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Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Thursday, November 8, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca. Mose Allison, Certified Senior Citizen; Jazz Profile: Blue Note. Mose Allison, Your Molecular Structure; Best of: Prestige. Most Allison, Ever Since the World Ended; Jazz Profile: Blue Note Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Edie Evans-Hyde, Girl Talk; Girl Talk: Evans. All Jarreau/Kurt Elling, Take Five; Legends of Jazz: LRS Media. Evidence, Bragdocious; The Messge: Smitty Music. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Afro Blue; Red Earth: EmArcy. Leni Stern, Ousmane; Africa: Artist Share. 11 p.m. Patti Austin, Lady Be Good; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. Mose Allison, MJA Jr./Gimcracks and Gewgaws; Gimcracks and Gewgaws: Blue Note. Mose Allison, Your Mind Is On Vacation/Foolin’ Myself; Your Mind Is On Vacation: Koch. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Housten Person, Rock Me To Sleep; Thinking of You: High Note. Ron Carter, Bag’s Groove; For Miles: Blue Note. Mile Davis Quintet, Stella By Starlight; Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Records. Patti Austin, Love Walked In/Love is Sweeping the Country; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. 12 a.m. Mose Allison, Eyesight to the Blind; Best of: Prestige. Mose Allison, Lost Mind/Parchman Farm/The Seventh Son/Baby Please Don’t Go; Allison Wonderland: Rhino. Deep Blue Organ Trio, Deeper Blue; Folk Songs: Origin. Sonny Rollins, Sonny, Please; Sonny, Please: Doxy. Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Allegro; Monterey Moods: Mack Avenue. Thelonious Monk, Straight, No Chaser; Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Records. Milt Jackson, Evidence/Misterioso/Epistrophy; Wizard of the Vibes: Blue Note, 1 a.m. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Dizzy Gillespie, On the Sunny Side of the Street; Sonny Side Up: Verve. Roberta Gambarini, On the Sunny Side of the Street; Easy to Love: Groovin High Jed Levy, Neo-Hip-Cool-Kiddies Community; Mood Ellington: Steeplechase. Duke Ellington, Dance of the Floreadores; Three Suites: Columbia. Ryan Cohen, Checkmate; One Sky: Mometa. Michael Musillami Trio, Stark Beauty; The Treatment: Playscape. Myra Melford/Marty Ehrlich, Night; Spark: Palmetto. The Fantastic Merlins, It Would Seem; Look Around: Innova. 2 a.m. Jimmy Bennington/Julian Priester, Portraits and Silhouettes; Portraits and Silhouettes: Bennington. The Engines, Mish Mumkin; The Engines: Okka Disk. Greg Burk, Billie’s Bounce; Ivy Trio: 482 Music. Sam Rivers Trio, Firewall; Firestorm: Rivbea. Alan Pasqua, George Russell; The Anti-Social Club: Cryptogramophone. Yuganaut, Stumblechuck; This Musicship: Block M. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3, Twin Lake/Muskegon; WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids www.bluelake.org

Thanks Brownie. I see you were way up on this.

Was it mentioned that Donald Ayler passed away on October 21st? http://www.ayler.org/albert/html/what_s_new.html

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca. Herb Geller, Close Enough for Love/Taxi Driver/Marnie; At the Movies: Hep. Chet Baker, Well, You Needn’t; The Last Great Concert: Enja. Patti Austin, Overture/Gershwin Medley; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. Micheal Wolff, Autumn Leaves; Jazz Jazz Jazz: Wrong. Floratone, Floratone; Floratone: Blue Note. Slow Poke, Harvest; At Home: Palmetto. 11 p.m. John Williams, That Old Black Magic; Plays the Music of Harold Arlen: Discovery. Bill Holman Big Band, You and Me; The Fabulous Bill Holman: Sackville. Quincy Jones, Be My Guest; Go West, Man: ABC Paramount. Dinah Washington/Clifford Brown, Lover Come Back To Me; Complete Brownie: EmArcy. Keith Jarrett, Only the Lonely; My Foolish Heart: ECM. Kurt Elling, Interview 10-31-07 Kurt Elling, Leaving Again/In The Wee Small Hours; Night Moves: Concord. Jason Lindner Big Band, Song For Jason; Live at the Jazz Gallery: Anzic. 12 a.m. Thad Jones, Blue Room; Detroit/New York Junction: Blue Note. Herb Geller, Invitation/Laura; At the Movies: Hep. Maynard Ferguson, Rue De Madrid/Never You Mind; The Essential: Legacy. Shorty Rogers, Topsy/Doggin’ Around; Short Stops: Bluebird. Rene Marie, Some Other Time; Experiment In Truth: www.renemarie.com. Joan Hickey, The Man I Love; Between the Lines: Origin/OA2. Alan Pasqua, Fast Food; The Anti-Social Club: Cryptogramophone. 1 a.m. Stanley Clarke,The Toys of Men; The Toys of Men: Heads Up. Billy Cobham, Ozone Part 2/Take Seven; Drum N Voice 2: Nicolosi. Antonio Sanchez, One for Antonio; Migration: Cam Jazz. Herbie Hanock, Edith and the Kingpin; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Michael Brecker, Tumbleweed; Pilgrimage: Heads Up. Joe Zawinul, In A Silent Way; Brown Street: Heads Up. 2 a.m. Chet Baker, Conception; Last Great Concert: Enja. Robert Magris Europlane, Parker’s Pen/Deception; Il Bello Del Jazz: Soul Note. Herb Geller, Pawnbroker Theme/Call Me Irresponsible/The Bad and the Beautiful; At the Movies: Hep. Kurt Elling, Interview 10-31-07 Kurt Elling, Body and Soul; Night Moves. Benny Carter, Swinging In November; Aspects: Capitol. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3, Twin Lake/Muskegon; WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids www.bluelake.org

Jazz From Blue Lake Sunday, November 4, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 p.m. Phil Woods, It’s You or No One; Swingchronicity: Jazzed Media. Fabian Zone Trio, Bebop; The Masters Return!: Cap. Bobo Moreno/Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band, How High the Moon; Out of This World: Sundance. Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet, Farmer’s Market; Blues on Down: Chess. Patti Austin, Who Care/Funny Face; Avant Gershwin: Rendezvous. Alan Pasqua, One More Once; My New Old Friend: Cryptogramophone. Kurt Elling, And We Will Fly; Nightmoves: Concord Music. 8 p.m. Zach Brock and the Coffee Achievers, Now I Know: Live at the Jazz Factory: Secret Fort Records. Alan Pasqua, George Russell; The Anti-Social Club: Cryptogramophone. Grazyna Auguscik Group, Don’t Explain; Live Sounds Live: GMA. 9 p.m. Herbie Hancock, Nefertiti; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Miles Davis Quintet, Stella By Starlight/Walkin’; Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Records. John Hollenbeck & Jazz Big Band Graz, The Bird with Coppery Keen Claws; Joys & Desires; Intuition. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Cerulean Blue; Sky Blue: Artist Share. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org

Jazz a la Carte Playlist Saturday, November 3, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 a.m. Kurt Elling, I Like the Sunrise; Nightmoves: Concord. Melford/Dresser/Wilson, Secrets to Tell You; Cryptogramophone. Richard Galliano, If You Love Me; If You Love Me: Cam Jazz. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Oregon, Bayonne; 1000 Kilometers: Cam Jazz. Miles Davis Quintet, Autumn Leaves; Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Records. Gerald Wilson Orchestra, I Concentrate On You; Monterey Suite: Mack Avenue. Stacy Kent, I Wish I Could Go Traveling Again; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. 8 a.m. Stefon Harris, Single Petal of a Rose; African Tarantella: Blue Note. Patti Austin, Swanee/Lady Be Good; Avant Gershwin: Rendezvous. Ella Fitzgerald, Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone/Cry Me A River; Love Letters From Ella: Concord. Jazz Datebook. Earl Hines Orchestra, Up Jumped the Devil/Jersey Bounce/Southside; The Father Jumps: Bluebird. Franz Jackson/Salty Dogs, Yellow Fire; Yellow Fire: Delmark. King Oliver, Canal Street Blues; Complete 1923 Band Recordings: Off the Record. Louis Armstrong, Blueberry Hill/Tiger Rag; Live at the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Records. 9 a.m. Paul Keller Trio, Hymn To Freedom; To Oscar With Love: PKO. Al Jarreau/Kurt Elling, Take Five; Legends of Jazz: LRS Media. Charlie Harrison, Jeannine; Keeping My Composure: C3 Records. Kurt Elling, Tight; Night Moves: Concord. Kurt Elling interview, 10-31-07 Alan Pasqua, Highway 14; My New Old Friend: Cryptogramophone. Kurt Elling, And We Will Fly; Night Moves: Concord. Kurt Elling interview, 10-31-07. Kurt Elling, A New Body and Soul; Night Moves: Concord. Kurt Elling interview, 10-31-07. Kurt Elling, I Like the Sunrise; Night Moves: Concord. Sun Ra, Super Blond; Supersonic Jazz: Evidence. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Monday, November 5, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca. Phil Woods, Suddenly It’s Spring; American Songbook 2: Kind of Blue. Phil Woods, Johnny; Benny Carter Centennial Project: Evening Star. Benny Carter, Doozy; Further Definitions: Impulse. Patti Austin, I’ll Build A Stairway to Paradise; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. Ella Fitzgerald, Take Love Easy; Love Letters From Ella: Concord. Phil DeGreg, Down the Middle; Down the Middle: Prevenient Music. Royce Campbell, Pick Yourself Up; Get Happy: Fox Haven. Richard Galliano, If You Love Me; If You Love Me: Cam Jazz. 11 p.m. Phil Woods, It’s You or No One; Swingcronicity: Jazzed Media. Phil Woods, Stockholm Sweetnin’/The Quintessence; This Is How I Feel About Quincy: Jazzed Media. Phil Woods, Loose Change; The Rev and I: Blue Note. Leigh Barker, Ray’s Dilemma; Off to Moruya: LBQ (www.leighbarker.com). Chris Greene, Bonnie; Soul and Science Vol. 1: www.chrisgreenejazz.com. Andrew Scott Potter, Luiz Eca, e Pra Voce; Preciosa: Bons Ritmos. Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Shell Game; Color of Jazz: Jazz Arts Group. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3, Twin Lake/Muskegon; WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids www.bluelake.org

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Friday, November 2, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca. Kurt Elling, Tight; Night Moves: Concord. Charlie Harrison, Jeannine; Keeping My Composure: C3 Records. Al Jarreau/Kurt Elling, Take Five; Legends of Jazz: LRS Media. Kurt Elling interview, 10-31-07 Alan Pasqua, Highway 14; My New Old Friend: Cryptogramophone. Kurt Elling, And We Will Fly; Night Moves: Concord. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Franz Jackson/The Salty Dogs, Dippermouth Blues/Yellow Fire; Yellow Fire: Delmark. Maria Muldaur, Up the Country Blues/New Orleans Hop Scop Blues; Naughty, Bawdy and Blue: Stony Plain. Louis Armstrong, Autumn Leaves/After You’ve Gone; Live at Monterey: Monterey Jazz Records. 11 p.m. Kurt Elling, It’s Just A Thing; The Messenger: Blue Note. Kurt Elling, Minuano; Man in the Air: Blue Note. Bob Curnow’s L.A. Big Band, Minuano 6/8; Plays the Music of Metheny and Mays: Mama. Jazz Datebook: www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Dexter Gordon, Where Are You?, Go: Blue Note. Kurt Elling, Where Are You?; Night Moves: Concord. Kurt Elling interview, 10-31-07. Kurt Elling, A New Body and Soul; Night Moves; Concord. 12 a.m. Pat Metheny/Brad Meldau, A Night Away; Quartet: Nonesuch. Herbie Hancock, Edith and the Kingpin; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. Oregon, Catching Up; 1000 Kilometers: Cam Jazz. Dom Minasi/Jon Hammersam, Woman; Quartet: CDM. Von Freeman, I Like the Sunrise; The Improvisor: Premonition. Kurt Elling interview, 10-31-07 Kurt Elling, I Like the Sunrise; Night Moves: Concord. Duke Ellington, La Scala She Too Pretty To Be Blue; The Symphonic Ellington: Discovery. Jazz Datebook. 1 a.m. Ben Webster, Poutin’; Live at Ronnie Scott’s: Storyville. Ella Fitzgerald, Cry Me A River/You Turned the Tables; Love Letters From Ella: Concord. Patti Austin, Overture/Gershwin Medley; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. Gerald Wilson, Blues; Monterey Suite: Mack Avenue. Kurt Elling interview, 10-31-07. Fred Hersch, At the Close Of Day; Leaves of Grass: Palmetto. Kurt Elling, Sleepers; Night Moves: Concord. 2 a.m. Keith Jarrett, My Foolish Heart; My Foolish Heart: ECM. Kurt Elling, Leaving/In The Wee Small Hours; Night Moves: Blue Note. Kurt Elling, Interview 10-31-07. Kurt Elling, Change Partners; Night Moves: Blue Note. Miroslav Vitious, Opera; Universal Syncopations: ECM. Lee Konitz/Ohad Talmour, General Cluster; Inventions: Omni Tone. Stefon Harris, The Gardener Meditations; African Tarantella: Blue Note. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist November 1, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca Lou Donaldson, Avalon; Gravy Train: Blue Note. Lou Donaldson, Caravan; Wailin’ With Lou: Blue Note. Lou Donaldson, Sweet and Lovely; Lush Life: Blue Note. Kurt Elling, I Like the Sunrise; Nightmoves: Concord Music. Jazz Datebook: www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Patti Austin, Swanee; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. Ella Fitzgerald, Please Don’t Talk About Me/You Turned the Tables On Me; Love Letters from Ella: Concord. Louis Armstrong, Mack the Knife; 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Jazz. Franz Jackson, Southside; Snag It: Delmark. 11 p.m. Lou Donaldson, Move; Blues Walk: Blue Note. Lou Donaldson, Cool Blues: Here ‘Tis: Blue Note. Lou Donaldson, The Man I Love; Sunnyside Up: Blue Note. Jazz Datebook: www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Gerald Wilson, Jazz Swing Waltz; Monterey Moods: Mack Avenue. Alan Pasqua, Highway; My New Old Friend: Cryptogramophone. Kurt Elling, And We Will Fly; Nightmoves: Concord. Deep Blue Organ Trio, Short Story; Folk Music: Origin. 12 a.m. Lou Donaldson, Blues Walk; Blues Walk: Blue Note. Lou Donaldson, Strollin’ In; Lou Takes Off: Blue Note. Benny Carter Centennial Project, I’m In the Mood For Swing/Key Largo: Centennial Project: Evening Star. Franz Jackson/The Salty Dogs, Southside; Yellow Fire: Delmark. Earl Hines Orchestra, Up Jumped the Devil/Jersey Bounce/Southside; The Father Jumps: Bluebird. Jazz Datebook 1 a.m. Freddie Cole, If I Love Again; Music Maestro Please: High Note. Lou Donaldson, If I Love Again/Down Home; Quartet/Quintet/Sextet: Blue Note. Art Blakey Quintet, Night In Tunisia; Night At Birdland: Blue Note. Bobo Moreno/Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band, How High The Moon; Out of This World: Sundance. Carl Fontana/Frank Rosolino, Ow!; Trombone Heaven: Uptown. Gerald Wilson, I Concentrate On You; Monterey Moods: Mack Avenue. Kurt Elling, New Body and Soul; Nightmoves: Concord. 2 a.m. Milt Jackson, Bag’s Groove/On the Scene; Wizard of the Vibes: Blue Note. Thelonious Monk, Skippy/Hornin’ In/Let’s Cool One; Genius of Modern Music: Blue Note. Jimmy Smith, Cool Blues; Cool Blues: Blue Note. Lou Donaldson, Night Train; Caracas; Milestone. Dr. Lonnie Smith, Witch Doctor; Jungle Soul: Palmetto. Dizzy Gillespie, Trinidad, Goodbye; Live at Monterey: Monterey Records. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org

Jazz From Blue Lake Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca Lester Bowie, Thriller;Twilight Time:Venture. Big Maybelle, Candy; Women of Substance: Savoy. Lambert/Henricks/Ross, Halloween Spooks; Best of: Columbia. Gene Ammons, Blue Velvet; Gentle Jug, vol. 3: Prestige. Philly Joe Jones, Blues For Dracula; Blues For Dracula: Prestige. Jazz Datebook: www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Lionel Hampton, Flyin’ Home; Flyin’ Home: Decca. Count Basie, The King; 1945-46: Chronological Classics. Count Basie, Mutton Leg; 1946-47: Chronological Classics. Illinois Jacquet, Blue and Sentimental; The Man I Love: Black and Blue. Betty Joplin, But Never One Like You; Visions of the Moment: Preserved Moments. Dr. John Hair and New Connections, Sippin’ at Billy’s; When The Spirit Gets You: (self released, www.thenewconnections.com ). 11 p.m. Patti Austin, Lady Be Good; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. Al Jarreau/Kurt Elling, Take Five; Legends of Jazz: LRS Media. Charley Harrison, Jeannine; Keeping My Composure: C3 Records. Kurt Elling, I Like the Sunrise; Nightmoves: Concord Music. Jazz Datebook. Illinois Jacquet, Blues for New Orleans; The Man I Love: Black and Blue. Illinois Jacquet, Harlme Nocturne; Swing’s the Thing: Verve. Stefon Harris, Single Petal of a Rose; African Tarantella: Blue Note. Dave Brubeck, Autumn In Our Town; Indian Summer: Telarc. 12 a.m. (Out On Blue Lake) Jimmy Bennington, Street of Loneliness; Midnight Choir: OA2. Jimmy Bennington/Julian Priester, Return to Saturn/Blount; Portraits and Silhouettes: TSP (www.benningtonjazz.com). Territory Band-6/Fred Anderson, Part 2; Collide: Okka Disk. Jason Kao Hwang/Sang Won Park, Listen; Local Lingo: Euonymus. Rempis Percussion Quartet, Black Book; Hunters and Gatherers: 482 Music. Jazz Datebook 1 a.m. Jazz at the Philharmonic, Blues (first Bb blues); Complete 1944-49: Verve. Jazz at the Philharmonic, How High the Moon; Complete 1944-49: Verve. Keith Jarrett, My Foolish Heart; My Foolish Heart: ECM. Stacey Kent, I Wish I Could Go Traveling Again; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. Herbie Hancock, Sweet Bird; River: The Joni Letters: Verve. 2 a.m. Freddie Cole, Music, Maestro, Please; Music, Maestro, Please: High Note. Illinois Jacquet, Sophia/Honeysuckle Rose; Best of: Verve. Count Basie, One O’clock Jump; Live at Newport: Verve. Illinois Jacquet, Flyin’ Home; Black Velvet: Bluebird. Illinois Jacquet, Robbin’s Nest/Music Hall Beat/Jumpin’ at the Woodside; Complete: Mosaic. Illinois Jacquet Big Band, Tickletoe; Jacquet’s Got It: Atlantic. Illinois Jacquet, The Man I Love; The Man I Love: Black and Blue. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org

Jazz From Blue Lake Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, Joy Spring/Daahoud; Brownie Complete: EmArcy. Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, The Blues Walk/Cherokee; Brownie Complete: Emarcy. Phil Woods/DePaul University Jazz Ensemble, Stockholm Sweetnin’; Swingchronicity: Jazzed Media. Deep Blue Organ Trio, This I Dig of You; Folk Songs: Origin. P.J. Perry/Campbell Ryga Quintet, I Can’t Get Started; Joined at the Hip: Cellar Live. Patti Austin, Funny Face; Avant-Gershwin: Rendezvous. 11 p.m. Sonny Rollins, Pent-Up House; Plus Four: Prestige. Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, I’ll Remember April; Brownie Complete: EmArcy. Kurt Elling, Tight/Change Partners/If You Never Come To Me; Nightmoves: Concord. Eric Alexander, Temple of Olympic Zeus; Temple of Olympic Zeus: High Note. David Hazeltine, Gratitude; The Inspiration Suite: Sharp Nine. Andy Bey, I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart; It Ain’t Necessarily So: 12th Street Records. 12 a.m. Chris Powell’s Blue Flames, I Come From Jamaica/Ida Red; The Beginning and the End: Columbia. Clifford Brown, Brownie Speaks/De-Dah; Memorial Album: Blue Note. Tadd Dameron Orchestra, Theme of No Repeat/Choose Now; Memorial Album: Prestige. J.J. Johnson, Turnpike/Get Happy; The Eminent J.J. Johnson: Blue Note. Clifford Brown, Brownie Eyes/Minor Mood; Memorial Album: Blue Note. Gigi Gryce Orchestra, Brown Skins;Complete Paris Sessions vol 1: Vogue. Clifford Brown Sextet, Minority; in Paris: Prestige. 1 a.m. Eberhard Weber, Syndrome; Stages of a Long Journey: ECM. Alan Pasqua, George Russell; The Anti-Social Club: Cryptogramophone. George Russell, Listen to the Silence; 80th Birthday Concert: Concept. Linda Sharrock/Eric Watson, The Bystander (to Roman Polanski); Listen to the Night: Owl/Sunnyside. John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz, The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws; Joys and Desires: Intuition. Sam Rivers Trio, Solace; Firestorm: RivBea Sound Inc. Ornette Coleman, Jordan; Sound Grammar: Sound Grammar. Myra Melford/Mark Dresser/Matt Wilson, Modern Pine; Big Picture: Cryptogramophone. 2 a.m. Art Blakey, Now’s the Time/Confirmation; A Night At Birdland Vol. 2: Blue Note. Fred Anderson, Timeless; Timeless: Delmark. Antonio Sanchez, Inner Urge; Migration: Sunnyside. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org

Jazz From Blue Lake Monday, October 29, 2007 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Bennie Green, Blow Your Horn; Blow Your Horn: Decca Woody Herman, Four Brothers; Blowing Up A Storm: Columbia. Woody Herman, Keeper of the Flame; Keeper of the Flame: Capitol. The Four Brothers, The Swinging Door; Together Again: RCA. Zoot Sims Quartet, 9:20 Special/The Man I Love; That Old Feeling: Chess. Frank Rosolino/Carl Fontana, Just Friends; Trombone Heaven: Uptown. Kurt Elling, Change Partners/If You Never Come To Me; Nightmoves: Concord. Bobby Hutcherson, Don’t Blame Me; For Sentimental Reasons: Kind of Blue. Charlie Parker, Yardbird Suite; Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes: Savoy. 11 p.m. Al Cohn/Zoot Sims, Yardbird Suite; Motoring Along: Sonet. Zoot Sims, Hawthorne Nights/Main Stem; Hawthorne Nights: Pablo. Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band, Apple Cores; Europe 1: RTE. Gerry Mulligan, The Red Door; Meets the Saxophonists: Verve. Steve Nelson, Night Mist Blues; Sound-Effect: High Note. Freddie Cole, You Leave Me Breathless; Music, Maestro, Please: High Note. UMO Jazz Orchestra, Melancholia; Plays the Music of Muhal Richard Abrams: Slam. Dave Brubeck, Autumn In Our Town; Indian Summer: Telarc. Lazaro Vega Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org

Fantastic Merlins Friday Nov 9 Mexicains Sans Frontieres 120 South Division AV #226 Grand Rapids MI 49503 All Ages 8 PM $10 Nathan Hanson, tenor saxophone Jacqueline Ferrier-Ultan, cello Brian Roessler, bass Federico Ughi, drums Superb...suprisingly adventurous...transcending post-modern superficiality --Signal to Noise I've been blown away...This is not just another swell improv disc --Downtown Music Gallery Enjoyably innovative...bewildering exploration --Minnesota Monthly Fantastic Merlins make music imbued with one of jazz's greatest strengths: a complex but naturally woven and interdependent improvisational spirit. --Reveille The Fantastic Merlins make improvised music with the spirit that’s the impetus behind the best jazz. --Pulse Magazine It’s refreshing when a band like the Fantastic Merlins comes along...They are a band for bored ears. --How Was the Show On top of everything, the musicians look for a collective coherence rather than straining themselves to put their excellent technical value in front of the listener, which is a major plus... --Touching Extremes They’re working on the fertile turbulent boundaries of many musical categories, setting their classical training and adventurous spirits on jazz bedrock--definitely a way to get the Paul Seal of Approval --Minnesota Public Radio The Fantastic Merlins make music that's unpredictable and steeped in emotion. Alternately upbeat and meditative...a sound that's part avant-garde jazz, part chamber music, part boundary-breaking sonic journey. -- Mliwaukee Shepherd Express

Here's a Sun-Times review from 11/2/07: NRG inspires energetic response with Russell tribute CONCERT REVIEW | Halloween reunion allows players to stretch out November 2, 2007 BY JOHN LITWEILER Today's jazz is awash in tributes -- earnest, sober, respectful. By contrast, the NRG Ensemble's Halloween-night tribute at the Hideout was screaming, booming, full of banshee wails, before a hollering crowd, many in Hal Russell masks. The beloved Russell led this Chicago-based band from 1978 to his death, 15 years ago. Most of his men grew up in NRG -- they were 30 years younger than he -- and by the end they were well known, with ECM albums and European tours. As befits Russell's spirit, this tribute was wild and joyous. This was an NRG reunion, and once again NRG's idiom was not only highly energetic it was highly musical. Chuck Burdelik was more than shocking on tenor and alto saxes. With a big, honking sound, he crafted shapely solos with arching lines and melodic curves, and he was often the eye of NRG's maelstrom. By contrast, there were Mars Williams' virtuoso, free-association bursts from extreme alto and tenor sax ranges. And Brian Sandstrom's guitar solos were quite original explorations of musical lines that develop out of dramatic fuzz, metal squawks, and other distortions. Of Russell's hundreds of songs, NRG's tribute explored seven fast ones, most with multiple themes. There was "Krupa," a comic crush of swing-band themes, with bassist Kent Kessler and a guest, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, snapping and biting at each other in a duet. "Calling All Mothers" had hilarious horns-and-strings chases. "Song Singing to You" had a dozen folk-song parodies, and NRG sang the first song Russell ever wrote as a boy: "Smells like fish, tastes like chicken/That's the Gilbert Stomp." Inevitably, there was "Hal the Weenie," climaxing in Steve Hunt's monumentally constructed drum solo and a comic duel of sax sounds. Williams' soprano sax and Hunt's vibes barely peeped an abstraction of a standard, "Moon of Manakoora," over low string moans. John Litweiler is a local jazz critic and author.

Which makes it even more of a good thing that Brownie and Gigi Gryce ignored Hamp's request not to make sessions outside of the band while on tour with him.

He talks about that in the book. The story about Braxton sitting in with Warne Marsh was told by Gary Foster. I thought it was Lee.

Yes, he does. There are places in the book where Hamilton brings up the fact that Lee simply doesn't play, anything, but let's the rhythm section stroll as Konitz just has nothing to add at the moment. Other times, too, Lee is self critical. One thing that comes out though is that isn't the end of the line, the final word, everything's over because I said this opinion. And he talks about how his take on things has evolved with more familiarity (Ornette). Even with Braxton, who he really can't stand, he leaves it open to playing free with him. They are a tough bunch, in the end. I love Art. Over the Rainbow from the comeback period is one of the great performances from his career. I just can't get this book out of my head, though. Lots of insight.

Jim, Page 150. Lee is talking about the influence on Coltrane. Hamilton says, "He changed Art Pepper in mid-career." Lee replies, "That was tragic, that influence, I think." He then talks about the Hollywood Sessions where they appear together saying of Pepper, "Art was not in top form. I was feelling good, but obviously there was trouble there." Then later, "I thought the comeback was a disapointment, from the expressionistic stuff I heard. I remember sitting in the Vanguard with Bob Mover -- a saxophonist who played with Chet Baker a lot -- and we just looked at each other in disbelief, at how ineffective Art was playing with Elvin Jones. " And then notes that Art didn't make a definitive change from his earlier to later music and that his harmonic ability was limited. Which reminded me of a comment you made regarding a re-union of Warne Marsh and Art Pepper which you saw live where Art was struggling to keep up.

It was interesting reading what Lee had to say about Art Pepper's comeback period because it was nearly identical to an observation Jsangry had on hearing Art at that time. "Kary's Trance." Mark Gardner writes that it is "Angel Eyes." In the new book, they say "Play, Fiddle, Play." Hoops. Should have used my ears when putting together a set around "Angel Eyes." Though Konitz is often tangential to the tune, he usually offers some clues. Swing and a miss.

November 1, 2007 The Jazz Datebook: Mondays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The What Not Inn features a jam session open to musicians and vocalists and featuring local, regional and international jazz musicians sitting in with the “house” band “Moment’s Notice” led by trumpeter Eddie Curtis. No cover charge. www.whatnotinn.com. The What Not Inn is located at M89 and the Blue Star Highway, 2405 68th Street, Fennville, MI. (269) 543-3341. Tuesday, November 6th from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 The Truth In Jazz Orchestra returns to The West Side Inn, 1635 Beidler St, Muskegon, MI. The 16 piece Muskegon based big band led by Dave Collee, often featuring Tim Froncek on drums, is on line at www.tijo.org . Wednesdays, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Rick Reuther sings at Notos Italian Restaurant, 6600 28th St. S.E., Grand Rapids. Rick Reuther plays with drummer Cherie Lynn and pianist Tom Hagen. See http://www.notosoldworld.com/ or www.rickreuthersings.com Wednesday, 7 to 11 p.m. trumpeter Eddie Curtis with Wally Michaels keyboards/bass keys and Jack Wilkins, drums, play jazz at Spectators, 6432 Blue Star Highway, Saugatuck, (269) 857 – 5001. Thursdays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, LA native Sweet Willie Singleton swings jazz standards at Gill’s Blue Crab Lounge in The B.O.B., 20 Monroe Ave. N.W., Grand Rapids. Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. live local jazz is featured at Naya’s Restaurant, 1144 East Paris, East Grand Rapids, MI. (616) 719 – 4400. www.nayagr.com. Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m. Restaurant Toulouse, 246 Culver Street, Saugatuck, features live jazz with the Chet Baker influenced trumpeter Eddie Curtis in duo with pianist Wally Michaels. (269) 857 – 1561. Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. live music at the new address of The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 101 Monroe Center, Grand Rapids. See www.gramonline.org for more information, or call (616) 831 – 1000. Three Fridays a month trumpeter/vocalist/entertainer Sweet Willie Singleton plays jazz in Ada during the dinner hour (6 to 9 p.m.) at the Thornapple Daily Grill, 445 Ada Drive, Ada, MI. (616) 676-1233 www.thegilmorecollection.com/Thornapple/thornapple.html. Fridays and Saturdays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. live jazz and blues at The Gull Landing, 438 South Hancock, Pentwater: November 2nd, Muskegon area guitarist Rick Hicks: Nov. 3rd, organist/jazz preacher Doc Woodward Trio; Nov. 9 & 10th, Mary Rademacher and the Rad Pack; Nov. 16 & 17th, Doc Woodward returns by popular request. (231) 869 -4215. Fridays, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. trumpeter Eddie Curtis plays on the patio behind the Everyday People’s Café, 11 Center Street, Douglas; (269) 857 – 4240. Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. live local jazz, blues and other musical forms at The Grand Seafood and Oyster Bar, 24 Washington St., Grand Haven. Live local jazz or blues guitarists on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 11 p.m. (616) 844- 5055. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pumpernickels, 202 Butler St., Saugatuck, guitarist Chip Kristi plays jazz for brunch. (269) 857-1196. Friday, November 2nd, Ann Arbor pianist and professor of music at the University of Michigan Steve Rusch improvises freely with his band Quartex at Schuler Books and Music, 2660 28th Street, Grand Rapids (616) 942-2561. The concert is free. See: www.music.umich.edu/faculty_staff/rush.stephen.lasso. Sunday, November 4th at 8 p.m. Japanese born percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and Swedish guitarist David Stackenas improvise free music at Mexicans Sans Frontiers, 120 South Division Av. #226, Grand Rapids. (616) 706-7963. Nakatani’s last appearance in Grand Rapids with the Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe was recorded for broadcast on Blue Lake Public Radio and subsequently issued on the Justin Time Label of Montreal. Hope College’s recording engineer John Erskine will be at Hugo Caludin’s artist run loft on Sunday at 8 p.m. to capture the improvisations. Sunday, November 4th from 3 to 7 p.m. The West Shore Jazz Society presents early jazz style of The Chicago Salty Dogs at The Oakridge Country Club, 513 West Pontaluna Road, Muskegon. Contact Bill Blakeman at (231) 206-5683 or E-mail, wjblakeman@aol.com; for reservations, (231) 733-0071. Sunday, November 4th at 7 p.m. Faruq Z. Bey plays saxophone with the Northwoods Improvisers at the Central Michigan University Library Auditorium, Mount Pleasant. See www.northwoodsimprovisers.com. Sunday, November 4th at 4:30 p.m. the Jazz Institute of Chicago presents “Franz Jackson Celebrates 95!” at Dowagiac Middle School Performing Arts Center, Dowagiac, MI. Known for his arrangements on “Yellow Fire” and “Southside” with the Earl Hines Grand Terrace Orchestra of the 1930’s, tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Franz Jackson is a living legend of Chicago jazz. An all star cast will support him including trumpeter Art Hoyle. A limited number of tickets are available for a private buffet reception with Franz Jackson at The Woodfire Italian Trattoria following the concert. Tickets for the concert are between $50 and $25; available through (269) 782-1115 or on-line at www.dogwoodfinearts.org. Friday November 9th at 8 p.m., Saturday Nov. 10th at 8 p.m. and Sunday November 11th at 3 p.m. vocalist Patti Austin appears with the Grand Rapids Symphony under Associate Conductor John Varineau in “A loving tribute to one of America’s greatest singers, Ella Fitzgerald.” Along with Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald popularized the Great American Song Book in the middle3 of the last century. Ella Fitzgerald’s interpretation of movie and show tunes (often written for Fred Astaire) by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin, as well as jazz composers Fats Waller and Duke Ellington, popularized jazz’s interpretive possibilities. Tickets are available from $18 to $56 through Ticket Master at (616) 456 – 3333. See www.pattiaustin.com or www.grsymphony.org. Friday, November 9th at 7:30 p.m. a CD release party for Michael Doyle and Evidence at Schuler Books and Music, 2660 28th Street S.E., Grand Rapids. The new Evidence Jazz Group CD “The Message” includes liner notes by Lazaro Vega. This performance is free. Information from 616 942 2561 or www.schulerbooks.com . Friday, November 9th at 7 p.m. The Jazz Ambassadors, the United States Army’s 19 piece touring jazz orchestra, appears at Northview High School Performing Arts Center, 4451 Hunsburger Ave. N.E., Grand Rapids (616) 363-4857 ext. 1727. The free concert will feature former Northview High School student Kevin Watt as trumpet soloist. Saturday, November 10th from 7 to 10 p.m. jazz vocalist Edye Evans Hyde joins blues band The Vincent Hayes Project to open a new season of “The Alley Door Club” at the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts, Muskegon. $5 at the door. Information from (231) 727-8001 or www.frauenthal.info. Tuesday, November 13th at 7:30 p.m. Chicago jazz vocalist Kurt Elling appears in the St. Cecilia Music Center’s revamped jazz season (see: http://stcecilia.portfoliocms.com/Brix?pageID=1) which includes a concert by saxophonist Joe Lovano on January 24th and special Mother’s Day events with pianists Cyrus Chestnut and Eric Reed. Call (616) 459 – 2224 for more information. Wednesdays November 14th and December 12th the Beltline Big Band plays for swing and couples dancing from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Peninsular Club, 120 Ottawa Avenue, Grand Rapids, (616) 459 – 3261. For information, www.beltlinebigband.com. Wednesday, November 14th at 8:15 p.m. The New York Voices (www.newyorkvoices.com) appear in concert for the Western Michigan University School of Music at The Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, Kalamazoo. Tickets are $15 (students $5) from The Miller Auditorium Box Office, (800) 228-9858. Thursday, November 15th at 8:00 p.m. Fontana Chamber Arts presents the gifted young jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris whose recent major composition “African Tarentella, ‘Dances with Duke’” (For Duke Ellington) is heard at Howard Chenery Auditorium, 714 S. Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007. (269) 337-0440. Performed by Stefon Harris - vibes and marimba; Junah Chung, viola ; Louise Dubin, cello; Anne Drummond, flute; Mark Vinci, clarinet; Roland Barber, trombone; Marc Cary, piano; Earl Travis, bass; Terreon Gully, drums. Tickets are $30 and $22 for adults, $5 for students with ID. Phone The Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 382-7774. See: www.fontanachamberarts.org/?pid=194 . Thursday, November 15th at 7:30 p.m. The Hope College Jazz Ensemble presents James Miley’s composition “Bug,” followed by the ensemble “Bug,” inspired by jazz collective built around the music of 2004 IAJE/Gil Evans Fellowship recipient James Miley at the Knickerbocker Theater, Holland. “Bug” the band includes Miley at the piano, Peter Epstein from the University of Nevada, Reno on saxophones, guitarist Jeff Miley (Cuesta College), bassist Roger Shew (Fullerton College and Laguna Beach High School) and drummer Brian Hamada (Fresno-based freelance musician). Additional information may be obtained online at www.bugtet.com. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St. For information, (616) 395-7860 Sundays November 18th and December 16th from 7 to 10 p.m. the Rhythm Section Jazz Band directed by Paul Sherwood plays for big band swing dancing at Westwood at the Crossings, 5760 West River Drive (3 miles west of the East Beltline), Grand Rapids. See: www.gigmasters.com/BigBand/TheRhythmSectionJazz. Monday, November 19th Macnaughton Boulevard performs at the Kopper Top Guest House, 634 Stocking Avenue N.W., Grand Rapids as part of the West Michigan Jazz Society’s Jazz Gumbo Showcase. Information from (616) 458 – 0125 or www.wmichjazz.org. Monday, December 3rd at 7:30 p.m. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy plays their high energy swing and blues at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, 600 Forest Hills Avenue S.E., Grand Rapids. See www.fhfineartscenter.com or by phone (616) 493-8965. Thursday, December 13 the West Michigan Jazz Society Holiday Party at the Donnelly Center, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids. Information on the West Michigan Jazz Society’s Jazz from (616) 458 – 0125 or www.wmichjazz.org. Thursday, January 24th at 7:30 p.m. the Hot Club of San Francisco presents their multi-media, gypsy jazz inspired program “Silent Surrealism” at Dimnent Memorial Chapel, Hope College, Holland. The Hot Club is modeled after the legendary Parisian band of the 1930s, The Hot Club of France, co-led by violinist Stephane Grapelli and guitarist Django Reinhardt. During their performance in Holland, The Hot Club of San Francisco will accompany live 40 minutes of four silent films rediscovered and premiered at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (these are film scores original to The Hot Club of San Francisco). The "San Francisco Chronicle" called the group "one of the most cohesive and entertaining Gypsy swing bands in the United States.” Individual tickets for this concert or season subscriptions to Hope College’s Great Performances Series are available at the ticket office in the DeVos Fieldhouse, 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets, Holland; or by calling (616) 395-7890. Information about the entire season is available from www.hope.edu/gps . Friday, February 29th 2008 at 7:30 p.m. jazz flutist Holly Hoffman accompanied by pianist Mike Wofford appear in the Hart Community Performing Arts Series, Hart Public Schools Auditorium, Hart Middle School, 308 West Johnson Street. Tickets are $8 and available through librarian@hart.lib.mi.us or 231.873.4476. March 1st, the Blue Coast Quartet returns to ‘Til Midnight in Holland. ‘Till Midnight is located at 171 East 24th Street, Holland: phone, (616) 392 – 6883 or www.tillmidnight.biz . Friday, March 14th at 7 p.m. vocalist Sunny Wilkinson and pianist Ron Newman play jazz in concert at Bethlehem Church Sanctuary as part of “Musical Arts for Justice in the Community” to raise money for social justice organizations throughout west Michigan, this year benefiting The Grand Rapids Coalition to End Homelessness. Bethlehem Church is located at 250 Commerce Avenue S.W., Grand Rapids. (616) 456-1741 or www.grmajic.org. Sunday, March 16th at 7:30 p.m. the Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour comes to the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, 600 Forest Hills Avenue S.E., Grand Rapids, with Terence Blanchard, trumpet; James Moody, saxophones; Benny Green, piano; Nnenna Freelon, voice; Derrick Hodge, bass; and Kendrick Scott, drums. See www.fhfineartscenter.com or by phone (616) 493-8965. Saturday, March 29th at 8 p.m. The Chicago Jazz Orchestra with trumpeter Jon Faddis (www.chijazz.com ) at the Fine Arts Center Auditorium, Calvin College, Grand Rapids. Available, too, dinner at the Prince Conference Center prior to the concert: www.calvin.edu for more information. Saturday, April 19, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. the “Harry James Orchestra” appears at Frauenthal Theater in Muskegon, a presentation of Muskegon Community Concerts. Tickets: Star Tickets Plus 1-800-585-3737 or Frauenthal Box Office: M-F 11am-6pm. The Harry James Orchestra is currently under the direction of James’ lead trumpet virtuoso Fred Radke, whose style of playing is so similar to James’ that listeners often cannot discern the difference. Radke’s credits include The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Lennon Sisters, Connie Stevens, and The Pied Pipers.

I feel bad for being shy of their $50,000 in the funder, though.

http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=7271 Every week more than 36,000 Middle Tennesseans have their FM radio dial tuned to WMOT 89.5. The station, based on the MTSU campus, is one of only a few full-time jazz radio stations left in the region, said Keith Palmer, director of development at WMOT. “These types of stations are few and far between,” he said. Listeners constantly thank the station for keeping “smart music” on the radio, Palmer said. WMOT is a National Public Radio member station. “Our audience over the past five years has continued to grow,” Palmer said. “We would like them to grow faster.” WMOT is a modern, mainstream jazz station playing music from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in the 1940s and ’50s to Diana Krall and Kevin Mahogany from the present. The jazz station is a division of the MTSU College of Mass Communications and broadcasts its signal from the Learning Resource Center on campus. MTSU is also licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to operate the student-run station WMTS-FM 88.3. Listenership has increased as WMOT has expanded its coverage area in recent years to include most of Davidson and its surrounding counties. Recent equipment updates have given the broadcaster high definition capability, which if monies were available would allow WMOT to add a second station. Anyone around the world can listen to WMOT on the Web at www.wmot.org. WMOT’s annual fall on-air fundraising drive ended Oct. 18 short of its $50,000 goal. Bi-annual fundraising has become a necessity for the station to operate as federal grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are becoming harder to obtain. Money raised goes directly towards operational and programming costs. MTSU, as an entity of the state of Tennessee, pays WMOT’s eight full-time employees’ salaries and benefits and a modest operating budget, Palmer said. WMOT General Manager John Egly said funding is always in question. “MTSU has been a good partner,” he said. “We have always been able to meet our budget needs.” WMOT’s mission melds with that of the MTSU as a whole, which is to educate and seek community partnerships. “(The station) is such a great resource to educate and to provide the community with what is a truly unique American art form,” Palmer said. The Music Greg Lee, program director and host of The Morning Beat, listens to every CD that comes into the station, “We are just inundated with music now,” he said, “and there are only so many hours in a day — a year.” Lee estimates he receives about 50 CDs in the mail a week from local and national artists. “If you are a jazz fan, it is a good place to be,” he said of the station he has worked at since the early 1980s. WMOT’s catalog of music contains more than 6,000 songs. Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. programming is locally produced but broadcast on a live-tape delay meaning most shows are taped ahead of time. Throughout the day, WMOT features live local news, weather and traffic produced by its news department. The station also broadcasts news from the Associated Press. Overnight the syndicated jazz program "Jazz with Bob Parlocha" is broadcast. “He is very knowledgeable about this music,” Palmer said. Sunday's playlist is filled with a variety of local and NPR programming. Community Outreach and Education WMOT reaches out to the community by playing public service announcements for area nonprofits through out the day. The station’s Web site allows nonprofit organizations to self-post their events. The jazz station also partners with and promotes area jazz festivals such as the annual Main Street Jazz Festival on the Murfreesboro Public Square. WMOT first signed on April 9, 1969 from the MTSU Boutwell Dramatic Arts Building with 780 watts on a 100-foot tower primarily as a way to teach students about radio. “To this day we have paid student workers both on and off the air,” Palmer said. “They get really good experience.” At any given time, WMOT has 15 to 20 paid student workers. WMOT changed from a block programming station to an all jazz and news station in 1982. John L. High, the general manager at the time, did community research and discovered there was a void in jazz radio in Middle Tennessee. The station wanted to build an audience by going to one format. Jazz music is culturally diverse and WMOT offers national programming through the night and on Sundays, Palmer said. “That is the best part of this music is that it does cross a lot of lines, he said, adding that he became a fan of jazz music while working at the station as a student in the late 1980s. “That is why we like it.” WMOT Jazz listeners are more educated, travel more and have a higher income than the average radio listener. Listeners are more likely men than women, according to NPR Jazz audience profile 2006, and most listeners are over the age of 25. Some 50 percent have a college degree, 68 percent have a household income over $50,000 a year and 67 percent travel domestically. “Our listeners are extremely loyal,” Palmer said. “Our donors are extremely loyal. Many have been giving to the station for 10 years or more.” WMOT was nominated for the Gavin Report “Jazz Station of the Year” in 1988 and ’99. Details Magazine named WMOT “Middle Tennessee’s Best Radio Station” in 1991. Erin Edgemon can be reached at 869-0812 and at eedgemon@murfreesboropost.com. On the Web: www.wmot.org

Well, I did read it, and the mistakes were more of a distraction. He sees Coltrane's great quartet as an ideal that was unbalanced by the presence of Eric Dolphy (and stood by that in our interview). Then, reading the Konitz book last night, came across this by Gunther Schuller (pg. 176): "John Coltrane is overcelebrated, Eric Dolphy is forgotten. I can't explain this really -- it's just idiotic."

Wow -- you heard Clifford in Paris in '53! What an important year that was for him. His transition from r&b to jazz, his first dates as a leader, recording "Minority" with Gigi Gryce while over there. What a great memory to have.