Today's program includes a tribute to Malachi Favors, who passed away this week at age 76.  Favors played bass with the Art Ensemble of Chicago for almost 40 years.  Included here are 3 songs from the Art Ensemble, as well as performances with Kahil El'Zabar and Wadada Leo Smith.

Artist-Title-Album-Label-Date 

• Abdullah Ibrahim-Joan (Cape Town Flower)-African Magic-Enja-7/13/01
  

• Tony Williams-Neptune: Fear Not-Young at Heart-Columbia-1998
• Joel Frahm-Turnaround-Don't Explain-Palmetto-12/8/01
• Randy Weston-Blues for Five Reasons-Marrakech In the Cool of the Evening-Verve-9/28/92
  

• Billie Holiday-Stormy Weather-Lady in Autumn-Verve-7/27/52
• Amina Cluadine Myers-Nisamehe-Amina-RCA-11/18/87
• Ned Otter-Tenderly-Powder Keg-Two and Four-2003
  

• Art Ensemble of Chicago-Dreaming of the Masters-Dreaming of the Masters Suite-DIW-1990
• Art Ensemble of Chicago-Charlie M-Full Force-ECM-1/80
• Art Ensemble of Chicago-Prayer for Jimbo Kwesi-The Third Decade-ECM-6/84
  

• Kahil El'Zabar-The Opening-Another Kind of Groove-Sound Aspects-5/22/86
• Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio-Save Your Love for Me-Renaissance of the Resistance-Delmark-11/29/93
• Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio-Conversations 2; The Dialogue-Conversations-Delmark-1/23/99
  

• John Coltrane-Chasin' Another Trane-Complete Village Vanguard Recordings-Impulse-11/2/61
  

• Bheki Mseleku-Nearer Awakening-Beauty of Sunrise-Verve-11/26/95
• Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio-Whenever I Think of You-Conversations-Delmark-1/23/99
  

• Wadada Leo Smith-Piru-The Year of the Elephant-Pi-4/18/02
• Scott Amendola-My Son, the Wanderer-Cry-Cryptogramophone-1/02

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