Updoc 55: The Almost Birthday Show: 8/21/09
Updoc 55: The Almost Birthday Show: 8/21/09
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of the Chicago: Nice Guys [title tune] (ECM)
1. Claude Debussy/Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Claudio Abaddo: La Mer; Mahler Debussy Abaddo Lucerne 2002 (DGG)
2-3. Count Basie: Every Tub; Oh! Lady Be Good; America’s #1 Band (Columbia/Legacy)
4. Art Ensemble of Chicago: People in Sorrow [title tune] (Nessa)
5. Debussy/Maurice Gendron: Cello Sonata; Debussy Sonatas (Philips)
6. John Lee Hooker: Black Snake; The Country Blues (Prestige)
7. Vernon Reid: The National Anthem; Other True Self (Favored Nations)
8. Tori Amos: 1000 Oceans; To Venus and Back (Atlantic/WEA)
9-10. Count Basie/Lester Young: Lester Leaps In; Taxi War Dance; America’s #1 Band (Columbia/Legacy)
Out theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Strawberry Mango; Coming Home Jamaica (WEA/Atlantic)