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PLAYLIST FOR “EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS” (9.13.14)

14 Sep

Life is long and more than enough of it is filled with embarrassing situations. It seems to me the least I can do is recognize those situations and totally exploit them by creating an hour of songs about embarrassing moments. Cheating and getting caught? A double embarrassment. Forgetting your keys? That cuts a little too close to home. But worse: forgetting your lyrics. I left that embarrassment for Sinatra and Judy. What? You were expecting empathy? Do I look like Dr. Oz?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • I CANT TAKE YOU NOWHERE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Little Did I Dream”
  • DON’T’CHA GO ‘WAY MAD  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Live At The Opera House”
  • DINNER FOR ONE PLEASE, JAMES  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad And Blues Master”
  • WHERE ARE MY KEYS  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • YOUNG AT HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Live At The Sands, November, 1961
  • YOU GO TO MY HEAD  /  Judy Garland  /  “Judy At Carnegie”
  • FEET DO YOUR STUFF  /  Ian Shaw  /  “A Ghost In Every Bar”
  • GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Phyllis Diller  /  “Wet Toe In A Hot Socket”
  • WAITER, OH WAITER  /  Stacey Kent  /  “The Changing Lights”
  • YOU’RE TALKING TOO LOUD  /  Dave Tull  /  “I Just Want To Get Paid”
  • CHAMPAGNE  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Way Down Low”
  • DID WE HAVE ANY FUN  /  Shepley Metcalf  /  “Something Irresistible”
  • LOOKS LIKE DECEMBER  /  Antonio Carlos Jobim  /  “Christmas For Lovers”
  • SOMETHING COOL  /  Cheryl Bentyne  /  “West Coast Cool”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Unreleased Master”

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PLAYLIST FOR “SUMMER ROAD TRIPS” (6.21.14)

21 Jun

Doing some traveling this summer? There are a number of interesting jazz singers out there, some in unexpected places. I played a few of them this week. 

 

(City)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • (NYC)  /  TEA FOR TWO  /  Pete McGuinness  /  “Voice Like A Horn”
  • (Chicago)  /  CHEEK TO CHEEK  /  Chicago Jazz Orchestra/Cyrille Aimee  /  “Burstin’ Out”
  • (Chicago)  /  THERE ARE SUCH THINGS  /  Sachal Vasandani  /  “We Move”
  • (Oshkosh)  /  GARY, INDIANA  /  Janet Planet  /  “Of Thee I Sing”
  • (Nashville)  /  YOUNG AND NAÏVE  /  Heather Rigdon  /  “Young And Naive”
  • (Twin Cities)  /  LOVER COME BACK TO ME  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Gypsy In My Soul”
  • (Austin)  /  HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT  /  Kellye Gray  /  “And They Call Us Cowboys”
  • (L.A.)  /  HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  Nancy Sinatra  /  “California Girl”
  •  (L.A.)  /  BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP  /  Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra/Ernie Andrews  /  “L.A. Treasures Project”
  • (San Francisco)  /  IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Madeline Eastman  /  “Art Attack”
  • (Portland)  IF I ONLY HAD A HEART  /  Michael Winkle  /  “The Dream”
  • (Seattle)  /  SO HARD TO FIND  /  Eugenie Jones  /  “Black Lace Blue Tears”
  • (Berkeley)  /  LOVER MAN  /  Lissy Walker  /  “Wonderland”
  • (NYC)  /  PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “ON STRIKE!!” (6.14.14)

16 Jun

This week I went on strike, put random CDs in our 6 CD players, and put the music selection into the audience’s hands.  And let me tell you, I’m not going to do that again – because they did a fantastic job, making me feel far from indispensable. Below is the music they chose at random. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

 

  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Pointless Nostalgic”
  • MAY I COME IN  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • BYE BYE BLACKBIRD  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Into The Indigo”
  • THREE LITTLE WORDS/SIR DUKE  /  Bria Skonberg  /  “Into Your Own”
  • DAY IN-DAY OUT  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The First Lady of Song”
  • I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • SMILE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Robert Downey Jr.  /  “The Futurist”
  • BURNIN’ THE TOAST  /  Suzy Bogguss  /  “Swing”
  • FOUR BROTHERS  /  The King Sisters  /  “Spotlight on The King Sisters”
  • IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Stockholm Sweetnin’”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Little Jimmy Scott  /  “If You Only Knew”
  • THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live In Japan”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES” (6.7.14)

7 Jun

Just 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)

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PLAYLIST FOR “CHRISTMAS PARTY 2013” (12.21.13)

21 Dec

These days the office Christmas party is usually followed by a corporate re-organization and large scale downsizing.  

Hope you have a great Christmas. 

Hope I’m back next week…

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • MY FAVORITE THINGS   Tony Bennett  /  “Snowfall”
  • SLEIGH RIDE/ WINTER WONDERLAND/LET IT SNOW  /  Maureen McGovern  /  “Christmas With Maureen McGovern
  • KISSING BY THE MISTLETOE  /  Diana Panton  /  “Christmas Kiss”
  • OUR TIME OF YEAR  /  Jason Paul Curtis   /  “Lover’s Holiday”
  • SOME CHILDREN SEE HIM  /  Nancy LaMott  /  “Just In Time for Christmas”
  • SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN  /  Doug Munro/Cyrille Aimee  /  “A Very Gypsy Christmas”
  • CHRISTMAS IS   /  Holly Cole  /  “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
  • HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS  /  New York Voices  /  “Let It Snow”
  • SNOW DAY  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “A Very Chaise Lounge Christmas”
  • HE’S GONNA TAKE AWAY OUR CHRISTMAS  /  Robert Goulet  /  “Wonderful World of Christmas”
  • THE SECRET OF CHRISTMAS  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas”
  • THE CHRISTMAS SONG  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “A Christmas Album”
  • SILENT NIGHT  /  Connie Evingson  /  “The Secret Of Christmas”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  Oscar Peterson  /  “Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas”
  • I WANT THE WORLD FOR CHRISTMAS  /  The Real Group  /  “The World For Christmas”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN” (5.25.13)

26 May

You know, of course, that “Everything old is new again” refers to the music and not to the host, right?  An hour of young musicians and singers swinging new life into old songs and old-fashioned instruments. Don’t try to thank me. Just doing my job.

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • NIGHT AND DAY  /  Laila Biali  /  “Live In Concert”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Tony Bennett & Juan Luis Guerra  /  “Viva Duets”
  • JUNETEETH JAMBOREE/ROYAL GARDEN BLUES  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Cat” 
  • ROYAL GARDEN BLUES  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Live At The Vic”
  • I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Stockhom Sweetnin’”
  • SWING GITAN  /  Django Festival All-stars  /  “Live At Birdland”
  • MOTHER OF PEARL/IF I HAD YOU  /  Nellie McKay  /  “At TED”
  • TOP HAT WHITE TIE AND TAILS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mickey Rooney  /  “Pinocchio”
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU  /  Laura Nyro  /  “Angel In The Dark”
  • HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN  /  Julian Yeo  /  “Homage”
  • PRECISO ME ENCONTRAR  /  Christina Braga  /  “Samba, Jazz, And Love”
  • LET’S MISBEHAVE  /  Perry Beekman  /  “So In Love”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Linda Ronstadt  /  “Lush Life”
  • NOBODY  /  Cecile McLorin Salvant  /  “Woman Child”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “BIRDS” (AN ARCHIVE SHOW FROM 3.19.11)

11 Mar

I took the week off to renew my poetic license. This required standing for hours in a long waiting line, keeping my head when all about me were losing theirs and blaming it on me; and listening to everyone around me muttering something about “the road not taken.” A really creepy experience. Ok, I’m not so happy with my license photo (why did the photographer tell me not to make eye contact with the camera?), but at least I’m good to go for another year.  Talk to you on Saturday night. 

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

  • LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Let Yourself Go”
  • HOW HIGH THE MOON/ORNITHOLOGY  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Azure-te”
  • BIRD SONG  /  Mel Torme and Cleo Laine  /  “Nothing Without You”
  • ROBBINS NEST  /  Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie  /  “Ella And Basie”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain”
  • SKYLARK  /  Inga Swearingen  /  “Unreleased Performance”
  • FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS  /  Count Basie  /  “Atomic Basie”
  • FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS  /  The Real Group  /  “Un-Real”
  • BYE, BYE BLACKBIRD  /  Halie Loren  /  “After Dark”
  • BLACKBIRD  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Let It Be Jazz”
  • BOBWHITE  /  BobbyDarin/Johnny Mercer  /  “Two of a Kind”
  • THE EAGLE AND ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live at Vine Street”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “CHRISTMAS PARTY” (12.22.12)

22 Dec

Wishing you the best of the season. 

 

  • SLEIGH RIDE  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “Winter Wonderland”
  • HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Snowfall”
  • ALL THOSE CHRISTMAS CLICHES  /  Nancy LaMott  /  “Just In Time For Christmas”
  • WINTER WONDERLAND  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “A Christmas Album”
  • OLD TOY TRAINS  /  Susie Arioli  /  “Christmas Dreaming”
  • ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH  /  Mystery Vocalist  /  The Three Stooges /  “Christmas Time with the Three Stooges”
  • GOODNIGHT WHEREVER YOU ARE  /  Typhanie Monique  /  “Yuletide Groove”
  • HE’S GONNA TAKE AWAY OUR CHRISTMAS  /  Robert Goulet  /  “Wonderful World Of Christmas”
  • A MERRIER CHRISTMAS  /  Diane Reeves  /  “A Jazz Christmas”
  • SANTA BABY  /  The Real Group  /  “The World For Christmas”
  • THE CHRISTMAS WALTZ  /  Joe Williams  /  “Christmas For Lovers”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  Oscar Peterson  /  “Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas”
  • SILENT NIGHT  /  Connie Evingson  /  “The Secret Of Christmas”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “WHAT DO YOU WANT?” (9.15.12)

16 Sep

Check your ego and superego at the door; this week’s show was all about the id — you mean, Kim Kardashian’s new book, The 7 Habits of Highly Over-rated People?  No, it’s about a dozen musical answers to the eternal question, “What do you want?” (This playlist has been updated because I made changes during the show. )

Next Wednesday, a new clue for next week’s show. 

Talk to you next week. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • I WANT TO BE HAPPY  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “The Diva Series: Sarah Vaughan”
  • I WANT TO BE AROUND  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Ultimate Tony Bennett
  • DADDY  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Look Out!  It’s Joanie Sommers”
  • WOULDN’T IT BE NICE  /  Rebecca Sullivan  /  “This Way, This Time”
  • I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Where Are You?”
  • I WANT TO BE A SIDEMAN  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Little Did I Dream”
  • I JUST WANT TO GET PAID  /  Dave Tull  /  “I Just Want To Get Paid”
  • I WANT TO BE LOVED BY YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Sinead O’Connor  /  “Am I Not Your Girl?”
  • AFTER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT YO DON’T WANT IT  /  Julian Yeo  /  “You And The Night”
  • MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Make Someone Happy”
  • SOMETHING MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU  /  Nat Cole  /  “Let’s Face The Music”
  • WONDERFUL  /  Victoria Hart  /  “Whatever Happened To Romance?”
  • I WANT A LITTLE GIRL  /  Joe Williams  /  “Joe William’s Finest Hour”
  • OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

Jazz Vocals and Live Radio       Saturday Night  10:00 PM      WMNR Fine Arts Radio and wmnr.org

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GETTING BACK IN SHAPE

2 Aug

Summer vacation for Turntable For One is almost over. To prepare for the new season of live shows, I’ve been sequestered at my secret and undisclosed training center, hard at work in a strenuous routine of jogging my memory, jumping to conclusions, stretching credulity, exercising questionable judgment, and lifting words out of context.  I should be ready for the new season, which begins September 1st, by the way. 

I’ve also been listening to some interesting music you may want to check out. 

Frank D’Rone – Double Exposure — it sounds like it should be the title of a George Michaels CD, but it’s the latest CD from a veteran singer/guitarist, one of my favorites for a lot of years. Even at age 80 he still sets standards for how to swing and how to infuse ballads with both meaning and melodic invention. 

Connie Evingson – Sweet Happy Life, the lyrics of Norman Gimbel — This is an eclectic collection of songs, everything from The Girl From Ipanema to Bluesette to Watch What Happens to Canadian Sunset. Gimbel wrote with many composers. The constant here is Connie with her silken voice and alway-thoughtful musical embellishments.

Mark Winkler – A clever West Coast singer and songwriter with an equal appreciation for jazz, irony, and humor – with a dash of self-deprecation. He sings some classics, but his own songs can really get to the heart of a story and a character. His latest CD is Sweet Spot, but take a listen to Till I Get It Right, too.

Rebecca Sullivan – This Way, This Time — She’s young, she’s new, she’s quite different, and I’m eager to hear how she develops. Her voice isn’t exactly jazz, so her skill at improvising comes as an endearing surprise. She plucks the ten songs on this CD from many different trees, but with consistent charm. 

That’s some of the stuff I’ve been listening to as I start to put the September shows together.What have you been listening to? Let me know. 

I’ll talk to you later. 

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