November 24th in Jam Band History

Steve Kimock and Pete Sears; The Hag at the Churn; Boulevard Cafe, Chicago, IL (11/24/2002)
Steve Kimock and Pete Sears; Stella Blue; Boulevard Cafe, Chicago, IL (11/24/2002)
The Breakfast; May Fly Disarray; Porter's Tap Room, Westbrook, CT (11/24/2004)
U-Melt; 415; The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ (11/24/2006)
Lotus; When H Binds to O; Rebel Lounge, New York City, NY (11/24/2006)
Yarn; Stella Blue; The Pour House, Raleigh, NC (11/24/2010)


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Playlist, November 24, 2013

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Steve Turre; Daylight; The Bones of Art (2013 HighNote)
Florian Hoefner Group; Stoney Lake; Falling Up (2013 OA2)
Mike Longo & the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble; Inner City Hues; LIVE from New York! (2013 CAP)
Oscar Peterson; Squatty Roo; The More I See You (1995 Telarc)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Horace Silver; Rocky Meets the Duke; Rockin' With Rachmaninoff (2003 Bop City)
Mose Allison; My Brain; The Way of the World (2010 Anti-)
Lorraine Feather; Attachments; Attachments (2013 Jazzed Media)
Herbie Hancock; Eye of the Hurricane; The Complete Columbia Album Collection (2013 Columbia)
[mic break 11:06 a.m.]

Set Three
Duke Ellington; In A Mellow Tone; Blues in Orbit (2004 Columbia Legacy)
The Manhattan Transfer; In a Mellow Tone; Pastiche (1978 Atlantic)
Jimmy Ponder; Three Little Words; Ain't Misbehaving (2000 HighNote)
Larry Coryell/Philip Catherine; Nuages; Twin-House (1977 Elektra)
Connie Evingson; Adventure; Sweet Happy Life (2013 Minnehaha)
Pat Metheny; Slow Hot Wind; What's it All About (2011 Nonesuch)
Connie Evingson; Slow Hot Wind; Sweet Happy Life (2013 Minnehaha)
[mic break 11:37 a.m.]

Set Four
George Cotsirilos; Doce Presenca; Variations (2013 OA2)
Jan Garbarek; Cego Alderado; Folk Songs  (1979 ECM)
Michael Pedicin; 27 Up; Why Stop Now/Ubuntu (2013 Ground Blue)
Dollar Brand; Cape Town Fringe; Cape Town Fringe (1977 Chiaroscuro)
[mic break 12:14 p.m.]

Set Five
Jan Akkerman; Pavanne; Jan Akkerman (1977 Atlantic)
Yes; Awaken; Going for the One (1977 Atlantic)
John McLaughlin; Are You the One? Are You the One?; Electric Guitarist (1979 Columbia)
Kevin Ayers; Star; Yes, We Have No Mañanas (1976 Harvest)
Reynold D. Philipsek; Pavane; Simplicity (2013 Rephi)
[mic break 12:50 p.m.]


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Playlist, November 10, 2013

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Corey Christiansen; Dying Californian; Lone Prairie (2013 Origin)
Jim Pearce; Even Big Monsters Love Music; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013 Oak Avenue)
B.D. Lenz; Honus; Ready or Not (2013 Jade Buddah)
David Bach; With or Without You; Other World (2013 Integrity)
Joel Harrison; Blue Ghosts of Bourbon Street; Harbor (2007 Highnote)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Jazz Combustion Uprising; Bike Lanes (Coming); Self-Immolation (2013)
Houston Person; All My Tomorrows; Nice  'n' Easy (2013 HighNote)
Jane Monheit; Golden Slumbers/The Long and Winding Road; The Heart of the Matter (2013 Decca)
Alexander Kerr; Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Insturments (1924);(1999 Radio Netherlands)
Corey Christiansen; El Paso; Lone Prairie (2013 Origin)
[mic break 11:08 a.m.]

Set Three
Pamela Luss; How Do You Keep the Music Playing?; Your Eyes (2007 Savant)
Ray Mantilla; El Carnivalito USA; The Connection (2013 Savant)
Raymond D. Philipsek; Astoria; Simplicity (2013 Rephi)
Ligro; Stravinsky (with Bach Intro); Dictionary 2 (2013 MoonJune)
Eric Gales Trio; Just Funk; Ghost Notes (2013 Tone Center)
[mic break 11:39 a.m.]

Set Four
Steve Treseler; Painted Trail; Center Song (2013 CMA)
Mary Lou Williams; The History of Jazz According to Mary Lou; Live at the Keystone Korner (2002 HighNote)
[mic break 11:59 a.m.]

Set Five
Jim Pearce; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer ; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013 Oak Avenue)
The Wrong Object; Wrong But Not False; After the Exhibition (2013 MoonJune)
Kevin Coelho; Come Together; Turn it Up (2013 Chicken Coup)
Kevin Coelho; The World is a Ghetto; Turn it Up (2013 Chicken Coup)
Jimmy Ponder; Mr. Magic; James Street (1997 HighNote)
[mic break 12:33 p.m.]

Set Six
Jon Hamar; Prospect Park West; Idyl Wild (2013 Origin)
Poncho Sanchez; Mambo Inn/On Green Dolphin Street; Live in Hollywood (2013 Concord)
Michael Pedicin; Tunji; Why Stop Now/Ubuntu (2013 Ground Blue)
[PSA break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Frank Viele (ARCHIVED AUDIO)
[2:00 p.m.]



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November 3rd in Jam Band History

ARCHIVED AUDIO STREAM

Grateful Dead; Gloria; Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA (11/3/1984)
Grateful Dead; Why Don't We Do it in the Road; Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA (11/3/1984)

Little Feat; Voodoo Jam; Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA (11/3/2001)

Little Feat; All That You Dream; Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA (11/3/2001)

Aquarium Rescue Unit; Compared to What; Garton's, Vail, CO (11/3/1994)

Aquarium Rescue Unit; Space is the Place/Rocket No. 9; Garton's, Vail, CO (11/3/1994)

Grateful Dead with Tom Popper; Wang Dang Doodle; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA (11/3/1991)

Grateful Dead with John Fogerty; Born on the Bayou; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA (11/3/1991)

Grateful Dead with Neil Young; Forever Young; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA (11/3/1991)

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Playlist, November 3, 2013

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Francesca Simone; Welcome Back; Playground (2013 Blue Ladybug)
B.D. Lenz; How Deep is Your Love; Ready or Not (2013 Jade Buddah)
Reynold D. Philipsek; Tango Blue; SImplicity (2013 Rephi)
Matt Balitsaris; Evening Fires; Evening Fires (1991 Raven)
West Montgomery; Diablo's Dance; Echoes of Indiana Avenue (2012 Resonance)
[mic break 11:29 a.m.]

Set Two
The Wrong Object; Yantra; After the Exhibition (2013 MoonJune)
Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom; Voodoo Boogaloo; Voodoo Boogaloo (2005 Levtronic)
Tuxedomoon; Nazca; Half-Mute (1980 Ralph)
Don Byron Quintet; WRU; No-Vine Zone (19915 Knitting Factory Works)
[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Three
Nicholas Payton; Concierto de Aranjuez; Sketches of Spain (2013 BMF)
Gloria Estefan; They Can't Take That Away From Me; The Standards (2013 Sony)
Kevin Coelho; Root Down; Turn it Up (2013 Chicken Coup)
[mic break 11:32 a.m.]

Set Four
Gary Burton Quartet; Duke Ellington's Sound of Love; Picture This (1982 ECM)
Michael Pedicin; Downtown Found; Why Stop Now/Ubuntu (2013 Ground Blue)
The Elements of Jazz; Arisen; The Elements of Jazz (2010 EMG)
Mel Graves; Cave Dwellers; Three Worlds (1980 1750 Arch)
Mel Graves; Cave Dwellers; Three Worlds (1980 1750 Arch)
Laura Ainsworth; Necessary Evil; Necessary Evil (2013 Eclectus)
[mic break 12:06 p.m.]

Set Five
Ahmad Jamal; I Got It Band and That Ain't Good; Saturday Morning (2013 Jazzbook)
Tierney Sutton; Court and Spark; After Blue (2013 BFM Jazz)
John Blake; For Tomorrow; Maiden Dance (1984 Gramavision)
The Residents & Snakefinger; Plains; Goosebump (1980 Ralph)
Van Morrison; Troubadors; Into the Music (1979 Warner Bros)
Lys Guillorn; New Tattoo; Winged Victory (2013)
[mic break 12:37 p.m.]

Set Six
Gov't Mule; Funny Little Tragedy; Shout! (2013 Blue Note)
Elvis Costello & The Roots; If I Could Believe; Wise Up Ghost (2013 Blue Note)
Lorraine Feather; Anna Lee; Attachments (2013 Jazzed Media)
[PSA Break 12:55 p.m.]

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Playlist, October 27, 2013

AUDIO ARCHIVE STREAM

And a groovadelic good morning to you. This week, we're off the beaten path. Watch out for the roots and rocks!

Part 1
Jim Pearce; Even Big Monsters Love Music; You are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013)
Frank Zappa; Goblin Girl; You Are What You Is (1981 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear; You Are What You Is (1981 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa/Mothers; Cheepnis; Roxy and Elsewhere (1975 DiscReet)
Original Soundtrack; Science Fiction/Double Feature; Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975
Phish; Frankenstein; Atlantic City, NJ (10/31/2010)
Suspense – On a Country Road (11/16/1950)

Part 2
Original Soundtrack; This is Halloween; The Nightmare Before Christmas (2006 Walt Disney)
Original Soundtrack; The Addams Family Theme
The Who; Boris the Spider; A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1995 UMG)
Phish; Ghost > Psycho Killer; Hartford, CT (8/9/2009)
Nick Cave; Mack the Knife; September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1994 Island)
Michael Jackson; Thriller; Thriller (1982 Epic)
Escape – Three Skeleton Key (2/2/1948)

Part 3
Frank Zappa; The Torture Never Stops (Part One); The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
Grateful Dead; Space > Werewolves of London; Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC (10/31/1985)
The Whistler – In the Dark (2/7/1943)
Frank Zappa; The Torture Never Stops (Part Two); The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991 Barking Pumpkin)

Sunday Brunch Concert: Dr. Caterwaul's Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps (ARCHIVED AUDIO)

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October 20th in Jam Band History

Kung Fu; The Hammer; River Street Jazz Cafe, Plains, PA (10/20/2011)
Jeff Coffin Mu'tet; Al's Greens; Pisgah Brewing Company, Black Mountain, NC (10/20/2011)
Greensky Bluegrass; Help; Venue: Bluebird Theater, Location: Denver, CO (10/20/2012)
The Grass Is Dead; Black Peter; Magnolia Fest, Live Oak, Fl (10/20/2002)
Grateful Dead; Let it Grow; Internationales Congress Centrum, Berlin, Germany (10/20/90)
Max Creek; Blood Red Roses; Toad's Place, New Haven, CT (10/20/2000)
Soulive; Doin' Somethin'; The Avalon, Boston, MA (10/20/2000)


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Playlist, October 20, 2013

AUDIO STREAM

Good morning, campers!

Set One
Victor Wooten; Sword and Stone; Words and Tones (2012 nVIX)
Frank Zappa; Chunga's Revenge; Trance Fusion (2006 Zappa)
Mary Jenson; Too High; Beyond (2011)
Cecil Payne; Wilhelmina; Scotch and Milk (1997 Delmark)
[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Two
Slidewerke; Trombania Suite; Trombania (1997 Sea Breeze Jazz)
Cal Tjader/Charlie Byrd; Tambu; Tambu (1974 Fantasy)
The Milt Jackson Big 4; Night Mist Blues; The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975 Pablo)
The Milt Jackson Big 4; Mack the Knife; The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975 Pablo)
[mic break 11:08 a.m.]

Set Three
Sue Maskaleris; So Sacred the Sand; Bring Nothing But Your Heart (2013 Jazilian)
George Cotsirilos Trio; Sambrosia; Variuations (2013 OA2)
Sultans of String; Luna; Symphony! (2013 McKhool/Red River)
Francesca Simone; Highway 13; Playground (2013 Blue Ladybug)
[mic break 11:32 a.m.]

Set Four
Aaron Germain; Nhung Bac Thang; Change (2013 Origin)
David Newman; Mashooganah; Mr. Fathead (1976 Warner Bros)
Copernicus; La Verite Absolue est Posible; L'Eternite Immediate (2013 MoonJune)
Ahmad Jamal; The Line; Saturday Morning (2013 Jazzbook)
[mic break 12:00 noon]

Set Five
Connie Evingson; Slow Hot Wind; Sweet Happy Life (2013 Minnehaha Music)
Roxy Music; The Bogus Man; For Your Pleasure ... The Second Roxy Music Album (1973 Warner Bros)
Phish; Tweezer; Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey's, Stateline,NV (7/31/13) start 12:19:08
[PSA break 12:55]

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October 13th in Jam Band History

AUDIO STREAM

This show features performances from 1980 to 2011, with covers of Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, and Simple Minds mixed in with the originals.

Bonerama; The Ocean; Bayou, Washington, D.C. (10/13/2011)
Donna the Buffalo; You're Breakin' My Heart; Shakori Hills Festival, Silk Hope, NC (10/13/2007)
Dopapod; Off the Cuff; River Street Jazz Café, Plains, PA (10/13/2011)

Dopapod; I’m the Slime; River Street Jazz Café, Plains, PA (10/13/2011)

Keller Williams; Freakshow; Union Theatre, Madison, WI (10/13/2001)

Keller Williams; Freaker by the Speaker; Union Theatre, Madison, WI (10/13/2001)

Keller Williams; Don't You Forget About Me; Union Theatre, Madison, WI
October 13, 2011
Ryan Montbleau; You Crazy You (incl. Frank's Wild Years); Higher Ground, S. Burlington, VT (10/13/2006)
Grateful Dead; Bird Song; Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA (10/13/1980)

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Playlist, October 13, 2013

ARCHIVED AUDIO

Good morning, leaf peepers! This post will be updated at the end of every set. For faster results, follow me on Twitter, where I post every song I play.

Set One
I Know You Well Miss Clara; Dangerous Kitchen; Chapter One (2013 MoonJune)
Sue Maskaleris; Lush Life; Bring Nothing But Your Heart (2013 Jazilian)
Duane Padilla; How High the Moon; Sentimental Spring (20111)
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Turning Point; In The Beginning Volumes 1 & 2 (2013 Pilgrimage)
Foreign Motion; Kings; In Flight (2013)
Sammy Figueroa; The Three Marias; The Magician (2007 Savant)
Arnett Cobb; Smooth Sailin'; Cobb & His Mob in Concert featuring Dinah Washington (2000 Highnote)
[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Three
Don Braden; The Traveler; The New Hang (2004 Highnote)
Muhal Richard Abrams; Colors in Thirty-Third; Colors in Thirty-Third (1987 Black Saint)
Lorraine Feather; The Veil; Attachments (2013 Jazzed Media)
Jazz Combustion Uprising; This Unmemorable Evening; Self-Immolation (2013)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Five
Jim Pearce; Never Open with a Ballad; Never Open with a Ballad (2007)
Mose Allison; Ever Since the World Ended; Ever Since the World Ended (1987 Bule Note)
Pinetop Perkins; Pinetop's Boogie Woogie; Heaven (2012 Blind Pig)
Kathy Kosins; I Keep Goin Back to Joe's; The Space Between (2013 Mahogany Jazz)
Sultans of String; Road to Kfarmishki; Symphony! (2013 McKhool/Red River)
Diane Hubka; West Coast Blues; West Coast Strings (2013 SSL)
[mic break 12:37 p.m.]






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Playlist, October 6, 2013

Playlist, October 6, 2013

AUDIO STREAM
Set One
Jazz Combustion Uprising; Bike Lanes (Coming); Self-Immolation (2013)
Javier Vercher/Ference Nemeth; Form & Meaning; Imaginary Realm (2013 Dreamers Collective)
Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band; The Count is In! (1993 SeaBreeze)
[mic break 10:26 a.m.]

Set Two
Count Basie Big Band; Mr. Softie; Me and You (1983 Pablo)
Pamela Luss; Our Day Will Come; Your Eyes (2007 Savant)
Freddie Cole; The Gentle Rain; Because of You (2006 Highnote)
Diego Rivera; The Whit; The Conteder (2013 Clef)
Diego Rivera; Frida;' The Conteder (2013 Clef)
Louis Jordan; It's Hard to be Good Without You; The Later Years 1953-1957 (2008 JSP)
[mic break 11:00 a.m.]

Set Three
Dizzy Gillespie & Arturo Sandoval; And Then She Stopped; To a Finland Station (1983 Pablo)
Oscar Peterson; Things Ain't What They Used to Be; Oscar Peterson Jam (1977 Pablo)
Max Roach; Night in Tunisia; Long as You're Living (1984 ENJA)
[mic break 11:37 a.m.]

Set Four
Count Basie; Ham 'n' Eggs; Basically Basie (2005 JSP)
Lorraine Feather; I Love You Guys; Attachments (2013 Jazzed Media)
Ray Anderson; In a Mellotone; Old Bottles - New Wine (1984 ENJA)
Diane Hubka; Moondance; West Coast Strings (2013 SSJ)
Cassandra Wilson; Tupelo Honey; Blue Light 'til Dawn (1993 Blue Note)
Monty Alexander; Night Mist Blues; Uplift 2:Higher (2013 JLP)
[mic break 12:13 p.m.]

Set Five
simakDialog; Lain Parantina; The 6th Story (2013 MoonJune)
Grateful Dead; Eyes of the World; One from the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Grateful Dead; King Solomon's Marbles/Stronger Than Dirt; One from the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Bobby Hutcherson; Knucklebean; Knucklebean (1977 Blue Note)
[PSA break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Tinmouth
[2:00 p.m.]

Pinkwashing for the Cure

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Playlist, September 29, 2013

ARCHIVED AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Florian Hoefner Group; Eleven; Falling Up (2013 OA2)

Mark Masters Ensemble; Chain Lightning; Everything You Did (2013 Capri)

Ahmad Jamal; I'm in the Mood for Love; Saturday Morning (2013 Jazzbook)

[mic break 10:32 a.m.]

Set Two

Anne Drummond; Magic Beans; Revolving (2013 Origin)

Freddie Cole; Nothin's Wrong with Nothin'; This and That (2013 Highnote)

Eugenie Jones; A Good Day; Black Lace Blue Tears (2013 Open Mic)

The Mies Davis All-Stars; Bye Bye Blackbird; Broadcast Sessions 1958-59 (2008 Acrobat)

Count Basie/Joe Turner; Flip, Flop, Fly; The Bosses (1974 Pablo)

Jack DeJohnette; Elmer Wudd?; Extra Special Edition (1994 Blue Note)

[mic break 11:09 a.m.]

Set Three

Aaron Lebos Reality; Psychic DJ Strikes; Aaron Lebos Reality (2013)

Umphrey's McGee; Life During Exodus; Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY (1/26/13)

Frank Zappa; How Could I Be Such a Fool; MOFO Project/Object (2006 Zappa)

Diego Rivera; El Pachuco; The Contender (2013)

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet; Giant Steps; Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin (2013 Patois)

[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

Set Four

Gregory Porter; Liquid Spirit; Liquid Spirit (2013 Blue Note)

Eric Reed; 'Round Midnight; The Dancing Monk (2011 Savant)

Ted Brancato; Prayer; The Next Step (2013 Origin)

Elvis Costello & the Roots; Wise Up Ghost; Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs (2013 Blue Note)

Quartette Indigo; Ruby My Dear; Quartette Indigo (1994 Landmark)

C'est What?!; Still Waters; Palmetto Sampler Volume 1 (1994 Palmetto)

Steve Earle; Pancho and Lefty; Townes (1009 New West)

Tierney Sutton; Woodstock; After Blue (2013 BFM Jazz)

[mic break 12:32 p.m.]

Set Five

Lorraine Feather; I Love You Guys; Attachments (2013 Jazzed Media)

Tim Horner; Mandala; The Head of the Circle (Origin)

Resonance; The Journey of Each Other; Introductions (2013 Mandala)

Dave Slonaker Big Band; Labyrinth Suite Pt: 1: Labyrinth; Intrada (2013 Origin)

[PSA Break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Relative Souls (ARCHIVED AUDIO STREAM)

[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, September 22, 2013

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Eugenie Jones; Sat'day Night Blues; Black Lace Blue Tears (2013 Open Mic)
Wallace Roney; Combustible; Understanding (2013 Highnote)
Steve Gadd Band; Who Knows Blues; Gadditude (2013 BFM Jazz)
4th Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra; Yemenite Tanz; Abdul the Rabbi (2012)
Jim Pearce; Even Big Monsters Love Music; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013 )
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
Michael Dease; I Talk to the Trees; Grace (2010 JLP)
Dave Slonaker Big Band; Intrada; Intrada (2013 Origin)
The Chris Parker Trio; Love For Sale; The Chris Parker Trio (2013 GPR)
Scott Healy Ensemble; Summit Avenue Conversation; Hudson City Suite (2012 Hudson City)
[mic break 11:07 a.m.]

Set Three
Frank Viele; Some Day I'm Gonna Make You Mine
Umphrey's McGee; Hajimemashite; Death by Stereo (2011 ATO)
Ali Baba's Tahini; Bikes; Living Room (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Laura Ainsworth; Out of This World; Necessary Evil (2013 Eclectus)
The Chris Parker Trio; Song for Bilbao; The Chris Parker Trio (2013 GPR)
[mic break 11:34 a.m.]

Set Four
Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band; Spurier's Dream; Nuyorican Nights (Jazzheads)
Jeff Berlin; This is Your Brain … On Jazz; In Harmony's Way (2001 M.A.J.)
The Radiators; Deep in My Voodoo; The Radiators (Rattlesby)
B'Shnorkestra; Symposium; Go to Orange (2013 Present Sounds)
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet; Things Ain't What They Used to Be; Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin (2013 Patois)
[mic break 12:09 p.m.]

Set Five
Rez Abazzi; Hindu-Myth; Bazaar (2006 Zoho)
Lorraine Feather; We Have the Stars; Attachments (2013 Jazzed Media)
Frank Viele; Monsters in the Hall
The Kind Buds; Destiny Waits; It's All in Your Mind Till it Gets to Your Heart (2009)
[mic break 12:39 p.m.]

Set Six
Laszlo Gardony; Eleanor Rigby; Signature Time (2011 Sunnyside)
Marko Djordjevic; Ten Large Serbians; Something Beautiful 1709-2110 (2013 Goalkeeper)
Mark Masters Ensemble; Aja; Everything You Did: The Music of Becker & Fagen (2013 Capri)
[mic break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Eggy
[2:00 p.m.]




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September 8th in Jam Band History

It's an all-Dead show today, with a tip of the hat to birthday boy Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who would have turned 68 today.

Grateful Dead; Next Time You See Me; Ladies & Gentlemen … Fillmore East April 1971 (2000 Arista) 

Grateful Dead; It Hurts Me Too; Three from the Vault (2007 Rhino) 

Grateful Dead: China Cat Sunflower > I Know Your Rider; Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (9/8/73)

Grateful Dead; Terrapin Station; Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Morrison, CO (9/8/83)

Grateful Dead; jam; Coliseum, Richfield, OH (9/8/90)

Grateful Dead; Hell in a Bucket; Civic Center, Providence, RI (9/8/87)

Grateful Dead; Fire on the Mountain; Civic Center, Providence, RI (9/8/87)

Playlist, September 8, 2013

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Jim Pearce; Even Big Monsters Love Music; You Are an Edgy VIsionnary Seer (2013 Oak Avenue)
Kanji Ohta & the Jazz Family; For Minors Only; Our Jazz Family (2012 JZAZ)
Andy Waddell; Eye 2 Eye; Sunset to 7 (2013)
Steve GTadd Band; Scatterbrain; Gadditude (2013 BFM Jazz)
Diana Marcine; Music's What You Do; So Unexpected (2013)
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Django Festival Allstars; Balkanic Dance; Live at Birdland (2013 Three's a Crowd)
Laura Ainsworth; Last Train to Mercerville; Necessary Evil (2013 Eclectus)
Tony Adamo; Sun Ra Rockets to Mars; Miles of Blu (2013 Random Act)
David Chesky; Deconstruction; Jazz in the New Harmonic (2013 Chesky)
Gina Kronstadt; Twitter Stole my Boyfriend; Come Over (2013 Falloff)
[mic break 10:55 a.m.]

Sly & the Family Stone, part 2

Set Three
Leo Genovese; Father of Spectralism; Seeds (2013 Palmetto)
Aaron Lebos Reality; Psychic DJ Strikes; Aaron Lebos Reality (2013)
Kathy Kosins; Night Bird (In Summer) (Chill Mix); The Space Between (2013 Mahogany Jazz)
Jen Durkin; Evermore; Equinox (2009)
The Mark Masters Ensemble; Do it Again; Everything You Did: the Music of Becker & Fagen (2013 Capri)
Lorraine Feather; Attachments; Attachments (2013 Jazzed Media)
James Zollar; Imagine Me; It's All Good People (2013 JZAZ)
[mic break 12:34 p.m.]

Set Four
Dick Weller; Walk On By; Tunes Remembered (2013 Primrose Lane Music)
Eugenie Jones; Perfect; Black Lace Blue Tears (2013 Open Mic)
[mic break 12:50 p.m]

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September 1st in Jam Band History

Umphrey's McGee; Nothing Too Fancy; Black River Ampitheatre, Lesterville, MO (9/1/2002)
Ryan Montbleau; Grain of Sand > Send Me a Muse > Tell Me Another > Grain of Sand; House of Blues, Boston, MA (9/1/2009)

Ryan Montbleau; Eggs; House of Blues, Boston, MA (9/1/2009)

Strangefolk; Fat Albert Theme; Addison County Field Days, New Haven, VT (9/1/2001)

Strangefolk; All the Same; Addison County Field Days, New Haven, VT (9/1/2001)

Robert Hunter; Willy Poor Boy; Cellar Door, Washington, DC (9/1/1980)

Robert Hunter; Keys To The Rain/Heart Of Glass; Cellar Door, Washington, DC (9/1/1980)

Robert Hunter; Touch of Grey; Cellar Door, Washington, DC (9/1/1980)

Grateful Dead; Casey Jones; Baton Rouge International Speedway (9/1/1969)

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Playlist, September 1, 2013

And a groovadelic good morning to you!

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
David Chesky; American Culture X; Jazz in the New Harmonic (2013 Chesky)
Frank Zappa; Once Upon a Time; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More, Volume 1 (1988 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; Sofa; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More, Volume 1 (1988 Rykodisc)
The Residents; Smokebeams; The Tunes of Two Cities (1981/2005 Optical Productions)
Nina Simone; Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Zeds Dead Remix); Verve Remixed; The First Ladies (2013 Verve)
Tom Goehring; For Beverly; A Reflected Journey (2013 Mengli Music)
[mic break 10:32 a.m.]

Set Two
Chester Thompson Trio; Black Market; Approved (2013 Joyful Noise)
Steve Gadd Band; Ask Me; Gadditude (2013 BFM Jazz)
Gina Kronstadt; Just Ask; Come Over (2013 Falloff)
Tom Waits; Ol' 55; The Early Years, Vol. 2 (1993 Manifesto)
[mic break 10:56 a.m.]

Sly and the Family Stone: Higher, part one

Set Three
Keller & the Keels; Mountains of the Moon; Thief (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Phish; Simple; A Live One (1995 Elektra)
[mic break 12:03 p.m.] 

Interview with Rob Compa of Dopapod
Interview with Mike Healy of Papadosio
Interview with Adam Perry of Ghost Owl
Interview with Evan Fridell of Jimkata
Interview with John Ferrara of Consider the Source
[PSA break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History

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August 25th in Jam Band History

Zero; Cissy Strut; River Festival at Midway Beach,Guerneville, CA (8/25/90)
Zero; Tangled Hangers; River Festival at Midway Beach,Guerneville, CA (8/25/90)
U-Melt; Welcome to the Machine; Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ (8/25/05)
Drew Emmitt Band; This House; 6th Annual Northwest String Summit, Horning's Hideout
North Plains, OR (8/25/07)
Ratdog; Corrinna; The Stables Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK (8/25/03)
Radiators; Lucinda; The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA (8/25/07)
Radiators; Magnificent 7; The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA (8/25/07)
Radiators; Cissy Strut; The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA (8/25/07)

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Playlist, August 25th, 2013

AUDIO STREAM

And a groovadelic good morning to you. And Happy Birthday to Janet!

Set One
Anne Drummond; Harold Land; Revolving (2013 Origin)
Chicago Jazz Orchestra; September in the Rain; Burstin' Out (2013 Origin)
John Daversa; The Bridge; Junk Wagon (2011 BFM Jazz)
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet; Closing Credits; In a World of Mallets (2013 Basin Street)
B'Shnorkestra; Symposium; Go to Orange (2013 Present Sounds)
Kanji Ohta & the Jazz Family w/Jimmy Heath; Tea for Two; Our Jazz Family (2012 JZAZ)
[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Two
Oscar Peñas; Continuum; From Now On (2011 BJU Records)
Rudresh Mahanthappa; F; Gamak (2013 ACT Music)
Eugenie Jones; So Hard to Find; Black Lace, Blue Tears (2013 Open Mic)
Django Reinhardt; Welcome, Part 1; Postwar Recordngs (2008 JSP)
Django Reinhardt; Welcome, Part 2; Postwar Recordngs (2008 JSP)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Judy Wexler; Tomorrow is Another Day; What I See (2013 Jazzed Media)
Rimbombante; Get Happy; Maria has Lost Her Soul (2013 Majunga Music)
Kathy Kosins; Don't Be on the Outside; The Space Between (2013 Mahogany Jazz)
Louie Romery y Su Grupo Mazacote; Lou's Afro-Cuban Blues; Salsa de la Bahia (2013 Patois)
[mic break 11:26 a.m.]

Set Four
Raquel Cepeda; Dream a Little Dream of Me; I'm Confessin' (2013 Peonia)
John Stein; Duke Ellington's Sound of Love/Chelsea Bridge (2013 Whaling City Sound)
Dado Moroni; I Hear a Rhapsody; Live in Beverly Hills (2010 Resonance)
[mic break 11:55 a.m.]

Set Five
John McLaughlin/Al di Meola/Paco de Lucia; Orient Blue Suite; Passion, Grace & Fire (1083 Coluimbia)
Gina Kronstadt; That Night; Come Over (2013 Falloff)
Grateful Dead; Desolation Row; Postcards of the Hanging (2004 Rhino)
Bob Dylan; Maggie's Farm; Hard Rain (1976 Columbia)
Flo & Eddie; Sitting in the Park; Rock Steady with Flo & Eddie (1981 Epiphany)
The Residents; Smack your lips (clap your teeth); The Tunes of Two Cities (1981 The Cryptic Corporation)
Neil Young; Mr. Soul; Trans (1982 Geffen)
[mic break 12:40 p.m.]

Set Six
NRBQ; Get Rhythm; Central Park Summerstage (2005 Circular Moves)
Tony Rice; Streets of London; Church Street Blues (1983 Sugar Hill Blues)
Clipper Anderson; Ballad of the Sad Young Men; Ballad of the Sad Young Men (2013 Origin)
[PSA break 12:56 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History

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