After three consecutive thematic programs, “Overlooked” will devote the month of May to newly released music. In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, host Rob Saffer will spin nearly two dozen pieces of brand new music made by a mix of newcomers and veterans. As is typical of most “Overlooked” new music shows, the program will span various genres, including contemporary jazz in duo, trio, and larger ensembles, ambient pyschedelia, other varieties of instrumental music, and world music-y vocals. The program will commence with a recently unearthed recording by Sonny Rollins and will culminate with an excerpt from a new version of Terry Riley’s classic “In C” by cellist Maya Beiser.

Playlist:
Oleo - Sonny Rollins
Sharptooth - SticklerPhonics
Swerve - James Brandon Lewis
Hexway Liner - Michael Attias
The Slp - Luke Stewart
Animistic - Angelica Sanchez
Nonaah - Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
Ay-ya - David Leon
Dava’s Tune - Dave Sewelson, Ava Mendoza
Fourth Wall - The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis
who is this for - Missing Scenes
Sky Diamonds - Infinite River
Penny Bunn - Declatel
The Re-entry of Embers - Venusian Motel Guests
Last Transmission - Sundrifter
Pebble Dance - John Surman
Bubisher - Aziza Brahim
Vou Ficar Neste Quandrado - Ana Lua Caiano
Mote - Malini Sridharan
Ti Neg - Nathalie Joachim
Rift and Reckoning - Jason Blake & Raphael Weinroth Brown
In C 10 - Maya Beiser

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. Live from the shadow of 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.

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