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PLAYLIST FOR “I AIN’T GOT NOTHING BUT THE BLUES – 2020 EDITION” (5.30.20)

I’ve been in a terrible mood this week. Where to start? 100,000+ lost souls, crowded beach parties, rampant stupidity and rampant cruelty, local police looking like and acting like invading armies – whatever you might think, the answer is Yes! So how do you get yourself out of a dark bad mood? Don’t ask me. I’ve no idea. All I know is how to pass it on and share it – along with some classic bad mood and blues songs by some exceptional singers and musicians.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

ALL BLUES / Kevin Mahogany / “Double Rainbow”
I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES / Beth Hart & Toots Thielemans / “One More For The Road”
EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES / Randy Crawford & Joe Sample / “No Regrets”
IN THE EVENIN’ / Joe Williams / “At Newport ‘63”
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS / Billie Holiday / “Lady In Satin”
BLUES, YOU’RE THE MOTHER OF SIN / Tom Rust / “Lucky to Be Me”
MOOD INDIGO / Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson / “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook”
MEDGAR EVERS BLUES / Christian McBride Big Band / “Medgar Evers Blues”
AZURE TE / Nat King Cole and George Shearing / “Nat King Cole Sings George Shearing Plays”
SINCE I FELL FOR YOU / Naama Gheber / “Dearly Beloved”
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL / Tony Bennett & B.B. King / “Playin With My Friends”
ME AND MY GIN / Dinah Washington / “Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith”
LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT / Janet Planet / “Janet Planet Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook”
I AIN’T GOT NOTHING BUT THE BLUES / Joe Williams / “Ballad & Blues Master”
NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone & Piano”
SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME / Kurt Elling & James Morrison / “Live In New York”
NO CAR BLUES / David Whitman / “Soul Flow”
FRANCIS DOESN’T LIKE THE BLUES / Billy Brandt / “City Noir”
MEANING OF THE BLUES / Carmen McRae / “Bittersweet”
LIVIN’ IN THE WRONG TIME / Paul Jost / “Simple Life”
HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS / Tania Grubbs Quintet / “Live At Maureen’s Jazz Cellar”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” – A SHOW FROM THE ARCHIVES – (1.18.20)

20 Jan

MIA again last Saturday and pulled another show from the archive, a show from 2016. I’ll be back live this Saturday. Keep watching this space: Details to follow…

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 with songs about Boy Meets Tinder, Practical First Aid, and The Only Thing The NSA Isn’t Watching Is Paint Drying. This week’s theme, Songs About Songs, was (for a change) more about the music than my paranoia. I’m content.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

WITH A SONG IN MY HEART / Chet Baker / “She Was Too Good To Me”
I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART / Adrienne Fenemor / “Blue Skies”
THE SONG IS YOU / Frank Sinatra / “The Rare Sinatra”
WHEN HE MAKES MUSIC / Peggy Lee / “Extra Special”
IF YOU WERE A SONG / Billy Brandt / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
THE SONG IS ENDED / The Swingle Singers / “A Celebration Of The Voice”
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG / Johnny Hartman / “Once In Every Life”
MUSIC / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall”
I HEAR MUSIC / Stephane Grappelli / “How High The Moon”
I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TUNE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Frederica Von Stade / “Another Side of Frederica Von Stade”
MUSIC MAESTRO PLEASE / Bobby Scott / “Slowly”
SONG ABOUT THE MOON / Alexis Cole / “Dazzling Blue”
THE MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND / Mark Pompe / “Monks’ Dream”
ONE NOTE SAMBA / Veronneau / “Jazz Samba Project”
ONE NOTE SAMBA / Betty Carter / “Round Midnight”
JOHNNY ONE NOTE / Anita O’Day / “Anita O’Day Swings Rogers & Hart”
BROOKLYN LOVE SONG / Duchess / “Duchess”
SWING / Allan Harris / “Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better”
YOU ARE LIKE A SONG Svetlana & The Delancy 5 / “A Night At The Speakeasy”
SING / (Mystery Vocalists) / Various / “Sesame Street: The Best Of Elmo”
CAN’T HELP SINGING / Jody Sandhaus / “A Fine Spring Morning”
AS LONG AS I’M SINGING / Bobby Darin / “Capitol Collectors Series”
TEACH ME A SONG / Jackie Allen / “Never Let Me Go”
BABY’S REQUEST / Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
A DOLLAR FOR A DIME / Joe Williams / “Every Night”
DEEP SONG / Morgana King / “It’s A Quiet thing”
A SONG FOR YOU / Kenny Rankin / “A Song For You”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LOOK WHAT I FOUND IN THE MAILBOX!” (5.25.19)

27 May

Instead of a theme, instead of featuring the oft-heard Turntable For One regulars – Sinatra, Tony, Carmen, Ella, Nina, etc. – I put Saturday’s show together with only some of the new music I received in the mail (both physical and virtual) in just the past two weeks. I generously didn’t go into the other things I find in my mail – things like memorial headstone catalogs and threatening letters from Social Security since they found out that I am neither social nor secure. Also: here’s a shout out to all of the singers and musicians listed below – young and old – and to their promoters; without them my audience and I would just have to stare at each other for two hours, and I think we know who would lose that staring contest.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU / Sarah McKenzie / “Songs Of My Heart”
COME LOVE / John Doakes / “True Love”
YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING / Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra / “Along for The Ride”
METEOR / Hilary Gardner & Charles Ruggiero / “The Bird & The Bee”
KEEPIN’ OUT OF MISCHIEF / The Hot Sardines / “Welcome Home Bon Voyage”
AUTUMN / Abigail Rockwell / “Autumn Noir”
WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN / Seth MacFarlane / “Once In A While”
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING / (Mystery Vocalists) / Tierney Sutton & Alan Bergman / “Screenplay”
MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT / Betty Carter / “And The Music Never Stops”ˆ
IT’S ALRIGHT WITH ME / Stan Getz / “Getz At The Gate”
GET ON WITH IT / Marina & The Kats / Swingsalabim”
FRANCIS DOESN’T CARE FOR THE BLUES / Billy Brandt / “City Noir”
PRELUDE TO A KISS / Calabria Foti / “Prelude To A Kiss”
THEM THERE EYES / Yamit Lemoine & The Vinyl Blvd. / “Ain’t Misbehavin’”
DO IT THE HARD WAY / Rebecca DuMaine & Dave Miller Combo / “Chez Nous”
BLACKBIRD / Casey Abrams / “Jazz”
MILONGA DEL ANGEL / Anat Cohen Tentet / “Triple Helix”
LIFE’S A LESSON / Ben Sidran / “Ben There Done That”
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG / Mary Stallings / “Song Were Made To sing”
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS / Paul Jost / “Simple Life”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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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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PLAYLIST FOR “DUETS WEEK” (4.21.18)

22 Apr

There’s strength in numbers, right? So this must have been one of my strongest shows ever because every song sung was sung by two singers. Plus the instrumentals were duets, too. I even invited a co-host to join me behind the mic – Alexa, the artificial intelligence assistant. That didn’t go exactly as I thought it would.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or album Title

TAKES TWO TO TANGO / Ray Charles & Betty Carter / “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
I’M CONFESSIN’ / Tony Bennett & k.d. lang / “A Wonderful World”
MOUNTAIN GREENERY / Jackie & Roy / “Echoes”
ALL ROUTE 66 DAY TRIPPER BLUES / Billy Brandt & Carrie Wick / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE / Jamie Cullum & Laura Mvula / “Interlude”
LITTLE LULU / Bill Evans / “Further Conversations With Myself”
IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU / Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones / “In Full Swing”
THE BEST THING FOR YOU / Mark Murphy & Sheila Jordan / “Songbook”
GOOD TIME CHARLIE’S GOT THE BLUES / (Mystery Vocalist) / Anna Wilson & Keith Urban / “Countrypolitan Duets”
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY / Bob Hope & Shirley Ross / “Thanks For The Memory”
PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE / Ella Fitzgerald & Gregory Porter / “Ella With The London Symphony Orchestra”
I BELIEVE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME / Kevin Mahogany & Randy Travis / “Another Time Another Place”
FANCY MEETING YOU HERE / Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney / “Fancy Meeting You here”
ALICE IN WONDERLAND / Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond / “1975: The Duets”
WHAT’S NEW / Betty Carter & Carmen McRae / “Duets”
MY CUTIE’S DUE ON THE TWO-TO-TWO TODAY / Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer / “Two Of A Kind”
SLOW TALKER / Bob & Ray / “Bob & Ray: The Two And Only”
SAM’S SONG / (Mystery Vocalists) / Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby / “Bing’s Golden Records”
PEEL ME A GRAPE / Blossom Dearie & Lyle Lovett / (Unreleased Single)
YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG / Curtis Stigers & Cyrille Aimee / “Hooray For Love”
SILLY HABITS / Mel Tormé & Janis Ian / “Live At Marty’s”
EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE / Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden / “Last Dance”
AMERICAN TUNE / Simon & Garfunkel / “The Concert In Central Park”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” (A SHOW FROM THE ARCHIVES) (9.30.17)

2 Oct

I couldn’t do a live show this week; fortunately, the opposite isn’t doing a dead show, but presenting a show from the Turntable For One archives. This was a show from a year or so ago, when I opined, Over the last 7 years, I’ve come up with musical themes of songs about nearly everything you can think of. Hope you caught my previous shows on songs about Silverware Safety, Practical Eccentricities, and The Only Thing The NSA Isn’t Watching Is Paint Drying. This week was more about music than my paranoia. I’m content.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

WITH A SONG IN MY HEART / Chet Baker / “She Was Too Good To Me”
I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART / Adrienne Fenmor / “Blue Skies”
THE SONG IS YOU / Frank Sinatra / “The Rare Sinatra”
WHEN HE MAKES MUSIC / Peggy Lee / “Extra Special”
IF YOU WERE A SONG / Billy Brandt / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
THE SONG IS ENDED / The Swingle Singers / “A Celebration Of The Voice”
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG / Johnny Hartman / “Once In Every Life”
MUSIC / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall”
I HEAR MUSIC / Stephane Grappelli / “How High The Moon”
I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TUNE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Frederica Von Stade / “Another Side of Frederica Von Stade”
MUSIC MAESTRO PLEASE / Bobby Scott / “Slowly”
SONG ABOUT THE MOON / Alexis Cole / “Dazzling Blue”
THE MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND / Mark Pompe / “Monks’ Dream”
ONE NOTE SAMBA / Veronneau / “Jazz Samba Project”
ONE NOTE SAMBA / Betty Carter / “Round Midnight”
JOHNNY ONE NOTE / Anita O’Day / “Anita O’Day Swings Rogers & Hart”
BROOKLYN LOVE SONG / Duchess / “Duchess”
SWING / Allan Harris / “Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better”
YOU ARE LIKE A SONG Svetlana & The Delancy 5 / “A Night At The Speakeasy”
SING / (Mystery Vocalists) / Various / “Sesame Street: The Best Of Elmo”
CAN’T HELP SINGING / Jody Sandhaus / “A Fine Spring Morning”
AS LONG AS I’M SINGING / Bobby Darin / “Capitol Collectors Series”
TEACH ME A SONG / Jackie Allen / “Never Let Me Go”
BABY’S REQUEST / Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
A DOLLAR FOR A DIME / Joe Williams / “Every Night”
DEEP SONG / Morgana King / “It’s A Quiet thing”
A SONG FOR YOU / Kenny Rankin / “A Song For You”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “STATES I’VE BEEN IN” (11.19.16)

22 Nov

No, this wasn’t a geography lesson. I’m talking about states of mind, some I visit regularly, some I try to avoid, some I’ve been stranded in ever since the election.

(State Of Mind) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

(Mourning) / BIRD ON A WIRE / Leonard Cohen / “Songs Live”
I DON’T WANT MUCH / Mose Allison / “American Legend: Live In California”
(Bliss) / CHEEK TO CHEEK / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / “Ella & Louis”
(Indecision) / UNDECIDED / Amy Farris / “Anyway”
UNDECIDED BLUES / Tony Bennett / “Playing With My Friends”
(Amazement) / IT AMAZES ME / Blossom Dearie / “Once Upon A Summertime”
(Disbelief) / I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session”
(Resignation) / COMES LOVE / Billie Holiday / “Billie’s Best”
FAILURE FACE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Rod McKuen / “A Boy Named Charlie Brown”
(Spirituality) / NAIMA / Charles Lloyd / “Autumn In New York”
(Grace) / HOUSE OF GRACE / Billy Brandt / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
(Self-Deception) / I HAVEN’T GOT ANY BETTER TO DO / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
(Optimism) / BLUESETTE / Mel Torme & Buddy Rich Orchestra / “When I Found You”
(Not Optimism) / LITTLE GIRL BLUE / Nina Simone / “After Hours”
(Horny Dog) / WHATCHA GONNA DO ON MONDAY / Andy Scott / “Angels”
(Horny Dog Response) / DOWN BOY / Rebecca Kilgore / “I Like Men”
(Neediness) / DON’T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT / Kevin Mahogany / “My Romance”
(Unrequited Love) / SWEETHEART / Hilary Gardner / “The Great City”
(Euphoria) / ON A CLEAR DAY / Johnny Hartman / “Boston Concert”
(Shock) / GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson / “Two’s Company”
(Innocence Or Ignorance? / SIMON SMITH AND HIS AMAZING DANCING BEAR / Mark Jennett / “Everybody Says Don’t”
(Higher Consciousness) / THE WATERS OF MARCH / Stacey Kent / “Dreamer In Concert”
(Glass Half-Full) / THE RAINBOW CONNECTION / Bobby Scott / “Slowly”
(Glass Half-Empty) / I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY / Norah Jones / “Higher Ground”
(Prayer) / COME SUNDAY / Carol Sloane / “Sophisticated Lady”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” (9.17.16)

17 Sep

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.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

WITH A SONG IN MY HEART / Chet Baker / “She Was Too Good To Me”
I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART / Adrienne Fenmor / “Blue Skies”
THE SONG IS YOU / Frank Sinatra / “The Rare Sinatra”
WHEN HE MAKES MUSIC / Peggy Lee / “Extra Special”
IF YOU WERE A SONG / Billy Brandt / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
THE SONG IS ENDED / The Swingle Singers / “A Celebration Of The Voice”
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG / Johnny Hartman / “Once In Every Life”
MUSIC / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall”
I HEAR MUSIC / Stephane Grappelli / “How High The Moon”
I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TUNE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Frederica Von Stade / “Another Side of Frederica Von Stade”
MUSIC MAESTRO PLEASE / Bobby Scott / “Slowly”
SONG ABOUT THE MOON / Alexis Cole / “Dazzling Blue”
THE MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND / Mark Pompe / “Monks’ Dream”
ONE NOTE SAMBA / Veronneau / “Jazz Samba Project”
ONE NOTE SAMBA / Betty Carter / “Round Midnight”
JOHNNY ONE NOTE / Anita O’Day / “Anita O’Day Swings Rogers & Hart”
BROOKLYN LOVE SONG / Duchess / “Duchess”
SWING / Allan Harris / “Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better”
YOU ARE LIKE A SONG Svetlana & The Delancy 5 / “A Night At The Speakeasy”
SING / (Mystery Vocalists) / Various / “Sesame Street: The Best Of Elmo”
CAN’T HELP SINGING / Jody Sandhaus / “A Fine Spring Morning”
AS LONG AS I’M SINGING / Bobby Darin / “Capitol Collectors Series”
TEACH ME A SONG / Jackie Allen / “Never Let Me Go”
BABY’S REQUEST / Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
A DOLLAR FOR A DIME / Joe Williams / “Every Night”
DEEP SONG / Morgana King / “It’s A Quiet thing”
A SONG FOR YOU / Kenny Rankin / “A Song For You”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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Tags: Adrienne Fenemor, Alexis Cole, Allan Harris, Anita O'Day, Betty Carter, Billy Brandt, Bobby Darin, Bobby Scott, Chet Baker, Cleo Laine, Cody Owen Stine, Duchess, Frank Sinatra, Frederica Von Stade, H. William Stine, Jackie allen, jazz, jazz radio, jazz singers, jazz vocalists, jazz vocals, Jody Sandhaus, johnny hartman, Kenny Rankin, live radio, Mark Pompe, Morgana King, Paul McCartney, Peggy Lee, playlists, PRX, radio, Stephane Grappelli, Svetlana & The Delancy 5, The Swingle Singers, turntable, Turntable For One, Veronneau, wmnr

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PLAYLIST FOR “MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO LOW SELF-ESTEEM” & “MUSICAL MASH-UPS” (3.26.16)

26 Mar

I pulled a couple shows from the archives for everyone’s listening pleasure this week. I’ll be back live next Saturday night!

A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO LOW SELF-ESTEEM

I tried to play the best songs I could think of for this theme, but I probably left out all the really good ones. Crap. I knew I was going to screw it up. Why did I think I could do this right? What was I thinking?

Uh-Oh. Maybe I’ve been thinking about Low Self-Esteem a little too long this week.

SONG TITLE / Artist / Album Or CD Title

IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN / Chaise Lounge / “Insomnia”
EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME / Carmen McRae / “The Fabulous Carmen McRae”
PRIVATE GUY / Ben Sidran / “Don’t Cry For No Hipster”
I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME / Morgana King / “This Is Always”
IT AMAZES ME / Tony Bennett / “Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall”
WAITER, OH WAITER / Stacey Kent / “The Changing Light”
NOBODY ELSE BUT ME / Madeline Eastman / “Point Of Departure”
BUT NOT FOR ME / (Mystery Vocalist) / Joey DeFrancesco with Joe Doggs / “Falling In Love Again”
I WON’T DANCE / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra-Basie”
DANG ME / Kellye Gray / “And, They Call Us Cowboys”
NEVER LET ME GO / Cleo Laine / “Quintessential Cleo”

MUSICAL MASH-UPS

Can I do two things at once? Rub my head and pat my stomach? It’s more fun if someone does that for me. Walk and chew gum? Ok, so I had to give up chewing gum. Sing two songs at once? Maybe I can’t do that, but these guys can and did this week on Turntable For One.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

THREE LITTLE WORDS/SIR DUKE / Bria Skonberg /“Into Your Own”
EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO/DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE / John Pizzarelli / “Rockin’ In Rhythm: A Duke Ellington Tribute
ANYTHING GOES / Keri Johnsrud / “All Blue”
HOUSE OF GRACE / Billy Brandt / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE/I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU / Nancy LaMott / “My Foolish Heart”
BEFORE HE CHEATS / Ana Gasteyer / “I’m Hip”
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE / Tania Grubbs / “Lost In The Stars”
GEE, MINE OR MOZART’S / The Real Group / “Live In Japan”
GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN / Postmodern Jukebox / “Historical Misappropriation”
MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT / Ahmad Jamal / “Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961”
TIME AND LOVE / Mark Winkler / “The Laura Nyro Project”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

Most of the time I just play one song at a time. Wanna hear? Check out a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

Want to see what I do (and other WMNR broadcasters do) while the music is playing? Check out this new video!

https://youtu.be/ujQ4bRHbDzM

Tags: Ahmad Jamal, Ana Gasteyer, Ben Sidran, Billy Brandt, Bria Skonberg, Carmen McRae, Chaise Lounge, Cleo Laine, Cody Owen Stine, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, H. William Stine, jazz, jazz radio, jazz singers, jazz vocalists, jazz vocals, Joe Doggs, Joey DeFrancesco, John Pizzarelli, Kellye Gray, Keri Johnsrud, live radio, Madeline Eastman, Mark Winkler, Morgana King, Nancy LaMott, playlists, Postmodern Jukebox, PRX, radio, Stacey Kent, Tania Grubbs, The Real Group, Tony Bennett, turntable, Turntable For One, wmnr, wmnr fine arts

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PLAYLIST FOR “MUSICAL MASH-UPS” (12.12.15)

12 Dec

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

THREE LITTLE WORDS/SIR DUKE / Bria Skonberg /“Into Your Own”
EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO/DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE / John Pizzarelli / “Rockin’ In Rhythm: A Duke Ellington Tribute
ANYTHING GOES / Keri Johnsrud / “All Blue”
HOUSE OF GRACE / Billy Brandt / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE/I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU / Nancy LaMott / “My Foolish Heart”
BEFORE HE CHEATS / Ana Gastyer / “I’m Hip”
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE / Tania Grubbs / “Lost In The Stars”
GEE, MINE OR MOZART’S / The Real Group / “Live In Japan”
GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN / Postmodern Jukebox / “Historical Misappropriation”
MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT / Ahmad Jamal / “Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961”
TIME AND LOVE / Mark Winkler / “The Laura Nyro Project”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

Most of the time I just play one song at a time. Wanna hear? Check out a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

Want to see what I do (and other WMNR broadcasters do) while the music is playing? Check out this new video!

https://youtu.be/ujQ4bRHbDzM

Tags: Ahmad Jamal, Ana Gasteyer, Billy Brandt, Bria Skonberg, Cody Owen Stine, H. William Stine, jazz, jazz radio, jazz singers, jazz vocalists, jazz vocals, John Pizzarelli, Keri Johnsrud, live radio, Mark Winkler, Nancy LaMott, playlists, Postmodern Jukebox, PRX, radio, Tania Grubbs, The Real Group, turntable, wmnr, wmnr fine arts

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