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Playlist for February 19, 2009 from 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Current New Orleans Time: Fri, 5:53am
Playlist Date & Time: 2/19/2009 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Program: Jazz from the French Market with Jelly Roll Justice or Suzanne Corley
With three Mardi Gras parades tonight, the first half of the show is a celebration of Mardi Gras colors --- from Bacchus to Zulu.
The second half of the show celebrates new albums or unusual jazz improvisation. This is the show in which Vishnu Mohan Bhatt and Ry Cooder's "Ganges Delta Blues" is played.
Playlist Tracks
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Joe Sample
Black and White
Old Places, Old Faces
Warner Bros./WEA
1996
Great Joe Sample composition with the help of Al Schmitt.
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Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson
The Black Cat
Warmdaddy in the Garden of Swing
Atlantic/WEA
Just swings through the entire tune with such ease and yet insightful.
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Vavavoom
Black Orpheus
Melomania
IND
2006
It is a shame this talented group of musicians and singers no longer play as Vavavoom.
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Ingrid Lucia
Deep Purple
Almost Blue
IND
2004
We need more albums from Ingrid Lucia. Her unique sound and phraseology is creative and refreshing.
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Charles Mingus
Purple Heart
Jazz Composers Workshop
Impulse
Mingus is perhaps one of the top five jazz composers of the last century and this tune is breathtaking.
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Anat Cohen
The Purple Piece
Poetica
Anzic
2007
Anat Cohen's clarinet solo is a killer. She and her brother (see Braid album) are three of the most innovative stars in contemporary jazz.
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James Moody
The Golden Touch
Wail, Moody, Wail
Ojc
1955
Just a remarkable musician who has always been spot on. Note this was done over 1/2 a century ago.
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David "Fathead" Newman
Pharoah's Gold
Citiscape
Highnote
2006
The late Fathead Newman displays his great abilities as a flutist. What a loss.
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Horace Silver
Silverware
Horace Silver Trio
Blue Note
This short tune by Silver seems to fill a much larger space because of its richness and originality.
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Art Blakey
Quicksilver
The Price Source (Disc 1) That Night at Birdland
Import
The Messengers are no better and yes, that is Horace Silver on piano.
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Nicholas Payton
A Touch of Silver
Payton's Place
Polygram
1998
This is Nicholas Payton's own take on Silver --- some of his best work.
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Gust Spenos, Marvin Chandler, Everett Green
Mountain Greenery
Swing Theory
IND
2007
This rendition is the best I have heard since Barney Kessel's take on it ages ago.
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J. R. Monterose
Green Street Scene
The Message
Fresh Sounds Spain
1959
Fifty years old and just as new as when recorded by this artist who has never been fully appreciated here.
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Roy Hargrove
Greens at the Chicken Shack
With the Tenors of Our Time
Polygram
1994
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Wynton Marsalis and Marcus Roberts
New Orleans
Standard Time vol. 1
Sony
1986
Marsalis' take on this Hoagy Carmichael classic touches the beauty and sadness of New Orleans.
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Gene Harris with Stanley Turrentine
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Gene Harris Trio Plus One
Concord
Turrentine's solo is powerful and unforgettable.
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Ry Cooder and V. M. Bhatt
Ganges Delta Blues
A Meeting By the River
Water Lily Acoustics
1993
Many telephone calls while and after I played this haunting tune. I will play more from this unusually brilliant album.
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Louie Bellson and Clark Terry
Give Me the Good Time
Louie and Clark: Expedition 2
Percussion Power
2007
Louie Bellson (aka Luigi Balassoni) passed away on Feb. 14th this year; a great drummer and fabulous collaborator, he was a jazz giant.
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Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Zulu Strutt
Basin Street Records Mardi Gras 2009
Basin Street
2009
Listeners loved the Latin bean and uptempo to this excellent presentation by Cleary & Co.
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Eddie Harris
The Shadow of Your Smile
The Best of Eddie Harris
Atlantic/WEA
1965
Eddie Harris = excellence.
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Terrence Brewer
Dearly Beloved
Groovin' Wes
Strong Music Brew
2009
Wonderful Johnny Mercer and Jerome Kern tune.
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Danny Green
Gigi
With You In My Mind
Pacific Coast J
2009
Melodic and flowing, this is an outstanding album.
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Trio Da Paz and Joe Locke
All The Things You Are
Live at Jazzbaltica
Max Jazz Records
2008
These brilliant four musicians play with such strength and ease!
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Uros Markovic/Gospel Jazz Trio
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Jesus Saves
CTA Records
2008
Very unusual concept for a contemporary jazz album that actually works.
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Robert Walter
Hillary Street
Cure All
Palmetto
2008
With Johnny Vidacovich and James Singleton, it just gets better and better.
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Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis
Don't Know Why
Love Songs, Ballads and Standards
Basin Street
2008
This is a must have album if you appreciate melody and groove.
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Dr. Michael White
Dark Sunshine
Blue Crescent
Basin Street
2008
Jammed with his own jazz compositions, the good Dr. is at his very best!
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