Archive for January, 2010
This is the week of January 25th, 2010We open with a tribute to Teddy Pendergrass and follow with two selections from Hope for Haiti Now featuring Emeline Michel and Wyclef Jean. We close with "Equinox" by John Coltrane, Jose James, Bobby Hutherson, Gerald Wilson, Carlos Valdez, Jessica Williams, Hubert Laws, Melissa Walker, OAM Trio, Rhonda Scott, Tito Puente and Pharoah Sanders.
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Equinox Mixtape”Mon, Jan 25th, 2010 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »
EMELINE MICHEL & WYCLEF JEAN / “Hope For Haiti Mixtape”Mon, Jan 25th, 2010 | Posted in Contemporary | No Comments »
TEDDY PENDERGRASS / “Teddy Pendergrass Mixtape”Mon, Jan 25th, 2010 | Posted in Classic | 3 Comments »
This is the week of January 18th, 2010
This week we honor the great jazz vocalist Leon Thomas, and then check out contemporary music from Haiti featuring Emeline Michel and Boukman Eksperyans. We close out with a meditation on the song "You Go To My Head" featuring Sarah Vaughn, Clifford Brown, Chet Baker & Paul Bley, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass, Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson, Lee Morgan, Smokey Robinson, Etta James and Shirley Horn. Enjoy.
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “You Go To My Head”Mon, Jan 18th, 2010 | Posted in Cover | 4 Comments »
EMELINE MICHEL & BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS / “Help Haiti Mixtape”Mon, Jan 18th, 2010 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
LEON THOMAS / “Leon Thomas Mixtape”Mon, Jan 18th, 2010 | Posted in Classic | 1 Comment »
This is the week of January 11th, 2010
We start off in Jamaica with Toots & the Maytals, seminal progenitors of roots reggae, and then head back to New York to catch up with Talib Kweli and his Re:Union Mixtape. We close the week with 12 versions of Oliver Nelson’s great composition "Stolen Moments" featuring Carmen McRae/Betty Carter, Ahmad Jamal, Anna Luna, Kenny Burrell, Telefon Tel Aviv, Booker Ervin, Mark Murphy, United Future Organization, and New York Voices.
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Stolen Moments Mixtape”Mon, Jan 11th, 2010 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »