Wow, the last show, literally, before the funding drive starts this morning at 9am. It’s been nice to have a bit of a break — went to NYC and spent some time out in Longview on a film set, but I’m happy to be back, diggin’ through tracks for y’all.

hour 01:
Django and Grappeli – Smoke Rings
Tommy Dorsey – Satan Take a Holiday
Jelly Roll Morton – Boogie Woogie Blues
Benny Goodman – Goodnight My Love
Ted Weems – You’re the Cream in my Coffee
Rudy Vallee – Deep Night
Benny Goodman – Bugle Call Rag
Horace Silver Quintet – Song for my Father
Nina SImone – My Baby Just Cares For Me
Chet Baker – Autumn in Nuew York
Mingus and Ellington – Very Special
Ella Fitzgerald and Corea – Vote for Mr Rhythm
Michael Herring – German Expressionist Cheerleader

hour 02:
Chuck Magione’s Side C of “children of Sanchez”

Chick Corea – Fickle Funk
Wes Montgomery – Bumpin’
Hugh Masekela – The Boy’s Doin’ It
George Benson – Body Talk
Moe Koffman – Swinging Shepherd Blues

hour 03:
Buckshot LeFonque – Hotter than Hot
? – Almost
Chico Hamilton – El Toro
DJ Cam Quartet – Rebirth of Cool
Antibalas Afrobeat – NESTA 75
Noel Zancanella – Piped Dream
– Who Killed Saturday Night
Balkan Beat Box – Balcasio
Carribean Jazz Project – Afro
KJM – City Folklore
DJ Cam Quartet – New York New York
– Sometime I’m Blue

Fall is my favourite time of the year — beautiful days, crisp evenings and perfect slacks weather. i was made for fall. Last show before the big NYC trip; talk about a walk down memory lane.

hour 01:
Bill Bandfield Band – Spring Forward
Dee Alexander – Rossignol
Ed Paverno Big Band – Echidna’s Arf
Andrew Scott Quartet – Hot House
Brian McCree – Nature Boy
Harry Skoler – Silent Serenity
John Miller Quartet – Yirgacheffe
Sophie Milman – Love For Sale

hour 02:
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – first side of “mosaic”

Horace Silver – Nobody Knows
Monk Higgins – Gotta Be Funky
Labi Siffre – I got the…
Donald Byrd – Sky High
George Benson – The World is a Ghetto

hour 03:
Mary Halvorson Trio – April April May
Bobby McFerrin – Thinking About Your Body
Bonerama – The Wizard
Rena & Angela – Secret Rendezvous
Marlena Shaw – Save the Children
Gary Bartz – Carnaval de L’Esprit
MMW – Midnight Birds (sa ra remix)
Soulive – Clap!
Antizario – Jump the Shark
Antipop Consortium – a Knot in Your Bop
Eccodek – Lover’s Trance
Beats On Canvas – Ramadan

Some Fridays I come in here and I’m just totally exhausted and know the rest of my day is screwed. Those are frustrating days, to say the least. Lots of Canadian content today.

hour 01:
Django Reinhardt – Improvisation 1 & 2
Gerry Mulligan – Summer’s Over
Glenn Miller – Devil May Care
Tommy Dorsey – Stardust
Ted Weens – Remarkable Girl
Maynard Ferguson – Love Me or Leave Me
Lester Young – In a little Spanish Town
Nina Simone – Black is the Color
John Miller Quartet – Leaves For Laura
Adrian Vedady – Quiet
Sophie Milman – 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

hour 02:
Moe Koffman – first side of “1967

Oscar Peterson Trio – Bag’s Groove
Chick Corea – Children’s Song #12
Chet Baker – Once Upon a Summertime

hour 03:
Unity – Theme From Rahsaan
Chin Chin – Mr Sexy Boy
Cannonball Aderley (Diamond D remix) – Bohemia After Dark
Gabor Szabo (prefuse 73 remix) – Mizrab
Antizario – Plygamy and Plastic
L’Orkestre Des pas Perdus – Couvre-Feu
Linn & Freddie – L.I.N.N.
Sexmob and Medeski – Odd Job, You Only Live Twice, Mob Rule 4, Artie Shaw
Corey WIlkes & Abstrkt Pulse – Chasin’ Leroy
Jerrold Dubyk Quartet – Hot ‘n Ready

Two 5am mornings this week!  I don’t remember the last time that happened.  See you all at Roc the Bells.

hour 01:
Django Reinhardt – Oiseaux Des Iles
Django Reinhardt – After You’ve Gone
Benny Goodman – Sentimental Journey
Count Basie – Shiny Stockings
Oscar Peterson – The Man I Love
Erroll Garner – Don’t Worry ’bout Me
Billy Eckstine – I Apologize
Antonio Carlos Jobim – Agua de Beber
Frank Sinatra – Luck Be a Lady
Louis Prima – Angelina Zooma Zooma
Joe Coughlin – Bad Influence
John Miller Quartet – Tearaway Blues

hour 02:
Miles Davis – The Birth or Cool

Dizzy Gillespie – Good Bait
Art Blakey – Anthenagin

hour 03:
Essence All Stars – True Blue
Bill King’s Rhythm Express -
Cinematic Orchestra – Man with Movie Camera
Sea Level – Sneakers 54
Balkan Beat Box – Balcasio
Caribbean Jazz Project – Second Opinion
KOOP – Bright Nights
Lenny White – Savant

So, I’m doing Monday and Friday this week, so MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN — i jest. Summer’s finally here in Calgary; everyone’s at the lake and the slow down is in full effect until September. I hope all you Monday listeners are down with the JazzStains format. This one goes out to all the Monday morning coffee tweakers who hit it a little too hard this weekend — i got your back.

hour 01:
Benny Goodman – Goodnight my love
Benny Goodman – Back Beet Boogie
Benny Goodman – Swingtime in the Rockies
Tommy Dorsey & Artie Shaw – I’ll remember April
Glenn Miller – Sing 4 Your Supper
Tommy Dorsey & Edythe Wright – The Music Goes Round & Round
Jell Roll Morton – Midnight Mama
Charles Mingus – Pussy Cat Dues
Charles Mingus – Jelly Roll
Miles Davis – Concierto de Aranjuez

hour 02:
Chet Baker – 1st side of “Baker’s Holiday”

Moe Koffman – Norweigian Wood
Donald Byrd – You and the Music
George Benson – California Dreamin’
George Benson – Dance
Mingus/Ellington – Solitude (alternate take)

hour 03:
Laurent Garnier – side 1 of “The Cloud Making Machine”

Antizario – Jump the Shark
Antibalas – World Without Fear
The Last of the International Playboys – St. Paul
Antipop Consortium – Slow Horn
Metalwood – Tuesday