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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (10.10.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

7 Oct

HINT:

I’m back live this week and I’ve got plenty to talk about; in fact, the music has plenty to “talk about,” too!

 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (D.S.T.)  (GM-5)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Have you listened to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange? Do you have a plausible excuse? A note from a doctor? I thought not. Click the link below. You’ll be glad you did!

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

PLAYLIST FOR “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILLIE!” (9.19.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

19 Sep

An hour of Billie Holiday music and tributes without any of the drugs and drink…at least on my part. What you do while listening is your business. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Billie’s Best”
  • EASY TO REMEMBER  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • LOVER MAN  /  Janet Planet & The Planet Sax Quartet  /  “Passion From The Wreckage”
  • SWING BROTHER SWING  /  Lily Frost  / “Too Hot For Words”
  • TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Lover Man”
  • TENDERLY  /  Jose James  /  “Yesterday I Had The Blues”
  • CRAZY HE CALLS ME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Audra McDonald  /  “Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill”
  • YOU’VE CHANGED  /  Paula Cole  /  “Stormy Weather”
  • GOD BLESS THE CHILD  /  Tony Bennett & Billie Holiday  /  Bennett On Holiday”
  • LADY SINGS THE BLUES  /  (Mystery Billie Holiday)  /  Diana Ross  /  “Lady Sings The Blues”
  • DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Molly Johnson  /  “Because Of Billie”
  • OSCAR MEYER  /  (Mystery Billie Holiday)  /  David Sidaris
  • WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN  /  Ranee Lee  /  “Deep Song (A Tribute To Billie Holiday)
  • DON”T EXPLAIN  /  Nina Simone  /  “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  Cody Owen Stine

I’m going to be away for a couple weeks with excellent guest hosts sitting in the chair for me. Tune in if you can. If you’re missing me too much, try listening to a Turntable For one podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.

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

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (9.19.15) #jazzradio #jazz #jazzsingers

17 Sep

HINT:

Billie Holiday’s 100th birthday is this year. I forgot to send a card. I wonder if there’s something else I can do instead…

 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights  10:00 PM (D.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Need a refresher course in how much Turntable For One swings? Listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Go ahead. I dare you. 

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

PLAYLIST FOR “SONG & DANCE” (9.12.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

12 Sep

Just in case anyone couldn’t wait for the next Republican Presidential debate to get their quota of Song & Dance, I presented an all-singing, some-dancing hour of great songs and singers. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WITHOUT A SONG  /  Joe Williams  /  “Live At Newport ‘64”
  • STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY  /  Nina Simone  /  “The Amazing Nina Simone”
  • I WON’T DANCE  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First”
  • POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sassy Swings The Tivoli”
  • THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE DANCING  /  Kurt Elling  /  “This Time It’s Love”
  • DIG IT  /  Nellie McKay  /  “Normal As Blueberry Pie”
  • THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • BY MYSELF  /  (Mystery Dancer)  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “Live From Australia”
  • MONICAS VALS  /  The Real Group  /  “Varför Får Man Inte Bara Vara Som Man Är?
  • I CAN’T BE BOTHERED NOW  /  Nicole Henry  /  “The Very Thought Of You”
  • SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS  /  Denzal Sinclaire  /  “Just Passing Through”
  • WHEN HE MAKES MUSIC  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “How Glad I Am”
  • I HOPE YOU DANCE  /  Deborah Lippmann & Savion Glover  /  “Nightingale”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

This may sound like the same old song and dance, but you could be listening to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange instead of doing something constructive with your life. Many people have. Click the link below:

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

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (9.12.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

9 Sep

HINT:  

This week is “Song & Dance” musical theme week at WMNR Fine Arts Radio with many of the broadcasters playing their ideas of what that means. Think I’m one of those get-along, go-along compliant sheep of a broadcaster?  Baaaaa. Instead of a mystery vocalist this week, will you be able to guess the mystery dancer?

 

TURNTABLE FOR ONE   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (D.S.T.)

WMNR FIne Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Want to celebrate TBT any day of the week? 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

PLAYLIST FOR “HOW TO MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION” (9.5.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazz vocals

5 Sep

I’m back; first show of the new season.  And since I knew there must be many first-time listeners to the show, I wanted to give them some instructions on how they could make a good first impression on me. I know: It’s going to be a great year. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • TOP HAT WHITE TIE AND TAILS  /Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • TILL I GET IT RIGHT  /  Mark Winkler  /  Till I Get It Right”
  • SHINE ON YOUR SHOES  /  Jane Monheit  /  “Home”
  • A FOGGY DAY  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Perfectly Frank”
  • GOOD BAIT  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • GETTING TO KNOW YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  John Lithgow  /  “Sunny Side Of The Street”
  • MY NEW CELEBRITY IS YOU  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My New Celebrity Is You”
  • COME BLOW YOUR HORN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Softly As I Leave You”
  • THEM THERE EYES  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man”
  • LOOKIN’ GOOD  /  Jamie Cullum  /  Sunday Express Vol. 2”
  • SOMETHING THERE  /  Christine Ebersol  /  “Strings Attached”
  • TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE  /  Freddie Cole  /  “Merry Go-Around”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

Just in case you forgot (because I haven’t been reminding you every week all summer: you can listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange any time you want. Nobody’s the boss of you. Just click the link below. 

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

 

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME – 8…9…10 – READY OR NOT, HERE I COME! #jazzradio #jazzvocals #jazz

3 Sep

Turntable For One begins its sixth season this Saturday, Sept. 5th at 10:00 PM (E.S.T.)!  

HINT:

I’ve been busy doing all the things I need to do to make a good first impression on the first show of the year. I’ve written to my anger management coach, apologizing for the things I said to him at the last class. I’ve taken a vow not to criticize my audience, no matter what they’re wearing. As for the people who urged me to take a vow of silence instead, well, I’m just going to have to ignore those nay-sayers (until I hear a plan of attack from my legal team). What else should I do to make a good first impression?

 

TURNTABLE FOR ONE   Jazz Vocals & Live radio

Saturday Nights  10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)

WMNR FIne Arts Radio and streaming live on wmnr.org

Don’t worry! You haven’t missed your chance to listen to a Turntable For One podcast. Click the link below. What are you waiting for?

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

TURNTABLE FOR ONE IS BACK…ALMOST #jazz #jazzsingers #jazzradio

27 Aug

You can start the countdown clock because the long, arduous, profound sense of loss wait (I probably should have stopped at long.) for the season premiere of Turntable For One is almost over.  I’ll be back Saturday, September 5th at 10:00 PM (D.S.T.)!

And if you don’t believe me, just click the link below and listen: 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43068547/TurntablePremierePromo%20copy.aif

 

Turntable For One  Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Nights  10:00 PM  (D.S.T.)

WMNR FIne Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Can’t wait? Try a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. 

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

PLAYLIST FOR “SUMMER LISTENING ASSIGNMENTS 2015” (6.27.15) #jazz #jazzradio #doasisay

28 Jun

Even though I’ll be on a 7-week hiatus (while WMNR broadcasts live concerts from Tanglewood by the Boston Symphony Orchestra), I couldn’t go without leaving you my recommendations for great new music and great old music so that your can work on your ears while you work on your tan this summer. So, whether you’re lying on the beach, lying in bed, or lying on the campaign trail, here are a few parting suggestions for your summer listening pleasure.

I’ll be back in the Fall, but drop by here frequently because I’ll be talking about music I’m listening to while I’m on my vacation. I’d also love to hear what music you’re listening to, so leave a comment.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN  /  Michael Valeanu w/ Cyrille Aimee  /  “Hard To Cook”
  • DON’T BLAME ME  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman”
  • WALKING BY FLASHLIGHT  /  Maria Schneider Orchestra  /  “The Thompson Fields”
  • IF I HAD A QUARTER  /  Billy Brandt  /  “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
  • I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU  /  Cassia DeMayo  /  “Heart, We Will Forget Him”
  • SIMON SMITH & HIS AMAZING DANCING BEAR  /  Mark Jennett   /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME  /  Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm  /  “Spark”
  • GOT OVER  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Harry Belafonte/Robert Glasper  /  “Covered”
  • MY CLOCK IS TICKIN’  /  Heather Simmons  /  “I’m Old Fashioned”
  • HEY YOU WITH THE CRAZY EYES  /  Loston Harris  /  “Swingfully Yours”
  • NEVER NEVER LAND  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At 30th Street”
  • CLIMATE CHANGE  /  Burak Kaya  /  “Climate Change”                                          
  • AND SO TO BED  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Just because I’m not doing live shows, doesn’t mean you have to suffer through summer without Turntable For One. Through the magic of the internet, you can listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, anywhere, anytime your want. Time is not the boss of you! Click the link below:

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

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (6.27.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

24 Jun

HINT:

This week is the season finale of Turntable For One, so how much of a hint do you need? You’ll want to be there because I’ll be handing out summer listening assignments and I’ll also let you know what I’ll be doing during my 7-week summer hiatus. 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (E.S.T)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

By the way: A brand new Turntable For One podcast has just gone up on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Go now and avoid the rush. Click the link below to listen. 

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