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PLAYLIST FOR “GOING TO EXTREMES” 10.19.24

20 Oct

It can describe the weather – especially these days; it can describe a variety of sports events; it can describe powerful emotions. This week it described Turntable For One because I spent two hours going to extremes. Plus an affectionate salute and thank you to Terry Gibbs in celebration of his 100th birthday. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I’M GONNA LOCK MY HEART  /  Samara Joy  /  “Linger Awhile”
  • TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH  /  Freddy Cole  /  “To The Ends Of The Earth”
  • I’M SHADOWING YOU  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Blossom Dearie 1975”
  • I’D RATHER DRINK MUDDY WATER  /  Lou Rawls  /  “Black & Blue”
  • TOO DARN HOT  /  Sara Gazarek   /  “Live At The Bakery”
  • FLY ME TO THE MOON  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • I JUST WANT ALL MY STUFF  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Dot…dot…dot”
  • I WON’T DANCE  /  Tony Bennett w/ Bill Charlap Trio  /  “The Silver Lining”
  • I WANNA BE EVIL  /  Rene Marie  /  “I Wanna Be Evil”
  • PROOFREADING WOMAN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Dave Barry  /  “Stranger Than Fiction”
  • DEVIL MAY CARE  /  Kandace Springs & Christian McBride  /  “The Women Who Raised Me”
  • IT’S ALL ER NUTHIN’  /  Seth Macfarlane  /  “Great Songs From Stage & Screen”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Diana Krall   /  “All For You”
  • IT’S TOO LATE  /  Kevin Mahogany  / “The Vienna Affair”
  • YOU’RE THE TOP  /  Barbra Streisand & Ryan O’Neal  /  “‘What’s Up Doc’ Soundtrack”
  • I WON’T GROW UP  /  Jamie Cullum & Geoff Gascoyne  /  “From The Vaults”
  • NEVER WILL I MARRY  /  Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley  /  “Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley”
  • I HOLD YOUR HAND IN MINE  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Revisited”
  • CLOUDBURST/GETTING MARRIED TODAY  /  Jessica Molaskey & John Pizzarelli  /  “Make Believe”
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Terry Gibbs Dream Band  /  “Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Jackie Ryan & Terry Gibbs  /  “Grand Masters Of Jazz”
  • I JUST WANT TO BE HORIZONTAL  /  Samoa Wilson  /  “I Just Want To Be Horizontal”
  • PEOPLE TIME  /  Stan Getz Quartet  /  “Yours And Mine”
  • SMILE  /  Madeleine Peyroux  /  “Half The Perfect World”
  • BUT BEAUTIFUL  /  Tony Bennett & Bill Evans  /  “The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LABOR DAY MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO WORKERS” – SEASON 15 PREMIER 8.31.24

1 Sep

I’M BAAACK!

Need I say more?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER  /Vanessa Rubin  /  “Girl Talk”
  • BABY’S REQUEST  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • ERRAND GIRL FOR RHYTHM  /  Diana Krall  /  “All For You”
  • HERE’S TO THE BAND  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “London”
  • I FEEL PRETTY  /  The Diva Jazz Orchestra  /  “30 – Live At Dizzy’s Club”
  • SWEETHEART  /  Hilary Gardner  /  “The Great City”
  • HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • WHERE DO YOU START ?  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • THE OLD DOPE PEDDLER  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Revisited”
  • TEACH ME TONIGHT  /  Amy Winehouse  /  “Frank: The B-Sides”
  • MR. SANDMAN   /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Marvin Gaye  /  “Then & Now”
  • GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME  /  Father Tom Vaughn  /  “Jazz In Concert Live At The Village Gate”
  • MY CARDIOLOGIST  /  Caity György  /  “Featuring”
  • WAITER, OH WAITER  /  Stacey Kent  /  “The Changing Lights”
  • WAITER, ASK THE MAN TO PLAY THE BLUES  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues
  • LOVE FOR SALE  /  Claire Teal  /  “Get Happy”
  • HONEY PIE  /  Tuck & Patti  /  “Love Warriors”
  • THE MASON  /  David Patrick Kelly  /  “Working (Original Broadway Cast)”
  • JUST A HOUSEWIFE  /  Susan Bigelow  /  “Working (Original Broadway Cast)”
  • WICHITA LINEMAN  /  Jimmy Webb, Billy Joel  /  “Just Across The River”
  • THE MAN WITH THE HORN  /  Calabria Foti  /  “Prelude To A Kiss”
  • DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM  /  Stan Getz & Chet Baker  /  “The Stockholm Concerts”
  • SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME  /  Alexis Cole  /  “Someday My Prince Will Come”
  • ONE FOR MY BABY  /  Toots Thielemans & Jamie Cullum  /  “One More For The Road”
  • 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 “ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY 2023” (3.18.23)

19 Mar

March 17th was National Sleep Day – the last holiday in the world I’d like my audience to celebrate. Fortunately, it was also St. Patrick’s Day. That’s more like it. So I presented a mixture of laughter and tears, a perfect combination for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Although, in truth, most of the tears were mine because once again I maintained my tradition of eating a celebratory bowl of Lucky Charms on the air. (Lucky Charms are now gluten-free. It didn’t help.)  Still, it was a grand night of Irish and Irish-American singers and a chance to celebrate the music of Jimmy McHugh.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Astrud Gilberto  /  ”Look To The Rainbow”
  • HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORA  /  Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones  /  “You Are There”
  • TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT  /  Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
  • THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Mary Coughlan  /  “Mary Coughlan Sings Billie Holiday”
  • DARN THAT DREAM  /  Louis Stewart  /  “Out On His Own”
  • I FEEL A SONG COMING ON  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Best Of Tony Bennett”
  • TEMPERANCE STREET  /  Honor Heffernan  /  “Fire & Ice”
  • I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE/MOODY’S MOOD FOR LOVE    /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Smokey Robinson  /  “Timeless Love”
  • ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET  /  Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band  /  “Life In The Bubble”
  • I WON’T DANCE  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN  /  Gene Kelly  /  “Singin’ In The Rain Soundtrack”
  • I MUST HAVE THAT MAN  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • BEIN’ GREEN  Mark Murphy  /  “Once In Every Heart”
  • NICE GIRLS DON’T STAY FOR BREAKFAST  /  Carmel McCreagh  /  “Nice Girl”
  • THE IRISH BALLAD  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Revisited”
  • HE’S A TRAMP  /  Melody Bardot  /  “Jazz Loves Disney
  • DIGA DIGA DOO  /  Andre Previn  /  “Soft & Swinging: The Music Of Jimmy McHugh”
  • TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA  /  (Mystery vocalist)  /  Regis Philbin  /  “When You’re Smiling”
  • SAY IT (OVER AND OVER AGAIN)  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Flirtung With Twilight”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band  /  “At The Village Vanguard”
  • PORGY  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina At Newport”
  • DANNY BOY  /  Tony Bennett & Stan Getz  /  “Jazz”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “OLD ENOUGH” (12.3.22)

6 Dec

Songs about being young and being old this week. I swear it has nothing to do with just celebrating another damned birthday.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • YOU’RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Confessions”
  • YOUNG AT HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ultimate Sinatra”
  • I’M OLD FASHIONED  /  Delicatessen /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • YOUNG AND FOOLISH  /  Tony Bennett & Bill Evans  /  “The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album”
  • YOUNG AND NAIVE  /  Heather Ridden  /  “Young & Naive”
  • YOUNGER THAN SPRING TIME   /  Oscar Peterson Trio  /  “On A Clear Day”
  • SEPTEMBER SONG  /  Nat King Cole & George Shearing  /  Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays”
  • KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL  /  Emmy Rossum  /  “Sentimental Journey”
  • I’M GLAD I’M NOT YOUNG ANYMORE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Lorne Green  /  “Young At Heart”
  • YOU MEAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG  /  Curtis Stigers & Cyrille Aimee  /  “Hooray For Love”
  • OLD COUNTRY  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Introducing Tierney Sutton”
  • OLD WINE NEW BOTTLE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Who’s The Old Man Now?”
  • THE SECOND TIME AROUND  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Basin Street East Present Miss Peggy Lee”
  • WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GRAY  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Tom Lehrer Revisited”’
  • WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Best Of Love Songs”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Professional Dreamer
  • WHILE WE’RE YOUNG  /  Mary Stallings  /   “Songs Are Made To Sing”
  • OLD MEN SING THE BLUES  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “The Vienna Affair”
  • BE A CHILD  /  Cleo Laine & Dudley Moore  /  “I’ll Be Around”
  • I WON’T GROW UP  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “From The Vaults”
  • WHEN OCTOBER GOES  /  Barry Manilow  /  “2:00 AM Paradise Cafe”
  • LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG  /  Kenny Burrell  /  “Guitar Forms”
  • THE FOLKS TO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Live At The Great American Music Hall”
  • HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SPRING BREAK” (3.26.22)

27 Mar

I desperately need a break. I desperately need something to celebrate. I tried to combine the two with a tribute to Spring. But not without first opening the show with another Ukrainian jazz artist. I’m watching the world fall apart but from a distance. Living in Kyiv, Alina’s view is terrifyingly closer. Yet she tells me she and her family are safe and trying to stay positive. Glory to Ukraine!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • GONE WITH THE WIND  / Alina Zalozna Quartet  
  • JOY SPRING  /  Alexis Cole  /   “Sky Blossom”
  • IT’S ANYBODY’S SPRING  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Music Is Better Than Words”
  • SPRING IN MANHATTAN  /  Blossom Dearie  /   “Spring In Manhattan”
  • HURRY, IT’S LOVELY UP HERE  /  Mark Jennett  /   “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • LET’S DO IT  /  Lady Gaga  /   “Love For Sale”
  • HERE COMEAS THE SUN  /  The Beatles  /   “Abbey Road”
  • TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME  /  Tom Kubis Big Band  /   “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
  • SPRING  /  Susie Arioli  /   “Spring”  
  • SPRING IS HERE  /  Frank Sinatra  /   “Only The Lonely”
  • I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL  /  Ellen Andersson  /   “You Should Have Told Me”
  • APRIL SHOWERS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /   Captain Kangaroo  /   “Captain Kangaroo”
  • I’LL REMEMBER APRIL  /  Modern Jazz Quartet  /   “European Tour”
  • THEY SAY IT’S SPRING  /  Marissa Mulder  /   “Illusions”
  • IT’S NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS  /  Ronny Whyte  /   “Whyte Wolf”
  • WATERS OF MARCH  /  Luciana Souza  /   “The New Bossa Nova”
  • POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK  /  Tom Lehrer  /   “An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer”
  • IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /   Debby Boone  /   “Reflections Of Rosemary”
  • SPRING IS WHERE YOU ARE  /  Mark Murphy  /   “September Ballads”
  • SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST  /  Betty Carter  /  “Inside Betty Carter ”
  • SPRINGSVILLE  /  Miles Davis  /   “Miles Ahead”
  • THERE’LL BE ANOTHER SPRING  /  Peggy Lee & George Shearing  /   “Beauty & The Beat”
  • ANOTHER SPRING  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /   “That’s All”
  • ANOTHER SPRING  /  Nina Simone  /   “Nina Simone & Piano”
  • YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING  /  Tony Bennett & Bill Evans  /   “Together Again”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /   Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY” – AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST (3.12.22)

13 Mar

I couldn’t make it to the station this week, but did that mean no St. Patrick’s Day party this year? Nope. I dug this show from 2019 out of the archives. This is what I wrote about the show back then:

 

 

It’s been a Turntable For One St. Patrick’s Day tradition for me to play some jazz singers from Ireland, a few Irish-American (or at least half-Irish-American) singers and musicians, and – always a highlight – for me to eat some traditional Irish food on the air – which, of course, means  a bowl of Lucky Charms. And, as if hearing me struggle and choke wasn’t incentive enough, I made this year’s party a celebration of the songs of Jimmy McHugh, the wonderful Irish-American composer.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • LET’S GET LOST  /  Curtis Stigers  /  “Baby Plays Around”
  • MOLLY MALONE  /  Tara O’Grady  /  “Black Irish”
  • I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME  /  Cormac Kenevey  /  “Turning Skies”
  • YESTERDAY I HEARD THE RAIN  /  Chris McNulty  /  “Eternal”
  • LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY  /  Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney  /  “Fancy Meeting You Here”
  • IF LOVE WERE ALL /  Judy Garland  /  Judy At Carnegie Hall”
  • SOMETHING COOL  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Lonely Woman”
  • EXACTLY LIKE YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Regis Philbin  /  “When You’re Smiling”
  • I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE  /  Five Play  /  “Live From The Firehouse Stage”
  • I MUST HAVE THAT MAN  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Nat Cole  /  “Night Lights”
  • ALL ALONE AM I  /  Cassandre McKinley  /  “Dragonfly”
  • THE IRISH BALLAD  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Revisited”
  • SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST  /  Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flanagan Trio  /  “Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic ‘72”
  • TRAVLIN’ LIGHT  /  Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
  • GONE WITH THE WIND  /  Kate McGarry  /  “The Subject Tonight Is Love”
  • SAY IT  /  John Proulx  /  “Say It”
  • BALLAD  /  Gerry Mulligan  /  “The Complete Verve Concert Jazz Band Sessions:
  • ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT  /  Paul Buchanan & Chris Botti  /  “Live With Orchestra & Special Guests”
  • THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Imelda May & Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Sessions”
  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Luciana Souza  /  “Centennial”
  • DANNY BOY  /  Tony Bennett & Stan Getz  /  “Jazz”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY 2019”

16 Mar

 

It’s been a Turntable For One St. Patrick’s Day tradition for me to play some jazz singers from Ireland, a few Irish-American (or at least half-Irish-American) singers and musicians, and – always a highlight – for me to eat some traditional Irish food on the air – which, of course, means  a bowl of Lucky Charms. And, as if hearing me struggle and choke wasn’t incentive enough, I made this year’s party a celebration of the songs of Jimmy McHugh, the wonderful Irish-American composer.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • LET’S GET LOST  /  Curtis Stigers  /  “Baby Plays Around”
  • MOLLY MALONE  /  Tara O’Grady  /  “Black Irish”
  • I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME  /  Cormac Kenevey  /  “Turning Skies”
  • YESTERDAY I HEARD THE RAIN  /  Chris McNulty  /  “Eternal”
  • LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY  /  Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney  /  “Fancy Meeting You Here”
  • IF LOVE WERE ALL /  Judy Garland  /  Judy At Carnegie Hall”
  • SOMETHING COOL  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Lonely Woman”
  • EXACTLY LIKE YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Regis Philbin  /  “When You’re Smiling”
  • I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE  /  Five Play  /  “Live From The Firehouse Stage”
  • I MUST HAVE THAT MAN  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Nat Cole  /  “Night Lights”
  • ALL ALONE AM I  /  Cassandre McKinley  /  “Dragonfly”
  • THE IRISH BALLAD  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Revisited”
  • SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST  /  Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flanagan Trio  /  “Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic ‘72”
  • TRAVLIN’ LIGHT  /  Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
  • GONE WITH THE WIND  /  Kate McGarry  /  “The Subject Tonight Is Love”
  • SAY IT  /  John Proulx  /  “Say It”
  • BALLAD  /  Gerry Mulligan  /  “The Complete Verve Concert Jazz Band Sessions:
  • ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT  /  Paul Buchanan & Chris Botti  /  “Live With Orchestra & Special Guests”
  • THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Imelda May & Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Sessions”
  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Luciana Souza  /  “Centennial”
  • DANNY BOY  /  Tony Bennett & Stan Getz  /  “Jazz”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “KICKING IT ‘OLD’ SCHOOL” (2.9.19)

10 Feb

I don’t get it why people are so negative about the word, old. Some of our greatest songwriters have used that word in some of their greatest songs. And some of our youngest singers are giving new voice to these old songs. I say, this grievous mistake must be corrected. (Or am I just up to my old tricks, trying to fill two hours with music? You be the judge…)

SONG TITLE  /  ARTIST  /  CD Or Album title

  • I’M OLD FASHIONED  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Dream”
  • OLD DEVIL MOON  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • YOU’RE AN OLD SMOOTHIE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady Of Song”
  • THAT OLD DEVIL CALLED LOVE  /  Joe Coughlin  /  “Low Down West Broadway”
  • SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES  /  Hilary Gardner & Ehud Asherie  /  “The Late Set”
  • WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GRAY  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “The Old Dope Peddler”
  • OLD FOLKS  /  Etta Jones  /  “Love Shout”
  • OLD TIMES SAKE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “You Got What It Takes”
  • LET’S TAKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALK  /  Melissa Walker  /  “I Saw The Sky”
  • OLD ROCKIN’ CHAIR  /  (Mystery Vocalist)   /  Dick Van Dyke  /  “Step Back In Time”
  • THAT OLD FEELING  /  Dorothy Dandridge  /  “Smooth Operator”
  • THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC  /  Loston Harris  /  “Why Try To Change Me Now”
  • AN OLD STUFFED SOFA  /  April Barrows  /  “My Dream Is You”
  • MY OLD FLAME  /  Stan Kenton  /  “The Stan Kenton Orchestra In Concert?”
  • MARRIAGE IS FOR OLD FOLKS  /  Nina Simone  /  “I Put A spell On You”
  • OLD FASHIONED WAY  /  Kristin Berardi  /  “Kristin Berardi Meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orch.”
  • I JUST WANT ALL OF MY STUFF  /  Chaise Lounge (ft. Marilyn Older  /  Dot-Dot-Dot
  • IT’S A LONESOME OLD TOWN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Richard Chamberlain  /  “Richard Chamberlain Sings”
  • OLD COUNTRY  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Love You Paris”
  • OLD FRIENDS  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “Bookends”
  • OLD FRIENDS  /  Rosemary Clooney  /   Demi-Centennial”
  • WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • OLD FASHIONED GAL  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Old Fashioned Gal”
  • DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM  /  Stan Getz & Chet Baker  /  “Stan Getz & Chet Baker: The Stockholm Concerts”
  • GOOD OLD DAYS  /  Jenny Evans  /  “Shiny Stockings”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LADIES NIGHT AT TURNTABLE FOR ONE” (9.15.18)

15 Sep

All kinds of songs featuring lady in the title or lyrics and wonderful ladies singing them – although, since this is America, women sang only 77% of the songs. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • OH, LADY BE GOOD  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella At The Opera House”
  • THE LADY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • THE LADY WANTS TO KNOW  /  Laura Fygi  /  “The Lady Wants To Know”
  • WILD WOMEN DON’T HAVE THE BLUES  /  Cecile McLoren Salvant  /  “Dreams And Daggers”
  • FOR MY LADY  /  The Real Group w/ Toots Thielemans  /  “One For All”
  • THE GAL FROM JOE’S  /  Simone  /  “Simone On Simone”
  • LITTLE GIRL BLUE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Mood Indigo”
  • LADY IN RED  /  The Hi-Lo’s  /  “And All That Jazz”
  • FOOLIN’ MYSELF  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Audra McDonald  /  “Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill”
  • LADY SINGS THE BLUES  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady Sings The Blues”
  • GIRLS WERE MADE TO TAKE CARE OF BOYS  /  Billie Holiday  /  “The Complete Commodore/Decca Masters”
  • SHOW ME  /  Wesla Whitfield  /  “Beautiful Love”
  • I HOLD YOUR HAND IN MINE  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “The Old Dope Peddler”
  • THE LADY IS A TRAMP  /  Patti Page  /  “In The Land Of HiFi”
  • HE’S A TRAMP  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “Everybody Wants To Ba A Cat”
  • BIG DISCOUNT  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Some Of That Sunshine”
  • LUCK BE A LADY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Standing Room Only”
  • LAY LADY LAY  /  The Brothers And Sisters  /  “Dylan’s Gospel”
  • LADY CHATTERLEY’S MOTHER  /  Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Orchestra  /  “At The Village Vanguard”
  • LADY BIRD  /  Cassia DeMayo  /  “Heart, We Will Forget Him”
  • SOPHISTICATED LADY  /  Alison Fraser  /  “Tennessee Williams” Words & Music”
  • LADIES WHO LUNCH  /  Elaine Stritch  /  “Company – Original Broadway Cast”
  • MAIDS OF CADIZ  /  Miles Davis  /  Miles Ahead
  • LOSING MY MIND  /  Marin Mazzie  /  “Sondheim! The Birthday Celebration”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOOD BYE  /  Lady Gaga  /  “Cheek to Cheek”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  

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