Program 840: Happy Birthday Joseph Jarman

KALW Broadcast Date: September 14, 2025 | Host: Devin King

Happy Birthday Joseph Jarman! This program features music by and for Joseph Jarman, the great multi-instrumentalist, composer, and poet. He would have been 88 on September 14th, 2025, the date that this program airs. Jarman is most well known as one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, as well as one of the original members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. This program features work from different eras of Jarman’s career, as well as a piece dedicated to him by musicians working in his lineage: Joseph Jarman, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Equal Interest, and Artifacts.

Program Audio

30-Second Spot

Track Info & Links
A record cover with the words Joseph Jarman and Song For featuring a man in African face paint.

Title: Non Cognitive Aspects of the City
Composer: Joseph Jarman
Recording Title: Song for
Recording Label: Delmark Records
Catalog Number: DS-410

A Pink Record Label

Title: Song for Christopher
Composer: Joseph Jarman
Recording Title: As If It Were the Seasons
Recording Label: Delmark Records
Catalog Number: DS-417

A record sleeve with an inset picture of men playing instruments.

Title: Part 1
Composer: The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Recording Title: Reese and the Smooth Ones
Recording Label: BYG
Catalog Number: 529.329

Live in Milano

Title: Tutankhamun
Composer: The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Recording Title: Live in Milano
Recording Label: Leo Records

A record cover with text.

Title: Black Paladins
Composer: Joseph Jarman
Recording Title: Black Paladins
Recording Label: Black Saint
Catalog Number: BSR 0042

A cd cover of late-90s design.

Title: Poem Song
Composer: Equal Interest
Recording Title: Equal Interest
Recording Label: Omnitone
Catalog Number: 12001

Earth Passage – Density

Title: Sun Spots
Composer: Joseph Jarman
Recording Title: Earth Passage โ€“ Density
Recording Label: Black Saint
Catalog Number: BSR 0052

…and then there’s this

Title: Song for Joseph Jarman
Composer: Artifacts
Recording Title: โ€ฆand then thereโ€™s this
Recording Label: Astral Spirits

Sheila Jordan singing into a microphone, holding a microphone stand.OM Podcast logo
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