I went on strike last night and the audience chose the music. Playlist to come…once I’m off the picket line. Stay tuned!
HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (6.14.14)
11 JunHINT:
You think it’s easy, don’t you? Every week, week after week, pick some kind of ironic theme, throw some songs at it, and see what sticks. Easy? Really? Want to see what happens when I don’t pick a theme; in fact, I’m not even going to choose the music, either! What are you going to do now? Think you’re ready to step up to the plate, grab the bull by the horns, jump into the deep end, put your money where your mouth is? Don’t you know how unsanitary that is? So I guess we’ll see what you’re made of on Saturday, won’t we?
Turntable For One Jazz Vocals and Live Radio
Saturday Night 10:00 PM (E.D.T.)
WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org
I’ll let you in on a secret if you promise to tell everyone you can. I posted a new podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. All of the same great Turntable For One music without the excruciating waiting for Saturday night. Click the link below.
PLAYLIST FOR “COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES” (6.7.14)
7 JunJust imagine: you’re sitting on an metal folding chair or in the stands of a stadium, the sun is beating down, and I’m delivering a litany of what I consider the truths and facts of life. That’s how you feel every week listening to the show? That’s not what I was going for. Think graduation, think the possibilities and potentials of the future, think an hour of musical advice to graduates!
SONG TITLE / Artist/ CD Or Album Title
- EXPERIMENT / Jane Stuart / “Don’t Look Back”
- PICK YOUrSELF UP / Nat Cole/George Shearing / “Nat Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays”
- OUR TIME / Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway / “Sibling Revelry”
- EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG / Frank Sinatra / “My Kind Of Broadway”
- EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Sings Sondheim”
- LISTEN HERE / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
- THROW IT AWAY / Connie Evingson / “Stockholm Sweetnin’”
- THIS FUNNY WORLD / Tony Bennett / “The Complete Improv Sessions”
- AS TIME GOES BY / (Mystery Vocalist) / Dirk Bogarde / “Lyrics For Lovers”
- I HOPE YOU DANCE / Deborah Lippmann / “Nightingale”
- YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE / Mark Winkler / “Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup”
- SOME OTHER TIME / Blossom Dearie / “Blossom Dearie Sings Comden & Green”
- WHEN I’M GONE / Phil Ochs / “There But For Fortune”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)
HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (6.7.14)
3 JunHINT:
Well, it’s happened again. Another year has rolled past, another graduation season has come and almost gone, and not one single school, college, university, junior college, community college, school of continuing education, driving school, or pet obedience school has invited me to deliver the commencement address at graduation. And here I am, ready and eager as usual to share my wisdom and advice, predictions and predilections with an audience of bored and inattentive listeners. Hey, wait! Don’t I have that already?
Turntable For One Jazz Vocals and Live Radio
Saturday Nights 10:00 PM (E.D.T.)
WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org
Can’t get enough? Fill up on Turntable For One podcasts on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Your secret is safe with me.
HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (5.31.14)
28 MayHINT:
How do you turn a frown upside-down? I ask. Stand on your head, you answer. True, but bad for my vertigo. I’ve thought of a better way and about a dozen songs as accompaniment.
TURNTABLE FOR ONE Jazz Vocals and Live Radio
Saturday Nights 10:00 PM (E.D.T.)
WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org
Like your gratification un-delayed? Hey – I was talking about listening to the Turntable For One podcasts on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange. What were you thinking?
PLAYLIST FOR “GIVING YOU THE WILLIES” (5.23.14)
24 MayIt’s not what you think. I mean, the world is scary enough, so why would I want to add to it? Instead I played an assemblage of some of my favorite Willys, Williams, Billys and Billies, all chosen in my usual willy-nilly way.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE / Willie Nelson / “American Classic”
- WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE / Nat Cole With Billy May / “The Billy May Sessions”
- FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE / Anita O’Day With Billy May / “Swings Rogers And Hart”
- LET’S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL / Frank Sinatra with Billy May / “Come Fly With Me”
- PURE IMAGINATION / Joanie Sommers / “Here, There, And Everywhere!”
- BUT BEAUTIFUL / Bill Evans Trio / “The Last Waltz”
- FOR ALL WE KNOW / Billie Holiday / “Lady In Satin”
- AND SO IT GOES / Billy Joel / “My Lives”
- HOW INSENSiTIVE / (Mystery Vocalist) / William Shatner / “Spaced Out: The Very Best of Leonard Nimoy & Wm. Shatner”
- DON’T CRY BABY / Billy Eckstine with Count Basie / “Basie/Eckstine Inc”
- I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU / Kenny Rankin/ Sue Raney/ Bill Watrous / “Professional Dreamer”
- I SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME / Bill Henderson / Oscar Peterson / “Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio”
- A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING / Lena Horne / “Lena: A New Album”
- BILLY’S BLUE / Mark Winkler / “The Laura Nyro Project”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)
HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (5.23.14)
21 MayHINT:
Hitchcock’s “Psycho?” Scary, but creepy, too. “Silence of the Lambs?” A few chills…pass the fava beans. “Alien?” Ok, now we’re talking scary! But no movie, TV, or radio show has ever given you the willies the way I will this Saturday night. Don’t listen alone!!
Turntable For One Jazz Vocals and Live Radio
Saturday Night 10:o00 PM (E.D.T.)
WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org
Can’t stand the suspense of waiting for Saturday? Listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX< the Public Radio Exchange!
HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (5.17.14)
14 MayHINT:
America thrives on stories of initiative, ambition, drive, and persistence…the music on Turntable For One? Not so much this week.
Turntable For One Jazz Vocals and Live Radio
Saturday Night 10:00 PM (E.D.T.)
WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org
Trying to find satisfaction in a confusing and harsh world? Me too. I frequently kill some time listening to the Turntable For One podcasts on PRX. the Public Radio Exchange. You should try it.
Saturday 9:00 pm (E. D. T.) WMNR-FM, wmnr.org
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