Nick at Nine [Playlist - 11/9/2009]

1. “Diverse” – Roy Haynes – Birds of a Feather [Dreyfus: 2001]
2. “April in Paris” – Roy Haynes – Birds of a Feather [Dreyfus: 2001]
3. “Ahlea cha” – Roy Haynes – Birds of a Feather [Dreyfus: 2001]
4. “The Dawn of Time” – Joe Lovano – Symphonica [Bluenote: 2008]
5. “Everything is Broken” – Ben Sidron – Dylan Different [Bonsai/ Unlimited: 2009]
6. “Highway 61″ – Ben Sidron – Dylan Different [Bonsai/ Unlimited: 2009]
7. “I’m Beboppin’ Too” – Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band – I’m Beboppin’ Too [Halfnote: 2009]
8. “Birks Works” – Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band – I’m Beboppin’ Too [Halfnote: 2009]
9. “Cool Breeze” – Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band – I’m Beboppin’ Too [Halfnote: 2009]
10. “That’s My Kick” – Erroll Garner – That’s My Kick [Telarc: 1994]
11. “Like It Is” – Erroll Garner – That’s My Kick [Telarc: 1994]
12. “It Could Happen to You” – Erroll Garner – That’s My Kick [Telarc: 1994]
13. “How High the Moon” – Erroll Garner – That’s My Kick [Telarc: 1994]
14. “Centerpiece” – Kevin Mahogany – Kevin Mahogany Big Band [Light Year: 2005]

Living Time [Playlist - 11/07/09]

1. “Japan” – Pharoah Sanders – Tauhid [Impulse!: 1966]
2. “The Golden Lady” – Sun Ra – Nubians Of Plutonia [Saturn: 1959]
3. “Amejelo” – Don Cherry – Mu – Part 1 [Actuel: 1969]
4. “A To Ericka” – Art Ensemble Of Chicago – 1967/1968 [Nessa Records]
   selections from..
5. “Paean” – Sam Rivers – Dimensions And Extensions [Blue Note: 1967]
6. “Syndrome” – Paul Bley – Turns [Savoy: 1964]
7. “Wilpan’s” – Charles Tolliver Music Inc. – Live At Slug’s Volume 2 [Strata East: 1973]
8. “Trees” – Rahsaan Roland Kirk – I Talk With The Spirits [Polygram: 1964]
9. “If She Can’t Do It” – Robin Kenyatta – Free State Band [America: 1972]
10. “Beneficient” – Wendell Harrison – A Message Fromt He Tribe [Tribe Records: 1974]
11. “Lansana’s Priestess” – Donald Byrd – Street Lady [Blue Note: 1973]
12. “Harlem River Drive” – Bobbi Humphrey – Blacks Nd Blues [Blue Note: 1974]
13. “Ballad For Old Souls” – Muhal Richard Abrams – Things To Come Fromt Hose Nwo Gone [Delmark: 1975]
14. “Isis And Osiris” – Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda [Impulse!: 1970]
15. “Steam” – Archie Shepp – Steam [Enja: 1976]
16. “Brings Goodness” – Ornette Coleman – To Whom Who Keeps A Record [Water: 1960]
17. “Days Of Wine And Roses” – Bill Evans – Turn Out The Stars [Disc 4] [Nonesuch: 1980]
18. “Agenda” – Elvin Jones – Polycurrents [Blue Note: 1969]
19. “Via The Spectrum Road” – Tony Wiliams Lifetime – Emergency! [Polydor: 1969]
20. “Nanke Ala (And The Earth)” – Joseph Jarma & Famoudou Don Moye – Egwu-Anwu [India Navigation: 1978]
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Professor Bebop [Playlist - 11/06/09]

1. “I Had A Dream” {Sebastian} – Joss Stone – The Soul Sessions [S Curve: 2003]
2. “Oh What A Dream” {Willis} – Ruth Brown – Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And More [Atlantic: Rec1954]
3. “In My Dream” {Girard} – Bob Girard – Sunginchocolate [Casualrama: 2006]
4. “All My Dreams Blue” {Young} – Youngbloods – Earth Music [RCA: 1967]
5. “I Can Dream Can’t I” {Fain-Kahal} – Ruth Brown – 1949-1950 [Atlantic: Rec1950]
6. “Dreams“ {Allman} – Allman Bros – Dreams [Capricorn: Rel.1969]
7. “It Ain’t Easy” {Davies} – Long John Baldry – It Ain’t Easy [Warner Bros: 1971]
8. “It’s Not Easy” {Jagger-Richards} – Rolling Stones – Aftermath [London: 1966]
9. “Dreamer’s Dream” {Corbitt-Levinger} – Youngbloods – Earth Music [RCA: 1967]
10. “Have You Seen The American Dream” {Rodgers} – Mighty Mo Rodgers – Red, White And Blues [Verve: 2002]
11. “Good Luck With Your Impossible Dream” {Mattison} – Scrapomatic – Sidewalk Caesars [Landslide: 2008]
12. “Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream” {Franklin-White} – Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You [Atlantic: 1967]
13. “Live Your Dream” {Haskett} – Cold Blood – Thriller [Reprise: 1973]
14. “We’re A Winner” {Mayfield} – Curtis Mayfield – Curtis/Live! [Curtom: 1971]
15. “I Still Dream” {Thompson} – Richard Thompson – Amnesia [Capitol: 1988]
16. “Don’t Compromise Yourself” {Ragavoy} – Howard Tate – Rediscovered [Private Music: 2003]
17. “Stand Up” {Green} – Al Green – Call Me [Hi: 1973]
18. “I’ll Find My Way” {Trucks-Joyce} – Derek Trucks Band – Songlines [Columbia: 2006]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 11/06/09]

1. “Hub-Tones” {Hubbard} – Freddie Hubbard – Without A Song: Live In Europe 1969 [Blue Note: 2009]
   Recorded 12/13/69 @ Royal Festival Hall, London, England.
2. “Que Pasa” {Silver} – Horace Silver Quintet – Song For My Father [Blue Note: 1964]
3. “Destinos” {Michel Padron} – Billy Cobham and Asere – Jazz Around The World [Putamayo: 2009]
4. “Billy’s Bounce” {Charlie Parker} – George Melvin – It’s About Time! [Lady J Production Studios: 2004]
5. “Bags & Trane” {Milt Jackson} – Milt Jackson & John Coltrane – Bags & Trane [Atlantic: 1960]
6. “I Could Write A Book” {Rodgers-Hart} – Dinah Washington – For Those In Love [EmArcy: 1955]
7. “Autumn In New York” {Vernon Duke} – Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me [Capitol: 1957]
8. “If You’re Going to the City” {Allison} – Mose Allison – Allison Wonderland Anthology [Atlantic: 1968]
9. “Troubled Times” {Jackson/Marcus/Stevenson} – Willis Jackson with Carl Wilson – The Good Life [Fantasy: 1963]
10. “S’Wonderful” {I. Gershwin/G. Gershwin} – Sun Ra Sextet – At The Village Vanguard [Rounder: 1991]
11. “3 O’Clock In the Morning Blues” {B.B. King} – Ike & Tina Turner – Mississippi Blues [Putamayo: 2002]
12. “It Must Be A Camel” {Zappa} – Frank Zappa – Hot Rats [Ryko: 1969]

Induced to Judder [Playlist - 11/05/09]

1. “The Tin Drum Rmx” – New Mastersounds – Re::Mixed [Record Kicks: 2007]
2. “Turn On The Radio 91.1″ – Blues Farm – Live at WTJU [2009]
3. “I Just Kissed My Baby” – Blues Farm – Live at WTJU [2009]
4. “B-Flat Blues” – George Melvin – Live at WTJU [2000]
5. “Wondering Why My Baby (Keeps Botherin’ Me)” – Chickenhead Blues Band – Live At Durty Nelly’s [2002]
6. “Chickenhead” – Chickenhead Blues Band – Live At Durty Nelly’s [2002]
7. “Sista Rose” – Corey Harris – Live at WTJU [2003]
   Johnny Gilmore Drums, Vic Brown Bass
8. “Hey Little Baby” – Chickenhead Blues Band – Live At Durty Nelly’s [2002]
9. “Get What You Deserve” – Derek Trucks – Already Free [Victor: 2009]
10. “Drown In My Own Tears” – Derek Trucks – Soul Serenade [Columbia: 2003]
    Greg Allman on organ and vocals
11. “I’d Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy” – Derek Trucks – Songlines [Columbia: 2006]
12. “Volunteered Slavery” – Derek Trucks – Live At The Georgia Theatre [Self Produced: 2003]
13. “Home In Your Heart” – Derek Trucks – Joyful Noise [Columbia: 2002]
    Vocals by Solomon Burke
14. “Greensleeves” – McCoy Tyner – Guitars [Half Note: 2008]
    Derek Trucks on Guitar
15. “Life Of A Cipher” – Plunge – Dancing On Thin Ice [Immersion: 2009]
16. “Stoned Drunk And Naked” – Anders Osborne – Live At The Nelson County Summerfair [2002]

Jazz Songline [Playlist - 11/05/09]

1. “Bags Grove” – MJQ – European Concert
2. “Gritty Ditty” – Ted Nash – In The Loop
3. “Caravan” – Connie Evingson – Gypsy In My Soul
4. “On The Sunny Side Of The Street” – Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack
5. “Self Evaluation” – Antonio Hart – For The First Time
6. “Do I Worry” – Helen Carr – The Complete Bethlehem Collection
7. “Ive Got A Feelin Youre Foolin” – Helen Carr – The Complete Bethlehem Collection
8. “Whisper Not” – Oscar Peterson – Live From Chicago
9. “A La Mode” – Art Blakey – Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
10. “You Call It Madness” – Diana Krall – All For You
11. “The Man I Love” – Eddie Henderson – Emergence
12. “It Was Just One Of Those Things” – Harry Allen – Tenors Anyone
13. “Sweet Lorraine” – Tony Bennett – This Is Jazz Vol 33
14. “Rememberance Of Art Tatum” – Tony Scott/Bill Evans – Sung Heroes
15. “September In The Rain” – Roy Hargrove – Emergence
16. “Travelin Light” – Jimmy Guiffre – Travelin Light
17. “After Hours” – Ray Bryant – Alone At Montreux
18. “Songline” – Joey Defrancesco – Snap Shot
19. “As Long As I Live” – Carole Sloane – Concord All Stars On Cape Cod
20. “Yesterdays” – Larry Coryell – Shining Hour
21. “All I Want” – Karrin Allyson – Wild For You
22. “Minor Mode” – Clifford Brown – Memorial
23. “Evidence” – Charles McPherson – Manhattan Nocturne
24. “Thats All” – Sarah Vaughan – Linger Awhile
25. “Bemsha Swing” – Ted Nash – Sidewalk Meeting
26. “Youre All The World To Me” – Warren Vache – Dream Dancing
27. “Love Is Just Around The Corner” – Stephanie Nakasian
28. “Sunny” – Houston Person – Mellow
29. “Moonlight And Shadows” – Ernie Watts – The Long Road Home
30. “Broadway” – Ella Fitzgerald – Rhythm Is My Business
31. “The Sheik Of Araby” – Benny Goodman – On The Air 1937-38

Rhythm and Romance [Playlist - 11/03/09]

1. “The Song Is You” {Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II} – Bing Crosby [1956]
2. “Under The Moon” – Annette Hanshaw [1927]
3. “I’ve Got Five Dollars” – Bing Crosby [1956]
4. “Love is The Darndest Thing” {Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke} – Betty Hutton
5. “Fascination” – Arthur Lyman
6. “You ‘n’ Me ‘n’ The Moon” – Dean Martin
7. “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” – Betty Hutton
8. “There Are Such Things” – Frank Sinatra [1961]
9. “Gone With The Wind” {Allie Wruble & herb Magdison} – Julie London
10. “Tropical” – Arthur Lyman
11. “Long Ago & Far Away” {Jerome Kern & Ira Gershwin} – The Hilos
12. “All I Need Is You” – Chris Connor
13. “My Baby Just Cares For Me” {Gus Kahn &Walter Donaldson} – the Hilos
14. “I’m Shooting High” – Chris Connor
15. “Jungle Jalopy” – Arthur Lyman
16. “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” – Frank Sinatra [1961]
17. “The Night We Called It a Day” {Matt Dennis & Tom Adair} – Chris Conner
18. “Polka Dots & Moonbeams” – Frank Sinatra
19. “The Thrill Is Gone” – Julie London
20. “Maui Chimes” – Arthur Lyman
21. “Cheek To Cheek” {Irving Berlin} – Bing Crosby
22. “Good for Nothin’” – Chris Connor
23. “In The Middle Of A Kiss” – Julie London
24. “That’s All” – Johnny Mathis

All That Jazz [Playlist - 11/03/09]

1. “Aram” {Wilson} – Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Detroit [Mack Ave: 2009]
   terrell stafford-tr; antonio hart-as. soloists in large big band
2. “Cruising With Cab” {Wilson} – GWO – Central Ave Sound [Rhino: 1945/1999]
   big band with Snooky Young-tr; melba liston-trom; eddie lockjaw davis-ts.
3. “Dissonance In Blues” {Wilson} – GWO – central Ave Sound [Rhino: 1947/1999]
   big band with Dexter Gordon-ts; Red Callender-b

Anything Goes [Playlist - 11/02/09]

1. “Transformations” – Jan Garbarek (Ranier Bruninghaus) – Dresden [ECM]
2. “Heiter” – Jan Garbarek – Dresden [ECM]
3. “Stella by Starlight” – Keith Jarrett Standards Trio – Yesterdays [ECM]
4. “Count Dracula” – Enrico Rava (Stefan Bollani) – New York Days [ECM]
5. “We Shall Not Go To Market Today” – Anyd Sheppard – Movements in Color [ECM]
6. “Stopover at Dijoubti” – Anouar Brahem – The Astounding Eyes of Rita [ECM]
7. “Bain D’or” – Louis Sclavis – Lost On The Way [ECM]
8. “As Ssafar” – Cyminology – As Ney [ECM]
9. “Within You, Without You” – George Harrison – Beatles Anthology 2
10. “Baby YouCan Drive My Car” – Charlie Hunter – ComeTogether: Guitar Tribute ro The Beatles
11. “Baby YouCan Drive My Car” – Bobby McFerrin – Blue Note Plays The Beatles
12. “Blackbird” – Adrian Belew – ComeTogether: Guitar Tribute ro The Beatles
13. “Michelle” – Allan Holdsworth – ComeTogether: Guitar Tribute ro The Beatles
14. “Eleanor Rigby” – Brian Jones – Lux
15. “Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite” – Jeff Decker – I’ll Know
16. “The Night Before” – Robert Jospe – Hands On
17. “Norwegian Wood” – (Jennifer Kirkland) and Bert Carlson – Alone Together
18. “Martha My Dear” – Brad Meldau – Day is Done
19. “I Want You” – David Ashkenazy – Out With It
20. “Jealous Guy” – Ben Allison – Little Things Run The World

New Month New Music [Playlist - 11/2/09]

1. “Seven Ways” – Jason Lindner – Now Vs Now
   Interesting and we both give it a thumbs up
2. “Checked bags” – Mike Longo – Sting like a bee
   Sounds good to us.
3. “Dois Violoes” – Egberto Gismonti – Saudacoes
   This gets 2 thumbs up. Appears that a set of gypsy jazz is on the horizon.
4. “Highway 61 Revisited” – Ben Sidran – Dylan Different
   This is very good
5. “Songline” – Joey Defrancesco – Snapshot
   It’s B3 of course we will listen to this. It also helps that we like this cut.
6. “Sunny” – Houston Person – Mellow
   Nick likes this. Gerald thinks this is OK.
7. “White Wednesday Off The Wall” – Henry Threadgill – This Brings Us To
   Kind of strange. 2 thumbs down
8. “Manha De Carnaval” – Royce Campbell – Movie Songs Project
   We like this.
9. “Fire Sign” – Robert Jospe – Inner Rhythm Now
   We both like this even with the soprano sax.
10. “Zu Zis Petals” – Caravan Of Thieves – Bouquet
    2 thumbs up
11. “Quiereme Mucho” – Niuver – Jazz Around The World
    We both like this.
12. “Destinos” – Billy Cobham – Jazz Around The World
    Good stuff
13. “Wow” – Charlie Shoemake – Inside
    We both like this.
14. “Chicane” – Bud Shank – Fascinating Rhythms
    2 thumbs down
15. “Gasafrass” – Shook/Russo – So Far From Home
    This has a good sound to it with good players.
16. “Cafe Cortado” – Edward Ratliff – Those Moments Before
    Overall we do not like this
17. “Burned” – Peter Mazza – Through My Eyes
    Good stuff
18. “Rothko” – Jacam Manricks – Labyrinth
    Not very interesting
19. “Slow Hot Wind” – Angela Hagenbach – The Way They Make Me Feel
    Doesn’t float our boats
20. “We Are Unicorns” – Darius Jones – Man’ish Boy
    This be weird
21. “Blue Rain” – Randy Brecker – Nostalgic Journey
    We both like this
22. “All One” – Fabian Zone Trio – Keys In Ascension
    This be good
23. “Yo Mama’s Blues” – Gilad Hekselman – Words Unspoken
    2 thumbs up