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PLAYLIST FOR “BIG BEAUTIFUL BILLS!” 5.31.25

2 Jun

A couple weeks ago I made a joke calling myself the original Big Beautiful Bill. I thought it was pretty funny all things considered these days. But then I started worrying. What about Billy Wilder? Or Bill Buckley? Or Bill Russell? Or Bill Parcels? Or maybe even Barnacle Bill The Sailor? What about all big beautiful Bills?  Didn’t I owe them an apology? So I played a couple of hours of singers, musicians, arrangers, and composers named Bill. I thought they fit the bill perfectly. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist(s)  /  CD Or Album Title

  • A LITTLE TEMPO PLEASE   /  Count Basie  /  “Basie At Birdland”
  • ONE FOR MY BABY  /  Willie Nelson  /  “My Way”
  • THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Billie’s Best”
  • AIN’T NO SUNSHINE  /   |Bill Withers  /  “Just As I Am”
  • GRANDMA’S HANDS  /  Shirley Horn  /  “A Lazy Afternoon”
  • DOWN IN THE DEPTHS  /  Tony Bennett /arr.: Bill Holman  /  “Here’s To The Ladies”
  • STOMPING AT THE SAVOY  /  Stan Kenton  /arr.: Bill Holman  /  /  “Stomping At Newport”
  • PURE IMAGINATION  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Here, There, & Everywhere”  
  • I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE  /  (MYSTERY VOCLIST)  /  Billie Eilish  /  
  • NEW YORK STATE OF MIND  /  Billy Joel  /  “The Essential Billy Joel”
  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Laura Nyro  /  “The First Songs”
  • BILLY BOY  /  Oscar Peterson  /  “The London House Sessions”
  • IN THE EVENING  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ Bill Doggett  /  “These Are The Blues”
  • LIVING WITHOUT YOU  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Live At The Vic”
  • WON’T YOU COME HOME, BILL BAILEY  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sassy Swings The Tivoli”
  • WORK SONG  /  Billy Eckstine  /  “At Basin Street East”
  • MAYBE  /  Lena Horne  /  “An Evening With Lena Horne”
  • IT’S KIND OF LONESOME OUT TONIGHT  /  Anais Reno  /  “Lovesome Thing”
  • THE RULES OF THE ROAD  /  Nat King Cole arr: Billy May  /  “The Billy May Sessions”
  • BILL  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
  • LONELY TIME   /  Maynard Ferguson w/ Willie Maiden  /  “A Message From Birdland”
  • EASY LIVING  /  Johnny Hartman w/ Dr. Billy Taylor  /  “The Bridges Of Madison County”
  • THE BEST THING FOR YOU  /  Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap  /  “Something To Remember”
  • EMILY  /  Bill Evans w/ Stan Getz  /  “But Beautiful”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin w/ Bill Watrous  /  “Professional Dreamer”
  • OUR REVELS ARE NOW OVER  /  Joseph Fiennes / Willam Shakespeare  /  “When Love Speaks”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “GRAMMY NIGHT 2024” 2.3.24

8 Feb

Everyone on the show has either won or been nominated for a Grammy Award…except me.  Oh, well, there’s always next year.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • BLUE SKIES  /  Ella Fitagerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • SOCIAL CALL  /  Samara Joy  /  “Linger Awhile”
  • I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • LI’L DARLIN’  /  Count Basie  /  –“The Atomic Basie”
  • WITCHCRAFT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Classic Sinatra”
  • NEL BLU DIPINTO DI BLU  /  Domenico Modugno  /  –“Tutto Modogno”
  • UNFORGETTABLE  /  Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole  /  –“Unforgettable”
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Carmen McRae & Betty Carter  /  –“The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “At The Village Vanguard”
  • ANYTHING GOES  / –Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  /  –“Cheek To Cheek”
  • DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME  /  Tony Bennett & k. d. Lang  / “A Wonderful World”
  • WHAT WAS I MADE FOR  /  Billie Eilish  /  “Barbie Movie Soundtrack”
  • HOW INSENSITIVE  /  Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim  /  –“Sinatra/Jobim”
  • THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY  /  Judy Garland  /  “Judy At Carnegie”
  • SKYLARK  /  Jack Jones  /  “Jack Jones Paints A Tribute To Tony Bennett”
  • FROM THE START  /  Laufey  /  “Bewitched”
  • SAY IT  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Dedicated To You”
  • MAYBE  /  Lena Horne  /  “An Evening With Lena Horne”
  • NICE ’N’ EASY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice ’N’ easy
  • I’VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “Good Night, Good Luck”
  • EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE  /  The Police  /  “Synchronicity”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Rickie Lee Jones  /  “Pieces Of Treasure”
  • MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Love Is What Stays”
  • MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE  /  Chick Corea Trio  /  “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Lady Gaga  /  “Cheek To Cheek”
  • PARIS MISMTCH  /  (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 “MONARCHY MANIA” (5.6.23)

7 May

Something historic happened today; something that hasn’t happened in 70 years.  No, I’m not talking about me getting  back on the uneven parallel bars. I’m talking about the coronation of a new king and queen in the United Kingdom.  Whatever you think of the royal family, I thought it was a relief to focus on pomp and circumstance for a few hours instead of pomposity and circumstantial evidence. To continue my good feelings, I brought a bowl of Royal butterscotch pudding and a bun with Royal icing for snacks. I wrote my opening on my trusty Royal 10 typewriter, and I hummed the Royal Garden Blues on my drive to the radio station. Clearly I was feeling a royal flush, so I celebrated Monarchy Mania his week with lots of songs about royalty and songs by British and American music royalty. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • GOD SAVE THE QUEEN  /  Queen  /  “A Night At The Opera”
  • SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME  /  Alexis Cole  /  “Someday My Prince Will Come”
  • IF I RULED THE WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Get Happy”
  • EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD  /  Kari Kirkland  /  “Wild Is The Wind”
  • I WONDER WHAT THE KING IS DOING  /  Richard Burton  /  “Camelot”
  • SHALL WE DANCE?  /  Kelli O’Hara & Ken Wantanabe  /  “The King & I”
  • WOULDN’T IT BE LOVERLY  /  Nat King Cole  /  “My Fair Lady”
  • TOO LATE NOW  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • LADY IS A TRAMP  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “London”
  • MAKING WHOOPEE  /  (Mystery Vocalists)  /  Rod Stewart & Elton John  /  “The Complete American Songbook”
  • BATTLE ROYAL  /  Duke Ellington & Count Basie  /  “First Time!
  • YOU’LL BE BACK  /  Jonathan Groff    /  “Hamilton”
  • LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  The King’s Singers  /  “Gold”
  • FOUR BROTHERS  /  The King Sisters  /  “Imagination”
  • AGONY  /  Robert Westenberg, Chuck Wagner  /  “Into The Woods”
  • GOODY GOODBYE  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • THE THRILL IS GONE  /  B. B. King  /  “The Best of B. B. King”
  • SEND IN THE CLOWNS  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQ.  /  Jacqui Dankworth  /  “It Happens Quietly”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Sarah King  /  “Smoke rings”
  • FOGGY DAY  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “The Complete Ella & Louis”
  • GEORGIA ROSE  /  Queen Latifah  /  “Trav’lin’ Light”
  • WHAT’S NEW  /  Charlie Watts Tentet  /  “Watt’s At Scott’s”
  • A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING  ./  Lena Horne  /  “Lena: A New Album’
  • 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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PLAYLIST FOR “AN EXERCISE IN EXERCISING” (6.25.22)

27 Jun

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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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO UNREALITY – REALLY!” (5.14.22)

15 May

Impossible! It just can’t be! Have you lost touch with reality? I know. It sounds like my last IRS audit. Or maybe Wolf Blitzer’s performance review. Nope. These are things people have been saying about Turntable For One for years. And this week, they were right. I paid tribute to all the things and ways people embrace, admire, and seek Unreality. Is the last song Reality or Unreality? I think that’s going to depend very much on what we all do in the near future.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I’M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD  /  Bobby Darin  /   “Wild, Cool, & Swinging”
  • I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING  /  Lena Horne  /  “Lena A New Album”
  • SWINGING ON A STAR  /  Ori Dagan  /   “S’cat Got My Tongue”
  • RETURN TO PARADISE  /  Shirley Horn  /   “Here’s To Life”
  • DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
  • THE FRIM FRAM SAUCE  /  Thisbe Vos  /  “Sophistication”
  • TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC  /  Bing Crosby  /  “ Musical Moments To Remember”
  • NEVER NEVER LAND  /  Carol Sloane  /   “Live At 30th Street”
  • IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON  /  Nat King Cole  /   “After Midnight”
  • PRETEND  /  Dianne Reeves  /   “Good Night & Good Luck”
  • STREET OF DREAMS  /  Frank Sinatra  /   “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • PURE IMAGINATION  /  Joanie Sommers  /   “Here, There & Everywhere”
  • I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S  /  Tom Rust  /   “Are We There Yet?”
  • ANOTHER SCOTCH AND SODA  /  Andrea Carter  /   “Love Slipped Out the Door”
  • DAYS OF WINE & ROSES  /  (Mystery vocalist)  /   Johnny Rivers  /   “Changes”
  • EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED  /  Mose Allison  /  “The Mose Chronicles”
  • DREAM  /  Diana Krall  /   “Turn Up The Quiet”
  • CAN WE PRETEND  /  Freddy Cole  /   “Talk To Me”
  • IN THE LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN  /  Cyrille Aimee & Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orch.  /  “Petite Fleur”
  • UP ON THE ROOF  /  James Taylor  /   “James Taylor Live”
  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Luciana Souza  /  “Ryan Truesdale/Gil Evans Project”
  • SMILE  /  Lyle Lovett  /   “Smile”
  • YOU ARE THERE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Best of Love Songs”
  • WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Tony Bennett & k.d. lang  /   “A Wonderful World”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /   Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO UNCERTAINTY” – AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST (1.29.22)

30 Jan

I am certain of one thing: this weekend it snowed. It snowed a ton. And I didn’t make it to the station. So instead we listened to a show from last Fall. It certainly filled the two hours. And what else? Well, about that I am uncertain. Here’s what I wrote about the show back then:

 

 “The Road Not Taken”

By Robert Frost  

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

 And be one traveler, long I stood

  And looked down one as far as I could. 

Okay, everyone finds this poem iconic and inspiring. Really? Do you know where these roads go? I don’t. Do you know if there are bears or poison ivy or rest stops? I don’t. So how can you be so certain you’re making a good decision and not a bad mistake? You can’t! You can’t be certain and that’s about the only thing you can be certain of. Especially when I spent two hours presenting A Musical Tribute To Uncertainty. (Did everyone love it? Well, I’m not entirely certain about that…)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  “CD Or Album Title

  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • AT LONG LAST LOVE  /  Nancy Kelly  /  “Singin’ And Swingin’”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones  /  “My Way”
  • WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “That Day”
  • DON’T YOU KNOW I CARE  /  Ernie Andrews  /  “No Regrets”
  • HOW AM I TO KNOW  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • WAIT AND SEE  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • TULIP OR TUNIP  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Bill Henderson Live At The Vic”
  • WHAT DID I FORGET  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Hearts & Minds”
  • MAYBE YOU’LL BE THERE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tab Hunter  /  “When I Fall In Love”
  • MAYBE  /  Lena Horne  /  “An Evening With Lena Horne”
  • MAYBE  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • I WONDER  /  Melissa Morgan  /  “Until I Met You”
  • SHOULD I  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Kisses In The Rain”
  • DETOUR AHEAD  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Waiting For Dawn”
  • I WALK A LITTLE FASTER  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman”
  • DON’T KNOW WHY  /  Ray Blue  /  “Work”
  • I WISH I KNEW  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Ballads”
  • HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • SO MANY STARS  /Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • LOST IN THE STARS  /  Sheila Jordan  /  “From The Heart”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”
  • WHERE DO YOU GO  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson Big Band  /  “Two’s Company”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Mark Winkler & David Benoit  /  “Old Friends”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “LET’S GROOVE ON NATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY!” (6.12.21)

13 Jun

To celebrate National Record Store Day, I gave the CD players a night off and turned the program, both literally and figuratively, into Turntable For One. I found a lot of old friends in my collection and even a few albums I forgot that I had. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live At Vine Street”
  • IN A MELLOW TONE  /  Dizzy Gillespie  /  “A Portrait Of Duke Ellington”
  • GROOVIN  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • WHILE I’M STILL YOUNG  /  Amanda Ambrose  /  “Amanda”
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Rare Sinatra”
  • DON’T LET ME LOSE THIS DREAM  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin’”
  • ALL OF MY LIFE  /  Tony Bennett & Dexter Gordon  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON THE TOP  /  Mary Lou Williams  /  “Live At The Cookery”
  • HOLD ME THUSLY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Zero Mostel  /  “Songs My Mother Never sang”
  • A WONDERFUL GUY  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Winchester In Apple Blossom Time”
  • ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM  /  Stan Kenton  /  “Live At Redlands University”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • MUSIC  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall”
  • SLOW TALKER  /  Bob & Ray  /  “The Two & Only”
  • I’M LOST  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • THE LIFE THAT I LEAD  /  Lou Rawls  /  “Carryin’ On”
  • THE MAN YOU ARE IN ME  /  Janis Ian  /  “Stars”
  • NAIMA  /  Charles Lloyd  /  “Autumn In New York”
  • I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOU  /  Lena Horne  /  “Lema – A New Album”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Standards Vol. 1”
  • I NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU  /  Laura Nyro  /  “First Songs”
  • MY OLD FRIEND  /  Gregory Hines  /  “So Nobody Else Can Hear”
  • DREAM  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Dream”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO UNCERTAINTY” (3.6.21)

7 Mar

Robert Frost  “The Road Not Taken” 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

 And be one traveler, long I stood

  And looked down one as far as I could. 

Okay, everyone finds this poem iconic and inspiring. Really? Do you know where these roads go? I don’t. Do you know if there are bears or poison ivy or rest stops? I don’t. So how can you be so certain you’re making a good decision and not a bad mistake? You can’t! You can’t be certain and that’s about the only thing you can be certain of. Especially when I spent two hours presenting A Musical Tribute To Uncertainty. (Did everyone love it? Well, I’m not entirely certain about that…)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  “CD Or Album Title

  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • AT LONG LAST LOVE  /  Nancy Kelly  /  “Singin’ And Swingin’”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones  /  “My Way”
  • WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “That Day”
  • DON’T YOU KNOW I CARE  /  Ernie Andrews  /  “No Regrets”
  • HOW AM I TO KNOW  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • WAIT AND SEE  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • TULIP OR TUNIP  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Bill Henderson Live At The Vic”
  • WHAT DID I FORGET  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Hearts & Minds”
  • MAYBE YOU’LL BE THERE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tab Hunter  /  “When I Fall In Love”
  • MAYBE  /  Lena Horne  /  “An Evening With Lena Horne”
  • MAYBE  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • I WONDER  /  Melissa Morgan  /  “Until I Met You”
  • SHOULD I  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Kisses In The Rain”
  • DETOUR AHEAD  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Waiting For Dawn”
  • I WALK A LITTLE FASTER  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman”
  • DON’T KNOW WHY  /  Ray Blue  /  “Work”
  • I WISH I KNEW  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Ballads”
  • HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • SO MANY STARS  /Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • LOST IN THE STARS  /  Sheila Jordan  /  “From The Heart”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”
  • WHERE DO YOU GO  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson Big Band  /  “Two’s Company”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Mark Winkler & David Benoit  /  “Old Friends”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

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