Is it too early to start thinking about spring?

Jazz Stains, CJSW 90.9 FM, January 30 2009

wow! I’m lovin’ this weather. hoodies. girls in skirts. more smiles everywhere and it doesn’t take an hour to get a cab. pretty frakin’ sweet.

So, I’m going to take a break from some of the older bandstand jazz I’ve been exploring lately; i’m going to use the first hour to explore some of the earlier works of great “names” in jazz…early miles, early chet, etc…I’m really looking forward to this change, but don’t worry I’ll still pull out the occassional Glenn Miller beauty.

In the second hour i start with the first side of People Get Ready, The Freedom Sounds ft. Wayne Henderson. It should prove a nice pick me up after the first hour — a little shot of caffeine.

The third hour features virgin pops (which should be a band name) — untouched vinyl getting it’s first spin; truly one of the great splendours for an audiophile is fresh wax: a 2006 recording off of Rapster Records. Louie Vega presents Luisito Quintero, Percussion Madness. And other good stuff, of course.

hour 01:
– funky blues
thelonius monk – just a gigolo
bill evans – when i fall in love
dizzy gillespie – lover come back
oscar peterson – fly me to the moon
miles davis – morpheus
stan getz – little willie leaps
chet baker – let’s get lost
yves francois – lester leaps in
ron davis (with sasha boychuk) – street stomp
billet deux – tu vuo’ fa’ il’ americano

hour 02:
The Freedom Sound ft. Wayne Henderson – full first side of “People Get Ready

? – Hora Decubitus
George Benson – Body Talk
Donald Byrd – Jelly Roll
Paul Desmond – A Ship with No Sail
Dizzy Gillespie – The Truth

hour 03:
Luisito Quintero – Gbagada Gbagada, Gbovodo, Gbovodo
Antibalas – NESTA 75
kieran Hebden and Steve Reid – 1st & 1st
The Pnuma Trio – Off Balance
? – Everything
Eccodek – When the Bird Calls
Dosh – This is When Things Were Looking Up
Chin Chin – Miami
Balkan Beat Box – Delancey
Sarah Vaughn (Adam Feeland Remix) – Fever