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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Title: Song for Joseph Jarman
Composer: Artifacts
Recording Title: โฆand then thereโs this
Recording Label: Astral Spirits

