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on January 31, 2012 @ 1:37 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Jay McShann: Confessin’ the Blues; The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic)
2. Charlie Parker: Lover Man; Charlie Parker in Sweden (Storyville)
3. Deep Blue Organ Trio: Jesus Children of America; Wonderful! (Origin)
4. Jay McShann: Hootie Blues; The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic)
5. Booker Ervin: No Booze Blues; The Blues Book (Prestige)
6. Charlie Parker: Hootie Blues; The Charlie Parker Story, Vol. 1 (Unique Jazz)
7. Booker Ervin: The Lamp is Low; The Blues Book (Prestige)
8. Diego el Cigala: Historia de un amor; Dos Lágrimas (Gran Via Musicale de Ediciones)
9. Nellie McKay: Gin Rummy; Obligatory Villagers (Hungry Mouse)
10. Blossom Dearie: I Won’t Dance; Jazz Masters 51 – Blossom Dearie (Verve)
11. Diego el Cigala: Tomo y Obligo; Cigala & Tango – American Tour 2011 (Ediciones El Pais S.L. y Gran Via Musicale de Ediciones)
12. Ludwig von Beethoven/Solomon/Philharmonia Orchestra/André Cluytens: Piano Concerto No. 4, 2nd mvt. Andante Con Moto; Beethoven Piano Concertos 2 -5, etc. (EMI)
13. Blossom Dearie: Tea for Two; Jazz Masters 51 – Blossom Dearie (Verve)
14. Gene Ammons: The Real McCoy; The Big Sound (Prestige)
15. Gyorgy Ligeti/Parker Quartet: Andante and Allegretto; Ligeti String Quartets 1&2, etc. (Naxos)
16. Magnus Lindberg/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo: Seht die Sonne; Lindberg – Graffiti - Seht die Sonne (Ondine)
Out theme: Spottiswoode and his Enemies: You Won’y Forget Your Dream; Wild Goosechase Expedition (Old Soul)
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on January 24, 2012 @ 1:18 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Miles Davis: The Theme: Bootleg Series Vol. 1 – Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)
1. Jean Sibelius/Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan: Symphony No. 5; Karajan Edition- Sibelius Symphonies 2 & 5 (EMI)
2. Blossom Dearie: One Upon a Summertime; Verve Jazz Masters 51: Blossom Dearie (Verve)
3. Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong: They Can’t Take That Away From Me; Ella and Louis (Verve)
4. Dave Bass Quartet/Mary Stallings: Surrender; Gone (Davebassmusic)
5. Leonard Cohen: Going Home; Old Ideas (Columbia)
6. Gustav Mahler/Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez: Symphony No. 5 [title tune] (DGG)
Out theme: Miles Davis: The Theme: Bootleg Series Vol. 1 – Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)
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on January 17, 2012 @ 12:55 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Bill Frisell and 858 Quartet: It’s a Long Story; Sign of Life – Music for 858 Quartet (Savoy Jazz)
2. Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood: Amazing Grace; MSMW Live – In Case the World Changes its Mind (Indirecto)
3-5. Ambrose Akinmusire: Jaya, The Walls of Lechiguilla, What’s New?; When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
6-8. Miles Davis: Footprints, ‘Round Midnight, Masqualero; Miles Davis Quintet – The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 – Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)
9. Béla Bartók/Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez: Concerto for Orchestra; Konzert für Orchester – 4 Stücke Op. 12 (DGG)
10. John Coltrane: Impressions; The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse)
11. Ornette Coleman: What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Variation); Sound Museum (Verve)
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on January 13, 2012 @ 8:10 pm | Post a comment
Opening Theme: Carla Bley Band: Drinking Music; European Tour 1977 (WATT)
1. Count Basie: Every Tub; Count Basie’s Finest Hour (Verve)
2. Count Basie (Jones-Smith Inc.): Shoeshine Boy; The Essential Count Basie (Columbia)
3. Count Basie: Jumpin’ at the Woodside; America’s Number One Band (Columbia)
4. Count Basie (Jones-Smith Inc.): Oh, Lady, Be Good!; The Essential Count Basie (Columbia)
5-7. Count Basie: Lester Leaps In, Taxi War Dance, Dickie’s Dream; America’s Number One Band (Columbia)
8. Spottiswoode and His Enemies: Chelsea Boys; Salvation (New Warsaw)
9. Peter Blegvad: That’ll Be Him Now; Just Woke Up (RER Megacorp)
10. Jonathan Spottiswoode: Fine Wine; Piano 45 (Old Soul)
11. Peter Blegvad: Heaven in Hell’s Despite; Just Woke Up (RER Megacorp)
12. Spottiswoode and His Enemies: Lousy Mood; That’s What I Like (New Warsaw)
13. Peter Blegvad: Hangman’s Hill [title tune] (RER Megacorp)
14. Spottiswoode and His Enemies: Building a Road [title tune] (Grantham Dispatch)
15. Peter Blegvad: Bee Dream; Just Woke Up (RER Megacorp)
16. Spottiswoode and His Enemies: All My Brothers; Wild Goose Chase Expedition (Old Soul)
17. Peter Blegvad/Andy Partridge: Galveston; Orpheus – The Lowdown (APECD)
18. Louis Armstrong: Stardust; The Essential Collection (Columbia)
19. Louis Armstrong: St. Louis Blues; Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia)
20. Louis Armstrong: Tight Like This; The Hot Fives and Sevens (Columbia)
21-23. Louis Armstrong: Beale Street Blues, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Chantez les Bas; Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia)
24. Louis Armstrong: La Vie en Rose; Masters of Jazz Vol. 2 (Storyville)
25-26. Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra: Celebration Jig & Slow Dance; New Works - Celebration (Challenge Jazz)
Out theme: Django Reinhardt: Festival Swing: Volume 2 - Paris and London 1937 – 1948 (JSPCD)
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on December 27, 2011 @ 1:36 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Johann Sebastian Bach/Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Eugen Jochum: B-minor Mass, Kyrie Eleison [excerpt]; Mass in B Minor – Mass in F (Philips)
1. Johann Sebastian Bach/Akademie fur Alte Musik/René Jacobs: Christmas Oratorio: Part II Orchestral Prelude; Christmas Oratorio (Harmonia Mundi)
2 – 6. Johann Sebastian Bach/La Chapelle Royale/Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herrweghe: Quia Respexit, Et Misericordia, Esurientes Implevit, Gloria; Bach – Magnficat (Harmonia Mundi)
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/ Maria Stader/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Choir of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral/Ferenc Fricsay: Kyrie – Christe- Kyrie: Great Mass in C Minor; Great Mass, Haydn Te Deum (DGG)
8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Christiane Oelze/La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herrweghe: Et Incarnatus Est; Messe en ut mineur (Harmonia Mundi)
9. Miles Davis/Gil Evans/George Gershwin: Oh Doctor Jesus; Porgy and Bess (Columbia)
10. Johann Sebastian Bach/Leon Fleischer: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring; The Essential Leon Fleischer (Columbia)
11. Johann Sebastian Bach/Lynne Dawson/Carol Hall/English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner: Christe Eleison; Mass in B Minor (Archiv)
12. Johann Sebastian Bach/Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Eugen Jochum: B-minor Mass, Kyrie II; Mass in B Minor – Mass in F (Philips)
13. Ludwig von Beethoven/BBC Symphony Orchestra/BBC Chorus/Teresa Stich-Randal/Norma Proctor/Richard Lewis/Kim Borg/Jascha Horenstein: Missa Solemnis – Gloria; Missa Solemnis – Schubert – Wagner – Horenstein (BBC Legends)
14. Lili Boulanger/Oralia Dominguez/Orchestre Lamoureux/Igor Markevitch: Pie Jesu; Boulanger – Du fond de l’abime, etc (Everest/EMI)
15. Olivier Messiaen/Peter Serkin: Regard du Père; Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus (RCA)
16. Ornette Coleman/Jennifer Koh: Trinity; Jennifer Koh – Violin Fantasies (Cedille)
17. Ludwig von Beethoven/Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Edda Moser/Hanna Schwarz/René Kollo/Kurt Moll/Herman Krebbers/Leonard Bernstein: Sanctus – Benedictus; Beethoven - Missa Solemnis (DGG)
18 – 19. Johann Sebastian Bach/Michael Chance/English Baroque Soloists/Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner: Agnus Dei, Dona Nobis Pacem; Mass in B Minor (Archiv)
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on December 17, 2011 @ 3:43 pm | 3 Comments
Opening theme: The Ninth Room: Art Ensemble of Chicago; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Franco & Serdar Erbaşı: Segah Taksim; Ney İle Solo Taksimler (Columbia)
2. Kanı Karaca/Akagunduz Kutbay(?): Mevlana Naatı – Ney Taksim; Mevlana – Dede Efendi [Saba Ayini] (Kalan Ses)
3. The Beatles: Rain; Past Masters – Volume Two (Apple/Capitol)
4. Kim Kashkashian/Komitas: Garuna; Hayren – Music of Komitas and Tigran Mansurian (ECM)
5. Aram Khatchaturian/Unknown Orchestra: Gayane Ballet Suite. Andante; 2001 – A Space Odyssey (Rhino)
6. Akagunduz Kutbay (?): Ney Taksim; Mevlana Naatı – Ney Taksim; Mevlana – Dede Efendi [Saba Ayini] (Kalan Ses)
7. Bernard Herrmann/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Elmer Bernstein: Vertigo – Thème d’Amour; Bernard Herrmann Film Music (Milan)
8. Alan Hovhaness: To Hiroshige’s Cat; Shalimar (Fortuna)
9. Alan Hovhanesss/Kenneth Radnofsky/Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose: Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings; Exile Symphony, etc. (BMOP)
10. Alan Hovhaness: Shalimar [title tune] (Fortuna)
11. Ahmed Adnan Saygun/Danel Quartet: String Quartet No. 4; Saygun – Complete String Quartets (PSP Germany GmbH)
12. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff/Thomas DeHartmann: Assyrian Women Mourners; The Music of Gurdjieff (G – H/Triangle)
13. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff/Thomas DeHartmann/Gurdjieff Folk Instrument Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: Assyrian Women Mourners; Music of George I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
14. John Coltrane: Acknowledgment; A Love Supreme (Impulse)
Out theme: Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble: Ife L’ayo (There is Happiness in Love); The African Beat (Blue Note)
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on December 14, 2011 @ 4:03 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Jean Sibelius/Royal London Philharmonic/Sir Thomas Beecham: Symphony No. 2; Beecham Conducts Sibelius (Biddulph)
2. Nellie McKay: Old Folks; Note of Hope – A Celebration of Woody Guthrie (429)
3. Bombino: Tebsakh Dalet (A Green Acacia): Agadez (Cumbancha)
4. Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry: Blues for Smedley; Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One (Verve)
5. Jean Sibelius/Royal London Philharmonic/Sir Thomas Beecham: The Oceanides; Symphony No. 7, etc. (EMI)
6. Art Blakey: Mosaic; Three Blind Mice Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
7. Leif Segerstam/Bergen Philharmonic: Symphony No. 162 “Doubling the Number”; Segerstam - Symphonies Nos. 81, 162, 181 (BIS)
Out theme: Tyondai Braxton/Wordless Orchestra of New York: Platinum Rows; Central Market (Warp)
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on December 12, 2011 @ 2:45 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Keith Jarrett: Rio VII – XII; Rio (ECM)
2. Paul Motian: Tennessee Waltz; The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter)
3– 5. Bill Evans: Peri’s Scope, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blue in Green; Portrait in Jazz (Riverside)
6. Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band: Milestones; Flight of the Bluebird (Winter & Winter)
7. Keith Jarrett: You and the Night and the Music; Live at the Deer Head Inn (ECM)
8. Marilyn Crispell: Conception Vessel/Circle Dance; Amyrillis (ECM)
9. Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band: Work; Flight of the Bluebird (Winter & Winter)
10. Keith Jarrett: Angles (Without Edges); Treasure Island (Impulse)
11. Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two: Morrock; On Broadway (Winter & Winter)
12. Paul Motian: Trieste; The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter)
13: Johannes Brahms/Janet Baker/Philharmonia Orchestra/John Alldis Choir/Adrian Boult: Alto Rhapsody; Janet Baker – Icon (EMI)
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on December 2, 2011 @ 4:35 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys [title tune] (ECM)
1. Warren Wolf: Sweet Bread; Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue)
2. Billy Taylor: Different Bells; Billy Taylor with Candido (Original Jazz Classics)
3. Warren Wolf: Emily; Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue)
4. Eric Dolphy: Straight Up and Down; Out to Lunch (Blue Note)
5. Keith Jarrett: Rio III – V; Rio (ECM)
6. Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver; Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri – Athens Concert (ECM)
7. Leif Segerstam/Hannele Segerstam/Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra: Violin Concerto Serioso; Segerstam – Patria, Sketches from Pandora, etc. (BIS)
8. Tyondai Braxton: Uffe’s Woodshop; Central Market (Warp)
9. Burnt Sugar/Greg Tate: Whut Rough Beast; All Ya Needs That Negrosity (Avantgroidd Musica)
10. Mieceslaw (Moïses) Weinberg/Urban Claesson/Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra/Thord Svedlund: Clarinet Concerto; Weinberg – Concertos (Chandos)
Out theme: Gurdjieff Folk Instrument Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: Armenian Song; The Music of G.I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
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on November 22, 2011 @ 2:39 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Jean Sibelius/City of Birmingham Orchestra/Sakari Oramo: Symphony No. 6; Sibelius – Symphonies 6 & 7, Tapiola (Warner Classics UK)
2. Kamal Hors: Safar; The Dance of the Oud (Smoked)
3. Sevara Nazarkhan: Aygalach; Tortadur (CDBY)
4. Georgi Ivanovich Gurdjieff/Armenian Folk Instrument Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: The Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
5. Sevara Nazarkhan: Yoyvoi Tanovar; Tortadur (CDBY)
6. David Murray & the Gwo Ka Masters: La Jwa; Gwotet (Justin Time)
7. Colin Matthews/London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen: Fourth Sonata for Orchestra; Broken Symmetry – 4th Sonata – Suns Dance (DGG)
8. Benjamin Britten/English Chamber Orchestra: Variations on the Theme by Frank Bridge; Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, etc. (Decca)
Out theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Strawberry Mango; Coming Home Jamaica (WB/Atlantic)