A-Trane March 2008

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A-Trane Playlist March 7th, 2008

No. Song title * Artist : Recording * Label * Instr. * [MAPL]

1 Take the A-Train * Diana Krall : Evening at Boston Pops 2000 * private * No * [MAP-]

2 Blue Nile * Alice Coltrane : Translinear Light * Impulse * Yes * [----]
3 Lovely Sky Boat * Alice Coltrane : A Monastic Trio * Impulse * Yes * [----]
4 Life has its Trials * Dorothy Ashby : Afro-Harping * Cadet * Yes * [----]
5 Afro-Harping * Dorothy Ashby : Afro-Harping * Cadet * Yes * [----]

6 Jumping in the Sugar Bowl * Amina Claudine Myers : Jumping in the Sugar Bowl * minor music * No * [----]
7 Yesca One * Sara Schoenbeck/Travis Baker : Yesca One * Spool * Yes * [MAP-]
8 Upper Fargo * Christine Jenson : Look Left * Effendi * Yes * [MAP-]

9 Mischievous Lady * Melba Liston/Dexter Gordon : Complete Dial * Stash * Yes * [----]
10 Lullaby in Rhythm * Melba Liston/Dexter Gordon : Complete Dial * Stash * Yes * [----]
11 Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair * Dinah Washington/Melba Liston : Sings Bessie Smith * Mercury * No * [----]
12 Me and My Gin * Dinah Washington/Melba Liston : Sings Bessie Smith * Mercury * No * [----]
13 Backwater Blues * Dinah Washington/Melba Liston : Sings Bessie Smith * Mercury * No * [----]
14 Lookin' Good but Feelin' Bad * Aki Takase : Plays Fats Waller European Jazztival 2004 * private * No * [----]

15 Duke of York * Jodi Proznick : Foundations * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
16 Sixty Dollar Train * Brandi Disterheft : Debut * Superfran * Yes * [MAP-]
17 More than Three * Rosemary Galloway/Pat Labarbara : Live at the Montreal Bistro *RG * Yes * [MAP-]

18 When I was Young * Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity : Streetnoise * Polydor * No * [----]
19 A Word About Colour * Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity : Streetnoise * Polydor * No * [MAPL]
20 Brimstone Spring Lullaby * Keith & Julie Tippett (Driscoll) : Couple in Spirit * Editions EG * No * [----]
21 Rope Ladder to the Moon * Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts/Driscoll : Encore * Warner/One Way * No * [----]
22 It will be a long night * Kate Hammett-Vaughn : Conspiracy: Art Songs for Improvisors * KHV * No * [MAPL]

23 Urn * Micheal Herring's Vertigo : Coniferous Revenge * MichaelHerring * Yes * [MAP-]
24 Couldn't Make It Through/My Songbird * Micheal Herring's Vertigo : Coniferous Revenge * MichaelHerring * Yes * [MAP-]

25 Singing * Lisa Miller Octet : Sleep Furiously * Green Ideas * Yes * [MAP-]
26 Come Sunday * Miya Masaoka : Compositions/Improvisations * Asian Improv * Yes * [----]
27 Manic Depression * Tanya Kalmanovitch : Hut Five * Perspicacity Records * Yes * [MAP-]
28 Message to Little Shoe * Peggy Lee Band : The Peggy Lee Band * Spool * Yes * [MAP-]

29 The Lady who Swings the Band * Mary Lou Williams & Andy Kirk : Mary's Idea * Decca * No * [-AP-]
30 It Ain't Necessarily So * Mary Lou Williams : Black Christ of the Andes * Smithsonian/Folkways * Yes * [-AP-]

31 Lullaby of the Leaves * Marion McPartland/Geri Allen : Just Friends * Concord * Yes * [-AP-]
32 Mme Dubois' Tragedy * Les Diaboliiques [Irene Schweizer/Maggie Nicols/Joelle Leandre] : Les Diaboliques * Intakt * No * [-AP-]

33 Chances Are * Jane Fair : Chances Are * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]

I used to annually but haven't done a women's jazz show in a few years. There was a general buzz around the station to do special International Women's Day programming so I loaded up the old record bag. Although it was great fun, only got through a small fraction of faves, pretty eclectic mix though. A few requests, Julie Driscoll/Tippetts, Mary Lou Williams and the Melba Liston.

Upcoming gigs for this coming weekend: Lisa Miller's Octet (her new recording hot off the presses) and Michael Herring's Vertigo (an unofficial woman for this week) Friday and Saturday respectively.

I'm taking a break this week and Cory will be filling in (maybe he'll post his list?), and I'll be back with more faves on the 21st.

Chow ... N

P.S. reading a wonderful biography by Joe Boyd called White Bicycles: Making Music in the Sixties, sounds like a kindred spirit, I'll try to crank out a review when I'm done ... N

[Nou Dadoun]

A-Trane Playlist March 21st, 2008

No. Song title * Artist : Recording * Label * Instr. * [MAPL]

1 Take the A-Train * Brian Auger/Colin Hodgkinson/Thom Yorke : Steamin' * inak * Yes * [----]

2 I Never Knew * John Coltrane/Kenny Burrell : Coltrane/Burrell * Prestige * Yes * [----]
3 Impressions * Wes Montgomery : 'Round Midnight * Affinity * Yes * [----]
4 Bumpin' * Wes Montgomery : Bumpin' * CTI * Yes * [----]

5 Bumpin' on Sunset * Brian Auger's Oblivion Express : Live Oblivion Vol. 1 * One Way/RCA * No * [----]
6 Atlantis Rising * Sunship : Sunship * Blue Minor Records * Yes * [MAP-]

7 500 Miles High * Jack Wilkins : Merge * Chiaroscuro * Yes * [----]
8 La Fiesta * Stan Getz/Chick Corea : Captain Marvel * Columbia/Koch * Yes * [----]
9 Return to Forever * Chick Corea : Light as a Feather * ECM * Yes * [----]

10 Edith & the Kingpin * Herbie Hancock/Tina Turner : River: The Joni Letters * Verve * No * [M--L]
11 Mercy Street * Herbie Hancock : The New Standard * Verve * Yes * [----]
12 Estimated Prophet * David Murray : Dark Star * Astor Place * Yes * [----]
13 Strange Liberation * Dave Douglas/Bill Frisell : Strange Liberation * RCA Bluebird * Yes * [----]
14 Lady * Hugh Masekela : Live at the Market Theatre * Times Square * No * [----]

15 If You Could See Me Now * Bill Coon/Oliver Gannon : Two Much Guitar * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
16 I Got Rhythm * Fraser MacPherson/Oliver Gannon : Live at Puccini's 1977 * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
17 All the Things You Are * Fraser MacPherson/Oliver Gannon : Live at Puccini's 1977 * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
18 Body & Soul * Fraser MacPherson/Oliver Gannon : Live at Puccini's 1977 * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]

19 Sunny Afternoon * Carl Verheyen : Solo Guitar Improvisations * CMG * Yes * [----]
20 Sue Angel * Mike Rud : Live from Lotus Land * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
21 Goodbye Porkpie Hat * Carl Verheyen : Solo Guitar Improvisations * CMG * Yes * [----]
22 Polka Dots * Bill Coon/Oliver Gannon : Two Much Guitar * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]

23 Late Lament * Ross Taggart/Mike Rud : Thankfully * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]

Relaxin' on a holiday good Friday afternoon, an old buddy Richard came down to hang out and we just played some good ones. Nods to upcoming shows: Chick Corea Return to Forever (a lot of people forget that the first incarnation of RTF was as Stan Getz' Captain Marvel band), Herbie Hancock, Ross Taggart's stint at the Cellar and Vespers, and the Guitar Summit with Bill Coon, Oliver Gannon & Mike Rud this weekend at Cap College. (Not to mention compositions by Joni Mitchell, Ray Davies/the Kinks, the Grateful Dead, Peter Gabriel, and Fela Kuti - talk about the new standards!)

This Friday more recent releases and faves before the Spring Fundraiser starting on April 4th. Stay turned on and tuned in .... N

[Nou Dadoun]

A-Trane Playlist March 28th, 2008

No. Song title * Artist : Recording * Label * Instrumental * [MAPL]

1 Take the A-Train * Betty Roche/Duke Ellington Orch. : Blue Note Chicago, Aug. 6, 1952 * Canby * No * [----]

2 Good Bait * John Coltrane : Soultrane * Prestige * Yes * [----]
3 It Might as Well be Spring * Lou Donaldson : Lush Life * Blue Note * Yes * [----]
4 Sweet & Lovely * Lou Donaldson : Lush Life * Blue Note * Yes * [----]

5 I Only Have Eyes for You * Martial Solal/Sidney Bechet : When a Piano Met a Soprano * Vogue * Yes * [----]
6 The Man I Love * Martial Solal/Sidney Bechet : When a Piano Met a Soprano * Vogue * Yes * [----]
7 Pour Sidney * Francois Houle : Aerials * Drip * Yes * [MAP-]
8 Clouds [Nuages] * Martial Solal : Newport '63 * BMG Japan * Yes * [----]
9 Suite Pour Une Frise * Martial Solal : Newport '63 * BMG Japan * Yes * [----]
10 Embraceable You * Martial Solal/Sidney Bechet : When a Piano Met a Soprano * Vogue * Yes * [----]
11 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams * Martial Solal/Sidney Bechet : When a Piano Met a Soprano * Vogue * Yes * [----]

12 If You Could See Me Now * Oliver Gannon : Live at the Cellar * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
13 Soul Journey * Oliver Gannon : That's What * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]

14 First Song for Ruth * Stan Getz/Kenny Barron : People Time * Verve * Yes * [----]
15 Day Waves * Stan Getz/Chick Corea : Captain Marvel * Koch/Columbia * Yes * [----]
16 The Meaning of the Blues * Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette : Setting Standards * ECM * Yes * [----]

17 Both Sides Now * Herbie Hancock : River: The Joni Letters * Verve * Yes * [M---]
18 Help Me * Jodi Proznick : Foundations * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
19 Dandy Dangle * Brandi Disterheft : Debut * Superfran * Yes * [MAP-]

20 Hap Hap Happy! * Mike Rud : Lotusland * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
21 Laurier Luxury Walk * Ross Taggart/Mike Rud : Thankfully * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]
22 Sofia's Song * David Occhipinti : Forty Revolutions * Occdav Music * Yes * [MAP-]
23 Shifting Emphasis * Phil Dwyer/Dave Young : Fables & Dreams * Justin Time * Yes * [MAP-]

24 Darn that Dream * Bill Coon/Oliver Gannon : Two Much Guitar * Cellar Live * Yes * [MAP-]

Found this playlist at the bottom of the drawer and realized that I had never gotten around to posting it; as I recall, this was before the Guitar Summit (Three Much Guitar) at Cap College with Coon/Gannon/Rud along with a Phil Dwyer gig sometime I forget now and some Juno nominations, the tune that turned out to be the encore at the Return to Forever gig and a Herbie preview. And some recent acquisitions - a reissue of a Blue Note Lou Donaldson octet date with Wayne Shorter, the Keith Jarrett Setting Standards box, Martial Solal at Newport, the Duke with Betty. Hmmm, makes me want to go to the archive and listen ... N