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Sam had a good night in Grand Rapids -- her lip stayed fit all night and she sounded very much improved from a year ago. The integration of the horn's multi-level parts with John's drums was played with a freeing confidence, too; another sign of positive growth as a band. Very much enjoyed them in G.R. There weren't too many people at Hugo's loft, but some of the people who were there were the right people, so to speak, and we'll see if the Reptet can hit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum on their next trip through, or perhaps The Intersection, which will put them in front of a larger crowd. You must be very quiet when hunting wabbits.

Did anyone happen to catch this today?

(Forwarded message) I know at least a few of you enjoyed the Origin CDs of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra which I recorded in concerts. Last month, I recorded the SRJO in a concert performance of the full "Kansas City Suite" by Benny Carter. Benny Carter wrote the suite for Basie in 1960, and it's ten movements are musical vignettes of life in Kansas City in the 30s when Basie was establishing his style and career as a band leader. It was recorded by the Basie band in 1960 and is currently out of print and unavailable except used from $25 to $70. Writer Doug Ramsey heard about the upcoming broadcast and here is what he said on his blog "Rifftides" - www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2008/03/listening_tip_kansas_city_suit.html It's a magnum opus by a major jazz composer and I think we got a good recording of it very well played in this live performance by the SRJO. It'll air exclusively on Jazz Northwest on 88.5 KPLU this Sunday at 1 pm PDT in Western Washington; 4 pm EDT, 8 pm GMT, everywhere else at www.kplu.org. If you miss it, there will also be a podcast available from kplu.org after the air date. Jim Wilke Jazz Northwest, KPLU www.kplu.org/wilke

Yes, but they rolled the dice on Grachan Moncur and have an ambitious series with the Mark Master's ensemble (especially the Lee Konitz record).

Dee da dee dee doot doot doot Chicken or Beef? Chicken or Beef? Parts is parts unless you're a swingin' appendage of a Reptet -- then parts are more than parts, they're a carefully coordinated instantaneous mobile of interchanging rhythmic voicings (TUBA!) cued from music school reggae interlopers and harmonic minor Turkish/Persian/Balkan scale swipers hueing towards an altissimo climax of multi voiced confabulation that zens me back to ol' (NEW!) Dutch swing. "Ain't got no cigarettes." Then an indefinate pitched trombone out in "Gwand Wabbits." You choose, but no turkey on the menu. I've been Reptified! The band dosn't have to lay on a rock for an hour in the sun to bring it's body temp up to caterwauling movement: the Reptet is dangerous from the git. Opened my cage.....

Good to be, too! The vacation was nice. Tonight, John Tchicai on the Jazz Retrospective (no Ascension, though) and Yuganaut "Out On Blue Lake" at midnight. LV

Geri drove from Ann Arbor west to Blue Lake yesterday -- a drive that usually takes 2 1/2 hours took 6. She was caught in a terrible snow storm and by the time it descended on her it was six a one half a dozen or the other. Turning back would have been just as bad as going forward. She counted over 20 accidents on I-96 coming across the state. The recording we made late last night, however, is incredible. Solo on the Bosendorfer Imperial Grand with interview segments. Will air on April 10th at 10 p.m. A powerful, creative kick-off to this year's series.

Cool -- thanks aloc for posting that, and pap I'm heading to Florida next week! Yeah, family vacation! Thanks for tuning in. Fred Anderson this Friday if you're around....(tonight is Marian McPartland's 90th b-day program). LV

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Thursday, February 21, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise: Mosaic. Art Blakey All Stars, Split Kick/Once In Awhile; A Night at Birdland: Blue Note. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html . Pat Metheny Trio, Clavin’s Keys; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Calvin Keys, Blue D; Verticle Clearance: Wide Hive. All Star Celebration, Save Your Love For Me; Cannon Re-Loaded: Concord. Nick Vayenas, Odean; Synesthesia; World Culture Music. Patrick Cornelius, The Woods; Lucid Dream: Patrick Cornelius.com. 11 p.m. Art Blakey All Stars, Quicksilver/Night In Tunisia; Live at Birdland. Charles Mingus Orchestra, Eclipse; Tonight at Noon: Dreyfus. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html Roberta Gambarini/Hank Jones, You Are There; You Are There: EmArcy. Ted Brown, Embraceable You; Shades of Brown: Steeplechase. Keith Jarrett, Five Brothers; My Foolish Heart: ECM. Buddy DeFranco, Joy Spring; Charlie Cat II: Arbors. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Waltz for Debbie; New Crystal Silence: Concord. 12 a.m.. Giacomo Gates, Up From the Skies; Luminosity. Robert Dick, Pali Gap; Third Stone From the Sun: New World. 3 Ocity, The Wind Cries Mary; 3 Ocity: Capri. World Saxophone Quartet, The Wind Cries Mary; Experience: Justin Time. Miles Davis, Mademoiselle Mabry; Complete In A Silent Way: Sony. Jane Ira Bloom, Ready for Anything; Mental Weather: Artist Share. Cuong Vu, Never, Ever, Ever; Vu-Tet: Artist Share. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html 1 a.m. Art Blakey All Stars, Myrah; A Night At Birdland Vol. 1: Blue Note. Art Blakey All Stars, Weedot/If I Had You; A Night At Birdland Vol. 2: Blue Note. Dizzy Gillespie, Con Alma; Europe 1: RTE. John Coltrane, Moment’s Notice; Blue Trane: Blue Note. Eric Byrd, Baby, It’s Cold Outside; Brother Ray: Foxhaven. Catherine Russell, South To a Warmer Place; Sentimental Streak: World Village Stacey Kent, The Ice Hotel; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. 2 a.m. Pierre Dorge New Jungle Orchestra, Forgotten Highway; Jazz Is Like a Banana: Steeplechase. Gary Versace, For McCoy; Reminiscence: Steeplechase. Miroslav Vitous, Solar Giant; Universal Syncopations: ECM. Steve Lehman, On Meaning; On Meaning: Pi Records. Marty Ehrlich/Myra Melford, Night; Spark: Palmetto. Myra Melford/Mark Dresser/Matt Wilson, Brainfire and Buglight; Big Picture: Cryptogramophone. Art Blakey All Stars, Now’s the Time/Confirmation; A Night At Birdland Vol. 2: Blue Note. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise: Mosaic. Wynton Marsalis, Free To Be; The Magic Hour: Blue Note. Wynton Marsalis, Supercapitalism; From the Plantation to the Penitentiary: Blue Note. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html . All Star Celebration, Work Song; Cannon Re-Loaded: Concord. Maceo Parker, Busted; Roots and Grooves: Heads Up. Jeff Watts, Seeds of Blackzilla; Folks Songs: Dark Keys. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, I Loves You Porgy; New Crystal Silence: Concord. Roberta Gambarini/Hank Jones, You Are There; You Are There: EmArcy. Jimmie Amadie, Warm and Gentle Ben; The Gospel As We Know It. 11 p.m. Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes From the Underground; Black Codes..: Columbia. Wynton Marsalis, Knoz-Moe-King; Thinking of You: Columbia. Wynton Marsalis, When It’s Sleepy Time Down South; Standards and Ballads: Sony. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html Matt Brewer, Nardis, Live From Blue Lake 2004 Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Aspiring to Normalcy; Avatar: Blue Note. Nick Vayenas, Odean; Synesthesia: World Culture Music. Ron Blake, Please Be Kind; Shayani: Mack Avenue. 12 a.m. – 3 a.m. Wynton Marsalis, Blood on the Fields; Blood on the Fields: Columbia. 1 a.m. “ 2 a.m. “ Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise: Mosaic. David Murray, I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without the Lord; David Murray: Justin Time. David Murray Black Saint Quartet, Sacred Ground; Sacred Ground: Justin Time. Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, February; Black Unstoppable: Delmark. New York Art Quartet, Rosmosis; New York Art Quartet: ESP. Don Cherry, Sun of the East; Mu: BYG. Larry Willis, Ethiopia; The Offering: High Note. The Either Orchestra, Shellela; Ethiopiques: Buddha Musique. 11 p.m. Kahil El’Zabar/David Murray, Dreams; Golden Sea: Sound Aspects. World Saxophone Quartet, Try A Little Tenderness; Rhythm and Blues: Elektra. David Murray Octet, Giant Steps; Octet Plays Trane: Justin Time. Thelonious Monk, Pannonica; Brilliant Corners: Prestige. Diane Reeves, Reflections; A Little Moonlight: Blue Note. SF Jazz Collective, Crepuscule With Nellie; Live 2007: SF Jazz. 12 a.m. David Murray Octet, Ming; Ming: Black Saint. David Murray Quartet, I Want To Talk About You; I Want to Talk About You: Black Saint. John McLean, Ready for the War; Better Angels: Origin. Jane Ira Bloom, Ready for Anything; Mental Weather: Artist Share. Anat Fort, Rehaired; A Long Story: ECM. Gary Versace, For McCoy; Reminiscence: Steeplechase. Alex Sipiagin, Out of the Circle; Out of the Circle: Sunnyside. 1 a.m. David Murray Octet, The Fast Life; Ming: Black Saint. David Murray Black Saint Quartet, The Prophet of Doom; Sacred Ground: Justin Time. Clarinet Summit, Honeysuckle Rose; Clarinet Summit: India Navigation. Alvin Batiste, Skylark; Honors Series: Marsalis Music. Buddy DeFranco, Ill Wind; Charlie Cat II: Arbors. Ken Peplowski/Howard Alden, The Things We Did Last Summer; Pow Wow: Arbors. Keith Jarrett, The Song Is You; My Foolish Heart: ECM. 2 a.m. World Saxophone Quartet, You Don’t Know Me; Breath of Life: Elektra. David Murray, Take the Coltrane; Trio: Black Saint. David Murray, Missionary; David Murray: Justin Time. David Murray, Pushkin Suite #1; Quartet w/Strings: Justin Time. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Monday, February 18, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise; Mosaic. Miles Davis, Shhh/Peaceful; In A Silent Way: Columbia. Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian, Eighty One; Frisell/Carter/Motian: Nonesuch. Joe Beck/John Abercrombie, All Blues; Coincidence: Whaling City. Jack Sheldon, Naima; This Is What I Do: Butterfly. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Waltz for Debby; New Crystal Silence: Concord. MJF 50th Ann. All Stars, Romance; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Fest Records. 11 p.m. Joe Zawinul, In A Silent Way; Brown Street: Heads Up. Miles Davis, In A Silent Way/It’s About That Time; In A Silent Way: Columbia. Alex Sipiagin, Wind Dance; Out of the Circle: Sunnyside. Pat Metheny Trio, When We Were Here; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Sunday, February 17, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 p.m. Joe Zawinul, In A Silent Way; Brown Street: Heads Up. Michael Brecker, Anagram; Pilgrimage: Heads Up. Herbie Hancock, The Jungle Line; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Terence Blanchard, Mantra; A Tale of God’s Will: Blue Note. Turtle Island String Quartet, A Love Supreme; A Love Supreme: Telarc. 8 p.m. Patti Austin, Lady Be Good; Avant Gershwin: Queen Latifa, I’m Gonna Live Until I Die; Travelin’ Light: Verve. Bobby Sanabria, D Train; Big Band Urban Folk Tales: Jazz Heads. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Afro Blue; Red Earth: EmArcy. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, This is It; Avatar: Blue Note. Herbie Hancock, Edith and the King Pin/Court and Spark; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. 9 p.m. Brian Bromberg, Cantaloupe Island; Down Right Up Right: Artistry. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Cerulean Skies; Sky Blue: Artist Share. Kurt Elling, The Waking; Night Moves: Concord. Herbie Hancock, Solitude/Nefertiti; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Freddie Cole, Music Maestro Please; Music Maestro Please: High Note. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz a la Carte Playlist Saturday, February 16, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 a.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Morning Mood; Three Suites: Columbia. All Star Celebration, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Cannon Re-loaded: Concord. David “Fathead” Newman, It’s You or No One; Diamond Head: High Note. Libby York, Beautiful Friendship; Here With You: Libby York Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Roberta Gambarini/Hank Jones, You Are There/Then I’ll Be Tired of You; You Are There: EmArcy. Jack Sheldon, Milestones; This Is What I Do: Butterfly. Stephen Riley, Israel; Once Upon A Dream: Steeplechase. MJF 50th Ann. All Stars, Benny’s Tune; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Fest Records. 8 a.m. James P. Johnson, Snowy Morning Blues; Snowy Morning Blues: Decca. Eric Byrd, Baby, It’s Cold Outside; Brother Ray: Fox Haven. Catherine Russell, South to a Warmer Place; Sentimental Streak: World Village. Stacey Kent, The Ice Hotel; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Matt Brewer, Nardis; Live From Blue Lake 2004. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, This Is It; Avatar: Blue Note. Ben Allison/Man Sized Safe, Little Things; Little Things Run the World: Palmetto. Joe Beck/John Abercrombie, All Blues; Coincidence: Whaling City. Jane Ira Bloom, Mental Weather; Mental Weather: Artist Share. 9 a.m. Count Basie, Ja Da; Live In Japan 1978: Pablo. Miles Davis, Doxy; The Chronicle: Prestige. Don Cherry, Art Deco; Art Deco: A&M. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Pat Metheny Trio, Let’s Move; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Alex Sipiagin, Afternoon Dreams; Out of the Circle: Sunnyside. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, La Fiesta; New Crystal Silence. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids. Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Friday, February 15, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise: Mosaic. Coleman Hawkins, Body and Soul; A Retrospective 1929-63: Blue Bird. Coleman Hawkins Octet, The Sheik of Araby/My Blue Heaven/Bouncing with Bean: A Retrospective 1929-63: Blue Bird. Coleman Hawkins and The Chocolate Dandies, I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me; Tenor Sax – The Commodore Years: Atlantic. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html . Giacomo Gates, Peace of Mind; Reminiscing: Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Caribbean Fire Dance; All In: WJO. All Star Celebration, Jive Samba; Cannon Re-Loaded: Concord. Jane Ira Bloom, Electrochemistry; Mental Weather: Artist Share. Cuong Vu, Never, Ever, Ever; Vu-Tet: Artist Share. 11 p.m. Metronome All Stars, Bugle Call Rag/One O’clock Jump; A Retrospective 1929-63: Blue Bird. Count Basie, 9:20 Special/Feedin’ The Bean; Essential Basie Vol. 3: Legacy. Coleman Hawkins, The Man I Love; Classic Tenors: Dr. Jazz. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html Roberta Gambarini/Hank Jones, You Are There/Then I’ll Be Tired of You; You Are There: EmArcy. Joe Beck/John Abercrombie, Beautiful Love; Coincidence: Whaling City. Brad Goode, Celedon; Nature Boy: Delmark. Pat Metheny Trio, Calvin’s Keys; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Calvin Keys, The Theme; Standard Keys. 12 a.m. Lionel Hampton, When Lights Are Low/Dinah; Best of: Blue Bird. Coleman Hawkins/Leonard Feather’s All Stars, Boff Boff/My Ideal/Esquire Bounce; Tenor Sax – The Commodore Years: Atlantic. Coleman Hawkins, Sweet Lorriane/Get Happy; Classic Tenors: Dr. Jazz. Benny Wallace Orchestra, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho; Plays Coleman Hawkins: Justin Time. Miles Davis Quintet, Joshua; Complete Concert 1964: Columbia. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html 1 a.m. Coleman Hawkins, I Only Have Eyes For You/Swonderful/Bean at the Met; Complete Keynote: Keynote. Coleman Hawkins, Rainbow Mist/Woody n You/ Disorder at the Border; Rainbow Mist: Delmark. Coleman Hawkins, Imagination/Night and Day; Complete Keynotes: Keynote. Billie Holiday, Gloomy Sunday; Master Takes: Legacy. Don Byas, Gloomy Sunday; Master Takes: Onyx. Branford Marsalis, Gloomy Sunday; Eternal: Marsalis Music. Bill Holman Orchestra, Raincheck; Hommage: Jazzed Media. 2 a.m. Cozy Cole All Stars, Thru For the Night; Complete Keynote: Keynote. Cole Cole, Ol’ Man River; Cozy Cole/Pete Johnson: Savoy. Coleman Hawkins, I’m Yours/Under a Blanket of Blue/ Beyond the Blue Horizon; Complete Keynote: Keynote. Coleman Hawkins Quartet, Flyin’ Hawk/Recollections/Driftin’ On a Reed; Complete Thelonious Monk: Prestige. Coleman Hawkins, Rifftide/Stardust/Stuffy; Hollywood Stampede: Capitol. Jazz at the Philharmonic, I Got Rhythm; 1944-49: Verve. Coleman Hawkins, Picasso; Ken Burns Jazz: Legacy Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Thursday, February 14, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise: Mosaic. Don Cherry, The Relativity Suite; The Relativity Suite: JCOA. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html . Billie Holiday, Romance in the Dark/All of You; Lady Day: Legacy. Duke Ellington, All of Me; Sampler II: Columbia. Duke Ellington, Prelude to a Kiss; Ellington Indigos: Columbia. 11 p.m. Maceo Parker, Hallelujah, I Love Her So; Roots and Grooves: Heads Up. Ray Charles, Hallelujah, I Love Her So/Come Rain or Come Shine; JATP Berlin 1962: Pablo. Ella Fitzgerald, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; First Lady of Song: Verve. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html Chet Baker, My Funny Valentine; Deep in a Dream: Capitol. Miles Davis, My Funny Valentine; Complete 1964 Concert: Legacy. Shelia Jordan, Ballad For Miles/My Funny Valentine; Jazz Child: High Note. 12 a.m. Jackie Ryan, Let Their Be Love; You and the Night and the Music: Open Art. Stacey Kent, The Ice Hotel; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. Catherine Russell, South to a Warmer Place; Sentimental Streak: World Village. Tommy Dorsey, The Song Is You; Essential Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey: Legacy. Charlie Parker, The Song Is You; Now’s the Time: Verve. Terry Gibbs Dream Band, The Song Is You; Sundown Sessions Vol. 2. Mel Torme/Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass, The Song Is You; Boss Brass: Concord. Frank Sinatra, too Marvelous For Words/My Funny Valentine/In the Still of the Night; In Paris: Reprise. Ben Webster/Sweets Edison, How Long Has This Been Going On?; Ben and Sweets: Columbia. Terrell Stafford, Old Folks; Taking Chances: Max Jazz. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html 1 a.m. Louis Armstrong, I’m Crazy About My Baby; Satch Plays Fats: Columbia. Erroll Garner, Teach Me Tonight; Concert by the Sea: Columbia. MJF 50th Ann. All Stars, Misty; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Fest. Records. Dena DeRose, Lover; At the Jazz Standard: Max Jazz. Gerald Wilson Orchestra, I Concentrate On You; Monterey Moods: Mack Avenue. Joe Locke, All of You; Sticks and Strings: Jazz Eyes. Rosemary Clooney, Let’s Get Away from it All; Still on the Road: Concord. All Star Celebration, Save You Love For Me; Cannon Re-loaded: Concord. 2 a.m. Don Cherry, Art Deco; Art Deco: A&M. Ornette Coleman, Lonely Woman; Complete Atlantic: Rhino. John Coltrane, The Blessing; The Avant Garde: Atlantic. New York Contemporary 5, Consequences, Vol. 2: Storyville. Don Cherry, Eternal Rhythm Pat 2; Eternal Rhythm: MPS. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise: Mosaic. Wardell Gray, Twisted/Easy Living/Southside; Vol. 1: OJC. Count Basie, Little Pony; All American Band: Legacy. Art Farmer/Wardell Gray, Jackie/Farmer’s Market; Vol. 2: OJC. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html . Roberta Gambarini/Hank Jones, People Time/When Lights Are Low; You Are There: EmArcy. Benny Carter, Again and Again; Centennial Project: Evening Star. MJF 50th Ann. All Stars, Benny’s Tune; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Fest. Records. Terence Blanchard, Levees; A Tale of God’s Will: Blue Note. 11 p.m. Wardell Gray, One for Pres; Complete Sunset Masters: Jazz Factory. Charlie Parker, Relaxin’ at Camarillo/Steeplechase; Complete Dial/Savoy: Savoy. Erroll Garner/Wardell Gray, Blue Lou; Complete Sunset Masters: Jazz Factory. Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray, The Chase; Dial Sessions: Stash. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html Frank Kimbrough, Air; Air: Palmetto. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Cerulean Skies; Sky Blue: Artist Share. 12 a.m. Jane Ira Bloom, Mental Weather; Mental Weather: Artist Share. Coung Vu, Intro/Accelrated Thoughts; Vu-Tet: Artist Share. Jason Kao Hwang/Edge, Embers; Stories Before Within: Innova. Dr. Mint, Visions and Nightmares; Visions and Nightmare: Pfmentum. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html 1 a.m. Pat Metheny Trio, Let’s Move; Day Trip: Nonesuch. David Fink, Appointment in Orvieto; Future Day: Soundbrush. Gregg August, Hand To Mouth; One Peace: Iacuessa. Billy Eckstine, Blues for Sale; Mr. B and the Band: Savoy. Wardell Gray, Light Gray/Mind and Matter; Complete Crown: Jazz Factory. Wardell Gray, It’s the Talk of the Town/In a Pinch; Rare Dawn Sessions: Biograph. Frank Rosolino/Carl Fontana, All Blues; Trombone Heaven: Uptown 2 a.m. Gary Versace, Lennie’s Pennies; Reminiscence; Steeplechase. Ted Brown, Cherokee; Shades of Brown: Steeplechase. Manu Katche, Clubbing; Playground: ECM. Tadd Dameron, Jahbero/Lady Bird/Symphonette; Complete Blue Note: Blue Note Dexter Gordon, The Hunt; Bopland: Savoy. Wardell Gray, The Man I Love; Complete Crown: Jazz Factory. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise; Mosaic. Miles Davis Quintet, My Funny Valentine; Complete Concert 1964: Columbia. Frank Kimbrough, It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago; Air: Palmetto. Carla Bley, Five Bannana; The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu: ECM. Joe Beck/John Abercrombie, Israel; Coincidence: Whaling City. Ben Allison and Man Size Safe, Respiration; Little Things Run the World: Palmetto. Steve Lehman, On Meaning; On Meaning: PI Records. 11 p.m. Miles Davis Quintet, Seven Steps to Heaven; Seven Steps to Heaven: Columbia. Miles Davis Quintet, All of You; Complete 1964 Concert: Columbia. Michel Petrucciani, So What; Trio Live in Stuttgart: Dreyfus. All Star Celebration, Please Save Your Love For Me; Cannon Re-Loaded: Concord. David “Fathead” Newman, New York State of Mind; Diamond Head: Hight Note. Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Peace; All In: WJO. Horace Silver, The Outlaw; Newport 1958: Blue Note. 12 a.m. Miles Davis Quintet, Stella By Starlight/Joshua; Complete 1964 Concert: Columbia. Herbie Hancock, Nefertiti; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Pat Metheny Trio, Son of Thirteen; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, I Loves You Porgy; The New Crystal Silence; Concord. Brad Goode, Nature Boy; Nature Boy: Delmark. 1 a.m. Miles Davis Quintet, So What/Walkin’; Complete 1964 Concert: Columbia. Sunny Wilkenson, Charlie’s Tune/It Could Happen To You; A Gentle Time. Ehad Asherie, I Had The Craziest Dream; Lock Out: Positone. 3 Cohens, Freedom; Braid: Anzic. Joe Cohen, Diffusion of Beauty; Restless: Arbors. Stephan Riley, Lover Come Back to Me; Once Upon a Dream: Steeplechase. 2 a.m. Miles Davis Quintet, Four/Seven Steps to Heaven/No Greater Love; Complete 1964 Concert: Columbia. Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra, Alarm Call/Human Behavior; Enjoy!: Koch. Sean Nowell, Isabel, Fire Werks; Positone. Roberta Picket, Up Up and Away; Love and Beauty: Thirteen Note. Jodi Proznick, Dancing Sunbeam; Foundations : Cellar Live. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Monday, February 11, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise; Mosaic. Sonny Rollins, The Freedom Suite; The Freedom Suite: OJC. Herbie Hancock, Tea Leaf Prophecy/Solitude; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Michael Brecker, Anagram; Pilgrimage: Verve. Wycliff Gordon, Mood Indigo/Green Chimneys; Slidin’ Home: Nagel-Hayer. 11 p.m. Sonny Rollins, Sonnymoon for Two; Live at the Village Vanguard: Blue Note. Sonny Rollins, Someday I’ll Find You; The Freedom Suite: OJC. Branford Marsalis, The Freedom Suite; Footsteps of our Fathers: Marsalis Music. Wycliffe Gordon, Blooze First Thaing Dis Moanin’ / Beauty In the Eyes of the Beholder; Slidin’ Home: Nagel-Hayer. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Sunday, February 10, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 p.m. Ornette Coleman, Invisible/The Blessing/The Sphinx; Something Else!: Contemporary. Pat Metheny, Let’s Move; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Ted Brown, Cherokee; Shades of Brown: Steeplechase. Manu Katche, Clubbing; Play Ground: ECM. Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Del Sasser/Soon; Them Dirty Blues: OJC. All Star Celebration, Work Song; Cannon Re-Loaded: Concord. 8 p.m. Fraser MacPherson, I Got Rhythm; Live at Puccini’s: Cellar Live. Buddy DeFranco, What Is This Thing Called Love; Charlie Cat II: Arbors. Stephen Riley, Lover Come Back To Me; Once Upon A Dream: Steeplechase. Howard Alden/Ken Peplowski, Did I Remember; Pow-Wow: Arbors. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, No Mystery/Senior Mouse; The New Crystal Silence: Concord. 9 p.m. Dianna Krall, A Case of You; Live I Paris: Verve. Herbie Hancock, Court and Spark/Edith and the Kingpin; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Luciana Souza, Down To You; The New Bossa Nova: Verve. Maria Pia De Vito, Amelia/Big Yellow Taxi; So Right: Cam Jazz. Grazyna Auguscik, River; Live Means Live: GMA. Ornette Coleman, When Will The Blues Leave/Angel Voice: Something Else!: Contemporary. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz a la Carte Playlist Saturday, February 9, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 a.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Merry Mood; Three Suites: Columbia. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Crystal Silence; The New Crystal Silence: ECM. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Howard McGhee, Dorothy/Night Mist; Trumpet at Tempo: Jazz Classics. MJF 50th. Ann. All Stars, Monterey Mist; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Fest. Records Holly Cole, Charade; Holly Cole: Koch. Phil Woods/Carl Saunders, Mr. Lucky; Plays Henry Mancini: Jazzed Media. Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Cat; Charlie Cat 2: Arbors. 8 a.m. Catherine Russell, South to a Warmer Place; Sentimental Steak: World Village. Clark Terry, Top and Bottom; Statesmen of Jazz: Arbors. Wycliffe Gordon, St. Louis Blues; Slidin’ Home: Nagel-Heyer. Ted Nash, Sidewalk Meeting; Sidewalk Meeting: Arabesque. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. All Star Celebration, Work Song; Cannon Re-loaded: Concord. Maceo Parker, Hallelujah I Love Her So; Roots and Grooves: Heads Up. John Scofield, Heck of a Job; This Meets That: EmArcy. Gregg August, Nastissimo; One Piece: Iacuessa. 9 a.m. David Newman, Diamond Head; Diamond Head: High Note. Wycliffe Gordon, It Don’t Mean a Thing; Slidin’ Home: Nagel-Hayer. Ted Nash, Ahmad; Sidewalk Meeting: Arabesque. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Bud Powell; New Crystal Silence: Concord. Hans Glawischnig, Oceanography; Panorama: Sunnyside. Pat Metheny Trio, Day Trip; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids. Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

So your show starts at 8 p.m. eastern daylight time?

Thanks Bill, Aloc! The grant to make this happens requires the focus to be on Michigan jazz musicians: both Geri Allen and Robert Hurst are teaching part time at U of M, and pianist James Dapogny, one of the foremost American scholars on the music of Jelly Roll Morton, lives in Ann Arbor. Of the 20 musicians appearing only 4, the band with Altschul, are not from or closely associated with Michigan. Very much looking forward to Geri Allen. She'll be playing Blue Lake's Boesendorfer, $120,000 worth of German technical musical scharfsinn.

Thanks Jim!

What's on after "Jazz Flower Power"?