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PLAYLIST FOR “TERMS OF ENDEARMENT” (AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST 1.31.26

1 Feb

Still under the weather and will have to defer the “Game Night” show until next Saturday night. So we heard a show from the archive on Saturday. This is what I said about the show at the time…

Dear, Honey, Baby, Sweetie, Darling, Doll –  no, I’m not quoting from my listeners’ emails. We’re about to enter into another “spin” cycle, a year when anger, accusations, and name calling fill the air and the airwaves. In an effort – futile though it may be – to encourage a kinder, gentler world, I focused this week on some of the nicer words we used to call each other. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CALL ME DARLING  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee”
  • TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS  /  Joe Williams  /  “Every Night”
  • HONEY PIE  /  Tuck & Patti  /  “Love Warriors”
  • DEARLY BELOVED  /  Joe Pesci & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Falling In Love Again”
  • CANDY  /  Amy McConnell  / “Stealing Genius”
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU  /  Willie Nelson & Sheryl Crow  /  “Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin”
  • THE GENTLEMAN IS A DOPE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Diana Dors  /  “Swinging Dors”
  • LI’L DARLIN  /  Count Basie  /  “Standing Ovation”
  • CUTE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Best of Tony Bennett”
  • DEAR BIX  /  Meredith D’Ambrosio  /  “Another Time”
  • MY BABY DOESN’T SAY GOODNIGHT  /  Leo Sidran  /  “The Art Of Conversation”
  • HE’S A TRAMP  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Jazz Loves Disney”
  • THE LADY IS A TRAMP  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Main Event”
  • ‘A’ YOU’RE ADORABLE  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME   /  George Michael  /  “Songs From The Last Century”
  • BROWN BABY  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Michelle Pfeiffer & Dave Grusin  /  “The Fabulous Baker Boys”
  • HELLO, MA BABY  /  Julian Yeo  /  “1923”
  • HE’S A REAL GONE GUY  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM  /  Stan Getz & Chet Baker  /  “The Stockholm Concerts”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • MY MELANCHOLY BABY  /  Delicatessen  /  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
  • BABY DREAM YOUR DREAM  /  Tony DeSare  /  “Chemistry”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Trio”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ESCAPE PLANS” (AN ARCHIVAL RE-BROADCAST) 1.24.26

26 Jan

I was metaphorically under the weather this week, 24 hours before most of the country was literally under the weather. So I dipped into the archives for a show from a few months back. It may be more relevant to my mood now than it was when it first aired. This is what I wrote about it back then:

I can think of a thousand reasons why Escape Plans are on my mind. Instead, I thought of a couple dozen great songs and let them be my escape for a couple hours. (I also paid tribute to Jack DeJohnette whose work means so much to me.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • COME FLY WITH ME  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • LET’S GET LOST  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “Let’s Get Lost”
  • LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY  /  Seth MacFarlane & Sara Bareilles  /  “Music Is Better Than Words”
  • THE ICE HOTEL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Breakfast On The Morning Tram”
  • FAR AWAY PLACES  /  Norma Winstone  /  “Manhattan In The Rain”
  • LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • SLOW BOAT TO CHINA  /   Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Twelve Nights In Hollywood”
  • A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA  /  Homer & Jethro  /  “Cornfucius Say”
  • EAST OF THE SUN  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Send For Me”
  • ROUTE 66  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • I JUST WANT TO BE HORIZONTAL  /  Samoa Wilson  /  “I Just Want To Be Horizontal”
  • ALL OF YOU  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tribute”
  • DESTINATION MOON   /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah ’62”
  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE /  Paul Jost  /  “Simple Life”
  • DON’T SMOKE IN BED  /  Diana Krall  /  “This Dream Of You”
  • STAIRWAY TO THR STARS  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “The Perfection Years”
  • MOON RIVER  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Sunset In The Blue”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “The Cure”
  • OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”
  • NO MORE  /  Chip Zien & Tom Aldredge  /  “Into The Woods”
  • 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 “2025 -THE YEAR IN REVIEW” 12.27.25

29 Dec

For the final show of 2025, I looked back at some of my favorite musical themes, some favorite new singers I discovered this year, and bid a fond farewell to the penny plus some of the singers and musicians who will be among the missing in 2026. Great music but unfortunately I spent too much time looking back and now I have a stiff neck. (This was a lot easier when I was younger.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • THE LATE LATE SHOW  /  Olivia Chindamo  /  “Portraits & Propagations”
  • EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
  • DO IT AGAIN  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz +Bossa”
  • EGGS IN THE MORNING  /  aron!  /  “Cozy You & Other Cozy Songs”
  • THE BOY NEXT DOOR  /  Veronica Swift & James Sarno  /  “Themes Of Romance”
  • THAT’S ALL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Tedi”
  • I’LL BE HARD TO HANDLE  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “You’re Alike, You Two”
  • THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES  /  Bob Hope & Shirley Ross  /  “Thanks For The memories”
  • I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?
  • GOOD GUY  /  Trisha Yearwood  /  “Stormy Weather”
  • JOHN’S ABBEY  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tokyo ’96”
  • WE THE PEOPLE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Who’s The Old Man Now”
  • PENNIES FROM HEAVEN  /  Frank Sinatra w/ Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS  /  Kate Kortum  /  “Good Woman”
  • BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME  /  George Michael  /  “Symphonica”
  • DRINKING AGAIN  /  Liz Gillies & Seth MacFarlane  /  “Drinking Again”
  • PICK YOURSELF UP  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”
  • I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF A MUDDLE  /  Emma Smith  /  “Bitter Orange”
  • SAY CHEESE  /  Ronny Whyte  /  “Whyte Wolf-The Songs of Tommy Wolf”
  • COFFEE TIME  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Still Unforgettable”
  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Laura Nyro Project”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “AfterThe Fall”
  • THE RAINBOW CONNECTION  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”
  • 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 “16TH ANNUAL MUSIC TO BE THANKFUL FOR” 11.29.25

1 Dec

The 16th Annual Music To Be Thankful For with my own offerings (with shout-outs to the disk jockeys who introduced me to this music as a kid), plus contributions from fellow WMNR broadcasters (-B), some favorite singers (-S), and, because this show always comes around my birthday, my wife and son for Family Night At The Radio Station!

(Guest)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW  /  Nat King Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • (Gary Gerrard -B)  /  PAINTED ON CANVAS   /  Gregory Porter  /   “Be Good”
  • SNOWBIRD  /  Ashley Pezzattii  /  “Snowbird”
  • (Ashley Pezzotti-S)  /  BE MY LOVE  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sarah Slightly Classical”
  • (Mark Kuss-B)  /  ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES/A’TISKET A’TASKET  /  Nnenna Freelon
  • (Rich Moran-B)  /  ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  Andy Bey  /  “Ain’t Necessarily So”
  • (Megan Stine)  /  YOU CALL THESE MEN  /  Emily Walton  /   “Penthesilea – An Unproduced Musical By Cody Owen Stine”
  • (Will Duchon-B)  /  THE NEARNESS OF YOU  /  Sarah Shea  /  “The Nearness Of You”
  • (Cody Owen Stine)  /  HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “The Old Country”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Jonathan Karrant  /  “Live in Concert”
  • (Jonathan Karrant-S)  /  (YOU DON’T KNOW) HOW GLAD I AM  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “How Glad i Am”
  • (Garrett Stack-B)  /  SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE  /  Louis Armstrong  /  “Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man”
  • I BELIEVE IN YOU  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “It Might As Well Be Swing”
  • (Philip Harris-B)  HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL  /  Michel Legrand w/ Ben Webster  /  “Legrand Jazz”
  • SOCIAL CALL  /  Josie Falbo  /  “Kickin’ It”
  • (Josie Falbo-S)  /  YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING  /  Cleo Lane  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
  • CHANGES  / Phil Ochs  /  “At Carnegie Hall”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “MY FAVORITE FOUR-LETTER WORDS” (AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST) 11.8.25

10 Nov

Played a show from 2023 this week, though two hours of four-letter words still seems appropriate for the times.  Maybe even more. I wrote this the first time I posted the show: 

Since it’s an election year, we’re going to be hearing a lot of four-letter words. I thought I’d start the ball rolling with some of my favorites: Love, Luck, Hope, Life, Song, and, of course, one of my most favorites of favorites, Tony.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album title

  • I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Live At The Village Vanguard”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones  /  “My Way”
  • LOVESICK   /  Jackie & Roy /  “Lovesick”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Live Performance)
  • THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG  /  Claire Hogan  /  “Boozers and Losers”
  • THE LIFE THAT I LEAD  /  Lou Rawls  /  “Carryin’ On”
  • I HOPE YOU DANCE  /  Deborah Lippman  /  “Songbird”
  • LUCK BE A LADY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Vegas”
  • SOLITUDE  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Solitude”
  • IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Leonard Maltin  /  “Stranger Than Fiction”
  • CUTE  /  Count Basie  /  “Breakfast Dance & Barbecue”
  • THE MAN WITH THE HORN  /  Calabira Foti  /  “Prelude To A Kiss”
  • THAT FACE  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.   /  “That Face”
  • MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Lucy Yeghiazryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
  • LITTLE BLUE MAN  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Dot…Dot…Dot”
  • THE LADY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • FORGET THE WOMAN  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My Gentleman Friend”
  • ORNITHOLOGY  /  Pasquale Grasso  /  “Be-Bop”
  • WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “After The Roses”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker  /  “Carnegie Hall Concert”
  • HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ESCAPE PLANS” 11.1.25

3 Nov

I can think of a thousand reasons why Escape Plans are on my mind. Instead, I thought of a couple dozen great songs and let them be my escape for a couple hours. (I also paid tribute to Jack DeJohnette whose work means so much to me.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • COME FLY WITH ME  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • LET’S GET LOST  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “Let’s Get Lost”
  • LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY  /  Seth MacFarlane & Sara Bareilles  /  “Music Is Better Than Words”
  • THE ICE HOTEL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Breakfast On The Morning Tram”
  • FAR AWAY PLACES  /  Norma Winstone  /  “Manhattan In The Rain”
  • LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • SLOW BOAT TO CHINA  /   Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Twelve Nights In Hollywood”
  • A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA  /  Homer & Jethro  /  “Cornfucius Say”
  • EAST OF THE SUN  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Send For Me”
  • ROUTE 66  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • I JUST WANT TO BE HORIZONTAL  /  Samoa Wilson  /  “I Just Want To Be Horizontal”
  • ALL OF YOU  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tribute”
  • DESTINATION MOON   /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah ’62”
  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE /  Paul Jost  /  “Simple Life”
  • DON’T SMOKE IN BED  /  Diana Krall  /  “This Dream Of You”
  • STAIRWAY TO THR STARS  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “The Perfection Years”
  • MOON RIVER  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Sunset In The Blue”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “The Cure”
  • OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”
  • NO MORE  /  Chip Zien & Tom Aldredge  /  “Into The Woods”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO INANIMATE OBJECTS” (AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST 10.18.25

20 Oct

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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PLAYLIST FOR “ALL BLUES” 10.11.25

12 Oct

About 5 years ago, I did a show called, “I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues.”  Back then, the country – and the  world – were reeling under a pandemic. Americans were confused, fearful, and angry, emotions reflected in contentious politics. We didn’t  know which way the country was going to go. As they say: the more things change… So what kind of mood do you think I’m still in five years later?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Laura Nyro  /  “First Songs”
  • ALL BLUES  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Double Rainbow”
  • BLUE SKIES  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES  /  Joe Williams & Count Basie  /  “At The Americana Hotel”
  • BLOSSOM’S BLUES  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Blossom Dearie”
  • EVERYBODY HAS THE BLUES  /  Tony Bennett & Ray Charles /  “The Art of Excellence”
  • FINE AND MELLOW  /  Billie Holiday  /  “The Essential Billie Holiday: The Carnegie Hall Concert””
  • MOOD INDIGO  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “In The Wee Small Hours”
  • LILAC BLUES  /  The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra  /  “Mixed Bag”
  • HUM DRUM BLUES  /  Kate Kortum  /  “Good Woman”
  • WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • LITTLE GIRL BLUE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Little Girl Blue”
  • I AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES  /  Kenny Washington  /  “What’s The Hurry”
  • BLUE OF BLUE  /  Carly Simon  /  “Torch”
  • BLACK AND BLUE  /  Louis Armstrong  /  “16 Most Requested Songs”
  • GEORGIA ROSE  /  Queen Latifah w/ Stevie Wonder  /  “Travelin’ Light”
  • WAITER, ASK THE MAN TO PLAY THE BLUES  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues”
  • BLUES FOR POP-POP  /  Gina Vendetta  /  “Fun Size”
  • BLUE VELVET  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall”
  • MEANING OF THE BLUES  /  Nnenna Fereelon  /  “Nnenna Freelon Live”
  • BLUES FOR PABLO  /  Miles Davis  /  “Miles Ahead”
  • BASIN STREET BLUES  /  Shirley Horn w/ Roy Hargrove  /  “I Remember Miles”
  • NO MORE BLUES  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “Easy To Love”
  • SWEET SLUMBER  /  Jimmy Witherspoon & Brother Jack McDuff  /  “The Blues Is Now”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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