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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (11.28.15)

25 Nov

No hint necessary this week!

It’s my 6th Annual Music To Be Thankful For program, a post-Thanksgiving Day music party featuring special appearances and suggestions from some of my fellow broadcasters at the radio station.  

What music are you thankful for this year? 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)  (GMT-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Still hungry for more turkey? Try gulping down a few Turntable For One podcasts on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange! Click the link below. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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PLAYLIST FOR “EITHER/OR” (11.21.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

22 Nov

Each week when I’m putting together a show, I have to decide between so many choices – either a new singer or a classic one; either a familiar song or something more recent; and, most important of all, either libel or slander.  This week I decided to let the singers wrestle with their own Either/Or decisions. Why should I have to do all the work?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music of Coltrane & Hartman”
  • GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT  /  Kim Nazarian & John Pizzarelli  /  “Some Morning”
  • THEY’RE EITHER TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “For The Duration”
  • BUT BEAUTIFUL  /  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga   /  “Cheek To Cheek”
  • COME RAIN OR COME SHINE  /  Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbaek  /  “Eeg & Fonnesbaek”
  • LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME  /  Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm  /  “Spark”
  • WITH OR WITHOUT YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jackie Evancho  /  “Awakening”
  • SUMMER, HIGHLAND FALLS  /  Billy Joel  /  “The Complete Albums Collection”
  • TULIP OR TURNIP  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Live At The Vic”
  • IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T MY BABY  /  Melissa Morgan  /  “Until I Met You”
  • I HOPE YOU DANCE  /  Deborah Lippmann & Savion Glover  /  “Nightingale”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

Don’t forget: It’s not an “either/or” question when it comes to listening to Turntable For One. Missed the Saturday night live show? Don’t cry. Please. You know how I hate it when you cry. You can always listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange. Just click the link below: 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “MAGIC 8-BALL NIGHT” (11.14.15)

15 Nov

In an attempt to answer some of life’s biggest questions (and who isn’t trying these days?), I brought in a new consultant for the evening (pictured below). It didn’t help much. 

H. With New Consultant

But before the usual silliness began, I opened the show with Jacky Terrasson’s exquisite, heartbreaking La Marseillaise, just in case there was a heart somewhere not broken enough.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

 

  • LA MARSEILLAISE  /  Jacky Terrasson  /  “A Paris”  
  • HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “Cyrille Aimee & The Surreal Band”
  • WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS?  /  Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm  /  “Spark” 
  • JUST YOU, JUST ME  /  Sinne Eeg & Curtis Stigers  /  “Remembering You” 
  • SHOULD I SURRENDER  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Loving You” 
  • WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Rita Wilson  /  “AM/FM”
  • WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?  /  Lily Frost  /  “Too Hot For Words”   
  • SOPHISTICATED LADY  /  Mayte Alguacil  /  “Day By Day”   
  • WE GOT TO PUT THE SUN BACK IN THE SKY  /  Roberta Donnay  /  “Bathtub Gin”
  • MY IDEAL  /  Mose Allison  /  “The Earth Wants You”
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC?  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “The Carmen McRae/Betty Carter Duets”
  • HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence” 
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Want to know another way to keep the music playing? Listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Click the link below. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

 

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (11.14.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

12 Nov

HINT:

Will Turntable For One play some great jazz vocals this week? “It is decidedly so.” And will it be another great show? “Can not predict now.” Uh-oh. Not the answer I was hoping for. Are you sure this thing really works?

 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)  (GMT-5)

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Did you miss a show? Lucky for you I don’t take attendance. Double lucky for you that I post Turntable For One podcasts on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Don’t just sit there – start clicking!

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (11.7.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

4 Nov

HINT:

We’re all adults here, right? So how about some adult topics and some truths that really matter…while listening to an hour of great jazz vocals, of course.

 

TURNTABLE FOR ONE   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)  (GMT-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Maybe you can handle the truth, and maybe you can’t. But certainly you can handle a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. A new one was recently posted, so click the link below:

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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PLAYLIST FOR “TRICK OR TREAT AT TURNTABLE FOR ONE” (10.31.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers #Halloween

31 Oct

How would you like an evening filled with witches, ghosts, and goblins? Then watch one of the Presidential candidate debates. If, instead, you’d like an hour of swinging, haunting Halloween songs, I’ll bet you’re mad at yourself for missing tonight’s show. Don’t let it happen again. I’m just thinking about you. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • HALLOWEEN SPOOKS  /  Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross  /  “The Hottest New Group In Jazz”
  • THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC  /  Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck  /  “Bennett & Brubeck: The White House Sessions”
  • I LOVE THE WAY YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • WITCHCRAFT  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “You’re Mine, You”
  • I’M SUCH A HUNGRY MAN  /  Bobby Troup  /  “Essential Jazz Masters”
  • SPOOKY  /  Ann Farnsworth  /  “Sealed With A Kiss”
  • ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN  /  Tony Perkins  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  “The Very Best Of”
  • ERRAND GIRL FOR RHYTHM  /  Diana Krall  /  “All For You”
  • THESE FOOLISH THINGS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Point Of No Return”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Diahann Carroll  /  “The Magic Of Diahann Carroll
  • YOUR CAT PLAYS PIANO  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Jazz & Other Four Letter Words”
  • GHOST WRITER  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Just Passing Through”
  • HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Mark Murphy  /  “A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Want more great jazz vocals? Click the link below for a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (10.31.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers #Halloween

28 Oct

HINT:

It’s Halloween. How much more of a hint do you need?

 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (E.D.T.)  (GMT-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

 

Want a real treat with only a few tricks? Try a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange. Click the link below:

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PLAYLIST FOR “ACCORDION WEEK” (10.24.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers #accordions

24 Oct

The accordion and Turntable For One. Some called that a perfect marriage, some called it synergy at its most organic, some just called it a night. There have been many swinging jazz accordionists in the past; and in the present, the instrument is finding its way into the background and the foreground with some great singers and musicians. Below is a partial list and all I had time to play this week. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • UNDER PARIS SKIES  /  Toots Thielemans  /  “Chez Toots”
  • THE MORE I SEE YOU  /  Jenna Mammina  /  “Meant To Be”
  • CHIM CHIM CHER-EE  /  Esperanza Spaulding  /  “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”
  • SWING GITAN  /  Django Festival Allstars  /  “Django Festival Allstars 2012”
  • LET THERE BE LOVE  /  Art Van Damme & The Voices Unlimited  /  “Invitation” 
  • A POTTER’S SONG  /  Maria Schneider  /  “The Thompson Field”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Eric Clapton  /  “Old Sock”
  • APRIL IN PARIS  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Gypsy In My Soul”  /  
  • APRIL IN PARIS  /  The Mighty Accordion Band  /  “They Said It Couldn’t Be Done”
  • SO SORRY  /  Sophie Milman  /  “In The Moonlight”
  • THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • SMILE  /  Halie Loren  /  “Heart First”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

There’s more where this came from – more songs, more jazz singers, more ways to kill an hour. Check out the Turntable For One podcasts on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange. Click the link below!

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (10.24.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

21 Oct

HINT:

A is for Apple.. A is for Absolution…A is for Aboriginal…A is for Anesthesia…A is for — hmmm, isn’t there something musical? Oh, wait! I know!

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (E.S.T.) (GMT-5)

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A is also for Askance which is how your friends must look at you if you haven’t listened to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Want to turn their look into a look of A is for Approval? Click the link below!

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PLAYLIST FOR “SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN” (10.17.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

17 Oct

What’s the difference between a Dream and a Plan? Well, I’ve been having a lot of bad dreams lately, a lot of bad plans, too. Dreams aren’t real and they don’t come true…of course, most of my plans don’t come true, either. You know, maybe there’s no difference at all. Both of them end in disappointment and heartache – but not when singers like the ones I played are singing about plans they’re making!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie  /  “Ella & Basie”
  • ALL MY TOMORROWS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Complete Capitol Singles”
  • NEVER WILL I MARRY  /  Nancy Wilson And Cannonball Adderley  /  “Nancy Wilson And Cannonball Adderley”
  • LET’S EAT HOME  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “Still On The Road”
  • LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK  /  Mel Torme  /  “Live At Marty’s”
  • SOMEDAY  /  Chantal Chamberland  /  “Dripping Indigo”
  • MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Interlude”
  • I’M GOING TO KISS THAT BOY  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Second Hand Smoke”
  • I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /Jonathan Schwartz  /  “Alone Together”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Astoria: Portrait of The Artist”
  • DEVIL MAY CARE  /  Roberta Donnay  /  “What’s Your Story?”
  • RICH INTERIOR LIFE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Don’t Cry for No Hipster”
  • TWO FOR THE ROAD  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “I’m With The Band”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Kicking yourself because you didn’t listen to this week’s show? Two things: Be sure to kick yourself where it won’t show when you go to work; or, better yet, listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Click the link below:

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

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