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Are you presently a resident of Michigan? If so, where? I live near "Bland Rapids".... By the way, I've seen Zappa several times and 2 of the most enjoyable concerts were the 1971 Fountain Street Church concert and the 1974 "Mother's Day" concert at Notre Dame University, Indiana....

Chuck, We've been getting played every week on Wilke's show! Check the new thread I started. It's the playlist for this weekend.... Take care and have a "jazzy weekend"... B)

Hey yall, see if there's a NPR station in your area that carries the show... ~Randissimo~ How to read these music lists... The program is broadcast live on Friday and Saturday nights starting at Midnight Eastern Time. Thus, Friday Midnight is the start of Saturday morning, and Saturday Midnight is Sunday morning. Each hour is identified - eg. SA 0 (Saturday midnight), SA 1 (Saturday 1 AM) and so on. If you are in Central Time subtract 1 hour, in Mountain Time subtract 2 hours, in Pacific Time subtract 3 hours. There is also a piece listed in parenthesis at the end of each hour. This is an unannounced 40-sec fill segment that is not heard on all stations. FOR SATURDAY MARCH 22, 2003 03 artist - title - composer - album - duration - SA 0 - Theme (open & close): Ray Bryant - After Hours - A.Parrish - Alone at Montreux Jim Cifelli - Go - J.Cifelli - Tunnel Vision - 5:12 Dave Douglas - Maya - D.Douglas - Freak In - 6:51 Pete Malinverni - My Shining Hour - Arlen/ Mercer - Autumn in New York - 6:33 Doug Lawrence - Mellow Gravy - J.McDuff - Street Wise - 7:24 Bill Charlap - I Walk With Music - Carmichael/ J.Mercer - Stardust - 5:04 Nnenna Freelon - Button Up Your Overcoat - Brown/DeSylva/ Henderson - Soulcall - 5:03 Joey De Francesco - Back at The Chicken Shack - J.Smith - 5:35 Carmell Jones - Celery Stalks at Midnight - W.Bradley/ G.Harris - Mosaic Select - 5:21 Joe Wilder - Lady Be Good - Gershwin - Among Friends - 3:57 (Clifford Brown - If I Love Again - Murray/ Oakland - 0:40) SA 1 - Kenny Garrett - Doc Tone’s Short Speech - K.Garrett - Standard of Language - 5:49 Kurt Järnberg - To Chet (Baker) - K.Järnberg - Make a Bet - 8:12 Lynne Arriale - Arise- L.Arriale Arise- 5:50 Ben Webster - Lsover, Come Back to Me - Romberg/ Hammerstein - Soulville - 8:28 Tom Garling - How My Heart Sings - E.Zindars - Maynard Ferguson Presents - 5:05 David “Fathead” Newman - Lady Day - L.Johnson - The Gift - 6:10 Joyce Breach - He Was Too Good To Me - Rodgers & Hart - Remembering Mabel Mercer - 3:14 Carl Saunders - I’m All For You - C.Saunders - BeBop Big Band - 8:36 (Joshua Redman - Segment - C.Parker - 0:40) SA 2 - Christian McBride - Precous One - G.Keezer - Vertical Vision - 5:54 Charlie Hunter - Try - C.Hunter - Right Now Move - 7:12 The Drummonds - Too Young To Go Steady- J.McHugh/H.Adamson- Pas de Trois - 6:13 Karolina Strassmayer - Green - K.Strassmayer - 6:25 Lee Ritenour Just Listen - L.Ritenour - Rit’s House - 6:00 Charles Lloyd - What’s Going On - M.Gaye/Cleveland - Lift Every Voice - 5:07 Lorraine Feather- Love Call - Ellington/ Feather - Café Society - 5:08 Bruce Barth - Song for Alex - B.Barth - Live at The Village Vanguard - 5:03 Jimmy Ponder - Dreamsville - H.Mancini - Alone - 3:49 (Erroll Garner - Undecided - C.Shavers - 0:40) SA 3 - Bob Mintzer - Timeless - B.Mintzer - Gently - 7:17 Jacky Terrasson - sous le ciel de Paris - J.Drejac/ H.Giraud - 4:02 Mark Winkler- Two Guys from the Coast - M.Winkler/ J.Mayer - sings Bobby Troup - 3:34 Bobby Troup - Hungry Man - B.Troup - Bobby Troup! - 3:00 John Hicks/Elise Wood - My Romance - Rodgers & Hart - Beautiful Friendship 5:51 Mary Ann McSweeney - Siva’s Moon Dance - N.Simopoulos - Swept Away - 6:19 Stefano di Battista - Roma Antica - S.DiBattista - ‘Round about Roma - 6:40 Diana Krall - East of the Sun - B.Bowman - Live in Paris - 5:58 Michael Weiss - Soul Journey - M.Weiss - Soul Journey - 5:56 Ben Sidran/ Bob Rockwell - Walk Pretty - A.Wilder/ F.Landesman - Walk Pretty - 5:36 (Joe Pass - Giant Steps - J.Coltrane - 0:40) SA 4 - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Wishing Peace - T.Akiyoshi - Hiroshima - 7:45 Steve Million - Second Hand Smokin’ - Million - Poetic Necessities - 6:44 Irvin Mayfield - Moonscape - I.Mayfield - Half Past Autumn Suite - 7:57 Joni Janak- I Have the Feeling I’ve Been Here Before- Bergman/Kellaway-The Wind- 6:46 Acoustic Jazz Quartet - Darkness Upon The Earth - J.Findlay - Organic - 8:14 John Taylor - Ma Bel - J.Taylor - Rosslyn - 6:44 J.J.Johnson - Song from M*A*S*H - Mandel/ Altman - Chain Reaction - 5:03 Dena DeRose - The Iris - D.DeRose - Love’s Holiday - 4:58 (Gil Evans - Lester Leaps In - L.Young - 0:40) SA 5 - Bob Florence - Laura - D.Raksin/ J.Mercer - With All The Bells and Whistles - 10:01 Sue Raney - Take Me Home - J.Mandel/ M & A Bergman - Quietly There - 4:52 Max Roach - Valse Hot - S.Rollins - compl Mercury Max Roach + 4 sessions - 14:23 Bill Anschell - Little Niles - R.Weston - When Cooler Heads Prevail - 9:13 Joe Pass - More Than You Know - Youmans/ Rose/ Eliscu - Meditation - 3:39 Charlie Shoemake - Blue Shoe Revisited - C.Shoemake - Vibes Master - 6:44 Francesca Tanksely - Dance In the Question - F.Tanksley - Journey - 5:46 (Antonio Hart - Black & Gold - A.Hart - 0:40) SU 6 - Jane Bunnett - Quítate el chaquetón - Diaz - Cuban Odyssey - 6:09 Mike Melvoin - Dawn Dance - M.Melvoin - It’s Always You - 4:46 Rob McConnell - If I Were A Bell - F.Loesser - Thank You, Ted - 9:40 Joe Beck - Just Friends - Lewis/ Klenner- Just Friends - 6:56 Chris Connor - As Time Goes By - H.Hupfeld - As Times Goes By - 6:51 Kevin Stout - High Visibility - B.Booth - Good Pals - 6:16 New Jazz Composers Octet - A Little Twist - D.Weiss - Walkin’ The Line - 7:24 Sherrie Maricle - Prelude To A Kiss - Ellington - Live In Concert - 5:46 (Theme) FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2003 SU 0 - Theme Slide Hampton WOT - Blues for Eric - S.Hampton - Spirit Of The Horn -8:25 Jim Hall/ Ron Carter - St.Thomas - S.Rollins - Galaxy Milestone OJC Sampler - 4:44 Empire Jazz Orch - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - C.Mingus - Anniverary - 4:52 Deanna Witkowski - You and the Night and the Music - Dietz/ Schwartz - Wide Open- 7:00 Eric Alexander - Luna Naranja - E.Alelxander - The Second Milestone - 7:11 Chris Connor - Haunted Heart - Dietz/ Schwartz - Haunted Heart - 5:24 Mike Long - Fiesta Mojo - D.Gillespie - Detroit International Jazz Festival - 7:47 Lester Bowie - In the Still of The Night - F.Parris - Odyssey of Funk & Pop Music - 4:39 (Buddy De Franco - Out to Lunch - DeFranco - 0:40) SU 1 - Marsalis Family - Swinging at The Haven - E.Marsalis - A Jazz Celebration - 6:56 Organissimo - Young’s Dream - J.Alfredson - Waiting for the Boogaloo Sisters - 7:27 Bill Mays - Judy - B.Mays - Going Home - 6:01 Jesse Davis - The End of a Love Affair - E.Redding - The Set Up - 6:59 Cyrus Chestnut - Brother with the Mint Green Vine - C.Chestnut - Soul Food - 6:03 Houston Person - I Hadn’t Anyone Til You - R.Noble - Blue Velvet - 5:09 Wayne Shorter - Sacajawea - W.Shorter- Alegría - 7:41 Carol Welsman - Senza Fine - G.Paoli - 4:14 (Red Garland - But Not for Me - Gershwin - 0:40) SU 2 - Seattle Repertory Jazz Orch - Isfahan - Strayhorn - SRJO Live! - 6:03 Jessica Williams - Warm Valley - Ellington - All Alone - 6:19 Scolohofo - Faces - D.Holland - Oh! - 6:48 Ron Carter - Eight - R.Carter - Eight Plus - 7:45 Freddy Cole - I’m Not Alone - I.Lins/VMartins/W.Jennings - In the Name Of Love -5:03 Mark Levine - Ain’t Nothing But the Blues - K.Garrett - Isla - 5:27 Benny Green/ Russell Malone - Intimacy of the Blues - Live at Jazz at The Bistro - 6:08 Sheila Jordan - Deep Tango - S.Kuhn - Little Song - 6:44 (Jimmy Raney - Inidan Summer - V.Herbert - 0:40) SU 3 - Steve Turre - One 4 J - S.Turre - One 4 J - 5:06 Mike Melvoin - It’s Always You - M.Melvoin/A.Hamilton - It’s Always You - 8:49 Jay Clayton - I Told You So - G.Cables/ J.Jarrett - Brooklyn 2000 - 6:29 Chico Hamilton - Mother Tucker - C.Hamilton - Thoughts Of.... - 6:51 Jim Snidero - Theme for Ernie - F.Lacy - Strings - 7:15 Pinky Winters - My Melancholy Baby - Norton - Burnett - 5:21 Orbert Davis - E.T. (Edwin’s Trombone) - O.Davis - Priority - 8:46 Robert Jospé - Party Time - L.Morgan - Timeto Play - 5:23 (Modern Jazz quartet - Jack the Bear - Ellington - 0:40) SU 4 - UNT One O’Clock Lab Band - Lullaby - P.Wlosok - 5:25 Tom Schuman - Search for Peace - M.Tyner - Schuman Nature - 7:32 Terry Gibbs - Blues for Hamp - T.Gibbs - From Me To You- 5:54 Mark O’Connor - Blue Soliloquy - R.Harney - Mirage - 9:05 Fred Hersch - Miyako/ Black Nile - W.Shorter - Live at The Village Vanguard - 13:38 Vince Benedetti/ Diana Krall - Detroit Blues - I.Eckinger/ V.Benedetti - Heartdrops - 6:28 Horace Silver - Room 608 - H.Silver - Best of Horace Silver - 5:17 (Akio Sasajima - Crazeology - Benny Harris - 0:40) SU 5 - Thelonious Monk - Four In One - T.Monk - San Francisco Holiday - 7:34 Charles McPherson - Spring is Here - Rodgers & Hart - Live at The Cellar - 10;12 Evidence - Filtered Light - S.Talaga - Soulville - 5:43 Joshua Bayer - J Cess - J.Bayer - Lines and Grooves - 5:44 Abdullah Ibrtahim- ForColtrane, Whoza Mtwana, Tsakwe, Royal Blue, Blue Bolero - African Magic - 5:58 Chuck Mangione - Recuerdo - C.Mangione - Jazzland OJC Sampler - 5:31 Ella Fitzgerald - Ill Wind - H.Arlen/ T.Koehler - Ella & Louis Again- 3:41 (Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-a-ning - T.Monk - 0:40) SU 6 - Dave Brubeck - Love Is Just Around the Corner - Gensler/ Robin - Park Avenue So - 8:06 Jay Klum - I Wish You Love - C.Trenet - Home Cookin ‘ - 6:01 Bobby Negri - Jordu - D.Jordan - At Last - 5:21 Cannonball Adderley - Things are Getting Better - J.Adderley - Greatest Hits - 7:10 Stan Getz - O grande Amor - A.C.Jobim - Sweet Rain - 4:42 Mark O’Connor/ Jane Monheit - Fascinating Rhythm - Gershwin - In Full Swing - 3:46 Ray Bryant - Con Alma - D.Gillespie - A Great Night In Harlem - 6:37 Thad Jones/ Frank Wess - Touché - M.Waldron - Prestige Legacy Vol.3 - 6:25 Count Basie/ Joe Williams - The Comeback - Frazier - Basie in London - 4:08 (Theme)

Hey Chuck, The BOB really doesn't offer too many opportunities to play there.. The WGVU Jazz Nite does a different act every week and the only other opportunity that might be a possibility would be the Crush Lounge on a Friday.. We are booked for the next 3 months at Billy's Lounge the first Tues of every month and starting in May, we'll be doing one Wed a month at Bistro Bella Vita, downtown GR.. I'll keep you posted...

...Very cool...

Frank Zappa was one of the great music geniuses of the 20th century.. His innovative contributions to music as a rock performer and serious composer are HUGE.. Check out the Cd the "Yellow Shark" recorded in Germany with the Ensemble Modern" orchestra.... There is an informative and entertaining auto-biography called "The Real Frank Zappa Book". There is also an interesting text book written about Frank Zappa, "The Negative Dialectic Of Poodle Play"... He was truly a "Mother Of Invention!"

Here are the top 25 new and reissued jazz CDs played on 89.1 (WEMU) from March 9th through the 15th. The number in parentheses tells you how many times we played a disc. 1 David Fathead Newman - The Gift - High Note (10) 2 Wayne Shorter - Alegria - Verve (9) 3 The Bad Plus -These Are The Vistas - Columbia (7) 4 Jacky Terrasson - Smile - Blue Note (7) 5 ScoLoHoFo - Oh! - Blue Note (7) 6 Fortune/Harper/Cowell/Workman/Hart - Great Friends - Evidence (6) 7 The Marsalis Family - A Jazz Celebration - Marsalis Music (5) 8 Steve Turre - One 4 J - Telarc (5) 9 Sheila Jordan - Little Song - High Note (5) 10 Organissimo - Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters - PKO (5) 11 Ry Cooder/Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo - Nonesuch (5) 12 David Murray - Now Is Another Time - Justin Time (5) 13 Babatunde Lea - Soul Pools - Motema (5) 14 Ron Carter Nonet - Eight Plus - Dreyfus Jazz (5) 15 Jesse Davis - The Setup - Alltribe (5) 16 Sherrie Marricle & Diva Jazz Orchestra - Live In Concert - Divajazz.com (5) 17 Carmell Jones - Mosaic Select: Two - Mosaic (5) 18 Matthew Shipp - Equilibrium - Thirsty Ear (4) 19 Benny Green/Russell Malone - Jazz At The Bistro - Telarc (4) 20 Slide Hampton - Spirit Of The Horn - MCG (4) 21 Peter Cincotti - Peter Cincotti - Concord (4) 22 Mark Levine & Latin Tinge - Isla - Left Coast Clave (4) 23 Jay Klum - Home Cooking - Alltribe (4) 24 Doug Lawrence - Street Wise - Alltribe (4) 25 Bix Beiderbecke Centennial All Stars - Celebrating Bix - Arbors Jazz (4) Here is what listeners liked. We either answered a telephone or e-mail inquiry about these groups and artists or filled a request: Bruce Barth, John Hicks, Slide Hampton, Ron Carter, The Drummonds, Susan Krebs, Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong, David Murray, Steve Turre, Jacky Terrasson, Deanna Witkowski, Karolina Strassmayer, Sherrie Marricle & Diva Jazz Orchestra, Carmell Jones, Stefon Harris, Fortune/Harper/Cowell/Workman/Hart, Matthew Shipp, Mary Ellen Spann, Mark O'Connor, Bix Beiderbecke Centennial All Stars, Jesse Davis, Donald Walden, Joe Williams, Charlie Shoemake, Terry Gibbs, Wayne Shorter, The Crusaders, John Patitucci, The Bad Plus, Francesca Tanksley and Mary Ann McSweeney.

WEMU has been getting requests for the CD... Now we gotta get a gig at the Firefly! Talk to Paul Keller... B)

I first heard Jack Sheldon when my mom got a jazz version of "My Fair Lady" from Columbia record club back in the early 60's... Jack plays and sings brilliantly on the record along with Shelley Manne. If you can find it give it a listen. There are some really swingin' arrangements on the record.

...Almost forgot Art Blakey... Some of the most exciting moments for me were sitting in front of Blakey all night, mesmerized by his groove and energy.. And the way blakey just sat on that shuffle on Jimmy smith's "The Sermon" is an example all aspiring drummers need to hear!

I'm not talking about beginner drummers and I'm not saying these particular 3 are role models.. These are the 3 most obvious I hear in young drummers already touring and recording with the upcoming names in Jazz who have obviously listened and studied the masters.. When I hear recordings of some of the younger drummers of the last 10 years I'm hearing mainly these 3 influences.. For example, Jeff "Tain" Watts definately comes from Elvin's approach, Bill Stewart is obviously influenced by DeJohnette, and I hear Tony's influences in Jason Marsalis's sound as well as many other young drummers I've been hearing lately. I think a serious young drummer should go back and listen to Kenny Clarke for comping behind solos, Max Roach for his lyrical approach, (especially his solos), Roy Haynes for his inventive sense of phrasing, and Philly Joe for his deeply swinging grooves.. There are also so many others too numerous to list who have also made great contributions to the music.. Another great drummer was Ben Riley. I love the way he used to play behind Monk, another great innovator..

Gridley obviously isn't very deep and apparently didn't do his homework on the subject of Tony Williams. Tony for me, was as important an innovator as Bird, Coltrane, Dolphy, Miles, Mingus, or Jimmy Smith.. Starting at a very young age, Tony listened to what Max Roach, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Kenny Clarke, and Jimmy Cobb were doing and evolved his own brilliant formula from these players. By the time he was in his early teens he was playin' his ass off and was playing with Jackie McClean when he was maybe 15. Personally I think the Miles Davis recordings with Tony are some of the most brilliant examples of creative drumming ever heard. Yeah, Question: Who are the 3 most copied drummers these days among the younger players? Answer: I hear Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, and Jack Dejohnette... B)

that's because Randy's mom heard "Life Wish" in the rough mix stage on a crappy boombox...

"Organissimo Forums" rules the "Toads Of The Forest" with it's provocative and sometimes "outspoken" chorus....

....The drummer, Bill Dowdy, lives in Battle Creek, MI... He still gigs but mostly on keyboard.... Just a bit of trivia

The Forum just keeps getting more interesting all the time... Have a great week everybody and get out and enjoy the weather... Friday is the "Spring Equinox" .. If you have a copy of Stravinsky's "Rite Of Spring", give it a listen...

I'm with you my brother... B.B and Jimmy are institutions! I feel I have been fortunate and blessed to be able to sit just a few feet away from such greats as Art Blakey, Max roach, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Tony williams, Jack DeJohnette, Idris Mohammed, and Al Foster, as well as Papa Joe Jones, Barret Deems, and Buddy Rich. These cats, and most of them are gone now, were the ones who blazed the trail for today's drummers...(You can probablt tell I'm a drummer I feel fortunate in my lifetime to be a part of such a prolific era in "World Music History" .. What an incredible mix of cultures! I grew up as a teenager listening to Bird, Brubeck, Cannonball, Miles, Monk, Coltrane, Muddy waters, B.B and Albert King, Jimmy Smith, Stones, Weather Report, Capt. Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Cream, Stravinsky, and DeBussy... And it's interesting to me that the Blues ties most of it together with the exception of stravinsky and DeBussy....

Whoops!! You know I love that tune! We gotta try it sometime on a gig with the nylon string guitar... Don't let Metheny hear it, he'll want to play it!!

Long live Jimmy Smith... He is still "The Man"... Randissimo

My only criticism of "Life Wish" is that it needs a slightly brighter cymbal mix and the guitar still needs a little more reverb and richness of tone.. ~Randissimo~

Hey Joe, It's really nice outside though lots of snowmelt drainage accross the roads...Not long now and we'll be on our mountain bikes rippin' it up!

Organissimo was again on Jim Wilke's "Jazz After Hours" playlist for the 2nd week in a row! Over 60 radio stations coast to coast... Go to www.jazzafterhours.org Spring has finally arrived in Michigan! Have a great week! ~Randissimo~

I had a chance to give the CD a good listen on my way to gig in Detroit... Al Foster has taken the "hihat finesse factor" to another level.. Nice music!! B)

It is a family affair... some very interesting people in here...

That's a good one Chuck...