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NY Standard – Episode 139 – Downward Dogs

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This week’s show is a bit on the downside, but in a lovely way.

Last week, we lost a musical legend & within the confines of this show – and its idiom – I attempt to bring you something of a tribute to David Bowie.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 135 – Lush & Lovely – Thanksgiving 2015

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This week’s show is dedicated to the most beautiful music you’ve ever heard.  Long, lush lines of music…

It is built to set & forget so you can press play & go about your day as you cook, bake, clean or entertain.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Enjoy!

 

NY Standard – Episode 122 – All ‘Round The Town

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This week’s show is a solid selection of the best of our favorite music plus a dedication to a friend’s son – who’s shipping off to the service in about week.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 113 – Summertime And The Living Is…

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It’s an ironic title, considering I didn’t play any of the many versions of Summertime that I own.

But, with Memorial Day Weekend upon us here in the States, it is the unofficial kickoff of Summertime…

This week’s show is all up-tempo music dedicated to making you feel good!  Perfect for a BBQ, block party or a top-down drive around town!

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 111 – Big Band Bonanza

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This week’s show is a tip of the cap to Big Band – thus the name, “Big Band Bonanza!”

You’ll hear the usual suspects plus folks you might be surprised to hear, too.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 108 – All Around The Town

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This week’s show is kind of just a perfect sampler of what this show is all about – standards.  There’s jazz, cabaret, big band, bebop, & Broadway.  One this is certain: it all swings – and like the title says, ‘All Around The Town.’

Enjoy!

 

NY Standard – Episode 102 – Women Make The World Go ‘Round

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This week’s show is dedicated to the women.  It’s all women all the time on this one.  The first half of the show is standard issue standards.  The second half has some of those, but it’s decidedly different from the first half.  You’ll hear some blues, rock, folk, country & more.

To the women!

Enjoy!

  • Shirley Horn
  • The Fantastiks
  • Abbey Lincoln
  • Anita O’Day
  • The Andrews Sisters
  • Nina Simone
  • Ann Hampton Calloway
  • Annie Lennox
  • Bernadette Peters
  • Patti LuPone
  • Irene Ryan
  • Carmen McRae
  • Billie Holiday
  • Dinah Washington
  • Helen Merrill
  • Diana Krall
  • Dinah Shore
  • Nina Simone
  • Édith Piaf
  • Lee Wiley
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • June Christy
  • Sarah Vaughan
  • The Holly Cole Trio
  • Sinéad O’Connor
  • Bessie Smith
  • Etta James
  • Irma Thomas
  • Gladys Knight
  • Dusty Springfield
  • Carole King
  • Laura Nyro
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Rickie Lee Jones
  • Loretta Lynn
  • Patsy Cline
  • Dolly Parton
  • Emmylou Harris
  • Patty Griffin
  • Allison Moorer
  • Kate Bush
  • Sarah McLachlan & Emmylou Harris
  • Joss Stone
  • Roberta Flack
  • Paula Cole
  • October Project
  • Tori Amos
  • Regina Spektor
  • Sharon Van Etten
  • Norah Jones
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
  • Jill Scott
  • Adele
  • Duffy
  • k.d. lang
  • Sheena Easton
  • Olivia Newton-John
  • Emeli Sandé
  • Ella Fitzgerald

NY Standard – Episode 100 – The Standards of Standards

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This week’s show is a special show as it’s the 100th episode of this mostly-weekly musical adventure I bring to you.

This particular episode is all about the basics that got me into this idiom at all.  They’re called “standards” for a reason.

Enjoy!

  • Louis Armstrong
  • Fletcher Henderson
  • Chick Webb
  • Bix Beiderbecke
  • Sidney Bechet
  • Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith
  • Glen Miller
  • Benny Goodman
  • Bing Crosby
  • The Andrews Sisters
  • Charlie Parker
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Count Basie
  • Duke Ellington
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
  • Nat King Cole
  • Ben Webster
  • Les Paul
  • Tony Bennett
  • Mel Tormé
  • Mandy Patinkin
  • Bethlehem Records version of “Porgy & Bess.”
  • Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Evita”
  • Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Sweeney Todd”
  • Original London Cast Recording of “Les Misérables”
  • Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Into The Woods”
  • Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
  • Charles Mingus
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Sinéad O’Connor
  • Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
  • Bobby Darin
  • Erroll Garner
  • Billie Holiday
  • George Shearing
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

 

NY Standard – Episode 91 – Thanksgiving (and a dash of Christmas)!

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You want 3+ hours of gorgeous luscious music?  You’ve got it!

This is the 2014 Thanksgiving episode.  It’s dedicated to lush, beautiful music that is fitting for cooking & baking the day before Thanksgiving, while you eat your meal or as you relax throughout this long, holiday weekend.

It’s rare that I play what some might consider “background” music.  But, to me, listening to these luscious melodies is a joy.  So, enjoy!

Here are this week’s artists:

  • The Andrews Sisters
  • Anita O’Day
  • Annie Lennox
  • Ann Hampton Calloway
  • Art Tatum
  • Arthur Prysock
  • Benny Goodman
  • Bernadette Peters
  • Bill Evans
  • Billie Holiday
  • Billy Eckstine
  • Bing Crosby
  • Bobby Darin
  • Carmen McRae
  • Charles Mingus
  • Chet Baker
  • Clifford Brown
  • Count Basie
  • Dinah Shore
  • Dinah Washington
  • Duke Ellington
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Frank Sinatra
  • George Shearing
  • Glenn Miller
  • Helen Merrill
  • Jimmy Dorsey & Tommy Dorsey
  • Jimmy Rushing
  • John Coltrane
  • Johnny Hartman
  • Lester Young
  • Nat King Cole
  • Sarah Vaughan
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Tony Bennett
  • Vince Guaraldi
  • Frank Sinatra

NY Standard – Episode 90 – Whole Lotta Louis

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This week’s show is a little late – thank you ‘technical difficulties!’ – in getting to you.  But, it’s done & it’s pretty damned good!

So, on today’s show you’ll hear loads of “Louis” & plenty more artists like those you see below.

  • Lester Young
  • Charlie Parker
  • Bobby Darin
  • Nat King Cole
  • Mel Torme
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Helen Merrill
  • Billy Eckstine
  • Mandy Patinkin
  • Paul Chambers
  • Bud Powell
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Duke Ellington
  • Count Basie
  • Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • Art Tatum
  • Sidney Bechet
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Billie Holliday
  • The Andrews Sisters
  • Johnny Hartman
  • John Coltrane
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Harry Connick, Jr.

I will also be doing a special show that you can play with your family & friends for Thanksgiving, too.