Thursday, April 29, 2010

April 29 - Playlist

1) Stan Getz - This Can't Be Love (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)
2) Robert Glasper - Downtime (Double Booked)*
FEATURE ARTIST
3) Paul Desmond Quartet - Line For Lyons (Live)
4) Paul Desmond - Take Ten (The Best Of)
5) Ike Quebec - Count Every Star (Blue & Sentimental)
6) Duke Jordan - Star Brite (Flight To Jordan)
7) Tony Williams - Love Song (Spring)
8) Louis Armstrong - 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Satchmo At Pasadena)
9) Max Roach Plus Four - Juliano (Quiet As It's Kept)
10) ESP - Copper Room (Time's Up)*
11) Thelonious Monk - 'Round Midnight (Genius Of Modern Music Volume 1)
THE LATIN QUARTER
12) Ithamara Koorax & Jaurez Moriera - Minha Saudade (Bim Bom)*
13) Dave Brubeck - Cielito Lindo (Bravo! Brubeck!)
14) Oscar Castro-Neves - Double Rainbow (All One)
15) Hailey Niswanger - Confeddie (Confeddie)*
16) Gary Burton - Heros Sin Nombre (Generations)
17) John Pizzarelli - Oh Darling (Meets The Beatles)
18) Kathleen Gorman - What Does It Take? (Brand New Day)
19) Rosemary Clooney - Old Devil Moon (At Long Last)
20) Frank Sinatra - This Can't Be Love (Classic Sinatra II)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, April 22, 2010

April 22 - Playlist

ELLA'S BIRTHDAY
Celebrating Lady Ella (and other Voices of Note)

Ella Fitzgerald appears on all tracks (unless otherwise noted), with accompaniment listed:

1) ...with London Symphony Orchestra - Cry Me A River (Love Letters From Ella)
2) ...with Oscar Peterson Trio - Stompin' At The Savoy (At The Opera House)
3) ...with Louis Armstrong - Cheek To Cheek (Ella And Louis)
4) ...with New York Voices - Oh, Lady Be Good (Collection)
5) ... - A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Legendary)
6, 7 & 8) ...with Paul Smith Quartet - Mack The Knife/How High the Moon?/Misty (Ella In Berlin)
9) Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald (The Duke Ellington Songbook)
10) Juliet Annerino - Jones (Scenes From A Life On Fire)
11) Jane Monheit with Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio - Fascinatin' Rhythm (In Full Swing)
12) Billie Holiday - I Wished On The Moon (Songs For Distingué Lovers)
13) ...with Louis Armstrong - I Won't Dance (Ella And Louis Again)
14) ...with Stan Getz - Midnight Sun (Like Someone In Love)
15) ... - I Get A Kick Out Of You (The Cole Porter Songbook)
16) Gladys Knight - Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me (Before Me)
17) Cassandra Wilson - Lover Come Back (Loverly)
18) Roberta Gambarini - From This Moment On (So In Love)
19) ...with Louis Armstrong - Undecided (First Lady Of Song)
20) ...with Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (We All Love Ella)
21) ...with Frank Sinatra - Moonlight In Vermont/I May Be Wrong/Put Your Dreams Away (Classic Duets)

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Jazz Rambling & Other Idle Thoughts

Greetings to one and all!

This week is the 19th annual Phonathon/Membership Drive for "our" station, WMUH 91.7 FM, broadcast from Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA.

WMUH is operated by a staff with students and community volunteers (like yours truly) to bring you exciting, cutting edge music and programs. Now is your chance to help and show your support for your favorite programs (such as JAZZ...OR SOMETHING LIKE IT) by donating as as little as $20.

Call in this week anytime between 8:00am to 11:00pm, until Sunday April 25, and help fund our station to keep it running! 484-664-3900

$20 gets you a Membership card with local discounts to businesses (including Hava Java) as well as a WMUH bumper sticker.
$40 gets you a Membership card, a bumper sticker, and a newly designed WMUH T-shirt.
$60 gets you a Membership card, bumper sticker, T-shirt, and a WMUH Tote Bag.
$100 gets you a grand total of all of this lovely merchandise as well as a Mr. Mark design mouse pad.

(Thanks to "Idle Rich" whose remarks about this I plagiarized from his FaceBook page).

In addition to these great premiums, I also have autographed CDs from Juliet Annerino, and T-shirts from her Record Company, Matahari Music to give out on my show this Thursday. Tune in (please)!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

April 15 - Playlist

1) Monty Alexander - Fly Me To The Moon (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters Vol. II)
2) Gato Barbieri - Milonga Triste (Priceless Jazz)
3) Benny Goodman - Let's Dance (Occillatin' Rhythm)
FEATURE ARTIST
4) Chris Botti - Make Someone Happy (When I Fall In Love)
5) Chris Botti with Dean Martin - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Italia)
6) Chris Botti with Paula Cole - My One And Only Love (To Love Again)
7) Min Rager - First Steps (First Steps)*
8) Grover Washington, Jr. - Just The Two Of Us/Sausalito (Grover Live)*
9) Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra - Stone Free (Live At Sweet Basil)
10) Sonny Rollins - Best Wishes (Road Shows Vol. I)
11) Manhattan Transfer - Time's Lie (The Chick Corea Songbook
THE LATIN QUARTER
12) Ry Cooder/Manual Galban - Los Twangueros (Mambo Sinuendo)
13) Eddie Palmieri - Caribbean Mood (¡Con Mucho Ritmo!)
14) Chico O'Farrill - Botellero (Cuban Blues)
15) Stan Getz - Midnight Samba (Late Night Sax)
16) Brubeck & Desmond - Blue Dove (1975 - The Duets)
17) Yo-Yo Ma/Claude Bolling - Romantique (Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio)
18) John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman - Lush Life (Standards)
19) Sophie Milman - I Concentrate On You (Take Love Easy)
20) Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (Nothing But The Best)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, April 8, 2010

April 8 - Playlist

1) Benny Carter - That Old Black Magic (Cosmopolite)
2) Peter White - Elis (A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins)
3) Woody Herman - Woodchopper's Ball (The Thundering Herds 1945-1947)
FEATURE ARTIST
4) Joe Lovano - Miss Etna (Tenor Legacy)
5) Joe Lovano Nonet - If You Could See Me Now (52nd Street Themes)
6) Joe Lovano And Hank Jones - Budo (Kids)
7) Jacque Loussier Trio - Allegro-Assai (Mozart Piano Concertos 20/23)
8) Chick Corea - Wind Danse (My Spanish Heart)
9) Lee Konitz - Palo Alto (Parallels)
10) Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Take The 'A' Train (They Came To Swing)
11) Dave Brubeck with Anthony Braxton - In Your Own Sweet Way (All The Things We Are)
12) Chet Baker Quartet - A Dandy Line (My Old Flame)
THE R & B CORNER
13) Jeff Lorber - Step On It (Philly Style)
14) Four Tops - Seven Lonely Nights (Night Lights Harmony)^
15) Teo Macero - My Kind Of Blues (The Spirit)
16) Stan Getz - Willow Weep For Me (The Lyrical Stan Getz)
17) Jon & Lynn - Can't Take My Eyes Of Off You (Jon & Lynn)*#
18) Al Jarreau - Burst In With The Dawn (Look To The Rainbow)
19) Frank Sinatra - That Old Black Magic (Come Swing With Me)

# indicates Jazz Network Worldwide member (see link at bottom of this Blog)
* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

Thursday, April 1, 2010

April 1 - Playlist

1) Coleman Hawkins - I'm Beginning To See The Light (Prestige Profiles)
2) Sting And Gil Evans - Consider Me Gone (Strange Fruit)
FEATURE ARTIST
3) Lionel Hampton - Je Ne Sais Pas (Lionel Hampton Quintet)
4) Lionel Hampton - Hamp's Thing (Ring Dem Vibes)
5) Roberta Piket Trio - Up, Up And Away (Love And Beauty)
6) Cannonball Adderley - I Remember You (Takes Charge)
7) Dave Brubeck - Bossa Nove USA (Trio Brubeck)
8) Stan Getz - Mahna De Carnival (Big Band Bossa Nova)
9) Sonny Stitt - Easy Does It (Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio)
10) Wynton Masalis Quartet - Free To Be (The Magic Hour)
THE R & B CORNER
11) Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (Songs In The Key Of Life)
12) Urban Knights - New Funktier (V)
13) Earth, Wind & Fire - Let Me Talk (The Essential)
14) Thelonious Monk Big Band - Oska T. (In Concert)
15) Ray Charles - Oh What A Beautiful Morning (Ray Sings, Basie Swings)
16) Ann Hampton Callaway - Let's Fall In Love (To Ella With Love)
17) Cassandra Wilson - What Is It? (Glamoured)
18) Frank Sinatra - I'm Beginning To See The Light (The Complete Reprise)