Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Bob Longman WUSB Radio show, 27 April 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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Blowin' In the Wind -- Odetta
Beautiful Lazy -- Urban Hillbilly Quartet
Nebraska -- Bruce Springsteen
A Kappella -- Le Bande Magnetik -- A Kappella -- N
Sky Maps -- Iona (UK)
Vision of Hope -- Terl Bryant
Where Dreams Are Bound -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
One -- Keziah Jones -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Not the End -- Natalie Walker -- Urban Angel -- N
Friends Again -- John Sebastian
If I Were An Angel -- Marc Cohn
Half Of It -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Leave It to Me -- Vox One
Just Keep Goin' On -- Dan Smith
On his Southern roots -- Brooks Williams -- interview 1993
Statesboro Blues -- Brooks Williams -- Time I Spend w. You -- N
Spend My Life With You -- Phil Keaggy
St. George & the Dragonet -- Stan Freberg
High School Cadets -- Meredith Willson Marching Band
Being Alive -- Barbra Streisand
There Was Love -- Charlie Peacock
How Little -- Rajaton -- Out of Bounds -- "N"
Un-Wishing Well -- Rajaton -- Out of Bounds -- "N"
Do Nothing Til You've Heard It From Me -- Nat King Cole
Disappear -- Michael Korb -- Ghosts -- N
King Harvest -- Jack Williams -- Don't Let Go -- N
Lovesick Blues -- Jack Williams -- Don't Let Go -- N
Maria -- Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins

Odetta does Dylan songs that noone else does -- majestic and strong, invested with much meaning.
Freberg's oddball takeoff on Dragnet.
Yes, I played a marching band song not from Stony Brook's band. The familiar name here is Willson, who wrote Music Man (Till There Was You, 76 Trombones, etc.). He apparently served under Sousa himself for about 2 years! (He followed that with time in the New York Philharmonic.)
Rajaton (Finnish acappella) reminds us that we may not want what we wish for.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

WUSB Radio Show, Bob Longman, 20 April 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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Hang Out With the Moon -- Diana Jones
Keeper Of the Earth -- Chuck Pyle
Sailing -- Chuck Pyle
All That I Am -- Tom Griffith
Prosciutto E Meloni -- La Bande Magnetik -- A Kapella -- N
Illia -- La Bande Magnetik -- A Kapella -- N
I Still Haven't Found... -- Cheikh Lo -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Not the End -- Natalie Walker -- Urban Angel -- N
We Walk In A Fog -- Rajaton -- Out Of Bounds -- "N"
Sunshine -- Jonathan Edwards
With or Without You -- Les Nubians -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Ride On -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
Simple Gifts -- Vox One
Gathering of Spirits -- Carrie Newcomer
61 Highway -- Brooks Williams -- Time I Spend w. You -- N
I Think It's Gonna Rain Today -- Judy Collins
Adrift -- Iona (UK)
Jeremiah's Prayer -- Mark Broussard
One -- Keziah Jones -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Set U Free -- Take 6
Improv 2 -- Vox One
Leave It To Me -- Vox One -- -- R

Why does this song from the Magnetik ones make my tummy yearn for an Italian sub?
If you're looking for great NGOs/nonprofits/charities to be involved with, check out the ones described in the booklet for this U2 tribute CD, and its online site. These are the real deal. (Some of them are already listed to the left of this posting, and linked from the Spirithome.com site.)

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

WUSB Radio Show, Bob Longman, 04 April 2008

12:40-1:50 pm Sun, http://wusb.fm/

title -- artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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Beaumont Rag -- Brooks Williams -- Time I Spend W. You - N
The Night Inside Me -- Jackson Browne -- Solo Acoustic vol. 2 - N
Don't Ever Want To Be Without You -- Pierce Pettis
Inside Of My Face -- Chuck Pyle
Humble Me -- Norah Jones
Things About Coming My Way -- Ruth Brown -- Honeydripper s.track -- N
So Fine -- Johnny Maestro
the Cross -- Blind Boys AL
Ugly Baby -- Flip Wilson
Chalice -- Phil Keaggy
Last to Die -- Bruce Springsteen
Undone -- Devotchka -- A Mad & Faithful Feeling -- N
Vision -- Jack's Waterfall -- -- R
My Babe -- Dion -- Son of Skip James -- N
I'm Just A Singer -- Moody Blues
Drums of War -- Chris Cairns -- Hello Blue -- N
All I Could Do Was Cry -- Etta James

Monday, May 19, 2008

WUSB Radio Show, Bob Longman, 09 March 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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This House -- Christopher Williams
The Dragonfly Races -- Ellis Paul -- the Dragonfly Races -- N
(title track) -- Brooks Williams-- The Time I Spend With You -- N
Desperate For Love -- Over The Rhine
Much Farther to Go -- Rosie Thomas
Those Kind of Things -- Jim Lauderdale -- Honey Songs -- N
Love Hurts -- Everly Brothers
Leaving the Life -- Lori McKenna
Last to Die -- Bruce Springsteen
I Can Laugh At It Now -- Dion
The Song Sings Itself -- Gerry O'Beirne -- the Bog Bodies.... -- N, I
Oh Darlin' -- O'Kanes
Returning -- Buddy & Julie Miller
Unchained -- Johnny Cash
Let's Go Out -- Devon Sproule
Lullabye -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Somewhere Somebody -- Jennifer Warnes
If I Could Help Somebody -- 5 Blind Boys AL -- Down In New Orleans -- N
Hallelujah -- Fairfield Four
It Happens Every Day -- Dar Williams
Fire -- Iona (UK) -- -- I
Stoned Soul Picnic -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
I Can't Make It Alone -- Lou Rawls -- the Essential... -- "N"
Dead End Street -- Lou Rawls -- the Essential.... -- "N"
One -- Harry Nilsson

I've been catching up again with Rosie Thomas tracks lately, they wear well.
Exhibit B in the case for Lou Rawls as a top-level soul singer (Exhibit A was with Sam Cooke, in Bring It On Home to Me).

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Jazz On the Air, WUSB 90.1 FM, 09 March 2008

(Yeah, I know; it took longer to get the playlist back....) ;)

track-- artist -- album (if new) N=new *: especially good
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* Them That's Got -- Maceo Parker -- Roots & Grooves, cd1 -- N
Tempus Fugit -- Miles Davis
Two Bass Hit -- Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Compassion -- John Coltrane
Parker's Mood -- James Carter
Atonement -- Ron Blake -- Shayari -- N
Can't Buy Me Love -- Ella Fitzgerald
Impulsive -- Clark Terry
Keyhole Blues -- Louis Armstrong Hot 9
* Wave -- Sarah Vaughan
Lluvia Azul -- Gato Barbieri
Song For Bilbao -- Michael Brecker
If I Should Lose You -- Mulgrew Miller
Count Basie -- Count's Place
China Cat Sunflower -- Sabertooth -- Dr. Midnight -- N
* Petit Pays (Little Country) -- Cesaria Evora
Just A Blues -- Virginia Mayhew Septet -- A Simple Thank-You -- N
Thieves In the Temple -- Herbie Hancock
Vibraphone Blues -- Lionel Hampton
Blues On the Corner -- David Brandom -- No Way Out -- N
* HIMM -- Don Byron
Around the Corner - Eero Kolvistoinen - Jazz fr. Finland '08 (compil.) - N
Back To Basics -- Bellson & Terry -- Louie & Clark Expedition 2
Well, You Needn't -- Tigran Hamasyan -- New Era -- N
Who Walks In (When I Walk Out) -- Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
In A Mist -- Clark Terry

Maceo made the first CD of the set a celebration of Ray Charles (incl. this track); the second CD of the set went funk to the floor.
A classic Vaughan vocal, 'nuff said.
Sabertooth, a brass-kicking band, is bold enough to play anything, even Grateful Dead.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Bob Longman radio show, 16 March 2008, WUSB 90.1 FM

track-- artist -- album (if new) N=new *: especially good
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Everywhere -- Brooks Williams -- The Time I Spend With You -- N
Peace In the Valley -- Sam Cooke / Soul Stirrers
Sentenced to Life With the Blues -- Andy Falco -- Sentenced... -- N
You Better Mind -- Blind Boys of AL -- Down In New Orleans -- N
I Can't Make It Alone -- Lou Rawls
I Know My Love -- the Chieftains w. the Corrs
The Irish Blessing -- Twin Shores Chorus
* Lullabye -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Book of Dreams -- Dion
All Mine (w. band) -- Five Satins
* Caravan of Love -- the Housemartins
Today -- Birmingham Sunlights
Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again -- Golden Gates
Think of You -- Five O'Clock Shadow
Shishumayel'ivangeli -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Down By The Old Mill Stream -- 139th Street Quartet
Jackie -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
Farmer's Market -- Lambert Hendricks & Ross
I'll Never Forget -- Dixie Hummingbirds
I Have A Dream -- the Persuasions
Walking Down the Street -- Real Group
People Change -- Rockapella
It's Sure Gonna Flop -- Sabertooth -- Dr. Midnight -- N
Bayou Betty -- Bonerama -- Bringing It Home -- N
Death Don't Have No Mercy -- Jorma Kaukonen
Death Don't Have No Mercy -- Toby Walker
Wide River to Cross -- Levon Helm -- Dirt Farmer -- N
Lamb Of God -- Take 6

Jackie is from the Annie Ross catalogue (as in Lambert Hendricks and..)
Tim Blane sings to someone he hasn't met, but she's already crossed his mind.
Sabertooth and Bonerama are two of a new breed of brass-kicking bands.