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PLAYLIST FOR “FATHERS SINGING FOR FATHER’S DAY” (6.20.15) #jazz #jazzvocals #jazzradio

20 Jun

Almost no one but singing fathers this week, including a few rounds of Guess The Mystery Father. It took all of 30 seconds before I heard from Charlie Sheen’s legal team – but I meant singing fathers!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Song Title

 

  • WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Tedi”
  • DAY BY DAY  /  (Mystery Father)  /  Mitch Winehouse  /  “Rush To The Heart”
  • UNFORGETTABLE  /  Nat Cole & Natalie Cole  /  “Unforgettable”
  • HOW INSENSITIVE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings”
  • BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU?  /  Oscar Brown Jr.  /  “Oscar Brown Jr. Goes To Washington”
  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Meet The Robinsons”
  • ALL OF YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Antonia Bennett  /  “Embrace Me”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?  /  (Mystery Father)  Tony Bennett & Stan Getz  /  “Jazz”
  • TAKE A LETTER MISS JONES  /  Mel Torme  /  “Live At Marty’s”
  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Live At The Renaissance”
  • I FEEL SO SMOOCHIE  /  Kurt Elling  /  “This Time It’s Love”
  • EVENIN’  /  (Mystery Father)  /  Hugh Laurie  /  “Didn’t It Rain”
  • ROXANNE  /  Sting  /  “Symphonicities”
  • THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Joe Sample & Randy Crawford  /  “Live”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

For extra credit, be sure to 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 THEME (6.20.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzvocals

17 Jun

HINT:  

For Mother’s Day, I only played singers who were also mothers. Guess what I’m going to do for Father’s Day. Can’t wait for Groundhog Day, too. 

 

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

 

This Father’s Day give Dad the gift that keeps on giving, the gift that says you care but you didn’t want to spend any money on him. 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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PLAYLIST FOR “THE GREATEST OCD HITS OF ALL TIME” (6.13.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

13 Jun

Yes, here they are all in one place and one neatly arranged package: the Greatest OCD Hits of…uh-oh – I’ve made a mistake. I don’t know if I should have put them in numerical, alphabetical, or chronological order. What do I do? Start all over? I will as soon as I wash my hands a few times, though maybe by then you’ll have washed your hands of this whole thing? Wait. Come back!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • DAY IN DAY OUT  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”
  • ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL  /  Jack Jones  /  “Love Ballad”
  • NIGHT AND DAY  /  Rebecca Jenkins and her Trio  /  “Live At The Cellar”
  • SAY IT  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Flirting With Twilight”
  • 11:60 PM  /  Hetty Kate & The Irwell Street String Band  /  “11:60 PM”
  • ARE YOU THERE WITH ANOTHER BOY  /  Mark Jennett  /  ”Everybody Says Don’t”
  • DRINKING AGAIN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Aretha Franklin  /  “Unforgettable”
  • I CONCENTRATE ON YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • YOU’RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF ME  /  Lisa Ekdahl  /  “When Did You Leave Heaven”
  • TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME  /  Jack Clement  /  (Single)
  • TIME AFTER TIME  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Perfectly Frank”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Hey, you want something to obsess about? Try a Turntable For One podcast or two or three or five 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 (6.13.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

10 Jun

HINT:

Sure, let all those other radio and television shows try to sell you the Greatest Hits of the the 50s or the 60s or the Best of The Big Band Era or the hit of Engelbert Humperdinck (available on cassette only). Yawn. Are you ready for something different? Something unheard of and maybe even uncalled for? This week Turntable For One and only Turntable For One will be playing an exclusive Greatest Hits package, one you’ll want to hear over and over and over and over and over again.  

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming live on wmnr.org

 

You don’t have to wait until Saturday to enjoy Turntable For One. Listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Go ahead. Do it now when nobody’s watching. Click the link below. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “THE CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE GAME” (6.6.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzvocals #inbed

7 Jun

You’ve all played the game, saying  “in bed” after reading your fortune cookie. Well,  if saying “in bed” turns an ordinary fortune cookie fortune into instant hilarity, think what it will do at the end of song titles? I’ve thought of it. You might want to try it with book titles. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • ANYTHING GOES  /  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  /  “Cheek To Cheek”
  • THE JERSEY BOUNCE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “All The Cats Join In”
  • I’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE  /  Pete McGuinness  /  “Voice Like A Horn”
  • ALL OF ME  /  Eugenie Jones  /  “Come Out Swingin’”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • BITTER WITH THE SWEET  /  Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm  /  “Spark”
  • I WANT TO BE HAPPY  /  Julian Yeo  /  “You And The Night”
  • ANYONE CAN WHISTLE  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Sings Sondheim”
  • I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Cleavon Little  /  “Blazing Saddles”
  • I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra & Swingin’ Brass”
  • DO IT THE HARD WAY  /  Amanda Carr  /  “Tender Trap”
  • I’M ADDICTED TO YOU  /  The Swinging Belles  /  “I’m Old Fashioned”
  • YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG  /  Curtis Stigers & Cyrille Aimee  /  “Hooray For Love”
  • YOU CAN’T LOVE ‘EM ALL  /  Loston Harris  /  “Swingfully Yours”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

You should also listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio exchange – in bed! Click the link below:

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

 

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (6.6.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzvocals

3 Jun

HINT: 

You’re eating in a Chinese restaurant and after the meal, the check arrives with the obligatory orange slices and several cellophane-wrapped fortune cookies. Once the orange slices are gone, you tear open the cellophane wrap to free your  fortune cookie. Just as you’re about to read your fortune, someone at the table says he has an idea that will be hilariously funny. I’ve got that same idea.

 

TURNTABLE FOR ONE   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)

WMNR FIne Arts Radio and streaming live on wmnr.org

Want an amuse bouche before Saturday’s show? Try a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. No artificial ingredients – ever! Click the link below:

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

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PLAYLIST FOR “REQUESTS & DEDICATION WEEK” (5.30.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzvocalists

31 May

I opened up the phone lines, got dozens of calls and requests, and was able to play 15 in the hour. My thanks to everyone who called; my apologies to those who couldn’t get through and to those who got through but I ran out of time to play their requested song. We’ll have to try this again sometime. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • YOU’RE A SWEETHEART  /  Lee Wiley  /  “West Of The Moon”
  • SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT  /  Terri Thornton  /  “Terri Thornton Sings Somewhere In The Night”
  • I’LL BE SEEING YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Point Of No Return”
  • MEMORY  /  Betty Buckley  /  Cats Original Cast Production
  • LONG ABOUT NOW  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Softly”
  • SATIN DOLL  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Yesterday’s Love Songs, Today’s Blues”
  • ROCKIN’ CHAIR  /  Hoagy Carmichael  /  “Hoagy Sings Carmichael”
  • THEY SAY IT’S SPRING  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Verve Masters #51”
  • MRS. BROWN YOU’VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER  /  Nellie McKay  /  “My Weekly Reader”
  • COCKTAILS FOR TWO  /  Spike Jones  /  “Laughing Out Loud”
  • I LOVE TO LOVE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Forbidden Fruit”
  • WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW  /  June Christy  /  “June’s Got Rhythm”
  • BABY WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME  /  Ricky Nelson  /  “You Can’t Please Everybody”
  • SMILE  /  Madeleine Peyroux  /  “Half The Perfect World” 
  • MOVIN’ OUT  /  Billy Joel  /  “The Essential Billy Joel”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Dying to know what Turntable For One sounds like when I pick the music? Listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. They’re absolutely free and environmentally friendly. Click the link below.

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A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL SHOW (5.30.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzvocalists #requestradio

27 May

You know how I struggle every week to come up with an interesting theme and then painstakingly pick perfect songs to fit that theme? Stop laughing! It could happen – but not this week. This week I’m opening up the phone lines and taking requests live on the air. Got a song or a performer you want to hear? Call me Saturday night and if I can find it and if I have time, I’ll play it right then and there. Or email your requests and dedications to me at turntable@wmnr.org I hope you’ll be listening Saturday night – because why should the NSA be the only ones listening to me?

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (E.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

I’ve got a request for you: listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange.  Click the link below:

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PLAYLIST FOR “MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD” (5.23.15) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

24 May

In my obsessive effort to defend correct grammar, I focussed this week on my favorite verb mood, the subjunctive mood; my favorite because it often expresses wishes – even though they’re wishes which haven’t or can’t come true. It’s all a part of my “No listener left behind” effort. Don’t try to thank me. Just doing my job. (Ok, you can try to thank me.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • IF THE STARS WERE MINE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “My One & Only Thrill”
  • I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “A Swingin’ Affair”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions”
  • IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW  /  Chet Baker  /  “You Can’t Go Home Again”
  • IF I NEEDED YOU  /  Kellye Gray  /  “And They Call Us Cowboys”
  • IF YOU WERE A SONG  /  Billy Brandt  /  “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
  • IF LOVE WERE ALL  /  Judy Garland  /  “Judy At Carnegie”
  • AND THE MOON GREW BRIGHTER & BRIGHTER  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Kirk Douglas  /  “Hollywood Actors Sing”
  • I WISH I KNEW  /  Marlene VerPlanck  /  “Ballads…Mostly”
  • IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)  /  Dean Martin  /  “Dream With Dean”
  • IF YOU NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH ME  /  Kate Davis  /  “Live At Jimmy Mak’s”
  • I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Need more Turntable For One? Need it instantly? Others may laugh at you, but I say, Go for it! Listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Click the link below and enjoy!

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

 

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HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (5.23.15) #jazz #jazzvocals #jazzradio #prx

20 May

HINT:

During past seasons I’ve presented musical tributes to the Prepositional Phrase, the Conditional Tense, and the Subordinate Clause, all in my effort to leave no audience behind. You might ask, Did these programs raise the literacy bar or did they just send more people to The Literacy Bar, which is probably a bar somewhere in San Diego? You might also ask, Isn’t it, in fact, impossible to have a “race to the top” when you’re trying to “level the playing field?” (B.T.W., if you’re so full of questions and queries, maybe you should think about getting your own blog and stop interrupting mine.) Am I ready to give up, to admit final defeat to all the forces dealing daily death blows to correct grammar? Uh, maybe not!

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Nights   10:00 PM (E.S.T.)

WMNR FIne Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

 

Incidentally, did you know there is a new Turntable For One podcast posted on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange? Do you really want to be the last person on earth to listen to it? I didn’t think so. Click the link below

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

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