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This week’s episode of NY Standard is a bit all over the place, though mostly upbeat.

I was in the mood for Dizzy Gillespie this week, so you’ll about 10 songs written or played by him.

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This week’s episode is dedicated to the month of April.  After a brutal New York Winter, April has proven to be amazing.

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This week is a mostly swingin’ affair – though, ironically, without any Sinatra from the album of the same name.

Happy Spring, everybody!

 

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This show is about ballads.  As much as I love to swing, I’ve always admired the ability of a ballad to make a person think – about love, life or the rest.  This week’s “Broadway Bit” is brought to you by Bernadette Peters – mostly.

There’s also a little blues in here, too.

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This show is dedicated to love & life & more.

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Last year, around St. Patrick’s Day – and since the holiday itself fell on a Sunday – I featured some traditional Irish tunes on that weekend’s show.  For this year’s show, I wanted to feature an entire show dedicated to mostly traditional Irish tunes.  I own enough to cobble together some cool stuff.

So, close your eyes…and lean back…put the headphones on…and drive yourself – mind you, on the left hand side! – through Ireland.

Enjoy this VERY special presentation.  I hope you enjoy it!

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I just finished reading a book about New York City from the 1880s.  At around the same time I finished it, I was listening to a lot of the Dorsey Brothers recordings from the 1930s.

So, I decided to do an entire show dedicated to nothing but big band.  There’s no Broadway Bit this week & nothing recorded after 1945 – except the weekly dose of Johnny Hartman, who didn’t start recording until 1947.

This is a special show with a lot of very special music.

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This week features a lot of big band, mostly uptempo music.  You’ll hear from Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey plus Ella & Louis, Billie Holiday, Monk & more.

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Again, this week’s show is all over the place…but, it’s a tip of the cap to ‘Into The Woods’ by Sondheim.

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This week’s edition of the show is all over the place opening with big band set, then to straight jazz then a feature of the First Act of Les Miserables from the Original Broadway Cast.  We then close out the show with 30 minutes of ballads.

Beautiful!

Enjoy!