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PLAYLIST FOR “LYRICALLY, THE BERGMANS” 3.30.24

1 Apr

What do these people have in common? Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt…Frankenstein & the Bride of Frankenstein…Bonnie & Clyde…Marilyn & Alan Bergman? If you said that all of them are famous husband and wife songwriting teams – I really want to see you record collection! I chose to spend a couple hours playing the songs of my two favorites of that bunch. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist    CD Or Album Title

  • MAKE ME RAINBOWS  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ Count Basie Orch.  /  “A Perfect Match”
  • LOVE MAKES THE CHANGES  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Love Makes The Changes”
  • SURE AS YOU’RE BORN  /  Sue Raney  /  “Flight Of fancy”
  • WHAT MATTERS MOST  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “After The Roses”
  • LIKE A LOVER  /  Helen Merrill  /  “Casa Forte”
  • THAT FACE  Frank Sinatra Jr.   /  “That Face”
  • THE WAY HE MAKES ME FEEL  /  Vanessa Rubin  /  “Language of Love”
  • JUST OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE  /  Art Garfunkel  /  “Up ’Til Now”
  • YOU NMUST BELIEVE IN SPRING  /  Michel Legrand  /  “Michel Legrand By Michel Legrand”
  • THE WAY WE WERE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “The Boston Concert 1976”
  • IT MIGHT BE YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Alan Bergman  /  “Lyrically Alan Bergman”
  • PIECES OF DREAMS  /  Greta Matassa  /  “Portrait”
  • HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?  /  Tony Bennett & George Michael  /  “Duets An American Classic”
  • WHERE DO YOU START?  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “One Night Only: Barbra Streisand at the Village Vanguard”
  • CINNAMON & CLOVE  /  Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66  /  “Equinox”
  • NICE ’N’ EASY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice ’N’ Easy”
  • THE SUMMER KNOWS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jessye Norman  /  “I Was Born In Love With You”
  • ON MY WAY TO YOU  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “I’m With The Band”
  • THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND  /  Arturo Sandoval & Shelley Berg  /  “A Time For Love”
  • SLEEP WARM  /  Stacey Kent  /  “It’s A Wonderful World”
  • WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “INVITATIONS” 3.16.24

17 Mar

I’ve tried asking and urging and pleading and cajoling and bribing to get people to listen to my show. This week I tried something new: offering a formal invitation, actually a couple dozen of them (with a warning or two about uninvited guests).  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • TOP HAT WHITE TIE AND TAILS  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Steppin’ Out”
  • COME ON-A-MY HOUSE  /  Imelda May & Jeff Goldblum & Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Sessions”
  • COME FLY WITH ME  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Fly With Me”
  • COME DANCE WITH ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • INVITATION  /  Joe Henderson  /  “Tetragon”
  • THE ICE HOTEL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Breakfast On The Morning Tram” 
  • TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Tell Me All About Yourself”
  • COME & GET IT, HONEY  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • LET’S DO IT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Alanis Morissette  /  “The Collection”
  • THREE BEARS  /  Mark Winkler  /  “I’m With You…”
  • LOVE FOR SALE  /  Dianne Reeves w. Billy Childs  /  “Love For Sale”
  • MEET ME AT NO SPECIAL PLACE  /  Ed Reed  /  “I’m A Shy Guy”
  • DO SOMETHING  /  Betty Carter  /  “Round Midnight”
  • HURRY IT’S LOVELY UP HERE  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • LET’S FALL IN LOVE  /  Diana Krall  /  “Live In Paris”
  • LET’S GET LOST  /  Curtis Stigers  /  “Baby Plays Around”
  • INVITATION TO THE BLUES  /  Jennifer Warnes  /  “The Well”
  • LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • LET’S TAKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALK  /  Melissa Walker  /  “The Enja Heritage Collection”
  • I JUST DROPPED BY TO SAY HELLO  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By The Say Hello”
  • LAZY AFTERNOON  /  Jakob Dineson  /  “Lazy Afternoon”
  • WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR  /  Benny Bennack III  /  “A Lot Of Living’ To Do”
  • LET’S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL  /  Morgana King  /  “This Is Always”
  • DON’T MISUNDERSTAND  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Love Letters”
  • TWO FOR THE ROAD  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “I’m With The Band”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Diahann Carroll  /  “The Magic Of Diahann Carroll”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “THE LAST TURNTABLE FOR ONE YOU’LL EVER HEAR…IN 2023” 12.30.23

2 Jan

The final show of the year. My last chance to play some of my favorite songs, favorite musical themes, new and old favorite vocalists and my last chance to toss in a few utterly tasteless dedications to end the year on a shameless low note. Just doing my job.

(Tasteless Dedication)  /  SONG TITLE  / Artist /  CD Or Album Title

  • I’M GONNA LOCK MY HEART  /  Mayte Alguacil  /  “Day By Day”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin’”
  • (John F. Kennedy Jr.)  /  COME FLY WITH ME  /  Frank Sinatra &Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Leslie Odom Jr.   /  “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90”
  • NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone & Piano”
  • LET’S NOT BE SENSIBLE  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Great Songs From Stage & Screen”
  • THE SPINACH SONG  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come On & Get This”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
  • (Jeffrey Daumer)  /  ALL OF ME  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Gently With Nelson”
  • THE FEELING IS MUTUAL  /  Caity György & Laura Anglade  /  “Featuring”
  • ALIMONY BLUES  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Norman Mailer  /  “Stranger Than Fiction”
  • NOBODY’S HEART  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “In Her Words”
  • THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS  /  Ulysses Osens Jr. Big Band w/ Alexa Tarantino  /  “Soul Conversations”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Jon Batiste w/ Rachael Price  /  “Anatomy of Angels”
  • IS A GOOD MAN REAL?  /  Rachael & Vilray  /  “I Love A Love Song”
  • (Rudy Giuliani)  /  BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?  /  George Michael  /  “Songs From The Last Century”
  • TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS  /  Helen Merrill  /  “Casa Forte”
  • SYDIT DIVCHA  /  Alina Zalozna  /  “Ukrainian Melodies”
  • (Rep. Lauren Boebert)  /  WITH THESE HANDS  /  Les McCann  /  “Compared To What”
  • HAIKU  /  Maud Hixson  
  • I REMEMBER CLIFFORD  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Still Live”
  • CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Romance”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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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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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 “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 “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE BIRDS AND BEES” (4.8.23)

10 Apr

Everyone who’s been saying for years that my show is for the birds was half-right this week.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • LET’S DO IT  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ London Symphony Orchestra  /  “Someone To Watch Over Me”
  • BLACKBIRD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • BYE BYE BLACKBIRD  /  Paula West  /  “Come What May”
  • SLEEPIN’ BEE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • THE EAGLE AND ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live At Vine Street”
  • STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT  /  Lyle Lovett  /  “Smile”
  • THE BUZZARD SONG  /  Miles Davis  /  “Porgy And Bess”
  • LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My Gentleman Friend”
  • FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS  /  The Real Group  /   “Unreal”
  • THE QUEEN BEE  /  Count Basie  /  “Basie Straight Ahead”
  • LULLABY OF BIRDLAND  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mariah Carey  /  “The Rarities”
  • SKYLARK  /  Linda Ronstadt  /  “Lush Life”
  • ORNITHOLOGY  /  Pasquale Grasso  /  “Be-Bop!”
  • THE DUCK  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow /  “The Very Though of You”
  • POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer”
  • MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
  • A BIRD ON THE WIRE  /  Leonard Cohen  /  “Live Songs”
  • PENGUINS AND FOOLS  /  Hilary Gardner  /  “Drummer Composer”
  •  BE CAREFUL IT’S MY HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ring-A-Ding-Ding”
  • YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQ.  /  Nat Cole & Gloria Estefan  /  “A Sentimental Christmas With Nat King Cole”
  • STRANGE MEADOWLARK  /  Dave Brubeck Quartet  /  “Time Outtakes”
  • BLACK SWAN  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina At Carnegie Hall”
  • IMAGINATION  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Lorez Alexandria  /  “Alexandria The Great”
  • DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND  /  Mark Murphy w/Metropole Orchestra  /  “The Dream”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “EASY DOES IT” (3.4.23)

5 Mar

You know how I work very hard planning this show every week? Some of my audience was  thinking,”Work harder.”  And some were thinking, “This show is planned?”  And the rest of them were likely thinking, “Will you get through the opening so we can listen to some music?”  The point was this week instead of working hard, I took it easy. In fact, everything about the show, especially the songs were easy. (Not entirely sure the audience got off easy.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • NICE ‘N’ EASY  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “What Matters Most”
  • EASY LIVING  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • TAKE LOVE EASY  /  Alina Zalozna Quartet  /  (Live in studio)
  • AS EASY AS ROLLING OFF A LOG  /  James Taylor  /  “American Standard”
  • EASY DOES IT  /  Oscar Peterson Trio  /  “Night train”
  • YOU’RE EASY TO DANCE WITH  /  Fred Astaire  /  “The Astaire Story”
  • I’LL BE EASY TO FIND  /  Sarah Patridge  /  “I’ll Be Easy To Find”
  • EASY TO LOVE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  James Stewart  /  “That’s Entertainment”
  • YOU’D BE SO EASY TO LOVE  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “Easy To Love””
  • SUMMERTIME  /  Miles Davis  /  “Porgy & Bess”
  • EASY COME, EASY GO  /  Tony Bennett  /  “With Love”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt  /  “Nature Boy: The Standards Album”
  • YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY  /  Rebecca Kilgore  /  “Moonshadow Dance”
  • I’M EASY  /  Keith Carradine  /  “Nashville”
  • IT’S EASY TO BLAME THE WEATHER  /  Cecille McLorin Salvant & JLCO  /  “Big Band Holidays”
  • IT’S EASY TO SAY  /  (Mystery Movie)  /  Julie Andrews & Dudley Moore  /  “10 Movie Soundtrack”
  • EASY STREET  /  Randy Newman  /  “Harps And Angels”
  • EASY STREET  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Lonely House”
  • IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra & Company”
  • IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tribute”
  • OUR LOVE IS EASY /  Melody Gardot  /  “My One And Only Love”
  • WHAT’S NEW  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY  /  Irene Kral  /  “Just For Now”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “QUIZ: WHO WROTE THAT – THE GENDER REVEAL EDITION”” (1.14.23)

16 Jan

Who wrote these songs? A man or a woman? Don’t think of this as a test. Think of it as a provocative little quiz. Sure, there are right and wrong answers. Plus, how you answer does reflect how much you know about music; and what unconscious biases you have; and whether you’re a decent human being or a total disgrace. But it wasn’t a test. It also was some of my favorite music. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WIVES AND LOVERS  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL  /  Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane  /  “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman”
  • KEEP IT TO YOURSELF  /  Amy Rigby  /  “18 Again”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Days Of Wine & Roses, Moon River, & Other Academy Award Winners”
  • TWISTED  /  Lambert, Hedricks, & Ross  /  “Twisted: The Best Of Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross”
  • DO I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jack Webb  /  “Just The Tracks, Ma’m”
  • GIRL TALK  /  Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band  /  “Soul Conversations”
  • I’M GONNA GO FISHIN’  /  Iraida Noriega  /  “Ven Conmigo”
  • SHINY STOCKINGS  /  Lambert, Hendricks, & Bavan  /   “At Basin Street East”
  • SHINY STOCKINGS  /  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie  /  “Ella And Basie”
  • WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal!”
  • THE RULES OF THE ROAD  /  Yannick Bovy  /  “Yannick Bovy Celebrates Nat King Cole”
  • YOU’LL SEE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • CITY OF THE ANGELS  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • POSTCARD LOVERS  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Laura Nyro Project”
  • I’M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Round Midnight”
  • THE BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN  /  Boz Skaggs  /  “Speak Low”
  • THE REAL THING  /  Carol Sloane  /  “The Real Thing”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Roberta Donnay  /  ‘Blossoming”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Bill Evan Trio  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “AN EXERCISE IN EXERCISING” (AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST (11.5.22)

6 Nov

Couldn’t do a live show this week, so I decided to take a stroll down memory lane, a shorter and shorter trip for me. Look what I found! A show from last Spring. Here’s what I wrote about the show at the time…

Until recently my exercise regimen consisted of Running my mouth, Stretching the truth; Rushing to judgment; and Leaping to all the wrong conclusions. Those days are gone. Now I have a Life Coach telling me when to sleep, when to wake up, when to stand, and how far to walk and on and on. And there’s no way I can tell this Life Coach to put a cork in it because my Life Coach isn’t a person – it’s an Apple Watch that’s become the boss of me. So if I have to endure this torture, of course, my audience had to endure the torture with two-hours of songs about exercise. I’d write more but my damned watch is telling me it’s time to stand!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK  /  Mel Torme  /  “Live At Marty’s”
  • WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT  /  Staci Griesbach  /  “Mu Patsy Cline Songbook”
  • RUNNIN’ WILD  /  Cecile McLorin-Salvant  /  “Dreams & Daggers”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • THROW IT AWAY  /  Maydie Myles  /  “The Ones I Love”  
  • I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • WALKIN’  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • SHALL WE DANCE  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • KISS AND RUN  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • IT SWUNG WIDE OPEN  /  Joey DeFrancesco  /  “In The Key Of The Universe”
  • BUT BEAUTIFUL  /  Ethel Ennis  /  “Ethel Ennis”
  • ME & MY SHADOW  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Allen Ludden  /  “My Favorite Songs”
  • COME RUNNING  /  Lena Horne  /  “At The Waldorf Astoria”
  • LESTER LEAPS IN  /  Count Basie  /.  “Count Basie At Newport”
  • EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG  /  Veronica Swift  /  “This Bitter Earth”
  • YOU CALL IT JOGGING  /  Mose Allison  /  “The Mose Chronicles”
  • LAVERNE WALK  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “Let’s Get Lost”
  • PICK YOURSELF UP  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”
  • LET’S TAKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALK  /  Karin Plato & Denzal Sinclair  /   “The State of Bliss”
  • JUST MY IMAGINATION  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Prde & Joy”
  • HIT THE GROUND RUNNIN’  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • CANOE  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Old Fashioned Gal”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Willie Nelson & Diana Krall  /  “American Classic”
  • JUMP FOR JOY  /  Kenny Burrell  /  “Ballad Essentials”
  • I WALK A LITTLE FASTER  /  Chiara Pancaldi w/ Cyrus Chestnut  /  “I Walk A Little Faster”
  • LIFE’S A LESSON  /  Ben Sidran & Giorgia  /  “Ben There, Don’t That”  
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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