The March 4 edition of Greasy Tracks featured the debut release from Dose Hermanos, music from San Francisco Bay Area bands and tributes to Wayne Shorter and David Lindley.
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Persistence of Memory is the recent offering by the long-running duo of improvisational piano maestros Tom Constanten and Bob Bralove who are connected via their association with the Grateful Dead.
Constanten played keys in the band during the height of their psychedelic explorations, 1968-70. Bralove was an engineer with the group during their later era, 1987-95 — much like a chef adding “flavors” to the band’s sound, especially during the drums and space portions of their live shows.
Interviews with Bralove and Constanten were featured throughout the program.
The program also included music from across the career of the jazz innovator Shorter who passed away at the age of 89 on March 2.
The recipient of 12 Grammy Awards, Shorter released 25 albums as a solo artist, but is best known for his work with some of the most famous lineups in jazz history: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet and Weather Report which he co-founded with Joe Zawinul.
An interview with Little Feat keyboardist Bill Payne was included as Payne talked about Little Feat and Emmylou Harris co-hosting a 1977 episode of “The Midnight Special” which included performances by Weather Report. Payne shares some memories of Shorter and reflects on his immense contribution as a musician.
When not working on his own projects, multi-instrumentalist Lindley, who passed away on March 3, was an in-demand session player who brought his distinct sound to scores of artists ranging from Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon and Ry Cooder to Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton and David Crosby and Graham Nash.