Archive | November, 2024

HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 11.30.24

27 Nov

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So thankful that Kat Edmonson, Ben Sidran, and Kristin Korb are joining me this Saturday for my annual “Music to Be Thankful For” program at 9PM on WMNR Fine Arts Radio. Tune in to find out who my other specials guests will be! (Hint: more than half of them leave stale donuts in the WMNR refrigerator.)

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “NAMING MY CABINET” 11.23.24

24 Nov

If I learned anything this week I learned that when someone names his cabinet, that grabs a lot of attention. Hey! I can do that, too!

(Cabinet Position)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • (Poet Laureate)  /  WE THE PEOPLE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Who’s The Old Man Now?”
  • (Federal Reserve)  /  WITH PLENTY OF MONEY AND YOU/ WE’RE IN THE MONEY  /  Jessica Malarkey & John Pizzarelli  /  “Pentimento”
  • (Chief Of Staff)  /  IT’S YOU OR NO ONE  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Falling In Love”
  • (Ambassador To France)  /  THE DAY I LEARNED FRENCH  /  Rebecca Kilgore  /  “Moonshadow Dance”
  • (Drug Czar)  /  THAT OLD FEELING  /  Chet Baker  /  “The Best of Chet Baker Sings”
  • (Director Of C.I.A.)  /  I’VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “GoodNight, Good Luck”
  • (F.D.A)  /  LEMON TWIST  /  Mark Winkler  /  “I’m With you”
  • (Secretary Of Energy)  /  P.C.R.  /  Francesca Tandoi  /  “When In Rome”
  • (Press Secretary)  /  MUMBLES  /  Clark Terry w. Oscar Peterson  /  “Oscar Peterson Trio + 1”
  • (Dept. Of Education)  /  CHILDREN WILL LISTEN/YOU’VE GOT TO BE CARFULLY TAUGHT  /  Renee Fleming & Leslie Odom Jr.  /  “Broadway”
  • (Surgeon General)  /  I’M JUST A LUCKY SO & SO  /  Dr.John  /  “Big Band Voodoo”
  • (Dept. Of The Interior)  /  DON’T FENCE ME IN  /  Kelly Clarkson & Jeff Goldblum  /  “Plays Well With Others”
  • (Ambassador To Sweden)  /  STOCKHOLM SWEETNIN’  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “You’ve Got What It Takes”
  • (Big Band Czar)  /  GOODBYE YESTERDAY  /  Buddy Rich Big Band  /  “Mercy, Mercy”
  • (FBI Director)  /  DON’T BREAK THE RULES  /  Norbert Leo Butz  /  Catch Me If You Can”
  • (Dept. Of Irony)  /  I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies”
  • (Blues Czar)  /  EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES  /  Joe Williams  /  “At Newport ’63”
  • (State Dept.)  /  WHEN IN ROME  /  Claire Teal  /  “Don’t Talk”
  • (Environment)  /  OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING  /  Ray Charles & Count Basie Orch.  /  “Ray Sings, Basie Swings”
  • (Big Band Czar)  /  LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS  /  Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band  /  “Soul Conversation”
  • (Labor Dept.)  /  IT’S MAGIC  /  James Brown  /  “Soul On Top”
  • (Spiritual Advisor) /  THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Randy Crawford w/ Joe Sample  /  “Live”
  • SEND IN THE CLOWNS  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 11.23.24

20 Nov

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Excited about the incoming cabinet? Wait till you hear my nominations!

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO INANIMATE OBJECTS” 11.16.24

18 Nov

What do you do when you’re so sick of politics, you can’t stand to turn on the news— and when your football teams are losing so badly it ruins Sunday afternoon… and Sunday night… And Thursday night… And Monday night… and when your favorite restaurant starts listing the calories for every single menu item.  I’ll tell you what you do to take your mind off the real world. You do a two-hour musical tribute to inanimate objects!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • TAKE THE ‘A’ TRAIN  /  Anais Reno  /  “Lovesome Thing”
  • PENNIES FROM HEAVEN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady in Satin”
  • HURRY IT’S LOVELY UP HERE  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • WINDOWS  /  Chick Corea  /  “Now He Sings, Now He Cries”
  • LEOPARD SKIN PILLBOX HAT  /  Janet Planet  /  ”Janet Planet Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook”
  • THE TURNTABLE SONG  /  Andrej Hermlin and His Swing Orch.  /  “Ballroom Time!”
  • COFFEE TIME  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Still Unforgettable”
  • COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Stage & Screen”
  • BIG LONG SLIDIN’ THING  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come On & Get It”
  • PROUD MARY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Leonard Nimoy  /  “The Best Of Leonard Nimoy”
  • AGUA DE BEBER  /  Francesca Tandoi  /  “Bop Web”
  • THE TROLLEY SONG  /  Rachael Price  /  “The Good Hours”
  • FINISHING THE HAT  /  Neil Patrick Harris  /  “Wall To Wall Sondheim”
  • CANOE  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Old Fashioned Gal”
  • MY SHIP  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “For Those Who Think Young”
  • TULIP OR TURNIP  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Live At The Vic”
  • CHELSEA BRIDGE  /  Joe Henderson  /  “Big Band”
  • THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE  /  Hilary Gardner  /  “The Great City”
  • WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • OH YOU CRAZY MOON  /  Wes Montgomery  /  “Willow Weep For Me”
  • THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “Ella & Louis”
  • THESE FOOLISH THINGS  /  Aaron Neville  /  “The Grand Tour”
  • A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 11.16.24

14 Nov

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No songs about people? No songs about animals? No songs about feelings? The press is curious. Are you?

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “LOST & FOUND” 11.9.24

11 Nov

Went through the musical Lost & Found this week, remembering Quincy Jones and Jack Jones, a couple of stars we recently lost. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I GOT LOST IN HIS ARMS  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Close Enough For Love”
  • SWEET LORRAINE  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Hours”
  • PIECES OF DREAMS  /  Greta Matassa  /  “Portrait”
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • EVENING IN PARIS  /  Quincy Jones Big Band  /  “Newport ’61”ˆ
  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • CHEEK TO CHEEK  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella The Lost Berlin Tapes”
  • LET’S GET LOST  /  Curtis Stigers  /  “Baby Plays Around”
  • GET LOST  /  Meredith d’Ambrosio  /  “Beware Of Spring”
  • WENDY  /  (Mystery Vocalists)  /  Mary Martin & The Lost Boys  /  “Peter Pan”
  • BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN  /  Johnny Hartman  /  ‘This One’s For Tedi”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Diane Schuur & Count Basie Orchestra  /  “Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “SoulCall”
  • WHEN I LOST YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME  /  Michel Petrucciani Trio  /  “Jazz Club Montmartre – 1988”
  • PERDIDO  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
  • ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL  /  Jack Jones  /  “New Jack Swing”
  • LOST IN A FOG  /  Jocelyn Barth  /  “Tell Him I Said Hello”
  • MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Tales” Live From Copenhagen”
  • THE WIFFENPOOF SONG  /  Claire Hogan  /  “Boozers & Losers”
  • WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE  /  Gavin Hope  /  “For All We Know ”
  • I’M LOST  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Kevin Mahogany, Hank Jones, George Mraz  /  “An Evening Of Ballads”
  • LOSING MY MIND  /  Donna Murphy  /  “Wall To Wall Sondheim”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine 

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 11.9.24

7 Nov

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Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “TALK THE TALK” 11.2..24

4 Nov

It’s been quite a peripatetic week, no? Trick or treaters walking up and down their neighborhoods; politicians trying to walk back their unfortunate remarks; the Yankees certainly could have used a few more walks or maybe some walk-on homers; and early  Sunday morning we walked back the hands of time an hour. So you’d think I’d dedicate the show to Walking The Walk. Walking? On radio? Nope. Spent the two hours talking the talk!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • HAPPY TALK  /  Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley  /  “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”
  • TALK TO ME  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Talk To Me”
  • HEAR ME TALKING TO YOU  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “These Are The Blues”
  • TALK TO ME BABY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Softly As I Leave You”
  • KEEP ON TALKING  /  Gemma Sherry  /  “Music To Dance By”
  • I’M NOT TALKING  /  Mose Allison  /  “The Mose Chronicles”
  • YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU  /  Arthur Prysock & Count Basie  /  “Arthur Prysock / Count Basie”
  • SHOW ME  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Something Cool”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Dirk Bogarde  /  “Lyrics For Lovers”
  • TELL ME MORE AND MORE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Pastel Blues”
  • PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE  /  Martina DaSilva & Caity Gyrogy  /  “You’re The Top”
  • TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Tell Me All About Yourself”
  • TALKING TO MYSELF  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Remembering You”
  • I’M WALKIN’  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
  • PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE  /  Kat Gang  /  “Come Closer”
  • AT YOUR MOTHER’S HOUSE  /  Rachael & Vilray  /  “Rachael & Vilray”
  • I WON’T TELL A SOUL  /  Jimmy Witherspoon & Jack McDuff  /  “The Blues Is Now”
  • GIRL TALK  /  Holly Cole  /  “Girl Talk”
  • SPEAK LOW  /  Tony Bennett & Norah Jones  /  “Duets II”
  • THE TELEPHONE SONG  /  Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz Quartet  /  “Getz Au Go-Go”
  • WORDS  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Japan”
  • I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU  /  Christian McBride Big Band  /  “For Jimmy, Wes, & Oliver”
  • I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU  /  Catherine Russell  /  “I Want To Talk About You”
  • SAY IT  /  Kurt  Elling   /  “Dedicated To You” 
  • SAY IT ISN’T SO  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “The Complete Sarah Vaughan Mercury Recordings”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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