No news outlet reported that Derf Reklaw (aka Fred Walker, aka Pharaoh Derf Reklaw Raheem) sadly died last month, aged 75. This week, a two-hour profile on the percussionist, flautist, composer, and educator who was a member of The Pharaohs and Build An Ark, worked with Ramsey Lewis and Eddie Harris, contributed to hip hop records, and collaborated in recent years with Dwight Trible and Carlos Niño.
A Celebration of Life for Derf Reklaw (b. January 11, 1947 - d. February 24, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzpri1BHIM&t=5999s
A happy 62nd birthday (March 29) to Dwight Trible, who appears on six tracks in this episode.
| Hour one |
| Sunrise On The Nile Derf Reklaw - From The Nile - Ubiquity - 1998 |
| Bumpin Eddie Harris - I Need Some Money - Atlantic - 1975 |
| Africa Dwight Trible - Living Water - Ninja Tune - 2006 |
| Children Of The Sun AmmonContact - With Voices - Ninja Tune - 2006 |
| The Stars Are Singing Too (Door Of The Cosmos) Build An Ark [orig. Sun Ra] - Peace With Every Step - Kindred Spirits - 2004 |
| Time Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Moods & Grooves - Ju-Par / Motown - 1976 |
| Damballa The Pharaohs - The Awakening - Scarab / Luv N' Haight - 1971 / 1996 |
| Hey Pancho Young-Holt Unlimited [orig. Curis Mayfield] - Plays Super Fly - Paula - 1973 |
| No Worries Platinum Pied Pipers - Triple P - Ubiquity - 2005 |
| Yesterday's Visions Pieces Of Peace - Pieces Of Peace - Cali-Tex Records, Scarab Records - 2007 (rec. 1972) |
| Hour two |
| Peace With Every Step / Equipose / Collective Build An Ark - Peace With Every Step - Kindred Spirits - 2004 |
| Bold Black Blendcrafters (feat. Eddie Harris, Carol Kaye & Derf Reklaw) - Melody 12" - Genuine/ Up Above - 2004 |
| Another Funky Tune Phil Upchurch - Lovin' Feeling - Blue Thumb - 1973 |
| Mothership Dwight Trible [orig. Horace Tapscott] - Mothership - Gearbox - 2019 |
| Kaiser 405 Cleveland Eaton - Plenty Good Eaton - Black Jazz - 1975 |
| Jungle Strut Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess - Columbia - 1974 |
| Decisions, Decisions Nobody & Mystic Chords Of Memory - Tree Colored See... - Mush - 2006 |
| Movin' On Cosmic Vibrations & Dwight Trible - Pathways & Passages - Spiritmuse - 2020 |
| In The Basement The Pharaohs - In The Basement - Uniquity - 1996 (rec. 1972) |
| Nyja's Theme The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra [orig. Horace Tapscott] - Little Africa - The Village / P-Vine - 2020 |
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9:01 PM, March 30th, 2022