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NY Standard – Episode 133 – In A Sentimental Mood

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With the sun leaving us alone a few more hours than Spring or Summer this weekend, I decided to do a show that saluted the more thoughtful autumn.  Ballads to be sure, but a few mid-tempo numbers too…

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 127 – Mellow & Beautiful

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This week’s show is all about mellow, beautiful music.  I do love when the seasons turn…and while it’s a week or two more until autumn is officially here, today was overcast, cool & rainy here in New York.  So, I bring you music of the same mood…

Enjoy!

  • Charles Mingus
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Benny Goodman
  • Chick Webb
  • Billie Holiday
  • Carmen McCrae
  • George Gershwin
  • Lester Young
  • Charlie Parker
  • Duke Ellington
  • Bud Powell
  • Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
  • Clifford Brown & Max Roach
  • Bobby Darin
  • Johnny Hartman
  • Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet w/ Jimmy Rushing
  • Duke Ellington
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Nat King Cole

NY Standard – Episode 126 – Back To Basics…Mostly

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This week’s episode is a return to form – after a month of fun & games with this show.  I appreciate you indulging me with this over the last bit, but with the end of summer comes the end of fun & games…right? 🙂

Anyway, do enjoy this tour de force of swing, standards & Sondheim.

NY Standard – Episode 121 – Cool & Blue

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Given this weekend’s heat,  I can’t think of a better way to cool down than some great tunes, a dip in the water & a great cocktail.

This show provides the first former, you’re on your own for the latter two.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 120 – Standards & Standbys

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This week’s show is a whirlwind series of songs that cuts across most of the music that you’ve come to expect here.  Also, I include one of my favorite stories about RCA Studios & the recording of “Sweeney Club.”

NY Standard – Episode 118 – Over The Rainbow

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This week’s show is a special one – as next week’s show will be – as this week’s focus is on 3 items: PRIDE, Joni Mitchell & Lara Downes’ Billie Holiday record.

Enjoy!

 

NY Standard – Episode 117 – Groove & Fruit.

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This week’s show is all about ‘groove.’  There’s also a bit of commentary & a tribute to close the show.

Enjoy!

I am also including this interview about Dave Brubeck’s experience with race & his service in the military.

NY Standard – Episode 115 – Late Spring Bounce

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This week’s show is a perfect set of numbers to chill out by the pool with or or grab a beer in the backyard.  Just perfect.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 114 – Swingin’ Summertime & The Man Who Got Away

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This week’s show is again a pretty strong, barnstormer of a show.

That said, it also includes a tribute to Jeff Buckley – as he passed 18 years ago yesterday, May 29th.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 112 – B.B.’s Blues

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As you may know by the time you read this that B.B. King passed away Thursday evening in Las Vegas around 9:40pm local time on May 14th, 2015.  A combination of a small bout of insomnia & a desire to deliver a fresh show in partial tribute to this legend, I decided to work overnight to put that together.

The first or so hour is all B.B. King.  The second hour is music that would have inspired B.B & almost any blues musician.

I hope you enjoy this small detour & devotion to a master.

May the Mississippi keep flowing…

The playlist is as follows: