HINT:
Irving Berlin would be 124…if he hadn’t been dead for 23 years.
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PLAYLIST FOR “WHAT DO YOU WANT?” (9.15.12)
16 SepCheck your ego and superego at the door; this week’s show was all about the id — you mean, Kim Kardashian’s new book, The 7 Habits of Highly Over-rated People? No, it’s about a dozen musical answers to the eternal question, “What do you want?” (This playlist has been updated because I made changes during the show. )
Next Wednesday, a new clue for next week’s show.
Talk to you next week.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD or Album Title
- I WANT TO BE HAPPY / Sarah Vaughan / “The Diva Series: Sarah Vaughan”
- I WANT TO BE AROUND / Tony Bennett / “The Ultimate Tony Bennett
- DADDY / Joanie Sommers / “Look Out! It’s Joanie Sommers”
- WOULDN’T IT BE NICE / Rebecca Sullivan / “This Way, This Time”
- I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU / Frank Sinatra / “Where Are You?”
- I WANT TO BE A SIDEMAN / Connie Evingson / “Little Did I Dream”
- I JUST WANT TO GET PAID / Dave Tull / “I Just Want To Get Paid”
- I WANT TO BE LOVED BY YOU / (Mystery Vocalist) / Sinead O’Connor / “Am I Not Your Girl?”
- AFTER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT YO DON’T WANT IT / Julian Yeo / “You And The Night”
- MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER / Sophie Milman / “Make Someone Happy”
- SOMETHING MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU / Nat Cole / “Let’s Face The Music”
- WONDERFUL / Victoria Hart / “Whatever Happened To Romance?”
- I WANT A LITTLE GIRL / Joe Williams / “Joe William’s Finest Hour”
- OVER THE RAINBOW / Roberta Gambarini / “So In Love”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)
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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (9.15.12)
11 SepHINT:
“The heart wants what the heart wants,” as someone once famously opined. Ok, Saturday night, who wants to go first?
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PLAYLIST FOR “SO MANY STARS” (9.8.12)
9 SepA Star-filled, if not all-Star program this week.
Come back Wednesday for a clue about next Saturday night’s program.
If you have a question about any of this music, leave a comment or write to me at turntable@wmnr.org
Talk to you next week.
SONG TITLE / Artist / Album or CD Title
- TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR / Carol Welsman / “Inclined”
- STELLA BY STARLIGHT / Tony Bennett / “Jazz Moods: Cool”
- STAR EYES / Anne Farnsworth / “Saturday Morning”
- YOU ARE MY LUCKY STAR / Petula Clark / “You Are My Lucky Star”
- STAIRWAY TO THE STARS / Kevin Mahogany / “My Romance”
- I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU / Carol Sloane / “As Time Goes By”
- SO MANY STARS / Lina Nyberg / “So Many Stars”
- SWINGING ON A STAR / (Mystery Vocalist) / John Lithgow / “Singin’ In The Bathtub
- IF THE STARS WERE MINE / Melody Gardot / “My One And Only Thrill
- STARDUST / Carmen McRae / “Satin Doll”
- STARS FELL ON ALABAMA / Frank Sinatra / “A Swingin’ Affair”
- I’LL BUY YOU A STAR / Betty Carter / “The Audience With Betty Carter”
- LOST IN THE STARS / Jackie Allen / “Starry Night”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)
HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (9.8.12)
5 SepHINT:
“The jazz, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” Oh, yeah? Not this week!
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PLAYLIST FOR “STARTING OVER” (9.1.12)
2 SepGreat to be “starting over” with a new season of Turntable For One. This year I promise: more great jazz vocals, more new singers, and more chances for you to win fabulous prizes! (One of those is a blatant lie. Tune in next Saturday night at 10:00 to find out which one.)
SONG TITLE / Artist / Album or CD Title
- SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES / George Evans / “Live At The Cellar”
- THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER / Nancy Wilson & George Shearing / “The Swinging’s Mutual”
- ISN’T IT A PITY / Mel Torme / “Live At Marty’s”
- HELLO STRANGER / Diane Marino / “Groovin”
- IT STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN / Frank Sinatra / “I Remember Tommy”
- LET ME TRY AGAIN / (mystery vocalist) / Connie Francis / “Live At Trump’s Castle”
- CAN WE PRETEND / Freddie Cole / “Talk To Me”
- FANCY MEETING YOU HERE / Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney / “Fancy Meeting You Here”
- THE SECOND TIME AROUND / Rickie Lee Jones / “Pop Pop”
- PICK YOURSELF UP / Nat Cole & George Shearing /“Songs From Stage and Screen”
- TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE / Tony Bennett / “Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall”
- WHERE DO YOU START? / Leslie Uggams / “On My Way To You”
- TILL I GET IT RIGHT / Mark Winkler / “Till I Get It Right”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (theme music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)
HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY’S SEASON PREMIERE THEME (9.1.12)
29 AugHIINT:
One of these things is not like the others: REBOOT, RESET, REWIND, RECANT, REINCARNATE, REHYDRATE, REVERBERATE, REVISIT, REPOSSESS, Turntable For One…
Find out this Saturday night at 10:00 PM. Join me and about a dozen great jazz vocalists for the season premiere of Turntable For One.
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2 TO GET READY
21 AugOnly two weeks and counting before the season premiere of Turntable For One.
Mark your calendars: Saturday, September 1st at 10:00 PM on WMNR, Fine Arts Radio, and streaming on wmnr.org– it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for…unless, of course, you’ve been waiting for The Rapture, in which case, I have to tell you it’s just a radio show. But a terrific radio show if I do say so myself, especially if you love listening to jazz vocals as much as I do.
I’ve been working on new weekly themes, listening to a ton of new music, and discovering a puzzling plethora of new mystery vocalists; my attempts to pair wines with each show have been disappointingly less successful. Guess I’ll leave that to you.
I’ll post a clue about the theme for the first show of the season here on Wednesday, August 29th; and I’ll talk to you Saturday night, September 1st at 10:00 PM.
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GETTING BACK IN SHAPE
2 AugSummer vacation for Turntable For One is almost over. To prepare for the new season of live shows, I’ve been sequestered at my secret and undisclosed training center, hard at work in a strenuous routine of jogging my memory, jumping to conclusions, stretching credulity, exercising questionable judgment, and lifting words out of context. I should be ready for the new season, which begins September 1st, by the way.
I’ve also been listening to some interesting music you may want to check out.
Frank D’Rone – Double Exposure — it sounds like it should be the title of a George Michaels CD, but it’s the latest CD from a veteran singer/guitarist, one of my favorites for a lot of years. Even at age 80 he still sets standards for how to swing and how to infuse ballads with both meaning and melodic invention.
Connie Evingson – Sweet Happy Life, the lyrics of Norman Gimbel — This is an eclectic collection of songs, everything from The Girl From Ipanema to Bluesette to Watch What Happens to Canadian Sunset. Gimbel wrote with many composers. The constant here is Connie with her silken voice and alway-thoughtful musical embellishments.
Mark Winkler – A clever West Coast singer and songwriter with an equal appreciation for jazz, irony, and humor – with a dash of self-deprecation. He sings some classics, but his own songs can really get to the heart of a story and a character. His latest CD is Sweet Spot, but take a listen to Till I Get It Right, too.
Rebecca Sullivan – This Way, This Time — She’s young, she’s new, she’s quite different, and I’m eager to hear how she develops. Her voice isn’t exactly jazz, so her skill at improvising comes as an endearing surprise. She plucks the ten songs on this CD from many different trees, but with consistent charm.
That’s some of the stuff I’ve been listening to as I start to put the September shows together.What have you been listening to? Let me know.
I’ll talk to you later.
WOMEN WHO PLAY
15 JulTurntable For One is on its Summer hiatus until September 1st, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not busy in my secret and undisclosed location, plotting how to make the new season the best one ever – no matter who gets hurt in the process.
I’ve been listening to three jazz vocalists who are also terrific pianists. You might want to check them out.
Daniela Schachter — From her name and slight European accent, you probably can guess that Daniela currently lives in New Jersey. Purple Butterfly is the CD I’ve been listening to most. She leads a a strong quintet from her piano, though her sweet clear voice is the shining star here.
Diane Marino — There is more grit to Diane’s voice and to her powerful piano playing, perhaps the result of years of playing in NYC clubs and now Nashville. Her lastest CD, From The Heart, is a good place to start. It’s a “best of” compilation of her recordings so far. With her husband, Frank Marino, setting down a solid line on bass, Diane rocks and croons standards plus more than a few surprising selections.
Dena DeRose — Probably the most nuanced of these three singer-pianists. She has a number of CDs including two recent live recordings at The Jazz Standard. Instrumentally, she and her trio play as one thoughtful unit and Dena can swing on piano; vocally she takes interesting chances with phrasing and melodies, yet never sacrifices the heart of singing: storytelling.
I’ll have a few more listening suggestions in the weeks to come, and let me know if you also want my fool-proof recipes for summer barbecues.
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