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WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING? #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

2 Jan

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Why is this man smiling? (Sadly, this is what actually passes for this man smiling.) He’s smiling because starting tonight, January 2nd, his radio show, Turntable For One, moves to 9:00 PM with two hours of great jazz vocals interrupted occasionally by this man talking and, perhaps, even smiling – who can tell? It’s radio.

The theme for this first two-hour show: Music That Changed My Life!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   9:00 – 11:00 PM (E.S.T.)  (GMT-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Want to see what I do while the music is playing? Check out this video: 

https://youtu.be/ujQ4bRHbDzM

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (12.19.15)

16 Dec

HINT: 

Well, it’s the last show before Christmas. I wonder if I can get anything out of that…

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio 

Saturday Night   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)  (GMT-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming live on wmnr.org

Ever wonder what I do while the music is playing? Well, wonder no more. Check out this new WMNR video: 

https://youtu.be/ujQ4bRHbDzM

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PLAYLIST FOR “MUSICAL MASH-UPS” (12.12.15)

12 Dec

Can I do two things at once? Rub my head and pat my stomach? It’s more fun if someone does that for me. Walk and chew gum? Ok, so I had to give up chewing gum. Sing two songs at once? Maybe I can’t do that, but these guys can and did this week on Turntable For One.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THREE LITTLE WORDS/SIR DUKE  /  Bria Skonberg  /“Into Your Own”
  • EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO/DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  John  Pizzarelli  / “Rockin’ In Rhythm: A Duke Ellington Tribute
  • ANYTHING GOES  /  Keri Johnsrud  /  “All Blue”
  • HOUSE OF GRACE  /  Billy Brandt  /  “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
  • ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE/I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU  /  Nancy LaMott  /  “My Foolish Heart”
  • BEFORE HE CHEATS  /  Ana Gastyer  /  “I’m Hip”
  • ANYONE CAN WHISTLE  /  Tania Grubbs  /  “Lost In The Stars”
  • GEE, MINE OR MOZART’S  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Japan”
  • GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN  /  Postmodern Jukebox  /  “Historical Misappropriation”
  • MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT  /  Ahmad Jamal  /  “Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961”
  • TIME AND LOVE  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Laura Nyro Project”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

Most of the time I just play one song at a time. Wanna hear? Check out a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

Want to see what I do (and other WMNR broadcasters do) while the music is playing? Check out this new video!

https://youtu.be/ujQ4bRHbDzM

 

 

 

 

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (12.12.15)

9 Dec

HIINT:

What am I supposed to do? I’ve got two hours of great jazz songs but how can I play all of them in just one hour? Wait – I think I know how to do it! Find out this Saturday night. 

Turntable For One  Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)  (GMT-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Want to see what WMNR broadcasters, including me, do while the music is playing? Click the link below: 

https://youtu.be/ujQ4bRHbDzM

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PLAYLIST FOR “AN AMERICAN IN PARIS” (12.5.15)

8 Dec

Shirley Horn recorded in Paris. Sinatra recorded in Paris. Aretha recorded in Paris. See a pattern here? Sorry you missed it, aren’t you? Don’t worry. You’ll get another chance this Saturday night.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • JUST IN TIME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Love You Paris”
  • IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra & Sextet
  • THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
  • ANTHROPOLOGY  /  Dizzy & The Double Six  /  “Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six Of Paris”
  • LET’S FALL IN LOVE  /  Diana Krall  /  “Live In Paris”
  • SINGING IN THE RAIN  /  Aretha Franklin  /  “Aretha Franklin Live In Paris 1977”
  • LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT  /  Lisa Lindsley  /  “Long After Midnight”
  • FOUR  /  Deborah Latz  /  “Sur l’Instant
  • PETIT BACK BLUES  /  Miles Davis  /  “A Day in Paris”
  • I’M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO  /  Marlene Ver Planck  /  “Marlene Ver Planck Meets Saxomania In Paris”
  • MISTY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella & Duke At Cote D’Azur”
  • SATIN DOLL  /  Duke Ellington  /  “Live At Cabaret L’Alacazar”
  • A PARIS  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My New Celebrity Is You”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Trying to set a world record for listening to podcasts? Here’s a good way to start: listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Click the link below.

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S SHOW (12.5.15)

3 Dec

HINT:

What’s another name for an ex-pat in France?

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.) (GMT-5)

WMNR FIne Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

 

Want another hint? I’ll give you one when I sit-in as guest host of Broadway Bound, this Saturday afternoon, 4:00-6:00, for two hours of the best of Broadway music. Tune in. I know you’ll hear some of my favorites, and you might also hear some of yours. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “6TH ANNUAL MUSIC TO BE THANKFUL FOR SHOW” (11.28.15)

30 Nov

This is always a special show for me because I invite a number of my broadcasting colleagues at the radio station to play music for which they’ve been thankful during the past year. I think it makes all of us at the station even more thankful for the opportunity to play music we love for our audiences. (For more info about the broadcasters, go to wmnr.org) And because this show always comes around my birthday, I’m also joined every year in the studio and on the air by the people I am most thankful for – my wife and my son.  

(Broadcaster Or Guest’s Name)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • (Fred Velardi)  /  HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Stardust”
  • (Dan Lenore)  /  I GOT A ROBE, YOU GOT A ROBE  /  Charlie Haden & Hank Jones  /  “Steal Away”
  • (Rich Moran)  /  I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • (Will Duchon)  /  YOU MY LOVE  /  Bill Henderson & Charlie Haden  / “The Art Of The Song”
  • (Megan Stine)  /  THANK GOD I’M ME  /  Mike Daley  /  Demo from “The Prisoner of Vegas”
  • (Gary Gerrard)  /  YOU GO TO MY HEAD  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Manhattan Moods”
  • (H. William Stine)  /  Alabamy Bound  /  Darlene & Jonathan Edwards  /  “Sing Along With Dearlen & Jonathan Edwards”
  • (Dominique Johnson)  /  I WISHED ON THE MOON  /  Lara Downes  /  “A Billie Holiday Songbook”
  • (Garrett Stack)  /  HIGHER  /  Lea Salonga  /  “Allegiance”
  • (Cindy Carlson)  /  ‘S WONDERFUL  /  The Cast  /  “An American In Paris”
  • (Cody Owen Stine)  /  DEDICATED TO YOU  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Dedicated To You”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Want to know what else you’ll be thankful for? Listening to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. It’s the reason you have ears…unless you don’t have ears in which case I’m sorry I brought the whole thing up. Click the link below to see what you’re missing. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (11.28.15)

25 Nov

No hint necessary this week!

It’s my 6th Annual Music To Be Thankful For program, a post-Thanksgiving Day music party featuring special appearances and suggestions from some of my fellow broadcasters at the radio station.  

What music are you thankful for this year? 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)  (GMT-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Still hungry for more turkey? Try gulping down a few Turntable For One podcasts on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange! Click the link below. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

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PLAYLIST FOR “EITHER/OR” (11.21.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

22 Nov

Each week when I’m putting together a show, I have to decide between so many choices – either a new singer or a classic one; either a familiar song or something more recent; and, most important of all, either libel or slander.  This week I decided to let the singers wrestle with their own Either/Or decisions. Why should I have to do all the work?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music of Coltrane & Hartman”
  • GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT  /  Kim Nazarian & John Pizzarelli  /  “Some Morning”
  • THEY’RE EITHER TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “For The Duration”
  • BUT BEAUTIFUL  /  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga   /  “Cheek To Cheek”
  • COME RAIN OR COME SHINE  /  Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbaek  /  “Eeg & Fonnesbaek”
  • LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME  /  Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm  /  “Spark”
  • WITH OR WITHOUT YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jackie Evancho  /  “Awakening”
  • SUMMER, HIGHLAND FALLS  /  Billy Joel  /  “The Complete Albums Collection”
  • TULIP OR TURNIP  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Live At The Vic”
  • IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T MY BABY  /  Melissa Morgan  /  “Until I Met You”
  • I HOPE YOU DANCE  /  Deborah Lippmann & Savion Glover  /  “Nightingale”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

Don’t forget: It’s not an “either/or” question when it comes to listening to Turntable For One. Missed the Saturday night live show? Don’t cry. Please. You know how I hate it when you cry. You can always listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange. Just click the link below: 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY’S THEME (11.21.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

18 Nov

HINT:

Sondheim wrote, “The choice may have been mistaken, but choosing was not.” Makes sense, but weighing all the choices, all the “either/ors,” can be tricky. 

 

TURNTABLE FOR ONE   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (E.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Want to know what I sound like in the daytime? (I know I do.)  Join me Saturday afternoon at 4:00 PM on WMNR and wmnr.org for two hour of the best of Broadway when I sit in for Garrett Stack on his program, Broadway Bound.”

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