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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 12.20.2025

18 Dec

HINI:

I’m throwing a Merry Christmas Party!  And here’s the great news:none of these bozos are invited. But you definitely are!

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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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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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 12.13.25

10 Dec

HINT:

What’s going on here? A TED Talk at the North Pole? Briggs Myers testing at the Salvation Army? Or just an unsubtle hint about the music I’ll be playing this Saturday night?

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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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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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 12.6.25

3 Dec

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I think it’s time we had a heart to Hart talk. 

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “16TH ANNUAL MUSIC TO BE THANKFUL FOR” 11.29.25

1 Dec

The 16th Annual Music To Be Thankful For with my own offerings (with shout-outs to the disk jockeys who introduced me to this music as a kid), plus contributions from fellow WMNR broadcasters (-B), some favorite singers (-S), and, because this show always comes around my birthday, my wife and son for Family Night At The Radio Station!

(Guest)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW  /  Nat King Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • (Gary Gerrard -B)  /  PAINTED ON CANVAS   /  Gregory Porter  /   “Be Good”
  • SNOWBIRD  /  Ashley Pezzattii  /  “Snowbird”
  • (Ashley Pezzotti-S)  /  BE MY LOVE  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sarah Slightly Classical”
  • (Mark Kuss-B)  /  ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES/A’TISKET A’TASKET  /  Nnenna Freelon
  • (Rich Moran-B)  /  ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  Andy Bey  /  “Ain’t Necessarily So”
  • (Megan Stine)  /  YOU CALL THESE MEN  /  Emily Walton  /   “Penthesilea – An Unproduced Musical By Cody Owen Stine”
  • (Will Duchon-B)  /  THE NEARNESS OF YOU  /  Sarah Shea  /  “The Nearness Of You”
  • (Cody Owen Stine)  /  HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “The Old Country”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Jonathan Karrant  /  “Live in Concert”
  • (Jonathan Karrant-S)  /  (YOU DON’T KNOW) HOW GLAD I AM  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “How Glad i Am”
  • (Garrett Stack-B)  /  SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE  /  Louis Armstrong  /  “Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man”
  • I BELIEVE IN YOU  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “It Might As Well Be Swing”
  • (Philip Harris-B)  HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL  /  Michel Legrand w/ Ben Webster  /  “Legrand Jazz”
  • SOCIAL CALL  /  Josie Falbo  /  “Kickin’ It”
  • (Josie Falbo-S)  /  YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING  /  Cleo Lane  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
  • CHANGES  / Phil Ochs  /  “At Carnegie Hall”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 11.29.25

26 Nov

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Ashley Pezzotti & Jonathan Karrant are just two of the special guests joining me for the 16th Annual Turntable For One Music To Be Thankful For show! Who else?That’s for me to know and for you to tune in and find out.

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “PLAYING NICE” 11.15.25

16 Nov

It started when we were kids, I mean little kids. Our teachers would tell us. Our parents would tell us. Our aunts and uncles, cousins, and sometime even the mail carrier would tell us: Play Nice! (Of course my parents also told me not to lock my little sister in the trunk of our Chevy Impala – but that’s for another show). Playing Nice – it’s a phrase, an admonition, and a concept that’s kind of gone out of fashion these days.  But not while I have this microphone, because for two hours, I just played nice – nice songs by singers and musicians who know how to play nice. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT  /  Yannick Bovy  /  “Love Swings”
  • NICE ’N’ EASY  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Thought About You”
  • EGGS IN THE MORNING WTH TOAST  /  Aron!  /  “Cozy You (And Other Nice Songs)”
  • PLEASE DON’T TALK TO ME WHEN I’M GONE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Love Letters From Ella”
  • IT’S NICE TO GO TRAV’LING  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Fly With Me”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  Norah Jones & Willie Nelson  /  “My Way”
  • IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU  /  Norah Jones & Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • SOME TIME AGO  /  Michel & Tony Petrucciani  /  “Conversation”
  • BUT NOT FOR ME  /  Joe Pesci & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Falling In Love With Love”
  • SO NICE  /  Bebel Gilberto  /  “Tanto Tempo”
  • SOMEONE NICE LIKE YOU  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “What Kind Of Fool Am I”
  • IT’S TOO LATE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “The Vienna Affair”
  • MANHATTAN  /  Laura Anglade  /  “Get Out Of Town”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Nina Simone   /  “Nina At Newport”
  • IT’S NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS  /  Ronny Whyte  /  “Whyte Wolf”
  • LAZY AFTERNOON  /  Freda Payne w/Jeff Goldblum& Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /   “Plays Well With Others”
  • WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR  /  Benny Benack III  /  “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do”
  • NICE GIRLS DON’T STAY FOR BREAKFAST  /  Emma Smith  /  “Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast”
  • I’LL BE AROUND  /  Jimmy Scott  /  “Dine With Fine Jazz”
  • IT’S NICE TO BE WITH YOU  /  Jim Hall  /  “It’s Nice To Be With You”
  • THE COFFEE SONG  /  Nicole Zuraitis  /  “Cafes & Conversation”
  • I LIKE YOU, YOU’RE NICE/I LIKE YOU  /  Madeline Eastman w/ Kenny Barron  /  “Art Attack”
  • PEOPLE TIME  /  Stan Getz w/ Kenny Barron  /  “Yours And Mine”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 11.15.25

14 Nov

HINT:

Here are  a few examples of people playing nice. Wanna hear a few more? Tune in Saturday night!

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “MY FAVORITE FOUR-LETTER WORDS” (AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST) 11.8.25

10 Nov

Played a show from 2023 this week, though two hours of four-letter words still seems appropriate for the times.  Maybe even more. I wrote this the first time I posted the show: 

Since it’s an election year, we’re going to be hearing a lot of four-letter words. I thought I’d start the ball rolling with some of my favorites: Love, Luck, Hope, Life, Song, and, of course, one of my most favorites of favorites, Tony.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album title

  • I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Live At The Village Vanguard”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones  /  “My Way”
  • LOVESICK   /  Jackie & Roy /  “Lovesick”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Live Performance)
  • THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG  /  Claire Hogan  /  “Boozers and Losers”
  • THE LIFE THAT I LEAD  /  Lou Rawls  /  “Carryin’ On”
  • I HOPE YOU DANCE  /  Deborah Lippman  /  “Songbird”
  • LUCK BE A LADY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Vegas”
  • SOLITUDE  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Solitude”
  • IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Leonard Maltin  /  “Stranger Than Fiction”
  • CUTE  /  Count Basie  /  “Breakfast Dance & Barbecue”
  • THE MAN WITH THE HORN  /  Calabira Foti  /  “Prelude To A Kiss”
  • THAT FACE  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.   /  “That Face”
  • MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Lucy Yeghiazryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
  • LITTLE BLUE MAN  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Dot…Dot…Dot”
  • THE LADY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • FORGET THE WOMAN  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My Gentleman Friend”
  • ORNITHOLOGY  /  Pasquale Grasso  /  “Be-Bop”
  • WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “After The Roses”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker  /  “Carnegie Hall Concert”
  • HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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