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PLAYLIST FOR “ANIMAL, MINERAL, OR VEGETABLE – A TURNTABLE FOR ONE GAME” 12.2.23

4 Dec

When’s the last time you played “Is It Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable?” Maybe the last time you ate at Denny’s? Maybe the last time you watched the U.S. Senate? My version of the game (with songs) was a lot more rewarding than the previous two examples. And swinging! Don’t you agree? 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Disney Loves Jazz”
  • COME ON A  MY HOUSE  /  Imelda May W/ Jeff Goldblum/Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Studio Sessions”
  • ROCKS IN MY BED  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Ellington At Night”
  • LEMON TWIST  /  John Pizzarelli & George Shearing  /  “The Rare Delight Of You”
  • THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES  /  Toots Thielemans  /  “European Quartet Live”
  • THE TEDDY BEARS PICNIC  /  Bing Crosby  /  “Musical Moments To Remember”
  • THE SPIDER AND THE FLY  /  Maud Hixson   /  “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”
  • THE WATERS OF MARCH  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Wild & Free”
  • EVERYBODY EATS WHEN THEY COME TO MY HOUSE  /  Ernestine Anderson  /  “Love Makes The Changes”
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  (Mystery Musicians)  /  Johnny Hodges & Lawrence Welk  /  “Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges”
  • FLIGHT OF THE FOOBIRDS  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • TAKE THE A TRAIN  /  Anais Reno  /  “Lovesome Thing”
  • PEEL ME A GRAPE  /  Blossom Dearie & Lyle Lovett
  • YOUR CAT PLAYS PIANO  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Jazz & Other Four Letter Words”
  • SCOTCH AND SODA  /  Amanda Carr  /  “Carr Toons”
  • SLEEPIN’ BEE  /  Al Jarreau  /  “25 Greatest Hits”
  • MY SHIP  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “For Those Who Think Young”
  • OH YOU CRAZY MOON  /  Wes Montgomery  /  “California Dreaming”
  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Leslie Odom Jr.  /  “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90”
  • SWINGING ON A STAR  /  Tony Bennett   /  “The Playground”
  • SKYLARK  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Nnenna Freelon”
  • VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • THE PEACOCKS  /  Bill Evans Trio W/ Stan Getz  /  “But Beautiful”
  • A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington  /  “Ella At Dukes”s Place”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME! 12.2.23

29 Nov

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Looking for some real fun? When’s the last time you played “Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral”? How about this Saturday night?

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “MANNERS MATTER” 11.18.23

19 Nov

What on earth is going on?  Punching in the house of representatives.  Senators challenging witnesses to fight.  Road rage.  Parking lot rage; grocery store rage. What’s next? Library rage?  People: What are you thinking?  What do you need?  Maybe lessons in good manners?  Okay.  We can do that – because this week on Turntable For One, Manners Matter.  Good manners teach us how to dress, what to say (and not say), how to be courteous and kind. Plus I threw in a few bad manners just for contrast. Well, don’t say I didn’t try.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • PLEASE BE KIND  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: An Historic Musical First”
  • PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie  /  “A Perfect Match”
  • WITH PLENTY OF MONEY AND YOU  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “The Music Of Harry Warren”
  • TOP HAT, WHITE TIE, AND TAIL  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire””
  • THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES  /  Bob Hope & Shirley Ross  /  “Thanks For The Memories”
  • CHANGE PARTNERS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Respires Recordings”
  • I FEEL FOOLISH  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “Featuring”
  • ANYTHING GOES  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Debby Boone  /  “Swing This”
  • MISS OTIS REGRETS  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Tedi”
  • I WISH YOU LOVE  /  Lauren Henderson  /  “Conjuring”
  • IT’S NO USE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “The Vienna Affair”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Tell Me All About yourself”
  • LET’S TALK ABOUT ME  /  Hot Club Sandwich  /  “Cafe Matrix”
  • THE TROLLEY SONG  /  Rachael Price  /  “The Good Hours”
  • YOU’RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jim Nabors  /  “Love Me With All Your Heart”
  • PLEASE DON’T BUG ME  /  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • FRIM FRAM SAUCE  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Live At Birdland”
  • THE ART OF CONVERSATION  /  Leo Sidran & Kat Edmonson  /  “The Art Of Conversation”
  • DAY IS DONE  /  Terry Lyne Carrington  /  “Beauty & Mystery”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET?  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “At The Bottom Line”
  • MAY I COME IN  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “May I Come In?”
  • I APOLOGIZE  /  Billy Eckstine  /  “No Cover No Minimum”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  Dee Dee Bridgewater  /  “Prelude To A Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 11.18.23

16 Nov

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What’s wrong with this picture? 

A) Nothing

B) Who wants to know??

C) What picture?

D) All of the above

If you answered this question at all, you really need to listen to this week’s show!

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME” 11.11.23

14 Nov

I’ve been having trouble adjusting to Daylight Savings Time going away. They said we’d gain an hour. We did. We gained an extra hour of darkness. My body doesn’t know when to wake up or when to fall asleep – although falling asleep is something I never discuss in front of my audience. So I tried a little night time music therapy to help me make it through the night. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Yannick Bovy  /  “All The Way”
  • THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY  /  Diana Krall  /  “The Look Of Love”
  • NIGHT LIFE  /  Mark Murphy  /  “September Ballads”
  • I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT  /  Jaimee Paul  /  “People”
  • SATURDAY NIGHT   /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • TEACH ME TONIGHT  /  Amy Winehouse  /  “Frank-B-Sdes”
  • NIGHT TRAIN  /  Christian McBride Big Band  /  “For Jimmy, Wes, & Oliver”
  • NO MOON AT ALL  /  Julian Yeo  /  “Deep Purple Dreams”
  • I CAN’T MAKE YOU LOVE ME  /  Bonnie Raitt  /  “Luck of The Draw”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Phil Collins  /  “Love Songs”
  • NIGHT MIST BLUES  /  Gene Harris All Star Big Band  /  “Tribute To Count Basie”
  • HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT  /  Kellye Gray  /  “And they Call Us Cowboys”
  • DON’T LET ME LONELY TONIGHT  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • HOW HIGH THE MOON  /  Stephane Grappelli  /  “Mon Ami Django”
  • IN THE WEEK SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Songs Sinatra Sang”
  • CORCOVADO  /  Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim  /  “Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Adam Levine
  • NIGHT IN TUNISIA  /  Cyrille Aimee & Diego Figueiredo  /  “Smile”
  • IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT  /  Harry Connick Jr.   /  “True Love”
  • SUMMER NIGHT  /  Miles Davis  /  “Love Songs”
  • ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?  /  Chris Botti & Paul Buchanan  /  “Live With Orchestra & Special Guests”
  • ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Orch.  /  “Ella At Duke’s Place”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “IF” (11.4.23)

7 Nov

It’s a small word, only two letters. But it’s aspirational, inspirational, and conditional, opening a thought or a wish to thousand possibilities.  So in another (likely futile) attempt to Make Grammar Great Again, I presented a musical tribute to the conditional  conjunction – IF.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • DON’T LET ME LOSE THIS DREAM  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin’”
  • NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie:The Complete Reprise Studio Sessions”
  • IF I WERE A BELL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
  • IF THE STARS WERE MINE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “My One & Only Thrill”
  • IF YOU WANT TO RAINBOW  /  Roberta Donnay  /  “Bathtub Gin”
  • DEDICATED TO YOU  /  John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman  /  “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Betty Carter  /  “The Audience With Betty Carter”
  • IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING)  /  Helen Sung  /  “Anthem For A New Day”
  • IF THEY COULD SEE ME NOW  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tony Danza  /  “Standards & Stories”
  • IF I LOVED YOU  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “The Broadway Album”
  • IF I WERE A RICH MAN  /  Zero Mostel  /  “Fiddler On The Roof”
  • IF I ONLY HAD A HEART  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Over The Rainbow: The Songs Of Yip Harburg”
  • IF I ONLY HAD BRAIN  /  John Dokes  /  “Forever Reasons”
  • IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU  /  Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones  /  “In Full Swing”
  • IF LOVE WERE ALL  /  Judy Garland  /  “Judy At Carnegie”
  • IF YOU NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH ME  /  Greta Matassa   /  “Portraits”
  • IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME  /  Accent
  • IF YOU WENT AWAY  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live At Rosy’s”
  • IF I RULED THE WORLD  /  Tony Bennett & Leehom Wang  
  • IF IT’S MAGIC  /  Artemis w/ Cecile McLorin Salvant  /  “Artemis”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Live”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin’”
  • IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW  /  Chet Baker  /  “Late Night Jazz”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Victoria Tolstoy  /  “Blame It On My Youth”
  • TWO FOR THE ROAD  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “I’m With The Band”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HALLOWEEN PARTY 2023” 10.28.23

30 Oct

It’s that time again. Time for ghost and goblins and ghouls; time for witches, curses, and the walking dead. And that means it’s time for my annual musical tribute to Congress. Whoops – wrong calendar! I mean it’s time for my annual Halloween Party. I play my favorite Halloween songs, and when trick or treaters come to the door, I get to guess who they’re dressed up to be, and then hand out an appropriate song. The final song of the show has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween, but I think it has absolutely everything to do with everything else. 

(Trick Or Treater Costume)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • HALLOWEEN SPOOKS  /  Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross  /  “The Hottest New Group In Jazz”
  • I PUT A SPELL ON YOU  /  Kandace Springs  /  “The Women Who Raised Me”
  • (Clarence Thomas)  /  LET’S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Fly With Me”
  • I’D RATHER BE BURNED AS A WITCH  /  Rene Marie  /  “I Wanna Be Evil”
  • (Sen. Bob Menendez)  /  A HOUSE OF GOLD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • WHISTLING AWAY THE DARK  /  Janet Seidel  /  “Charade
  • BEWITCHED  /  Pamela Less & Houston Person  /  “Live At The Jazz Standard”
  • (The Atlanta 19 Co-Defendants)  /  JAILHOUSE ROCK  /  Jerry Lee Lewis  /  “Monsters”
  • SPOOKY  /  Anne Farnsworth  /  “Sealed With A Kiss”
  • WITCHCRAFT  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • (George Santos)  /  THE GREAT PRETENDER  /  Sam Cooke  /  “Hits Of The 50s”
  • THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Clint Eastwood Presents Johnny Mercer”
  • (Marjorie Taylor Green)  /  CONTROL YOURSELF  /  Doris Day & Andre Previn  /  “Duets”
  • SWEET PUMPKIN  /  Lucy Yeghiazsryan  /  “Blue Heaven
  • THE GREAT PUMPKIN WALTZ  /  Vince Guaraldi  /  “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?”
  • (Banned Books)  /  KEEP ON CHURNIN’  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD  /  Holly Cole  /  “Night”
  • (Taylor Swift)  /  JAMBOREE JONES  /  Bobby Troup  /  “Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer”
  • GHOST OF YESTERDAY  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • (Greta Thunberg)  /  WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Tony Bennett & k. d. lang  /  “A Wonderful World”
  • I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE  /  Zoot Sims  /  “Soprano Sax”
  • HAUNTED HEART  /  Hilary Kole  /  “Haunted Heart”
  • THESE FOOLISH THINGS  /  Aaron Neville  /  “The Grand Tour”
  • YOU ARE THERE  /  Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones  /  “You Are There”
  • FRAGILE  /  Sting  /  “Live In Berlin”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 10.28.23

25 Oct

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Looks like this week’s show is definitely going to be “fun size!”

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “FALL FUNDRAISING NIGHT” 10.21.23

23 Oct

Fall Fundraising Night!  Did I beg? Did I plead? Did I cajole?  Did I make some money for this special little radio station? I didn’t do too badly for a Saturday night. Maybe because I offered music with so many reasons to make a pledge.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • SOMEBODY LOVES ME  /  Tony Bennett & Diana Krall  /  “Love Is Here To Stay”
  • CALL ME  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Strangers In The Night”
  • MUSIC  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
  • ROUTE 66  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “You’ve Got What It Takes”
  • I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “Jazz Masters #24”
  • MY CARDIOLOGIST  /  Caity György  /  “Featuring”
  • THE TELEPHONE SONG  /  Gemma Sherry  /  “Music To Dream By”
  • THE TROUBLE WITH ME IS YOU  /  Samara Joy  /  “Samara Joy”
  • CHACONNE (FROM BACH PARTITA 1004)  /  Naoko Terai  /  “Bach A la Jazz”
  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Laura Nyro Project”
  • CHEROKEE  /  Slide Hampton & The World Of Trombones  /  “Spirit Of The Horn”
  • BIG LONG SLIDIN’ THING  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME  /  George Michael  /  “Songs From The Last Century”
  • WHERE DO YOU GO?  /  Stan Getz & Arthur Fielder & Boston Pops  /  “Stan Getz, Arthur Fielder At Tanglewood”
  • AD LIB (MEDIUM DANCE)  /  Fred Astaire  /  “The Astaire Story”
  • SWEET KENTUCKY HAM  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Dave Frishberg Classics”
  • YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Whisper Not”
  • THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Randy Crawford  /  “Live”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (10.21.23)

18 Oct

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Trying to think of the best reason to make a pledge during WMNR’s Fall Fundraising Drive Saturday night? I’ll give 30!

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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