Playlist - 88 Jazz Place - Monday

I don't want people to get the idea that all I do here on the PN blog is post playlists. It's just that this weekend I had a very busy time musically -- four out of five days I was on the air, and on Saturday we started with Straight, No Chaser. There will be more reviews and interviews, as well as podcasts, available here in the weeks and months to come. I've only just now gotten started on what the blog is supposed to be -- a place to find cool sounds and words first.

On another note, it certainly was fine to be playing jazz and blues on MLK Day. I felt just a little more connected to the issues and history of what Dr. King stood, fought, and died for -- civil rights, peace, equality, and social justice. I did my best to play a few songs here and there that recognize the tradition of struggle. Have a peaceful day, everyone. Me, I'm spending time with my family.

Song, Album, Artist
The Impaler, Michael Brecker, Two Blocks from the Edge
Early Autumn, Miami Saxophone Quartet, Midnight Rhumba
High Clouds and a Good Chance of Wayne, Wayne Bergeron, Plays Well With Others
Lotus Blossum, Various Artists, Lush Life: Story of Billy Strayhorn
52nd Street Theme, Dizzy Gillespie, The Very Best of. . . (Legacy)
How Many More Years, Howlin' Wolf, His Best (Chess)
How Happy I Am, Rev. Gary Davis, Heroes of the Blues (Shout)
Counting My Tears, Charles Brown, Trouble Blues
Leaving Trunk, Taj Mahal, The Best of. . . (Columbia/Legacy)
Don't Cry Baby, Etta James, Her Best (Chess)
Basehead, Corey Harris, Greens from the Garden
Blues for Miles (Hip-Hop Bop), Freddy Hubbard, Blues for Miles
Slings and Arrows, Michael Brecker, Tales from the Hudson
The Dark Keys, Branford Marsalis, The Dark Keys
To Be Young Gifted and Black, Nina Simone, The Essential Nina Simone
Park Palace Parade, Sonny Rollins, Sonny, Please
City Beat, Wynton Marsalis Septet, Citi Movement
Thandiwa, Steve Turre, Keep Searchin'
Rhythm-A-Ning, Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet, Memories of T
Psychedelic Sally, Horace Silver, Serenade to a Soul Sister
God Bless the Child, Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Best of. . .(Columbia)
Sunset and the Mockingbird, Tommy Flanagan, The Brithday Concert
Lighthearted Intelligence, Cyrus Chestnut, You Are My Sunshine
Impressions, John Coltrane, The House That Trane Built
Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Nat King Cole Trio, Transcriptions
New Rhumba, Miles Davis, Miles Ahead
A Child is Born, Jones/McBride/Cobb, West of 5th
La Ronde Suite, Modern Jazz Quartet, Django
Mama Too Tight, Archie Shepp, Mama Too Tight
Fables of Faubus, Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um
Someone to Watch Over Me, Ben Webster, See You At The Fair
Stars Fell on Alabama, Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong: An American Icon
Bourbon Street Parade, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Songs of New Orleans
Amazing Grace, Cyrus Chestnut, Blessed Quietness
Portrait of Wellman Braud, Stephon Harris, African Tarantella