BillF Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) A very easy-on-the-ear JRR selection. The playlist for this week's Geoffrey Smith show looks more interesting than its Porgy and Bess theme at first suggested. Edited June 9, 2012 by BillF Quote
BillF Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Posted June 11, 2012 "A Few Miles from Memphis: Harold Mabern, the Early Years" on Night Lights from WFIU Some great music here! First heard it last year - well worth a return visit! http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/miles-memphis-harold-mabern/ Quote
BillF Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Posted June 11, 2012 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz from BBC Radio 3 Geoffrey's theme of Porgy and Bess has produced some interesting tracks from Bill Potts, Joe Henderson and Rex Stewart/Cootie Williams, as well as the more expected ones by Miles, Ella and Louis and Coltrane. The new show is definitely worth a listen IMHO. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 JRR Great to hear one of my favourite contemporary bands played - Oriole. They can convince you it's summer. Quote
BillF Posted June 16, 2012 Author Report Posted June 16, 2012 JRR Great to hear one of my favourite contemporary bands played - Oriole. They can convince you it's summer. Missed them! Just tuned in now. Perhps I'll catch up with the first numbers on the i-Player later. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 JRR Great to hear one of my favourite contemporary bands played - Oriole. They can convince you it's summer. Missed them! Just tuned in now. Perhps I'll catch up with the first numbers on the i-Player later. Might not be your thing, Bill - sort of Brazil meets Spain meets general Latin meets film music - but worth giving it a try. Quote
BillF Posted June 16, 2012 Author Report Posted June 16, 2012 JRR Great to hear one of my favourite contemporary bands played - Oriole. They can convince you it's summer. Missed them! Just tuned in now. Perhps I'll catch up with the first numbers on the i-Player later. Might not be your thing, Bill - sort of Brazil meets Spain meets general Latin meets film music - but worth giving it a try. Er, yes. Quote
BillF Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Posted June 23, 2012 JRR Liked the Barnes track - but then I'm going to hear him tomorrow! Shall see if I can also squeeze in Geoffrey Smith's show tomorrow - its theme is Al & Zoot. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 The OP really clicked with me. And I'm a Norma fan so 'Joy Spring' was a...joy! Liked that Barney Bigard / Zutty Singleton Trio 'Lulu's Mood' too. And George Coleman's 'Amsterdam After Dark' is an old favourite. Quote
BillF Posted June 25, 2012 Author Report Posted June 25, 2012 GSJ: This week's theme Al & Zoot Excellent, of course, the only drawback being that all but one of the tracks played were already in my collection. The odd man out - from Zoot's Prestige and Vogue sides - is now on my purchase list. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 30, 2012 Report Posted June 30, 2012 Nice JRR tonight - loved the sequence from Soft Machine ('Virtually Pt1') to Webster/Tatum doing 'My One and Only' Love. Quote
BillF Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Posted June 30, 2012 Nice JRR tonight - loved the sequence from Soft Machine ('Virtually Pt1') to Webster/Tatum doing 'My One and Only' Love. Must try to catch it on the i-Player. Quote
BillF Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Posted July 1, 2012 Nice JRR tonight - loved the sequence from Soft Machine ('Virtually Pt1') to Webster/Tatum doing 'My One and Only' Love. Must try to catch it on the i-Player. Now listening. Humph's "Close Your Eyes" was a trip down memory lane - the B side of "Bad Penny Blues" which I once owned on 78! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 1, 2012 Report Posted July 1, 2012 Nice JRR tonight - loved the sequence from Soft Machine ('Virtually Pt1') to Webster/Tatum doing 'My One and Only' Love. Must try to catch it on the i-Player. Now listening. Humph's "Close Your Eyes" was a trip down memory lane - the B side of "Bad Penny Blues" which I once owned on 78! Yes, I liked that; and 'Bad Penny Blues' with its famous Lady Madonna feel (I know, I should reverse that). Quote
BillF Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Posted July 2, 2012 "Jivin' with the DJs: Jazz Tributes" on Night Lights from WFIU. Time for a second listen to this great show! Quote
BillF Posted July 8, 2012 Author Report Posted July 8, 2012 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz on Jelly Roll Morton. Fascinating, after my recent re-reading of Alan Lomax's Mr Jelly Roll. Quote
BillF Posted July 8, 2012 Author Report Posted July 8, 2012 "1960: Jazz at the Dawn of a Decade" on Night Lights from WFIU. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Great JRR tonight. Lots of classics (Armstrong, Mobley, Teagarden, Mulligan, Ayler, Young), some older things I did not know but liked (Wild Bill Davison, Big Maceo Merriweather) and a couple of interesting newer things (Respectable Groove, Jack Davies). Quote
BillF Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Posted July 15, 2012 Great JRR tonight. Lots of classics (Armstrong, Mobley, Teagarden, Mulligan, Ayler, Young), some older things I did not know but liked (Wild Bill Davison, Big Maceo Merriweather) and a couple of interesting newer things (Respectable Groove, Jack Davies). Yes, a good balanced show. Quote
BillF Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Posted July 15, 2012 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz: Art Farmer Quote
BillF Posted July 17, 2012 Author Report Posted July 17, 2012 The Peter King Quartet on Jazz Line-Up. Quote
BillF Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Posted July 21, 2012 Jazz Record Requests Loved Jimmy Rowles exploring the beautiful changes of "How Deep Is the Ocean?" both pianistically and vocally. Quote
BillF Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Posted July 22, 2012 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz: Goodman small groups Quote
Tom 1960 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 WBGO in Newark. I seem to find Sundays a good time to listen online when I'm working around the house. I have my Squeezebox Radio in the kitchen. Quote
BillF Posted July 28, 2012 Author Report Posted July 28, 2012 Jazz Record Requests Usual far-ranging show: from ODJB to Geri Allen so far. BTW whatever happened to Geoffrey Smith? Not on this weekend. Has he had the heave-ho already? When they gave him the graveyard slot of Sunday midnight to 1, they probably expected him to lose most of his septuagenarian audience through early bedtimes and lack of computer access (internet use among over 65s in the UK = 30%). P.S. I was wrong. He's back next week with a "special Olympic-themed edition!!! Suggestions for this show? I can only think of "Runnin' Wild". P.P.S. New boy on JRR Alyn Shipton has been treated quite well so far, but has just announced a 5:15 start next week "because of the Proms". Will he go the way of Geoffrey? Quote
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