Do we have eclectic tastes in music? Yes, we do. On today's show we'll be listening to some classic and contemporary jazz, some classical favorites (remembering why JS Bach can touch our hearts like no one else), a little French Gypsy music, an international trio playing music of Brazil, a couple of well-known rock tunes followed by jazz interpretations, some gospel music from the 1950's, music from Cuba, a little-known rambling from Van Morrison's pastoral period, and a setting of lyrics found in an old shoebox in Woody Guthrie's closet after he passed away. Oh, and a few other things, as well.
Stéphane Grappelli, I'm Confessin', from So Easy To Remember
Dizzy Gillespie, Perdido, from Absolutely The Best Dizzy Gillespie
Arnett Cobb, Let's Split, from Smooth Sailing
Lester Young, Lester Leaps In, from the Lester Young CD in a series called This Is Jazz (#26)
Joshua Bell, Paul Coker, Schön Rosmarin, from The Kreisler Album
Christopher Parkening, Bach Cantata 156: Arioso from The Great Recordings - Christopher Parkening (Disc 2)
Misha Mengelberg Quartet, We're Going Out for Italian, from Four in One
Paul Butterfield, Bread And Butterfield, from North South
Tchavolo Schmitt, D'accord Woody, from Alors ? ... Voilà !
Yo-Yo Ma, Doce De Coco (“Coconut Candy”), from Appassionato, 2007
Marty Ehrlich and the Dark Woods Ensemble, Blind Willie McTell, from Sojourn
Esbjörn Svensson Trio, In My Garage, from Seven Days Of Falling
Bob Moses, Message To The Music Bizness, from Bittersuite in the Ozone
Rabih Abou-Kalil, Imminent Journey, from Yara
Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson, Rat Entrance, from Kindred
Jimi Hendrix, Little Wing, from Are You Experienced (1966?)
Geri Allen, Little Wing, from Three Pianos For Jimi
Daryl Hall And John Oates, Sara Smile
Mike Mainieri, Sara Smile, from Love Play
Mavis Staples, On My Way, from We'll Never Turn Back
Van Morrison, Haunts Of Ancient Peace, from Common One, 1980
Sam Cooke, Someday, Somewhere, from The Very Best of Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers, Volume 1
Wayne Shorter, Dindi, from Super Nova
Carlos Santana with Tina Turner, The Game Of Love, from Ultimate Santana
Billy Bragg & Wilco, Birds And Ships, from Mermaid Avenue
The Swan Silvertones, The Day Will Surely Come, from Love Lifted Me
Orlando Cachaito Lopez, Mis Dos Pequenas, from Cachaito