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What’s this? You call something a “debate” and more than 80 million people tune in – really? I’d love to have 80 million listeners. I wonder what I can do about that…
Turntable For One Two hours of Jazz Vocals Saturday Night 9-11 PM (E.D.T.)
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This week Ella Fitzgerald took on all comers in a head-to-head, well, really a voice-to-voice competition. She sang standards and some surprising duets; she even challenged Sarah Vaughan in a “forgetting the lyrics” competition (Sarah won) and challenged Shirley Horn to a “slow singing” competition (Shirley won). But it was impossible to listen to this show without marveling at Ella’s musicality and her warmth and without feeling fortunate that we had her for so long.
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Ali vs Frasier, Batman vs Superman, Godzilla vs Mothra, fire vs ice, truth vs fiction – the world has witnessed some classic battles. But no one has ever seen the kind of all-out challenge Ella Fitzgerald will face on my show this week.
Turntable For One Jazz Vocals Saturday 9:00-11:00 PM (E.D.T.)
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Over the last 7 years, I’ve thought of musical themes of songs for about nearly everything you can think of. Hope you caught my shows on songs about Boy Meets Tinder, Practical First Aid, and The Only Thing The NSA Isn’t Watching Is Paint Drying. This week was more about the music than my paranoia. I’m content.
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I’ve played songs about love, songs about hate, songs about food, songs about mothers, songs about fathers – what’s left? Or, for that matter, what’s right? I can think of one thing I haven’t done: songs about ________. Can you fill in the blank? Tune in Saturday night to find out.
Turntable For One Jazz Vocals Saturday Nights 9:00-11:00 PM (E.D. T.)
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Is that person who keeps saying the same thing over and over and over reciting his or her mantra or off his or her Lithium? Hard to tell. Whatever gets you through…hey, maybe that should be the universal mantra. Below are a sampling of others. You can’t go wrong with any of these songs or singers.
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Ah, election season – the debates, the discussions, the arguments, the choices, the recriminations, and the remorse – and that’s just at your family Thanksgiving dinner. How do we get through all this? How do we cope, how do we stay safe and sane? Put down that bottle. I have a better idea. And if you’re truly mindful, you probably can guess what I mean.
TURNTABLE FOR ONE Jazz Vocals Saturday 9:00-11:00 PM (E.D.T.)
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