PLAYLIST for APRIL 2, 2008

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: Eleven recent jazz and blues issues.
We start with ‘twenties-style jazz from tuba/leader Mike Walbridge, and proceed into the ‘thirties with banjoist/leader Cynthia Sayer. Then it’s time for three singers, Melody Breyer-Grill, Elli Fordyce and Betty Harris. A plug for Lenny Breau at the GCTC in Ottawa leads us to bassist/leader Howard Britz and a more contemporary sound. Now the gentlemen get their chance to sing; we’ll contrast classically-trained Gregory Hickman-Williams with back-alley-trained bluesman Little Arthur Duncan. Unconventional music comes from the aptly-named Ironica Orchestra, and then it’s time for two flute-playing leaders. Firstly, Keith Marks and his Foreign Funk, and then we take the program out with two exciting cuts by the dynamic Chicago group led by Nicole Mitchell.

Artist: Mike Walbridge
Album: Crazy Rhythm
Tune: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Label: Delmark

Artist: Mike Walbridge
Album: Crazy Rhythm
Tune: Sugar
Label: Delmark

Artist: Mike Walbridge
Album: Crazy Rhythm
Tune: I Would Do Anything For You
Label: Delmark

Artist: Cynthia Sayer
Album: Attractions
Tune: Shakin’ the Blues Away
Label: CS

Artist: Cynthia Sayer
Album: Attractions
Tune: Swing de Paris
Label: CS

Artist: Melody Breyer-Grell
Album: Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Tune: Love Walked In
Label: Rhombus

Artist: Melody Breyer-Grell
Album: Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Tune: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Label: Rhombus

Artist: Ellie Fordyce
Album: Something Still Cool
Tune: When Sunny Gets Blue
Label: EF

Artist: Ellie Fordyce
Album: Something Still Cool
Tune: Almost Like Being In Love
Label: EF

Artist: Betty Harris
Album: Intuition
Tune: How To Be Nice
Label: Evidence

Artist: Betty Harris
Album: Intuition
Tune: Still Amazed
Label: Evidence

Artist: Lenny Breau
Album: Cabin Fever
Tune: East Side
Label: True North

Artist: Howard Britz
Album: Here I Stand
Tune: Scatterbug
Label: Tee Zee

Artist: Howard Britz
Album: Here I Stand
Tune: Lucky Friday the 13th
Label: Tee Zee

Artist: Gregory Hickman-Williams
Album: Passages
Tune: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Label: Shoal Creek

Artist: Gregory Hickman-Williams
Album: Passages
Tune: Good Morning Heartache
Label: Shoal Creek

Artist: Little Arthur Duncan
Album: Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge
Tune: 44 Blues
Label: Delmark

Artist: Little Arthur Duncan
Album: Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge
Tune: I Got To Go
Label: Delmark

Artist: Ironica Orchestra
Album: Passeggiata Dei Buddies
Tune: Ours 64
Label: Malasartes

Artist: Ironica Orchestra
Album: Passeggiata Dei Buddies
Tune: Passeggiata II
Label: Malasartes

Artist: Keith Marks
Album: Foreign Funk
Tune: Foreign Funk
Label: Markei

Artist: Nicole Mitchell
Album: Black Unstoppable
Tune: Navigator
Label: Delmark

Artist: Nicole Mitchell
Album: Black Unstoppable
Tune: Cause & Effect
Label: Delmark

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