HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (4.27.19)

24 Apr

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I was M.I.A. last week, but I’m hurrying back in time for Turntable For One’s annual celebration of International Jazz Day – with lots of great songs by great international jazz singers and musicians. Plus special messages from singers from around the world. We may not all sing in the same language, but we can all definitely speak Swing! 

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “UNCLE BILL’S STORYTIME” (4.13.19)

14 Apr

Two hours of arguably the best of the best singers; I’d also argue that they are among the best of the best storytellers, too. This week was all about finding singers and songs that tell a story. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • NEVER NEVER LAND  /  Jeff Hall  /  “Life: Collected”
  • ITSY BITSY BLUES  /  Cynthia Bane  /  “Clearly”
  • THE THREE BEARS  /  Bobby Troup  /  “Tell Me You’re Home”
  • WHAT’S YOUR STORY, MORNING GLORY?  /  Kristin Korb  /  “What’s Your Story?”
  • IN THE EXTRAOUTOSPHERE  /  Cormac Kenevey  /  “The Art Of Dreaming”
  • SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP  /  Heather Bambrick  /  “You’ll Never Know”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Paul Jost  /  “Simple Life”
  • ONCE UPON A TIME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Charles Boyer  /  “Gigi And Other Romantic Songs”
  • THE TROLLEY SONG  /  Betty Carter  /  “The Audience With Betty Carter”
  • DINNER FOR ONE, PLEASE, JAMES  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad & Blues Master”
  • LITTLE BLUE MAN  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “DotDotDot”
  • THAT AFTERNOON IN HARLEM  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Company I Keep”
  • AT THE RENDEZVOUS  /  Clint Holmes & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Rendezvous”
  • STEPSISTERS’ LAMENT  /  Cecile McLorin Salvant  /  “For One To Love”
  • LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT  /  Janet Planet  /  “Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook”
  • MISS OTIS REGRETS  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Tedi”
  • CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE  /  Ethel Ennis  /  “Ethel Ennis”
  • OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond  /  “Live At Storyville”
  • WALTZ FOR DEBBY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live”
  • I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • ALBATROSS  /  Judy Collins & Lara Downes  /  Holes In The Sky”
  • THE HUMAN TOUCH  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone & Piano”
  • THE RULES DON’T APPLY  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Math Camp”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (4.13.19)

10 Apr

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I’m in love; I’m not in love, I wish I were in love, I used to be in love, I’m never going to be in love again – Hey! Are you tired of the same old stories? Want to hear some new ones? Drop by for Story Time this Saturday night.

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals   Saturday Night   9:00 PM (E.D.T.)

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PLAYLIST FOR: “OPEN BORDERS” (4.6.19)

7 Apr

I opened the southern border wide to celebrate just a small fraction of the songs, musicians, singers from the other side of the border who have given us so much great music. Plus I played the only Frank Sinatra song I can think of where he deliberately sings off key. And to help drive home the point of this week’s show, I also played a song from the new Broadway musical Hadestown, in which Hades, more of a demagogue than demigod, sings about building his wall around Hadestown. Sound chillingly familiar?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • I’M OLD FASHIONED  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT  /  Ruben Blades & Jazz At Lincoln Center Jazz Orch.  /  “Una Noche Con Ruben Blades”
  • JANGADA  /  Claudia Villela  /  “JazzaNova”
  • AGUAS DE MARCO  /  Tom Jobim & Elis Regina  /  “Elis & Tom”
  • WILLOW WEEP FOR ME  /  Arturo O’Farrill & Claudia Acuna  /  “In These Shoes”
  • DORALICE  /  Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz  /  “Getz/Gilberto”
  • ONE NOTE SAMBA  /  Astrud Gilberto  /  “Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Years”
  • TIJUANA GIFT SHOP  /  Charles Mingus  /  “Tijuana Moods”
  • END OF THE WORLD  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Vikki Carr  /  “From The Columbia Records Vaults”
  • O PATO  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “The Very Thought of You”
  • AGUA DE BEBER  /  Al Jarreau  /  “Glow”
  • WHY WE BUILD THE WALL  /  Patrick Page  /  “Hadestown: The Myth, The Musical”
  • BESAME MUCHO  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “The Best of Love Songs”
  • DESAFINADO  /  Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim  /  “Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings”
  • SWING MENOR  /  Angel Parra Trio  /  “Uno Ano Mas”
  • AQUI SE HABLA EN AMOR  /  Nat Cole  /  “More Cole Espanol”
  • LA PUERTA  /  Iraida Noriega & Zinco Big Band  /  “Asi Era Entonces, Ahora…”
  • A CAPPELLA IN ACAPULCO  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal!”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  Tony Bennett & Thalia  /  “Viva Duets”
  • QUIZAS, QUIZAS, QUIZAS  /  Magos Herrera & Sanchal Vasandani  /  “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas”
  • LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE  /  Paulinho Garcia  /  “Beautiful Love”
  • YOU’RE MY THRILL  /  Camila Meza  /  “Prism”
  • ONLY TRUST YOUR HEART  /  Atrud Gilberto & Stan Getz  /  “Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Years”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (4.6.19)

3 Apr

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They’re coming across our Southern border. They’re bringing songs. They’re bringing music. They’re singers. They’re musicians. And, some, I assume, are talented people. I’d better do something quick before the borders are closed and the damned wall goes up.

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PLAYLIST FOR “I’M IN THE MOOD FOR THE SUBJUNCTIVE” (3.30.19)

30 Mar

In an effort to save an endangered and near extinct treasure – good grammar, I renewed my effort to MGGA – Make Grammar Great Again – and offered a remedial lesson in the subjunctive, that form of grammar that expresses wishes and desires for things we don’t have. Of course, I had a lot of help from some wonderful adjunct songwriters and singers. Wish you’d never heard of the subjunctive mood? Hey, maybe you understand this stuff better than you think.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Gillian Margot  /  “Black Butterfly”
  • IF DREAMS COME TRUE  /  Joe Williams  /  “Prez & Joe”
  • IF I WERE A BELL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
  • IF YOU WERE A SONG  /  Billy Brandt  /  “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
  • IF THE STARS WERE MINE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “My One And Only Thrill”
  • I WISH I KNEW  /  Jimmy Scott  /  “The Source”
  • IF JAMES TAYLOR WERE ON FIRE  /  Paul And Storm  /  “Gumbo Pants”
  • IF I WERE A BOY  /  Reba McEntire  /  “All The Woman I Am”
  • IF I WERE A CARPENTER  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Leonard Nimoy  /  “Spaced Out – The Best Of Leonard Nimoy”
  • I WISH I KNEW (HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE)  /  Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Studio Sessions”
  • IF I LOVED YOU  /  Nancy LaMott  /  “What’s Good About Goodbye”
  • IF YOU WERE MINE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “I Wanna Be Around”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  Nnenna Freelon Live”
  • IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Alone Together”
  • IF JAMES TAYLOR WERE ON FIRE AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL  /  Paul & Storm  /  “Gumbo Pants”
  • IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN  /  John Doakes  /  “Forever Reasons”
  • IF I ONLY HAD A HEART  /  Michelle Lordi  /  “Drive”
  • IF LOVE WERE ALL  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Alan Cumming  /  “Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs”
  • IF I WERE YOU  /  Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson  /  “The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia”
  • I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • IF YOU LOVE ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • THAT’S MY DESIRE  /  Ray Stevens  /  “Grover’s Hat Project”
  • IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW  /  Chet Baker, Philip Catherine  /  “Late Night Jazz”
  • IF YOU WERE THE ONLY BOY  /  Bernadette Peters  /  “Sondheim, Etc., Etc.”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME – (3.30.19)

27 Mar

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“The teacher gave the book to she and I.” NO! Wrong! “Me and her went to the dance.” NO! Wrong wrong wrong! The farmer gave a apple to she. NO!! Two times wrong!! It’s driving me crazy. America, you desperately need a grammar lesson. What are you doing this Saturday night?

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals   Saturday Night   9:00 PM (E.D.T.)

 

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