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PLAYLIST FOR “FLATTERY WILL GET YOU…” (10.3.20)

4 Oct

It was that time again, time to ask people to put their money where my mouth is. Otherwise known as Fall Pledge Week. Remembering that you catch more flies with honey, I knew immediately the last thing I wanted to do was attract flies. So instead, I tried songs of full-throated, unfettered flattery to encourage people to go to wmnr.org and click on the trusty “Donate Now” button and support Turntable For One. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • YOU’RE THE TOP  /  Monica Ramey  /  “Make Someone Happy”
  • I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • WEAVER OF DREAMS  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Dream”
  • TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS  /  Joe Williams  /  “Every Night”
  • JUST THE WAY YOU ARE  /  Simone Kopmajer  /  “Simon Kopmajer’s Favorite Songs”
  • DEARLY BELOVED  /  Joe Doggs & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Falling In Love Again”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  Madeleine Peyroux  /  “Got You On My Mind ”
  • THAT FACE  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • LOVE YOU MADLY  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson Trio  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook”
  • NOTHING LIKE YOU  /  Dena DeRose & Jeremy Pelt  /  “Ode To The Road”
  • CUTE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Best Of Tony Bennett”
  • YOU COULDN’T BE CUTER  /  Diana Krall & Yo-Yo Ma  /  “Songs Of Joy & Peace”
  • YOU’RE SENSATIONAL  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • IT’S YOU OR NO ONE FOR ME  /  Alyssa Allgood  /  “Out Of The Blue”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt  /  “Nature Boy: The Standards Album”
  • SMITTEN WITH YOU  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Attachments”
  • YOU LEAVE ME BREATHLESS  /  John Doakes  /  “Forever Reasons”
  • ‘S WONDERFUL  /  Naama Gheber  /  “Dearly Beloved”
  • YOU’RE A SWEEETHEART  /  Mose Allison  /  “Mose Allison Sings & Plays V-8 Ford Blues”
  • THE NEARNESS OF YOU  /  Candace Springs  /  “The Women Who Raised Me”
  • MY ROMANCE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO ME  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (10.3.20)

30 Sep

HINT:

 

 

It’s that time again. Time for you to put your money where my mouth is. In addition to a little fundraising, this week I’ll also tell you what I really think about you. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “MEMORY PROBLEMS” (9.29.20)

27 Sep

In the past I’ve done shows on “whistling” and “dancing.” Why did I choose those themes? Because those are two things I’ve never been able to do. In my life! I also can’t roll my tongue but, come on – if you can get two hours of songs out of that theme, you should be doing my show. In picking themes, I gotta go with what I know. So Memory Problems, songs about remembering and forgetting, was an obvious choice. I finished the show with a poem/prayer sung in Hebrew by Sophie Milman. I couldn’t let RBG’s passing go without some kind of celebration.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • I’LL REMEMBER APRIL  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Dreams”
  • I REMEMBER YOU  /  George Michael  /  “Songs From The Last Century”
  • REMEMBER  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • STARDUST  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Rarities, Outtakes, & Other Delights”
  • WHAT DID I FORGET?  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Hearts & Minds”
  • FORGETFUL  /  Chet Baker  /  “Embraceable You”
  • THANKS FOR THE MEMORY  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamsville”
  • THESE FOOLISH THINGS  /  Nat King Cole  /  “The Billy May Sessions”
  • GET HAPPY  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • TRY TO REMEMBER /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Ed McMahon  /  “And Me…I’m Ed McMahon”
  • MEMORIES OF YOU  /  Carol Welsman  /  “Memories Of You”
  • REMEMBERING  /  Avishai Cohen  /  “At Home”
  • SWEET KENTUCKY HAM  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Classics”
  • DID I REMEMBER  /  Emily Asher  /  “Emily Asher’s Garden Party”
  • MEMORY IN BLACK AND WHITE  /  Nikki Lorenzo & Sasha’s Bloc  /  “Club Rendezvous”
  • THE WAY WE WERE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Boston Concert 1976”
  • YOU WON’T FORGET ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • I REMEMBER CLIFFORD  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Still Live”
  • REMEMBERING TO BREATHE  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Dooji Wooji”
  • EASY TO REMEMBER  /  Ian Shaw  /  “The Echo Of A Song”
  • ELI, ELI  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Make Someone Happy”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (9.26.20)

24 Sep

HINT:

I forgot to do something. What is it? Oh, I know! I forgot to write a hint for this week. I wonder if I can get a theme out of that…

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PLAYLIST FOR “IN THE PRESENT PERFECT – A MUSICAL TRIBUTE” (9.19.20)

20 Sep

Who wants to take a quiz? Of course you do! It’s a grammar quiz – and of course you don’t. Too bad; here it is: Present Perfect. I know – there’s nothing perfect about the present. I meant Present Perfect Tense. I know – could things get any more tense? You’re still not with me. The Present Perfect Tense describes something that began in the past and is still happening – like this interminable introduction. Present Perfect tense is formed by the word have or has followed by the past participle of a verb. For instance this introduction has shaken my trust in humanity. Which is a bit extreme, don’t you think? A better example would be all of the song titles in my playlist. Yes, it was another one of my self-indulgent and utterly futile attempts to Make Grammar Great Again (MGGA!) with a Musical Tribute to the Present Perfect Tense.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WE’VE JUST BEGUN  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “We’ve Just Begun”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?  /  Tony Bennett & Stan Getz  /  “Jazz”
  • I’VE GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live At Rosy’s”
  • I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Standing Room Only”
  • I HAVE THE FEELING I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE  /  Greta Matassa  /  “Two For The Road”
  • I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE  /  Lorraine Craig & National Youth Jazz Orch.  /  “Shades of Blue & Green”
  • WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE  /  Erroll Garner  /  “Night Concert”
  • I AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad & Blues Master”
  • I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella At Zardi’s”
  • AFTER YOU’VE GONE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Phil Collins  /  “50 Years In Music”
  • I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER  /  Lea DeLaria  /  “Play It Cool”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET?  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • I NEVER HAS SEEN SNOW  /  Hilary Gardner & Ehud Asherie  /  “The Late Set”
  • I’VE BEEN AROUND  /  Frank Sinatra Jr. & Tierney Sutton & Pat Williams  /  “Home Suite Home”
  • I’VE FOUND A NEW BABY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockhlm”
  • I’VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE  /  Lorez Alexandria  /  “Alexandria The Great”
  • I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING  /  Kenny Washington  /  “What’s The Hurry”
  • I’VE GOT NO STRINGS  /  Gina Saputo  /  “Swingin’ On A Star”
  • I MUST HAVE BEEN BLIND  /  Tim Buckley  /  “Blue Afternoon”
  • I’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE  /  Brad Meldau Trio  /  “Anything Goes”
  • I HAVEN’T GOT ANYTHING BETTER TO DO  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • YOU’VE CHANGED  /  George Michael  /  “Symphonica”
  • I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD  /  Heather Masse & Dick Hyman  /  “Lock My Heart”
  • I HAVE DREAMED  /  Kurt Elling & Branford Marsalis  /   “The Questions”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SUCKERS AND LOSERS” (9.12.20)

13 Sep

I don’t know why I thought of this theme. Must be something in the air. So I played some of my favorite sucker/loser songs; and after half an hour, I told the audience that I’d been suckering them into thinking I was just doing another one of those ironic themes. I dedicated the rest of the show to musicians, singers, composers, and lyricist  who are/were definitely non-suckers and non-losers. Not only have they served to create, expand, and embolden the world of jazz, but also they served this country in its military forces. (I also took a moment or two to grieve the passing of Gary Peacock.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • HERE’S TO THE LOSERS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  ”Softly As I Leave You”
  • BOOZERS AND LOSERS  /  Claire Hogan  /  “Boozers & Losers”
  • BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?  /  George Michael  /  “Symphonica”
  • EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Alejandra Martin  /  “Lush Life”
  • DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Al Hibbler & Rahsaan Roland Kirk  /  “A Meeting Of The Times”
  • I FELL FOR THAT  /  Cousin Alice  / “All In A Day”
  • BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN  /  Ian Shaw & Sue Richardson  /  “A Ghost In Every Bar”
  • I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU  /  TSgt Paige Martin & US Air Force Airmen Of Note  /  “Airmen Of Note Live”
  • LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL  /  Tony Bennett & B. B. King  /  “Playin’ With My Friends”
  • LET’S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL  /  The Dave Brubeck Quartet  /  “Angel Eyes”
  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND  /  Dave Brubeck & Roberta Gambarini  /  “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”
  • NIGHT AND DAY  /  Willie Nelson  /  “My Way”
  • SHINY STOCKINGS  /  Lambert, Hendricks, & Bavan  /  “At Basin Street East”
  • LI’L DARLIN’  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE  /  (Mystery Military Veteran)  /  Bea Arthur  /  “Bea Arthur On Broadway”
  • TAKE THE “A” TRAIN  /  Clark Terry  /  “Clark Terry’s Big B-A-D Band”
  • MUMBLES  /  Clark Terry & Oscar Peterson  /  “Oscar Peterson Trio Plus 1”
  • VILIA  /  John Coltrane Quartet  /  “Both Directions At Once: Te Lost Album”
  • MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE  /  Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane Quartet  /  “Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane”
  • ALL MY TOMORROWS  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Whisper Not”
  • HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY  /  Daniela Schachter  /  “Vanheusenism”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Tony Bennett & Bill Evans  /  “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (9.12.20)

10 Sep

HINT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Believe it or not, this is a pretty informative clue. Think descriptive, not literal. All will be revealed on Saturday. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “REQUEST WEEK” – TURNTABLE FOR ONE SEASON 11 PREMIERE (9.5.20)

6 Sep

I kicked off my 11th season by kicking back and letting the audience do most of the work. Every song (until the last) was a request from someone out there in radioland. About half-way through the show, I started to fret that their choices were so good, maybe they don’t need me at all. Lesson: Always watch out for unintended consequences. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • FOOL IN THE RAIN (Partial)  /  Led Zeppelin  /
  • ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET/FOOL IN THE RAIN  /  Bradford Truby Trio  /  “Bradford Truby Trio”
  • SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • OVER THE WEEKEND  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “When You Know”
  • DETOUR AHEAD  /  Stan Getz & Oscar Peterson Trio  /  “Stan Getz & Oscar Peterson”
  • YOU’RE THE DANGEROUS TYPE  /  Bob Dorough  /  “Devil May Care”
  • SKYLARK  /  Nancy LaMott  /  “Beautiful Baby”
  • HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simon & Piano”
  • ON A CLEAR DAY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Strangers In The Night”
  • SOUTH OF THE BORDER  /  Mel Torme  /  “Ole Torme”
  • THE MAN I LOVE  /  Billie Holiday  /  “The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic”
  • GOING CRAZY  /  The Three Haircuts  /  (Single)
  • MILESTONES  /  Miles Davis  /  “Milestones”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Jane Froman  /  “With A Song In My Heart”
  • WHAT’S GOING ON  /  Marvin Gaye  /  “What’s Going On”
  • COCKTAILS FOR TWO  /  Spike Jones  /  “Best Of”
  • MOI JE SUIS LA  /  Stephanie LaLiberte  /  “Stephanie LaLiberte”
  • THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Days Of Wine & Roses…”
  • SAY IT ISN’T SO  /  Bobby Short  /  “Moments Like This”
  • A SLOW HOT WIND  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “The Voice that Is”
  • STARS FELL ON ALABAMA  /  Rita Payes & Joan Chamorro /  “Joan Chamorro Present Rita Payes”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Jimmy Durante  /  “Jimmy Durante’s Way Of Life”
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU  /  Herbie Hancock  /  “Gershwin’s World”
  • LIFE’S A LESSON  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Ben There Done That”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (9.5.20)

2 Sep

HINT:

Uh-oh! It looks like you’ve almost run out of time to send me a request for the first show of my 11th season. Got a song or singer you want to hear? Leave a comment. Then hang with me this Saturday night at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time).

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (8.29.20)

26 Aug

HINT: 

Families. You can’t live with them. You can’t fit them in toaster ovens. And they never know where the camera is. But you can make music with them. 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals   Saturday Nights   9:00 PM (Eastern Time)

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