Playlist, May 24, 2009

Set One
Time Davies Big Band; Caravan-dalized; Dialmentia (2008 Origin)
Scotty Barnhart; Con Alma; Say It Plain (2009 Dig)
Dexter Gordon; Fried Bananas; The Very Best of Prestige Records (compilatiion)(2009 Prestige)
[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two
John Coltrane; Spring Is Here; Standard Coltrane (2009 Prestige)
Eric Alexander; Pearls; Prime Time (2008 Jazz Depot)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; Chance Encounters; Act Your Age (2008 Immergent)
Duke Ellington; Daybreak Express; 1933-1938 The Cotton Club to Sweden (2007 JSP)
Jimmie Lunceford; Chickasaw Stomp; Strictly Lunceford (2007 Proper)
Louis Armstrong; Struttin' With Some Barbecue; King Louis (2005 Proper)
Nat SImpkinsl; Our Love is Here to Stay; Cookin' With Some Barbecue (1995 Muse)
Don Braden; Never Can Say Goodbye; Gentle Storm; 2008 HighNote)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; September; Act Your Age (2008 Immergent)
[mic break 11:36 a.m.]

Set Three
Randy Brecker; Olhos Puxados; Randy in Brasil (2008 MAMA)
New York Electric Piano; Too New to Know; King Mystery (2008 Buffalo Puppy)
The Juicy Grapes; So Long; For Sale (2008 Juicy Grapes)
Q-Burns Abstract Message; Leela; Feng Shui (1998 Astralwerks)
Russell Gunn; Bitches Brew; Plays Miles (2007 HighNote)
Tabla Beat Science; Trajic (2002 Axiom)
Frank Zappa; Thirteen; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More volume 6 (1992 Barking Pumpkin)
Fareed Haque & the Flat Earth Ensemble; Big Bhangra; Flat Planet (2008 Owl Studios)
[mic break 12:26 p.m.]

Set Four
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Ghost Train Blues; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Ozric Tentacles; Astro Cortex; Arborescence (1994 Dovetail)
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; How Fine Is That?; The Bridge (2002 Relaxed)
Jimmy Smith; Sum Serious Blues; Milestone Profiles (2006 Concord)
The Neville Brothers; Junk Man; Live on Planet Earth (1994 A & M)
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra; Ballad of the Sad Young Men; The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (2009 151)
Frank Sinatra; I Get a Kick Out of You; Gold! (1989 Capitol)
John Burnett Swing Orchestra; Struttin' with Some Barbecue; West of State Street/East of Harlem (2008 Delmark)
[mic break 1:21 p.m.]

Set Five
Wake the Dead; Christmas Eve/China Cat Sunflower/Bank of Ireland/The Bear/Bertha/Cliffs of Mostar; Wake the Dead (2000 Arista)
Umphrey's McGee; Turn and Run; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
The Industrial Jazz Group; Void When Detached; City of Angles (2002 Innova)
Harry Skoler; Alpine Sunset; Two Ones (2009 Soliloquy)
Miles Davis; In Your Own Sweet Way; Collectors' Items (2009 Prestige)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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I have an ear worm!

I'm gonna slash my wrists if I can't get this corny hippie stuff out of my head.

Playlist, May 17, 2009

If the station actually had a working internet connection I would have posted my playlist today and tweeted every set. How hard is it to have equipment that works?

Thanks to The String Band for coming down to play our Brunch Concert. I enjoyed your set.

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Ed Palermo CD Release Party at Iridium

Big Band arranger and Zappa enthusiast Ed Palermo has a new CD out. Eddy Loves Frank is available on Cuneiform. A short message from Ed:

The CD release party is all set for Wednesday, June 3 at NYC's Iridium night club. I have a killer show planned, so I hope you can make it. We don't play out that much, so it's a rare opportunity to see this band in action.

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Sunday Brunch Concerts

This Sunday, May 17th, 12:00 noon
The String Band

Come to our living room studio and join our live audience. The music begins at 12 SHARP, Admission is free and everyone is welcome. For reservations or directions, call 203-331-9756.

Upcoming dates:

Sunday, June 7th, 12:00 noon
The Juicy Grapes

Sunday, June 21st, 1:00 p.m.
The Harris Brothers Balkan Band
This concert will be at the Kasbah Garden Cafe, 105 Howe Street, New Haven

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Playlist, May 10, 2009

Thanks to Janet Golden for filling in this morning while I coached tee-ball.

Set One
Papa Grows Funk; Slapjack; Mr. Patterson's Hat (2007 Funky Krewe)
Lake Street Dive; Death on Pluto; Promises, Promises (2008 Fyo)
Denise Donatelli; Crystal Silence; What Lies Within (2008 Savant)
Anthony Branker & Ascent; Ascent; Blessings (2009 Origin)
[mic break 1:13 p.m.]

Set Two
Christopher Roberts; Hornbills; Trios for Deep Voices (2009 Cold Blue)
Corona Guitar Kvartet; Astor Piazzolla, Fuga y Misterio; Bach, Ravel. Morley, Hseuh-Yung Shen, Piazzolla (2008 Albany)
David Gans; Echolalia; The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best (2008 Perfectible)
The Roches; Losing True; Keep on Doing (1982 Warner Bros)
The Duhks; This Fall; Fast Paced World (2008 Sugar Hill)
[mic break 1:38 p.m.]

Set Three
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Down the Middle; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Mark Taylor; Opaque; Spectre (2009 Origin)
Barney McClure Trio; Spot; Spot (2007 OA2)
John Stetch; Sanford & Son; TV Trio (2008 Brux)
[2:00 p.m.]


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WBAI continues melting down

Pacifica's Interim Executive Director Grace Aaron replaced Tony Riddle, WBAI's General Manager, on May 4th by kicking him upstairs to a no-show position with Pacifica's national office. Pacifica's Interim Chief Financial Officer, LaVarn Williams, takes over. The NYC IMC published the leaked letter from Grace Aaron. The comments, as usual for Indymedia, speak for themselves. 

* You will be reassigned from your current position as station manager of WBAI to the national office as
Development Director.
* Your salary and benefits will remain the same.
* You will work out of your home until further notice, and will report to me as your immediate supervisor.

That's not a bad job offer for someone who nearly ran WBAI into the ground, including allegedly 4 months rent not paid on the studio and 2 months not paid for the antenna.

Speaking of Pacifica, former CFO Lonnie Hicks is suing the Pacifica Foundation. The wrongful termination suit alleges that

Pacifica Radio governance factions use guerrilla warfare to coerce those who are different from themselves along racial and political lines, and "acts in an intolerant, capricious, discriminatory, retaliatory, prejudicial and coercive manner" and "believe that the ends ... justify the means."

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Ayn Rand's message to the GOP candidates

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Playlist, May 3, 2009

Set One
Grateful Dead; Brown Eyed Woman; Dick's Picks 14 (1999 GDP)
Lynne Arriale; Crawfish & Gumbo; Nuance (2009 Motema)
Matt Ulery; The Farm; Themes and Scenes (2009 Woolgathering)
Roni Ben-Hur; Bachianas Barsileiras No. 2, Aria; Signature (2005 Reservoir)
Jon Hassell; Courtrais; Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street (2009 ECM)
Russell Gunn; Love for Sale; Love Stories (20098 Highnote)
[mic break 10:47 a.m.]

Set Two
Jorma Kaukonen; Cracks in the Finish; River of Time (2009 Red House)
David Gans; Like a Dog; The Ones That Look The Weirdest Taste the Best (2008 Perfectible)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Where I Come From; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Jackie Greene; Uphill Mountain; Giving up the Ghost (2008 429 Records)
JJ Grey & Mofro; Orange Blossoms; Orange Blossoms (2008 Alligator)
[mic break 11:15 a.m.]

Set Three
George Russell Sextet; Tune Up; In K.C. (1961/2009 Jazz Collectors)
Pnuma Trio; Ending 10 Seconds; Character (
The Bad Plus; Comfortable Numb; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Daniel Sadownick; Bronx Bop; There Will Be A Day (2008 In Time)
[mic break 11:44 a.m.]

Set Four
High Ceiling; Politicians Lie; Illusions (2009 High Ceiling)
Lonnie Smith; Witch Doctor; Jungle Soul (2006 Palmetto)

WPKN Brunch Concert with The McLovins

Set Five
James Moody/Thad Jones; Buster's Last Stand; The Legendary 1963-64 Sessions (2007 Lone Hill Jazz)
Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan; A Ballad; Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (2009 Jazz Track)
Clayton Brothers; Walking Bass; Brother to Brother (2008 ArtistShare)
[mic break 1:16 p.m.]
Shaybnee Rainbolt; What to Do; Sings Russell Garcia (2009)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Live music with The McLovins this Sunday!

Sunday, May 3rd, 12 noon
The McLovins

Be part of our studio audience. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. Call 203.331.9756 for reservations & directions.

Please spread the word to your friends on Facebook.

As always, admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
From Rolling Stone:

Meet the McLovins, a jam band that covers Phish, the Meters and Weather Report and improvises extensively on their original tunes.

The trio is comprised of Jake (Drumlovin), Jason (Basslovin) and Jeff (Axlovin).

Jeff is still in middle school!!!

These shredders from Hartford, Connecticut, gained notoriety after a fan posted a YouTube video of them performing Phish's "You Enjoy Myself" on the Phish Phantasy Tour message boards.

Check out the video for "You Enjoy Myself" below, and click here to listen to a full live-set recording from one of their gigs in the Hartford area.

Added bonus: Janet Golden will interview the "McLovin Moms" on Morning Mommy Update at 1:30 p.m.

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Playlist; April 26, 2009

Program started at 1:00 p.m. Thanks to J.F. for covering the first three hours.

Set One
High Ceiling; Reality; Illusions (2009 High Ceiling)
The Disco Biscuits; M.E.M.P.H.I.S.; 4/19/09 The Klein, Bridgeport CT
[mic break 1:26 p.m.]

Set Two
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Rockin' with Nona; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Pour House Jelly (bonue track); Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
[mic break 1:41 p.m.]

Set Three
The Dead; Looks Like Rain (acoustic); 4/24/09 Nassau Coliseum
White Roses; My Little Star; Spark the Chain (2009 Retro Rocket)
Lynne Arriale; Wrapped Around Your Finger; Nuance (2009 Molena)
[2:00 p.m.]

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The plague of the jam band scene

This video is from the Nassau Coliseum lot last night. You can hear the tanks hissing in the background. Look at all the balloons on the ground. Nitrous oxide, a.k.a. hippie crack, is a plague on the scene. It was out of control at the Klein in Bridgeort when the Disco Biscuits played there, and apparently Nassau had the worst gas scene of the Dead 2009 tour.

The nitrous dealers are organized thugs, and they must be stopped.



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Tee-Ball Opening Day

Noah getting a hit on opening day.

Redneck Deadhead hybrid

Wow. Just...wow.



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Music that will give you teh ghey

Love Gods Way has the definitive list of bands that will make your children gay.

We Strongly recommend that you burn the CDs. Make sure your child is watching. Make sure they can feel the heat. It is crucial that the image remains emblazoned in their young minds. They need to know that if they continue to listen to these bands they may Burn eternally as well.

On the gay list: Phish, The Jonas Brothers, Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter.

Included in the list of "Safe Bands": Cyndi Lauper, Cheap Trick and Blondie.

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Playlist, April 19, 2009

Set One
Hendrik Meurkens; Mountain Drive; Samba to Go! (2009 Zoho)
Tom Harrell; The Sea Infinite; Prana Dance (2009 Highnote)
Charles Mingus; Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul; Fire Into Music: The Best of Impulse! vol. III (1989 Impulse!)
[mic break 10:32 a.m.]

Set Two
Arizona State University Pitchforks; Saturday in the Park; Chunk '94 (?)
Art Blakey; Mayreh; The Prime Source (2005 Proper)
Electro Lounge; Caravan (The John Buzon Trio/Eat Static Remix); Electronic Excursion in Hi-Fi Stereo (1999 The Right Stuff)
Max Creek; Something is Forming; Spring Water (1998 Wranger)
Jackie Greene; Downhearted; Giving Up the Ghost (2008 429 Records)
[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Three
The Bobs; Hit the Road; Greg; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog (2007 Bobs)
Sarah Vaughan; Day In, Day Out; Imcomparable (2000 Just Jazz)
Joey DeFrancesco; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Joey D! (2008 Highnote)
Joey DeFrancesco; Let's Get to the Nitty Grity; Finger Poppin' (2009 Doodlin')
Duke Ellington; Sweet and Pungent; Blues in Orbit (2004 Sony)
[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Interview with Amy Bob Engelhardt of The Bobs

Set Four
The Bobs; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog (2007 Bobs)
Illinois Jacquet; Bow Jest; The New York Sessions (JSP)
Dave Siebels; Not That There's Anyhting Wrong with That; with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Brick; Dazz
The Crusaders; Street Life; The Crusaders Story (1996 GRP)
Jaco Pastorius; The Medley: Purple Haze/Thrd Stone From the Sun/Teen Town; Heavy'n Jazz (1986 JazzPoint)
[mic break 12:42 p.m.]

Set Five
King for a Day; Mile After Mile; GOTV 2007
Thin Lizzy; The Boys are Back in Town
Grateful Dead; Weather Report Suite>Dark Star jam>Eyes of the World; Dick's Picks 14
[mic break 1:55 p.m.]

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Steely Dan are out of practice

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Playlist, April 12, 2009

UPDATE: Welcome, Deadheads. The 4/12/09 Greensboro show is here.

Sorry for the delay. I don't know WTF is wrong with our network, but again there was no internet connection and also no audio stream. Here's today's program.

Set One
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith; What I Say; Yo Miles! Upriver (2005 Cuneiform)
Miles Davis; Walkin'; In Europe (2005 Sony)
[mic break 10:43 a.m.]

Set Two
Miami Saxophone Quartet; Wapango; Fourtified (2008 Fourtitude)
Tipton Saxophone Quartet; Yugo A Go Go; Laws of Motion (2008 Zipa!)
World Saxophone Quartet; Hal's Blues (2006 Justin Time)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Tipton Saxophone Quartet; Sind'; Laws of Motion (2008 Zipa!)
Steve Elson; Heaven in Your Eyes; Mott & Broome (2008 Lips & Fingers)
Dave Siebels; I Wish; With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Charles Tolliver Big Band; I Want to Talk About You; Emperor March (2009 Half Note)
Colleen McNabb; Who Needs Forever; Don't Go to Strangers (20008 Zucca)
Gene Ammons; You Talk That Talk; Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? (compilation) (2001 Label M)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Four
Ernestine Anderson; This Can't Be Love; A Song for You (2009 High Note)
Bob Sniter/Joe Locke FIlm Noir Project; Last Tango in Paris; Nocturne for Ava (2009 Origin)
Jaco Pastorius; Continuum>Fannie Mae; Live in Italy (2001 Jazzpoint)
Umphrey's McGee; Cemetery Walk; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
[mic break 12:08 p.m.]

Set Five
Karl Denson; Dance Lesson #2; Dance Lesson #2 (2001 Capitol)
J.P. Delaire; Gotta Keep the Funk Alive; In My Life (2009 jpdelaire.com)
Funkatronic; Electica; Up from the Underground (2006 Higher Synthesis)
James Brown; The Payback; The Payback
CCC; Sunshine a Go Go; Revolved
George Duke; Dukey Treats; Dukey Treats (2008 Heads Up)
Russel Gunn; Because I Love You; Love Stories (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 12:55 p.m.]

Set Six
Joey DeFrancesco; Blues Up and Down; Joey D! (2008 Highnote)
Tom Harrell; Marching; Prana Dance (2009 Highnote)
White Roses; My LIttle Star; Spark the Chain (2009 Retro Rocket)
[mic break 1:13 p.m.]

Set Seven
The Disco Biscuits; World Is Spinning>Voices Insane; The WInd at Four to Fly (2006 Diamond Riggs)
Dave Siebels; The Coupe With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Wayne Wallace; Straight Life/Mr. Clean; Infinity (2008 Patois)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Interview with The Barber

Sunday, April 12th, 1:30 p.m.

I'll be interviewing Jon Gutwillig of the Disco Biscuits.

Uniting elements of electronic dance music with more traditional forms of American rock, the Disco Biscuits have long established themselves as one of the most exciting - and influential - touring bands in the country. In the late 90s, the band pioneered a unique style of music, often referred to as "trance-fusion," that distinguished them from their peers, while heavily influencing an entire generation of younger "livetronica" acts.

The Disco Biscuits will be playing The Klein in Bridgeport on April 19th.

UPDATE: For whatever reason, the interview didn't happen. If I can reschedule it I'll post a note.

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Playlist, April 5, 2009

Sorry for the delayed posting. I couldn't get an internet connection at the studio this morning.

Set One
Matthew Shipp Trio; Mel Chi 2; Harmonic Disorder (2009 Thirsty Ear)
Hriomi; Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of a forest; Spiral (2005 Telarc)
Larry Willis; TD's Tune; The Offering (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 10:27 a.m.]

Set Two
Bill Evans; Letter to Evan; The Last European Concert (2009 Gambit)
Bill Evans; Yet Ne'er Broken; The Last European Concert (2009 Gambit)
[mic break 10:44 a.m.]

Set Three
Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan; Too Close for Comfort; Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (2009 Jazz Track)
Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan; That Old Feeling; Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (2009 Jazz Track)
Benny Golson; Grove's Groove; New Time, New 'tet (2009 Concord)
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke; I Want to Live Main Theme; Nocturne for Ava (2009 Origin)
Roger Kellaway; Someday My Prince Will Come; Live at the Jazz Standard (2008 IPO)
Amanda Carr; Good Bait; Soon (2007 OMS)
Bethany Smith Staelens; All Or Nothing At All; The Big Band Theory (2008 Kotteb)
[mic break 11:31 a.m.]

Set Four
Sloleak; Katie Mae; Sloleak (1996 Pure)
Deep Banana Blackout; Homo Lingo; Live in the Thousand Islands (1995 Artkin Touchya)
Mojo Morgan; Red Light (Roxanne); Got Mojo? (2009 Gedion Soldiers)
KJ Denhert; Message in a Rainbow; Dal Vivo a Umbria Jazz (2008 Motéma)
Danny Green; Panic Nap; With You in Mind (2008 Alante)
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; An Afternoon with Mr. Bowie; Collective Creativity (2008 3Sixteen)
DJ Zebra; Roxanne Should be Dancing
[mic break 12:16 p.m.]

Set Five
Umphrey's McGee; Made to Measure; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
Umphrey's McGee; Preamble; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
Umphrey's McGee; Mantis; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
[mic break 12:35 p.m.]

Set Six
Joey DeFrancesco; Strollin'; Finger Poppin' (2009 Doodlin')
Julia Fordham; I Keep Forgettin'; China Blue (2009 Little Boo)
Benny Golson; Whisper Not; New Time, New 'tet (2009 Concord)
Take 6; Someone to Watch Over Me; The Standard (2008 Heads Up)
Colleen McNabb; Save Your Love For Me; Don't Go To Strangers (2008 Zucca)
[mic break 1:06 p.m.]

Set Seven
Anthony Branker & Ascent; Never Alone; Blessings (2009 Origin)
Tom Heasley/Toss Panos; Zephyr; Passages (2007 Full Bleed)
Mark Taylor; Maia; Spectre (2009 Origin)
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra; I'll Be Around; Where or When (2008 Owl Studios)
James Moody/Thad Jones; Great Day; The Legendary 1963-64 Sessions (2007 Lone Hill Jazz)
[mic break 1:41 p.m.]

Set Eight
Wayne Wallace; Love Walked In; Infinity (2008 Patois)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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