This week’s episode is a mix of mostly live recordings by Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald…and backed up with some southern home cooking by Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings & more. I recorded it poolside in rural Texas! ENJOY! Tony Bennett Frank Sinatra Ella Fitzgerald Count Basie Duke Ellington Bob Wills & His […]

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Episode 244 – Live By The Burnet Poolside

This is an episode dedicated to my folks…they’d have been together 56 years today. Mel Tormé Duke Ellington Nat ‘king” Cole Count Basie & His Orchestra Quincy Jones Grant Green Big John Patton Louis Armstrong Johnny Hartman George Gershwin John Denver Jeff Buckley Laura Nyro The 5th Dimension Frank Sinatra “Big” Joe Turner Bill Haley […]

Episode 243 – Sibling Love

I wasn’t sure I was even going to do a show today, but this day 20 years ago changed everyone’s lives – Americans, for sure, but almost all of the rest of the world, too. May there be peace soon…in our time. Duke Ellington Mel Tormé Nina Simone Duke Ellington Louis Prima Gene Krupa Lee […]

Episode 242 – WTC20

This week’s show is a short treatise…but it’s a fun treatise! ENJOY! Nina Simone Sarah Vaughan Dinah Washington Helen Merrill Billie Holiday Anita O’Day Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Eliington Charlie Parker Les Paul Johnny Hartman Quincy Jones Nat “King” Cole U2 Original Cast of ‘West Side Story’ Clockhammer

Episode 241 – Women & Men Do Summer Right!

This week’s show is a tight & lively set…but, with a definite vibe for your summer occasions! ENJOY! Frank Sinatra Nat “King” Cole Tony Bennett Big John Patton Arthur Prysock Johnny Hartman Amy Winehouse Count Basie Art Blakey Miles Davis John Coltrane & the Red Garland Trio Thelonious Monk Quartet Charles Mingus Aretha Franklin

Episode 240 – Summer Grooves

This week’s show is all aglow with the fireworks of the American songbook…and most of it being dedicated to America & the promise that we can be. I do also include one Canadian act who’s best know for some about women of the American persuasion! Happy 4th of July, everyone! The Staples Singers w/ the […]

Episode 239 – 245 Years On, Independence Day

This week’s show is a tribute to, well, Summer…and summertime…and hot weather…and sunshine, really! It’s a mix of tunes from the 1920s to the 1990s, believe it or not! One of the songs even came out last year! If you like to groove, this episode is for YOU!! Lovin’ Spoonful Beastie Boys Jimmy Smith Quincy […]

Episode 238 – Simmer In The City

This week’s episode is a blend of a tribute to a very unique album that came out 30 years ago this weekend…as well as a dose of Sinatra, Cole, Hartman & more. ENJOY! Temple of the Dog Bobby Darin Nat “King” Cole Mel Tormé Frank Sinatra Johnny Hartman Jimmy Smith Quincy Jones Big John Patton […]

Episode 237 – Reach Down & Pick The Crowd Up

This week’s episode is light, lively & funny…if I am being honest…one of my funnier episodes. Spring is in the air…and maybe that air is finally filled with infectious tunes! ENJOY! June Christy Tony Bennett Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine Billy Eckstine Oscar Peterson Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic Johnny Hartman Art Tatum […]

Episode 236 – Spring Time Swingin’

This week’s show is a mostly uptempo & light affair with a bittersweet conclusion… ENJOY! Count Basie Clifford Brown & Max Roach Les Paul Bud Powell Paul Chambers Quincy Jones Fats Waller Sarah Vaughan Dinah Washington Anita O’Day Helen Merrill Ella Fitzgerald Charles Mingus Nat “King” Cole Dave Brubeck & Jimmy Rushing Mel Tormé Glenn […]

Episode 235 – Spring Swing & A Somber Fling

Welcome to my mostly-annual St. Patrick’s Day show! This year, I’ve got some new tunes, some classic tunes…and a lot of jigs, reels & pipes! ENJOY! Clannad Iarla O Lionaird Bing Crosby Imelda May The Chieftains Luke Kelly Bill Whelan’s Riverdance Kane O’Rourke The Chieftains Emma Langford Villagers Glen Hansard Declan O’Rourke Afro Celt Sound […]

Episode 234 – St. Patrick’s Day 2021

This week’s episode is again a mostly up affair…and brought to you by jazz & joy! ENJOY! Billie Holiday Duncan Sheik Sinéad O’Connor The Roots & Bobby Womack Bobby Womack Nat “King” Cole Trio Bud Powell Clifford Brown & Max Roach Charlie Parker Charles Mingus Holly Cole Trio Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane John […]

Episode 233 – Gershwin Grooves & Coltrane Moves

This week’s episode is dedicated to the swing music that made the era around WWII so wonderful. I’d had a thought earlier this week about how “VC Day” (Victory Over COVID) will be like “VE” or “VJ Day” and that made me think of swing music…so, here you are…a toast to COVID being being gone […]

Episode 232 – Swing To “VC Day”

This week’s episode is a tribute to love…no matter how or what or who…the good, the bad, the rest…it’s also a tribute to my friend’s wife, who died earlier today. Allison Sandlin Feldman struggled with cystic fibrosis for decades…may she rest in peace. Ella Fitzgerald Ann Hampton Callaway Nat “King” Cole Al Hibbler with Leroy […]

Episode 231 – Upside, Downside To Love

This week’s show is a mostly uptempo affair that brings you a bounce in your step & a feeling of gaze…looking out upon our remaining days…with vim…and with vigor! ENJOY! Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Ella Fitzgerald Nat “King” Cole Louis Prima Johnny Hartman Fletcher Henderson Louis Armstrong Coleman Hawkins John Coltrane Helen Merrill Nancy […]

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