July 10 Playlist

here’s this week’s music on My Favorite Things - Radio.
“Wycliffe Gordon, Jay Leonhart”,”Lester Leaps In”,”This Rhythm On My Mind”
“Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis”,”Basin Street Blues”,”Two Men With The Blues”
“Ray Brown”,”Bye Bye Blackbird”,”Moore Makes 4″,
“Joe Diorio “,”The Breeze And I”,”Breeze and I (w. Ira Sullivan)”
“Jim McNeely, Kelly Sill, Joel Spencer”,”In Your Own Sweet Way”,”Boneyard”
“Jackie Cain & Roy Kral”,”You Really Started Something”,”Lovesick”
“Herlin Riley”,”New York Walk”,”Watch What You’re Doing”
“Gerry Mulligan All-Star Tribute Band”,”Walkin’ Shoes”,”Thank You Gerry! Our Tribute to Gerry Mulligan”
“Bill Charlap “,”Autumn In New York”,”Live At The Village Vanguard”
“Art Blakey”,”Stairway to the Stars”,”Live at Montreux and Northsea”
“Allen Toussaint”,”Bright Mississippi”,”The Bright Mississippi”
“Dr. Michael White”,”Horn Man Blues”,”Jazz from the Soul of New Orleans”
“Duke Ellington “,”The Old Circus Train”,”Never-Before-Released Recordings 1965-1972″
“Frank Morgan”,”Bessie’s Blues”,”Mood Indigo”
“James Williams”,”Soulful Mr. Timmons”,”Magical Trio 1″
“Larry Coryell with Emily Remler”,”How Insensitive”,”Together”
“McCoy Tyner Big Band”,”Lotus Flower”,”Uptown/Downtown”

06/19/09 Playlist

Here’s the latest playlist for My Favorite Things Radio.  Join us at Live 365!

“Frank Sinatra”,”Come Fly With Me”,”Sinatra at the Sands”,
“Erroll Garner”,”How High The Moon”,”That’s My Kick/Gemini”
“Gerald Wilson”,”Blues For The Count”,”New York, New Sound”
“Hank Jones”,”I’ll Remember April”,”Hank Jones-Red Mitchell Duo”
“Heath Brothers”,”I’m Glad There Is You”,”As We Were Saying”
“Astral Project”,”Old Folks”,”Voodoo Bop”
“Dexter Gordon”,”It’s You Or No One”,”Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard”
“Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington”,”Sophisticated Lady”,”Blue Rose”
“Cal Collins “,”Until The Real Thing Comes Along”,”Ohio Style”
“Jonathan Batiste Trio”,”Red Beans”,”Live in New York”
“The Harper Brothers”,”Yes Sir, That’s My Baby”,”Artistry”
“Valery Ponomarev”,”I Concentrate On You”,”Profile”
“Victor Goines”,”Waltz Beneath the Weeping Willow”,”New Adventures”
“John Lewis”,”Django”,”Evolution”,
“Shirley Horn”,”Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home”,”I Remember Miles”
“Count Basie Orchestra”,”April In Paris”,”Long Live the Chief”

This Week’s Playlist

Here’s what is playing this week over at My Favorite Things on Live 365.
“Paquito D’Rivera”,”Tico Tico”,”Tico! Tico!”
“Mulgrew Miller”,”Skylark”,”Live At The Kennedy Center (Volume One)”
“Marcus Printup”,”Stablemates”,”Unveiled”
“Monty Alexander”,”Nite Mist Blues”,”Live! Montreux Alexander”
“Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie”,”Basella”,”A Perfect Match”
“Dizzy Gillespie”,”Con Alma”,”Bird Songs: The Final Recordings”
“Cedar Walton”,”St. Thomas”,”St. Thomas”
“Brian Bromberg”,”Bolivia”,”Wood II”
“Branford Marsalis”,”Hope”,”Braggtown”
“Abdullah Ibrahim”,”Manenberg Revisited”,”Water From an Ancient Well”
“Ed Bickert w, Rob Mcconnell”,”Sweet And Lovely”,”Mutual Street”
“Benny Golson”,”Cry Me a River”,”Tenor Legacy”
“Bill Evans”,”My Romance”,”The Last Waltz (Disc 5)”
“Bob Kindred”,”Blood Count”,”Hidden Treasures”
“Chris Walden”,”Here’s That Rainy Day”,”Home of My Heart”

Playlist - May 29

Here’s what’s playing this week on “My Favorite Things”

“Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers”,”Oh, By The Way”,”New York Scene”,
“Bill Mays “,”Let’s Call This”,”Live at Jazz Standard”
“Bob Florence”,”Tres Palabras”,”Serendipity 18″,
“Buck Hill”,”Stompin’ at the Savoy”,”Capital Hill”
“Carmen McRae”,”My Handy Man Ain’t Handy No More”,”Fine & Mellow: Live at Birdland West”,
“Chris Walden”,”No Bounds”,”No Bounds”
“Chris Bacas Quartet”,”Pegasax”,”Two Choices (Live)”,
“Clark Terry”,”Duke’s Place”,”What a Wonderful World: For Lou”
“Duke Ellington”,”Drawing Room Blues”,”Live at the Blue Note”,
“Eric Reed”,”Stablemates”,”Here”,
“Francesco Cafiso “,”Estate”,”New York Lullaby”,
“Keith Jarrett”,”It’s Easy To Remember”,”At the Deer Head Inn”,
“Milt Jackson Quartet”,”Soul Route”,”Soul Route”,”
“Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan”,”Out Of Nowhere”,”Two of a Mind”,
“Jimmy Smith”,”Mood Indigo”,”Dot Com Blues”,”

Current Playlist

Here’s what is currently playing on My Favorite Things Radio.

“Dr. Michael White”,”Fidgety Feet”,”Jazz from the Soul of New Orleans”
“Dr. John”,”I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say”,”Goin’ Back to New Orleans”,
“Duke Ellington”,”Portrait Of Sydney Bechet”,”New Orleans Suite”,
“Victor Goines”,”Petite Fleur”,”New Adventures”,
“The Wild Magnolias”,”All On A Mardi Gras Day”,”Life Is a Carnival”,
“Dirty Dozen Brass Band”,”Don’t You Feel My Leg”,”The New Orleans Album”,
“Wynton Marsalis”,”Buddy Bolden”,”Live at the Village Vanguard”,
“Preservation Hall Jazz Band”,”Tishomingo Blues”,”Live”,
“Marcus Roberts”,”New Orleans Blues”,”Alone with Three Giants”,
“Leroy Jones”,”Struttin’ With Some Barbecue”,”Props for Pops”,
“Jelly Roll Morton”,”Winin’ Boy Blues”,”Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings”,
“Herlin Riley”,”Trombone Joe”,”Cream of the Crescent”,
“Irvin Mayfield”,”West End Blues”,”Live at the Blue Note”,
“Harry Connick Jr.”,”Chanson Du Vieux Carre”,”Occasion: Connick on Piano, Vol. 2″,

My Favorite Things Radio

What started as a radio program has now come full circle. I’ve started a “My Favorite Things” station on Live 365. At present I have a two hour playlist running and I’ll be adding and changing the tunes in the days and weeks to come.

Come on over and give a listen!

Blues For Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna’s son Steve sent along a link to this video and I thought it worthy of wider distribution. The performer is French stride pianist Louis Mazetier. The venue was a piano summit in Switzerland. Great music!

Blues For Dave McKenna

Ellington In Italy

The anniversary of Duke Ellington’s birth comes up at the end of this month (April 29) and the attached video just appeared on Google. It is over a half hour of Duke & his men in concert.  Enjoy!

Billy Taylor & Cannonball Adderley

Here’s a 1958 video from the TV Series “The Subject Is Jazz” wherein Cannonball Adderley is showcased in an exploration of Bop.  Dr. Billy Taylor sets up the half hour video & also plays piano on the date.

Tim Warfield

Saxophonist, composer & bandleader Tim Warfield has been part of the musical fabric of Central PA ever since his teenaged years when his dad would bring him to local jam sessions.  Over the years Tim has matured into a world class talent with his numerous recordings gaining him national attention.  His live performances never fail to satisfy even the most hard core bebopper.  We recently exchanged emails and below is the result of that conversation.

MFT -  You’ve enjoyed some national airplay for your most recent disc, “One For Shirley,” (I’ve heard tracks on Sirius XM and also on KJAZZ from Los Angeles) what is your next project?

TW - I’m actually not sure. I have two projects pending. The first is original music that was written specifically for the musical personalities in my sextet. The second consists of Christmas Holiday arrangements that would involve the inclusion of some vocalists as well. I debuted a bit of this new material at a CPFJ Holiday concert this past December 2008.

MFT -  Who are you listening to these days?  Do you have anyone on your radar as being the next big thing?

TW - Everyone! I’m listening to the new music mediums, MySpace, Youtube, Music Choice, Sirius, etc. The internet has helped level the playing field a bit, allowing many new artists, the chance to be heard, who otherwise may have never been.

I don’t feel that I’m qualified to predict the next BIG thing but I will say that many eyes are on pianist Gerald Clayton, the son of the “progenitor”, bassist John Clayton. He’s extraordinarily talented, as well as a true gentleman, most importantly, he’s “cool” like a jazz musician should be. New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott is the same way. A few other young artists to watch out for are vibraphonist, Warren Wolf, drummer Marcus Gilmore, trumpeter Michael Rodriguez, pianist Aruan Ortiz, vocalist Joanna Pascale, organist Pat Bianchi, young drummers Kush Abadey and Justin Falkner (both still in High School), and bassist Esperanza Spalding.

MFT -  I realize that, as Wynton Marsalis once said, Jazz is serious business; however, are you having any fun these days?

TW - I love to perform and still do so regularly, but I am also an ”Artist in Residence” at Messiah College. I find teaching to be immensely rewarding intellectually and spiritually. Terell Stafford and I, have already had influential hands in guiding the careers of a few wonderful artists like, the brilliant and artistically eccentric pianist Orrin Evans, saxophonist Jaleel Shaw(currently w/ Roy Haynes), and drum dynamo Rodney Green. Sharing information with them early, then creating a forum allowing them to evolve, is like planting seeds and watching them grow.

MFT -  Where do you see yourself in five years?
TW - This is difficult to say. I hope to continue as a contributor to this valuable artform, but in an even greater magnitude.