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Diff'rent Strokes for Diff'rent Folks: The Inspired, Integrated Family Stone

DJ Diggs pays tribute to the recently departed Sly Stone.

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1. "Dance Your Pants Off" - Sly Stone and the Mojo Men - Sly Stone's Early Works
2. "Crazy Love Song" - Sly Stone and the Mojo Men -
3. "Sing A Simple Song-Alternate Mix" - Sly & The Family Stone - Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)
4. "Color Me True" - Sly & The Family Stone - Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th, 1968
5. "Que Sera Sera" - Sly & The Family Stone -
6. "Ha Ha, Hee Hee" - Sly & The Family Stone -
7. "Who In The Funk Do You Think You Are" - Sly & The Family Stone - Ain't But the One Way
8. "Dance to the Music" - Sly & The Family Stone - Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th, 1968
9. "Off the Hook" - Sly Stone & The Mojo Men -
10. "Everyday People" - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand
11. "You Can Make It If You Try" - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand
12. "Hot FUn In The Summertime (2023 Mix)" - Sly Stone & Bootsy Collins -
13. "Skate Now" - Sly & The Family Stone - Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967
14. "Try A Little Tenderness" - Sly & The Family Stone - Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967
15. "Trip To Your Heart" - Sly & The Family Stone - Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)
16. "Dance To The Music- J. PERIOD Edit" - Sly & The Family Stone - Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)
17. "M'Lady" - Sly & The Family Stone - Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)
18. "Underdog" - Sly & The Family Stone - Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)
19. "Babies Makin' Babies" - Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh
20. "Thankful n' Thoughtful" - Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh
21. "Family Affair" - Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
22. "You Caught Me Smilin'" - Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
23. "I Want to Take You Higher" - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand
24. "My Brain (Zig-Zag)" -
25. "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" -

British Invasion

Back in the 1960s, so many pop groups from the U.K. dominated the U.S. airwaves it was dubbed "The British Invasion". The Brits from that era are icons: The Beatles,… MoreBack in the 1960s, so many pop groups from the U.K. dominated the U.S. airwaves it was dubbed "The British Invasion". The Brits from that era are icons: The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones.... Now the jazz world is seeing its own British Invasion. WTJU's intel finds a joint force assault on the senses like Sons of Kemet, grooves deep as trenches from the likes of Yussef Dayes, Nubiyan Twist, & Kokoroco, and stealthy strikes from above from groups like The Comet Is Coming. Tune in to hear music from the front-lines of jazz's onslaught of talent, featuring artists such as Nubya Garcia, Emma-Jean Thackray, Alfa Mist, Ezra Collective, and many more. This full-scale invasion isn't a mash of stale biscuits, it's all bangers! Less

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1. "Dark Days Are Done" {Rudi Creswick & Ni Maxine} - Ni Maxine - Single [Self Released: 2023]
2. "Dawn Blessings" - Bex Burch / Macie Stewart - There is only love and fear [International Anthem Recording C: 2023]
3. "Yes Yaa Yaa" - Vula Viel - Good Is Good [Vula Viel Records: 2015]
4. "Peepers" - Polar Bear - Peepers [Leaf: 2016]
5. "Pray for Me I Don't Fit In" - Melt Yourself Down - Pray for Me I Don't Fit In [Decca: 2022]
6. "To Remember" - Sarathy Korwar / Photay / Kushal Gaya - KALAK [Leaf: 2022]
   Notes: Danalogue on synthesizer, Korwar on Percussion, Vocals, Electronics, Magnus Mehta on Percussion, Composition by Tamar Osborn, Vocals written by Kushal Gaya
7. "Silhouette" - Jake Long / Tamar Osborn / Binker Golding / Shirley Tetteh / Artie Zaitz / Al MacSween / TWM Dylan / Tim Doyle - City Swamp [New Soil: 2024]
   Notes: Drums-Jake Long; Bass-Twm Dylan; Organ-Al MacSween; Electric Piano-Amane Suganami; Flute & Bass Clarinet-Tamar Osborn; Guitar-Artie Zaitz & Shirley Tetteh; Tenor Sax-Binker Golding & Nubya Garcia
8. "Set It Free" - Nubya Garcia / Richie - Set It Free [Concord Jazz: 2024]
9. "Play to Win (Live at Blue Note New York)" - Theon Cross - Affirmations (Live at Blue Note New York) [New Soil: 2025]
   Notes: Drums-James Russell Sims; Guitar, Bass-Nikos Ziarkas; Tenor Sax & Precussion-Isaiah Collier; Tuba-Theon Cross
10. "Flow" - Nubiyan Twist / Cherise - Freedom Fables [Strut: 2021]
11. "The Light (feat. Bahia Dayes)" - Yussef Dayes / Bahia Dayes - Black Classical Music [Brownswood Recordings (distribut: 2023]
12. "God Gave Me Feet for Dancing" - Ezra Collective / Yazmin Lacey - Dance, No One's Watching [Partisan Records: 2024]
13. "It's Okay (feat. Kassa Overall)" - Emma-Jean Thackray / Kassa Overall - Weirdo [Brownswood Recordings: 2025]
14. "Pick Up Your Burning Cross" - Sons of Kemet / Moor Mother / Angel Bat Dawid - Black to the Future [Impulse!: 2021]
    Notes: Drums-Eddie Wakili-Hick & Tom Skinner; Tuba-Theon Cross; Woodwinds-Shabaka Hutchings; Vocals & Lyrics by Angel Bat Dawid & Moor Mother
15. "Her Love Is All I Need" - Greg Foat / Jihad Darwish / Moses Boyd - Opening Time [Blue Crystal Records: 2025]
    Notes: Double Bass-Jihad Darwish; Drums-Moses Boyd; Keys-Greg Foat
16. "Genda (Go Away)" - Alfa Mist - Variables [Anti: 2023]
    Notes: Keys-Alfa Mist; Bass-Kaya Thomas-Dyke; Bass Clarinet, Tenor Sax-Samuel Rapley; Cello-Peggy Nolan; Drums-Avishai Rozen & Jasmine Kayser; Guitar- Jamie Leeming; Percussion-Junior Alli-Balogun; Trumpet-John Woodham; Vocals-Bongeziwe Mabandla & Shekinah Anosike
17. "STAR CHILD (feat. Judi Jackson)" - Ashley Henry / Judi Jackson - Beautiful Vinyl Hunter [Sony Music: 2019]
18. "THE HAMMER" - The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam [Impulse!: 2022]
19. "Bloom" - Yazz Ahmed - La Saboteuse [Naim Records: 2024]
20. "Afronaut (feat. XANA)" - SEED Ensemble / Xana - Driftglass [Jazz Re:freshed: 2019]

The Greenhorns LIVE

The Greenhorns will put on the penultimate night of concerts as part of this year’s Jazz Marathon. The Greenhorns is a new, 7-piece band from Charlottesville blending New Orleans funk,… MoreThe Greenhorns will put on the penultimate night of concerts as part of this year’s Jazz Marathon. The Greenhorns is a new, 7-piece band from Charlottesville blending New Orleans funk, jump blues, R&B and a little jazz. The group includes a number of local musicians well known on the Charlottesville music scene brought together by a relative newcomer — Tim Clark on tenor sax and vocals — to have some fun and deliver an energetic and engaging show. Less

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Pathless Path: A Charles Lloyd Journey

87 year old NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd has been on a creative tear in the last few years. He was voted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame, honored as… More87 year old NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd has been on a creative tear in the last few years. He was voted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame, honored as Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Group of the Year and Tenor Saxophonist of the year in the most recent DownBeat Critics Poll. Join John and Jessica as they explore Charles Lloyd's impressive and varied sixty-year jazz career as a a saxophonist, flautist, and composer. Less

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1. "Temple Bells" - Charles Lloyd Quartet - Love-In [Atlantic: 1967]
2. "Love Ship" - Charles Lloyd Quartet - Dream Weaver [Atlantic: 1966]
3. "Sunday Morning" - Charles Lloyd Quartet - Love-In [Atlantic: 1967]
4. "Goin' To Memphis" - Charles Lloyd Quartet - Of Course Of Course [Columbia: 1965]
5. "Here, There, and Everywhere" - Charles Lloyd Quartet - Love-In [Atlantic: 1966]
6. "Forest Flower: Sunrise" - Charles Lloyd Quartet - Forest Flower [Atlantic: 1967]
7. "Sun Dance" - Charles Lloyd - Nirvana [Columbia: 1968]
8. "Days of Wine and Roses" - Charles Lloyd - Discovery [Columbia: 1964]
9. "Of Course Of Course" - Charles Lloyd Quartet - Of Course Of Course [Columbia: 1965]
10. "I Don't Care What You Tell Me To Do" - Charles Lloyd - Moonman [Kapp: 1970]
11. "TM" - Charles Lloyd - Waves [A&M: 1972]
12. "Sea Angel" - Charles Lloyd - Koto [ADC: 1979]
13. "Pathless Path" - Charles Lloyd - Koto [ADC: 1979]
14. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" - Charles Lloyd; The Marvels; Willie Nelson - I Long to See You [Blue Note: 2016]
15. "Abide With Me" - Charles Lloyd; The Marvels - I Long to See You [Blue Note: 2016]
16. "Angel" - Charles Lloyd; The Marvels; Lucinda Williams - Vanished Gardens [Blue Note: 2018]
17. "Figure in Blue, Memories of Duke" - Charles Lloyd - Single [Blue Note: 2025]
18. "Saraswati" - Charles Lloyd - Sacred Thread [Blue Note: 2022]

The Bright Scene of Newark, NJ

Let's go back in time when Newark (yes, Newark), NJ was a hotbed of jazz clubs featuring such notables as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Where Rahsaan Roland Kirk famously… MoreLet's go back in time when Newark (yes, Newark), NJ was a hotbed of jazz clubs featuring such notables as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Where Rahsaan Roland Kirk famously led his band from Sparky Js across the street to the Key Club nightspot while still playing three saxes. Newark is also the birthplace of Sarah Vaughn and Wayne Shorter, where James Moody grew up, and home to Savoy Records. Today, the Rutgers-Newark Institute of Jazz Studies contains more than 100,000 archival recordings, as well as other jazz-related materials. Contemporary artists such as Christian McBride were first heard on a Newark performing stage. Similarly, WTJU is your archival source for jazz you know, and the launchpad for jazz you don't. It's sort of like the Newark of Virginia. Sort of. But well deserving of your support during the 2025 Jazz and Blues Marathon. Less

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1. "Bumpy Weather Over Newark" - Raymond Scott - The Music Of Raymond Scott: Reckless Nights And Turkish Twilights [Columbia/Legacy: 1937]
2. "Time To Remember - Live At The Cliche' Lounge, Newark, New Jersey, 1970 / Remastered 2000" - Grant Green - Alive! (Live At The Cliche' Lounge, Newark, New Jersey, 1970 / Remastered 2000) [Blue Note Records: 1970]
3. "Ridin' the Subways" - Teddy Powell - Ridin' The Subways [Hep Records: 2001]
   Notes: Band leader, guitarist, moved to Newark and opened club Teddy P's
4. "Professor Bop" - Babs Gonzales - Weird Lullaby [Blue Note Records: 1997]
   Notes: Bebop vocalist, born Lee Brown, born in Newark, might be the inspiration for the legendary WTJU DJ Professor Be Bop
5. "Bright Moments" - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Kirkatron [Warner: 2006]
   Notes: Year before he died in 1977, the blind jazz genius Rahsaan Roland Kirk inspired an impromptu parade in Newark, New Jersey. One minute he was playing the downtown club Sparky's. The next he was leading his band, pied-piper-like, across the street to the Key Club, a different nightspot, while still making music on one of the three saxes he was known to play in unison and in harmony.
6. "Rahsaan's Run" - Woody Shaw - Rosewood [Columbia/Legacy: 1978]
   Notes: Born in North Carolina, but moved to Newark with parents at age of one.
7. "Speak No Evil - Remastered1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition" - Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Blue Note Records: 1966]
   Notes: Newark-born, graduated from Newark Arts High School
8. "Reminiscing at Rudy's" - Houston Person - Reminiscing at Rudy's [HighNote Records: 2022]
   Notes: Newark resident
9. "You're Not The Kind" - Sarah Vaughan, Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan [Verve Reissues: 1954]
   Notes: Newark-born, also graduated Newark Arts High School, sang and played piano while underage at the Piccadilly Club and Newark Airport.
10. "If I Were a Bell" - Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan - Music For Lovers [Parlophone UK: 2007]
11. "The World Is A Ghetto" - James Moody - The World Is A Ghetto [Fuel 2000: 2005]
    Notes: Grew up in NJ, the annual James Moody Jazz Festival is held in Newark in his honor
12. "A Sinner Kissed an Angel" - James Moody - The Moody Story · James Moody Septet 1951-1955, Vol. 3 (Remastered) [Fresh Sound Records: 2024]
13. "Technicolor Nightmare" - Christian McBride - Vertical Vision [Warner Records: 2003]
    Notes: Performing at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in November
14. "Testifying" - The Larry Young Trio - Testifying [Original Jazz Classics: 1960]
    Notes: Newark-born, attended Newark Arts High School, Cousin Jimmie Smith, also Newark-born, playing drums
15. "Mr. Lucky" - Marlene Ver Planck - A Breath of Fresh Air [Audiophile: 1993]
    Notes: Newark-born
16. "Blues Melba" - Al Grey, Charlie Persip, Melba Liston - Melba Liston & Her Bones [Master Classics Records ]
    Notes: Charli Persip, born in Morristown, raised in ; attended West Side HS instead of Arts HS because he wanted to play football

Traveling the Spaceways: Music of Sun Ra

Spot is traveling the spaceways of Sun Ra’s universe. We’ll be featuring some of the lesser known but still brilliant gems, as well as some of the classics. It will… MoreSpot is traveling the spaceways of Sun Ra’s universe. We’ll be featuring some of the lesser known but still brilliant gems, as well as some of the classics. It will indeed be cosmic tones for mental therapy. Less

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1. "Daddy's Going to Tell You No Lies" - Sun Ra - Singles Volume 1 (The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1961) [Strut: 2016]
2. "Otherness Blues" - Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra - My Brother the Wind, Vol II [Intergalactic 2: 1971]
3. "Sometimes I'm Happy" - Sun Ra - Singles Volume 2 (The Definitive 45s Collection 1962-1991) [Strut: 2017]
4. "Love in Outer Space" - Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - The Night of the Purple Moon [Intergalactic 2: 1970]
5. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" - Sun Ra - Pink Elephants On Parade [Modern Harmonic: 2024]
6. "The Order of the Pharaonic Jesters" - Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel [Evidence: 2000]
7. "Walking on the Moon" - Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - My Brother the Wind, Vol II [Intergalactic: 1971]
8. "We Travel the Spaceways" - June Tyson - Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra [Modern Harmonic: 2019]
9. "Sun Earth Rock" - Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - The Night of the Purple Moon [Intergalactic: 1970]
10. "Angels and Demons at Play" - Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra - Angels and Demons at Play [Saturn: 1967]
11. "Space Ship Lullabye" - Sun Ra - Singles Volume 1 (The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1961) [Strut: 2016]
12. "Saturn" - Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Sound of Joy [Delmark: 1968]
13. "Rocket #9 Take Off For the Planet Venus" - Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra - Interstellar Low Ways [Saturn: 1967]
14. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" - Sun Ra - Pink Elephants On Parade [Modern Harmonics: 2024]
15. "The Perfect Man" - Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel [Evidence: 2000]
16. "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - June Tyson - Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra [Modern Harmonics: 2019]
17. "The Night of the Purple Moon" - Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - The Night of the Purple Moon [Intergalactic: 1970]
18. "Never Never Land" - Sun Ra - Pink Elephants On Parade [Modern Harmonics: 2024]
19. "I'm Gonna to Unmask the Batman" - Sun Ra - Singles Volume 2 (The Definitive 45s Collection 1962-1991) [Strut: 2017]

“Book 'Em, Dano!": 1960s-70s cop show soundtracks

Henry Mancini. Lalo Schifrin. Mike Post. Mort Stevens. They laid down the soundtracks to augment the mayhem and intrigue with a slick, funky groove. Let's hear those hits in their… MoreHenry Mancini. Lalo Schifrin. Mike Post. Mort Stevens. They laid down the soundtracks to augment the mayhem and intrigue with a slick, funky groove. Let's hear those hits in their entirety! First Degree musical murder for playing killer rhythms! Less

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1. "Bullit Main Theme" -
2. "Hawaii Five-O" - The Ventures -
3. "Dragnet" - Frank Chacksfield Orchestra -
4. "Peter Gunn" - Henry Mancini - Ultimate Mancini
5. "Naked City" - Nelson Riddle - Route 66
6. "Mannix Theme" - Lalo Schifrin - (Mannix Themes
7. "Theme From Tightroop" - the Volcanos - The Great Guitar Instrumentals
8. "77 Sunset Strip" - Warren Barker Orcchestra - 77 Sunset Strip
9. "The Dirty" - True Loves - Famous Last Words
10. "Police Woman" - Henry Mancini - The Cop Show Themes
11. "Theme From Honey West" - Ted Zurkowski -
12. "Charlie's Angels" - Henry Mancini - Mancini's Angels
13. "Mod Squad Theme" - Al Ciola - Ultra-Lounge TV
14. "Dopus #1" - True Loves -
15. "S.W.A.T.Theme" - Rhythm Heritage - Disco-0fied
16. "Kojak Theme" - the Remotes - Flat Screen Favorites
17. "M Squad Theme" - Count Baise -
18. "C.H.I.P.S" - Tv Theme Players - All time TV Hits
19. "The Avengers Theme" - Laurie Johnson - The Rose And The Gun
20. "High Wire (Danger Man Theme)" - Bob Leaper Orchestra - TV themes
21. "Secret Agent Man" - Johnny Rivers - Bowfinger
22. "Theme From he Prisoner" - Ron Grainer - TV Themes
23. "The Sweeney" - London Music Works - Police! Action!
24. "Theme From The Sweeney" - Jah Wobble - Redux
25. "Theme From The Saint" - Edwin Astley & Orchestra - Secret Agent Meets the Saint
26. "Theme From The Professionals" - Laurie Johnson - The Roe And The Gun
27. "Theme From Don" - Dan the Automator - Bombay the Hard Wa
28. "Harlem Nocturne" -
29. "Rockford Files" - Henry Mancini - Cop Show Themes
30. "Streets of San Francisco" - Henry Mancini - Cop Show Themes
31. "Theme From Baretta: Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow" - Henry Mancini/Sammy Davis Jr. -
32. "Theme From NYPD Blue" - Mike Post - Inventions From The Blue Line
33. "Bumper's Theme (Blue Knight)" - Henry Mancini - Cop Show Themes
34. "A-Team Theme" - Toners - Tunes Now
35. "Theme From Police Story" - Daniel Caine -
36. "Theme From Magnum PI" - Mkie Post -

Brian Wilson Show

In light of his recent passing, we’ll pay tribute to the great Brian Wilson with a show of jazz artists covering his work. Although he did not create Tin Pan… MoreIn light of his recent passing, we’ll pay tribute to the great Brian Wilson with a show of jazz artists covering his work. Although he did not create Tin Pan Alley-style "jazz standards", his music has been covered and reimagined by many, including Charles Lloyd, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Charlie Hunter and others. Less

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1. "Rhapsody In Blue" {George Gershwin} - Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin [Walt Disney Records: 2010]
2. "Surfer Girl" {Wilson} - Carli Muñoz / Eddie Gomez - Both Sides Now [Pelosenel: 2003]
3. "I Guess I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Martina DaSilva and Alex Goodman - Library [La Reserve Records, LLC: 2025]
4. "Heroes And Villians" {Wilson} - Pascal Maupeu - Time To Get Alone : The Brian Wilson Songbook [Not On Label (Pascal Maupeu Self: 2020/2021]
5. "Don't Worry Baby" {Wilson} - Brian Wilson - At My Piano [Decca: 2021]
   Notes: The 11th and final studio album by American musician Brian Wilson.
6. "Friends" {Wilson} - Brad Mehidau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution! [Nonesuch: 2012&2014/2018]
   Notes: Brad Mehldau – piano Larry Grenadier – bass Jeff Ballard – drums
7. "Caroline, No" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Nick DeCaro and Orchestra - Happy Heart [A&M Records: 1969]
   Notes: Tenor Saxophone – Bill Perkins Vocals – Nick De Caro
8. "Holidays" {Wilson} - The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions [Capitol Records: September 8, 1966 – July 10, 196]
9. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Charlie Hunter and Leon Parker - Duo [Blue Note: 1999]
10. "Surf's Up" {Wilson} - David Kikoski Trio - Surf's Up [Criss Cross Jazz: 2001]
    Notes: David Kikoski - piano James Genus - bass Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
11. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" {Wilson/Tony Asher/Mike Love} - Brian Wilson - At My Piano [Decca: 2021]
12. "Darlin'" {Wilson/Love} - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Summertime [A&M Records: 1971]
13. "God Only Knows" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Seamus Blake Quartet - Echonomics [Criss Cross Jazz: 2001]
14. "God Only Knows" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran - Hagar's Song [ECM: 2013]
15. "You Still Believe In Me" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Brian Wilson - At My Piano [Decca: 2021]
16. "Don't Talk" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Stefano Bollani - Piano Solo [ECM: 2006]
17. "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Carmen McRae - For Once in My Life [Atlantic: 1967]
18. "God Only Knows" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Brad Mehldau - 10 Years Solo Live [Nonesuch: 2015]
19. "Good Vibrations" {Wilson/Love} - Richard "Groove" Holmes - New Groove [Groove Merchant: 1974]
    Notes: Groove Holmes – organ Burt Collins, Jon Faddis, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm − trumpet Eddie Daniels − flute, tenor saxophone, piccolo Leon Cook, O'Donel Levy − guitar Bernard Purdie − drums Kwasi Jayourba – percussion Manny Albam − arranger
20. "God Only Knows" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Gary McFarland & Co. - Does The Sun Really Shine On The Moon? [Skye Records: 1968]
21. "The Warmth of the Sun" {Wilson/Love} - Murray Wilson - The Many Moods of Murry Wilson [Capitol Records: 1967]
    Notes: Beach Boys band biographer Steven Gaines has asserted that Murray arranged for Capitol Records to charge production costs of the album "back to the Beach Boys' account" with the label. According to Nick Venet, "Capitol made a whole album and released it [for Murray] ... just so they could satisfy him and so he wouldn't hassle them so much on some of the Beach Boys things."
22. "Caroline, No" {Wilson/Tony Asher} - Charles Lloyd - Mirror [ECM: 2010]
23. "Sketches of Smile" {Wilson} - Brian Wilson - At My Piano [Decca: 2021]
24. "Rhapsody in Blue (outtake)" {George Gershwin} - Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks - Orange Crate Art: 25th Anniversary Edition [Omnivore Recordings: 1994/2019]

Gypsy Jazz

Ever since Django Reinhardt started playing clubs in Paris, hot clubs began forming around the world to recreate this music. Join us for two hours of Gypsy jazz from Django's… MoreEver since Django Reinhardt started playing clubs in Paris, hot clubs began forming around the world to recreate this music. Join us for two hours of Gypsy jazz from Django's era to the present day. Less

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1. "Swinging With Django" - Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Quintette du Hot Club de France - Djangologie, Vol.6/1937 [Parlophone Music France ]
2. "The Flat Foot Boogie" - Django Reinhardt - Monsieur Guitare [The Viper Label ]
3. "Fiddle's Blues" - Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli - Djangologie, Vol.6/1937 [Parlophone Music France ]
4. "Miro Django" - Dorado Schmidt - Family [Francis Dreyfus Music ]
5. "Blues Clair" - Afonso Ponticelli - Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan [Alfonso Ponticelli ]
6. "Marie Swing" - Tscavolo Schmidt Quartet - Melancolies Du Coir [Bayard Musique ]
7. "Blues En Mineur" - Angelo DeBarre, Serge Camps, Frank Anastasio - Gypsy Guitars [Hot Club ]
8. "Kamleben" - Yourgui Loeffler - For Magnio [Harry Lapp Organisation ]
9. "Lullaby Of Birdland" - Birelli Lagrene - Gypsy Trio [Francis Dreyfus Music ]
10. "Indifference" - Giacomo Smith, Mozes Rosenberg - Manouche [Stunt ]
11. "Gypsy Fire" - Romane, Francis Varis & Florin Niculesco - Ombre [Fremeaux & Associes ]
12. "Nouvelle Vie" - Ninine Garcia Quintet - Nouvelle Vie [Djaz ]
13. "Joseph's Tiger" - Stochelo Rosenberg - Ready 'N Able [IRIS Music ]
14. "Buster Swing" - The Stephane Wrembel Trio w/David Grisman - Gypsy Rumble [Ameoba ]
15. "Paris Sous La Pluie" - Gipsy Swing - De Piotta's [Parsifal bvba ]
16. "Hey Joe" - Joscho Stephan - Guitar Heroes [MGL ]
17. "Fluer De Lavande" - Fapy Lafertin, Hady Mouallem, Flip Krajenbrink, Simon Planting - Fluer De Lavande [Hot Club ]
18. "Honeysuckle Rose" - Jimmy Rosenberg - The First Recordings [Hot Club ]
19. "Exactly Like You" - Hot Club Roma - Swing From Rome [Wide Lab ]
20. "Deep Night" - Gwen Cahue, Bastien Ribot, William Brunard, Julien Cattiaux - Margin Call [ADF-Bayard Musique ]
21. "Swing '42" - Stephane Grappelli, David Grisman - Stephane Grappelli & David Grisman Live [Warner ]
22. "Les Yeux Noirs" - Patrick Saussois - Alma Sinti [Djaz ]
23. "Je Mi Suit Fait Tout Petit" - Marcel Loeffler - Saint-Germain [Fremeaux & Associes ]
24. "Noto Swing" - Hot Club De Norvege - Moreno [Hot Club ]
25. "La Vie En Rose" - Gypsy Jazz Caravan - Gypsy Jazz Caravan III [Gypsy Jazz Caravan ]
26. "Billet Doux" - Adrien Moignard - The Selmer #607 Album [Hot Club ]
27. "Rhythmes Gitans" - Alma Sinti - Rhythmes Gitans [Djaz ]
28. "Swing From Paris" - Django Reinhardt - Monsieur Guitare [The Viper Label ]

Jug Bands of the 1920s and 1930s

During the 1920s & 1930s in southern cities like Memphis, Louisville & New Orleans, the vaudeville & medicine Show musicians started playing music that mixed blues, jazz & ragtime with… MoreDuring the 1920s & 1930s in southern cities like Memphis, Louisville & New Orleans, the vaudeville & medicine Show musicians started playing music that mixed blues, jazz & ragtime with a fast beat. The one common thing with these bands was use of homemade instruments. From spoons, combs, washboards and even bottles & jugs, the musicians would create their own sounds to entertain the crowd. Tune in as we listen to the Memphis Jug Band, the Alabama Washboard Stompers, the Birmingham Jug Band, the Dixieland Jug Blowers, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, the Tub Jug Washboard Band & many more. Less

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1. "Jug Band Blues (tk 2)(inst)" {Earl McDonald; Clifford Hayes} - Sara Martin & her Jug Band; Clifford Hayes; Curtis Hayes; Earl MacDonald - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1924-26 v1 [Document Records: 1924]
2. "I Ain't Got No Man (voc)" {Sara Martin; Tom Johnson} - Sara Martin & her Jug Band; Clifford Hayes; Curtis Hayes; Earl MacDonald - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1924-26 v1 [Document Records: 1924]
3. "Jail House Blues (voc)" {Gene Autry} - Whistler & his Jug Band; Buford Threlkeld; Willie Black; Jess Ferguson; R. D. Tite; Rudolph Thompson - Clifford Hayes & Louisville Jug Bands [RST Records: 1924]
4. "Vamps of '28 (voc)" - Whistler & his Jug Band; Buford Threlkeld; Willie Black; Jess Ferguson; R. D. Tite; Rudolph Thompson - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1926-27 v2 [Document Records: 1927]
5. "Hatchet Head Blues (inst)" - Old Southern Jug Band; Clifford Hayes; Curtis Hayes; Earl MacDonald; Theo Boone - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1924-26 v1 [Document Records: 1924]
6. "Blues, Just Blues, That's All (inst)" - Old Southern Jug Band; Clifford Hayes; Curtis Hayes; Earl MacDonald; Theo Boone - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1924-26 v1 [Document Records: 1924]
7. "That's a Lovely Thing For You (inst)" - Phillips' Louisville Jug Band; Phil Phillips; George Tilford; Charles Adams; Carl Reid - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1929-31 v4 [Document Records: 1930]
8. "Sing, You Singers (voc)" - Phillips' Louisville Jug Band; Phil Phillips; George Tilford; Charles Adams; Carl Reid - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1929-31 v4 [Document Records: 1930]
9. "You Gotta Have That Thing (voc)" - Picaninny Jug Band; Charlie Burse; Will Shade; Jab Jones; Vol Stevens; Otto Gilmore - 16 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920's Vol 02 [Blues Images: 1932]
10. "Come Along, Little Children (voc)" - Picaninny Jug Band; Charlie Burse; Will Shade; Jab Jones; Vol Stevens; Otto Gilmore - Memphis Shakedown; More Jug Band Classics v2 [JSP Records: 1932]
11. "Policy Rag (inst with talking)" - South Memphis Jug Band; Jack Kelly; Dan Sane; Will Batts; Doctor Higgs - Memphis Shakedown: More Jug Band Classics v1 [JSP Records: 1933]
12. "President Blues (voc)" - South Memphis Jug Band; Jack Kelly; Dan Sane; Will Batts; Doctor Higgs - Memphis Shakedown: More Jug Band Classics v1 [JSP Records: 1933]
13. "Don't You Give All My Lard Away (voc)" - Dixieland Jug Blowers; Clifford Hayes; Curtis Hayes; Lockwood Lewis; Johnny Dodds; Cal Smith; Earl McDonald; Henry Clifford - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1926-27 v2 [Document Records: 1926]
14. "Banjoreno (inst)" - Dixieland Jug Blowers; Clifford Hayes; Curtis Hayes; Lockwood Lewis; Johnny Dodds; Cal Smith; Earl McDonald; Henry Clifford - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1926-27 v2 [Document Records: 1926]
15. "My Good Gal's Gone Blues (voc)" {James Charles Rodgers (Jimmie Rodgers)} - Louisville Jug Band; Jimmie Rodgers; Clifford Hayes - Clifford Hayes & the Louisville Jug Bands Vol 4 1929-31 [RST Records: 1931]
16. "Tear it Down (voc)" - King David's Jug Band; Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); David Crockett - Jugband Specials: 25 Great Original Recordings 1926-35 [Nimbus Records: 1930]
17. "Rising Sun Blues (House of the Rising Sun)(voc)" {Traditional; Clarence "Tom" Ashley} - King David's Jug Band; Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); David Crockett - Richer Tradition: Country Blues & String Band Music 1923-37 [JSP Records: 1930]
18. "Round & Round (voc)" - Memphis Jug Band; Will Shade; Vol Stevens; Charlie Burse; Jab Jones - Memphis Jug Band Vol 3 [Frog Records: 1930]
19. "Rukus Juice & Chittlins (inst, some talking)" {Memphis Jug Band} - Memphis Jug Band; Will Shade; Vol Stevens; Charlie Burse; Jab Jones - Memphis Shakedown; More Jug Band Classics v2 [JSP Records: 1934]
20. "I Packed My Suitcase, Started to the Train (voc)" {Memphis Jug Band; Jennie Mae Clayton; William Shade} - Memphis Jug Band; Jennie Mae Clayton; Will Shade; Vol Stevens; Charlie Burse; Jab Jones - Memphis Jug Band with Cannon's Jug Stompers v1 [JSP Records: 1927]
21. "Cocaine Habit Blues (Take a Whiff on Me)(voc xxx)" {Jennie Mae Clayton} - Memphis Jug Band; Hattie Hart; Will Shade; Charlie Burse; Hambone Lewis; Ben Ramey - Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes v1 [Master Classics: 1930]
22. "Dirty Butter (voc)" {Minnie Wallace; William Shade} - Memphis Jug Band; Minnie Wallace; Will Shade; Vol Stevens; Charlie Burse; Jab Jones - Memphis Jug Band Vol 2 [Frog Records: 1929]
23. "Meningitis Blues (voc)" {Lizzie Douglas (Memphis Minnie)} - Memphis Jug Band; Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas); Will Shade; Vol Stevens; Charlie Burse; Jab Jones - Memphis Jug Band with Cannon's Jug Stompers v3 [JSP Records: 1930]

Jazz Overnight: Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims and Al Cohn at 100

A perennial favorite in the WTJU Jazz Marathon schedule is Russell Perry's overnight programming celebrating jazz icons who would have turned 100 years old this year. Tonight features Zoot Sims… MoreA perennial favorite in the WTJU Jazz Marathon schedule is Russell Perry's overnight programming celebrating jazz icons who would have turned 100 years old this year. Tonight features Zoot Sims and Al Cohn. Less

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