Playlist, September 28, 2014

Set One
Benjamin Lapidus & Kari•B3; Yemaya's Changes; Ochosi Blues (2014 Tresero Productions)
Rod McGaha; Bleep Blop; The Black Flower Project (2014 Black Flower)
Sherie Julianne; So Many Stars; 10 Degrees South (2014 Azul do Mar)
The Pete Christlieb & Linda Small Eleven Piece Band; Minuet; Tall & Small (2011 BOSCO)
Jim Pearce; Even Big Monsters Love Music; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013)
[mic break 10:27 a.m.]

Set Two
Bill Banfield's Jazz Urbane; Words Linger; Playing with Other People's Heads Songs (2014 JazzUrbane)
Mark Buselli; Jetstream; Untold Stories (2014 OA2)
Kelly Suttenfield/Tony Romano; Harvest Moon; Among the Stars (2014)
Jason Carter & Ragatal; Inner Strength; Elements (2001 ARC Music)
Remember Shakti; Giriraj Sudha; Saturday Night in Bombay (2001 Verve)
[mic break 11:08 a.m.]

Set Three
Dee Daniels; A Song For You; Intimate Conversations (2014 Origin)
Marc Pompe; The Music Goes Round and Round; Monk's Dream (2014)
Shepley Metcalf & Ron Roy; No Soap, No Hope, No Mouse, No House Bluies; Don't Bother to Knock (2014)
James Leary; So Far So Good; Together (2012 Lifeforce Jazz)
Jay Hoggard; Inner Rhythm; The Right Place (2003 JHYM)
[mic break 11:36 a.m.]

Set Four
The Modern Jazz Quartet; I Remember Clifford; European Concert (2000 Label M)
The Bad Plus; Do It Again; Inevitable Western (2014 Okeh)
Grateful Dead; King Solomon's Marbles; One From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
S.M.V.; Thunder; Thunder (2008 Heads Up)
[mic break 12:02 p.m.]
 
Set Five
Gordon Lee with the Mel Brown Septet; Urgent Message; Tuesday Night (2014 OA2)
Laurie Antonioli; Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire; Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light (2014 Origin)
Ulysses Owens Jr.; Fee Fi Fo Fum; Onward & Upward (2014 Clef)
[mic break 12:25 p.m.]

Set Six
Cedar Walton; Ugetsu; Reliving the Moment (2014 HighNote)
Jaki Byard; Medley: All the Things You Are/I'll Remember April; The Late Show (2014 HighNote)
Anthony Branker & Word Play; Forgotten Peoples; The Forward (Toward Equality) Suite (2014 Origin)
[mic break 12:56 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Daphne Lee Martin & Hannah Fair
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, Septermber 14, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Ryan Montbleau Band; 75 and Sunny; Live at Life is Good (2011 Blue's Mountain)
Laurie Antonioli; This Flight Tonight; Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light (2014 Origin)
The Bad Plus; Do it Again; Inevitable Western (2014 OKeh)
Jim Pearce; Even Big Monsters Love Music; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013 Oak Avenue)
Bill Banfield's Jazz Urbane; Happy; Playing with Other People's Heads (2014 Jazz Urbane)
Bobby Streng's House Big Band; Fred's Way; Getting Housed (2011)
[mic break 10:45 a.m.]

Set Two
Tierney Sutton; You Must Belive in Spring; Paris Sessions (2014 BFM)
Anthony Branker & Word Play; Hope; The Forward (Towards Equality) Suite (2014 Origin)
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; Solea; Sketches of Spain Revisited (2014 316 Records)
Jimmy Heath Big Band; Yardbird Suite; Live at the Blue Note (2014 JLP)
[mic break 11:22 a.m.]

Set Three
Jimmy Heath Big Band; A Sound for Sore Ears; Togetherness (2014 JLP)
John David Simon; Squirrelly; Phantasm (2014 WarmGroove)
Hendrik Meurkens/Misha Tsiganov; Norwegian Wood; Junity (2014 HMS)
Sergio Mendes; Meu Rio; Magic (2014 OKeh)
Harvey Mason; Montara; Chameleon (2014 Concord)
Kate Ross; Jazz; People Make the World Go Round (2014)
[mic break 12:01 p.m.]

Set Four
Dee Daniels' Exactly Like You; Intimate Conversations (2014 Origin)
Stockton Helbing Quartet; Mushface; Handprints (2014 Armored)
Solaris Vocal Ensemble; Mosquitoes' Drinking Ditty; Floodsongs (2014 Albany)
Frank Zappa; Dew on the Newts We Got; 200 Motels (1996 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts; 200 Motels (1996 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; Purple Haze; The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; Sunshine of Your Love; The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; What's New in Baltimore?; Son of Cheap Thrills (1999 Rykodisc)
XTC; The Last Balloon; Apple Venus (1999 TVT)
Moon Hooch; Why Not?; Cave Music (2014 Hornblow)
Moon Hooch; Contra Dubstep; Cave Music (2014 Hornblow)
Collier & Dean; Sleek Buick; Sleek Buick (2014 Origin)
[mic break 12:53 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
Dangermuffin; Cradle of the Beach; Wormtown Music Festival, Greenfield, MA (9/14/13)
Conehead Buddha; Gotta Have Fun/Low Rider/Gotta Have Fun; SUNY Cortland (9/14/96)
Max Creek; Just a Rose; Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY (9/14/96)
Grateful Dead; Ollin Arrageed; Gizah Sound & Light Theater, Cairo, Egypt (9/14/78)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, August 24, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Donna the Buffalo; Forty Days and Forty Nights; Silverlined (2008 Sugar Hill)
Gov't Mule; Stoop So Low; Shout! (2013 Blue Note)
Gov't Mule; Stoop So Low (feat. Dr. John); Shout! (2013 Blue Note)
Gov't Mule; Lay Your Burden Down; Mulenneium (2010 Evil Teen)
[mic break 10:36 a.m.]

Set Two
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra; Barcelona Nights; Viva! (1995 Epic)
Collier & Dean; Mallet Tech; Sleek Buick (2014 Origin)
Elynne Rey; Dindi A Little Bit of Moonlight (2014)
Balval; Tell us, Beautiful Girl; Ten Hand Band (2014 Whaling City Sound)
John Stetch; Mozart Sonation No. 13 (K. 333), Part I; Off with the Cuffs (2014 Addo)
Benjamin Lapidus & Kari•B3; I'll See You on Moonday, Wendell; Ochosi Blues (2014 Tresero)
[mic break 11:11 a.m.]

Set Three
James Moody/Thad Jones; Buster's Last Stand; The Legendary 1963-64 Sessions (2007 Lone Hill Jazz)
David Chesky; Grooves from the Underground; Jazz in the New Harmonic (2013 Chesky)
John Coltrane; Lush Life; Plays for Lovers (2006 Prestige)
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble; Filthy McNasty; Get This! (1998 Moon)
[mic break 11:48 a.m.]

Set Four
Gordon Lee w/the Mel Brown Septet; Low Profile; Tuesday Night (2014 OA2)
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; El Moreno; Sketches of Spain Revisited (2014 316 Records)
Yank Rachell's Tennessee Jug-Busters; Girl of My Dreams; Mandolin Blues (1998 Delmark)
Big Bill Broonzy; Too Too Train Blues; Nothing But the Blues (History)
Monty Alexander/Ernest Ranglin; Confucious; Rock Steady (2004 Telarc)
Mose Allison; Your Molecular Structure; The Sage of Tippo (1998 32 Jazz)
[mic break 12:18 p.m.]

Set Five
Russell Gunn; Memory of Waterford; Smokin Gunn (2000 HighNote)
Gary Burton; First Impression; Generations (2004 Concord)
Nancy Wilson; Day Dream; Love, Nancy (1994 Columbia)
Etta Jones; Slow Boat to China; Easy Living (2000 HighNote)
Sam Bush; A Better Man; King of My World (2004 Sugar Hill)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
Grateful Dead; Tennessee Jed; Berkely Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA (8/24/1972)
Ratdog; Jam > Jack Straw; Mount Ephraim Gardens, Hernhill, UK (8/24/2003)
Ratdog; Bird Song; Mount Ephraim Gardens, Hernhill, UK (8/24/2003)
David Nelson Band; Any Naked Eye; The Fieldtrip (8/24/2002)
David Nelson Band; Wind and Rain; The Fieldtrip (8/24/2002)
The String Cheese Incident; Little Hands; Marin Music Festival (8/24/1997)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, August 17, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Noel Johnston; Poinciana; Salted Coffee (2014 Armored)
Billy Brandt; The Ballad of Larry's Neighbor; The Ballad of Larry's Neighbor (2014)
Yvonne Elliman; Small Town Talk; Rising Sun (1975 RSO)
Jackson State University Jazz Ensemble I; Sister Sadie; Everything Must Change (1999)
[mic break 10:27 a.m.]

Set Two
Roy Haynes Trio; Folk Song; The Roy Haynes Trio (2000 Verve)
Roy Haynes Trio; Sippin' at Bells; The Roy Haynes Trio (2000 Verve)
Donald Bird/Gigi Gryce; Over the Rainbow; Early Byrd (1973 Columbia)
[mic break 10:50 a.m.]

Set Three
Donald Bird/Gigi Gryce; Early Bird; Early Byrd (1973 Columbia)
John Stetch; Prelude & Fugue in A Minor (Shostakovich); Off with the Cuffs (2013 Addo)
John Stetch; Kapusta Rag; Off with the Cuffs (2013 Addo)
The Mike Longo Trio; Daahoud; Celebrates Oscar Peterson Live (2014 CAP)
[mic break 11:16 a.m.]

Set Four
Sarah Vaughn & the Jimmy Rowles Quintet; That Face; Sarah Vaughn & the Jimmy Rowles Quintet (1974 Mainstream)
Dick de Graff Septet; Stepping Stones; Heartbeat (1994 Timeless)
Kate Ross; People Make the World Go Round; People Make the World Go Round(2014)
Ulysses Owens Jr.; People Make the World Go Round; Onward & Upward (2014 Clef)
Ulysses Owens Jr.; Samba Jam; Onward & Upward (2014 Clef)
Esquivel; Poinciana; Music from a Sparkling Planet (1995 BMG)
See-I; King of the Road; Knowledge Shine Bright (2014)
Robin Eubanks + Mental Images; Bahian Parade; kLassik rocK vol. I (2014 Artist Share)
[mic break 12:08 p.m.]

Set Five
Laurie Antonioli; California; Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light (2014 Origin)
Tierney Sutton; All I Want; After Blue (2013 BFM Jazz)
Cheryl Barnes; Come in from the Cold; Listen to This (2013)
[mic break 12:30 p.m.]

Set Six
Elio Villafranca and the Jass Syncopators; Sunday Stomp in Congo Square; Caribbean Tinge (2014 Motéma)
Freddie Hubbard; Here's that Rainy Day; The Baddest Hubbard (1972 CTI)
Funky Dawgz Brass Band; Happy; Gathering of the Vibes (2014)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
Grateful Dead; Candyman; Greek Theatre, Berekely, CA (8/17/1989)
Garcia Grass; Catfish John; Peach Music Festival (8/17/2013)
Garcia Grass; They Love Each Other; Peach Music Festival (8/17/2013)
Hot Buttered Rum String Band; Nellie Kane; Harlow's, Sacramento, CA (8/17/2006)
Hot Buttered Rum String Band; New Speedway Boogie; Harlow's, Sacramento, CA (8/17/2006)
Yonder Mountain String Band; Only a Northern Song; Floyd Fest (8/17/2003)
Yonder Mountain String Band; Jeff Skat > Years with Rose; Floyd Fest (8/17/2003)
Mickey Hart Band; West L.A. Fadeaway; Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ (8/17/2012)
Grateful Dead; Saint of Circumstance; Municipal Auditoriu, Kansas City, MO (8/17/1980)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, August 15, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Highlights from the 2014 Gathering of the Vibes tapers. Thanks to Cam Keough, Rob Clarke, Ted Gakidis, and Groundhog for taping so many sets and making them publicly available. 

Set One

American Babies; State Police; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

American Babies; Tangled Up in Blue; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

The Disco Biscuits; I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing->Confrontation; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/2/2014)

Dumpstaphunk; Dancin' to the Truth; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/2/2014)

Dumpstaphunk; Immigrant Song; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/2/2014)

McLovins; Funk No. Uno; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/3/2014)

Orgone; Southern Man; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/2/2014)

Orgone; Dialed Up; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/2/2014)

Set Two

Lotus; This Must Be the Place; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Twiddle; Beehop; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Umphrey's McGee; Hajimemashite; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/2/2014)

Umphrey's McGee; 46 and Two; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/2/2014)

White Denim; Anvil Everything >; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (7/31/2014)

White Denim; I Changed My Mind; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (7/31/2014)

Set Three

Joe Russo's Almost Dead; Reuben & Cherise >; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Joe Russo's Almost Dead; Eyes of the World >; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Joe Russo's Almost Dead; Stronger Than Dirt; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Keller Williams Grateful Grass; Stronger Than Dirt >; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Keller Williams Grateful Grass; Eyes of the world > Stronger Then Dirt > Eyes of the World; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Rusted Root; Lost in a Crowd; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (7/31/2014)

Rusted Root; Suspicious Minds; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (7/31/2014)

KDTU; Satisfied; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/3/2014)

KDTU; My Baby Likes to Boogaloo; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/3/2014)

Set Four

Dopapod; Trapper Keeper ; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (7/31/2014)

Deep Banana Blackout; Unknown; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

The Bobby Paltauf Band; God Made Me Funky; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

The Bobby Paltauf Band; Eminence Front; Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT (8/1/2014)

Playlist, August 10, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Robin Eubanks; Kashmir; kLassik rocK vol. 1 (2014 ArtistShare)
Lenny White; Whew! What a Dream; Lenny White Live (2013 BFM Jazz)
Stockton Helbing Quartet; Eostre; Handprints (2014 Armored)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Two
Caterina Zapponi; Non Dimenticar; Romantica (2014 Motéma)
Susan Clynes; Les Larmes; Life Is (2014 MoonJune)
Laurie Antonioli; Rainy Night House; Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light (2014 Origin)
Ellynne Rey; My One and Only Love; A LIttle Bit of Moonlight (2014)
[mic break 10:57 a.m.]

Interview: Terry O'Connor, Cardinal Shehan Center

Set Three
John Basile; Break Up to Make Up; Undercover (2014 String TIme Jazz)
Collier & Dean; California Avenue; Sleek Buick (2014 Origin)
Ulysses Owens, Jr.; For Nelson; Onward & Upward (2014 Clef)
[mic break 11:27 a.m.]

Set Four
Lenny Marcus Trio; Smoke and Mirrors; Second Set (2014)
Lenny Marcus Trio; Emperor's Favorite Things; Second Set (2014)
Russell Gunn; Eighty One; Plays Miles (2007 HighNote)
Gregory Tardy; Blues to Professor Pickens; Serendipity (1998 impulse!)
[mic break 11:48 a.m.]

Set Five
Paquito d'Rivera; Snow Samba; Return to Ipanema (1989 Town Crier)
Michael Brecker; Madame Toulouse; Two Blocks from the Edge (1998 impulse!)
Mark Egan; Slinky; About Now (2014 Wavetone)
Bobby Broom; The Jitterbug Waltz; My Shining Hour (2014 Origin)
[mic break 12:15 p.m.]

Set Six
The Mike Longo Trio; Love You Madly; Celebrates Oscar Peterson Live (2014 CAP)
The Mike Longo Trio; Sweet Georgia Brown; Celebrates Oscar Peterson Live (2014 CAP)
Bobby Broom; Sweet Georgia Brown; My Shining Hour (2014 Origin)
Gordon Lee with the Mel Brown Septet; Urgent Message; Tuesday Night (2014 OA2)
The Mannish Boys; Blues for Michael Bloomfield; Wrapped Up and Ready (2014 Delta Groove)

1:00 p.m.
Roosevelt Dime on the Sunday Brunch Concert

Playlist, July 26, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Steely Dan; Big Black Cow; Aja (1977 MCA)
Benjamin Lapidus & Kari•B3; Bilongo; Ochosi Blues (2014 Treero Productions)
Dave Stryker; Money; Eight Track (2014 Strikezone)
Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband; Llegada Con Elegba; Ceremony (2010 Otá)
Eric Alexander; The Bee Hive; Chicago Fire (2014 HighNote)
[mic break 10:27 a.m.]

Set Two
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; Concierto de Aranjuez; Sketches of Spain (2014 316 Records)
Susan Clynes; Pigeon's Intrusion; Life is… (2014 Moonjune)
Anthony Branker & Word Play; Equality; The Forward (Towards Equality) Suite (2014 Origin)
Susan Clynes; Le Voyage; Life is… (2014 Moonjune)
Stockton Helbring Quartet; Mushface; Handprints (2014 Armored)
Elynne Rey; Dindi; A LIttle Bit of Moonlight (2014)
[mic break 11:28 a.m.]

Set Three
Joan Osborne; Thirsty for My Tears; Love and Hate (2014 Womanly Hips)
Ryan Adams; Gimme Something Good; Ryan Adams (2014 Pax Am/Blue Note)
The String Cheese Incident; Song in my Head; Song in my Head (2014 SCI Fidelity)
Achilles Wheel; We Dreamed of Flying Cars; Stones to Sand (2014 Achilles Wheel)
[mic break 11:48 a.m.]

Playlist, July 20, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

• 11:30 a.m. – Interview with Ken Hays, owner of Gathering of the Vibes. The festival returns to Seaside Park in Bridgeport the weekend of July 31st, and WPKN will once again be broadcasting "Radio Vibes" throughout the weekend.
• 12:00 noon – Interview with Roger McNamee from the band Moonalice.
• 12:30 p.m. – Sunday Brunch Concert: God Street Wine. Playing under their stealth name Jon Bevo's Love Orchestra, this is a rare appearance by the full original lineup. Recorded live at Garcia's at the Capitol Theatre on July 10th.

Set One
The Dave Lalama Big Band; Pent-Up House; The Hofstra Project (2012)
Charlie Apicella & Iron City; Idris; Big Boss (2014 Zoho)
David Chesky; Rag No. 8 "Fifth Avenue"; The New York Rags (2013 Chesky)
Eric Reed; Dear Ruby (Ruby, My Dear); The Adventurous Monk (2014 Savant)
Todd Bishop Group; Norwegian; Travelogue (2014 Origin)
Native Jazz Quartet; Second Line; NJQ: Stories (2013 CAP)
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
Jerry Bergonzi; Dream Step; Intersecting Lines (2014 Savant)
Anthony Branker & Word Play; Forward; The Forward (Towards Equality) Suite (2014 Origin)
Michael Lake/Gerry Pagano; A Night in Tunisia; Roads Less Traveled (2014 Redlake)[mic break [10:56 a.m.]

Set Three
Django Reinhardt; La Mer; Django in Rome (2003 JSP)
Django Reinhardt; Sweet Georgia Brown; Django in Rome (2003 JSP)
Marco Benevento; Moonglow; Live at Tonic (2007 Ropeadope)
Marco Benevento; Bye-Ya; Live at Tonic (2007 Ropeadope)
Chris Greco; Bye-Ya; Standards, Vol. 1 (2014 gwsfourwinds)
Koko Taylor; Don't Go No Further; Old School (2007 Alligator)
[mic break 11:28 a.m.]

Interview with Ken Hays from Gathering of the Vibes
Grateful Dead; Playing in the Band; Dick's Picks 14 (1999 GDP)

Interview with Roger McNamee from Moonalice
Moonalice; Break Out in Handcuffs; Dave's Way Vol. 1 (2010 Moonalice)
Moonalice; Mr. Spaceman; Dave's Way Vol. 1 (2010 Moonalice)

Sunday Brunch Concert: God Street Wine (recorded 7/10/14 at Garcia's)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, July 6, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Ellynne Rey; Soul Eyes; A Little Bit of Moonlight (2014 self)
Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra; Night Creature; The Symphonic Ellington (2014 Jazheads)
The Afro Semitic Experience; I'm Going to Live the Live I Sing About in My Song; Jazz Souls on Fire (2014 Reckless DC)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
TriBeCaStan; Natal Spring; New Songs from the Old Country (2013 Evergreene Music)
David Krakauer; Body and Soul; The Big Picture (2014 Table Pounding)
Joshua Redman; Moritat; Trios Live (2014 Nonesuch)
Tohpati; Red Mask; Tribal Dance (2014 MoonJune)
[mic break 10:59 a.m.]

Set Three
David Murray Quartet; Jitterbug Waltz; Morning Song (1984 Black Saint)
Bill Banfield's Jazz Urbane; Soldier; Playing with Other People's Heads: Songs (2014 Jazz Urbane)
Miles Davis; Katia; You're Under Arrest (1985 Columbia)
Galactic; Attack; Carnivale Electricos (2012 Anti-)
[mic break 11:27 a.m.]

Set Four
The Wayne Riker Mob; Wiggle Room; Groovin' with the Top Brass (2014 Fretfull)
Charlie Parker; This Time the Dream's on Me; Chasin' the Bird (2005 Proper)
Wynton Marsalis/Marcus Roberts; Blue Skies; Together Again: Live in Concert (2013 J-Master)
George Cables; Isotope; Icons & Influences (2014 HighNote)
[mic break 11:59 a.m.]

Grand Slambovians/Hamell on Trial tomorrow night in Fairfield

This Thursday, June 26th we're at the Fairfield Theater Company where we co-present together with the FTC a rare CT appearance by The Grand Slambovians— who pioneered alt-folk/americana staying on the fringe of the music industry. Think David Gilmore meets Duane Allman meets David Bowie! The opener is the personable, heavily acoustic amped Ed Hamell who goes by the name Hamell on Trial. This is a benefit for both of our non-profits. Tickets are online at fairfieldtheatre.org or via the box office at 203-259-1036.

Live Music Premiums 6/22

Here are some special live music premiums available if you make a pledge to WPKN before 2:00 PM today.

• Gentle Giant – GG at the GG: Sight and Sound Live (1 DVD) $65 pledge
• Phish – Ventura (6 CD set from Ventura 1997 & 1998) $150 pledge
• Darrell Scott – Live in North Carolina (1 CD) $65 pledge
• Frank Zappa – You Can't Do That on Stage Any More Volume 2: The Helsinki Concert (2 CD) $75 pledge
• Gov't Mule – Mulennium 12/31/1999 (3 CD) $125 pledge

Call 203-384-9756 and support WPKN today! Alive and kicking since 1963. 

One Great Radio Station, Two Great Benefit Concerts

We hope you can attend one or both of our upcoming WPKN Benefit Concerts: Saturday’s Summer Solstice Brazilian concert at the beautiful Unitarian Church at 10 Lyons Plain Road in Westport with some amazing Brazilian jazz & samba from the multi-piece band Sambeleza. $30 benefit tickets are at the door and also at voicescafe.org. Doors open at 7:30pm with the show at 8pm. Musicians include Isabella Mendes, piano/vocals; Joe Carter, guitar; Jeff Fuller, bass/vocals and guest artists Adriano Santos, drums; Ali Ryerson, flute and Ze' Mauricio, percussion. We thank Fountainhead Wines/Fat Cat Pie in Norwalk, CT for their support.



Then on Thursday, June 26th it’s the Fairfield Theater Company where we co-present together with the FTC a rare CT appearance by The Grand Slambovians— who pioneered alt-folk/americana staying on the fringe of the music industry. Think David Gilmore meets Duane Allman meets David Bowie! The opener is the personable, heavily acoustic amped Ed Hamell who goes by the name Hamell on Trial. This is a benefit for both of our non-profits. Tickets are online at fairfieldtheatre.org or via the box office at 203-259-1036.

WPKN: Alive and Kickin'

We're in our "Alive and Kickin" fund-drive, which happens every June and is a great way for you to scoop up tickets to many local festivals and contribute to WPKN at the same time: Falcon Ridge, Arts and Ideas, Green River, and Gathering of the Vibes right in our own back yard. The Vibes lineup is insane. Don't believe me? Look at the schedule!

Here are some of the things you can get when you make your gift of support to WPKN:

• Green River Festival: July 12 + 13 Greenfield, Massachusetts.
  Saturday or Sunday ticket when you donate $40 to WPKN.

• Gathering of the Vibes Seaside Park Bridgeport, CT August 1- 3
  Friday or Saturday day pass when you donate $70 to WPKN.
  Sunday ticket when you donate $35 to WPKN
  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Day Passes (no camping) for a donation of $175 

• Falcon Ridge Folk Festival August 1, 2nd & 3rd Hillsdale, NY
  Camping Pass for all three Days $125 pledge

• WPKN Logo Items
  Coffee Mug ($40 donation)
  Baseball Cap ($50 donation)
  Hand Screened T-Shirt ($50 donation)

Listen throughout the drive for special live music offered on each show. We have as many ways to thank you as you have reasons to love WPKN!

Call 203-384-9756 now to support live, local radio, or go to wpkn.org. 

Playlist, June 1, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Eric Reed; Work; The Adventurous Monk (2014 Savant)
JC Styles; United; Blakey Grease (2014 American Showplace)
Ahmad Jamal; Hi Fly; A Quiet Time (2009 Dreyfus Jazz)
[mic break 10:24 a.m.]

Set Two
George Cables; Isotope; Icons & Inspirations (2014 HighNote)
Native Jazz Quartet; Second Line; NJQ: Stories (2013 CAP)
Steely Dan; I Got the News; Aja (1977 MCA)
Peter Lerner; Willie n Me; Continuation (2014 Origin)
Nancy Goudinaki; Just Friends; I Wanna Be Your Star (2014)
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy; I Only Have Eyes for You; I Only Have Eyes for You (1985 ECM)
[mic break 11:06 a.m.]

Set Three
Duke Ellington; Three J's Blues; Blues in Orbit (1960 Columbia)
Reginald Cyntje; Earth Revisited; Elements of Life (2014)
Sarah Vaughn; Love and Passion; Brazilian Romance (1987 CBS)
Eric Alexander; The Bee Hive; Chicago Fire (2014 HighNote)
[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Set Five
Bill Evans/Eddie Gomez; Elsa; Montreaux III (1976 Fantasy)
Bill Evans/Eddie Gomez; Milano; Montreaux III (1976 Fantasy)
Henry Franklin; Cosmos Dwellers; Tribal Dance (1977 Catalyst)
Typhanie Monique & Neal Alger; Never Can Say Goodbye; In This Room (2007 Tymoneal)
Steely Dan; Night By Night; Pretzel Logic (1974 MCA)
[mic break 12:35 p.m.]

Set Six
Joe Beck; Corcovado; Get Me (2014 Whaling City Sound)
Phish; Esther; Junta (1992 Elektra)

Sunday Brunch Concert: Colleen & the Boys
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, May 25, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Octobop; Out of Nowhere; Out of Nowhere (2013 Mystic Lane)
Kavita Shah; Moray; Visions (2014 self)
Jeff Colella/Putter Smith; You Must Belive in Spring; Lotus Blossom (2014 American Jazz Institute)
Mike Longo; Cantaloupe Island; Step On It (2014 CAP)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Two
Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington; Nostalgic; Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Four (201 OA2)
Diane Schuur; Here's That Rainy Day; I Remember You (2014 Jazzheads)
Yolanda Duke; Nadie Me Lo Padra Quitar; Te Llevo Bajo La Piel (2014 Amigos Music)
Jim Pearce; Even Big Monsters Love Music; You are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013 self)
[mic break 11:00 a.m.]

Set Three
Art Tatum; Blue Skies; Piano Grand Master (2003 Proper)
Art Tatum; It's the Talk of the Town; Piano Grand Master (2003 Proper)
Roy Assaf Trio; Never Will I Marry; Second Row Behind the Painter (2014 One Trick Dog)
Caterina Zapponi; Bora Bora; Romantica (2014 Motéma)
The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet; Teach Me Tonight; Right Turn on Blue (1994 Telarc)
[mic break 11:25 a.m.]

Set Four
George Cables; The Very Thought of You; Icons and Influences (2014 HighNote)
Harvey Mason; Chameleon; Chameleon (2014 Concord)
Project Trio; Hungarian Dance No. 5; Instrumental (2014 self)
Cécile McLorin Salvant; John Henry; Woman Child (2013 Mack Avenue)
Marcus Roberts; Playing Around; From Rags to Rhythm (2013 J-Master)
[mic break 11:58 a.m.]

Set Five
von Grey; She's a Lady; Gathering of the Vibes (2013)
von Grey; When in Rome; Gathering of the Vibes (2013)
The Mad Tea Party; 62 Years; Big Top Soda Pop (2006 self)
Ryuichi Sakamoto; World Citizen (Taylor Deupree remix); Bricolages (2006 KAB)
Bob Mintzer Big Band; Horns Alone; Departure (1993 DMP)
The Trio of Oz; King of Pain; The Trio of Oz (2010 Ozmosis)
[mic break 12:33 p.m.]

Set Six
Eddie Layton; Baby Elephant Walk; A Treasury of Organ Favorites, Vol. 1 (1995 Sony)
Octobop; Baby Elephant Walk; Out of Nowhere (2013 Mystic Lane)
James Moody; Autumn Leaves; Feelin' it Together (1995 Muse)
[PSA Break 12:54 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: This week in history
Steely Dan; The Boston Rag; Rainbow Theatre, London, UK (5/20/74)
Steely Dan; Do It Again; Rainbow Theatre, London, UK (5/20/74)
Steely Dan; Rikki Don't Lose That Number; Rainbow Theatre, London, UK (5/20/74)
Phish; Rift >; Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (5/25/94)
Phish; Tweezer >; Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (5/25/94)
Phish; Lifeboy >; Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (5/25/94)
Phish; Maze; Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (5/25/94)
[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, May 18, 2014

AUDIO STREAM (archived)

Set One
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Gnossienne 3 (Tientos); The Offense of the Drum (2014 Motéma)
Harvey Mason; If I Ever Lose This Heaven; Chameleon (2014 Concord)
Dave Stryker; That's the Way of the World; Eight Track (2014)
Fareed Haque; Gnossienne I; Trance Hypotheses (2013 Delmark)
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
The Kahil El'Zabar Quartet; Impressions; What It Is! (2013 Delmark)
Mike Longo; Impressions; Step On It (2014 CAP)
Reginald Cyntje; Earth; Elements of Life (2014)
Kavita Shah; Little Green; Visions (2014)
Fareed Haque; In the BollyHood; Trance Hypotheses (2013 Delmark)
[mic break 11:12 p.m.]

Set Three
Cedar Walton; Just in Time; Blues For Myself (1987 Red)
George Cables; Cedar Walton; Icons & Influences (2014 Highnote)
George Cables; Farewell Mulgrew; Icons & Influences (2014 Highnote)
Frank Wess; After Paris; Magic 201 (2013 IPO)
Houston Person w/Bill Charlap; Sweet Lorraine; You Taught My Heart to Sing (2006 Highnote)
Octobop; I'll Take Romance; Out of Nowhere (2013 Mystic Lane)
[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

Set Four
The Slambovian Circus of Dreams; A Box of Everything; A Box of Everything (2014 Slambovian)
Tori Amos; Wedding Day; Unrepentant Geraldines (2014 Mercury Classics)
Balval; Tell Us, Beautiful Girl; Ten Hand Band (2014 Whaling City Sound)
The Sours; GNT; The Sours (2013 Moonjune)
The Sours; Seawitch; The Sours (2013 Moonjune)
Caterina Zapponi; Count Basie (Lil' Darlin'); Romantica (2014 Motéma)
[mic break 12:14 p.m.]

Set Five
Irene Reid; Long John Blues; The Queen of the Party (2002 Savant)
The UNT Two O'Clock Lab Band; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Kind of Two (2013 UNT)
Nancy Goudinaki; I'll Be Seeing You; I Wanna Be Your Star (2014)
The Jim Olsen Ensemble; Wistful; We See Stars (2014 OA2)
Duke Ellington; C Jam Blues; Blues in Orbit (2004 Columbia Legacy)
Duke Ellington; In a Mellow Tone; Blues in Orbit (2004 Columbia Legacy)
[mic break 12:50 p.m.]

Set Six
Native Jazz Quartet; Ch'ál Uxaa Sháatk'i; NJQ: Stories (2013 CAP)
12:55 p.m. PSA break
Grateful Dead; Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain; Dick's Picks 18 (2000 GDP)
Gov't Mule; Trane; Live at Roseland Ballroom (1996 Foundation)
Gov't Mule; Temporary Saint; Live at Roseland Ballroom (1996 Foundation)
Umphrey's McGee; Nemo > Dear Lord > Nemo; Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO (12/29/2013)
[2:00 p.m.]

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May 11th in Jam Band History

David Nelson Band; Cumberland Blues; River's Edge, Connellsville, PA (5/11/2002)
Leftover Salmon; Pasta On The Mountain; Otis’, Chicago, IL (5/11/1995)
Grateful Dead; Uncle John’s Band; St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN (5/11/1977)
David Nelson Band; All You Need is Love >; River's Edge, Connellsville, PA (5/11/2002)
David Nelson Band; Put a Little Love in Your Heart >; River's Edge, Connellsville, PA (5/11/2002)
David Nelson Band; The Wheel; River's Edge, Connellsville, PA (5/11/2002)


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Playlist, May 11, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Reginald Cyntje; Fire; Elements of Life (2014 self)
Charlie Haden/Billy Higgins/Enrico Pieranunzi; First Song; First Song (1990 Soul Note)
The Afro-Semitic Experience; Shout 'em, Aunt Tillie; Jazz Souls on Fire (2014 Reckless DC)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Yusef Lateef; Lunceford Prance; Part of the Search (1994 Rhino)
Buddy Rich; Soft Winds; The Last Blues Album Volume 1 (1974 Groove Merchant)
George Cables; Happiness; Icons and Influences (2014 HighNote)
Chick Corea; Toy Room; The Song of Singing (1970 Blue Note)
Eldar; Polaris; Re-Imagination (2007 Masterworks Jazz)
[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Three
David Krakauer; People; The Big Picture (2014 Table Pounding)
The Native Jazz Quartet; O Store Dug; NJQ: Stories (2013 CAP)
Bobby Hutcherson; People Make the World Go Round; Linger Lane (1975 Blue Note)
[mic break 11:27 a.m.]

Set Four
George Cables; Little B's Poem; Icons and Influences (2014 HighNote)
Richard Davis; The Rabbi; With Understanding (1975 Muse)
Yiannis Ioannidhis & Manolis Karapiperis; Tout' I Batsoi Pou' Rthan Tora; Rembetika: Greek Music from the Underground (2006 JSP)
Rosco Gordon; Saddled the Cow and Milked the Horse; Memphis Blues (2006 JSP)
Mothers of Invention; Plastic People; Absolutely Free (1967 Verve)
George Duke; Old Slipper; Feel (1974 BASF)
Tohpati; Tribal Dance; Tribal Dance (2014 MoonJune)
[mic break 12:07 p.m.]



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Playlist, May 4, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Grateful Dead; The Wheel > Playin' (reprise); Dick's Picks 18 (2000 GDP)
Commander Cody; Vampira; Flying Dreams (1978 Arista)
Barbaros Erköse Ensemble; Sehnaz Longa; Lingo Lingo (2000 Golden Horn)
[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Two
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Mercado en Domingo; The Offense of the Drum (2014 Motéma)
David Krakauer; Tradition; The Big Picture (2014 Table Pounding)
Freddie Hubbard; Take it to the Ozone; Super Blue (1978 Columbia)
Caterina Zapponi; Polvere di stelle (Stardust); Romantica (2014 Motéma)
[mic break 10:59 a.m.]

Set Three
John Coltrane; Greensleeves; The Other Village Vanguard Tapes (1977 ABC)
McCoy Tyner; Rio; Live at Sweet Basil (1995 Evidence)
[mic break 11:18 a.m.]

Set Four
Doc Stewart; The Code Blue Suite; Code Blue! (2014)
[mic break 11:46 a.m.]

Set Five
The Afro-Semitic Experience; Contemplation; Jazz Souls on Fire (2014 Reckless DC Music)
Sonny Rollins; Django (Take 8); Sonny Rollins & Co. 1964 (1995 Bluebird)
Chaise Lounge; Little Blue Man; dot dot dot (2013 Modern Songbook)
The Meters; Cabbage Alley; Anthology: Funkify Your Life (1995 Rhino)
Flora Purim; Andei (I Walked); Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (1976 Milestone)
Allan Holdsworth; Tokyo Dream; Road Games (1983 Warner Bros)
[mic break 12:17 p.m.]

Set Six
The String Cheese Incident; Colliding; Song in My Head (2014 SCI Fidelity)
Umphrey's McGee; Ocean Billy; The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD (2/15/14)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[mic break 12:47 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: von Grey (7/27/2013)
[2:00 p.m.]


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Playlist, April 27, 2014

AUDIO STREAM

Set One
Grateful Dead; Easy Wind; Dick's Picks 16 (2000 GDP)
Moe.; Yodelittle; Smash Hits Volume One (2010 Fatboy)
Kronos Quartet; Tusen Tankar; A Thousand Thoughts (2014 Nonesuch)
Loyko; Sare Patrya; The Rough Guide to the Music of Russian Gypsies (2010 Rough Guides)
Taeko Fukao; Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise; Wonderland (2013 Flat Nine)
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Lisa Furman; Who's Gonna Shoe; Rodeo Fever (2014)
Balval; Balfa Waltz; Ten Hand Band (2014 Whaling City Sound)
Frank Zappa; It Just MIght Be a One Shot Deal; Son of Cheep Thrills (1999 Rykodisc)
Noel Johnston; Poinciana; Salted Coffee (2014 Armored)
Lester Young; Lester Leaps In; Pres in Europe (2000 HighNote)
[mic break 11:01 a.m.]

Set Three
Steps Ahead; Pools; Steps Ahead (1983 Elektra Musician)
Dave Chamberlain's Band of Bones; Manteca; Caravan (2014 self)
Bobby Sanabria Big Band; The Chicken/From Havan to Harlem – 100 Years of Mario Bauzá ; Multiverse (2012 Jazzheads)
Poncho Sanchez; It Could Happen to You; ¡Fuerte! (1988 Concord Picante)
Frank Zappa; America Drinks and Goes Home; Absolutely Free (1967 Verve)
[mic break 11:38 a.m.]

Set Four
Mose Allison; Your Mind is on Vacation; Lessons in Living (1983 Elektra Musician)
Jim Pearce; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013 Oak Avenue)
The Young Lions; B 'n W; The Young Lions (1982 Elektra Musician)
Cheryl Barnes; Like Jazz; Listen to This (2013 self)
[mic break 12:01 p.m.]

Set Five
Michael Coppola; Blue Rondo a la Turk; Jet Blue (1981 Tico Music)
Nanci Griffith; Gulf Coast Highway; Little Love Affairs (1988 MCA)
Neil Young; Four Strong Winds; Comes a Time (1978 Warner Brothers)
Turtle Island String Quartet; Milestones; Turtle Island String Quartet (1988 Windam Hill)
Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
Grateful Dead; Dark Star; Dick's Picks 16 (2000 GDP)
Noel Johnston; Because; Salted Coffee (2014 Armored)
[mic break 12:39 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History
Goodnight Blue Moon; Hollow; A Girl I Never Met ()
Goodnight Blue Moon; Captain's Church; A Girl I Never Met ()
Grateful Dead; Searchin; Fillmore East, NYC (4/27/71)
Grateful Dead; Riot in Cell Block #9; Fillmore East, NYC (4/27/71)
The Beach Boys; Good Vibrations; Fillmore East, NYC (4/27/71)
Grateful Dead; Help Me Rhonda; Fillmore East, NYC (4/27/71)
Grateful Dead; Okie From Muskogee; Fillmore East, NYC (4/27/71)
Grateful Dead; Uncle John's Band; Fillmore East, NYC (4/27/71)
[mic break 1:46 p.m.]
Cabinet; Intro/Spacey jam>; Appalachian Brewing Company, Harrisburg, PA (4/27/2012)
Cabinet; The Dove; Appalachian Brewing Company, Harrisburg, PA (4/27/2012)



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