Playlist, December 6, 2009

Set One
The Aftro-Semitic Experience; The Road that Heals the Splintered Soul; The Road that Heals the Splintered Soul (2009 Reckless DC)
Mike Longo; West Side Story Medley; Sing Like a Bee (2009 CAP)
Pamela Luss; Nice and Easy; Sweet and Saxy (2009 Savant)
Helio Alves; It's Clear; It's Clear (2009 Reservoir)
The Kevin Hays Trio; Fool on the Hill; You've Got a Friend (2009 JazzEyes)
Houston Person; Sunny; Mellow (2009 HighNote)
[mic break 10:43 a.m.]

Set Two
Hank Jones/Oliver Jones; What Am I Here For?; Pleased to Meet You (2009 Justin Time)
Anne Drummond; Bossa for Copacabana; Like Water (2009 ObliqSound)
Bop Tweed; Eroaneous; Two (2009 Mothlight)
Mike Stern; Big Neighborhood; Big Neighborhood (2009 Heads Up)
John Moulder; Magical Space; Bifröst (2009 Origin)
Typhanie Monique & Neal Alger; Baby It's Cold Outside; Yuletide Groove (2008 Tyme)
[mic break 11:22 a.m.]

Set Three
Wayne Wallace; Mojito Cafe; Bien Bien (2009 Patois)
Interview with Matthew DeTroy & Carol Piro of Zoot Planet
Joey DeFrancesco; Eighty One; Snap Shot (2009 Highnote)
Q'd Up; Dark City Streets; Quintessence (2009 Jazz Hang)
Q'd Up; Dearly Beloved; Quintessence (2009 Jazz Hang)
Betty Buckley; The Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Quintessence (2008 Playbill)
Gretchen Parlato; Doralice; In a Dream (2009 ObliqSound)
Matt Vashlishan; Amalgamation; No Such Thing (2009 Origin)
Wayne Escoffery; No Desert; Uptown (2009 Positone)
[mic break 12:29 p.m.]

Set Four
Phil Kelley & the Northwest Prevailing Winds; Note-o-Riot-ee; Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles (2009 Origin)
Fahir Atakoglu; High Street; Faces & Places (2009 Far & Here)
Cedar Walton; Voices Deep Within; Voices Deep Within (2009 Highnote)
Eric Alexander; You Must Believe in Spring; Revival of the Fittest (2009 Highnote)
[1:00 p.m.]
Sunday Brunch Concert: Typhanie Monique and Neal Alger


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Tomorrow on Morning Maniac Music

Dec. 6th WPKN Benefit with ZOoT PLANeT

11:30 a.m. Matthew DeTroy will join us in the studio.
7:30 p.m. Concert at FTC on Stage One, 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield, CT.

Blast away with this crew of seasoned local musicians as they make their debut on Stage One. Delivering sultry and snappy swing era classics diced with jazz and blues, ZOoT PLANeT will teleport you to a time and place where the roots of great music blends with the sensibility of sound in the millennium. Whether you're a rug cutter or a seat tapper, you're in for a treat that's out of this world! The ZOoT crew is - Matthew DeTroy (keys), Carol Piro (vocals), Bruce Couillard (sax/vocals), Hans Broecking (drums), Tim DeHuff (guitar), Rich Zurkowski (bass). In support of live, local radio ZOoT pLAnEt shares proceeds with WPKN.

Dec. 6th Typhanie Monique & Neal Alger

1:00 p.m. Typhanie Monique & Neal Alger will join us for an hour of music and conversation.

While many musical units are formed with a specific agenda, the jazz duo of Typhanie Monique, vocals, and Neal Alger, guitar, came about mostly by chance.  With a background that contains R&B icons Tina Turner and Lionel Richie from her mother's listening habits, Typhanie came to discover jazz in her teenage years.  After studying jazz vocal technique in college, Monique moved to Chicago and formed a successful funk/acid-jazz group Peking Turtle and performed at many venues in the midwest.  Neal too eventually embraced jazz by his late teens but came into it from a different angle; Neal grew up listening and performing hard rock/progressive rock.  Chicago became home for Alger after college as well, and he freelanced with local jazz luminaries and fronted his own trio.

In the holiday spirit of an inclusive 'musical family', YULETIDE GROOVE, the newest project from Alger and Monique, features many special guests including rising Hammond B3 organ star Tony Monaco.  Monaco brings an infectious beat, a rock-solid swing, and warm vocals to the chestnut "Baby It's Cold Outside" while Monique revels in Monaco's vitality, turning in an inspired vocal performance.  A horn trio of trumpet, sax, and trombone brings a lush but not overly sentimental flavor to Vince Guaraldi's "Christmastime is Here" and the classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree".  The sultry sexiness of "Santa Baby" is beautifully enhanced by a cha-cha arrangement which features the contagious musical exuberance of latinos pianist Darwin Noguera and trumpeter Victor Garcia.
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Playlist, November 29, 2009

Set One
S.M.V.; Classical Thump; Thunder (2008 Heads Up)
Ben Sidran; Everything is Broken; Dylan Different (2009 Bonsai)
Mike Stern; Check One; Big Neighborhood (2009 Heads Up)
The Wiyos; Green Bottle #6; Broken Land Bell (2009 The Wiyos)
The Les DeMerle Band; Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me; Gypsy Rendezvous (2009 Origin)
Norah Jones; Light as a Feather; The Fall (2009 Blue Note)
Joey DeFrancesco; Fly Me to the Moon; Snap Shot (2009 Highnote)
[mic break 10:44 a.m.]

Set Two
John Moulder; Cold Sea Triptych; Bifröst (2009 Origin)
Jacques Schwartz-Bart; Dio Pann; Abyss (2009 ObliqSound)
Eric Alexander; Love-Wise; Revival of the Fittest (2009 Highnote)
Marius Nordal; School Days; Boomer Jazz (2009 Origin)
Stuart Dempster/Tom Heasley/Eric Glick Rieman; Interzone; Echoes of Syros (2009 Full Bleed)
Amanda Carr & the Kenny Hadley Big Band; It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; Common Thread (2009 OMS)
[mic break 11:26 a.m.]

Set Three
Houston Person; Too Late Now; Mellow (2009 Highnote)
Pamela Luss; Don'cha Go Away Mad; Sweet & Saxy (2009 Savant)
Amanda Carr & the Kenny Hadley Big Band; Don'cha Go Away Mad; Common Thread (2009 OMS)
The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra; Count Up; Transplants (2009 RuzzTone)
Frank Sinatra; That's Life; Sinatra: New York (2009 Reprise)
Phil Kelly & the Northwest Prevailing Winds; Ewe Doo on Bubbas Shoux; Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles (2009 Origin)
[mic break 11:59 a.m.]

Set Four
Steely Dan; Green Earrings; Alive in America (1995 Giant)
Frank Zappa; The Black Page; Make a Jazz Noise Here (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
Phish; David Bowie/Moby Dick; At the Roxy (Atlanta '93) (2008 Jemp)
Emerson Lake & Palmer; Hoedown; Welcome Back My Friends... (1973 Manticore)
Grateful Dead; Estimated Prophet >  Eyes of the World; Dick's Picks Vol. 15 (1999 Grateful Dead Productions)
[mic break 1:00 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: The Crooked Jades 4/3/2006

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Fran-O-Rama!

While I'm recuperating from pneumonia, the show must go on. Fran Fried will take the driver's seat this Sunday for a show I'm sure you're not gonna wanna miss.

At 1:00 p.m., King for a Day will play a live set with Fran hosting the Sunday Brunch Concert. Tune in and enjoy!

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A nice review of Sunday's live McLovins set

As I start to recover from pneumonia, it's a pleasure to read the write-up of the festivities from the McLovins' fanblog, Dave Smith's One and One and One Make Three.

I had no idea how sick I was during this broadcast, and I sure hope I didn't infect anybody.

Here's the audio from the show. How hard did they play? Jason "Basslovin" said it best: You know you played hard when you have blisters on fingers you didn't use.

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Playlist, Sunday, November 15

Set One
Q'd Up; Brother Joy; Quintessence (2009 Jazz Hang)
Fahir Atakoglu; Into You; Faces & Places (2009 Far & Here)
Kristina; Valentin; Offshore Echoes (2009 Patois)
Rez Abazzi; Insulin; Things to Come (2009 Sunnyside)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Cecil Brooks III; Penn Relays; Hot Dog (2009 Savant)
Bob Albanese Trio; Yesterday's Gardenias; One Way/Detour (2009 Zoho)
Ray Brown Trio; Mainstem; Live at Starbucks (2000 Telarc)
The Les DeMerle Band; Pent Up House; Gypsy Rendezvous (2009 Origin)
Mads Tolling; The Chicken; The Playmaker (2009 City Hall)
Interview with Glenn Roth
Glenn Roth; Labyrinth
Fareed Haque & the Flat Earth Ensemble; Big Bhangra; Flat Planet (2008 Owl Studios)
Barbara Sfraga & Center Search Quest; Hang On, Fly Home; Timelessness Frozen in Time (2006 SyncTimiCity Productions)
[mic break 11:29 a.m.]

Set Three
Dave Siebels; The Coupe; with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Pamela Luss; You Belong to Me; Sweet & Saxy (2009 Savant)
Josh Moshier & Mike Lebrun; Misfortunately Pleasant; Joy Not Jaded (2009 OA2)
Ray Levier; Bait Tone Blues; Ray's Way (2009 Origin)
Jimmy Herring; One Strut; Lifeboat (2008 Abstract Logix)
[mic break 12:05 p.m.]

Set Four
Ben Sidran; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Dylan Different (2009 Bonsai)
Tears for Fears; Brian Wilson Said
The String Cheese Incident; L.A. Woman; Trick or Treat (2009 SCI Fidelity)
Phish; Punch You in the Eye; New Years Eve 1995 (2005 Rhino)
Marius Nordal; Good Vibrations; Boomer Jazz (2009 Origin)
Amanda Carr & the Kenny Hadley Big Band; I Could Have Told You; Common Thread (2009 OMS)
[mic break 12:48 p.m.]

Set Five
Garaj Mahal; Mondo Garaj; Mondo Garaj (2002 HomeGrown Music)
Helio Alves; Sweeping the Chimney; It's Clear (2009 Reservoir)
[1:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, November 8, 2009

Set One
Herbie Hancock; Nefertiti; River: The Joni Letters (2007 Verve)
Mike Longo Trio; West Side Story Medley; Sting Like a Bee (2009 CAP)
Big Nick Nicholas; Somewhere; Big Nick (1985 India Navigation)
Big Nick Nicholas; Autumn in New York; Big and Warm (1983 India Navigation)
Eldar; The Exorcist; Virtue (2009 Sony)
[mic break 10:41 a.m.]

Set Two
Fahir Atakoglu; ... and Places; Faces and Places (2009 Far & Here)
Marius Nordal; Strawberry Fields; Boomer Jazz (2009 Origin)
Dana Hall; Into the Light; Into the Light (2009 Origin)
Wayne Escoffery; Cross Bronx; Uptown (2009 Positone)
[mic break 11:05 a.m.]

Set Three
Chelsea Baratz; In Faith (Mobetta Remix); In Faith (2009)
Terell Stafford-Dick Oatts Quintet; Meant for You; Bridging the Gap (2009 Planet Arts)
Nicole Zuraitis; Deed I Do; Spread the Word (2008 Nicole Zuraitis)
Ben Sidran; Ballad of a Thin Man; Dylan Different (2009 Bonsai)
The Manhattan Transfer; 500 Miles High; The Chick Corea Songbook (2009 Four Quarters)
Anne Drummond; Bossa for Copacabana; Like Water (2009 ObliqSound)
James Moody; Homage; Homage (2004 Savoy)
[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

Set Four
Amanda Carr & the Kenny Kadley Big Band; It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; Common Thread (2009 OMS)
Miss Tess; Train Ride to Caroline; Darling, Oh Darling (2009 Miss Tess)
Mark Weinstein/Omar Sosa; Walking Song; Tales from the Earth (2009 Otá)
Kocani Orkestar; Bayram sekieri; Alone at My Wedding (2002 Crammed Discs)
Meridian Arts Ensemble; Big Swifty/Harry, You're a Beast/The Orange County Lumber Truck/T'mershi Duween/Dupree's Paradise; Smart Went Crazy (1993 Channel Crossing)
Josh Mosher & Mike Lebrun; Eleven Toe Waggle; Joy Not Jaded (2009 OA2)
[mic break 12:22 p.m.]

Set Five
Gov't Mule; Railroad Boy; By a Thread (2009 Evil Teen)
The String Cheese Incident; Exodus; Trick or Treat (2009 SCI Fidelity)
Phish; Harpua>2001>Harpua; Live Phish Vol. 2
Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[1:00 p.m.]
Almost Live: Stacy Phillips & Paul Howard; 1/6/2008 Kasbah Garden Cafe
[2:00 p.m.]

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