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PLAYLIST FOR “THINGS WE KNOW AND DON’T KNOW” 4.11.26

8 Jun

The world is rife with confusion and doubt. And, of course, I want to help. I want to help but, full disclosure, I suck at solving problems. So instead I played two hours of songs about things we know and things we don’t know. Was this helpful? I don’t know.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • I KNOW THE WAY TO BROOKLYN  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Dooji Wooji”
  • I DON’T KNOW WHY (I JUST DO)  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • MORE THAN YOU KNOW  /  Dee Dee Bridgewater w/ Ray Brown  /  “Some Of My Best Friends Are Singers”
  • I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW  /  Nat King Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • HOW AM I TO KNOW?  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • (WHAT A) WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, James Taylor  /  “Watermark”
  • I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Look Of Love”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Kandace Springs  /  “Lady In Satin”      
  • I KNOW YOU KNOW  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • YOU AND I  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • ONE NEVER KNOWS  /  Modern Jazz Quartet  /  “The Complete Last Concert”
  • I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • I NEVER KNEW  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Swing Along With Me”
  • I NEVER KNEW  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “Featuring”
  • DON’T YOU KNOW I CARE (OR DON’T YOU CARE TO KNOW)  /  Paul Marinaro  /  “Mood Ellington”
  • YOU BETTER KNOW IT   /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Sings Ellington”
  • I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Once To Every Heart”
  • I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Live At The Village Vanguard”
  • DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS  /  Take 6 & Aaron Neville  /  “The Standard”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW ME  /  Norah Jones  /  “Here We Go Again”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Eldar Djangirov & Chris Botti  /  “Eldar”
  • I KNOW I DREAM  /  Stacey Kent  /  “I Know I Dream”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “The Bridges of Madison County”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “AH-HA MOMENTS!” (AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST) 5.30.26

31 May

I wandered through the Turntable For One archives this week.  I didn’t find my lost youth, but I did find a fun program worth giving a second listen.  Here’s what I wrote about it in January of ’24.

Last week I did  a show with the musical theme, “Uh-Oh Moments!” (If you missed the show, I strongly advise you borrow someone’s notes before the final exam.) So I was trying to think of what to do this week.  What to do? What to do? Then, out of the blue, I had an “Ah-Ha Moment!” (At this stage of the game, I can’t afford to pass up any errant thought or idea.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Gail Pettis  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • TEN MINUTES AGO  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Great Songs From Stage & Screen”
  • IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT  /  Ashley Pezzotti  /  “We’ve Only Just Begun”
  • THEY ALL LAUGHED  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Something’ Like Love”
  • I USED TO BE COLORBLIND  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • I NEVER KNEW  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Swing Along With Me”
  • HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “In Blue”
  • I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.   /  “That Face”
  • BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP  /  Kenny Burrell & Grover Washington Jr.   /  “Togethering
  • I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW  /  Holly Cole Trio  /  “Don’t Smoke In Bed”
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Seal w/ Puppini Sisters  /  “Standards”
  • UNTIL I MET YOU    Melissa Morgan  /  “Until I Met You”
  • LAST REQUEST  /  Frankie Valli  /  “A Touch of jazz”
  • SCRABBLE  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Ages”
  • OH LOOK AT ME NOW  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • OH LOOK AT ME NOW  /  Monica Ramey  /  “Monica Ramey & The Beegie Adair Trio”
  • CLOUDY MORNING  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Ultimate Carmen McRae”
  • A FOGGY DAY  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Perfectly Frank”
  • IF I WERE A BELL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer in Concert”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Standards Vol. 1”
  • I FORGOT TO HAVE CHILDREN  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Ages”
  • THE MASQUERADE IS OVER  /  Al Jarreau  /  “25 Greatest Hits”
  • MEANING OF THE BLUES  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Nnenna Freelon Live”
  • FRAGILE  /  Sting  /  “Live In Berlin”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A TRIP TO THE MOON” 4.25.26

27 Apr

A musical tribute to the flight and safe return of the astronauts of the Artemis 2 Mission!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • DESTINATION MOON  /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah ’62”
  • FLY ME TO THE MOON  /  Casey Abrams  /  “Jazz”
  • EAST OF THE SUN  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Send For Me”
  • JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • IF THE MOON TURNS GREEN  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Great American Songbook”
  • COUNT DOWN  /  Count Basie  /  “Basie Plays Hefti”
  • OLD DEVIL MOON  /  Cassandra Wilson & Jacky Terrasson  /  “Rendezvous”
  • MOONDANCE  /  Van Morrison  /  “Moondance”
  • POLKA DOTS & MOONBEAMS  /  Emma Smith  /  “Bitter Orange”
  • I DON’T WANT TO LIVE ON THE  /  Ernie, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, JLCO  /  “A Swinging Sesame Street Celebration”
  • IN THE EVENING BY THE MOONLIGHT  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At Newport”
  • SONG ABOUT THE MOON  /  Paul Simon  /  “Hearts & Bones”
  • HOW HIGHT THE MOON  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella At Zardi’s”
  • I WISHED ON THE MOON  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Bennett On Holiday”
  • UNDER THE SAME MOON  /  Halie Loren  /  “Dreams Lost & Found”
  • OH YOU CRAZY MOON  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
  • ONE JEALOUS MOON  /  Sarah McKenzie  /  “Paris In The Rain”
  • MOON & SAND  /  Kenny Burrell  /  “Guitar Forms”
  • MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Fly With Me”
  • IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON  /  Cyrille Aimee w/ Diego Figueiredo  /  “Just The Two Of Us”
  • NO MOON AT ALL  /  Julian Yeo  /  “Deep Purple Dreams”
  • MOONLIGHT SAVINGS TIME  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • POLKA DOTS AND MOON BEAMS  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “The Last Waltz”
  • MOONLIGHT SERENADE  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Flirting With Twilight”
  • MOON RIVER  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Sunset In The Blue”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)   /  Cody Owen Stine

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “RE-WRITES &DO-OVERS” 1.17.26

19 Jan

A collection of song lyric re-writes, alternate takes, and recording session do-overs, plus a couple of do-overs for my audience to see if they could finally guess the first Mystery Vocalists I ever played back in September 2010. (They were still 1 for 2 15 years later.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Johnny Mercer  /  “My Huckleberry Friend”
  • DO IT AGAIN  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Live From Montreal”
  • I GUESS I’LL TO CHANGE MY PLANS  /  Mel Torme & Jonathan Schwartz  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • LIL’ DARLIN  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • DON’T DREAM OF ANYBODY BUT ME  /  Bobby Darin  /  “This Is Darin”
  • WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG  /  Emma Smith  /  “Bitter Orange”
  • NICE ’N’ EASY (Recording Sequence)  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice ’N’ easy”
  • THE BLUEST KIND OF BLUE  /  Hetty Kate & Irwell Street String Band  /  “11:60 PM”
  • ALL FOR YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Romance”
  • SWINGING ON A STAR  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tony Perkins  /  “From My Heart”
  • APRIL IN PARIS (Alternate Take  /  Count Basie  /  “April In Paris”
  • EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO/DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Rockin’ In Rhythm”
  • WHY DID I CHOOSE YOU  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Lazy Afternoon”
  • I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • SECOND CHANCE  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Buddy Rich  /  “Boddy 100”
  • TAKE FIVE  /  Dave Brubeck Quartet  /  “Time Outtakes”
  • ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Samara Joy  /  “Linger Awhile”
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A PRE-CHRISTMAS PARTY PARTY” 12.13.25

15 Dec

Next week is my annual Turntable For One Christmas party. And, of course, everyone is invited…well maybe not the person who put hardboiled eggs in the eggnog (as if anything could make eggnog more palatable) and the person who made a wish and blew out all the candles on my menorah. (That’s not how it works!) But I realized that I can’t possibly squeeze all of my favorite holiday music into two hours next week. So I got a head start this week.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • CHRISTMAS IS  /  Holly Cole  /  “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS  /  Anais Reno  /  “Happy Holiday”
  • CHRISTMAS WALTZ  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Christmas Wish”
  • SNOWFALL  /  The Manhattan Transfer  /  “The Christmas Album”
  • COZY YOU  /  aron! & Hohnen Ford  /  “A Cozy Christmas”
  • MAY EV’RY DAY BE CHRISTMAS  /  Irma Thomas w/ The Preservation Hall Jazz Band  /  “Holidays Rule”
  • THE CHRISTMAS SONG  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Holiday Rules”
  • CHRISTMAS MAGIC  /  Laufey  /  “A Very Laufey Holiday”
  • GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN  /  Jimmy Smith  /  “Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas”
  • SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN  /  Olivia Chindamo  /  “Swinging In The Holidays”
  • THE JOLLY FAT MAN  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “The Pianoman At Christmas”
  • REINDEER IN RHYTHM  /  Solitaire Miles w Susie Blue & The Lonesome Fellas  /  “Cool Yule With Susie Blue”
  • MY FAVORITE THINGS  /  Al Jarreau & Kathleen Battle  /  “Tenderness”
  • I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM  /  Ashley Pezzotti  /  “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”
  • CHRISTMAS WILL REALLY BE CHRISTMAS  /  Kristin Korb  /  “That Time Of Year”
  • I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS  /  Take 6  /  “The Most Wonderful time Of Year”
  • GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN  /  John Paul McGee Trio  /  “A Gospel Jassical Christmas”
  • A NOT SO SILENT NIGHT  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Out Under The Sky”
  • HAPPY HANUKAH, MY FRIEND  /  Night Is Alive Band  /  “Christmas Ain’t Like It used To Be”
  • THE SECRET OF CHRISTMAS  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”
  • YOU’RE A LITTLE LIKE SNOW  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “You’re A Little Like Snow”
  • SKATING  /  The Commercialists  /  “A Charlie Brown Christmas:Live At The Jazz Estate”
  • HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “A Christmas Album”
  • THE CHRISTMAS SONG  /  Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole  /  “The Christmas Song”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Can’t Hide Love”
  • WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE  /  Carol Sloane  /  “A Concord jazz Christmas”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HEARTS TO HART” 12.6.25

8 Dec

We were all heart this week with a heartfelt musical tribute to Larry Hart, celebrating his heart-stopping wit, charm, and brilliant sense of rhyme, and also his lyrics of heartbreaking pain and vulnerability. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra w/ Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets”
  • MOUNTAIN GREENERY  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • EASY TO REMEMBER  /  Kandace Springs  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • MY ROMANCE  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • YOU’RE NEARER  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS  /  Michael Mayo  /  “Fly”
  • DO IT THE HARD WAY  /  Amanda Carr  /  “Tender Trap”
  • BETWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED  /  Emma Smith  /  “Burnt Orange”
  • THE BAD IN EVERY MAN  /  The Attic Band  /  “Blue Moon”
  • BLUE MOON  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rogers & Hart Songbook”
  • LITTLE GIRL BLUE  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tribute”
  • I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Ian Shaw  /  “Taking It To Hart”
  • EVERYTHING I’VE GOT BELONGS TO YOU  /  Judith Owen w/ Jason Marsalis  /  “Come & Get It”
  • THIS FUNNY WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • SPRING IS HERE  /  Carly Simon  /  “Torch”
  • DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Michel LeGrand  /  “Michel LeGrand At Shelley’s Manne Hole”
  • NOBODY’S HEART BELONGS TO ME  /  Doris Day w/ Andre Previn  /  “Duet”
  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN” 9.27.25

2 Oct

I don’t know why but listeners are always asking me for advice. This week’s show will either encourage them or, more likely, discourage them from ever doing it again.  So I divided the show between people who need advice to the lovelorn and people who want to share advice. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Title

  • THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY  /  Judy Garland   /  “Judy At Carnegie”
  • PICK YOURSELF UP  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”
  • YOU CAN’T LOVE ‘EM ALL  /  Loston Harris  /  “Swingfully Yours”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Diana Krall  /  “All For You”
  • THE SECOND TIME AROUND  /  Fay Claasson w/ Jazz Orch. Of The Concertgebouw  /  “The Second Time Around”
  • THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM  /  Benny Bennack III  /  “Third Tie’s The Charm”
  • I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live At Laren Jazz Festival 1975”
  • LOVE MAKES THE CHANGES  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Love Makes The Changes”
  • I’M GONNA LOCK MY HEART  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Lover Man”
  • ALIMONY BLUES  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Norman Mailer  /  “Stranger Than Fiction”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Brunch At The Renaissance”
  • TAKE LOVE EASY  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Turned To Blue”
  • SINCE I FELL FOR YOU  /  Aaron Neville /  “Nature Boy: The Standards Album”
  • 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Take Love Easy”
  • I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S  /  Tom Rust / Malcolm Edmonston Trio  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • FORGET THE WOMAN  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • FORGET ABOUT THE BOY  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Confessions”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET?  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • HEY THERE  /  Bette Midler  /  “Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook”
  • GRANDMA’S HANDS  /  Bill Withers  /  “Just As I Am”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Eldar Djangerov w/ Chris Botti  /  “Live At The Blue Note”
  • ONLY THE LONELY  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Lonely House”
  • DON’T CRY JOE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Vegas”
  • AS TIME GOES BY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “In Budapest”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “DOs & DON’Ts” 9.13.25

15 Sep

Dos and Don’ts – we’ve heard them all our lives! Don’t talk unless your raise your handDon’t bring candy to school unless you bring enough for everyoneDon’t lock your little sister in the closet…maybe that’s just me. And later we all heard: Do call your mother! Just to add insult to injury, salt to the wound, a poke to the eye, I played two more hours of DOs & DON’TS. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Title

  • EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
  • DO IT THE HARD WAY  /  Georgie Fame  /  “Poet In New York”
  • DON’T FENCE ME IN  /  Kelly Clarkson/Jeff Goldblum/Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “Plays Well With Others’
  • DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING  /  Ray Charles  /  “The Genius Of Ray Charles”
  • DO IT AGAIN  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • DO SOMETHING  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • I DO IT FOR YOUR LOVE  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “The Last Waltz”
  • DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME  /  Joni Mitchell  /  “Both Sides Now”
  • I DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING  /  Mose Allison  /  “Mose In Your Ear”
  • DEED I DO  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • JUST SQUEEZE ME  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Memories Of You”
  • DON’T PANIC  /  The Hot Club Of San Francisco  /   “Veronica”
  • LET’S DO IT  /  Ledisi  /  “Ledisi For Dinah”
  • DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Just One Of Those Things”
  • DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Gladys Knight  /  “Before Me”
  • DON’T YOU KNOW I CARE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • PLEASE DON’T BUG ME  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • DON’T MISUNDERSTAND  /  Gregory Porter with Jimmy Heath  /  “Love Letter”
  • DON’T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT  /  Jacqui Dankworth  /  “As The Sun Shines Down”
  • DON’T GO TO STRANGERS  /  Ingram Washington  /  “Sweet ’N’ Low”
  • DO I LOVE YOU  /  Lady Gaga  /  “Love For Sale”
  • DON’T EXPLAIN  /  Dominick Farancci  /  “Lovers, Tales, & Dances”
  • (WHAT A) WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Art Garfunkel, Paul Simone, James Taylor  /  “The Singer”
  • DON’T EVER LEAVE ME  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Ultimate Carmen McRae”
  • DON’T LIKE GOODBYES  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Romance”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT” – SEASON 16 PREMIERE! (8.30.25)

31 Aug

Well, they didn’t change the locks on the front door so after my summer hiatus I was finally back at my Turntable For One. That’s definitely something I could cheer about. To spread the cheers around I found some songs about cheering and singers we could all cheer for. Plus I gave four hearty and heartfelt cheers to the Village Vanguard which turned 90 years old this year. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • TONIGHT  /  Emma Smith  /  “Bitter Orange”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Gail Pettis  /  “May I Come In?”
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  Al Jarreau  /  “Accentuate The Positive”
  • LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  Lauren Henderson  /  “Sonidas”
  • MOMENTS NOTICE  /  Kenny Burrell  /  “Guiding Spirit-Live At The Village Vanguard”
  • IF I WERE A BELL  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME  /  Carly Simon  /  “Clouds In My Coffee”
  • TABLE FOR TWO  /  Aron!  /  “Cozy You”
  • THE SPINACH SONG  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • I’M COUNTING ON YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Vince Gill w/ Ira B. Liss Big  Band Jazz Machine  /  “Unexpected Guests”
  • LAURA  /  Joe Lovano Nonet  /  “On This Day At The Village Vanguard”
  • I DON’T MIND  /  Laura Anglade  /  “Get Out Of town”
  • A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP  /   Alexis Cole w/ Bucky Pizzarelli  /  “A Beautiful Friendship”
  • I LOVE BETSY  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Stage & Screen”
  • GOODY GOODY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella At The Opera House”
  • TIME TO SMILE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art of Romance”
  • I KNOW THE WAY TO BROOKLYN  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Dooji Wooji”
  • BETTER THAN ANYTHING  /  Tuck & Patti  /  “Tears Of Joy”
  • EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED  /  Mose Allison  /  “The Mose Chronicles”
  • SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME  /  James Sarno, Veronica Swift, Tyler Henderson  /  “Themes Of Romance”
  • HOORAY FOR LOVE  /  Curtis Stigers  /  “Hooray For Love”
  • HOORAY FOR LOVE  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Thanks For The Memories”
  • NO MOON AT ALL  /  Julian Yeo  /  “Deep Purple Dreams”
  • A WISH  /  Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spaulding  /  “Live At The Village Vanguard
  • WALTZ FOR DEBBY  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “The Complete Village Vanguard”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Can’t Hide Love”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A LITTLE LOVE TO UNLOVED LYRICISTS” 12.7.24

9 Dec

I don’t think a week has gone by when I haven’t played songs with lyrics by Larry Hart or Cole Porter or the Bergmans, or Ira Gershwin – until this week! I’m gave all those guys the night off and instead, focussed on lyricists whose songs we know – but their names… not so much. I spent the evening singing the praises of  such talented lyricists as Bob Russell, Caroll Coates, Bob Haymes, Peggy Lee, Ed Hayman, and others. Well, fortunately for my audience, I let other, more qualified people do the singing. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CRAZY HE CALLS ME  /  Cyrille Aimee w/ Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orch.  /  “Petit Fleur”
  • DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Molly Johnson  /  “Because Of Billie”
  • YOU FOR ME  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Something Good”
  • THAT’S ALL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  This One’s For Tedi”
  • SUNDAY IN NEW YORK  /  Joanna Pascale w/Orrin Evans/The Capt. Black Big Band  /  “Walk A Mile In My Shoes”
  • YOU’LL SEE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Marvin Gaye  /  “Live At The Copa”
  • LI’L DARLIN’  /  Count Basie  /  “The Complete Atomic Basie”
  • WHILE WE’RE YOUNG  /  Lauren Henderson  /  “The Songbook Session”
  • I’LL BE AROUND  /  Willie Nelson  /  “My Way”
  • I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee”
  • TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Merry-Go-Round”
  • I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU  /  Kat Gang  /  “Dream Your Troubles Away”
  • IT ISN’T SO GOOD IT COULDN’T BE BETTER  /  Ronnie Whyte  /  “Whyte Wolf-The Songs of Tommy Wolf”
  • I’M ALWAYS DRUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO  /  Carmen McRae  /  “At The Great American Music Hall”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Boz Scaggs  /  “But Beautiful – Standards: Vol. 1”
  • POSTCARD LOVERS  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer”
  • I WISHED ON THE MOON  /  Billie Holiday  /  “All Or Nothing At All”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “At The Blue Note”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Rebecca Parris  /  “My Foolish Heart”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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