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PLAYLIST FOR “OPPOSITES DON’T ALWAYS ATTRACT!” 6.20.26

21 Jun

So many people have differing (at best) and opposing points of view these days. Did I try to reconcile them, bring people together? Of course not! Nope, I exploited the situation by playing two hours of opposites, maintaining my show’s perfect record of doing the exact opposite of what’s needed. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • COME DANCE WITH ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • I WON’T DANCE  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie:The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • SOMETHING GOOD  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Music Is Better Than Words”
  • EVIL GAL BLUES  /  Ledisi w/ Count Basie Orch.  /  “Basie Swings The Blues”
  • LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • YOU’VE CHANGED  /  Kandace Springs  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • LET’S FALL IN LOVE  /  Diana Krall  /  “Live In Paris”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Diana Krall  /  “All For You”
  • SMILE  /  Emma Smith  /  “Smile”
  • I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  George Maharis  /  “George Maharis Sings!”
  • LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Standards In Norway”
  • LOVESICK  /  Jackie & Roy  /  “Lovesick”
  • EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • EVERYTHING I’VE GOT BELONGS TO YOU  /  Kate Kortum  /  “Wild Woman Tells All”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?  /  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones  /  “My Way”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Cody Owen Stine Trio  
  • LET THERE BE LOVE  /  Nat King Cole & George Shearing  /  “Nat King Cole Sings George Shearing Plays”
  • DOWN WITH LOVE  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • I LOVE THE RAIN  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny rankin Album”
  • MY ROMANCE  /  Chuck Mangione, Keith Jarrett, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers  /  “Samba Tonto”
  • ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE   /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington  /  “Ella At Duke’s Place”
  • WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say hello”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “STARS & BARS!” 6.13.26

14 Jun

In a few weeks we’ll all be celebrating America’s big birthday – 250 years old! (Although it doesn’t look a day over 249 and a half.) We’ll be watching parades, listening to marching band, and saluting the grand old Stars & Stripes! But I thought I’d celebrate very different kinds of stars and bars.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • IF THE STARS WERE MINE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “My One & Only Thrill”
  • DRINKING AGAIN  /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah ’62”
  • STAIRWAY TO THE STARS  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Kandace Springs w/ Norah Jones  /  “The Women Who Raised Me”
  • I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S  /  Tom Rust w/ Malcolm Edmonstone trio  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • SO MANY STARS  /  Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66  /  “Looking Around”
  • TURN OUT THE STARS  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  ”Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings”
  • WE THE PEOPLE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Who’s The Old Man Now?”
  • GOOD GUY  /  Trisha Yearwood  /  “Stormy Weather”
  • I’LL BUY YOU A STAR  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • LET’S GET LOADED  /  Carey West  /  “Made Of Clay”
  • SWINGING ON A STAR  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Playground”
  • I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings.”
  • WHEN I DRINK  /  Janis Siegel & Chuck Bergeron  /  “Bass & Face”
  • TEACH ME TONIGHT  /  Diane Schuur  /  “Collection”
  • SCOTCH AND SODA  /  The Kingston Trio  /  “The Kingston Trio”
  • MAKE IT ANOTHER OLD FASHIONED  /  Emma Smith  /  “Bitter Orange”
  • IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS  /  Claire Martin & Scott Dunne  /  “I Watch You Sleep”
  • STARS FELL ON ALABAMA  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Somewhere”
  • CORCOVADO  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Summer Me, Winter Me”
  • LOST IN THE STARS  /  Jackie Allen w/ Muncie Symphony Orchestra  /  “Starry Night”
  • STARS  /  Janis Ian  /  “Stars”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SURPRISE PARTY!” 6.6.26

8 Jun

I threw a party this week and for the very first time, it wasn’t my favorite kind of party – a pity party. No, I was full of surprises this week: surprise beginnings, surprise endings, surprise artists, happy surprises, and a few songs that were not so happy. But that’s no surprise coming from me. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • SWEET SURPRISE  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Discover Who I Am”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET?  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • I SHOULD CARE  /  Diahann Carroll & Andre Previn  /  “The Magic Of Diahann Carroll”
  • MACK THE KNIFE  /  Rufus Wainwright & The Pacific jazz Orchestra  /  “I’m A Stranger Here Myself”
  • THE TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC  /  Bing Crosby  /  “Big Rock Candy Mountain”
  • DEED I DO  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP  /  Nat Cole & George Shearing  /  “Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays”
  • APRIL IN PARIS  /  Count Basie  /  “April In Pars”
  • IT AMAZES ME  /  Kelly Green  /  “It Amazes Me”
  • I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME  /  Gretje Angell
  • TWISTED  /  Lambert, Hendricks & Ross  /  “Twisted”
  • CLOUDBURST/NOT GETTING MARRIED  /  Jessica Malarkey & John Pizzarelli  /  “Make Believe”
  • CHEGA DE SAUDADE  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Veronica Swift”
  • CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS  /  Thomas Quasthoff  /  “The Jazz Album”
  • YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Bill Evans Trio & Stan Getz  /  “But Beautiful”
  • THE BEST IS YET TO COME  /  Bob Dylan  /  “Triplicate”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • THE BEST MAN  /  Freddy Cole  /  “I’m Not My Brother; I’m Me”
  • I’M GOING TO RUIN YOUR DAY  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Insomnia”
  • I’M ALWAYS DRUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO  /  Ernie Andrews  /  “Live Session!”
  • BLUES FOR DJANGO & STEPHANE  /  Stephane Grappelli, Philip Catherine, Larry Coryel  /  “Young Django”
  • ANOTHER SPRING/APRIL FOOLED ME  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Love In Four Seasons”
  • NIGHT LIGHTS  /  Gerry Mulligan  /  “Night Lights”
  • I USED TO BE COLORBLIND  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At 30th Street”
  • 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 “SPRING BREAK” (AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST) 3.28.26

29 Mar

I gave myself a Spring Break and took the week off. Here’s what I said when this show first aired in 2024.

Thought I’d give my audience a break this week – a Spring Break!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • JOY SPRING   /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Unsung Heroes”
  • SPRING IS HERE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING  /  StaceyKent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
  • RUNNIN’ WILD  /  Tatiana Eva-Marie  /  “I Wish You Love”
  • UP JUMPED SPRING  /  Dr. Lonnie Smith  /  “All In My Mind”
  • SPRING  /  Susie Arioli  /  “Spring”
  • SPRING WALTZ  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Staying In Touch”
  • TAKE ME OUT OT THE BALLGAME/GOD BLESS AMERICA  /  Mandy Patinkin  /  “Mamaloshen”
  • ALL THE THING YOU ARE  /  Sarah Vaughan w/ Count Basie Orchestra  /  “Send In The Clowns”
  • SOME OTHER SPRING   /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Marianne Faithful  /  »“Marianne Faithful’s Greatest Hits”
  • YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME  /  Oscar Peterson Trio  /  \“On A Clear Day”
  • THE SPRING DON’T MEAN A THING TO ME  /  Linda Carone  /  “Black Midnight”
  • THEY SAY IT’S SPRING  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Give Him The Oo-La-La”
  • SPRING IS WHERE YOU ARE  /  Mark Murphy  /  “September Ballads”
  • I’M LIVIN’ IN A GREAT BIG WAY  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • IN A MIST  /  Michel Legrand  /  “Legrand Jazz”
  • SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST  /  Norah Jones  /  “Come Away With Me”
  • ROBBIN’S NEST  /  Robin McKelle  /  “Impressions Of Ella”
  • I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • SPRING IS HERE  /  Miles Davis  /  “Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall”
  • THERE’LL BE ANOTHER SPRING  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “Good Night & Good Luck”
  • ANOTHER SPRING  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone & Piano”
  • YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING  /  Allan Harris w/ Takana Miyamoto  /  “Convergence”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “CLICHE CLINIC” (AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST) 2.28.26

1 Mar

Couldn’t do a new show this week so dusted off a show from a couple years ago. This was my swt-up back then:

What do these things have in common? 

  •      I’d rather have a root canal!
  •      It’s like putting lipstick on a pig!
  •      It’s totally gone off the tracks!

No, these are not descriptions of my show. They’re Cliches – which I wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole and, at the end of the day, I bend over backwards not to use them as if my life depended on it. Except Saturday night when I gave a Clinic In Cliches!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “On Pablo”
  • I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET  /  FredAstaire  /  “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • BITTER WITH THE SWEET  /  Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm  /  “Spark”
  • TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH  /  Freddy Cole  /  “To The Ends Of The Earth”
  • INTO EACH LIFE  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “Good Night & Good Luck”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Tony Bennett &Willie Nelson  /  “Duets II”
  • SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE  /  Jacintha  /  “Autumn Leaves”
  • PENNIES FROM HEAVEN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • HIT THE GROUND RUNNING  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • GONE WITH THE WIND  /  Bill Evans  /  “Eloquence”
  • NOW OR NEVER  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Best Of Love Songs”
  • STAND BY ME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Stephen King  /  “Stranger Than Fiction”
  • STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Unforgettable”
  • IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Rules Don’t Apply”
  • LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE  /  Diana Krall  /  “When I Look In Your Eyes”
  • TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Stage & Screen”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Love you, Paris”
  • COME RAIN OR COME SHINE  /  Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band  /  “At The Village Vanguard”
  • BOOZERS AND LOSERS  /  Claire Hogan  /  “Boozers And Losers”
  • PICK YOURSELF UP  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”
  • SMILE  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole And Me”
  • EASY STREET   /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Lonely House”
  • LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING  /  Leslie Odom Jr.   /  “Leslie Odom Jr.”
  • I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU  /  Jacqui Dankworth  /  “It Happens Quietly”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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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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