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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (1.13.18)

11 Jan

HINT:

I can’t get to the studio this week – and probably won’t be back until I finish the autobiography of Houdini. 

Enjoy a program from the Turntable For One archives!

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals   Saturday Nights   9-11PM (E.S.T.)

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PLAYLIST FOR “POSITIVELY POSITIVE” (1.6.18)

8 Jan

It’s the beginning of a brand new year, a time to be hopeful, optimistic, and positive. Sure, I can do that even to the point of playing a couple songs I’d never play in a million years (*). How’s that for positive? But only for one week! Next week it’s back to business as usual for me. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album title

  • ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE  /Al Jarreau  /  “Accentuate The Positive”
  • MY SHINING HOUR  /  Sara Gazarek  /  “Yours”
  • THIS IS THE LIFE  /  Freddy Cole  /  “This Is The Life”
  • IT’S A GOOD DAY  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “It’s A Good Day”
  • I’VE GOT RHYTHM  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Here’s To The Ladies”
  • YOUNG AND FOOLISH  /  Sophie Berkal-Sarbit  /  “Young & Foolish”
  • ALL THE WAY  /  Katherine McPhee  /  “I Fall In Love Too Easily”
  • OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met”
  • WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR  /  Holly Yarbrough  /  “Mister Rogers Swings”
  • HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO  /  (Mystery Vocalists)  /  Alan Arkin & Ann-Margaret  /  “Going In Style”
  • * L.O.V.E.  /  Diana Krall  /  “Turn Up The Quiet”
  • * STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Strangers In The Night”
  • I’M FLYING  /  Connie Evingson  /  “I Have Dreamed”
  • YES I CAN  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “If I Ruled The World”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Jackie Ryan & Terry Gibbs  /  “Grand Masters Of Jazz”
  • SOME DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME  /  Dave Brubeck  /  “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”
  • WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Jazz Loves Disney”
  • HAPPY STREET  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Bill Murray  /  “Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band”
  • I’VE GOT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING  /  Tuck & Patti  /  “Tears Of Joy”
  • I LIKE MYSELF  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • NOBODY ELSE BUT ME  /  Laura Karst  /  “Little Did I Dream”
  • SWEET SLUMBER  /  Jimmy Witherspoon  /  “The Blues is Now”
  • EASY LIVIN’  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Winners”
  • ALWAYS  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “A Celebration Of The Voice”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, And The Blues”
  • HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2018” (12.30.17)

30 Dec

Haven’t thought of your New Year’s Resolutions yet? Maybe this will help. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE  / Tony Bennett  /  ”That San Francisco Sun”
  • I’M GONNA WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUTTA MY HAIR  /  Rebecca Kilgore w/ Harry Allen Quartet  /  “Play Music From South Pacific”
  • I’M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE  /  Sophie Berkal-Sarbit  /  “Young & Foolish”
  • I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET  /  Fred Astaire  /  “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • EVERYTHING I DO GONH BE FUNKY  /  Madeline Peyroux  /  “Secular Hymns”
  • LEMON TWIST  /  Mark Winkler  /  “West Coast Cool”
  • FRIM FRAM SAUCE  /  Vocapella  /  “Black Coffee”
  • FAR AWAY PLACES  /  Norma Winstone  /  “Manhattan In The Rain”
  • THE ICE HOTEL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Breakfast On The Morning Tram”
  • SMOKE, SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jimmy Dean  /  “Big Bad John”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin”
  • THERE’S GOTTA BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says No”
  • YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • I DON’T WANNA BE KISSED BY ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU  /  Miles Davis  /  “Miles Ahead”
  • TV BLUES  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • I WANNA GET MARRIED  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Audra McDonald  /  “Build A Bridge”
  • NEVER WILL I MARRY  /  Cecile McLorin Salvant  /  “Dreams & Daggers”
  • A LOT OF LIVING TO DO  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “Sammy Davis Jr. Belts The Best Of Broadway”
  • COFFEE TIME  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Still Unforgettable”
  • CHAMPAGNE  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Way Down Low”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Niki Haris  /  “Live In Bern, Switzerland”
  • I WANNA BE LOVED  /  Mary Stallings W/ Gene Harris  /  “Only Trust Your Heart”
  • THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED TO DANCE  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S MUSICAL THEME (12.30.17)

27 Dec

HINT:

 

 

She’s making a resolution to give up self-tonsillectomies in 2018. What resolutions will you be making? What resolutions will I be making? 

Turntable for One   Jazz Vocals and Tips For Clearing Your Throat   Saturday Nights 9-11 PM  (E.D.T.)

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PLAYLIST FOR “WALKING THE WALK & TALKING THE TALK” (12.16.17)

17 Dec

Sure, other radio shows may be more fun, more thoughtful, and more coherent, but no show walks the walk and talks the talk like Turntable For One…well, at least this week. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artists  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WALKING HAPPY  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • HAPPY TALK  /  Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley  /  “Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley”
  • LOVE WALKED IN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ultimate Sinatra”
  • WALKIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Something Cool”
  • I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE  /  Mark Jennett  /  “The Way I Am”
  • TALKING TO MYSELF  / Sinne Eeg  /  “Remembering You”
  • STEPPIN’ OUT WITH MY BABY  /  Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera  /  “Viva Duets”
  • TALK TO ME BABY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Annette Funicello  /  “Annette Sings Anka”
  • TALK TO ME BABY  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “The Songs Of Johnny Mercer”
  • WALKIN’ SHOES  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Sings Bobby Troup”
  • WALKIN’  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • SAY IT (OVER AND OVER)  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Flirting With Twilight”
  • TELL ME AND MORE AND THEN SOME  /  Randy Crawford  /  “Live”
  • I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU  /  John Coltrane Quartet  /  “The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane”
  • TALK TO ME, TALK TO ME  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Harlem On My Mind”
  • SHOW ME  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Something Cool”
  • I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU  /  Arthur Prysock & Count Basie  /  “Arthur Prysock/Count Basie”
  • DANSEZ-SUR- MOI (GIRL TALK)  /  Cecile Messyasz  /  “Theo’s Lullaby”
  • WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Oscar Peterson  /  “With Respect To Nat”
  • IN WALKED BUD  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Look Of Love”
  • MUMBLES  /  Clark Terry  /  “Oscar Peterson Trio + One”
  • IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU  /  Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones  /  “In Full Swing”
  • I WALK A LITTLE FASTER  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “They Say It’s Spring”
  • LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK  /  Julius LaRosa  /  “It’s A Warp”
  • WALK ON BY  /  Diana Krall  /  “Quiet Nights”
  • WINTER WONDERLAND  /  Kenny Rankin  /  A Christmas Album”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  

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(POSSIBLE) HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (12.16.17)

13 Dec

HINT:

 

Last week’s live show was cancelled because of weather, mostly because I’m still under the weather. If I make a full recovery – or even a half-full or half-empty recovery – I’ll be back live with a show that tests peoples’ ability to do two things at once. 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals   Saturday Nights 9-11 PM (E.S.T.)

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S MUSICAL THEME (12.9.17)

7 Dec

HINT:

 

Think things can’t get any worse? Think we’ve finally hit bottom? I’ve thought that before, but I’m not waiting any more. 

Turntable For One  Jazz Vocals   Saturday Nights   9-11 PM (E.S.T.)

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PLAYLIST FOR “YOU BE THE JUDGE” (12.2.17)

5 Dec

Well, I’m finally back from being under the weather…I guess that means that now I’m over the weather. Last Saturday night, I let the audience play producer in the privacy of their own homes. I played two versions of the same song and listeners could decide for themselves which was the better singer, or interpretation, or arrangement. Luckily for me, no one got so good at the process that they asked to take over my time slot. Phew. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THAT FACE  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • THAT FACE  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE  /  The Hot Sardines  /  “French Fries + Champagne”
  • MISTY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “By Popular Demand: Ella Fitzgerald”
  • MISTY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella With The London Symphony Orchestra”
  • MONA LISA  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat “King” Cole And Me”
  • MONA LISA  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  George Benson  /  “Inspiration”
  • LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT  /  Bob Dylan  /  “Blonde On Blonde”
  • LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT  /  Janet Planet  /  “Just Like A Woman: The Music of Bob Dylan”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Best Of Tony Bennett”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • RAINBOW CONNECTION  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Luciana Souza  /  “Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans”
  • AT LONG LAST LOVE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “A Swingin’ Affair”
  • AT LONG LAST LOVE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra & Swinging Brass”
  • FINGERS  /  Dave Bennett  /  “Blood Moon”
  • CLOUDBURST/GETTING MARRIED TODAY  /  Jessica Molasky & John Pizzarelli  /  “Make Believe”
  • I REMEMBER YOU  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live In Japan Vol. 2”
  •  I REMEMBER YOU  /  Jazzmeia Horn  /  “Social Call”
  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Laura Nyro  /  “First Song”
  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Laura Nyro Project”
  • THAT’S ALL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “I Know I Dream”
  • THAT’S ALL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Tedi”
  • I REMEMBER CLIFFORD  /  Helen Merrill  /  “Love In Song”
  • I REMEMBER CLIFFORD  /  Keith Jarrett  /  “Still Live”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S MUSICAL THEME (12.2.17)

30 Nov

HINT: 

Every week the Turntable For One staff comes up with ideas for what is the absolutely best music to listen to in the privacy of your own home. Maybe it’s time for you to make some choices?

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals   Saturday Nights 9-11 PM (E.S.T.)

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BONUS!!

This week I’ll be sitting in for Garrett Stack on American Jukebox, two hours of the greatest rock music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. 4-6 PM (E.S.T.) this Saturday afternoon. I’ll have the door securely locked so this band can’t get it. 

PLAYLIST FOR “MUSIC TO BE THANKFUL FOR” (11.25.17)

27 Nov

Time for the 8th Annual Music To Be Thankful For show, featuring music I’m thankful for and selections from some of the other broadcasters at WMNR, plus messages from three of the vocalists I admire most. And because this show always falls around my birthday, it was also the 8th Annual Family Night at Turntable For One with my wife and my son joining in. In short, a good time was had by all – especially me. 

(Special Guest)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • SHALL WE DANCE  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • (Gary Gerrard)  /  I GOT PLENTY O’ NOTHIN’  /  Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Porgy And Bess”
  •  (Fred Velardi)  /  HERE COMES THE SUN  /  Yo-Yo Ma  /  “Songs Of Joy & Peace”
  • LOVER COME BACK TO ME  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Gypsy In My Soul”
  • (Connie Evingson)  /  LOVE YOU MADLY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook”
  • (Susan Kennedy)  /  ASK ME AGAIN  /  Nancy LaMott  /  “Ask Me Again”
  • (Megan Stine)  /  DJANGO  /  Modern Jazz Quartet  /  “Longing For The Continent”
  •  (Dan Lenore)  /  DAY BY DAY  /  Jo Stafford  /  “Starring Jo Stafford”
  •  WHY DO YOU DO IT (IF IT MAKES YOU SICK)  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “The Lock And The Key”
  • (Marilyn Older)  /  GONE AT LAST  /  Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow  /  “The Essential Paul Simon”
  • (Garrett Stack)  /  DARKNESS AND TREES  /  Cast Of “Come From Away”  /  “Come From Away”
  •  (Cody Owen Stine)  /  SECOND CHANCE  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • (Will Duchon)  /  OH MISTRESS MINE  /  Mary Kadderly  /  “Lucky Me”
  • YOU’LL SEE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • (Jackie Ryan)  /  MIDNIGHT SUN  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “How Long Has This Benn Going On?”
  • (Rich Moran)  /  I HAD MYSELF A TRUE LOVE  /  Barbara Cook  /  “Live From London”
  •  EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED  /  Mose Allison  /  “American Legend – Live In California”
  •  WAITER, THE CHECK  /  Cousin Alice  /  “Pour Me”
  •  WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Keith Jarrett  /  “Keith Jarrett At The Blue Note”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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