Playlist, June 29, 2008

Set One
John Beasley; Eye of the Hurricane; Letter to Herbie (2008 Resonance)
Punch Brothers; Punch Bowl; Punch (2008 Nonesuch)
Spring Heel Jack; Without Words; Songs and Themes; 2008 Thirsty Ear)
Wayne Escoffery; Noon Night; Hopes and Dreams (2008 Savant)
Jamie Davis; If You Want Me to Stay; Vibe Over Perfection (2008 Unity Music)
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
George Cables; Stroll; Morning Song (2008 HighNote)
Count Basie; Dupree Blues; Basically Basie: The Small Groups (2005 JSP)
The Bruce Saunders Quintet; Another Happy Drinking Song; 8x5 (2008 Mel Bay)
Stanley Turrentine; Feeling Good; Rough 'n' Tumble (2000 Blue Note)
Stanley Turrentine; Shake; Rough 'n' Tumble (2000 Blue Note)
Wayne Wallace; Fascinatin' Rhythm; The Nature of the Beat (2008 Patois)
[mic break 11:09 a.m.]

Set Three
Marty Scheller; Love in a Mist; Why Deny (2007 PVR)
:zoviet*france:; Angel's Pin Number; Digilogue (1996 Soleil Moon)
Raffi; Who Built the Ark?; Animal Songs (2008 Rounder)
Yeska; Cantaloupe Island; Skafrocubanjazz (2008 Aztlan)
Jack DeJohnette; Jack In; Oneness (1997 ECM)
[mic break 11:46 a.m.]

Set Four
Marlene del Rosario; Night and Day; Live (2008 Blue Earth)
BeebleBrox; Homer Simpson; Real Brox (2002 Acme)
Katie King; Across the Universe; Harry's Fight (2008 OA2)
Frank Zappa; Stolen Moments>Murder By Numbers; Broadway the Hard Way (1988 Barking Pumpkin)
Thomas Makucevich; After One; Strange Recollections (2008 self)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Dwaft Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneform)
Jethro Tull; Thick as a Brick; Thick as a Brick (1972 Chrysalis)
[mic break 1:22 p.m.]

Set Five
Purple Wizard; I'm Gonna Get You; Purple Wizard (2005 Full-Tilt)
The Fiery Furnaces; Chief Inspector Blancheflower; Blueberry Boat (2004 Rough Trade)
Santana; Folsom Street - One; Santana III (Legacy Edition 2006 Sony)
Matt Jorgenson +451; Lock Down; Another Morning (2008 Origin)
Paul Bollenback; Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing; Brightness of Being (2006 Elefant Dreams)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, June 8, 2008

Set One
Miles Davis Quintet; Autumn Leaves; Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007 Concord)
Mies From India; Spanish Key; Miles From India (2008 Times Square)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Wayne Escoffrey and Veneration; Chronic Blues; Hopes and Dreams (2008 Savant)
Dave Holland Quartet; Conference of the Birds; Conference of the Birds (1975 ECM)
Gary Burton; Syndrome; Generations (2004 Concord)
Milt Jackson with Hubert Laws; Goodbye; Goodbye (1974 CTI)
KJ Denhert; Lucky 7; Lucky 7 (2007 Motema)
Bob Schneider & Paul Hoffman; Jazz Suite for Guitar and Piano, part 2; Interconnection (2004 Sons of Sound)
George Cables; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Morning Song (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 11:15 a.m.]

Set Three
Marc Rossi Group; Fatwa in Carbondale; Hidden Mandala (2008 Gravity)
Jeff Bujak; Bonfire>Yogoque>Bonfire; With A Taste So Sweet (2008 Live Buj)
King Crimson; Cat Food; In the Wake of Poseidon (1970 Atlantic)
Bill Heid; Good Clean Fun; Da Girl (2003 Savant)
[mic break 12:01 p.m.]

Set Four
George Cables; Morning Song; Morning Song (2008 Highnote)
Eric Alexander Quartet; Pearls; Prime Time (2008 Highnote)
The Marty Scheller Ensemble; The Route 40 Flyer; Why Deny (2007 PVR)
Frank Zappa; Greggery Peccary; Studio Tan (1979 DiscReet)
[mic break 12:48 p.m.]

Set Six
Oscar Peterson & the Trumpet Kings; Danish Pastry (w/Clark Terry); Joust (1978 Pablo)
Oscar Peterson & the Trumpet Kings; Crazy Rhythm (w/Roy Eldridge); Joust (1978 Pablo)
Oscar Peterson & the Trumpet Kings; Stella by Starlight (w/Dizzy Gillespie); Joust (1978 Pablo)
Oscar Peterson & the Trumpet Kings; Satin Doll (w/Harry Edison); Joust (1978 Pablo)
[mic break 1:47 p.m.]

Set Seven
Grateful Dead; China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider; Ladies and Gentlemen... (2000 Arista)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, June 1, 2008

Set One
Return to Forever; Duel of the Jester & the Tyrant; The Anthology (2008 Concord)
Ryan Montbleau Band; Eggs; Patience on Friday
Leo Kottke; Morning Is The Long Way Home; One Guitar No Vocals (1999 Private Music)
Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band; Joy Spring; Just One Of Those Things (2007 Sea Breeze Jazz)
Conrad Herwig; Gatekeeper; New York Breed (1996 Double-Time)
Dave Liebman; All of Me; Return of the Tenor: Standards (1995 Double-Time)
[mic break 10:38 a.m.]

Set Two
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; Bad Attitude; Relax Your Mind (2003 Angel)
Tito Puente; Killer Joe; Doctor Feelgood (2000 Snapper Music)
Chambao; El Canto de la Ballena; Con Otro Aire (2007 Sony)
Afrocelts; Cyberia; Seed (2003 Real World)
Lyle Lovett; Moritat; Songs From the Movies (2003 MCA)
Drums & Tuba; Brain Liaters; Mostly Ape (2002 Righteous Babe)
Railroad Earth; Mighty River; Live at GOTV 2007
Frank Zappa; Drowning Witch; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 3 (1988 Rykodisc)
Mats/Morgan Band; Mats Jingle>Pulse>Friis>Tvingle; Heat Beats Live (2008 Cuneiform)
[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

Set Three
Eric Alexander; Blues Like; Prime Time (2008 Highnote)
Eric Alexander; One For Steve; Prime Time (2008 Highnote)
Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge; A Quiet Longing; Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge (1995 Sea Breeze Jazz)
Chuck Brodsky; Dock Ellis' No-No; The Baseball Ballads (2002 Chuck Brodsky)
Radhika Miller; Skye Boat Song; Dancing Light (2007 Radhika Miller)
George Cables; On Green Dolphin Street; Morning Song (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 12:34 p.m.]

Set Four
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; Backyard Symphony; Relax Your Mind (2003 Angel)
Esperanza Spalding; Mela; Esperanza (2008 Heads Up)
Peter Paulsen; Change of Scenery; Change of Scenery (2007 Wahbo)
Marcin Wasilewski Trio; Balladyna; January (2008 ECM)
Bill O'Connell; Triple Play; Triple Play (2008 Savant)
Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern; Dreams Go; Lifecycle (2008 Heads Up)
Bill Heid; Covert Ops; Wet Streets (1999 Savant)
[mic break 1:21 p.m.]

Set Five
Avery Sharpe; Fly With The Wind; Legends & Mentors (2008 JKNM)
Frank Zappa; Outside Now; Broadway the Hard Way (1988 Barking Pumpkin)
Grateful Dead; Morning Dew; Dick's Picks 14 (1999 Grateful Dead Productions)
[mic break 1:55 p.m.]

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Marlins 7, Mets 3

moar funny pictures

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Revisionist biology

more cat pictures

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Playlist, May 25, 2008

Set One
Miles Davis; Footprints; Miles Smiles (1998 Sony)
Miles Davis; Walkin'; Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1984 (2005 Sony)
[mic break 10:19 a.m.]

Set Two
Miles Davis and His Orchestra; Jeru; The Complete Birth of the Cool (1949 Capitol)
Miles Davis and His Orchestra; Move; The Complete Birth of the Cool (1949 Capitol)
Miles Davis and His Orchestra; Godchild; The Complete Birth of the Cool (1949 Capitol)
Miles Davis; On Green Dolphin Street; Live at the Plugged Nickel (1965 Columbia)
Miles Davis; So What; Live at the Plugged Nickel (1965 Columbia)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Miles Davis/John Coltrane; Straight No Chaser; Miles & Coltrane (1988 Columbia)
Miles Davis/John Coltrane; Fran Dance; Miles & Coltrane (1988 Columbia)
Miles Davis; 'Round Midnight; The Best of Miles (2002 Sony)
Miles Davis; So What; The Best of Miles (2002 Sony)
[mic break 11:32 a.m.]

Set Four
Thelonious Monk; 'Round About Midnight; Live at the Jazz Workshop (1982 Columbia)
Thelonious Monk; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Live at the Jazz Workshop (1982 Columbia)
[mic break 11:52 a.m.]

Set Five
John Beasley; Bedtime Voyage; Letter to Herbie (2008 Resonance)
Hadley Caliman; Kickin' on the Inside; Gratitude (2008 Origin)
Marlene del Rosario; Alone Together; Marlene Live with a little help from her friends (2008 Blue Earth)
Cynthia Holiday; My Little Rainbow; All the Way (2008 Miles High)
Ed Reed; Where or When; The Song is You (2008 Blue Shorts)
David "Fathead" Newman; Cedar's Blues; Diamondhead (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 12:36 p.m.]

Set Six
Rowan & Martin; Monologue and Cocktail Party; Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969 Epic)
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra; Morning Mood (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1); Nutcracker Suite/Peer Gynt Suites (1960 Odyssey)
Miles Davis; Springsville>The Maids of Cadiz>The Duke; Miles Ahead (1957 Columbia)
Miles Davis; Concierto de Aranjuez; Sketches of Spain (1959 Columbia)
[mic break 1:20 p.m.]

Set Seven
Miles Davis; Miles Runs the Voodoo Down; The Best of Miles (2002 Sony)
Miles Davis; Directions (12/18/70 2nd set); The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (2008 Sony)
Rowan & Martin; Goodnight Dick!; Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969 Epic)
[2:00 p.m.]


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It's time

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Playlist, May 18, 2008

Set One
Marco Benevento; Diego Garcia>Church of God Victory>Chalaza; Live at Tonic (2008 Ropeadope)
The Bobs; Disappointment Pants; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog (2007 The Bobs)
Punch Brothers; The Blind Leaving the Blind, 4th Movement; Punch (2008 Nonesuch)
[mic break 10:47 a.m.]

Set Two
Miles From India; In A Silent Way>It's About That Time; Miles From India (2008 Times Square)
Northern Lights; Oh, Lady Be Good; New Moon (2005 Fifty Fifty)
Vincent Herring; Star Eyes; The Days of Wine and Roses (1996 MusicMasters)
Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet; Black Dog; Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet (2008 Summit)
[mic break 11:17 a.m.]

Set Three
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; Homegrown Tomatoes; Relax Your Mind (2003 Angel)
Debbie Cunningham; Overjoyed; The Rest of Your Life (2008 Oasis)
Milt Jackson/Kenny Clarke; Bluesology; Bluesology (1980 Arista)
Steve Nelson; One Thin Dime; Sound Effect (2007 HighNote)
[mic break 11:43 a.m.]

Set Four
Karrin Allyson; O Morro Nao Tem Vez; Imagina (2008 Concord)
Piers Lawrence Quartet; Stolen Moments; Stolen Moments (2007 JazzNet)
Laurie Anderson; Let X=X; Big Science (2007 Nonesuch)
Russell Gunn; Bitches Brew; Plays Miles (2007 HighNote)
[mic break 12:11 p.m.]

Set Five
Greg Abate; Dreaming in Color; Evolution (2008 IWS)
Tardo Hammer; Hot House; Stop Look & Listen (2007 Sharp Nine)
Mothers of Invention; The Air>Project X; Uncle Meat (1968 Bizarre)
Alison Ruble; Something in the Way She Moves; This is a Bird (2008 Origin)
Larry Willis; Theme From Star Trek; The Offering (2008 HighNote)
Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet; The Simpsons; Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet (2008 Summit)
Cynthia Holiday; Knock on Wood; All the Way (2008 Miles High)
[mic break 12:54 p.m.]

Set Six
The Jack Wilkins Quartet; Falling in Love with Love; The Jack Wilkins Quartet (1977 Chiaroscuro)
Grateful Dead; Wharf Rat>Playing in the Band (reprise); 5/17/77 Tuscaloosa AL
Weather Report; Mysterious Traveller; Mysterious Traveller (1974 Sony)
Ray Mantilla; For Keeps; Good Vibrations (2006 Savant)
[mic break 1:42 p.m.]

Set Seven
John Beasley; Three Finger Snap; Letter to Herbie (2008 Resonance)
Mike Ellis; Part 15; Chicago Spontaneous Cumbustion Suite (2007 AlphaPocket)
Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet; Rhythm-a-Ning; Memories of T (2006 Concord)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Grounds crew appreciation

Kudos to the Little League grounds crew for some great work. When I arrived at the field at 8:45 this morning it looked something like this.

After a couple of hours of work, it was ready for play.
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Another reason the Yankees turn my stomach

The New York Post treats us with way too much information today.

Forget steroids.
Yankee slugger Jason Giambi tries putting pop in his bat with a performance-enhancing thong.
The scandal-scarred first baseman reportedly has admitted that he dons a sensual, tiger-striped, gold lamé undergarment in a bid to boost his confidence when his bat goes cold.
"I only put it on when I'm desperate to get out of a big slump," Giambi told Portfolio magazine's Franz Lidz.
What's more, he has loaned the magic thong to past and current Yanks Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano and Robin Ventura when they went into hitless streaks.

And Yankees fans give me snide remarks when they see my son in a Mets t-shirt.
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lolrats

more cat pictures

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Playlist, May 11, 2008

Set One
The Marty Sheller Ensemble; Mahjong; Why Deny (2007 PVR)
Bobby Broom; The Surrey with the Fringe On Top; The Way I Play (2008 Origin)
John Ellis & Double Wide; Dream and Mosh; Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (2008 Hyena)
[mic break 10:23 a.m.]

Set Two
Frank Sinatra; Dancing in the Dark; Live in Australia 1959 (1997 Blue Note)
Stan Bock Ensemble; Crystal's Waltz; Your Check's in the Mail (2007 OA2)
Marco Benevento; The Weathermen; Live at Tonic (2007 Ropeadope)
Sun Ra; The Cosmos; Heliocentric Worlds Volumes 1 and 2 (2005 Syndicore)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Hadley Caliman; Kickin' on the Inside; Gratitude (2008 Origin)
Santana; Side 1; Caravanserai (1972 Columbia)
West, Bruce & Laing; Out Into the Fields; Why Doncha (1972 Columbia)
The Bobs; Howard Peterson; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog (2007 Bobs)
Rickie Lee Jones; Little Yellow Town; Ghostyhead (1997 Reprise)
[mic break 11:50 a.m.]

Set Four
Andreas Öberg; Updtown Down; My Favorite Guitars (2008 Resonance)
KJ Denhert; Lucky 7; Lucky Seven (2008 Motéma Music)
KJ Denhert; Over the Rainbow; Lucky Seven (2008 Motéma Music)
Steely Dan; Bodhisattva; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 ABC)
Spike Jones; I'm in the Mood for Love; The Spike Jones Anthology (1994 Rhino)
Dissidenten; Lobster Song; Instinctive Traveler (1997 Exil Music)
Erroll Garner; I'm in the Mood for Love; Closeup in Swing (1997 Telarc)
[mic break 12:26 a.m.]

Set Five
Jackie Greene; I Don't Live in a Dream; Giving Up the Ghost (2008 SLG)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse; When You Dance; Year of the Horse (1997 Reprise)
Miles From India; So What; Miles From India (2008 Times Square)
Andreas Öberg; Valdez in the Country; My Favorite Guitars (2008 Resonance)
[mic break 12:54 p.m.]

Set Six
Grateful Dead; Terrapin>Playing in the Band; 5/17/77 Tuscaloosa AL
[mic break 1:26 p.m.]
[1:30 p.m.]

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Liveblogging the Lebanese Civil War

Jeha's Nail - مسمار جحا: Civil War, Part Deux

Jeha is mapping the street fighting in Beirut.

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Stupid HTML tricks

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Happy Grateful Dead High Holy Days

Hat tip: Dan Rappaport

Courtesy of Deadshow.com (click on the shows to listen)

05/07/77 (Sat) Boston Garden - Boston, MA
Set 1: Bertha, Cassidy, Deal, Jack Straw, Peggy-O, Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Big River, Tennessee Jed, Music Never Stopped
Set 2: Terrapin Station > Samson & Delilah, Friend Of The Devil, Estimated Prophet, Eyes Of The World > Drums> The Wheel > Wharf Rat > Around and Around, E: U.S. Blues

05/08/77 (Sun) Barton Hall, Cornell U - Ithaca, NY
Set 1: Minglewood Blues > Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightning > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Streets
Set 2: Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, St. Stephen > Not Fade Away> St. Stephen > Morning Dew, E: One More Saturday Night

05/09/77 (Mon) Community War Memorial Auditorium - Buffalo, NY
Set 1: Help On The Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower, Cassidy, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Big River, Peggy-O, Sunrise, Music Never Stopped
Set 2: Bertha, Good Lovin', Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet> The Other One> Drums > Not Fade Away > Comes A Time> Sugar Magnolia, E: Uncle John's Band

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Friday Night Jazz

Joe Locke Geoffrey Keezer Group "Honu"



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Dr. Albert Hoffman, 1906-2008

Spring 2008 Pledge Drive

We made 25% of our goal. If you still listen, and want to keep listening make a donation today

Playlist, April 20, 2008

On-air fundraising 10-11 a.m.

Set One
Wake the Dead; Coleman's Cross/Birdsong; Wake the Dead (2000 Arista)
Pentangle; So Early in the Spring; So Early in the Spring (1990 Green Linnet)
Pentangle; Open the Door; Open the Door (1985 Rounder)
Darrell Scott; Miracle of Living; Live in N.C. (2004 Full Light)
Sam Bush; River Take Me; Laps in Seven (2006 Sugar Hill)
Sam Bush; White Bird; Laps in Seven (2006 Sugar Hill)
[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

Set Two
Freddie Hubbard; Fantasy in D; First Light (1971 CTI)
Maceo Parker; Off the Hook; Roots & Grooves (2007 Heads Up)
Victor Wooten; Imagine This; Live in America (2001 Compass)
Four Finger Five; Rewind; Four Finger Five (2007 Terrestrial)
John Popper/Bettye LaVett/DJ Logic; Joy; Best of the Jammys volume two (DVD 2007 Relix)
[mic break 12:27 p.m.]

Set Three
Kat Parra; Esta Montanya D'Enfrente; Azucar de Amor (2008 Patois)
Phil Lesh & Friends; Passenger; Best of the Jammys volume two (DVD 2007 Relix)
Don Braden; The Traveler; The New Hang (2004 Highnote)
Irene Reid; What Now My Love?; I Ain't Doing Too Bad (1999 Savant)
Charles Earland; The Burning Spirit; Live (1999 Cannonball)
[mic break 1:03 p.m.]

Set Four
Ray Mantilla; Midnight Sun; Good Vibrations (2006 Savant)
Eddie Henderson Quintet; Saturn's Child; Reemergence (1998 Sharp Nine)
Sonny Rollins; I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face; Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Sampler (2008 Prestige)
Malicorne; Branle de la haie; Almanach (1976 Hexagone)
Frank Zappa; Drowning Witch; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 3 (1995 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; Bacon Fat>Stolen Moments>Murder By Numbers; Broadway the Hard Way (1988 Barking Pumpkin)
[mic break 1:50 p.m.]


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