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Sarah Blacker at FTC Sunday night

Sarah Blacker, who recently graced our air with a set of music, will open for Jason Isbell of Drive By Truckers on Sunday night.

Date:	Sunday, February 28, 2010
Time:	7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:	Fairfield Theatre Company/Stage One
Street:	70 Sanford St
City/Town:	Fairfield, CT

Event information

John Kadlecik sits in with Reckoning

Reckoning's Mike Katzman, left, and John Kadlecik

Erstwhile Dark Star Orchestra guitarist John Kadlecik was called up to the majors and is touring with Furthur, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh's latest band. After last night's show, the faithful converged at Sullivan Hall for an after party with Reckoning. The Long Island stalwarts were surprised when John K. showed up and sat in for some tunes.

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Playlist, February 21, 2010

Archive audio: (the whole show)


Set One
John Moulder; Bifröst; Bifröst (2009 Origin)
Saltman Knowles; Theme in Search of a Movie; Yesterday's Man (2010 Pacific Coast Jazz)
[mic break 10:19 a.m.]

Set Two
Ahmad Jamal; A Quiet Time; A Quiet Time (2009 Dreyfus Jazz)
Marc Pompe; Shiny Stockings; Hi-Fly (2009 Marc Pompe)
Kenny MacKenzie Trio; Closer to the Day; Closer to the Day (2007 Kenny MacKenzie)
Art Blaky It's You or No One; The Jazz Messengers (1997 Columbia)
Pamela Luss; Ain't No Sunshine; Sweet & Saxy (2009 Savant)
Wesla Whitfield; My Ship; September Songs (2003 HighNote)
Miles Davis; There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York; Porgy and Bess (1997 Columbia Legacy)
[mic break 10:57 a.m.]

Interview with John Ellis

Set Three
John Ellis & Double-Wide; Dubinland Carnival Puppet Mischief (2010 ObliqSound)
Jimmy Smith; Laying Low; The Cat Strikes Again (2009 Inner City)
Dana Hall; I Have a Dream; Into the Light (2009 Origin)
John Hicks; All Of You; I Remember You (2009 HighNote)
[mic break 11:32 a.m.]

Set Four
Cedar Walton; Naima; Voices Deep Within (2009 HighNote)
Cedar Walton; No Moe; Voices Deep Within (2009 HighNote)
Fats Waller; Love, I'd Give My Live for You; The Complete Recorded Works Vol. 5 (2008 JSP)
Christopher Lehman; The Party Grind; Popjazzic (2009 Christopher Lehman)
11:55 a.m. Mandatory PSAs & Promos
Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band; Goodbye Mr. Schulz; Bright Future (2010 OA2)
[mic break 12:04 p.m.]

Set Five
Preston Reed; Playing by Ear; Playing by Ear (1984 Flying Fish)
Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass; There's No You; Speak Love (1983 Pablo)
Charlie Hunter; High pockets and  a Fanny Pack; Gentlemen... (2010 Spire Artist)
Norman Savitt; Waterfall; Norman Savitt and Friends (2009 Balkan Samba)
George Cotsirilos Trio; Past Present; Past Present (OA2)
GRProject; Ging Gong; Sculptures in Time (2009 WUC)
Cecil Brooks III; Penn Relays; Hot Dog (2009 Savant)
[mic break 12:43 p.m.]

1:00 p.m. Glenn Roth on the Sunday Brunch Conert

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New Discovery Channel series: Headliest Catch

A look deep inside the most dangerous trade in America: Vending nitrous.

[cuts to a scene of a greasebag pounding a frozen tank against the pavement]
"so uhh basically when they freeze up... you gotta get em flowin' again. [looks around nervously] the trick is, man... you gotta... dislodge the ice... while at the same time... [looks around nervously again] not drawing too much attention... [looks over his shoulder] to yourself... or they'll confiscate your tanks... [looks around again, this time spotting someone walking towards him in a collared shirt.] SHIT! SIX UP! SIX UP! [takes off running.]"

[pans over to two dudes fist fighting near a tank]
Mike Rowe Narrates: "9 miles from the center of philly. Here, two rival gas dealers are trying to catch the same phish in the same location. Gas vending is very territorial. Each crew has their honey holes, these honey holes have been passed down on charts and road maps through generations of vendors. It's times like these, when someone's in another crew's spot, that things get ugly."

Hat tip: Polarity Brody

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Glenn Roth live on the Sunday Brunch Concert

Influenced both by talented fingerstyle artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, Michael Hedges, and Preston Reid and the bombast and melodicism of bands like Tool and 311, Glenn has developed a style of solo acoustic guitar playing that’s uniquely his own: aggressive, emotional, vibrant, melodic, in turn and often within the same song. Anyone who has marveled at Glenn’s brilliant acoustic interpretation of Iron Maiden’s Run to the Hills, a YouTube hit and a tribute to those early days of air-guitar, can attest to Glenn’s imaginative and virtuosic guitar playing.

Join us in the intimate setting of our broadcast studio for what promises to be a wonderful set of music.

Space is limited. For reservations & directions, call 203-331-9756.

Playlist, February 14, 2010

Archive audio: (the whole show)


Set One
Frank Zappa; Chunga's Revenge; Trance Fusion (2006 Zappa)
The Persuations; My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama; Frankly A Cappella (2000 EarthBeat)
Monica Ramey; You're the Top; Make Someone Happy (2010 Cognito Music)
Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band; For My Beloved; Bright Future (2010 OA2)
John Moulder; Magical Space; Bifröst (2009 Origin)
Gail Pettis; I Could Have Danced All Night; Here in the Moment (2010 OA2)
[mic break 10:39 a.m.]

Set Two
John Ellis & Double-Wide; Okra & Tomatoes; Puppet Mischief (2010 ObliqSound)
Bill Heid; Little Langley; Dark Secrets (2000 Savant)
Frank Vignola; Douce Ambiance; 100 Years of Django (2010 Azica)
David Berkman Quartet; Along Came Betty; Live at Smoke (2009 Challenge)
[mic break 11:15 a.m.]

Set Three
Miles Davis; Boplicity; Birth of the Cool (1989 Capitol)
Miles Davis; Buzzard Song; Porgy and Bess (1997 Sony)
Cyrus Chestnut; Lean On Me; Spirit (2009 Jazz Legacy)
Saltman Knowles; Shesh; Yesterday's Man (2010 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Kristine Mills; Burden of Choice; Bossanovafied (2009 Kristine Mills Music)
Orrin Evans; Don't Call Me Wally; Faith in Action (2010 Posi-Tone)
Bob Sneider & Paul Hofmann; Warm Welcome; Serve and Volley (2010 Origin)
Frank Vignola; Sounds of Silence; Looking Up (2009)
Great Ceasar's Ghost; Les Brers in A Minor; First There is a Mountain (2009 greatcg.com)
[mic break 12:07 p.m.]

Set Four
Ahmad Jamal; Hi Fly; A Quiet Time (2009 Dreyfus Jazz)
Playdate; Remember the Goldfish; Playdate (2009 Posi-Tone)
Pat Metheny; Orchestrion; Orchestrian (2010 Nonesuch)
[mic break 12:41 p.m.]

Set Five
Thomas Lorenzo Quartet; Blue Secrets; Spanish Breeze (2009 Barcelona Music)
Swamp Cabbage; Feedbag; Squeal (2008 Zoho)
Tom Waits; Falling Down; Glitter and Doom Live (2009 Anti-)
Larry Kucharz; Pastel 9515; Pastels (2009 International Audiochrome)
Karsh Kale; Milan; Liberation (2003 Six Degrees)
Talvin Singh; Sutrix; OK (1998 Island)
Grateful Dead; Playing in the Band; Three From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Grateful Dead; That's It for the Other One; Three From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Grateful Dead; Wharf Rat; Three From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
[mic break 1:47 p.m.]

Set Six
David Berger Jazz Orchestra; Me And You; Sing me a Love Song (2009 Such Sweet Thunder)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]


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Playlist, February 7, 2010

Live video streaming on U-Stream http://ustre.am/4elj

Set One
RG Royal Sound Orchestra; Hotel California; Impact (2009 RG)
Edward Ratliff; March for a Lost Cause; Those Moments Before (2009 Strudelmedia)
U.O. Project; Red Chair; It's Time for U (usojazzy.com)
David Berkman Quartet; Weird Knack; Live at Smoke (2009 Challenge)
Hadley Caliman; Cigar Eddie; Straight Ahead (2010 Origin)
[mic break 10:39 a.m.]

Set Two
Amanda Carr; How Am I to Know; Common Thread (2009 OMS)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Mom and Dad/Oh No; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Julian Yeo; Whatever Lola Wants; Deep Purple Dreams (2010 Yeomo Productions)
The Jay D'Amico Trio; Ballata; Nocturne (2009 CAP)
Q'd Up; Sketches of Trane; Quintessence (2009 Jazz Hang)
Dana Hall; Tin Soldier; Into the Light (2009 Origin)
[mic break 11:23 a.m.]

Set Three
The Zeke Martin Project; Teen Town; U4RIA (2009 Zeke Martin)
Mort Weiss; Tea for Two; Raising the Bar (2009 SMS Jazz)
Roberta Donnay; Put It Where You Want It; What's Your Story (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
GRProject; Seul B; Sculptures in Time (2009 WUC)
Fried Fried and Core; Sadie; Core 3.0 (2010 Ballet Tree)
Lady K and the Kings of Swing; Every Day I Have the Blues; Live at Blackhawk (2009 Kayjazz)
[mic break 12:05 p.m.]

Set Four
Wayne Escoffery; No Sesert; Uptown (2009 Posi-Tone)
Charlie Hunter; Tout Ce Quie Brilule N Pas Or; Gentlemen, I Negelected to Inform You that You will not be getting paid (2010 Spireartists)
Laurie Morvan Band; Nothin' But the Blues; Fire it Up! (2009 Screaming Lizard)
Swamp Cabbage; Delegation; Squeal (2008 Zoho)
Jimmy Herring; New Moon; Lifeboat (2008 Abstract Logix)
Robert Lusson & The Social Beat; Egalitarian Cafe; Loveland (2009)
[mic break 12:39 p.m.]

Set Five
Ben Sidran; Tangled Up In Blue; Dylan Different (2009 Bonsai)
Keith Price; Zoom Zoom (part three); Breakfast of Champions (2009 keithprice.ca)
Christopher Lehman; Midnight Breeze; Popjazzic (2009 Christopher Pehman(
JJ Grey & Mofro; WYLF; Orange Blossoms (2008 ALCD)
[mic break 12:59 p.m.]


Sarah Blacker on the Sunday Brunch Concert

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Sarah Blacker live in our studio this Sunday Brunch Concert

Sarah Blacker will make you dance a jig in the street, while she stomps, claps, and cheers you on! She’ll get a kick out of the way the music moves you, and will be equally as moved. She’ll even make your toughest bassist cry with the amount of passion she pours into each musical note she produces. She’ll treat you like an old friend before a show and stop you dead in your tracks once she starts to sing.

Join us in the intimate setting of our broadcast studio for what promises to be a wonderful set of music.

Space is limited. For reservations & directions, call 203-331-9756.

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