Dr. Albert Hoffman, 1906-2008

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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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Lamest. Reunion. Ever.

My high school class was pretty lame, and as far as I know, never got it together to have a reunion. The school itself is long-defunct. I just got an e-vite for our 30th anniversary reunion. The same pattern from high school is holding.

• '76 - a very cool class, people I looked up to, and their 30th reunion sounded really cool with a more formal evening and a picnic the next day. Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn got a lot of mileage blogging her reunion planning, the actual event, and aftermath. Of course, OTBKB is a very engaging writer and it was a fun read, especially since I knew her classmates.
• '77 - not quite as cool as '77 but still cool, and their 30th reunion was an evening in someone's apartment
• '78 - lame, and the reunion is going to be in the afternoon in the same building that housed our former school. Sounds absolutely craptastic.

I am blessed with my daughters' gymnastics show that afternoon, and have a handy excuse to avoid this event. Maybe I can sit in my basement office, flip through my yearbook, and read OTBKB again. At some point my flashback will be interruped by one of my kids showing me his or her latest creation in GarageBand or iMovie.

I grew up. My kids are growing up. It's good to be alive. End of story.

Playlist, April 6, 2008

Set One
Pat Metheny Group; James; Offramp (1981 ECM)
Pat Metheny Group; Eighteen; Offramp (1981 ECM)
Bryant Doherty Band; Zigurat; Rigamarole (2008 Origin)
[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

Set Two
Hadley Caliman; Back for More; Gratitude (2008 Origin)
Mike Ellis; Part 13; Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite (2007 Alphapocket)
Sumi Tonooka Trio; The Clinging; Long Ago Today (2008 ARC)
The Gust Spenos Quartet; Looking for Someplace to Be; Swing Theory (2007 Swing Theory)
Lorraine Feather; Traffic and Weather; Language (2008 Jazzed Media)
[mic break 12:04 p.m.]

Set Three
Miles Davis; Improvisation #1>Inamorata; The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (2005 Sony)
Blue Floyd; Money; Begins (2008 Airline)
[mic break 12:45 p.m.]

Set Four
Miles Davis; Directions; The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (2005 Sony)
[mic break 1:12 p.m.]

Set Five
Ron Kaplan; New York New York/Broadway; New York (2008 Kapland)
Unexplained Bacon; Cavernous Wind; Right Off The Bone (2006 Unexplained Bacon)
Jackie Greene; Just As Well; American Myth (2006 Verve)
Punch Brothers; Nothing, Then; Punch (2008 Nonesuch)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem; What's That; Big Old LIfe (2007 Signature Sounds)
[mic break 1:40 p.m.]

Set Six
Frank Sinatra; Come Fly With Me; With Red Norvo Australia 1959 (1997 Blue Note)
Jen Durkin & Equinox; Heart on a Chain; demo
Frank Zappa; Outside Now; Broadway the Hard Way (1988 Barking Pumpkin)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, March 30, 2008

Set One
Johnny Lytle; Moonchild; Moonchild (1992 Muse)
King Crimson; Moonchild; In the Court of the Crimson King (1969 Atlantic)
Kat Parra; Caravan; Birds in Flight (2006 JazzMa)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Jeff Bujak; Hepsira; With A Taste So Sweet (2008 Lizardflag)
Ed Saindon; Tokyo Nights; Depth of Emotion (2007 World Improvised Music)
Kenny MacKenzie Trio; Black and Orange; Closer to the Day (2007 KMT)
Cedar Walton; Underground Memoirs; Underground Memoirs (2005 Highnote)
Joe Locke; Sword of Whispers; Sticks and Strings (2007 Jazz Eyes)
Chico Freeman; Wilpan's Walk; Destiny's Dance (1982 Contemporary)
[mic break 11:18 a.m.]

Set Three
Punch Brothers; The Blind Leaving the Blind: 3rd Movement; Punch (2008 Nonesuch)
Railroad Earth; Like a Buddha; Elko (2005 Bag O' Soul)
Piers Lawrence Quartet; Stolen Moments; Stolen Moments (2007 JazzNet Media)
Dave Corbus; Bluesette; Sound Down (2008 Jazzed Media)
Pat Martino; Impressions; Head and Heart: Consciouness/Live! (1997 32 jazz)
[mic break 12:09 p.m.]

Set Four
Bobby Watson; Peace, Love and Carrots; From the Heart (2007 Palmetto)
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble; Artistry in Percussion; The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (1997 Chase Music Group)
Julian Yeo; Mack the Knife; Unusual Passage (2008 Yeomo Productions)
Freddy Cole; The Continental; This Love of Mine (2005 Highnote)
Sonny Stitt; Star Eyes; Just in Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Way (1997 32 Jazz)
Sonny Stitt; On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever); Work Done (2006 Highnote)
[mic break 12:49 p.m.]

Set Five
Tom Tallitsch; Little Dancers; Medicine Man (2008 OA2)
Woody Shaw; When Lights Are Low; Live Volume Four (2005 Highnote)
David "Fathead" Newman; New York State of Mind; Diamondhead (2008 Highnote)
Steps Ahead; Islands; Steps Ahead (1983 Elektra)
Caribbean Jazz Project; Five for Elvin; Afro Bop Alliance (2008 Heads Up)
[mic break 1:35 p.m.]

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Playlist, March 23, 2008

Set One
Jen Durkin; To Fly; Equinox sampler (2008)
Darrell Grant; Fils du Soleil; Truth and Reconciliation (2007 Origin)
Miles Davis; Tout de Suite; Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969/2002 Sony)
[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two
Sonny Stitt; I'll Walk Alone; In Style (1982 Muse)
Herbie Hancock; Tea Leaf Prophecy; River: The Joni Letters (2007 Verve)
Frank Zappa; Flambay>Spider of Destiny>Regyptian Strut; Sleep Dirt (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
The John Cooper Jazz Orchestra; In The Beginning; Baecker Jazz Worship Service (2007 John Cooper Jazz)
Ed Saindon/Dave Liebman; Alpine Sunset; Depth of Emotion (2007 World Improvised Music)
Pete Wernick's Live Five; Go Cheetah's Go; I Tell You What! (1996 Sugar Hill)
[mic break 11:18 a.m.]

Set Three
Sarah Vaughn; I've Got a Crush on You/A Foggy Day; Send in the Clowns: The Very Best of Sarah Vaughn (2006 Sony)
John Pizzarelli; I've Got You Under My Skin; Dear Mr. Sinatra(2006 Telarc)
Eddie Jefferson; Bitches Brew; Things Are Getting Better (1974 Muse)
The John Buzon Trio; Ill Wind; Organs in Orbit (compilation) (1996 Capitol)
Charles Earland; Quicksilver; Blowing the Blues Away (1997 Highnote)
[mic break 11:52 a.m.]

Set Four
Strangefolk; Catfish John; A Great Long While (2000 What the Folk)
Delta Moon; Baby Please Don't Go; Live (2003 Delta Moon)
Gov't Mule; Don't Step on the Grass Sam; Live at Roseland (1996 A&A)
Phil Lesh & Friends; No More Do I; There and Back Again (2002 Sony)
Mother Jones; Let Yourself Free; Union (2006 Capitol)
[mic break 12:41 p.m.]

Set Five
Movement; Still Life; Movement (sampler)
DJ Cheb i Sabbah; Raja Vedalu; Krishna Lila (2002 Six Degrees)
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks; Lonely Madman; Last Train to Hicksville
Dave Askren; Epistrophy; Trio Nuevo + (2008 Dave Askren)
Dave Corbus; Sunshower; Sound Down (2008 Jazzed Media)
Pat Metheny Group; Phase Dance; 11/17/1979 Hofstra Playhouse)
Kat Parra; A Night in Tunisia; Azucar de Amor (2008 Patois)
Dizzy Gillespie; A Night in Tunisia; A Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of (2006 Sony)
[mic break 1:31 p.m.]

Set Six
Karen Blixt; Five & Five (Take Ten); Mad Hope (2008 HiFi)
Caribbean Jazz Project; Stolen Moments; Afro Bop Alliance (2008 Heads Up)
Jen Durkin; Heart on a Chain; Equinox sampler (2008)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, March 16, 2008

Set One
Stanley Turrentine; What Could I Do Without You; Rough 'n' Tumble (1966 Blue Note)
Ella Fitzgerald; Mixed Emotions; 1951-1952 Decca Recordings (2002 Disconforme)
Roberta Donnay; Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying; What's Your Story (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Dean Schmidt; I Know Nothing; I Know Nothing (2007 OA2)
[mic break 10:22 a.m.]

Set Two
Johnny Lytle; Caravan; Moonchild (1992 Muse)
Walt Blanton/Tony Branco/John Nasshan; Song Without Words; Monuments (2007 Origin)
Bruce Eskovitz Jazz Orchestra; Dialogue; Invitation (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Sun Ra Arkestra; Stardust From Tomorrow; Mayan Temples (1990 Black Saint)
Dave Askren; Naima; Trio Neuvo+ (2008 Dave Askren)
Terje Rypdal/Miroslav Vitous/Jack DeJohnette; To Be Continued; To Be Continued (1981 ECM)
[mic break 11:04 a.m.]

Set Three
Ian & Sylvia; Joshua; You Were On My Mind (1972 Columbia)
Tom Paxton; You Came Throwing Colors; Peace Will Come (1972 Reprise)
Railroad Earth; Black Bear; The Black Bear Sessions (2001 Railroad Earth)
Sam Bush; River Take Me; Laps in Seven (2006 Sugar Hill)
Colin Walcott/Steve Eliovson; Venice; Dawn Dance (1981 ECM)
Allison Moorer; Where You Are; Getting SOmewhere (2006 Sugar Hill)
[mic break 11:42 a.m.]

Set Four
Stanley Turrentine; Feeling Good; Rough 'n' Tumble (1966 Blue Note)
George Russell; Event I; Vertical Form VI (1981 Soul Note)
Mothers of Invention; You Didn't Try To Call Me; Worst of the Mothers (1970 MGM)
Ed Saindon & Dave Liebman; Tokyo Nights; Depth of Emotion (2008)
Emerson Lake & Palmer; Aquatarkus; Tarkus (1970 Cotillion)
Hiromi; Kung-Fu World Champion; Brain (2004 Telarc)
[mic break 12:28 p.m.]

Set Five
Deep Banana Blackout; Get'chall in the Mood; Live In The Thousand Islands...
DJ Mendi; Footprints; Blue Note Revisited (2004 Blue Note)
Gov't Mule; Hard to Handle>Hard to Dubya; Mighty High (2007 ATO)
Frank Zappa; Pygmy Twylyte; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 2 (1988 Rykodisc)
[mic break 12:58 a.m.]
Interview with Jen Durkin
[1:30 p.m. Morning Mommy Update]


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Playlist, March 9, 2008

Set One
The Ed Palermo Big Band; RDNZL; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Coryell/Bailey/White; So What; Electric (2005 Chesky)
Weather Report; N.Y.C; Weather Report (1982 ARC/CBS)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Two
Oregon; An Open Door; Prime (2005 CamJazz)
Oregon; Toledo; Prime (2005 CamJazz)
Enrico Pieranunzi/Jim Hall; Duologue 1; Duologues (2005 CamJazz)
Boubacar Traoré; Sénékéla; Kongo Magni (2005 World Village)
Govinda; No One There; Sound Sutras (2007 Intentcity)
Grazyna Auguscik Group; Don't Explain; Live Sounds Live (2007 GMA)
[mic break 11:12 a.m.]

Set Three
The Marty Sheller Ensemble; El Pavo (2007 PVR)
Fahir Atakoglu; Aheste; Instanbul in Blue (2008 Far & Here)
Four Finger Five; It All Takes Time; Four Finger Five (2007 Terrestrial)
Ellen McIlwaine; Hang On to a Dream; Everybody Needs It (1981 Blind Pig)
Donna Jean & the Tricksters; Weight of the World; Donna Jean & the Tricksters (2007 Heart of Gold)
[mic break 11:52 a.m.]

Set Four
Bob Dylan; Desolation Row; No Direction Home (2005 Sony)
Codona; Goshakabuchi Codona 3 (1983 ECM)
Out To Lunch; The Good Doctor; Excuse Me While I Do The Boogaloo (2007 Accurate)
Live From...Where? [12:30-1:30 p.m.]

Set Five
Frank Zappa; Filthy Habits; Sleep Dirt (1979 Warner)
The Joe Locke Quartet; Sword of Whispers; Sticks and Strings (2007 Jazz Eyes)
Willis Jackson; Hittin' and Missin'; Nothing Butt (1993 Muse)
Herbie Hancock; Court and Spark; River: The Joni Letters (20097 Verve)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, March 2, 2008

Set One
Bob DeVos; Blues on the Corner; Playing For Keeps (2007 Savant)
Tom Tallitsch; Ceasefire; Medicine Man (2008 OA2)
Tito Puente; Jordu; Doctor Feelgood (2000 Concord)
Phish; Stash; A Picture of Nectar (1992 Elektra)
Count Basie; Five O'Clock Whistle; Basically Basie: Studio Dates 1937-1945 (2005 JSP)
[mic break 10:39 a.m.]

Set Two
Hendrik Meurkens; A Summer in San Francisco; Sambatropolis (2008 Zoho)
Roberta Donnay; Life in the Slow Lane; What's Your Story (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Houston Person; Brazilian Emerald; Thinking of You (2007 Highnote)
Steve Nelson; Desafinado; Sound-effect (2007 Highnote)
[mic break 11:10 a.m.]

Set Three
Steve Nelson; Desafinado; Sound-effect (2007 Highnote)
Katie Bull; Which?; The Story, So Far (2007)
Mike Ellis; Part 10; Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite (2007 Alphapocket)
Ron Blake; Atonement; Shayari (2008 Mack Avenue)
Wayne Escoffrey/Carolyn Leonhart; Not Without You; If Dreams Come True (2007 Nagel Heyer)
[mic break 11:44 a.m.]

Set Four
The Jazz Three-o; Footprints; Jazz Three-o
Debbie Cunningham; I Thought About You; The Rest of Your Life
Igor's Jazz Cowboys; Minor Swing; Igor! (1994)
Tony Purrone; For Django; Six-String Delight (1998 SteepleChase)
Paco DeLucia/Al DiMeola/John McLaughlin; Beyond the Mirage; Paco DeLucia/Al DiMeola/John McLaughlin (1996 Verve)
[mic break 12:12 p.m.]

Set Five
Pat Martino; Draw Me Down; Nightwings (1994 Muse)
Kat Parra; Esta Montanya D'Enfrente; Azucar De Amor (2008 Patois)
Darrell Grant; When I See the Water; Truth & Reonciliation (
The Jazz Three-o; Imagine; Jazz Three-o
Eric Alexander; I'll Keep Loving You; Temple of Olympic Zeus (2007 Highnote)
[mic break 12:54 p.m.]

Set Six
Bruce Eskovitz Jazz Orchestra; Red Clay; Invitation (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Richard Boulger; Letting Go; Blues Twilight (2007 Richard Boulger)
Jay Hoggard; A Night in Tunisia; A Night in Greenwich Village (1996 Muse)
Mitch Paglia; Brittle; Fall Night (2008 Origin)
[mic break 1:37 p.m.]

Set Seven
Donna Jean & the Tricksters; Me & Kettle Joe; Donna Jean & the Tricksters (2007 Heart of Gold)
Stan Bock Ensemble; A Night in Tunisia; Your Check's in the Mail (2007 OA2)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, February 28, 2008

Set One
NRBQ; RC Cola and a Moon Pie; RC Cola and a Moon Pie (1986 Rounder)
Anat Cohen & the Anzic Orchestra; Samba De Orfeu/Struttin' With Some Barbeque; Noir (2007 Anzic)
Haugaard & Høirup; Windmills;
[mic break 6:46 p.m.]

Set Two
Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson; What's Going On?; What's Going On? (20007 City Tone)
Stan Bock Ensemble; On Green Dolphin Street; Your Check's in the Mail (2007 OA2)
Freddie Hubbard; Soul Surge; Blue Spirits (2004 Blue Note)
Sarah Vaughn; How Long Has This Been Going On; Incomprable (2000 Just Jazz)
Count Basie and Friends; Shorty George; Count Basie and Friends (2000 TKO Magnum)
[mic break 7:18 p.m.]

Set Three
Donna Jean & the Tricksters; All I Gotta Say; Donna Jean & the Tricksters (2007 Heart of Gold)
Phil Lesh & Friends; Viola Lee Blues>Cumberland Blues; 10/20/2007 Glens Falls NY
Weather Report; Nubian Sundance; Mysterious Traveller (1974/2002 Sony)
[mic break 7:56 p.m.]

Live From...Where?

Set Four
Fahir Atakoglu; Sync-Op; Istanbul in Blue (2007 Far & Here)
Hiromi; Time Travel; Time Control (2007 Telarc)
Frank Zappa; Inca Roads; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 2 (1988 Rykodisk)
[mic break 9:33 p.m.]

Set Five
The Marty Sheller Ensemble; Mah Jong; Why Deny (2007 PVR)
MitchPaglia; Blues for October; Fall Night (2008 Origin)
mic break
Hendrik Meurkens; The Bee; Sambatropolis (2008 Zoho)
[10:00 p.m.]

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Golden Words: Haircut

Playlist, February 17, 2008

Set One
James Silberstein; From This Moment On; Expresslane (2008 Consolidated Artists)
Miles Davis; Stella By Starlight; Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007 Monterey Jazz Festival)
[mic break 10:23 a.m.]

Set Two
Steve Nelson; You and the Night and the Music; Sound-Effect (2007 Highnote)
Darrell Grant; Resolution of Love; Truth and Reconciliation (2007 Origin)
Darrell Grant; King of Pain; Truth and Reconciliation (2007 Origin)
Houston Person; Black Coffee; Thinking of You (2007 Highnote)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Charlie Haden; First Song(For Ruth); The Best of Quartet West (2007 Verve)
Dexter Gordon; Kong Neptune; One Flight Up (2004 Blue Note)
Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson; As Spring Begins; What's Going On? (2007 City Tone)
Ella Fitzgerald; You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini); 1951-1952 Decca Recordings (2002 Dosconforme)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Four
Haugaard & Høirup; Trekant
P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele; Songs from Shakespeare; The Jekyll & Hyde Suite (2007 Telarc)
Lionel Hampton with Dizzie Gillespie & Charlie Christian; Hot Mallets; Bebop Volume 3 (2001 Audio Book & Music Co.)
Fats Navarro & His Thin Men; Goin' to Minton's Bebop Volume 3 (2001 Audio Book & Music Co.)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet; All The Things You Are; The Story of Jazz
[mic break 12:07 p.m.]

Set Five
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet; Opp Bop Sh'bam; BeBop Volume 2 (2001 Audio Book & Music Co.)
Kat Parra; Por La Tu Puerta; Azucar De Amor (2008 Patois)
Grazyna Auguscik/Paulinho Garcia; Nothing Will Be As It Was; Andança (2007 CMP)
Wes Montgomery; Milestones; Finest Hour (2000 Verve)
Sam Yahel; Truth and Beauty; Truth and Beauty (2007 Origin)
[mic break 12:39 p.m.]

Set Six
Stan Bock Ensenble; Your Check's in the Mail; Your Check's in the Mail (2007 OA2)
Bruce Eskovitz Jazz Orchestra; Red Clay; Invitation (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Bob De Vos; Freedom Jazz Dance; Playing for Keeps (2007 Savant)
[1:00 p.m.]

Live from ... Where? with Shawn Persinger
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, February 3, 2008

Set One
Weather Report; Scarlet Woman; Mysterious Traveller (1974 Sony)
Zach Brock & the Coffee Achievers; Pugland; Live at the Jazz Factory (2007 Secret Fort)
Herbie Hancock; Nefertiti; River (2007 Verve)
Mike Ellis; Part 5; Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite; Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite (2007 Alphapocket)
Houston Person; Thinking of You; Thinking of You (2007 Highnote)
[mic break 10:36 a.m.]

Set Two
Frank Zappa; Put a Motor in Yourself; Civilization Phaze III (1993 Barking Pumpkin)
The Bobs; Funk Shui Massacre; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog (2007 Bobs)
Count Basie; Honeysuckle Rose; Basically Basie (2005 JSP)
[mic break 10:55 a.m.]

Set Three
Donna Jean & the Tricksters; So Hard; Donna Jean & the Tricksters (2007 Heart of Gold)
Interview with Jeff Mattson & Mookie Siegel
Steve Kahn; Face Value; Borrowed Time (2007 Tone Center)
Grateful Dead; Playing in the Band; Hundred Year Hall (1995 Arista)
[mic break 11:51 a.m.]

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Playlist, January 27, 2008

Set One
Frank Zappa; Filthy Habits; Sleep Dirt (1979/1991 Barking Pumpkin)
Gov't Mule; Rebel With a Cause; Mighty High (2007 ATORecords)
Einstürzende Neubauten; Alles Wieder Offen; Alles Wieder Offen (2007 Rykodisc)
The Point; Toad Finds Love;
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Out To Lunch; Maudlin's Eleven>Davis; Excuse Me While I Do the Boogaloo (2007 Accurate)
Phish; Tweezer; A Picture of Nectar (1992 Elektra)
James Silberstein; Glass Garden; Expresslane (2008 Consolidated Artists Productions)
Kelly Brand; Ding Song; Nextet (2008 Origin)
Nellie McKay; Ding Dong; Get Away From Me (2004 Sony)
[mic break 11:10 a.m.]

Set Three
Bob Leto Trio; Infant Eyes; Cheesecake (2007 Consolidated Artists Productions)
Roberta Donnay; Blue Monk (Monkery's the Blues); What's Your Story (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Herbie Hancock; Court and Spark; River: The Joni Letters (2007 Verve)
Joni Mitchell; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Mingus (1979 Asylum)
Miles Davis; Milestones; In Europe (2005 Sony)
[mic break 11:48 a.m.]

Set Four
Haugaard & Høirup; Trekant;
Andy Bey; All the Things You Are; Ain't Necessarily So (2007 12th Street)
Jason Kay Hwang; Cloud Call; Edge (2007 Innova)
Peter Paulsen Change of Scenery Sextet; B's B; Peter Paulsen Change of Scenery Sextet (2007 Wahbo)
Oregon; Relentless Imp; 1000 Kilometers (2007 CamJazz)
The Harlem Experiment; Reefer Man (featuring Taj Mahal); The Harlem Experiment (2007 Ropeadope)
Freddy Cole; There Are Such Things; Music Maestro Please (2007 Highnote)
[mic break 12:32 p.m.]

Set Five
Ellen Fordyce; Love Is Here To Stay; Something Still Cool (2007 Elli Fordyce)
Richard Galliano;l Milonga is Coming;l If You Love Me (2007 CamJazz)
Antonio Sanchez; One for Antonio; Migration (2007 Cam Jazz)
Thelonious Monk; Off Minor (Take 4); The Complete April 1957 Riverside Recordings (2006 Concord)
Thelonious Monk; Well You Needn't; The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (2006 Concord)
[mic break 1:33 p.m.]

Set Six
The Point; Cute Cutty Darkness
Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra; Sout to Groove; Transmigration (2007 Delmark)
Charlie Rouse; Merci Mon Dieu; Jazzanova Blue Note Trip (various) (2005 Blue Note)
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy; Jitterbug Waltz; Cornell 1964 (2007 Blue Note)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, January 20, 2008

Set One
Jimi Hendrix; Crosstown Traffic; Electric Ladyland (1969 Reprise)
Jimi Hendrix; Voodoo Chile; Electric Ladyland (1969 Reprise)
The String Quartet Tribute to Jimi Hendrix; Manic Depression; The String Quartet Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (2003 Vitamin)
The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon; Speak to Me/Breathe; The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (2003 Vitamin)
Easy Star All Stars; On the Run>Time; Dub Side of the Moon (2003 Easy Star)
Pink Floyd; Fearless; Meddle (1971 Capitol)
[mic break 10:48 a.m.]

Set Two
Pat Metheny Group; San Lorenzo; 11/17/79 Hofstra Playhouse
Mark Egan; Depraw; As We Speak (2006 WaveTone)
Joni Mitchell; In France They Kiss on Main Street; The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975 Asylum)
[mic break 11:16 a.m.]

Set Three
Grazyna Auguscik/Paulinho Garcia; Viola enluarada; Andança (2007 GMA)
Donna Jean & the Tricksters; He Said/She Said; Donna Jean & the Tricksters (2007 Heart of Gold)
Joni Mitchell; Shades of Scarlet Conquering; The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975 Asylum)
Roberta Donnay; No Regrets; What's Your Story (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Gail Pettis; May I Come In?; May I Come In? (2007 OA2)
Paul West/Mark Brown; Groovin' High; Words & Music (2008 OA2)
[mic break 11:49 a.m.]

Set Four
Grateful Dead; Cassidy; 10/21/1983 Worcester MA
Pink Floyd; Echoes; Meddle (1971 Capitol)
[mic break 12:22 p.m.]

Set Five
Out To Lunch; Me & Minskers>Jerome the Negligent Nanny; Excuse Me While I Do The Boogaloo (2007 Accurate)
Sheila Chandra; The Enchantment; Weaving My Ancestors' Voices (1992 Real World)
Melvin Sparks; MyKia's Dance; Groove On Top (2006 Savant)
[mic break 12:51 p.m.]

Set Six
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
[1:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, January 13, 2007

Set One
Frank Zappa; Dupree's Paradise; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 2 (1988 Rykodisc)
[mic break 10:32 a.m.]

Set Two
Eric Alexander; Lucas Too; Temple of Olympic Zeus (2007 Highnote)
Pater Paulsen Sextet; In and Of Itselt; Change of Scenery (2007 Wahbo)
Fabian Zone Trio; Chameleon; The Masters Return! (2007 Consoolidated Artists Productions)
Herbie Hancock; Nefertiti; River: The Joni Letters (2007 Verve)
Andy Bey; It Ain't Necessarily So; It Ain't Necessarily So (2007 Secret Fort)
[mic break 11:14 a.m.]

Set Three
Zach Brock & the Coffee Achievers; Now I KNow; Live at the Jazz Factory (2007 Secret Fort)
Sonny Rollins; The Bridge; Jazz Casual (2001 Rhino)
Michael Berkowitz & the Gene Krupa Orchestra; "Rockin'" Chair; Thinking of Gene (2007 Sea Breeze Records)
Dizzy GIllespie; Trinidad, Goodbye; Live at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007 Monterey Jazz Festival)
Bruce Eskovitz Jazz Orchestra; Breakthrough; Invitation (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
[mic break 1:49 a.m.]

Set Four
Ray Alexander Quartet; Hi-Fly; Vigorous Vibes (1997 Cats Paw)
Jay Hoggard; Good Bait; Love is the Answer (1994 Muse)
Pete Wernick's LIve Five; Sky Rider; I Tell You What! (1996 Sugar Hill)
Texas Tech University Jazz Ensemble One; Weather You Needn't/Well You Needn't; Glimmer of Night and Day (2007 Sea Breeze Vista)
[mic break 12:17 p.m.]

Set Five
Thelonious Monk; Blue Monk; Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007 Monterey Jazz Festival)
Charles Earland; Sister Sadie; Funky Pieces of Silver: THe Horace Silver Songbook (2007 HIghnote)
Roberta Donnay; Life in the Slow Lane; What's Your Story (2007 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Edward Petersen; Object in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear; Upward Spiral (1990 Delmark)
The Jon Hemmersham/Dom Minasi Quartet; Woman; The Jon Hemmersham/Dom Minasi Quartet (20076 CDM)
Igors Jazz Cowboys; Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz; Igor! (1994 Igor Glenn)
Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble; Take Five; The Gamut (1994 DMP)
[mic break 1:29 p.m.]

Set Six
Out to Lunch; The Good Doctor; Excuse Me While I Do the Boogaloo (2007 Accurate)
Billie Holiday; I Hear Music; Remixed & Reimagined (2007 Sony)
Donna Jean & the Tricksters; So Hard; Donna Jean & the Tricksters (2007 Heart of Gold)
Grateful Dead; The Music Never Stopped; 10/21/83 Worcester MA
[2:00 p.m.]


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Nature comes back

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Glimpses of Growth and Decay from the Urban Landscape

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Playlist; January 6, 2008

Set One
Herbie Hancock; Tea Leaf Prophecy; River (2007 Verve)
John Pizzarelli; Fascinating Rhythm; Bossa Nova (2004 Telarc)
Harry Manx; Sittin' on Top of the World; West Eats Meet (2004 Dog My Cat)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Jimmy Ponder; Body and Soul; Thumbs Up (2001 Highnote)
Freddy Cole; Music Maestro Please; Music Maestro Please (2007 Highnote)
Stan Getz & the Oscar Peterson Trio; Ballad Medley; Stan Getz & the Oscar Peterson Trio (1958 Verve)
Ella Fitzgerald & Stevie Wonder; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; We All Love Ella (2007 Verve)
[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Three
Bill Evans; Polka Dots and Moon Beams; Plays for Lovers (2006 Riverside)
Cindy Blackman; Paradise Island; Someday... (2001 Highnote)
Chris Potter 10; Against the Wind; Song for Anyone (2007 Sunnyside)
Larry Kirwan; Life's Like That, Isn't It?; Kilroy Was Here (2001 Gadfly)
Joe Gallant & Illuminati; Terrapin Station Suite; Terrapin (1999 Which?)
[mic break 12:03 p.m.]

Set Four
The Disco Biscuits; Pygmy Twylite>Run Like Hell> Pygmy Twylite>Run Like Hell; Wetlands Preserve 9/1/2001
Harry Manx; Spoonful; Road Ragas (2004 Dog My Cat)
Richard Festinger; Trinometry (Allegro); Trinometry (1999 Composers Recordings)
Afro-Semitic Experience; I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel To Be Free; Plea For Peace (2005 Reckless DC)
[mic break 12:38 p.m.]

Set Five
Melvin Sparks; Thank You; It Is What It Is (2004 Savant)
Bob Leto Trio; Seven Steps to Heaven; Cheesecake (2007 Consolidated Artists)
Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band; It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); Eleventh Hour Live! (2000 Sea Breeze Jazz)
[1:00 p.m.]
Live from...Where? with Stacy Phillips and Paul Howard
[2:00 p.m.]

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