Talking eminent domain

Jeff Benedict, author of the newly released book “Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage,” will participate in a panel discussion March 4th about the legacy of the eminent domain court fight and the effort to develop the Fort Trumbull peninsula.

The [New London] Day-sponsored forum will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at New London High School. The event is free and audience members will get the opportunity to ask questions and make comments.

Other participants include Susette Kelo, lead plaintiff and owner of the pink house that became synonymous with the controversy; Tom Londregan, city attorney and an advocate for the use of eminent domain to generate economic development; former New London Mayor Beth Sabilia; and Dana Berliner, attorney with the Institute of Justice, which provided legal representation to the homeowners.

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New Sony Product (NSFW)

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Brunch concert with Boris Garcia & Eddy Lawrence

Sunday, March 1st, 12:00 noon

Boris Garcia with special guest Eddy Lawrence
Live at the WPKN studio

Bands happen because they're meant to be...because they contain an energy that simply must find expression. To be clear, Boris Garcia isn't a person, it's a band. Inspired by their predecessors: The Grateful Dead, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Railroad Earth and Yonder Mountain String Band, Boris Garcia has cleverly twisted the free form spirit of the Jam Band scene with folk, jazz, blues, and the joyous fluidity of bluegrass music to forge their own sound: Jam Grass.

Eddy Lawrence is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with nine solo albums to his credit. Dirty Linen calls his album, “Inside My Secret Pocket”, “a pure delight”, and says “With a cynical eye and wry sense of humor, Lawrence exudes a world-weary attitude that is reminiscent of John Prine at his smarmy best.”

In concert, Lawrence is known for his humorous way with a story and his fluid flatpicking and fingerstyle guitar work. He is accompanied by his wife Kim, who plays upright bass. The Lawrences have recently released a new all-acoustic album of original songs, “My Second Wife’s First Album”.

The performance begins as 12 noon and everybody is invited. Admission is free. For directions or reservations, call (203) 331-9756.


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RIP Louie Bellson

We regret to announce the unexpected passing of Louie Bellson on Feb 14, 2009.
Tenative plans are for an L.A. area funeral, followed by funeral and burial in Moline, Illinois, his boyhood home. Details forthcoming.

Referred to by Duke Ellington as “not only the world’s greatest drummer...(but also) the world’s greatest musician!”, Louie Bellson has expressed himself on drums since age three. At 15, he pioneered the double bass drum set-up. At 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Gene Krupa drumming contest.

He has performed on more than 200 albums with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Wayne Newton and Bellson’s late wife Pearl Bailey.

In March 2007, Bellson and 35 other jazz greats received the Living Jazz Legends Award from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In June 2007, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers inducted Bellson as a Living Legend in the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame ceremony, Jazz at the Lincoln Center, New York City.

His new big-band CD with trumpeter Clark Terry, "LOUIE & CLARK EXPEDITION 2" was released in early 2008.

Here's Louie on the Tonight Show playing "Don't Get Around Much Any More."



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Playlist, February 15, 2009

Set One
Nellie McKay; Ding Dong; Get Away From Me (2004 Sony)
Isaac Hayes; Theme From Shaft; Shaft Original Soundrack (1972 MGM)
Frank Zappa; The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution; Sleep Dirt (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
[mic break 10:22 a.m.]

Set Two
Hal Galper; Blue in Green; Art-Work (2009 Origin)
Buddy Rich; Boucin' With Bud; Time Out (2007 Lightyear)
Sonny Rollins; I Want to Be Happy; Sax Symbol (2007 Proper)
Miles Davis; Joshua; Seven Steps to Heaven (2005 Sony)
Nicholas Payton; Drucilla; Into the Blue (2008 Nonesuch)
Art Blakey; Lady Bird; The Prime Source (2007 Proper)
[mic break 11:11 a.m.]

Set Three
The Rocco John Group; Bach to Bird; Devotion (2009 COCA)
Don Braden; Speed Ball; Gentle Storm (2008 HighNote)
Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band; Tadd's Delight; Words Cannot Express (2007 OA2)
Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band; South of Capricorn; Words Cannot Express (2007 OA2)
Deep Banana Blackout; Breakfast at Volo's; Live in the Thousand Islands (1994 Artkin Touchya)
Deep Blue Organ Trio; Cafe Regio's; Deep Blue Bruise (2004 Delmark)
[mic break 11:55 a.m.]

Live Music: Caravan of Thieves

Set Five
McCoy Tyner; Mellow Minor; Quartet (2007 Half Note)
McCoy Tyner; Amberjack; Guitars (2008 Half Note)
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke; Black Dahlia; Nocturne For Ava (2009 Origin)
Boris Garcia; Scootch; Once More Into the Bliss (2008 Dig)
[mic break 1:47 p.m.]
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]


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Live music on the air!

Sunday, February 15th, 12:00 noon

Stretching the parameters of acoustic swing, Caravan of Thieves has been winning immediate praise for their new and unique brand of gypsy flavored song writing and their high intensity show. The vocal harmonizing, acoustic guitar spanking husband and wife duo Fuzz and Carrie have now extended their family to include fiery violinist Ben Dean and double bass madman, Brian Anderson to complete their colorful vision. Our live broadcast at the WPKN studio is free and all are welcome.

Coming up on Sunday, March 1st:
12:00 noon - Boris Garcia - A self-styled "jamgrass" band with some great songwriting and playing
1:15 p.m. - Eddy Lawrence - This Alabama-born, New Jersey-based songwriter creates wry and insightful songs with an urban but Southern sensibility.

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Playlist, February 8, 2009

Set One
Grateful Dead; Crazy Fingers>The Other One>Sage and Spirit; One From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Lisa Sokolov; Lush Life; A Quiet Thing (2008 Laughing Horse)
Frank Zappa; Bacon Fat>Stolen Moments>Murder By Numbers; Broadway the Hard Way (1989 Barking Pumpkin)
Liam Sillery; Prana; Outskirts (2009 OA2)
Benny Powell; Best People; Nextep (2008 Origin)
[mic break 10:52 a.m.]

Set Two
Sonny Rollins; Blossom; Road Trips Vol. 1 (2008 Doxy)
Marc Rossi Group; Fatwa in Carbondale; Hidden Mandala (2008 Gravity)
McCoy Tyner Trio; Passion Dance; Guitars 2008 Half Note)
Louis Armstrong; West End Blues; King Louis (2005 Proper)
Mark Rapp; 'Nuff Time; Token Tales (2009 Paved Earth)
Miles Davis; Orange; Aura (1989 Columbia)
[mic break 11:39 a.m.]

Set Three
Miles Davis; Walkin'; Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 (2005 Columbia)
Miles Davis Quintet; It Never Entered My Mind; The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions (2006 Concord)
Larry Coryell; Like Sonny; Early Trane: The John Coltrane Songbook (2008 HighNote)
Frank Morgan; Monk's Mood; Reflections (2006 HighNote)
Denise Perrier; You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To; The Second Time Around (2008 Chez Perrier)
Jack Walrath; Blues in the Guts; Gut Feelings (1991 Muse)
[mic break 12:29 p.m.]

Set Four
Ray Levier; Song for Nury; Ray's Way (2009 Origin)
Buster Williams; Prism; Crystal Reflections (1976 Muse)
John Stetch; Sanford & Son; TV Trio (2008 Brux)
Gary Peacock & Ralph Towner; Flutter Step (1994 ECM)
Rockapella; Here Comes the Sun; Smilin' (2002 Shakariki)
Six13; The Miami Mix; Encore (2007 Sameach Music)
Nico Muhly; The Devil Appear'd in the Shape of a Man; Mothertongue (2008 Bedroom Community)
Urszula Dudziak; Papaya; Urszula (1975 Arista)
Pamela Luss; Bewitched; Magnet (2008 Savant)
The Clayton Brothers; The Jones Brothers; Brother to Brother (2008 Artist Share)
[mic break 1:27 p.m.]

Set Five
Boris Garcia; Other Side; Once More Into the Bliss (2008 Dig Music)
Clifford Jordan Quartet; Lush Life; Live at Ethell's (1993 Mapleshade)
BD Lenz; Here and Now; Straight Up (2007 Apria)
Steely Dan; Bodhisattva; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Hamas insanity on display in Minnesota

Check out this video report of a rally on the steps of the state capitol in St. Paul. Hamas and Fatah struggle for control of the rally and Rep. Keith Ellison is shouted down. The war between Hamas and Fatah has reached the United States. 



(Hat tip: Power Line by way of Little Green Footballs.)


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Israel Matzav: Gaza's 'great food shortage'?

Carl in Jerusalem has a brief photo essay about Gaza's "great food shortage".

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Playlist, February 1, 2009

Set One
Andreas Öberg; Funky Tango; My Favorite Guitars (2008 Resonance)
The Derek Trucks Band; Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni; Songlines (2006 Sony)
Lake Street Dive; Dupont; Promises, Promises (2008 Fyo)
Tim Warfield; Oasis; One for Shirley (2008 Criss Cross Jazz)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; Punta Del Soul; Act Your Age (2008 Immergent)
[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two
Don Braden; Willow Weep for Me; Gentle Storm (2008 HighNote)
Joe Baione; Bag's Groove; Oh Yeah! (2008 Joe Baione)
Clayton Brothers; Walking Bass; Brother to Brother (2009 Artist Share)
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; Vice Versa; Collective Creativity (2008 3Sixteen)
[mic break 11:08 a.m.]

Set Three
Art Blakey; Nica's Dream; The Prime Source (2007 Proper)
Frank Sinatra; East of the Sun (and West of the Moon); All or Nothing at All (2006 Proper)
Chris Potter 10; Estrellas del Sur; Song For Anyone (2007 Sunnyside)
McCoy Tyner; Slapback Blues; Guitars (2008 Half Note)
[mic break 11:38 a.m.]

Set Four
Ernie Watts Quartet; Hot House; To the Point (2007 Flying Dolphin)
Frank Morgan; Equinox; Early Trane: The John Coltrane Songbook (2008 HighNote)
Colleen McNabb; For All We Know; Don't Go to Strangers (2008 Zucca)
Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra; Andalucia; Live (2008 DIVA Jazz)
Denise Perrier; 'S Wonderful; The Second Time Around (2008 Chez Perrier)
[mic break 12:11 p.m.]

Set Five
Fats Waller; I Got the Ritz From the One I Love; The Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2 (2006 JSP)
Art Tatum; It's the Talk of the Town; Piano Grand Master (2003 Proper)
The John Hicks Legacy Band; After the Morning; Mind Wine (2008 Savant)
John Stetch; The Flintstones; TV Trio (2008 Brux)
Henry Kaiser; Meet the Flintstones; Lemon Fish Tweezer (1992 Cuneiform)
Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith; Miles Star; Yo Miles! Sky Garden (2004 Cuneiform)
David "Fathead" Newman; Shakabu; Song for the New Man (2004 HighNote)
[mic break 12:59 p.m.]

Set Six
Harvie S; Darn That Dream; Now Was the Time (2008 Savant)
Karrin Alllyson; Help Me; Wild for You (2004 Concord)
Herbie Hancock; Court and Spark; River: The Joni Letters (2006 Verve)
Frank Zappa; Outside Now; Broadway the Hard Way (1989 Barking Pumpkin)
[1:30 p.m.]

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Playlist, January 25, 2009

Set One
Brade Goode; Betcha By Golly Wow; Polytonal Dance Party (2008 Origin)
Steely Dan; King of the World; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
Frank Zappa; N-Lite; Civilization Phaze III (1993 Barking Pumpkin)
[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Two
David "Fathead" Newman; Diamondhead; Diamondhead (2008 Highnote)
David "Fathead" Newman; Cant We Be Friends; Diamondhead (2008 Highnote)
David "Fathead" Newman; New York State of Mind; Diamondhead (2008 Highnote)
Ray Charles; Ain't Misbehavin'; The Genius After Hours (1985 Atlantic)
[mic break 11:01 a.m.]

Set Three
Pat Metheny; The Red One; Day Trip (2008 Nonesuch)
Elmore James; Something Inside Me; Kind of the Slide Guitar (2003 Licensemusic)
Santana; Toussaint L'Overture; Santana (2004 Columbia)
Out To Lunch; The Good Doctor; Excuse Me While I Do the Boogaloo (2007 Accurate)
Jimmy Herring; Lost; Lifeboat (2008 Abstract Logix)
[mic break 11:35 a.m.]

Set Five
Kelly Harland; All the Things You Are; Sings Jerome Kern (2008 Origin)
Matt Ulery's Loom; Slow and Awake; Music Box Ballerina (2008 Woolgathering)
Dan Cavanagh; A Time of Reckoning; Pulse (2008 OA2)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey; Muskogee Smalls; Welcome Home (1999 Accurate)
Mystic Bowie; Neva Run Away (ballad); CD sampler (2008 Mystic Bowie)
Stan Bock Ensemble; Jinriksha; Your Check's in the Mail (2007 OA2)
The Ben Sidran Hammond Quartet; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Cien Noches (2008 Nardis)
[mic break 12:45 p.m.]

Set Six
John McLaughlin; Raju; Floating Point (2008 Abstract Logix)
Gilfema +2; Cove; Gilfema +2 (2008 ObliqSound)
David Fiuczynski; Fung Wah Express; KiF Express (2008 Fuze)
Art Blakey; A Night in Tunisia; The Prime Source (2005 Proper)
Lake Street Dive; The Panhandling Song; Promises, Promises (2008 FYO)
Joey DeFrancesco; The Champ; The Champ (1999 Highnote)
[mic break 1:29 p.m.]

Set Seven
Ken Schaphorst Big Band; Market Street; After Blue (1991 Accurate)
Phish; Bathtub Gin; Hampton Comes Alive (1999 Elektra)
Boris Garcia; Skootch; Once More Into the Bliss (0208 Dig)
John Scofield; Hit the Road, Jack; That's What I Say (2005 Verve)
[2:00 p.m.]

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RIP David "Fathead" Newman

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — Jazz musician David "Fathead" Newman, who was a tenor soloist with the Ray Charles Band, died Tuesday. He was 75.

His manager, Karen Newman, said Newman died of pancreatic cancer in a hospital in Kingston, N.Y.

A Dallas native, Newman left college to tour with Charlie Parker's mentor, Buster Smith.

According to his Web site, Newman spent twelve years with the Ray Charles Band starting in 1954. He began as the baritone player and became the star tenor soloist.

He returned to Dallas and led his own bands before moving to New York City. As a studio musician he worked on recording projects with musicians including Herby Mann, Aretha Franklin and Aaron Neville.



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Playlist, January 18, 2009

Set One
Steely Dan; Your Gold Teeth; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
Bill Heid; Kirai; Asian Persuasion (2008 Doodlin)
Take 6; What's Going On; The Standard (2008 Heads Up)
Jazz Is Dead; Eyes of the World; Laughing Water (1999 Zebra)
Jaco Pastorius; Stuttgart Aria II; Heavy'n Jazz & Stuttgart Aria (1999 Jazzpoint)
[mic break 10:41 a.m.]

Set Two
Coleman Hawkins; It Sends Me; The Essential Sides Remastered 1934-1936 (2006 JSP)
Cedar Walton; Clockwise; Seasoned Wood (2008 HighNote)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; I'm Beginning to See the Light (1999 Blue Thumb)
Arturo Sandoval; A Night in Tunisia; The Best of (1997 Milan)
[mic break 11:13 a.m.]

Set Three
Ray Levier; Ralph's Piano Waltz; Ray's Way (2009 Origin)
Larry Willis; The Offering; The Offering (2008 HighNote)
Buddy Rich; Goodbye Yesterday; Time Out (2007 Lightyear)
Louis Armstrong; My Heart; Hot Fives & Sevens Vol. 1 (1999 JSP)
Mike LeDonne; After the Rain; The John Coltrane Songbook (compilation) (2008 Highnote)
Mike LeDonne; Bleeker Street Theme; FiveLive (2008 Savant)
Denise Donatelli; Be Cool; What Lies Within (2008 Savant)
[mic break 11:59 a.m.]

Set Four
Colleen McNabb; Save Your Love For Me; Don't Go to Srangers (2009 Zucca)
Leo Kottke; Chamber of Commerce; One Guitar, No Vocals (1999 Private Music)
Phish; The Squirming Coil; New Year's Eve 1995 (2005 Rhino)
The Who; Getting in Tune; Who's Next (1995 Polydor)
Jaco Pastorius; Jaco Reggae; Heavy'n Jazz & Stuttgart Aria (1999 Jazzpoint)
Weather Report; Fast City; Live & Unreleased (2002 Columbia)
[mic break 12:40 p.m.]

Set Five
Tony Monaco; Someday My Prince Will Come; Live at the Orbit Room (2008 Chicken Coop)
Harvie S; Confirmation; Now Was the Time (2008 Savant)
KJ Denhert; Message in a Bottle; Vivo a Umbria Jazz (2008 Motema)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; Señor Mouse; Act Your Age (22008 Immergent)
[mic break 1:12 p.m.]

Set Six
Buddy Rich; Joy Spring; Time Out (2007 Lightyear)
Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussein; Funky Zena; Global Drum Project (2007 Shout Factory)
The John Hicks Legacy Band; Blues in the Pocket; Mind Wine - The Music of John Hicks (2008 Savant)
[1:30 p.m.]



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The Dead Spring Tour 2009 "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"

I wasn't going to post anything about the ticket prices and VIP tour packages for The Dead's 2009 spring tour. It's disappointing that tickets are out of my price range, but that's life. Then I heard this rant. It's worth a listen.
The audio is not safe for work!



UPDATE 4/14/2009: Hello Deadheads! You can get song-by-song tweets here http://twitter.com/tourtweet. You can listen to the Greensboro show here. Enjoy.

UPDATE 4/26/09: Listen to the audience recordings on Archive.org.

UPDATE 5/16/09: Apparently this is the last night of their tour, and Sirius is carrying the show live. Back in the day, the Grateful Dead would occasionally broadcast a concert on a local radio station. Now you have to subscribe to satellite radio to get the broadcast. It goes along with the $100 ticket prices.

UPDATE 2/25/10:  It looks like the video was removed. Supposedly Bob Weir was on CNBC's "Street Signs" announcing that Furthur ticket prices would be around $40, but I haven't been able to find the article.

Technorati tags: 2009 tour, Grateful Dead, Live Nation, custy

Playlist, January 11, 2009

Set One
Grateful Dead; Next Time You See Me; Hundred Year Hall (1994 Arista)
JJ Grey & Mofro; The Truth; Orange Blossom (2008 Alligator)
Pamela Luss; Why Did I Choose You; Magnet (2008 Savant)
Herbie Hancock; Edith and the Kingpin; River: The Joni Letters (2006 Verve)
Danny Green; Panic Nap; With You in Mind (2008 Alante)
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet; Infinity; Infinity (2008 Patois)
[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two
Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie Orchestra; (I Don't Stand a) Ghost of a Chance WIth You; Digital III at Montreaux (1980 Pablo)
Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie Orchestra; Flying Home; Digital III at Montreaux (1980 Pablo)
The Hard-Bop Saxophone Quartet; Blue Bossa; Don't Step on Your Neck (1999 Sea Breeze Jazz)
Enrico Pieranunzi/Jim Hall; Duologue 3; Duologues (2005 CAM Jazz)
Oregon; If; Prime (2005 Came Jazz)
La Orquesta Magica de la Habana; Morenita; Putumayo Presents Cafe Cubano (2008 Putumayo)
[mic break 11:11 a.m.]

Set Three
Toni Jannotta; Borderline; Is It Magic? (2008 Aerie)
Louis Armstrong; Willie the Weeper; The Hot Fives and Hot Sevens Volume II (1988 Columbia)
Sonny Rollins; Easy Living; Road Shows Volume 1 (2008 Doxy)
Igor Stravinsky; Ragtime for 11 Instruments; Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (1999 Sony)
Otis Rush; Groaning the Blues; The Essential Otis Rush (2000 Fuel 2000)
Duke Ellington; Caravan; Duke's Joint! (1999 Buddha)
[mic break 11:47 a.m.]

Set Four
Greg Osby; Vertical Hold; Channel Three (2005 Blue Note)
Ratdog; Two Djinn; Evening Moods (2004 Hybrid Recordings)
Milt Jackson Quintet; Blues in the Basement; That's the Way it Is (1969 Impulse!)
Six 13; D'ror Yikra; Encore (2008 Sameach Music)
Lester Young; East of the Sun; The Lester Young Story (2005 Proper)
JJ Grey & Mofro; WYLF; Orange Blossom (2008 Alligator)
[mic break 12:21 p.m.]

Set Five
Andy Scott; Out of the Blue; Don't Tempt Fate (2008 Andyjazz)
Chick Corea & Origin; L.A. Scenes; Change (1999 Stretch)
Coleman Hawkins; Star Dust; The Essential Sides Remastered 1929-1939 (JSP)
Jimmy Herrinig; Lifeboat Serenade; Lifeboat (2008 Abstract Logix)
Delta Moon; Titawhirl; Howlin' (2005 Delta Moon)
[mic break 12:46 p.m.]

Set Six
Oscar Peterson; Ellington Medley; Digital at Montreux (1980 Pablo)
Adrian Belew; No Such Guitar; Coming Attractions (2000 Thirsty Ear)
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; One Thousand Questions, One Answer; Collective Creativity (2008 3Sixteen)
Mike LeDonne; Manteca; FiveLive (2008 Savant)
[mic break 1:15 p.m.]

Set Seven
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Where I Come From (11/29/08 Petaluma CA)
Michael Falzarano; How Long Blues; We Are All One (2008 Woodstock Records)
Interview with Michael Falzarano
Michael Falzarano; When There's Two There's Trouble; We Are All One (2008 Woodstock Records)
Don Braden; Two of a Kind; Gentle Storm (2008 HighNote)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Interview with Michael Falzarano

Today at 1:30 p.m. on WPKN:

Michael Falzarano (www.michaelfalzarano.com)is a veteran rhythm guitarist who has spent years on the road with the likes of Hot Tuna. More recently, he has been touring with the New Riders of the Purple Sage. We caught up with him at a recent NRPS concert, where Michael talked about his new solo CD, "We Are All One," and the CD he is producing for the New Riders.

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Israel Matzav: Near-pogrom in Antwerp

Israel Matzav: Near-pogrom in Antwerp

Things are heating up for Jews in Belgium. A protest turned violent in the Jewish quarter of Antwerp.

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Playlist, January 4, 2009

Set One
Herbie Hancock; Court and Spark; River: The Joni Letters (2006 Verve)
Joni Mitchell; Dreamland; Dreamland (2004 Rhino)
Dave Holland Sextet; The Sum of All Parts; Pass It On (2008 Dare2)
Don Braden; Gentle Storm; Gentle Storm (2008 HighNote)
Roy Assaf & Eddy Khaimovich Quartet; On the Way...; Andarta (2008 Origin)
[mic break 10:40 a.m.]

Set Two
Joe Baione; Oh Yeah!!!; Oh Yeah! (2008 Joe Baione)
Wayne Wallace; TBA; Infinity (2008 Patois)
Funky Pieces of Silver; Song For My Father; The Horace Silver Songbook (2007 Highnote)
Randy Brecker; Sambop; Randy in Brasil (2008 MAMA)
[mic break 11:07 a.m.]

Set Three
Tim Warfield; Sometimes You Got To Let the People Know; One for Shirley (2008 Criss Cross)
Victor Wooten; 2 Timers; Palmystery (2008 HeadsUp]
Stanley Jordan; All Blues; State of Nature (2008 Mack Avenue)
Dan Cavanagh; Having Built in Deeper Water; Pulse (2008 OA2)
Jeff Berlin; This Is Your Brain on Jazz; In Harmony's Way (2001 M.A.J.)
[mic break 11:43 a.m.]

Set Four
Andreas Öberg; Troublant Bolero; My Favorite Guitars (2008 Resonance)
Denise Donatelli; Crystal Silence; What Lies Within (2008 Savant)
The John Hicks Legacy Band; Mind Wine; Mind Wine: The Music of John Hicks (2008 Savant)
Benny Powell; You Got It; Nextep (2008 Origin)
The Clayton Brothers; Wild Man; Brother to Brother (2008 artistShare)
[mic break 12:18 p.m.]

Set Five
Freddie Hubbard; Echoes of Blue; Live at the Left Bank (2001 Label M)
Freddie Hubbard; Yesterday's Dreams; First Light (1971 CTI)
Freddie Hubbard; Prophet Jennings; Hub-Tones (1961 Blue Note)
Freddie Hubbard; Hub-Tones; Hub-Tones (1961 Blue Note)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers; Caravan; Caravan (1962 Riverside)
The John Coltrane Quartet; The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions (1961 Impulse)
Wayne Shorter; Moon of Manakoora; Wayning Moments (2000 Koch)
Freddie Hubbard; Bob's Place; The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1996 Impulse)
[mic break 1:25 p.m.]

Set Five
Freddie Hubbard; Echoes of Blue; Live at the Left Bank (2001 Label M)
Freddie Hubbard; Yesterday's Dreams; First Light (1971 CTI)
Freddie Hubbard; Prophet Jennings; Hub-Tones (1961 Blue Note)
Freddie Hubbard; Hub-Tones; Hub-Tones (1961 Blue Note)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers; Caravan; Caravan (1962 Riverside)
The John Coltrane Quartet; The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions (1961 Impulse)
Wayne Shorter; Moon of Manakoora; Wayning Moments (2000 Koch)
Freddie Hubbard; Bob's Place; The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1996 Impulse)
[mic break 1:25 p.m.]

Set Six
Phish; Reba; Live volume 11 (2002 Elektra)
Frank Zappa; RDNZL; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 2 (1988 Barking Pumpkin)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]


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RIP Freddie Hubbard

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Grammy-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players, has died at age 70.

Hubbard's manager, David Weiss, says the musician died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack last month.

Although he had been in declining health in recent years, Hubbard continued to perform until just a few months ago. Known for both the intensity of his playing, as well as his melodic style, Hubbard's last concert was in June in New York at a party celebrating the release of his final album.

He won a Grammy in 1972 for best jazz performance by a group for the album "First Light."

Here's Freddie playing Canteloupe Island with Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Tony Williams.



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Tribute to Victor Pachera

WPKN will air a tribute to the late Victor Pachera Monday, December 29th at 12 noon. The program will feature air checks and listener phone calls remembering Victor. Observant listeners will recall that Victor's program stopped airing when Harry Minot left WPKN. It's not known if Harry will make an appearance.

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