Playlist for May 07, 2009 from 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 5:05pm
Playlist Date & Time: 5/7/2009 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Program: Jazz from the Market with Jelly Roll Justice
This is my last daytime show for several months and thus I drew on many of the tunes that I fell in love with during the last year. Most are new, some rekindled the passion I once felt for them, but all are fantastic jazz pieces.
A word of apology: before playing the Charlie Christian "Swing to Bop", I stated that he was with Dizzy Gillespie and Cannonball Adderley at Minton's Playhouse in May, 1941.
Dizzy Gillespie for sure was there, but what I meant to say was not Cannonball Adderly --- but Thelonious Monk played as well. I realized that I was stuck in gear when I got off the phone with a listener who questioned me on Adderley while I kept thinking Monk. Very sorry.
Playlist Tracks
Deacon John "Going Back to New Orleans" Jump Blues Vetter 2003 Dedicated to three Dutch architecture students who dug the Deacon the most at Jazzfest. |
Tony Bazley featuring Clarence Ford "I'll Be Seeing You" 1993 Jazz Fest WWOZ Tent IND 1993 This is from a cut given me by Tony Bazley, the great NOLA drummer. |
Marcus Roberts "Honeysuckle Rose" New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1 2009 Roland Guerin is spectacular on the fabulous arrangement. |
Terrell Stafford "A Nick Off the Mark" Taking Chances Live at the Dakota 2006 My favorite tune on the album. |
Jesse Boyd "Philip Street" True Stories (to be released) IND 2009 Michael Pellera and Joe Dyson really cook on this original Boyd composition. |
Leroy Jones "Sweeter Than A Summer's Breeze" Sweeter Than A Summer's Breeze Spirit of New Orleans 2009 Leroy just shines as he plays his own song. It is astonishing how he continues to expand his already awesome talents. |
Tania and Dorise "Killing Me Softly" Street Takes IND 2008 My two favorite "street" musicians. This is a misnomer: they play at many venues and with other headliners --- but they are "world famous in New Orleans" for playing in front of the Cafe du Monde. |
Roy Haynes "What Is this Thing Called Love" Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker 2001 |
Roberta Gambarini and Hank Jones "Stardust" You are There Origin 2007 Hoagy Carmichael must be smiling and pleased. |
Quintet of the Hot Club of San Francisco "Melodie Au Crepscule" Ohcsf 1994 Great Django Reinhardt composition. |
Pharoah Sanders and Idris Muhammed "Blues for Santa Cruz" Live 1981 Muhammed just keeps it all together. |
Ali Jackson "Luscious" Wheelz Keep Rollin' Big. Music 2009 Ali was spectacular as Jazz Fest with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. |
Juanita Brooks "I've Got Rhythm/"A" Train/I Hear Music" More Jazz 2009 Just a phenomenal album. |
Hugh Masekela "Elijah" Uptownmanship NOVUS 1989 Twenty years ago and still as vibrant as when he first recorded it. |
Gust Spenos Quartet "Tangerine" Swing Theory IND 2007 Marvin Chandler and Everett Green have great solos. |
Dianne Reeves "Midnight Sun" When You Know (Advance) 2008 Simply in a class by herself, Reeves finds nuances that I am sure the composer never thought of. |
Charlie Christian "Swing To Bop" Live Sessions at Minton's Playhouse 1941 This disc is part of my jazz canon. Cannot imagine how it was to be present at Minton's. |
Branford Marsalis "Sir Roderick, The Aloof" Branford 2006 Branford continues to explore and try the unexpected. |
Anat Cohen "Samba de Orfeu/Struttin' With Some Barbecue" Noir Anzic 2006 Her performances at Jazz Fest this year were dynamite. |
Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt "Ganges Delta Blues" A Meeting at the River Water Lily Acoustics 1993 This album elicits more calls than any other I have played. Significantly positive calls. |
Ingrid Lucia and the Flying Neutrinos "Getting Some Fun Out of Life" Don't Stop IND 2007 Fond memories of her on the show with John Fohl and Jesse Boyd. |
Peter Sprague "A Foggy Day" Peter Sprague Plays Solo 2008 My favorite from this album -- classic Gershwin number. |
Sonny Fortune "For Duke and Cannon" You and the Night and the Music 2007 Fortune's own composition, his sax is simple challenging the listener to appreciate the sincerity of the notes. |
Marcus Roberts Trio "The Entertainer" New Orleans Meets Harlem Vol 1 2009 Again, what a trio should sound like: balance and brilliance. |
Lionel Loueke "Benny's Tune" Karibu Blue Note No doubt that the future for this young star is all upward. Named for his wife, this is a great jazz song. |
Leroy Jones "A Sentimental Mood" Sweeter than a Summer's Breeze Spirit of New Orleans 2009 Just what I wanted to end the show. |
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