Monday, February 28, 2011

 

Avenue C, Friday February 25, 2011

Sat in for Don on his usual Friday night gig. This was my 3rd February Avenue C this year.
The playlist was as follows:

Artist : Mitch Kashmar Composition: Song For My Father Album / CD : Live At Labatt Blies Festival (Edmonton, AL Aug, 2007)
Artist : Horace Silver Composition: The Cape Verdean Blues Album / CD : The Cape Verdean Blues
Artist : Cassandra Wilson Composition: Went Down to St James Infirmary Album / CD : Silver Pony
Artist : Robert Glasper Composition: Yes, I'm A Country Boy (And That's OK) Album / CD : Double Booked
Artist : Jacky Terrasson Composition: Ruby, My Dear Album / CD : Push
Artist : McCoy Tyner Composition: Naima Album / CD : Solo
Artist : Thelonius Monk Quartet Composition: Bye-Ya Album / CD : At Carnegie Live
Artist : Lew Tabackin Quartet Composition: I Wished on The Moon Album / CD : What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Artist : Tim Warfield Composition: Sentimental Journey Album / CD : Sentimental Journey
Artist : Johnny Vidacovich Composition: Black Madonna Album / CD : Banks Street
Artist : Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis Composition: C. C. Rider Album / CD : Straight Ahead
Artist : Eric Reed Composition: Ask Me Now Album / CD : The Dancing Monk
Artist : Peter Bernstein Composition: Bemsha Swing Album / CD : Monk
Artist : Thelonius Monk Composition: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Album / CD : Thelonius Himself
Artist : Thelonius Monk Composition: I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Album / CD : Thelonius Plays Ellington
Artist : Robert Glasper Composition: Maiden Vzoyage / Everything in Its Right Place Album / CD : In My Element
Artist : Either Orchestra Composition: The (One Kind OF) Shimmy Album / CD : Mood Music for Time Travelers
Artist : Jacky Terrasson Trio Composition: Things Ain't What They Used To Be Album / CD : Alive
Artist : Thelonius Monk Composition: This Is My Story, This Is My Song Album / CD : Straight, No Chaser

Long night @ the station. A few calls re. Mr. Glasper.

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Red, Hot, & Blue Friday, February 25, 2011

Sat in for Ron "Roadblock" Smith, the usual host of this WVUD blues format show that comes on each Friday from 7:00 until 9:00 PM, EST.

The play list for that night was as follows:

Artist : Magic Slim And The Teardrops Composition: Mama Talk To Your Daughter Album / CD : Raising The Bar
Artist : Omar Kent Dykes Composition: Since I Met You Baby Album / CD : Big Town Playboy
Artist : Albert Collins Composition: Conversation with Collins Album / CD : Ice Pickin'
Artist : EC Scott Composition: Call Me Album / CD : The Other Side of Me
Artist : Clarence Spady Composition: Just Between Us Album / CD : Just Between Us
Artist : Cowboy w/ Gregg Allman Composition: Where Can You Go? Album / CD : Live w/ Gregg Allman
Artist : Albert Collins Composition: Honey Hush (Talking Woamn Blues) Album / CD : Ice Pickin'
Artist : Omar Kent Dykes w/ Lou Ann Barton Composition: Think Album / CD : Big Town Playboy
Artist : Mem Shannon Composition: Ignant Stick Album / CD : I'm From Phunkville
Artist : Magic Slim And The Teardrops Composition: I Can't Hold Out Album / CD : Raising The Bar
Artist : Hubert Sumlin Composition: West Side Soul Album / CD : Blues Party
Artist : Jimmy Rogers Composition: Jam Session Album / CD : Blue Bird
Artist : Kim Wilson Composition: Oh Baby Album / CD : Smokin' Joint
Artist : Omar Kent Dykes w/ Jimmie Vaughn Composition: I'll Change My Style Album / CD : On The Jimmy Reed Highway
Artist : Jimmie Vaughn w/ Lou Ann Barton Composition: Wheel of Fortune Album / CD : Plays Ballads and Blues
Artist : Shuggie Otis Composition: 12:15 Slow Goonbash Blues Album / CD : Plays the Blues
Artist : Jimmy Rogers w/ Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters Composition: Can't Sleep for Worrying Album / CD : Jimmy Rogers with Ronnie Earl
Artist : Clarence Spady Composition: Blues Walk Album / CD : Nature of the Beast
Artist : Jimmie Vaughn Composition: The Deep End Album / CD : Do You Get The Blues
Artist : Hubert Sunlin Composition: She's Into Something Album / CD : About Them Shoes
Artist : Jimmy Rogers w/ Left Hand Frank Composition: Fishing in My Hole Album / CD : The Dirty Dozens
Artist : Gregg Allman Composition: Little By Little Album / CD : Low Country Blues
Artist : William Clarke Composition: My Mind Is Working Overtime Album / CD : The Hard Way
Artist : Roy Buchanan Composition: Done Your Daddy Dirty Album / CD : Loading Zone
Artist : Johnny Copeland Composition: Kasavubu Album / CD : Jungle Swing


A few calls re. Jimmie Vaughn. Folks had mistaken him for his brother Stevie Ray Vaughn. A request for anything by Roy Buchanan, which I filled by checking out the old vinyl still at the station.

Ended the set with the late Johnny Copeland and then filtered into the following show, Avenue C.

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The Morning After, Sunday February 20, 2011

The playlist for the show was as follows:

Artist : Bobby McFerrin Composition: Circlesong #6 Album / CD : Circlesongs
Artist : Cyrus Chestnut Composition: Lean on Me Album / CD : Solo Piano
Artist : Charlie Haden & Hank Jones Composition: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Album / CD : Steal Away
Artist : Holmes Brothers Composition: We Meet, We Part, We Remember Album / CD : Simple Trurhs
Artist : Tres Chicas Composition: Drop Me Down Album / CD : Bloom, Red, & The Ordinary Girl
Artist : Holmes Brothers Composition: I'll Fly Away Album / CD : Jubilation
Artist : Sonny Rollins Composition: I'm An Old Cowhand Album / CD : Way Out West
Artist : Midtown Dickens Composition: Airplane Album / CD : Oh Yell
Artist : Olu Dara Composition: Used To Be Album / CD : Neighborhoods
Artist : Corey Harris Composition: Daily Bread Album / CD : Daily Bread
Artist : Jenny Scheinman Composition: Skinny Man Album / CD : Jenny Scheinman
Artist : Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell Composition: Two Different Things Album / CD : Begonias
Artist : Tiny Scherr Composition: Come Around Album / CD : Come Around
Artist : Shawn Colvin Composition: Someday Album / CD : Cover Girl
Artist : Carolina Chocolate Drops Composition: Hit "Em Up Style Album / CD : Genuine Negro Jog
Artist : Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Composition: Mama Don't Like My Man Album / CD : I Learned The Hard Way
Artist : Menahan Street Band Composition: Tired of Fighting Album / CD : Make The Rod By Walking
Artist : Mac Rebennack Composition: The Nearness of You Album / CD : The Legendary Sessions Vol. 1
Artist : Steve Abshire & paul Wingo Composition: Laura Album / CD : Detour Ahead
Artist : Shawn Qaissance w/ Sharon Sable Composition: The Very Thought of You Album / CD : Comfort Me
Artist : She & Him Composition: Me & You Album / CD : Volume Two
Artist : Worst Pop Band Ever Composition: (They Long to Be) Close To You Album / CD : Dost Thou Believe in Science
Artist : Bobby McFerrin Composition: Say Ladeo Album / CD : Vocabularies
Artist : Pauseland Composition: Palindrome Album / CD : Palindrome
Artist : Melody Gardot Composition: Who Will Comfort Me Album / CD : My One & Only Thrill
Artist : Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Composition: 100 Days 100 Nights Album / CD : 100 Days 100 Nights
Artist : Charles Walker Composition: Soul Stirrign Thing Album / CD : Soul Stirring Thing
Artist : Charles Walker Composition: Number by Heart Album / CD : Number by Heart
Artist : Mavis Staples Composition: Have A Little Faith Album / CD : Have A Little Faith
Artist : Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Composition: Better Things Album / CD : I Learned The Hard Way
Artist : James Hunter Composition: Carina Album / CD : The Hard Way
Artist : Michelle Chocked Composition: Match Burns Twice Album / CD : Mexican Stnadoff
Artist : John Lurie Composition: Big Trouble Album / CD : African Swim

Folks must have been cozied up. No calls today.

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Saturday, February 12, 2011

 

Avenue C, Friday February 4, 2011

Sat in for Don, the usual DJ for this WVUD Jazz program which runs form Monday thorugh Friday from 9:00 until 11:00 PM, EST. THis was the 1st of three "Avenue C"'s that I would be hosting in February.

The play list for this Friday's show was as follows:

Artist : Garage a Trois Composition: The Machine Album / CD : Outre Mer Soundtrack
Artist : Jenny Scheinman Composition: Hard Sole Shoe Album / CD : Crossing The Field
Artist : Lafayette Gilchrist Composition: Rumble Album / CD : The Music According to …
Artist : Bad Plus Composition: Comfortably Numb Album / CD : For All I Care
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith Composition: BeeHive Album / CD : Spiral
Artist : Cameron Mitell Composition: Fearless Album / CD : Life is Loud
Artist : Robert Walters Composition: Dump Truck Album / CD : Giving Up The Ghost
Artist : Will Bernard Composition: 571 Album / CD : Blue Plate Special
Artist : Charlie Hunter Composition: You Look Good in Orange Album / CD : Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You That You Will Not Be Gettng Paid
Artist : Lafayette Gilchrist Composition: Soul Progressin' Album / CD : Soul Progressin'
Artist : Frank Zappa Composition: Uncel Remus Album / CD : Apostrophe / Overnight Sensation
Artist : John Ellis Composition: Dewey Down Album / CD : Puppet Mischief
Artist : Leon Parker Composition: Caravan Album / CD : Above & Below
Artist : Leon Parker & Charlie Hunter Composition: Belief Album / CD : Duo
Artist : Peter Bernstein Trio Composition: Well you Needn't Album / CD : Monk
Artist : Bad Plus Composition: Never Sop Album / CD : Never Stop
Artist : Lafayette Gilchrist Composition: New Jack Album / CD : Reverse The Shining Path
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith Composition: Come Together Album / CD : Rise Up!
Artist : Soulive Composition: Eleanor Rigby Album / CD : Rubber Soulive
Artist : Robert Walters Composition: Money Changes Album / CD : Cure All
Artist : Will Bernard Trio Composition: What's Left Album / CD : Directions to My House

A few calls, specifically for info on Lafayette Gilchrist and interested calls for the Jenny Scheinman song, "Hard Sole Shoes", a song I tend to play on The Morning Fog on many an occassion. Jason Moran is on piano, Bill Frissell on guitar, Jenny Scheinman on violin and the balance of the band cooks as well.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

 

Sunday, The Morning After December 12, 2010

The playlist for this, my last show of 2010 was as follows:

Artist : Charles Lloyd Composition: The Water is Wide Album / CD : The Water is Wide
Artist : Joe Venuti Composition: Theme from Sparttaucs Album / CD : Joe Live n Chicago 1978
Artist : Branford Marsalis Composition: The Ruby and the Pearl Album / CD : Eternal
Artist : Charles Mingus Composition: I Can't Get Started Album / CD : Mingus Plays The Piano
Artist : Eric Reed Composition: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Album / CD : Merry Magic
Artist : Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers Composition: Riders On The Storm Album / CD : Ballads Before The Rain
Artist : Oscar Peterson Composition: What Child Is This? Album / CD : Oscar Peterson's Christmas
Artist : Dave McKenna Composition: Don't Want No Blues For Christmas Album / CD : Holiday Piano Spliced With Swing
Artist : Rober Walter Composition: Little Drummer Boy Album / CD : In A Holiday Groove
Artist : Booker T & The M.G.'s Composition: Merry Christmas Baby Album / CD : In The Christmas Spirit
Artist : Greg Brown Composition: Christmas Song Album / CD : Greg Brown & Dream City Essential Recordings Vol. 2
Artist : Cassandra Wilson Composition: Wnet Down To St. James Infirmary Album / CD : Silver Pony
Artist : Marcus Roberts Composition: Christmas Blues Album / CD : Prayer for Peace
Artist : Charles Brown Band Composition: Merry Christmas Baby Album / CD : Blue Yule
Artist : Chris Wheatley Composition: The Lonely Shepherd Album / CD : Santa's Got Mojo
Artist : Janiva Magness Composition: Walkin' In The Sun Album / CD : The Devil Is An Angel Too
Artist : Slaid Cleaves Composition: One Good Year Album / CD : Holiday Sampler
Artist : Joe Henry Composition: Light No Lamp Album / CD : Blood From Stars
Artist : Joe Henry Composition: The Man I Keep Hid Album / CD : Blood From Stars
Artist : Kathleen Edwards Composition: Asking for Flowers Album / CD : Asking for Flowers
Artist : Lucinda Williams Composition: Something About What Happens When We Talk Album / CD : Sweet Old World
Artist : Charles Walker Composition: Allison Album / CD : Number By Heart
Artist : TV On The Radio Composition: Family Tree Album / CD : Dear Science
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: We Are Snowmen Album / CD : Dear Lover
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: American Dirt Album / CD : Matthew Ryan V. Silver State
Artist : Booker T. Jones Composition: Space City Album / CD : Potato Hole
Artist : Chuck Brown Composition: Merry Christmas Baby Album / CD : The Spirit of Christmas
Artist : BB King Composition: Merry Christmas Baby Album / CD : Blue Christmas
Artist : Los Straitjackets Composition: Christmas in Las Vegas Album / CD : Tis The Season For
Artist : Brave Combo Composition: Must Be Santa Album / CD : It's Christmas, Man
Artist : Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks Composition: Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit Album / CD : Crazy for Christmas
Artist : Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks Composition: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Album / CD : Crazy for Christmas


A few calls requesting song & album info. It was a rainy and relatively warm (52 F) December day.

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Monday, November 29, 2010

 

Sunday, The Morning After November 28, 2010

On this Sunday, the first Sunday after Thanksgiving, the play list was as follows:


Artist : Chet Atkins Composition: And I Love Her Album / CD : Picks on the Beatles
Artist : She & Him Composition: I Should Have Known Better Album / CD : Volume One
Artist : Shawn Qaissaunce w/ Sharon Sable on Vocals Composition: And I Love Her Album / CD : Comfort Me
Artist : James Hunter Composition: The Very Thought of You Album / CD : Believe What I Say
Artist : Greg Brown Composition: Late Nigth Radio Album / CD : Bath Tub Blues
Artist : Mac Rebbenack Composition: The Nearness of You Album / CD : The Legendary Sessions Vol 1
Artist : Cassandra Wilson Composition: Went Down to St. James Infirmary Album / CD : Silver Pony
Artist : Mac Rebbenack Composition: Silent Night Album / CD : Volume One
Artist : David Sylvian Composition: Taking the Veil Album / CD : Gone To Earth
Artist : S. E. Rogie Composition: African Gospel Album / CD : Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana
Artist : Bill Frisell Composition: Goin' Out of My Head Album / CD : Beautiful Dreamers
Artist : Bruce Springsteen Composition: Because the Night Album / CD : The Promise
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: Never Stop Album / CD : Never Stop
Artist : Ben Sidran Composition: Knockin' On Heaven's Door Album / CD : Dylan Different
Artist : Grant Green Composition: A Day In The Life Album / CD : Blue Note Plays The Beatles
Artist : Soulive Composition: Something Album / CD : Rubber Soulive
Artist : Philip deGruy Composition: Wave / When The Saints Go Marching In Album / CD : Innuendo Out The Other
Artist : McCoy Tyner w/ Marc Ribot Composition: 500 Miles Album / CD : Guitars
Artist : Eric Reed Composition: Angels in the Snow Album / CD : Merry Magic
Artist : Robert Glasper Composition: Yes I'm Country and That's O.K. Album / CD : Double Booked
Artist : Bob Dylan Composition: Things Have Changed Album / CD : Wonder Boys S/T
Artist : Sam Cooke w/ Eric Clapton Composition: Somebody Ease my Troubled Mind Album / CD : A Tribute to Les Paul
Artist : Blind Boys of Alabama Composition: Away In The Manger Album / CD : Go Tell It On A Mountain
Artist : Rick Fine Composition: Country Christmas Blues Album / CD : Santa's Got Mojo
Artist : Anders Osborne Composition: Call On Me Album / CD : American Patchwork
Artist : Robert Earl Keen Composition: Merry Christmas From The Family Album / CD : Gringo Honeymoon
Artist : Todd Snider Composition: Corpus Christi Bay Album / CD : The Excitement Plan
Artist : Will Hoge Composition: Even If It Breaks Your Heart Album / CD : The Wreckage
Artist : Anders Osborne Composition: Got Your Heart Album / CD : American Patchwork
Artist : Danny Gatton Composition: Sky King Album / CD : Unfinished Business
Artist : Steve Forbert Composition: He Was The Sound Album / CD : Pizza Nights
Artist : Bruce Springsteen Composition: Talk To Me Album / CD : The Promise
Artist : James Hunter Composition: Carina Album / CD : The Hard Way
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith Composition: Beehive Album / CD : Spiral
Artist : Kenny Wayne Shepherd Composition: Feed Me Album / CD : Alive in Chicago
Artist : Mark Hummel Composition: Thank You Santa Claus Album / CD : Santa's Got Mojo>



A few calls today, specifically about some of the Beatle cover versions and about Todd Snider's excellent (IMHO) version of Robert Earl Keen's "Corpus Christi Bay". A few Christmas tunes were interspersed. More will be played on the next scheduled show on December 12th. Until then, Happy Listening!

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Sunday, October 31, 2010

 

The Morning After, Sunday October 31, 2010 Halloween!!

The play list for Halloween's show was a tad short on the spooky but hopefully there was some familiarity in the tuneage.

Artist : Rickie Lee Jones Composition: Someone to Watch Over Me Album / CD : It's Like This
Artist : Jacques Loussier Trio Composition: Gnossienes No# 6 Album / CD : Erik Satie Gymnopedie & Gnossienes
Artist : Phroenesis Composition: Eight Hours Album / CD : Alive
Artist : Jenny Scheinman  Composition: Johnsburg, Illinois Album / CD : Jenny Scheinman 
Artist : Tony Scherr Composition: Stuck It Out Album / CD : Come Around
Artist : Tom Waits Composition: Way Down in The Hole Album / CD : Beautiful Maladies
Artist : Nik Bartch's Ronin Composition: Modul 39-8 Album / CD : Holon
Artist : The Roots Composition: Dear God 2.0 Album / CD : How I Got Over
Artist : David Sylvian Composition: Taking the Veil Album / CD : Gone To Earth
Artist : Devotchka Composition: This Place Is Haunted Album / CD : How It Ends
Artist : Devotchka Composition: How It Ends Album / CD : How It Ends
Artist : The XX Composition: Stars Album / CD : XX
Artist : Esbjorn Svennson Trio Composition: Strange Place for Snow Album / CD : Strange Place for Snow
Artist : Lounge Lizards Composition: Scary Children Album / CD : Queen of All Ears
Artist : Talking Heads Composition: Psycho Killer Album / CD : Stop Making Sense S/T
Artist : Charlie Hunter Composition: You Look Good In Orange Album / CD : Gentlemen, I Regret To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid
Artist : Tom Waits Composition: Dirt In The Ground Album / CD : Glitter & Dome Live
Artist : Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Composition: The Road Album / CD : The Road S/T
Artist : Bill Frisell Composition: Listen Album / CD : The Intercontinentals
Artist : Will Bernard Composition: Genpop Album / CD : Blue Plate Special
Artist : Screamin' Jay Hawkins Composition: I Put A Spell On You Album / CD : Voodoo jive
Artist : Blind Boys of Alabama Composition: Way Down in The Hole Album / CD : Spirit of the Century
Artist : Anders Osborne Composition: Had My Reasons Album / CD : Living Room
Artist : Pavement Composition: Shady Lane Album / CD : Quarantine of the Past
Artist : Brave Combo Composition: People Are Strange Album / CD : Musical Varieties
Artist : Talking Heads Composition: Nothing But Flowers Album / CD : Talking Heads Remixed
Artist : King Sunny Ade Composition: Baba L'oun S'oonum Gbogo Album / CD : Baba No Tunde
Artist : Beck Composition: Devil's Haircut Album / CD : Odelay
Artist : Mickey Hart Composition: Bones Album / CD : Planet Drum
Artist : Galactic Composition: Wild Man Album / CD : YA - KA - May
Artist : Pawnshop Roses Composition: Planning Out Your Heart Album / CD : Let It Roll
Artist : Yayhoos Composition: For Crying Out Loud Album / CD : Fear Not The Obvious
Artist : Warren Zevon Composition: Werewolves of London Album / CD : Best Of Warren Zevon
Artist : Anders Osborne Composition: Meet Me In New Mexico Album / CD : American Patchwork


Just a few calls commenting on my comments re. the Rally for Sanity on October 30th, which I'd gone to. The Roots were fabulous! And they played "Dear God 2.0" among their selections of songs from How I Got Over and Wake Up!.

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