Favoriting Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson: Playlist from December 23, 2023 Favoriting

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Charles Mingus said jazz was a word invented to separate musicians from their money. Music for a Free World brings us together, drawing listeners to the healing power of smooth free jazz. Each week, surprise guests bring their own sides to spin and their instruments of choice to spontaneously jam.

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Favoriting December 23, 2023: Huda Asfour, a musician and biomedical engineer, transcends boundaries in her work. Her musical journey began in conservatories in Tunisia and Palestine, culminating in collaborations worldwide.
Her albums, "Mars... Back and Forth" and "Kouni," defy genre and explore identity. She also fosters improvisation in Arabic music aesthetics and conducts workshops globally. Huda combines music and engineering with 10+ years of research experience and is a prolific academic writer. Explore her work at www.hudaasfour.com

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
Huda Asfour & Aly Eissa  Counter Improv1 (Live) 1​إ​ر​ت​ج​ا​ل م​ع​ا​ك​س   Favoriting Counter Improv1 (Live) 1​إ​ر​ت​ج​ا​ل م​ع​ا​ك​س    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/track/counter-improv1-live-1   
Huda Asfour  Al Yasamine ( Jasmine)   Favoriting Mars    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mars  0:35:26 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Julnar   Favoriting Mars    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mars  0:51:36 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Jay ou Ray7a ( Back and Forth) جاي و   Favoriting Mars    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mars  1:09:44 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Sodfa   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  1:24:22 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Soug   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  1:37:03 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Under the Jasmine   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  1:56:15 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Kouni ك​و​ن​ي   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  2:07:10 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Laila   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  2:11:11 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Fed-Up   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  2:15:27 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Mataron   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  2:20:15 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour  Yalii   Favoriting Kouni ك​و​ن​ي    https://hudasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kouni  2:26:16 (Pop-up)
Huda Asfour & Dave Sewelson    live at WFMU!  GTDR Records and Tapes    2:57:20 (Pop-up)
Huda & Kamyar  Zaw' Al Nahar   Favoriting Verses Records & Romeda Records present: VR by Verses Records    https://versesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/zaw-al-nahar  3:01:44 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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duke:

Hello Dave and Huda
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:01pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ duke @2:01
hey duke
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:01pm
Dave Sewelson:

Welcome to the Free World....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:19pm
Mxter Baba:

hi, Dave, Huda, folx! Enjoying this so much!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:22pm
nnaavvaall:

Hi Dave. Hi everybody. Listening attentively.
  2:22pm
chresti:

Hello free world ! Love the string jams!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ Mxter Baba @2:19
Hey Mxter Baba..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ nnaavvaall @2:22
hey nnaavvaall....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:39pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ chresti @2:22
yeah chresti....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:46pm
Andrew Waterloo:

good afternoon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:48pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ Andrew Waterloo @2:46
hey Andrew...
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:00pm
WR:

Hello Dave and guest Huda Asfour, enjoying what I'm hearing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ WR @3:00
Yeah WR...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Dave & Huda Asfour
and Free worldlings
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ coelacanth∅ @3:33
hey sealy...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:51pm
doctorjazz:

I just tuned in, heard a discussion of the war in Gaza. I'm outta here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:51pm
Brian in UK:

Hello Dave & Huda. The comments always slow down when someone has something to say.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
fred:

Question for Huda: do you think there's room for something like contemporary classical music but steeped in the Arab tradition?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ doctorjazz @3:51
stick around for the sounds if you can...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ Brian in UK @3:51
dig it Brian....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
fred:

I have Tunisian ancestry, and my neighbors are from there, so that speaks to me.
Ever had Jasmine ice cream? Rare but delightful
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
fred:

Do not disclose the location of Dave's secret bunker!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
coelacanth∅:

i have eaten jasmine ice creme. it was too subtle. i Love the smell of jasmine but this was just okay.
same for the violet ice creme.
on the other hand i've had rose ice creme that was Delicious and lavender ice creme that was good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Brian in UK:

What instrument is Huda playing. There are so many instruments shaped like an Oud/Lute, some with longer necks & less strings.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
Dave Sewelson:

its an Oud, electo-acoustic and singing
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
fred:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:10
I think the balance is hard to strike with floral ice cream. I had great Jasmine ice cream a few times, but there were misses too.
I guess I spent too much time in Southern France to stand lavender
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
tom tom the pipers son:

hello, i'm glad i'm catching some of this...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
doctorjazz:

Still here, listening while cooking.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
fred:

↳ Brian in UK @4:10
The Militant Grammarians of Massachusetts issued a note that it should be *fewer* strings
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:18
dig it tttps
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dave Sewelson @4:21
heard her on another show and was intrigued, if that's the right word for it
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
fred:

↳ fred @4:20
Unless you mean the strings are shorter
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
Brian in UK:

↳ fred @4:20
Never imagined Grammar being anything but passive. Militant takes it somewhere else.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
fred:

↳ Brian in UK @4:25
Passive? This is a fighting word!
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
WR:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:22
Where else did you hear Huda Asfour? They played a recording or also some interview?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
Brian in UK:

1 in 4 people did not cast a Brexit vote here. You want passive!!
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
WR:

Wow! Got there and found parking!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ WR @4:32
i believe it was gary sullivan that played huda asfour on his show, fred, was writing thisas your comment appeared. it was a show of all palestinian related music, no interview
  4:35pm
DavidJ:

Can’t hear Huda
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fred:

↳ Brian in UK @4:33
I hope HR isn't around to check DFW references
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ WR @4:32
sorry i mistook who was commenting
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:36
I'm honored to have been mistaken for WR
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @4:38
ha! wouldn't we all...
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
WR:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:34
Ah, found it.
wfmu.org...
You are paying good attention to recall that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
tom tom the pipers son:

happy to assist
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm
Brian in UK:

Thanks Dave & Huda. got to cut & run.
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
WR:

Gina is off today, shes visiting family & friends in NYC.
  4:44pm
DavidJ:

Sounds great
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
fred:

If you need stalling material, how does improv relate to tradition and formal music in your practice?
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
WR:

Amazing, just arrived from DC and into the music.
Avatar 🥁 4:47pm
drumbone:

sounds good. . .good balance !!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
fred:

(should work for both)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
tom tom the pipers son:

its gelling now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
coelacanth∅:

excuse me is the playlist up to date?
this sound "live in the studio"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
coelacanth∅:

< THAT'S what i thought!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
fred:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:57
The man is playing, sheesh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
coelacanth∅:

well i was in the kitchen and the levels were all over the place but more low than up - almost inaudible at times
so i missed the introduction if there was one
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
WR:

Thank you! Huda! Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
doctorjazz:

Thanks Dave and Huda!
  5:01pm
DavidJ:

Thanks Huda and Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
tom tom the pipers son:

thanks dave and huda, huda and dave
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
Dave Sewelson:

Thanks all you listenears.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Dave! Thanks Huda!
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