Playlist, August 30, 2015

AUDIO STREAM 

Set One
Anthony Dixon; Jazz Ain't Nothin' But Soul; Up on the Roof (2015 Baby Pat)
Aimée Allen; My Romance; Matter of Time (2015 Azuline)
Frank Sinatra; Angel Eyes; Bet of the Best (2011 Capitol)
Moly Ryan; Beyone the Blue Horizon; Let's Fly Away (2015 Loup-gargarous Productions)
Perry Beekman; Nice Work if You Can Get It; S'Wonderful (2015)
Andréa Wood; The Little Things; Kaleidoscope (2015)
Jim Pearce;
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
Candice Hoyes; Far Away Star; On a Turquoise Cloud (2015 UOJ)
Electric Squeezebox Orchestra; Compus Mentis; Cheap Rent (2015 OA2)
Catherine Marie Charlton; Adios Nonino; Maiden's Voyage (2015)
Clay Giberson; Dalles; Minga Minga (2015 Origin)
Antoinette Montague; How I Got Over (Trad. Reprise); World Peace in the Key of Jazz (2015)
[mic break 11:11 a.m.]

Set Three
Aaron Bernard Brim; Mis Hijas; Meeting of the Mindz (2014 San-Fe-Ti)
The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band; Come On In!; Holmes (2015 Tapestry)
The Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra; Sister Sadie; Joyful Noise: The Music of Horace Silver (2014 Soulpatch Music)
[mic break 11:34 a.m.]

Set Four
Mike LeDonne; Love Don't Love Nobody; AwwRIGHT! (2015 Savant)
JD Allen; Little Mack; Graffiti (2015 Savant)
Lorraine Feather; Flirting with Disaster; Flirting with Disaster (2015 Jazzed Media)
George Cables; Love You Madly; In Good Company (2015 HighNote)
[mic break 12:00 noon]

Set Five
Kamasi Washington; Clair de Lune; The Epic (2015 Brainfeeder)
Joe Henderson; 'Round Midnight; In Japan (1973 Milestone)
Charles Mingus; Theme for Lester Young; Reevaluations: The Impulse Years (1973 Impulse)
Chris Wasburne & the Syotos Band; Break on Through; Low Ridin' (2015 Zoho)
[mic break 12:37 p.m.]

Set Six
Patrick Moraz; The Conflict; Patrick Moraz (1978 Charisma)
Ray D'Ariano; Are You On Something? Are You On Something? (1972 Kama Sutra)
Joe Walsh; Dreams; The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973 ABC Dunhill)
[PSA break]
The Band; Chest Fever; Anthology (1978 Capitol)
Carole Bayer Sager; You're Moving out Today;  Carole Bayer Sager (1977 Elektra)
Umphrey's McGee; Bridgeless; Gathering of the Vibes (8/3/2008)
[mic break 1:22 p.m.]

Set Seven
Céciile McLorin Salvant; Fog; For One to Love (2015 Mack Avenue)
Céciile McLorin Salvant; Growlin' Dan; For One to Love (2015 Mack Avenue)
Phish; Ghost; War Memorial, Rochester, NY (12/11/97)
Umphrey's McGee; Puppet String; Mountain Jam (2012)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, August 16, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Phish; Down With Disease; War Memorial, Rochester, NY (12/11/97)
Phish; Maze; War Memorial, Rochester, NY (12/11/97)
[mic break 10:43 a.m.]

Set Two
Electric Squeezebox Orchestra; Electric Squeezebox; Cheap Rent (2015 OA2)
Aaron Bernard Brim; Brim and Haynes Percussion Interlude; Meeting of the Mindz (2015 San-Fe-Ti)
Anthony Dixon; Book of Faces Blues; Up on the Roof (2015 Baby Pat Records)
Miller's Wheel; Facebook Love; True Grist (2015)
Larry Newcomb Quartet; All the Things You Are; Intentionally! (2015 Essential Messenger)
[mic break 11:12 a.m.]

Set Three
Stanley Jordan; Asteroids; Coruncopia (1990 Blue Note)
Interview with Kenwood Dennard
Lew Soloff; La Toalla; Little Wing (1991 Sweet Basil)
[mic break 11:49 p.m.]

Set Four
Anthony Dixon; So I'm Late; Up on the Roof (2015 Baby Pat Records)
Anthony Dixon; Jazz Ain't Nothin' But Soul; Up on the Roof (2015 Baby Pat Records)
JPP; Kaustinean Rhapsody; Kaustinean Rhapsody (1994 Green Linnet)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Wooden Ships; Woodstock (1970 Cotillion)
Interview with Bill Hanley
New Riders of the Purple Stage; Henry; Gathering of the Vibes (8/1/2015)
Interview with New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Stage; Garden of Eden; Gathering of the Vibes (8/1/2015)
[PSA break 12:52 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Matt Reynolds

Playlist, July 26, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band; Kashmit; Low Ridin' (2015 Zoho)
Gillian Margot; Yesterday's Blues; Black Butterfly (2015 Hipnotic)
The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band; Jaco; Holmes (2015 Tapestry)
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Mike Longo; Impressions; Step On It (2014 CAP)
George Cables; After the Morning; In Good Company (2015 HighNote)
Candice Hoyes; Brown Penny; On a Turquoise Cloud (015 UOJ)
The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band; Caravan; Holmes (2015 Tapestry)
[mic break 10:57 a.m.]

Set Three
The Crusaders; Free as the Wind; Free as the Wind (1977 ABC)
Lou Donaldson; Walkin' Sally; Color as a Way of Life (1977 Cotillion)
Bill Frisell; Tired of Waiting; Guitar in the Space Age! (2015 Okeh)
Yes; Siberian Khatru; Close to the Edge (1972 Atlantic)
The Crusaders; Sweet n' Sour; Free as the Wind (1977 ABC)
[mic break 11:37 a.m.]

Set Four
William Schimmel; St. Louis Blues; Theater of the Accordion (2015 Roven)
Focus; P's March; Ship of Memories (1977 Sire)
Lily Frost; It Ain't Right; Too Hot for Words (2015 Marquis)
Amy Helm; Didn't It Rain; Didn't It Rain (2015 eOne)
[mic break 11:57 a.m.]

Interview with Ken Hays from Gathering of the Vibes
Interview with Leda O'Callahan from Gathering of the Vibes

Set Five
Warren Haynes w/Railroad Earth; Spots of Time; Ashes & Dust (2015 Concord)
Emmitt-Nershi Band; Surfing the Red Sea; New Country Blues (2009 SCI Fidelity)
Brian Augur & Julie Tippetts; Spirit; Encore (1978 Warner)
Umphrey's McGee; Ocean Billy; Mountain Jam (06/05/2011)
Ella Fitzgerald; You're the Top; The Cole Porter Songbook Volume Two (1984 Verve)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

A Lovely View of Heaven: 20 Years of Vibes

The Jack Casady Interview

I've been a Jefferson Airplane fan for as long as I loved rock-n-roll. I was much less of a Hot Tuna fan in their mid-'70s heyday because I was exploring other music and somewhat put off by their enthusiastically vocal fans. As I got older, I discovered the joys of acoustic Hot Tuna.

With that preamble, I present an interview I did with bassist Jack Casady a few days ago. Electric Hot Tuna will be at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester tonight, and at the Great South Bay Music Festival in Patchogue on Sunday.

Playlist, July 5, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One   
Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly; Never Will I Marry; Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly (1993 Capitol)
Ryan Shultz; Hair Dryers; Hair Dryers (2014 Origin)
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet; Shutter Bug; Intercambio (2015 Patois)
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
Steve Johns; So You Say; Family (2015 Strikezone)
Mark Egan; Mountain People; Direction Home (2015 WaveTone)
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian; Take Me Back; Hamburg '72 (2014 ECM)
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian; Life Dance; Hamburg '72 (2014 ECM)
[mic break 11:02 a.m.]


Set Three
Mike Longo; My Ship; Step on It (2014 CAP)
Ella Fitzgerald; What is This Thing Called Love; The Cole Porter Songbook Volume 2 (1984 Verve)
Yelena Eckemoff; Inspiration; A Touch of Radiance (2014)
Dion Parson & 21st Century Band; St. Thomas; St. Thomas (2014 United Jazz International)
Bobby Timmons; Moanin'; Piano Giants Vol. 1 (1975 Prestige)
[mic break 11:31 a.m.]

Set Four
Barney McClure; Spot; Show Me! (2015 OA2)
Jon Gillock & Kathleen Bride; Louie L. White: Fugue (Suite for Harp & Ogan); Organ and Harp (1996 Milan)
Albert King; Gonna Make it Somehow; A Truckload of Lovin': The Best Of (1999 Snapper)
Hot Tuna; Serpent of Dreams; America's Choice (1975 Grunt)
Chris Washburne  & the Syotos Band; Manic Depression; Low Ridin' (2015 Zoho)
[mic break 12:00 noon]

Set Five
Chris Washburne  & the Syotos Band; Manic Depression; Low Ridin' (2015 Zoho)
Koinonia; Making Room; Frontline (1986 MCA)
Charlie Parker; Cheryl; Bird at the Roost: The Savoy Years (1986 Savoy)
Charlie Parker; Slow Boat to China; Bird at the Roost: The Savoy Years (1986 Savoy)
Charlie Parker; Chasin' the Bird; Bird at the Roost: The Savoy Years (1986 Savoy)
[mic break 12:33 p.m.]

Set Six
The Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra; Doodlin'; Joyful Noise: The Music of Horace Silver (2014 Soulpatch Miusic)
Chris Potter; Imaginary Cities 4 Rebuilding; Underground Orchestra (2015 ECM)
Ray Brown Trio; Just You, Just Me; Some of my Best Friends Are … The Sax Players (1996 Telarc Jazz)
[12:53 PSA Break]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
AUDIO STREAM
Keller Williams; Thin Mint > Unbroken Chain;  KPFA (7/5/2000)
Little Feat; Tennessee Jed; Athletic Club (7/5/2001)
Little Feat; Sample in a Jar; Athletic Club (7/5/2001)
Little Feat; On Your Way Down; Athletic Club (7/5/2001)
Phil Lesh & Friends; Welcome to the Underground; Gathering of the Vibes (7/5/2002)
Phil Lesh & Friends; New Potato Caboose; Gathering of the Vibes (7/5/2002)
Phil Lesh & Friends; Just a Little Light; Gathering of the Vibes (7/5/2002)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, June 28, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Eugenie Jones; It's a Man's Man's Man's World; Come Out Swingin' (2015 Openmic)
Frank Sinatra; I've Got the World on a String; Best of the Best (2011 Capitol)
Mason Razavi/Bennett Roth-Newell; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; After You (2015 FOS Music)
Antoinette Montague; How I Got Over; World Peace in the key of Jazz (2015)
[mic break 10:25 a.m.]

Set Two
The Michael Waldorp Big Band; Munich Musings; Time Within Itself (2015 Origin)
Flying Horse Big Band; Into the Mystic; Into the Mystic (2015 Flying Horse)
Roderigo Bonelli; Bermuda Triangle; Septet Works (2015)
Count Basie; Platterbrains; Basie Boogie (2000 Past Perfect)
[mic break 10:55 a.m.]

Set Three
Count Basie; All of Me; Basie Boogie (2000 Past Perfect)
Eugenie Jones; All of Me; Come Out Swingin' (2015 Openmic)
Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band; Feelin' Alright; Low Ridin' (2015 Zoho)
Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band; Low Rider; Low Ridin' (2015 Zoho)
Michael Kocour; Freedom Jazz Dance; Wherever You Go, There You Are (2015 OA2)
Pat Martino w/Jim Ridl; Naima; Nexus (2015 HighNote)
Pat Metheny; Roofdogs; Unity Band (2012 Nonesuch)
[mic break 11:28 a.m.]

Set Four
Benjamin Lapidus & Kari-B3; Bilongo; Ochosi Blues (2014 Tresero)
Jeremy Pelt; From a Life of the Same Name; Men of Honor (2010 HighNote)
George Freeman/Chico Freeman; Dark Blue; All in the Family (2015 Southport)
Michael Nirenberg; Forró From the South; Retrato/Portrait (2015)
Dave Steen & Jailhouse Tattoo; Soda Pop; Town Full of Secrets (2015 Latersville Music)
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet; Equinox; Intercambio (2015 Patois)
[mic break 12:06 p.m.]

Set Five
Talking Heads; Paper; Fear of Music (1979 Sire)
Talking Heads; Cities; Fear of Music (1979 Sire)
U.K. Thirty Years; U.K. (1978 Polydor)
Van Morrison; Troubadors; Into the Music (1979 Warner)
David Grisman; Naima; David Grisman Quintet '80 (1980 Warner)
The Backwoods Band; Cowboy Girl; Jes' Fine (1980 Rounder)
The Backwoods Band; The Oklahoma Rooster; Jes' Fine (1980 Rounder)
[mic break 12:39 p.m.]

Set Six
Keller Williams w/The Travelin McCourys; Sexual Harassment; Pick (2012 SCI Fidelity)
Ben Harper and Relentless7; Faster Slower Disappear Come Around; Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival (2010 Virgin)
Matt Bunsen and the Burners; I'm Yosemite Sam; Porch Party Volume 1 (2011)
[PSA Break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Bruch Concert: Yes – Tribute to Chris Squire
Yes; The Prophet; Time and a Word (1970 Atlantic)
Yes; Yours is No Disgrace; The Yes Album (1971 Atlantic)
Yes; Sound Chaser; Long Beach, CA (6/23/1975)
Yes; Close to the Edge; Long Beach, CA (6/23/1975)
Yes; A Venture; The Yes Album (1971 Atlantic)
Yes, Heart of the Sunrise; Fragile (1972 Atlantic)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, June 7, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Mark Egan; Mountain People; Direction Home (2015 Wavetone)
Ryan Shultz; Outside Looking In - Still Inside; Hair Dryers (2014 Origin)
Russell Gunn; Gunn Fu; Funn Fu (1997 HighNote)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Two
Quartette Indigo; So What; Afrika! Afrika! (1997 Savant)
Andrew DiRuzza Quintet; Starfish Regeneration; Shapes and Analogies (2015 )
Rebirth Brass Band; You Know You Know; Rebirth of New Orleans (2011 Basin Street)
Jonathan Parker; King of the Hill; Interloper (2014)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band; Evidence; Certain Relationships (2015 Summit)
Gillian Margot; It Could Be Sweet; Black Butterfly (2015 Hipnotic)
Jodie Christian wNorris Turney; Chelsea Bridge; Front Line (1996 Delmark)
Angela Bofill; Under the Moon and Over the Sky; Angie (1978 GRP)
Lou Donaldson; Confirmation; Back Street (1983 Muse)
[mic break 11:32 a.m.]

Set Four
The Gene Harris/Scott Hamilton Quintet; You Are My Sunshine; At Last (1990 Concord Jazz)
Cristina Morrison; The Sky is in Your Eyes; Baronesa (2015 Jazzheads)
Eric Kloss; Sweatin' It; Doors (1983 Muse)
Dianne Reeves; Tomorrow Never Knows; Strawberry Fields (comp.) (1996 Blue Note)
[mic break 11:59 A.M.]

Set Five
Richie Cole; Irish Folk Song; Some Things Speak for Themselves (1983 Muse)
Leon Redbone; When You Wish Upon a Star; From Branch to Branch (1981 Emerald City)
Ella Fitzgerald; Let's Call the Whole Thing Off; Oh, Lady, Be Good!: Best of the Gershwin Songbook (1996 Verve)
[mic break 12:23 p.m.]

Set Six
The Mamas & The Papas; I Call Your Name; Monterey International Pop Festival (1971 ABC/Dunhill)
Grateful Dead; China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider; Springfield Civic Center (6/30/74)
Bob Dylan; Visions of Johanna; Live 1966 (1998 Columbia Legacy)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
Porter Batiste Stoltz; Like a Rolling Stone; Wakarusa Festival (6/7/2008)
Porter Batiste Stoltz; Not Fade Away > Little Liza Jane; Wakarusa Festival (6/7/2008)
Porter Batiste Stoltz; Funkin'; Wakarusa Festival (6/7/2008)
Jeff Coffin Mu'tet; Move Your Rug; Smilefest, Union Grove, NC (6/720/2002)
moe.; Faker; Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJ (6/7/2003)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, May 31, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Frankye Kelly; You Send Me; Swingin' Blue (2013 LifeForce Jazz)
The String Cheese Incident; Lonsesome Fiddle Blues;  One the Road 10/28/02 (2002 SCI)
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Jack Cooper; Mists: Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra (2014 Planet Arts)
The Bad Plus; Sacrificial Dance; The Rite of Spring (2014 Masterworks)
Zheng Jun Mian & Li jong; Hong Niang Hui Zhang Sheng; The Rought Guide to the Music of China (2003 World Music Network)
Elek Bacsik; I Can't Get Started; I Love You (1974 Bob Thile Music)
John Lee Hooker; Money (That's What I Want); The Rough Guide to Chicago Blues (20003 World Music Network)
[mic break 10:53 a.m.]

Set Three
Rachel Faro; Smooth Sailing; Refugees (1974 RCA)
Electric Flag; Make Your Move; The Band Kept Playing (1974 Atlantic)
Tiempo Libre; Manta Que Te Quedas; Panamericano (2051 Universal Music Classics)
Gillian Margot; Black Butterfly; Black Butterfly (2015 Hipnotic)
Steve Gadd; Elegant Squares; 70 Strong (2015 BFM JazZ)
[mic break 11:25 a.m.]

Set Four
David Bromberg; Demon in Disguise; Demon in Disguise (1972 Columbia)
Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston; Whoopie-Tyi-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies; Cowboy Songs on Folkways (1991 Smithsonian Folkways)
Dry Branch Fire Squad; Rain and Snow; Long Journey (1991 Rounder)
Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer; Full Moon Boogie; Like Children (1974 Nemperor)
Weather Report; Black Market; 8:30 (1979 Columbia)
[mic break 11:52 a.m.]

Playlist, May 24, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Frankye Kelly; Secret Love; Swingin' Blue (2015 Lifeforce Jazz)
Steve Gadd; Foam Home; 70 Strong (2015 BFM Jazz)
Lorin Cohen; Anthem; Home (2015 Origin)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Two
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet; Discipline Discovers a World of Mallets; In a World of Mallets (2013 Basin Street)
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet; Blues Can Be Abstract, Too; In a World of Mallets (2013 Basin Street)
Richard Galliano; The Island; Sentimentale (2014 Resonance)
Polly Gibbons; I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before; Many Faces of Love (2014 Resonance)
Mark Minchello; Slow Hot Wind; Trinomial (2014 SteepleChase)
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson; Travelin'; Blues, Boogie & Bebop (2007 JSP)
[mic break 11:04 a.m.]

Set Three
Larry Coryell; River Crossing; Heavy Feel (2015 Wide Hive)
Larry Coryell; Sharing Air; Heavy Feel (2015 Wide Hive)
George Russell; War Gewessen; Sextet In K.C. (1961 Decca)
Leo Smith; Spirit Catcher; Spirit Catcher (1979 Nessa)
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith; Tatu/Agharta Funk; Yo Miles! Upriver (2005 Cuneiform)
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith; Tatu/Agharta Funk; Yo Miles! Upriver (2005 Cuneiform)
Fred Frith/Henry Kaiser; … But Does it Swing?; With Friends Like These (1979 Metalanguage)
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet; Discipline Gets Lost in a World of Mallets; In a World of Mallets (2013 Basin Street)
[mic break 11:54 p.m.]

Set Four
Lionel Hampton; Flying Home; Live in Emmen/Holland (1979 Muse)
Talking Heads; The Big Country; More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978 Sire)
John Abercrombie Quartet; Blue Wolf; Abercrombie Quartet (1980 ECM)
Charlie Parker; Honeysuckle Rose; A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 (2003 JSP)
The Susan Krebs Chamber Band; Simple Gifts; Simple Gifts (2014 GreenGig Music)
[mic break 12:30 p.m.]

Set Five
Charlie Parker; Lady Be Good; A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 (2003 JSP)
Charlie Parker; Quasimodo; A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 (2003 JSP)
Mingus Dynasty; The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines; Chair in the Sky (1979 Elektra)
Tierney Sutton; The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines; After Blue (2013 BFM Jazz0
[mic break 12:53 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: The Bridgeport Back Country Jazz Ensemble

Playlist, May 17, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Naz; If I Should Lose You; Time After (2015)
Cyrus Chestnut; Hello; A Million Colors in Your Mind (2015 HighNote)
Chris Cortez; That's the Way of the World; Top Secret (2015 Blue Bamboo)
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
Jeremy Pelt; Only; The Talented Mr. Pelt (2011 HighNote)
Minas; Only the Moon and the Stars; Symphony in Bossa (2015 Blueazul)
Eugenie Jones; I'm Alright/Samba Ending; Come out Swingin' (2015 Openmic)
[mic break 10:54 a.m.]

Set Three
Motor City Jazz Octet; Go Go; Beyond Words (2015 Empire Venture Group)
Peter Oprisko; Knock Me a Kiss; Lost in a Kiss (2015 Retropolis)
J.B. Hutto & his Hawks; Hip Shakin'; Hawk Squat (2015 Delmark)
Mark Minchello; Rivers; Trinomial (2014 SteepleChase)
Joey DeFrancesco; Mack the Knife; The Champ (1999 HighNote)
Fats Waller; Frankie and Johnny; Fine Arabian Stuff (2000 HighNote)
Pinetop Perkins; Kidney Stew; On Top (1992 Deluge)
[mic break 11:26 a.m.]

Set Four
Bessie Smith; Standin' in the Rain; Vol. 2 Empress of the Blues (2007 JSP)
Frankye Kelly; Next Time You See Me; Swingin' Blue (2013 LifeForcejazz)
The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet; Right Turn on Blue (1994 Telarc)
The Dan Brubeck Quartet; Blue Rondo a la Turk; Live from the Cellar (2015 Blue Forest Records)
[mic break 11:56 a.m.]

Set Five
Steve Gadd; Freedom Jazz Dance; 70 Strong (2015 BFM Jazz)
Pieces of a Dream; Bassik Instinct; Goodbye Manhattan (1995 Blue Note Contemporary)
Tori Amos; Indian Summer; Welcome to Sunny Florida (2004 Sword and Stone)
Mason Porter; A Woman Like You; Key to the Skyway (2015)
The Susan Krebs Chamber Band; Falling Grace; Simple Gifts (2015 GreenGig Music)
Yotam Haber; On Leaving Brooklyn; Torus (2015 Roven)
Gov't Mule; Painted Silver Light; Gov't Mule (1995 Relativity)
Gregg Allman; Little By Little; Low Country Blues (2011 Rounder)
Lightnin' Hopkins; Tap Dance Boogie; Hello Central: The Best of (2004 Columbia Legacy)
Boris Garcia; Song Dog; Today We Sail (2011 Porchwerk Music)
[mic break 12:53 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong; Landing > Moonwalk; Aces, Johnstown, PA (5/17/2014)
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong; Also Sprach Zarathustra >Shakedown Street; Aces, Johnstown, PA (5/17/2014)
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong; Also Sprach Zarathustra; Aces, Johnstown, PA (5/17/2014)
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong; Julia; Aces, Johnstown, PA (5/17/2014)
Marks Brothers; Copperhead Road; Austrian Donau Club, New Britain, CT (5/16/2014)
Marks Brothers; Season of the Witch; Austrian Donau Club, New Britain, CT (5/16/2014)
Derek Trucks Band; Mr. PC; Vareity Playhouse, Atlanta, GA (5/17/1996)
Derek Trucks Band; Mr. PC; Vareity Playhouse, Atlanta, GA (5/17/1996)
[1:59 p.m.]

Playlist, May 10, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Robert Kennedy; Radio Blues (2015)
Barney McClure; Think Again; Show Me! (2015 OA2)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Joey De Francesco; Oh No Babe; The Champ Round 2 (2000 HighNote)
Bill Heid; That Dirty Thang; Dark Secrets (2000 Savant)
Jack McDuff; Brother Jack; The Prestige Years (2004 Prestige)
Brother Jack McDuff; The Age of Aquarius; Tht's the Way I Feel About it (1997 Concord)
Jack McDuff; Jive Samba; The Prestige Years (2004 Prestige)
[mic break 10:59 a.m.]

Set Three
Shirley Scott; It Could Happen to You; Queen of the Organ: Memorial Album (2003 Fantasy)
Shirley Scott; Caravan; Queen of the Organ: Memorial Album (2003 Fantasy)
Jimmy Smith; Mood Indigo; Milestone Profile (2006 Milestone)
Jimmy Smith; C Jam Blues; Milestone Profile (2006 Milestone)
Jimmy Smith; Back at the Chicken Shack; Milestone Profile (2006 Milestone)
[mic break 11:34 a.m.]

Set Four
Terence Blanchard; Let's Get Lost; Let's Get Lost (2001 Sony Classical)
Naz; Taking a Chance on Love; Time After (2015)
Oscar Peñas; Continuum; From Now On (2011 BJU records)
The Susan Krebs Chamber Band; Simple Gifts; Simple Gifts (2014 GreenGig Music)
Rudresh Mahanthappa; F; Gamak (2013 ACT Music)
McCoy Tyner; The Greeting; Milestone Profiles (2006 Milestone)
[mic break 12:13 p.m.]

Set Five
Grateful Dead; Never Trust a Woman; Dozin' at the Knick (1996 GDP)
Jerry Garcia Band; Cats Under the Stars; Hartford, CT (9/5/1989)
Dave Stryker; Don't Mess with Mister T; Messin' with Mister T (2015 Strikezone)
[mic break 12:42 p.m.]

Set Six
Mothers of Invention; Hungry Freaks, Daddy; Freak Out! (1967 Verve)
Mothers of Invention; Ain't Got No Heart, Daddy; Freak Out! (1967 Verve)
Mothers of Invention; Who are the Brain Police?; Freak Out! (1967 Verve)
[PSA break 12:54 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: This Week in Jam Band History
Grateful Dead; Paging Dr. Beechwood; Chicago Auditorium Theatre (5/13/77)
Grateful Dead; The Music Never Stopped; Chicago Auditorium Theatre (5/13/77)
Grateful Dead; Eyes of the World; Boston Garden (5/7/77)
Grateful Dead; The Wheel; Boston Garden (5/7/77)
Grateful Dead; Help on the Way > Slipknot!; Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (5/9/77)
Grateful Dead; Uncle John's Band; St. Paul Civic Center  (5/11/77)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, May 3, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
David Chesky/Jazz in the New Harmonic;' Quiet Desperation; Primal Scream (2015 Chesky)
Sarah Partridge; Grace; I Never Thought I'd Be Here (2015 Origin)
Simak Dialog; 5,6; Live at Orion (2014 MoonJune)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Karla Harris; Take Five; Sings the Dave & Iola Brubeck Songbook (2015 Summit)
Burma Orchestra Saing Waing; I Want You; From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (2015 Buda Musique)
Bessie Smith; Wasted Live Blues; Empress of the Blues (2007 JSP)
Sara Leib; Night and Day; Secret Love (2012 OA2)
Chester Thompson Trio; Black Market; Approved (2013 Joyful Noise)
Graveyard Polka; Damn Laser Vampires; The New Brazilian Music (compilation) (2008 BM&A)
[mic break 10:56 a.m.]

Set Three
Joey DeFrancesco; Ode to Angela; Snapshot (2009 HighNote)
Generation Django; Minor Swing; Generation Django (2009 HighNote)
Luke Rodney; The Children's Weatherman; Ta Te, Ta Ta (2015)
Benjamin Lapidus & Kari-B3; Have You Met Miss Jones (2014 Tresero)
[mic break 11:29 a.m.]
Set Four
Barney McClure; Hookin' It; Show Me! (2015 OA2)
Duke Ellington; I'm Checkin' Out Goo'm Bye; Vol 2: The Cotton Club to Sweden (2007 JSP)
Frankye Kelly; Sophisticated Lady; Swingin' Blue (2013 LifeForcejazz)
The Trio of Oz; Angry Chair; The Trio of Oz (2010 Ozmosis)
[mic break 11:56 a.m.]

Set Five
Roxy Coss; I Think So; Roxy Coss (2010)
Dave Kardas Band; Paradox; Fire and Ice (2010)
Janice Friedman Trio; I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free; Live at Kitano (2015 CAP)
Dawan Muhammad; Eronel; Consider the Source (2015)
[mic break 12:29 p.m.]

Set Six
The String Cheese Incident; Peace Train; Trick or Treat (2009 SCI Fidelity)
The String Cheese Incident; Rock the Casbah; Trick or Treat (2009 SCI Fidelity)
Grateful Dead; Terrapin Station; Dozin' at the Knick (1996 Grateful Dead Productions)
Grateful Dead; Mud Love Buddy Jam; Dozin' at the Knick (1996 Grateful Dead Productions)

[PSA break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Tyrone Shoelaces
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, April 19, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Twitter: #radiogolden

Set One

Peter Oprisko; My One and Only Love; Lost in a Kiss (2015 Retropolis)

Polly Gibbons; That's Enough for Me; Many Faces of Love (2014 Resonance)

Bill Evans; I Do it For Your Love; Affinity (1979 Warner Bros)

Pat Martino w/Jim Ridl; Interchange; Nexus (2015 HighNote)

The Great Quartet; Byrdlike; In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1984 Elektra Musician)

[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two

The Frank Walton/Yoron Israel Sextet; Hipssippi Blues (Live in Chicago)

The Dizzy GIllespie Six; Shin-Sham Shimmy on the St. Louis Blues; Dizzy's Party (1977 Pablo)

Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn; Para la Paz; Second Half (2014)

Art Farmer/Jim Hall; A Child is Born; Big Blues (1979 CTI)

Art Tatum; Blue Skies; Piano Grand Master (Proper)

[mic break 11:11 a.m.]

Set Three

Sonny Rollins There's No Business Like Show Business; Taking Care of Business (1978 Prestige)

The Woody Herman Band;  Aja; Chick, Donald, Water & Woodrow (1978 Century)

Sarah Vaughan; My Old Flame; How Long Has This Been Going On (1978 Pablo)

Dahi Divine; The Element; The Element (2014)

Tierney Sutton; April in Paris/Free Man in Paris; After Blue (2013 BFM Jazz)

[mic break 11:40 a.m.]

Set Four

Rodney Franklin; Spanish Flight; In the Center (1978 Columbia)

Tedeschi Trucks Band; Do I Look Worried; Made Up Mind (2013 Sony Masterworks)

Al Kooper; Baby Please Don't Go; Easy Does It (1970 Columbia)

[mic break 12:15 p.m.]

Set Five

Grateful Dead; Truckin'; Hundred Year Hall (1995 Grateful Dead Productions)

Paulhino da Costa; Ritmo Number One; Agora (1977 Pablo)

Tedeschi Trucks Band; Angel from Montgomery/Sugaree; Sunshine Festival (2013)

Hendrik Meurkens/Gabriel Espinosa; Frenzelosa (Choro No. 2); Celebrando (2012 Zoho)

[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Hubinger St.

[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, April 12, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Chris Cortez; That's the Way of the World; Top Secret (2014 Blue Bamboo)
George Cables; Up Jumped Spring; Morning Song (2008 HighNote)
Cassandra Wilson; Don't Explain; Coming Forth by Day (2015 Ojah)
Jazz in the New Harmonic; Isolation; Primal Scream (2014 Chesky)
The Michael Waldrop Big Band; Tunnell Vision; Time Within Itself (2015 Origin)
[mic break 10:48 a.m.]

Set Two
Mark Egan; After Math; Direction Home (2015 Wavetone)
Trio Shalva; Eleanor Rigby; Breeza (2014)
Antoinette Montague; Imagine; World Peace in the Key of Jazz (2015)
Lucas Pino; Three Old Men from the Land of Aran; No Net Nonet (2015 Origin)
Yuko Ito; Mas Que Nada; O Cantador (2014 Funny Baby Face)
Simak Dialog; 5,6; Live at Orion (2015 MoonJune)
[mic break 11:29 a.m.]

Set Three
Robben Ford; High Heels and Throwing Things; Into the Sun (2015 Provogue)
Pat Martino w/Jim Ridl; The Phineas Trane; Nexus (2015 Highnote)
Robert Kennedy Trio; Radio Blues; Big Shoes (2015)
Robert Kennedy Trio; Upper Market; Big Shoes (2015)
[mic break 11:56 A.M.]

Set Four
The Ted Howe Jazz Orchestra; Suite #1 for Jazz Orchestra; Pinnacle (2014 Hot Shoe)
[mic break 12:17 p.m.]

Set Five
Joni Mitchell; God Must Be a Boogie Man; Mingus (1979 Asylum)
Eddie Henderson; Amoroso; Mahal (1978 Capitol)
Nilson Matta; Sertao; EastSideRioDrive (2015 World Blue)
Pat Metheny; Sea Song; Watercolors (1977 ECM)
The H2 Big Band; You Go to My Head; It Could Happen (2015 Origin)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
The Z3; The Black Page #2; Sully's Pub, Hartford, CT (4/12/2012)
The Z3; Happy Together; Sully's Pub, Hartford, CT (4/12/2012)
Ekoostic Hookah; Reciprocity; Annie's, Cincinnati, OH (4/12/2008)
Hobex; Say Yeah; The Pour House, Raleigh, NC (4/12/2003)
Hobex; Overdraft; The Pour House, Raleigh, NC (4/12/2003)
Garaj Mahal; Mondo Garaj; Chester's Place, Fayettefille, AR (4/12/2003)
[2:00 p.m.]

March 29th in Jam Band History

Bonerama; West L.A. Fadeaway; Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY (3/29/2014)
Bonerama; Folly; Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY (3/29/2014)
Dopapod; Bubble Brain; Asheville Music Hall, Asheville, NC (3/29/2013)
Infamous Stringdusters; Walking on the Moon; 930 Club, Washington, D.C. (3/29/2014)
Infamous Stringdusters; Middlefork; 930 Club, Washington, D.C. (3/29/2014)
Percy Hill; Something to Show; Butterfield Dorm UMASS Amherst, Amherst, MA (3/29/1997)
The Big Wu; Oxygen; Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL (3/29/2002)
The Big Wu; Althea; Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL (3/29/2002)

Playlist, March 29, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

And a groovadelic good morning to you!

Set One
Cab Calloway; Miss Otis Regrets; Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 1937-1937 (2003 JSP)
Miles Davis; Improvisation #4 (Keith Jarrett); The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (2005 Columbia Legacy)
Tom Teasley; The Awakening; Painting Time (2007 T&T MUsic)
Karrin Alllyson; Double Rainbow; Imagina (2008 Concord)
Nilson Matta; Verde; EastSideRioDrive (2015 World Blue)
[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Two
Lightnin' Hopkins; Sittin' Down Thinkin'; Lightnin' Special (2007 JSP)
Lightnin' Hopkins; Lightnin's Boogie; Lightnin' Special (2007 JSP)
Junior Wells; Trouble Don't Last; Southside Blues Jam (2014 Delmark)
Tyrone Shoelaces; I've Got My Demons; Never Stand Still (2014)
Esperanza Spalding; Let Her; Radio Music Society  (2012 Heads Up)
[mic break 11:00 a.m.]

Set Three
Pentangle; Let No Man Steal Your Thyme; The Pentangle (1968 Transatlantic)
Pentangle; Bells; The Pentangle (1968 Transatlantic)
Pentangle; Market Song; Sweet Child (1968 Transatlantic)
Pentangle; Three Dances; Sweet Child (1968 Transatlantic)
Pentangle; Springtime Promises; Basket of Light (1969 Transatlantic)
Pentangle; Sally Go Round the Roses; Basket of Light (1969 Transatlantic)
Pentangle; Lady of Carlisle; Solomon's Seal (1972 Reprise)
John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman; Catwalk; The Three Kingdoms (1986 Shanachie)
John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman; Cherry; The Three Kingdoms (1986 Shanachie)
[mic break 11:42 a.m.]

Set Four
Bela Fleck; Deviation; Places (1987 Rounder)
Chris Cortez; The Man I Love; Top Secret (Blue Bamboo)
John Stowell/Michael Zilber; Cookie Monster Blue; Live Beauty (2015 Origin)
Lucas Pino; Bankenstein; No Net Nonet (2015 Origtin)
[mic break 12:14 p.m.]

Set Five
Nicholas Payton; Two; Numbers (2014 Paytone)
Mary Lou Williams; Taurus; Zodiac Suite (1995 Smithsonian/Folkways)
Mary Lou Williams; Geminii; Zodiac Suite (1995 Smithsonian/Folkways)
Umphrey's McGee; Conduit; Hall of Fame: Class of 2010 (2011 Hanging Brains)
Dave Bass; Just a Fool; NYC Sessions (2015 Whaling City Sound)
Sarah Partridge; I Never Thought I'd be Here; I Never Thought I'd be Here (2015 Origin)
[mic break 12:51 p.m.]

Playlist, March 22, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
The String Cheese Incident; Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite; Trick or Treat (2009 SCI Fidelity)
Frank Zappa; For Giuseppe Franco; Trance-Fusion (2006 Zaopa)
Randy Brecker w/the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble; Infant Eyes; Dearborn Station (2015 Jazzed Media)
The H2 Big Band; It Could Happen to You; It Could Happen (2015 Origin)
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Brian Pareschi & the BP Express; Double Down; Brian Pareschi & the BP Express (2014)
Cynthia Felton; Dearly Beloved; Save Your Love for Me (2014 Felton Entertainment)
Charles McPherson; I Should Care; The Journey (2015 Capri)
Quartet; I Love You; Live at the Deer Head Inn (2014 (Deer Head)
[mic break 11:00 a.m.]

Set Three
Sarah Partridge; Runaway Train; I Never thought I'd be Here (2015 Origin)
Barbara Morrison; Black Eyed Blues; I Love You, Yes I Do (2014 Savant)
Robert Kennedy Trio; Long Strides; Big Shoes (2015)
Javier Vercher; Style & Grace; Wish You Were Here (2014 Musikoz)
Louis Armstrong; Mahogany Hall Stomp; Hot Fives & Sevens Volume 4 (2000 JSP)
[mic break 11:31 a.m.]

Set Four
Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra; Audacity; What Did You Dream? (2010 OA2)
Randy Brecker w/the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble; On Green Dolphin Street; Dearborn Station (2015 Jazzed Media)
Freddie Cole; I'll Never be the Same; Music Maestro Please (2007 HighNote)
KJ Denhert; Over the Rainbow; Lucky 7 (2007 Motéma)
Gretchen Parlato; Butterfly; In a Dream (2009 ObliqSound)
Gary Wofsey & his Jazz Orchestra; Perpetual Change; In Stereo (2000 Ambi)
[mic break 12:11 p.m.]

Set Five
Drew Holcombe & the Neighbors; Avalanche; Medicine (20014 Magnolia Music)
La Lucha; Can't Stand Losing You; Standards, Not-Standards (2014 Blue Line)
Charles Earland; More Today Than Yesterday; The Almighty Burner (2000 32 Jazz)
[mic break 12:37 p.m.]

Set Six
Howlin' Wolf; Come Back Home; Cadillac Daddy: Memphis Recordings 1952 (1989 Rounder)
The Five Sharps; Stormy Weather; Vocal Groups: Classic Doo-Wop Remastered (2006 JSP)
Polly Gibbons; Since I Fell For You; Many Faces of Love (2014 Resonance)
Jorma Kaukonen; When There's Two, There's Trouble; Ain't In No Hurry (2015 Red House)
[mic break 12:54 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Steely Dan, 1993-09-01 Riverport Ampitheatre, St. Louis, MO
Royal Scam/Bad Sneakers/Aja
Green Earrings
Bodhisattva
I.G.Y.
Chain Lightning
Green Flower Street
Home At Last
Black Friday
Countermoon
Teahouse on the Tracks
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, March 8, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Mark Pompe; The Music Goes Round and Round; Monk's Dream (2014)
Lucas Pino; The Fox; No Net Nonet (2015 Origin)
Jeremy Pelt; Glass Bead Games; Tales, Musings and other Reveries (2015 HighNote)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Nilson Matta; Blue in Green; EastSideRioDrive; (2015 World Blue)
Yuko Ito; Mas Que Nada; O Cantador (2014 Funny Baby Face)
La Lucha; Never Can Say Goodbye; Standards, Not-Standards (2014 Blue Line Music)
The Frank Walton/Yoron Israel Sextet; Consuence; Live in Chicago (2014 Han-Walproductions)
[mic break 10:56 a.m.]

Set Three
Chris Cortez; Simone; Top Secret (2014 Blue Bamboo)
Cynthia Felton; Never Will I Marry; Save Your Love for Me (2014 Felton Entertainment)
Dave Bass; The Sixties; NYC Sessions (2015 Whaling City Sound)
Dawan Muhammad/Billy Higgins Sextet; Life Force; Smoke Signal (2003 LifeForce Jazz)
[mic break 11:25 a.m.]

Set Four
Karla Haris; Take Five; Sings the Dave & Iola Brubeck Songbook (2014 Summit)
Dinah Washington; After You've Gone; Original Queen of Soul (2014 Fantastic Voyage)
Grateful Dead; Easy Wind; Three from the Vault (2007 Rhino)\
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King; Don't Want to be Alone; Fat Man's Shine Parlor (2015 Blind Pig)
Frank Zappa; Brown Shoes Don't Make It; Paris (02/24/1979)
Frank Zappa; Chunga's Revemge; Trance-Fusion (2006 Zappa)
[mic break 12:57 p.m.]

Interview with Beau Sasser & Bill Carbone of The Z3
The Z3; Flower Punk; Live at Zappanale (2014)
Pink Talking Fish; I Zimbra; Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs, NY (2/20/2015)
Pink Talking Fish; 2001; Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs, NY (2/20/2015)
Pink Talking Fish; Breathe; Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs, NY (2/20/2015)
[PSA break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: The Alehounds
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, March 1, 2015

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Jaco Pastorius; Chromatic Fantasy; Word of Mouth (1981 Warner Bros)
Jaco Pastorius; Blackbird; Word of Mouth (1981 Warner Bros)
Jaco Pastorius; Word of Mouth; Word of Mouth (1981 Warner Bros)
Billy Cobham; Alfa Waves; The Traveler (1994 Evidence)
Abbey Lincoln; I'm in Love; You Gotta Pay the Band (1994 Gitanes Jazz)
[mic break 11:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Karla Harris; In Your Own Sweet Way; Sings the Dave & Iola Brubeck Songbook (2014 Summit)
Paquito d'Rivera; Waltz for Moe; Paquito Blowin' (1981 Columbia)
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra; Russian Lullaby; Wrappin' it Up: The Harry James Years Part 2 (1995 Bluebird)
Eugene Uman's Convergence Project; Cumbia-tón; 6 Elements (2014 You Man Music)
[mic break 11:55 a.m.]

Set Three
The H2 Big Band; Black Lace Freudian Slip; It Could Happen (2015 Origin)
Duke Ellington; Fancy Dan; The World of Duke Ellington Volume 2 (1975 Columbia)
Al Kooper; The 59th Street Bridge Song; Unclaimed Freight (1975 Columbia)
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells; Driving Wheel; Live in Montreux (1992 Evidence)
Grateful Dead; Smokestack Lightnin'; Three from the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Nat Adderly; Sun Dance; Introducing Nat Adderly 1955 (1975 Trip)
[mic break 12:33 p.m.]

Set Four
Brinsley Schwarz; Merry Go Round; Silver Pistol (1972 UA)
Dave Edmunds; I'm a Lover Not a Fighter; Rockpile (1972 MAM)
John Prine; The Sins of Mephisto; The Missing Years (1991 Oh Boy)
Genesis; Watcher of the Skies; Foxtrot (1972 Buddah)
[mic break 12:58 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Made in Bridgeport
Shwizz; unknown title; BRYAC, Bridgeport, CT (11/14/2014)
The Z3; A Pound for a Brown; BRYAC, Bridgeport, CT (11/19/2014)
The Z3; Willie the Pimp; BRYAC, Bridgeport, CT (11/19/2014)
The Z3; Zombie Woof; BRYAC, Bridgeport, CT (11/19/2014)
BRYAC Funk All Stars; unknown title; BRYAC, Bridgeport, CT (7/30/2014)
BRYAC Funk All Stars w/Ryan Montbleau; I Wish; BRYAC, Bridgeport, CT (7/30/2014)
BRYAC Funk All Stars w/Ryan Montbleau; Ain't No Sunshine; BRYAC, Bridgeport, CT (7/30/2014)
[2:00 p.m.]

My thoughts on WWE FastLane

Last night's show was the set-up for Wrestlemania Next month. Feuds were solidified, matches confirmed, and the table set for the biggest show of the year. In some ways, WWE succeeded; in others they disappointed.

Ziggler, Ryback, and Rowan vs. Rollins, Kane, and Big Show
The big news was Randy Orton running in to make the save during the post-match heel mayhem. Ziggler & co. really deserve better than to be the setup men for the Orton-Rollins feud, as promising as that may be. Ziggler again looked strong in defeat, but those defeats have been coming way to often for such a talented—and over—performer. Rowan is just floundering. He has a new, personalized outfit. Sort of. It's a black jumpsuit with a logo. I can't imagine WWE merchandising will be selling jumpsuits, but you can only sell so many sheep masks, so the Rowan shirts are necessary. Rybacks latest singlet looked awful, like an airbrush experiment gone wrong. The match itself was OK, although the end was predictable. Still, seeing all those RKOs at the end was fun.

Paige vs. Nikki Bella
Why do they even bother?

Usos vs. Cesaro & Kidd
It was about time for the flying Samoans to drop the straps, and it's a pleasant change to see Cesaro and Kidd wearing championship belts. The problem with this match is a by-product of the "Reality Era." Nattie is a face, but she's coming out with the heel team because she's married to Tyson Kidd. Naomi is (sort of) a heel, but she's coming out with the face team because she's married to an Uso. My suspension of disbelieve turns into a headache trying to figure this one out.

Cena vs. Rusev
Now this was an entertaining match, dusty finish and all. I knew that Mr. Never-Give-Up was not going to tap out to the Camel Clutch Accolade. Being the first guy to resist the submission hold and stand up was a great move, and the distraction by Lana was well used by Rusev. The thing is, I've seen Cena take nut-shots in house shows more than once. I'm starting to wonder if he likes them. Cheap stunts aside, the monster kick to the head insured that he wasn't going to tap out in the Accolade even though he lost by submission. The finish ensures that this feud will continue to WrestleMania.

Ambrose vs. Bad News Barrett
Only the Lunatic Fringe could get himself disqualified and still leave the ring with the belt. BNB's cowardly heel tactics might serve to set up a steel cage or lumberjack match for WrestleMania.

Takeaway
Daniel Bryan needs a role and a rival for WrestleMania. The rumored match with Ziggler would be excellent if WWE can set up a face vs. face feud. With RKO back on the scene, it may be time for Bryan or Ziggler to have a heel turn. The only question mark is Seamus. Does he return a hero or join with the Authority? I think we'll be finding out tonight RAW.