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PLAYLIST FOR “OPPOSITES DON’T ALWAYS ATTRACT!” 6.20.26

21 Jun

So many people have differing (at best) and opposing points of view these days. Did I try to reconcile them, bring people together? Of course not! Nope, I exploited the situation by playing two hours of opposites, maintaining my show’s perfect record of doing the exact opposite of what’s needed. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • COME DANCE WITH ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • I WON’T DANCE  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie:The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • SOMETHING GOOD  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Music Is Better Than Words”
  • EVIL GAL BLUES  /  Ledisi w/ Count Basie Orch.  /  “Basie Swings The Blues”
  • LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • YOU’VE CHANGED  /  Kandace Springs  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • LET’S FALL IN LOVE  /  Diana Krall  /  “Live In Paris”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Diana Krall  /  “All For You”
  • SMILE  /  Emma Smith  /  “Smile”
  • I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  George Maharis  /  “George Maharis Sings!”
  • LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Standards In Norway”
  • LOVESICK  /  Jackie & Roy  /  “Lovesick”
  • EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • EVERYTHING I’VE GOT BELONGS TO YOU  /  Kate Kortum  /  “Wild Woman Tells All”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?  /  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones  /  “My Way”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Cody Owen Stine Trio  
  • LET THERE BE LOVE  /  Nat King Cole & George Shearing  /  “Nat King Cole Sings George Shearing Plays”
  • DOWN WITH LOVE  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • I LOVE THE RAIN  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny rankin Album”
  • MY ROMANCE  /  Chuck Mangione, Keith Jarrett, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers  /  “Samba Tonto”
  • ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE   /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington  /  “Ella At Duke’s Place”
  • WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say hello”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SURPRISE PARTY!” 6.6.26

8 Jun

I threw a party this week and for the very first time, it wasn’t my favorite kind of party – a pity party. No, I was full of surprises this week: surprise beginnings, surprise endings, surprise artists, happy surprises, and a few songs that were not so happy. But that’s no surprise coming from me. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • SWEET SURPRISE  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Discover Who I Am”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET?  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • I SHOULD CARE  /  Diahann Carroll & Andre Previn  /  “The Magic Of Diahann Carroll”
  • MACK THE KNIFE  /  Rufus Wainwright & The Pacific jazz Orchestra  /  “I’m A Stranger Here Myself”
  • THE TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC  /  Bing Crosby  /  “Big Rock Candy Mountain”
  • DEED I DO  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP  /  Nat Cole & George Shearing  /  “Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays”
  • APRIL IN PARIS  /  Count Basie  /  “April In Pars”
  • IT AMAZES ME  /  Kelly Green  /  “It Amazes Me”
  • I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME  /  Gretje Angell
  • TWISTED  /  Lambert, Hendricks & Ross  /  “Twisted”
  • CLOUDBURST/NOT GETTING MARRIED  /  Jessica Malarkey & John Pizzarelli  /  “Make Believe”
  • CHEGA DE SAUDADE  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Veronica Swift”
  • CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS  /  Thomas Quasthoff  /  “The Jazz Album”
  • YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Bill Evans Trio & Stan Getz  /  “But Beautiful”
  • THE BEST IS YET TO COME  /  Bob Dylan  /  “Triplicate”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • THE BEST MAN  /  Freddy Cole  /  “I’m Not My Brother; I’m Me”
  • I’M GOING TO RUIN YOUR DAY  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Insomnia”
  • I’M ALWAYS DRUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO  /  Ernie Andrews  /  “Live Session!”
  • BLUES FOR DJANGO & STEPHANE  /  Stephane Grappelli, Philip Catherine, Larry Coryel  /  “Young Django”
  • ANOTHER SPRING/APRIL FOOLED ME  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Love In Four Seasons”
  • NIGHT LIGHTS  /  Gerry Mulligan  /  “Night Lights”
  • I USED TO BE COLORBLIND  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At 30th Street”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LIES & LIARS” 5.16.26

18 May

Button up your overcoats! I’m predicting a Blizzards of Lies this week. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • BLIZZARD OF LIES  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Dave Frishberg Classics”
  • LITTLE WHITE LIES  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Lightly”
  • IT’S A SIN TO TELL A LIE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Live At The Sahara”
  • ONLY TRUST YOUR HEART  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “Easy To Love”
  • TALK TO ME BABY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Softly As I Leave you”
  • STRAIGHTEN UP & FLY RIGHT  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Unforgettable”
  • HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE ME WHN I TOLD YOU I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN A LIAR ALL MY LIFE  /  Danny Kaye & Carole Richards  /  “The Best Of Danny Kaye”
  • I LIKE A BIG SCHNOZOLLE  /  Brian Charette  /  “You Don’t Know Jack”
  • WHEN IN ROME  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Dear Mr. Bennett”
  • APRIL FOOLED ME  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “April Fooled Me”
  • DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Phil Collins  /  “Q’ Jook Joint”
  • YOU CAN’T PULL THE WOOL OVER MY EYES  /  Rebecca Kilgore w/ John Sheridan Dream Band  /  “Get Rhythm In Your Feet”
  • HONESTY  /  Billy Joel  /  “12 Gardens Live”
  • KISSIN’ BUG  /  Kathy Kosins  /  “To the Ladies Of Cool”
  • SLEEPIN’ BEE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “May I Come In?”
  • FORTY-THREE GOOD EXCUSES  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Insomnia”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET?  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “The Nancy Wilson Show”
  • DONCHA’ GO ‘WAY MAD  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra And Swingin’ Brass”
  • I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT YOU  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Talk To Me”
  • CHANGE PARTNERS  /  Stella Bass  /  “Look For The Silver Lining”
  • YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO DO MY PART  /  Mose Allison  /  “Wild Man On The Loose”
  • SINCE I FELL FOR YOU  /  Gladys Knight  /  “Before Me”
  • MAY I COME IN  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • THE LIES OF HANDSOME MEN  /  Maud Hixson  
  • DINNER FOR ONE, PLEASE, JAMES  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad & Blues Master”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Bill Evans  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “CELBRATING NATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY!” 4.18.26

20 Apr

To celebrate National Record Store Day I played nothing but vinyl this week. To celebrate WMNR Fine Arts Radio’s 3-day Spring Fundraising drive, my audience called and put their money where my mouth was with generous and – excuse the pun – record-breaking donations!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Record Title

  • NIAMA  /  Charles Lloyd  /  “Autumn In New York”
  • HOUSE OF GOLD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • MUSIC  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall”
  • YOUNG GIRL BLUES  /  Donovan  /  “Donovan In Concert”
  • LOOK AT HIM GO  /  Itzhak Perlman & Andre Previn  /  “A Different Kind Of Blues”
  • SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • MR. FATS  /  Dave Brubeck  /  “Tritonis”
  • WHY DO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • WHAT’S NEW  /  Linda Ronstadt  /  “What’s New”
  • THE LIFE THAT I LEAD  /  Lou Rawls  /  “Carryin’ On”
  • GOODBYE YESTERDAY  /  Buddy Rich Big Band  /  “Mercy, Mercy”
  • THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG  /  Claire Hogan  /  “Boozers & Losers”
  • LAZY AFTERNOON  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Lazy Afternoon”
  • EASY LIVING  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Almost like A Song”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Standards Vol. 1”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “APRIL FOOL!”(AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST) 4.3.26

5 Apr

Well, if you were expecting a new show this week, the joke was on you. I dipped back into the archives for a classic…well, okay, an old show. Happy now? Here’s what I wrote about the show back then:

Sure, I promised my audience a special April 1st show with a new recording of Rod Stewart singing “Nessun Dorma,” a YouTube video of The Boy’s Choir of Galway Cathedral singing in Gaelic, “99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall,” plus a bootleg from a Joni Mitchell recording session where Joni is aiming a profanity-lace rant at her assistant who gave her the wrong bottle of spring water. Okay, that stuff I couldn’t deliver. But a couple hours of songs about fools and foolishness was a foolproof formula for a great April Fools Day show.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • FOOLIN’ MYSELF /  Shirley Horn / “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE /  Kenny Rankin / “Haven’t We Met?”
  • BABY I’M A FOOL /  Melody Gardot / “My One & Only Love”
  • A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL /  Frank Sinatra / “My Way”
  • FOOLS RUSH IN /  Harold Mabern w/ Norah Jones / “Afro Blues”
  • MY FOOLISH HEART /  Bill Evans / “The Last Waltz”
  • FOOLS PARADISE /  Mose Allison / “Allison Wonderland”
  • I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU (Take 3) /  Billie Holiday / “Lady In Satin”
  • THE FOOL ON THE HILL /  Artemis / “Artemis”
  • ORDINARY FOOL /  Ray Brown Jr. & Paul Williams / “Friends & Family”
  • I FEEL FOOLISH /  Caity György / “Featuring”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT /  Tony Bennett / “Rarities, Outtakes, & Other Delights”
  • THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY  /  Judy Garland / “Judy At Carnegie”
  • I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO /  Frank Sinatra Jr. / “That Face”
  • FOOL THAT I AM /  Etta James / “The Second Time Around”
  • WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I /  Sammy Davis Jr. / “At The Coconut Grove”
  • SO LONG YOU FOOL /  Sophie Milman / “Make Someone Happy”
  • GET YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL /  Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • EVERYODY’S SOMEBODY’S FOOL /  Dexter Gordon / “Gettin’ Around”
  • FUN TO BE FOOLED /  Marlene VerPlanck w. Hank Jones / “My Impetuous Heart”
  • THESE FOOLISH THINGS /  Aaron Neville / “The Grand Tour”
  • YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL /  Sarah Vaughan / “Crazy & Mixed Up”
  • APRIL FOOLED ME /  Mark Murphy / “Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields”
  • YOUNG AND FOOLISH /  Trish Hatley / “I Remember”
  • PARIS MISMATCH /  (Theme Music) /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “THE BLAME GAME” 1.7.26

8 Feb

This week we played a game. And not just any game! No, no, no! We played the favorite game of lawyers, of politicians, and even Presidents! We played The Blame Game!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE SORRY  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Love You Madly”
  • I’VE ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad & Blues Master”
  • WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT?  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Still Unforgettable”
  • THE CURSE OF A BROKEN HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Swing Along With me”
  • I LOVE THE WAY YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART  /  Rachael & Vilray  /  “Rachael & Vilray”
  • IT’S TOO LATE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “The Vienna Affair”
  • NOBODY’S FAULT BT MINE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone & Piano”
  • IT’S EASY TO BLAME THE WEATHER  /  Cecile McLorin Salvant  /  “Big Band Holidays”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • YOU’VE CHANGED/  Renee Fleming  /   “Haunted Heart”
  • THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA  /  Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz  /  “Getz/Gilberto”
  • ALL OF ME  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Gently With Nelson”
  • I WANNA BE AROUND  /  Tony Bennett & Bono  /  “Duets An American Classic”
  • SOMEONE’S BEEN SENDING ME FLOWERS  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Me & Phil”
  • MACK THE KNIFE  /  Rufus Wainwright  /  “I’m A Stranger Here Myself” Wainwright Sings Weil”
  • KISSING BUG  /  June Christy  /  “Ballads For Night People”
  • KISS AND RUN   /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • I’M ALWAYS WAITING ON YOU  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Dotdotdot”
  • HARD HEART HANNAH  /  Ray Charles  /  “Pure Genius”
  • DON’T BLAME ME  /  Barbie Martinez  /  “All Or Nothing At All”
  • SINCE I FELL FOR YOU  /  Mark Murphy  /  “The Dream”
  • EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Rosemary Clooney & Count Basie Orch.  /  “At Long Last”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Live Performance”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Jose James w/ Jason Moran  /  “Yesterday I Had The Blues”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Theme Music)

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PLAYLIST FOR “RE-WRITES &DO-OVERS” 1.17.26

19 Jan

A collection of song lyric re-writes, alternate takes, and recording session do-overs, plus a couple of do-overs for my audience to see if they could finally guess the first Mystery Vocalists I ever played back in September 2010. (They were still 1 for 2 15 years later.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Johnny Mercer  /  “My Huckleberry Friend”
  • DO IT AGAIN  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Live From Montreal”
  • I GUESS I’LL TO CHANGE MY PLANS  /  Mel Torme & Jonathan Schwartz  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • LIL’ DARLIN  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • DON’T DREAM OF ANYBODY BUT ME  /  Bobby Darin  /  “This Is Darin”
  • WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG  /  Emma Smith  /  “Bitter Orange”
  • NICE ’N’ EASY (Recording Sequence)  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice ’N’ easy”
  • THE BLUEST KIND OF BLUE  /  Hetty Kate & Irwell Street String Band  /  “11:60 PM”
  • ALL FOR YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Romance”
  • SWINGING ON A STAR  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tony Perkins  /  “From My Heart”
  • APRIL IN PARIS (Alternate Take  /  Count Basie  /  “April In Paris”
  • EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO/DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Rockin’ In Rhythm”
  • WHY DID I CHOOSE YOU  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Lazy Afternoon”
  • I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • SECOND CHANCE  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Buddy Rich  /  “Boddy 100”
  • TAKE FIVE  /  Dave Brubeck Quartet  /  “Time Outtakes”
  • ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Samara Joy  /  “Linger Awhile”
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “NEW BEGINNINGS 2026” 1.10.26

12 Jan

First new show of the new year. I like to start off on a positive note (excuse the pun) before the new year careens off into chaos and calamity. Sadly 2026 beat me to the punch. Still, I tried to salvage the mood with some favorite songs about different kinds of new beginnings. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW  /  Holly Cole  /  “Don’t Smoke In Bed”
  • HERE COMES THE SUN  /  The Beatles  /  “Abbey Road”
  • THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE  /  Dave Brubeck Quartet & Jimmy Rushing  /  “Brubeck & Rushing”
  • NO MORE BLUES  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “Easy To Love”
  • CHEGA DE SAUDADE  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Veronica Swift”
  • SOMETHING’S COMING  /  The Diva Jazz Orchestra  /  “Live At Dizzy’s Club”
  • FEELING GOOD   /  Nina Simone  /  “I Put A Spell On You”
  • IN THE LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN  /  Cyrille Aimee w/Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orch.  /  “Petite Fleur”
  • EIGHT, NINE, AND TEN  /  Hetty Kate & Gordon Webster  /  “Gordon Webster Meets Hetty Kate”
  • THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM  /  Benny Benack III  /  “Third Time’s The Charm”
  • BEGIN THE BEGUINE  /  Terry Gibbs Dream Band  /   “The Lost Tapes”
  • WHERE DO YOU START?  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Romance”
  • I JUST WANT ALL MY STUFF  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “DotDotDot”
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Oh, Look At Me Now”
  • THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG  /  Aretha Franklin  /  “Yeah!”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Jon Batiste  /  “Jazz Is Now”
  • I’LL BE LONG GONE  /  Cold Blood  /  “Thriller”
  • HURRY IT’S LOVELY UP HERE  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • STARTING HERE STARTING NOW  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “ColorMe Barbra”
  • A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Close Enough For Love”
  • LET’S BEGIN  /  Jackie & Roy  /  “Lovesick”
  • I CAN’T GET STARTED  /  Cannonball Adderley  /  “Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • START AGAIN  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “Featuring”
  • I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Frank Sinatra w/ Duke Ellington Orchestra.  /  “Francis A & Edward K.”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal!”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A PRE-CHRISTMAS PARTY PARTY” 12.13.25

15 Dec

Next week is my annual Turntable For One Christmas party. And, of course, everyone is invited…well maybe not the person who put hardboiled eggs in the eggnog (as if anything could make eggnog more palatable) and the person who made a wish and blew out all the candles on my menorah. (That’s not how it works!) But I realized that I can’t possibly squeeze all of my favorite holiday music into two hours next week. So I got a head start this week.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • CHRISTMAS IS  /  Holly Cole  /  “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS  /  Anais Reno  /  “Happy Holiday”
  • CHRISTMAS WALTZ  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Christmas Wish”
  • SNOWFALL  /  The Manhattan Transfer  /  “The Christmas Album”
  • COZY YOU  /  aron! & Hohnen Ford  /  “A Cozy Christmas”
  • MAY EV’RY DAY BE CHRISTMAS  /  Irma Thomas w/ The Preservation Hall Jazz Band  /  “Holidays Rule”
  • THE CHRISTMAS SONG  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Holiday Rules”
  • CHRISTMAS MAGIC  /  Laufey  /  “A Very Laufey Holiday”
  • GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN  /  Jimmy Smith  /  “Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas”
  • SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN  /  Olivia Chindamo  /  “Swinging In The Holidays”
  • THE JOLLY FAT MAN  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “The Pianoman At Christmas”
  • REINDEER IN RHYTHM  /  Solitaire Miles w Susie Blue & The Lonesome Fellas  /  “Cool Yule With Susie Blue”
  • MY FAVORITE THINGS  /  Al Jarreau & Kathleen Battle  /  “Tenderness”
  • I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM  /  Ashley Pezzotti  /  “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”
  • CHRISTMAS WILL REALLY BE CHRISTMAS  /  Kristin Korb  /  “That Time Of Year”
  • I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS  /  Take 6  /  “The Most Wonderful time Of Year”
  • GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN  /  John Paul McGee Trio  /  “A Gospel Jassical Christmas”
  • A NOT SO SILENT NIGHT  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Out Under The Sky”
  • HAPPY HANUKAH, MY FRIEND  /  Night Is Alive Band  /  “Christmas Ain’t Like It used To Be”
  • THE SECRET OF CHRISTMAS  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”
  • YOU’RE A LITTLE LIKE SNOW  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “You’re A Little Like Snow”
  • SKATING  /  The Commercialists  /  “A Charlie Brown Christmas:Live At The Jazz Estate”
  • HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “A Christmas Album”
  • THE CHRISTMAS SONG  /  Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole  /  “The Christmas Song”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Can’t Hide Love”
  • WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE  /  Carol Sloane  /  “A Concord jazz Christmas”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HEARTS TO HART” 12.6.25

8 Dec

We were all heart this week with a heartfelt musical tribute to Larry Hart, celebrating his heart-stopping wit, charm, and brilliant sense of rhyme, and also his lyrics of heartbreaking pain and vulnerability. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra w/ Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets”
  • MOUNTAIN GREENERY  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • EASY TO REMEMBER  /  Kandace Springs  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • MY ROMANCE  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • YOU’RE NEARER  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS  /  Michael Mayo  /  “Fly”
  • DO IT THE HARD WAY  /  Amanda Carr  /  “Tender Trap”
  • BETWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED  /  Emma Smith  /  “Burnt Orange”
  • THE BAD IN EVERY MAN  /  The Attic Band  /  “Blue Moon”
  • BLUE MOON  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rogers & Hart Songbook”
  • LITTLE GIRL BLUE  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tribute”
  • I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Ian Shaw  /  “Taking It To Hart”
  • EVERYTHING I’VE GOT BELONGS TO YOU  /  Judith Owen w/ Jason Marsalis  /  “Come & Get It”
  • THIS FUNNY WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • SPRING IS HERE  /  Carly Simon  /  “Torch”
  • DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Michel LeGrand  /  “Michel LeGrand At Shelley’s Manne Hole”
  • NOBODY’S HEART BELONGS TO ME  /  Doris Day w/ Andre Previn  /  “Duet”
  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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