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World Turning

Take a sound journey with your World Turning hosts each Friday afternoon from 12-2 and reflect on the creative contributions that people all over the planet are making through music.… MoreTake a sound journey with your World Turning hosts each Friday afternoon from 12-2 and reflect on the creative contributions that people all over the planet are making through music. Enjoy a world of diversity in voices and instruments--celebrate the fragile experiment that is humanity. Less

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1. "A Night In Tunisia" - Dizzy Gillespie - Afro [Verve Reissues: 1954]
   Notes: USA
2. "Dance With Waves" - Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes Of Rita [ECM Records: 2009]
   Notes: Tunisia
3. "Dance Layan Dance" - Dhafer Youssef, Zakir Hussein, et al - Sounds of Mirrors [Back Beat Edition: 2018]
   Notes: Tunisia, India, Turkey, Norway--with Zakir Hussein, Husnu Senlendirici, Elviad Aarset
4. "Dancing!" - Wu Man, Tamara Weikel, Stuart Dempster, Abel Domingues - Man Wu: From a Distance [Naxos: 2004]
   Notes: China--Wu Man is a female pipa virtuoso. (The pipa is a Chinese lute. )She is accompanied by Stewart Dempster--bells; DJ Tamara--turntables; Abel Dominques--banjo.
5. "Dancing In Madness" - Anoushka Shankar - Traveller [Deutsche Grammophon (DG): 2011]
   Notes: India / UK / USA
6. "Urban Band Dance Music: Logâri / Mustafa / Shishkebâb" - Zainab Herawi, Anar Gol, Urak, Halimeh - Afghanistan: Female Musicians of Herat [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Auvidis-UNESCO: 2015]
   Notes: Afghanistan - before 2021, (when women could still play music.) Herat is located in northwestern Afghanistan, near Iran.
7. "Initiation of Ecstasy - Instrumental" - El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe - Zaghareed [El-Funoun: 1997]
   Notes: Palestine
8. "Bismillah" - The Sufi Choir - The Best of the Sufi Choir [Cold Mountain Music: 2004]
   Notes: USA - Sufi Dance music
9. "Dance Me to the End of Love/Yiddish" - Batsheva - i, batsheva, SINGER [5463802 Records DK: 2023]
   Notes: Canada - Jewish folksinger Batsheva re-interprets Leonard Cohen's classic song with Yiddish verses.
10. "Dancing On Water" - Finjan - Dancing On Water [Rounder Records: 2000]
    Notes: Canada
11. "Neuseidler Medley: Gypsy Dance / Jews Dance" - The John Renbourn Group - A Maid in Bedlam [Transatlantic: 1977]
    Notes: UK / Romania
12. "Saltarello" - Dead Can Dance - A Passage in Time [4AD: 1991]
    Notes: Australia
13. "Terpsichore*: La Bouree" - Michael Praetorius, Westra Aros Pipers, Bourrasque Ensemble, Bertil Färnlof - Praetorius: Dances From Terpsichore [Naxos: 1998]
    Notes: Germany--composer, organist, and music theorist Michael Praetorius lived from 1571 - 1621.
14. "Bethan's Dance" - At First Light - Idir [At First Light records: 2012]
    Notes: Northern Ireland, UK
15. "I Buried My Wife (and danced on her grave)" - Dervish - Playing with fire [Dervish: 1995]
    Notes: Ireland
16. "Maat Dance" - Faraualla - Sind' [Amiata Records: 2002]
    Notes: Italy
17. "Dalmatian Dance - Croatia" - Arany Zoltan - The Balkan Trip [Author's edition: 2013]
    Notes: Hungary / Croatia - Arany Zoltan is a mandolinist and multi-instrumentalist with expertise in folk and medieval music of Europe. This track is a traditional Croatian tune.
18. "Northern Dances" - Inna and the Farlanders - The Dream of Endless Nights [Shanachie: 1999]
    Notes: Russia
19. "Chassidic Dance" - Warsaw Village Band - People's Spring [world village: 2001]
    Notes: Poland
20. "Perpetual Dance" - Donia Jarrar - Letters to Palestine [Jafra Productions: 2014]
    Notes: Palestine
21. "Wah Fu Dance (feat. Angelique Kidjo)" - Calypso Rose, Angelique Kidjo - So Calypso ! [Maturity Music Limited: 2018]
    Notes: Trinidad & Tobago/ Benin - (featuring Angelique Kidjo)
22. "Pelican Dance" - Sandunes - The Ground Beneath Her Feet [Tru Thoughts: 2023]
    Notes: India / USA - Sandunes, aka Sanaya Ardeshir is a composer, producer and pianist, originally from Mumbai, India
23. "Dancing in Your Mind" - The Master Musicians Of Jajouka, Bachir Attar - Dancing Under the Moon [Glitterbeat Records: 2022]
    Notes: Morocco
24. "Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Invisible City Of Bladensburg" - John Fahey - The Yellow Princess [Vanguard Records: 1968]
    Notes: USA - John Fahey was a great American folk guitarist from Prince George's County Maryland.
25. "Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand" - Chance McCoy & The Appalachian String Band - Debut [Appalachian Music Group: 2008]
    Notes: USA
26. "Laughing in her Sleep" - Oliver Schroer - Jigzup [Borealis Records: 1993]
    Notes: Canada
27. "Do You Love Me" - The Contours - single [Gordy: 1962]
    Notes: USA
28. "Do You Want to Dance?" - Bobby Freeman - Starlight [Jubilee: 1958]
    Notes: USA
29. "El Fugitivo" - Sarazino, Amparo Sanchez - Everyday Salama [Cumbancha: 2012]
    Notes: Equador, Algeria, Spain--Lamine Fellah, aka Sarazino, was originally from Algeria, lived in various places in North and West Africa, an currently in Equador. Vocal appearance by Amparo Sanchez of Spain.

The Jazz Messenger

The depth, diversity and often contrasting ideas of jazz and blues programming is reverently represented each Friday morning with an emphasis on hard bop, modern, soul jazz and scrapyard blues,… MoreThe depth, diversity and often contrasting ideas of jazz and blues programming is reverently represented each Friday morning with an emphasis on hard bop, modern, soul jazz and scrapyard blues, as well as a sampling of current releases and reissues. Brian invites you to take a full, deep breath and end your week on the downbeat with ninety minutes of hedonic tones, jazz classics, featured artists and organized chaos. That's The Jazz Messenger, heard each Friday morning from 10:30 'til noon right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "Hippy" {Silver} - Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers - Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers [Blue Note: 1955]
2. "Lady Chatterley's Mother" {Al Cohn} - Gerry Mulligan and The Concert Jazz Band - At The Village Vanguard [Verve: 1960/1961]
3. "Reading from Lady Sings the Blues" {Holiday} - Read by Gilbert Millstein - Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live [Verve: 1956/1962]
4. "Don't Explain" {Holiday/Herzog} - Billie Holiday - Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live [Verve: 1956/1962]
5. "Monk's Mood" {Monk} - Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall [Blue Note: 1957]
6. "Our Delight" {Tadd Dameron} - Shelly Manne & His Men - At the Black Hawk 1 [Contemporary: 1959]
7. "The Cylinder" {Milt Jackson} - The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Complete Last Concert [Atlantic: 1974/1975]
8. "What Love?" {Mingus} - Charles Mingus - At Antibes [Atlantic: 1960/1976]
   Notes: This was recorded at a live 1960 performance at the Jazz à Juan festival at Juan-les-Pins by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
9. "A Go Go" {MSM&W} - Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood - Live: In Case The World Changes Its Mind [Indirecto Records: 2011]
10. "Miles Beyond" {McLaughlin} - John McLaughlin - Live At Ronnie Scott's [Abstract Logix: 1970]
11. "Eurydice/The Moors" {Shorter} - Weather Report - Live in Tokyo [Wounded Bird Records: 1972/2014]
    Notes: Recording took place on January 13, 1972, in Shibuya Kokaido Hall, Tokyo, one of five sold-out concerts played in Japan during that January.
12. "Mayreh" {Silver} - The Art Blakey Quintet - A Night At Birdland Volume 1 [Blue Note: 1954]

Rhythm Rendezvous

Friday mornings beginning at 9:00, join Charles Peale for a program featuring jazz, pop, blues & soul blended together in a soundtrack cocktail spanning several generations. Rhythm Rendezvous!

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1. "I Could Write A Book" {Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Frankie Carle - Piano Stylings Of... [RCA: 1952]
2. "Tropicville" {Tjader} - Cal Tjader - Latin Kick [Fantasy: 1956]
3. "Gigi" {Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe} - Ray Coniff - The Happy Beat [Columbia: 1963]
4. "It Might As Well Be Spring" - Joanie Sommers - Positively The Most [Warner: 1960]
5. "You're the Top" {Cole Porter} - Dean Elliott & his Big Band - Zounds! What Sounds [Capitol: 1962]
6. "Dreamsville" {Mancini} - Bobby Hackett - Hackett Plays Mancini [Sony: 1963]
7. "Mexican Shuffle" - Herb Alpert - South Of The Border
8. "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" - Billy Vaughn - Look For a Star [ 1960]
9. "You'll Never Know" {Harry Warren & Mack Gordon} - Nat King Cole - [Capitol: 1959]
10. "Blue Is The Night" {Fred Fisher} - Lalo Schifrin - Spectrum [Epic: 1957]
11. "Moonglow Cha Cha" - the Executives - [Edsel: 1958]
12. "Wheel Of Fortune" {Bennie Benjamin & George Weiss} - Ray Coniff - The Happy Beat [Columbia: 1963]
13. "Chains of Love" {Henry VanWalls/A. Nugetre} - Irma Thomas - True Believer [Rounder: 1992]
14. "I'm In The Mood For Love" {Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields} - Terry Snyder's All-stars - Persuasive Percussion [Varese: 1959]
15. "Moon River Cha Cha" {Mancini} - Henry Mancini - Martinis With Mancini [ 1961]
16. "Maui Chimes" {H. Owens} - Arthur Lyman - Best Of... [DCC: 1959]
17. "If I Could Be With You One Hour" {Henry Creamer/Arthur Johnson} - Teddi King - To You From Teddi King [Avid: 1956]
18. "Jungle Fantasy" {Morales} - Lalo Schifrin - Piano Espanol [Tico: 1959]
19. "Mandari Mambo" {Pepino} - Pepino - The Many Sides Of Pepino [Del-Fi: 1959]
20. "Mr. Lucky Goes Latin" {Mancini} - Henry Mancini - Martinis With Mancini [ 1961]
21. "Could I Be Falling In Love?" {Randle/Seymour/Mitchell} - Syl Johnson - Best Of... [Hi: 1972]

Classical Sunrise - Friday

Start the day right with WTJU! Every weekday morning from 7-9 Classical Sunrise eases you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts and special features you won't find anywhere else.

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1. "Sonata nona in A Minor" {Alessandro SCARLATTI} - Camerata Koln - Scarlatti: Seven Concerti per Flauto, Violini, Viola, e Basso [cpo ]
2. "Sonata No. 3 in D minor" {Jean-Baptiste BARRIERE} - Estaban La Rotta, theorbo; Jivko Georgiev, clo.; Margaret Little, vla. da gamba; Katelyn Clark, org. - Les Gouts Accordes [ATMA Classique ]
3. "Sonata a 3 in F Major, Hob.IV:F2" {Franz Joseph HAYDN} - Jakob Lindberg, lte.; Nils-Erik Sparf, vln.; Lars Brolin, vla.; Olof Larsson, clo. - Haydn: The Complete Works for Lute and Strings [BIS ]
4. "The Lark Ascending" {Ralph Vaughan WILLIAMS} - English String Orchestra, William Boughton, cond.; Michael Bochmann, vln. - Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, The Lark Ascending / Delius: Florida Suite [Nimbus Records ]
5. "Maria Luisa" {Julio SAGRERAS} - David Veslocki, gtr. - single [Frameworks Records ]
6. "Piano Sonata No. 17 in B Flat Major, K. 570" {Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART} - Andras Schiff, pno. - Mozart: The Piano Sonatas [Decca ]
7. "Classical Symphony, Op. 25" {Sergei PROKOFIEV} - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado, cond. - Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, etc. [Deutsche Grammophon ]
8. "Adagio for Strings" {Samuel BARBER} - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, cond. - Transmigration [Telarc ]
9. "Passagio" {Ludovico EINAUDI} - Daniel Hope, vln.; Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin - Spheres [Deutsche Grammophon ]
10. "Promenade, "Walking the Dog"" {George GERSHWIN} - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. - Gershwin: Rhapsodies [CBS Masterworks ]
11. "I Got Rhythm" {George GERSHWIN} - Jon Manasse, clt.; Jon Nakamatsu, pno. - Bernstein, Gershwin, Novacek, and D'Rivera: American Music for Clarinet & Piano [Harmonia Mundi ]

Classical Prelude - Friday

Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to… MoreClassical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert. Less

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Cruisin' the Decades - 100 Years of Music

"Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" is an ode to record collecting and the power of the airwaves. It is an international radio show hosted by Charlottesville area… More"Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" is an ode to record collecting and the power of the airwaves. It is an international radio show hosted by Charlottesville area alumnus Brad Savage, spotlighting recorded popular music history. In one hour, one song per decade is shared, across all genres, from the 1920's to the 2020's. Get in the cruisin' time machine on the airwaves and travel across a full century of music. There is magic in the air(waves)! cruisinthedecades.com Less

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WTJU Overnight

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The Hacienda Show

Every Friday morning, 1 AM, all EDM genres, new and classic tracks, plus local and international DJ guests. It's Electronic music for vibey people!

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