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PLAYLIST FOR “HEY – THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN!” (5.20.23)

24 May

What do these 3 things have in common: building a house at the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean,  launching a nuclear attack – you pick the target, transporting Prince Harry and Meghan from a New York City event to their hotel three blocks away. No, they’re not on my bucket list. Correct answer: They all take Planning! And you know what else takes planning – this show!  Stop laughing. To prove how completely, thoroughly this show is planned, I chose for a musical theme: Hey – That sounds like a plan. (Not everything went as planned…) 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella In Japan”Kanda
  • NICE ’N’ EASY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice ’N’ Easy”
  • DEVIL MAY CARE  /  Kandace Springs  /  “The Women Who Raised Me”
  • I DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING  /  Mose Allison  /  “Mose In Your Ear”
  • I WALKA LITTLE FASTER  /  Claire Teal  /  “They Say It’s Swing”
  • LET’S NOT BE SENSIBLE  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Great Songs From Stage & Screen”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin”
  • SMILE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Steven Tyler  /  “Chris Botti In Boston”
  • WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • MILESTONES  /  Christian McBride Big Band  /  “For Jimmy, Wes, & Oliver”
  • EASY STREET  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Lonely House”
  • ROUTE 66  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • AS LONG AS I WANT TO  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS  /  Mel Torme & Jonathan Schwartz  /   “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • HIT THE GROUND RUNNING  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER  /  Paul Simon  /  “Negotiations & Love Songs”
  • I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “But Beautiful”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Nnenna Freelon Live”
  • THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • DETOUR AHEAD /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • LET ME LOVE YOU  /  Lena Horne  /  “Live At The Waldorf Astoria”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Boston Concert 1976”
  • TWO FOR THE ROAD  /  Tierney Sutton Band  /  “I’m With The Band”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “PLEASE & THANK YOU -SPRING FUNDRAISING” (4.23.22)

25 Apr

Fundraising week! Make a pledge, make a request. A few people made a request (*) and more just opened their wallets. It was a good night filled with gratitude and songs about the magic words, Please and Thank You.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • PLEASE BE KIND  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • OPPORTUNITY PLEASE KNOCK  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE  /  Freddy Cole & Bill Charlap Trio  /  “Music Maestro, Please”
  • YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • DINNER FOR ONE PLEASE, JAMES  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad & Blues Master”
  • PLEASE CONSIDER ME  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Old Fashioned Gal”
  • *YOU’RE THE TOP  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The Cole Porter Songbook”
  • RAT RACE  /  Double Six Of Paris  /  “Le Double Six”
  • PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
  • MERCY, MERCY, MERCY  /  Cannonball Adderley Quintet  /  “Cannonball Adderley Sextet Live”
  • THANKS FOR THE MEMORY  /  Bob Hope & Shirley Ross  /  “Thanks For The Memories”
  • *CALL ME  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Outta Sight”
  • PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE  /  B.B. King & Gladys Knight  /  “How Blue Can You Get”
  • PLEASE DON’T THINK IT’S FUNNY  /  Holly Yarbrough  /  “Mr. Rogers Swings”
  • PLEASE BELONG TO ME  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Sings Bobby Troup”
  • THANKYOUS  /  Janis Ian  /  “Stars”
  • *NO HEADSTONE FOR MY GRAVE  /  Esther Phillips  /  “No Headstone For My Grave”
  • I DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY TONIGHT  /  Simone Kopmajer  /  “My Favorite Songs”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • *BIJOU  /  Woody Herman  /  “20 Golden Pieces”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  Dee Dee Bridgewater  /  “Queens Of Jazz”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LET’S GROOVE ON NATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY!” (6.12.21)

13 Jun

To celebrate National Record Store Day, I gave the CD players a night off and turned the program, both literally and figuratively, into Turntable For One. I found a lot of old friends in my collection and even a few albums I forgot that I had. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live At Vine Street”
  • IN A MELLOW TONE  /  Dizzy Gillespie  /  “A Portrait Of Duke Ellington”
  • GROOVIN  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • WHILE I’M STILL YOUNG  /  Amanda Ambrose  /  “Amanda”
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Rare Sinatra”
  • DON’T LET ME LOSE THIS DREAM  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin’”
  • ALL OF MY LIFE  /  Tony Bennett & Dexter Gordon  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON THE TOP  /  Mary Lou Williams  /  “Live At The Cookery”
  • HOLD ME THUSLY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Zero Mostel  /  “Songs My Mother Never sang”
  • A WONDERFUL GUY  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Winchester In Apple Blossom Time”
  • ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM  /  Stan Kenton  /  “Live At Redlands University”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • MUSIC  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall”
  • SLOW TALKER  /  Bob & Ray  /  “The Two & Only”
  • I’M LOST  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • THE LIFE THAT I LEAD  /  Lou Rawls  /  “Carryin’ On”
  • THE MAN YOU ARE IN ME  /  Janis Ian  /  “Stars”
  • NAIMA  /  Charles Lloyd  /  “Autumn In New York”
  • I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOU  /  Lena Horne  /  “Lema – A New Album”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Standards Vol. 1”
  • I NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU  /  Laura Nyro  /  “First Songs”
  • MY OLD FRIEND  /  Gregory Hines  /  “So Nobody Else Can Hear”
  • DREAM  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Dream”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “MOOD” (1.23.21)

24 Jan

If i were posting on Instagram or Facebook, I could just post an appropriate photo with one single word, MOOD. That doesn’t work so well on radio, so instead I played songs that captured my mood this week as I watched everything that happened, everything that (thank God) didn’t happen, and indulged in the feeling of a new beginning and new hope. We’ll see how long that lasts. For now, I’m in a pretty damned good mood.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I’VE GOT THEM FEELING TOO GOOD TODAY BLUES  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Peggy Lee Sings Leiber & Stoller”
  • I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW  /  Holly Cole Trio  /  “Don’t Smoke In Bed”
  • ON A CLEAR DAY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Strangers In The Night”
  • IT’S A GOOD DAY  /  Emilie Mover  /  “Sings Peggy Lee”
  • I MAY BE WRONG  /  Till Bronner  /  “The Good Life”
  • EXACTLY LIKE YOU  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina At Town Hall”
  • THE BEST IS YET TO COME  /  Kenny Washington  /  “What’s The Hurry”
  • SOME OF THAT SUNSHINE  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Some Of that Sunshine”
  • AIN’T ‘CHA GLAD  /  Rossano Sportiello  /  “That’s It”
  • I’M LIVING IN A GREAT BIG WAY  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • I NEVER KNEW  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Swing With Me”
  • DON’T LET ME LOSE THIS DREAM  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin’”
  • BLACKBIRD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • GOOD DAY SUNSHINE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Let It Be Jazz”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • PURE IMAGINATION  /  John Doakes  /  “True Love”
  • IF IT’S MAGIC  /  Cecile McLorin Salvant & Artemis  /  “Artemis”
  • BLUE SKIES  /  Diana Krall  /  “Turn Up The Quiet”
  • FEELIN’ GOOD  /  Ben L’Oncle Soul  /  “Round Nina”
  • DON’T LOOK BACK  /  Irene Kral  /  “Where Is Love?”
  • LIFE’S A LESSON  /  Ben Sidran & Carole King  /  “Life’s A Lesson”
  • HERE COMES THE SUN  /  Tamuz Nissim  /  “Capturing Clouds”
  • WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Tony Bennett & k. d. Lang  /  “A Wonderful World”
  • THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Imelda May & Jeff Goldblum & Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Sessions”
  • NO ONE IS ALONE  /  Chip Zien  /  “Wall To Wall Sondheim”
  • WE’RE ALL IN THE DANCE  /  Rachel Caswell  /  “We’re All The Dance”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2018” (12.30.17)

30 Dec

Haven’t thought of your New Year’s Resolutions yet? Maybe this will help. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE  / Tony Bennett  /  ”That San Francisco Sun”
  • I’M GONNA WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUTTA MY HAIR  /  Rebecca Kilgore w/ Harry Allen Quartet  /  “Play Music From South Pacific”
  • I’M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE  /  Sophie Berkal-Sarbit  /  “Young & Foolish”
  • I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET  /  Fred Astaire  /  “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • EVERYTHING I DO GONH BE FUNKY  /  Madeline Peyroux  /  “Secular Hymns”
  • LEMON TWIST  /  Mark Winkler  /  “West Coast Cool”
  • FRIM FRAM SAUCE  /  Vocapella  /  “Black Coffee”
  • FAR AWAY PLACES  /  Norma Winstone  /  “Manhattan In The Rain”
  • THE ICE HOTEL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Breakfast On The Morning Tram”
  • SMOKE, SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jimmy Dean  /  “Big Bad John”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin”
  • THERE’S GOTTA BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says No”
  • YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • I DON’T WANNA BE KISSED BY ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU  /  Miles Davis  /  “Miles Ahead”
  • TV BLUES  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • I WANNA GET MARRIED  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Audra McDonald  /  “Build A Bridge”
  • NEVER WILL I MARRY  /  Cecile McLorin Salvant  /  “Dreams & Daggers”
  • A LOT OF LIVING TO DO  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “Sammy Davis Jr. Belts The Best Of Broadway”
  • COFFEE TIME  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Still Unforgettable”
  • CHAMPAGNE  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Way Down Low”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Niki Haris  /  “Live In Bern, Switzerland”
  • I WANNA BE LOVED  /  Mary Stallings W/ Gene Harris  /  “Only Trust Your Heart”
  • THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED TO DANCE  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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