Videos of the week

Big Joe Williams


The Spinners


Art Tatum

Playlist for the show airing on 4/23/08

Big Bill Broonzy - Key to the highway
Robert Johnson - If I had possession over judgment day
John Lee Hooker - I'm bad like Jessie James
Big Joe Williams - Brother James
B.B. King - Three O' clock blues
Luther Allison - Little Red Rooster
Black Keys - Thickfreakness
Johnny Copeland - Tumblin' dice
Buddy Miles - Texas
The Mar-keys - Last Night
Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
The Spinners - The rubberband man
Little Milton - We're gonna make it
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
Performers - Mini Skirt
Otis Redding - I can't turn you loose
James Brown - Night Train
Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
John Coltrane - My favorite things (Live from the Village Vanguard Version)
The Bad Plus - The empire strikes backwards
Sun Ra - Kingdom of not
Miles Davis - Seven steps to heaven
George Ham - Black Orpheus theme
Art Tatum - Love come back to me

Videos of the week

I am going to try to make these video posts a weekly thing

Magic Sam


Sam and Dave


Tito Puente

Playlist for the show airing on 4/16/08

Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
Buddy Guy - Damn right i've got the blues
Willie Mabon - Seventh Son
Magic Sam - Love me with feeling
Lowell Fulson - Why don't you write me?
Big Bill Broonzy - Knockin' myself out
Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't nobody's business
Bukka White - Strange Place Blues
Leadbelly - Roberta
Joe Tex - You got what it takes
Jr. Walker and the All-stars - Shake and Fingerpop
Sam and Dave - Soul Man
Gladys knight and the Pips - I wish it would rain
Wilson Pickett - If you need me
Tyrone Davis - How can I forget you?
Sly and the Family Stone - It's a family affair
Etta James - Tell Mama
L. Hollis and the Mackadoos - Bui Bui
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Thelonious Monk - These foolish things
Miles Davis - Move
Duke Ellington - Diminuendo in blue
Dizzy Gillespie - Ornithology
Herbie Hancock - Nefertiti
Tito Puente - Bebop
Billie Holiday - It's easy to blame the weather
Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk
John Coltrane - My favorite things

Playlist for the show airing on 4/9/08

Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Robert Johnson - Hellhound on My Train
Leadbelly - Death Letter Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
R.L. Burnside - Old Balck Mattie
Little Walter and his Nightcats - Juke
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry - I want some of your Pie
Junior Wells - Little by Little
Mary Wells - Two Lovers
The Mad Lads - I don't want to use your love
The Four Tops - Loving you is sweeter than ever
Stevie Wonder - Fingertips pt. 2
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Heat Wave
Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine
Arthur Alexander - Anna go to him
Bill Withers - Hello like before
The Miracles - You've really got a hold on me
The Elgins - Darling Baby
Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - King of the road
Charles Mingus Split Kick
Art Blakey - Blues
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Charlie Parker - Summertime
Dave Brubeck - Bluette
Count Basie Rock a bye Basie
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?
Wynton and Ellis Marsallis - Joe Cool's Blues

A few videos

Here are some videos that I found browsing youtube enjoy:

Koko Taylor with Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle


For Those of you wondering how to do the tighten up here it is:


Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive check out the Nicholas brothers getting down in this one:

Playlist for the show airing on 4/2/08

Jimmy Witherspoon - When I Been Drinking
Magic Sam - Call Me If You Need Me
Lowell Fulson - Worry Worry
Little Johnny Jones - Hoy Hoy
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom, Stomp Boogie
Big Bill Broonzy - Key to the Highway
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Taj Majal - Honky Tomk Women
Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun
Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour
Rufus Thomas - Do the Funky Chicken
Sugar Pie DeSanto - She's got Everything
Mitty Collier - Help Me
The Marvelletes - Please Mr. Postman
The Chi-lites - Love is Gone
Shorty Long - Devil in the Blue Dress
Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - Round Midnight
Charles Mingus - Spontanious Combustion
Wyton and Ellis Marsallis - Little Red Haired Girl
Billie Holiday - Sugar
Nina Simone - Love me or Leave me
Dinah Washington - Is you is or is you not my Baby
Joe Venuti - Spartacus Theme
Miles Davis - Boplicity, All Blues
Dizzy Gillespie - Oo Pa Pa Da

Playlist for the show airing on 3/26/08

Sorry about the delay folks but here it is:

Memphis Minnie - Frisco Town
Muddy Waters - Rollin' and Tumblin'
Eddy Taylor - Bigtown Playboy
Little Walter - My Babe
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
Texas Alexander - Broken Yo-Yo
Lightnin Hopkins - Hurricane Betsy
Tolling Stones - Love in Vain
Otis Rush - Gambler's Blues
The Mar-Keys - Last Night
The Delfonics - Trying to Make a Fool Out of Me
Etta James - Tell Mama
Ray Charles - Your Cheating Heart
Aretha Franklin - Think
Wilson Pickett - 634-5789
James Brown - I got you (I Feel Good)
Al Green - What is This Feeling
The Spinners - It's a Shame
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Far More Drums
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Miles Davis - E.S.P
Ruben Gonzales - Siboney
Tito Puente - Tin Mon Bo
Xavier Cugat - Perfidia
Art Blakey - Quicksilver
Charlie Parker - I Can't Get Started
Dizzie Gillespie - Bebop

Playlist for the show airing on 3/5/08

Sorry for the delay here it is:

John Lee Hooker - I'm Bad Like Jessie James
Taj Mahal - Honky Tonk Women
Gatemouth Brown - Ventilator Blues
Willie Mabon - Seventh Son
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Howlin' Wolf - Going Down Slow
Texas Alexander - Broken Yo-Yo
The White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit
The Black Keys - Thickfreakness
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got the Blues
Buddy Miles - Texas
Sam and Dave - I Thank You
James Brown - Get up (I Feel Like a) Sex Machine Pt. 1
The Spinners - The Rubberband Man
Ray Charles -
Joe Tex - A Sweet Woman Like You
Delfonics - Trying To Make a Fool Out of Me
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Soul President - Got to Have It
Stevie Wonder - Fingertips Pt. 2
George Ham - Black Orpheus Theme
The Bad Plus - The Empire Strikes Backwards
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Far More Drums
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Do you Know What It's Like to Miss New Orleans
Nina Simone - I put a Spell on You

Playlist for show airing 2/27/08

R.L. Burnside - Old Black Mattie
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Little Walter - My Babe
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours
Lightnin Hopkins - Nothing But The Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Key To The Highway
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Otis Spann - Worried Life Blues
Luther Allison - Little Red Rooster
Aretha Franklin - Think
Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind, Tell Mama
Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
Performers - Mini Skirt
The Four Tops - Bernadette
The Coasters - Poison Ivy
Diana Ross And The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Bettye Swann - Sweet Dreams
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
The Delfonics - Funny Feeling
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
Art Blakey - Split Kick
John Coltrane - Naima
Count Basie - Rockabye Basie
Charles Mingus - Spontanious Combustion
Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive
Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - King Of The Road
Dizzy Gillespie - Ornithology
Wynton and Ellis Marsalis - Charlie Brown

Valentines Hangover Show airing on 2/20/08

Buddy Miles - Texas
B.B. King - The Thrill is gone
R.L. Burnside - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Guitar Slim - Twenty Five Lies, Reap what you sow
Muddy Waters - Bus Driver
Little Walter - Boom Boom out go the Lights
Buddy Guy - My Time after a while
Robert Johnson - Love in Vain Blues
Ivory Joe Hunter - Cold Blooded Woman
Joe Louis Walker - Heart of Stone
Lou Rawls - You'll never find another love like mine
The Spinners - It's a shame
Otis Redding - Pain in my heart
The Knight Borthers - Temptation bout to get me
James Carr - Pouring water on a drowning man
Mavis Staples - A house is not a home
Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
Edd Henry - Crooked Woman
Bill Withers - Use me
Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow
Ella Fitzgerald - If you don't know I know who will
Nina Simone - Love me or Leave me
Afro-Cuban all stars - Habana del Este
John Coltrane - Spiral
Count Basie - Rock-a-bye Basie

Valentines Special '08

Here is the playlist for the valentines special that aired on 2/13/08:

Shirley Horn - Come Dance with me.
Buena Vista Social Club - Amor de loca juventud, Dos Gardenias
Afro Cuban All-stars - Variaciones sobre un tema desconocido
Ruben Gonzales - Como siento yo
Sergio Mendes - Muito a Votande
Billie Holiday - THat's all I ask of you, More than you know, Night and Day, Time on my Hands
Ella Fitzgerald - Wait till you see her
Tony Bennet - A Time for Love, Close your Eyes, Dancing in the dark, Just in time, Something in your smile, The shadow in your Smile
Frank Sinatra - Everybody loves somebody, I only have eyes for you, The right girl for me
Mel Torme - That's all
Thelonious Monk - I'm getting sentimental over you
Charles Mingus - Laura, Like someone in love
Miles Davis - My funny valentine
Charlie Parker - Ballade, Embraceable you
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Bluette
John Coltrane - Syeeda's Song Flute

Welcome

Hey guys,

I will try to post the weekly playlist here. I will also try to write some articles, maybe some listening guides for those wanting to delve deeper into the music played on the show.

El Primo