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PLAYLIST FOR “BEST DAY EVER” (10.19.13)

19 Oct

In case you’re having some trouble remembering why these might also be “the best of times,” how about a few songs to remind us? Not to worry.  Cynicism will make its return soon — how about next Saturday night at 10:00. Talk to you then. 

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

 

 

 

 

  • BLUE SKIES  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • ISN’T THIS A LOVELY DAY  /  Fred Astaire  /  “The Irving Berlin Songbook”           
  • THE TROLLEY SONG  /  Stacey Kent  /  “The Boy Next Door”
  • GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE  /  Nicole Henry  /  “The Very Thought Of You”           
  • THAT SUNDAY THAT SUMMER  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Wilford Brimley  /  “Wilford Brimley & Jeff Hamilton Trio”
  • ONCE UPON A SUMMER TIME  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summer Time”
  • LUCKY TO BE ME  /  Tony Bennett/Bill Evans  /  “Together Again”
  • FEELING GOOD  /  Nina Simone  /  “I Put A Spell On You”
  • THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG  /  Mark Winkler & Cheryl Bentyne  /  “West Coast Cool”
  • A GOOD DAY  /  Eugenie Jones  /  “Black Lace Blue Tears”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” (9.21.13)

21 Sep

An hour of people who make records — and have records, police records, that is.  I could have gone on for another hour, but, lucky you, you got time off for good behavior.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Billie’s Best”
  • WE THREE (MY ECHO, MY SHADOW, AND ME)  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • KEEPIN’ OUT OF MISCHIEF NOW  /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah Sings Fats Waller”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “Only You”
  • FEVER  /  Ray Charles/Natalie Cole  /  “Genius Loves Company”
  • PLEASE BE KIND  /  Frank Sinatra/Count Basie  /  “Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First”
  • NIGHTS AT THE TURNTABLE  /  Gerry Mulligan/ Chet Baker  /  “The Best Of The Gerry Mulligan Quartet
  • SECRET LOVE  /  George Michael  /  “Songs From The Last Century”
  • GIRL FROM IPANEMA  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Amy Winehouse  /  “Lioness: Hidden Treasures”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Anita O’Day & Cal Tjader  /  “Time For Two”
  • IT’S MAGIC  /  James Brown  /  “Soul On Top”
  • THERE’S A LULL IN MY LIFE  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ Stan Getz  /  “Like Someone In Love”
  • AIN’T MISBEHAVIN ’  /  Willie Nelson  /  “American Classic”
  • TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT  /  Queen Latifah  /  “Trav’lin’ Light”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT” (8.31.13)

1 Sep

I’m back and consider this an hour of “Back To School” orientation with lots of familiar faces and a few new ones, new songs, new rules, but the same swing. 

Watch this space on Wednesday for a hint about next Saturday’s theme. 

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER  /  Frank Sinatra/Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: An Historic Musical First”
  • TEACH ME TONIGHT  /  Amy Winehouse  /  “Frank – B-Sides”
  • PICK YOURSELF UP  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Let Yourself Go”
  • SO LITTLE TIME SO MUCH TO DO  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Sentimental Streak”
  • THE INCHWORM  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • CONTROL YOURSELF  /  Doris Day/Andre Previn  /  “Duet”
  • SOMETHIN’ STUPID  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Michael Buble/Reese Witherspoon  /  “To Be Loved”
  • S’QUA BADU BOP  /  Ori Dagan/Sophia Perlman  /  “S’Cat Got My Tongue”
  • AFTER SCHOOL  /  Jeri Brown  /  “A Timeless Place”
  • DON’T ASK ME OUT  /  Joyce Kwon Trio  /  “To A Certain Boy”
  • LEMON TWIST  /  Mark Winkler  /  “West Coast Cool”
  • CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’  /  Emy Tseng   /  “Sonho”
  • JUST BECAUSE WE’RE KIDS  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Playground”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR THE SEASON FINALE – PARTING WORDS (6.29.13)

29 Jun

So we have to say goodbye for the summer…

Maybe the show is going on summer vacation, but watch this spot for CD reviews, news about the new, up-coming season, and a lemon merengue recipe that nearly cost me my life.  But if I come up with two out of three, that will suffice, right?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • YOU’RE OUT OF HERE  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “New York City Drag”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Ray Charles/Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  • OH YES, TAKE ANOTHER GUESS  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Sentimental Streak”
  • I’LL GUESS I’LL GO BACK HOME  /  Nat King Cole/George Shearing  /  “Nat Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays”
  • WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN  /  Cyrille Aimee  /“Smile”
  • GROWING UP IS LEARNING TO SAY GOODBYE  /  Maude Hixson  /  “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”
  • I JUST WANT ALL OF MY STUFF  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Dot-Dot-Dot”
  • JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “The Pursuit”
  • UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Bette Davis  /  “Miss Bette Davis”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Sally Mayes  /  “Our Private World”
  • DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT ME  /  Frank Sinatra/Count Basie  /  “Sinatra: Las Vegas”
  • NOT QUITE  /  Heather Rigdon  /  “Young And Naive”
  • GOODBYE FOR NOW  /  Rigmor Gustafsson  /  “Calling You”
  • SIGNING OFF  /  Helen Merrill  /  “You’ve Got A Date With The Blues”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “A TRIBUTE TO THE N.S.A.” (6.15.13)

15 Jun

I hacked the NSA’s iPod tonight and played some of their favorite songs, songs that also remind me too distinctly of them.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

 

 

  • I’M SHADOWING YOU  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Blossom Dearie 1975”
  • I’VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU  /  Fred Astaire  /  “The Astaire Story”
  • I’VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU  /  Melora Hardin  /  “Purr”
  • THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES  /  Irene Kral  /  “Second Chance”
  • TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF  /  Nat Cole  /  “Nat King Cole: The Premium Collection”
  • MEET ME AT NO SPECIAL PLACE  /  Maude Hixson  /  “Love’s Refrain”
  • I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU  /  Frank Sinatra/Count Basie  /  “The Sinatra Collection”
  • ME AND MY SHADOW  /  Julie London  /  “Easy Does It”
  • DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET  /  The Beatles  /  “Please Please Me”
  • SECRET LOVE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Dame Edna  /  “Color Me Edna”
  • EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE  /  The Police  /  “Synchronicity”
  • I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • YOU’LL NEVER GET AWAY FROM ME  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Mr. Broadway”
  • YOU’RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF ME  /  Lisa Ekdahl  /  “When Did You Leave Heaven”
  • YOU CAN’T PULL THE WOOL OVER MY EYES  /  Jeff Healy  /  “Last Call”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)
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PLAYLIST FOR “INTERNATIONAL JAZZ APPRECIATION DAY” (4.27.13)

27 Apr

 

The official International Jazz Appreciation Day is April 30th, though I think that’s a holiday which should be celebrated every day. Here’s as much celebration as I could squeeze into an hour. Now, it’s up to you to carry on!

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

 

  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Betty Carter/Carmen McRae  /  “Duets” 
  • THE COFFEE SONG  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • ONE AT A TIME  /  Rigmor Gustafsson  /  “On My Way To You”     
  • PURE IMAGINATION  /  Jacob Collier
  • BY MYSELF  /  Alice Ricciardi  /  “Comes Love”
  • THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY  /  Cormac Kenevey  /  “The Art Of Dreaming”   
  • THAT IS LOVE  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Take Love Easy”
  • GOOGLEABLE  /  Ori Dagan  /  “Less Than Three”     
  • I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY  /  Anne Ducros  /  “Urban Tribe” 
  • FELIZ NAVIDAD  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Charo
  • LIVING WITHOUT YOU  /  Luciana Souza  /  “The New Bossa Nova”
  • ONE NOTE SAMBA  /  Antonio Carlos Jobim  /  “Live In Montreal”
  • OLD FASHION WAY  /  Kristin Berardi/Jazzgroove Mothership Orch.  /  “Kristin Berardi Meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orch. “
  • WHEN YOU GOTTA GO  /  Joe Williams  /  “Live In Las Vegas” 
  • 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 “THE SECRETS OF LIFE” (3.2.13)

3 Mar

The secret of (a happy) life for me starts with wonderful music with sometimes ironic messages, and with only the occasional,  unfortunate interruption of a woeful mystery vocalist.  See examples below…

SONG TITLE  /  Performer  /  Album or CD Title

  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE  /  Alice  Ricciardi  /  “Comes Love” 
  • YOU’RE NOBODY UNTIL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU  /  Sammy Davis/Count Basie  /  “Our Shining Hour”
  • TAKE LOVE EASY  /  Ella Fitzgerald/Joe Pass  /  “Take Love Easy”
  • THE RAINBOW CONNECTION  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • PLAN #46  /  Rigmor Gustafsson  /  PLAN #46
  • WITH PLENTY OF MONEY & YOU  /  Tony Bennett/Count Basie  /  “Ultra Lounge”
  • SMILE  /  Melissa Stylianou  /  “Silent Movie”           
  • THAT’S LIFE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Kate Smith  /  “The Best Of Kate Smith”
  • DEVIL MAY CARE  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Sunday Express Vol. 1”
  • HIP TO BE HAPPY  /  Ann Hampton Callaway  /  “Blues In The Night”
  • YOUNG AT HEART  /  Joe Williams/George Shearing /  “Heart And Soul”
  • ALL OF US IN IT  /  Madeline Eastman  /  “A Quiet Thing”
  • LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES  /  Julian Yeo  /  “You And The Night & The Music”
  • SECRET O’ LIFE  /  James Taylor  /  “One Man Band”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)                                       

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PLAYLIST FOR “SALUTE TO OSCAR LOSERS” (2.23.13)

24 Feb

I was going to do a show of Oscar Winning Songs, but was afraid I’d have to play Rod Stewart’s cover of “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp.” So instead: each of these songs (except the last one) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song in a Motion Picture; but every one of them lost.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • MY SHINING HOUR  /  Sammy Davis/Count Basie  /  “Our Shining Hour”
  • THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”  
  • THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Bennett Sings The Ultimate American Songbook”
  • DEARLY BELOVED  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Hollywood My Way”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • THE SECOND TIME AROUND  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Live At Basin Street East”
  • A TIME FOR LOVE  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “The Complete Riverside Recordings”
  • CHARADE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Wayne Newton  /  “Wild, Cool, And Swingin’”
  • I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • JEAN  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • THE LOOK OF LOVE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “The Main Ingredient”
  • HERE’S TO THE LOSERS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Softly As I Leave You”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “NAME CALLING” (11.10.12)

10 Nov

Calling names – it’s as American as throwing an apple pie, or criticizing a baseball or football umpire . So you didn’t like the show tonight? Try next Saturday night, bozo.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THE GENTLEMAN IS A DOPE  /  Sarah Vaughan/Count Basie  /  “Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan”
  • CANDY  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • SO LONG, YOU FOOL  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Make Someone Happy”
  • CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Hello Dolly To Goodbye Charlie”
  • CALL ME DARLING  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Jukebox Ella”
  • SISSIES  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Till I Get It Right”
  • YOU’RE BLASÉ  /  Kristin Korb  /  “Why Can’t You Behave?”
  • YOU’RE THE TOP  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Cary Grant  /  “Did You Know These Stars Also Sang?” 
  • BABY, BABY ALL THE TIME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Close Enough For Love”
  • YOUR MIND’S ON VACATION  /  Mose Allison  /  “Lounge Live From The Mountain Stage”     
  • THE LADY IS A TRAMP  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Main Event”
  • HE’S A TRAMP  /  Stacy Sullivan  /  “It’s A Good Day”  
  • CRAZY SHE CALLS ME  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Bennett On Holiday”
  • YOU AIN’T NOTHING BUT A J.A.M.F.  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”                    
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)                

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