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Sunday Night Mind Melt
Sunday February 9th, 2020 with Heavy Ben
Brother Ah (Bob Northern)

The joining of spiritual jazz, avant-garde classical, soul, gospel, the blues, and new age. https://blogthehum.com/2017/04/01/on-divine-music-manufactured-recordings-incredible-new-box-set-of-unreleased-recordings-by-brother-ah/
We begin with a track from each of Brother Ah's 6 LPs
Beyond Yourself (The Midnight Confession) - Introduction / Rap / Midnight Confession
Brother Ah - Sound Awareness - Strata-East/Manufactured Recordings - 1972/2016
Nature's Children
Brother Ah - Move Ever Onward - Divine/Manufactured Recordings - 1975/2016
Sekou
Brother Ah And The Sounds Of Awareness - Key To Nowhere - Divine/Manufactured Recordings - 1983/2016
Nuba
Brother Ah - The Sea - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1978/2017
Song Of The Unseen
Brother Ah - Meditation - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1981/2017
I Am
Brother Ah - Searching - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1985/2017
But a taste of the many remarkable sessions that Robert / Bob Northern played on
Back In Your Own Back Yard
Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Sound Sun Pleasure!! - El Saturn - 1970 (recorded circa 1959)
Off Minor
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra - At Town Hall - Riverside - 1959
The Fakir
Cal Tjader - Several Shades Of Jade - Verve - 1963
Carnival (Manha De Carnaval)
Freddie Hubbard - The Body & The Soul - Impulse! - 1963
Noah
Donald Byrd - I'm Tryin' To Get Home (Brass With Voices) - Blue Note - 1965
War Orphans
Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra - Impulse! - 1970
Africa
John Coltrane - Africa/Brass - Impulse! - 1961
A track from each of Brother Ah's 6 LPs... reprise
Love Piece
Brother Ah - Sound Awareness - Strata-East/Manufactured Recordings - 1972/2016
Transcendental March (Creation Song)
Brother Ah - Move Ever Onward - Divine/Manufactured Recordings - 1975/2016
Hanifah
Brother Ah And The Sounds Of Awareness - Key To Nowhere - Divine/Manufactured Recordings - 1983/2016
Egypt
Brother Ah - The Sea - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1978/2017
Meditation Blues
Brother Ah - Meditation - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1981/2017
Prayer
Brother Ah - Searching - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1985/2017
Concluding the program is a 22 minute piece "Know Thyself", suggesting at further musics and possibilities yet heard...
Beyond Yourself (The Midnight Confession) - Demons / Morning Song
Brother Ah - Sound Awareness - Strata-East/Manufactured Recordings - 1972/2016
Enthusiasm
Brother Ah - Move Ever Onward - Divine/Manufactured Recordings - 1975/2016
Key To Nowhere
Brother Ah And The Sounds Of Awareness - Key To Nowhere - Divine/Manufactured Recordings - 1983/2016
Africa We Are Your Children
Brother Ah - The Sea - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1978/2017
Know Thyself
Brother Ah - Searching - (not on label)/Manufactured Recordings - 1985/2017
Interactive CKCU
Ben Armstrong (host)
Welcome to the program.

11:11 PM, February 9th, 2020
glenn
f Fantastic! Sooo coool... Thanks!

12:53 AM, February 10th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks Glenn. My mind was melted when I heard this for the first time...

1:03 AM, February 10th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Sadly, Brother Ah died 3 months after this program aired. https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/58421/brother-ah-rip

12:06 AM, August 6th, 2020