Saturday’s show was a blast from the past, a show from about a year ago. Here’s what I said back then:
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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