live’. Hank was in his 88th year at the time of this 2006 gig. His piano, Joe’s tenor sax )

Presenter

Doug Spencer

Producer

Doug Spencer