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I Wished on the Moon and The Jitterbug Waltz - Celebrating Rosemary Clooney and Fats Waller

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
June 1, 2020
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The Memorial Day weekend broadcast included new releases from trumpeter Carl Saunders, guitarist Henry Robinett, vocalist Leslie Beukelman, pianist Carolina Calvache, groups DreamRoot and Ajoyo, plus birthday shoutouts to Rosemary Clooney (pictured), Jackie Cain, Fats Waller and Bob Dylan. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music in this time of lockdown.

Playlist

Carl Saunders "Pick Yourself Up" from Jazz Trumpet (Summit) 00:00
Rosemary Clooney "I Wished on the Moon" from From Bing to Billie (Concord) 05:47
Host speaks 10:03
Anne Mette Iversen "Reworking of a Butterfly" from Racing a Butterfly (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) 11:25
Jackie Cain, Roy Kral "Full Moon" from The Beautiful Sea (DRG) 16:10
Host speaks 22:23
Anat Cohen, Fred Hersch "The Jitterbug Waltz" from Live in Healdsburg (Anzic) 24:01
Fats Waller "You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business" from The Best of Fats Waller (TUTM Entertainment) 32:04
Lorraine Feather "New York City Drag (based on "Clothesline Ballet")" from New York City Drag (Rhombus) 35:07
Host speaks 38:40
Billy Preston "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" from Wildest Organ in Town (Stateside Records) 40:19
LP and the Vinyl "One Hundred Ways" from Heard and Seen (OA2) 42:39
DreamRoot "Stridin" from Phases (Self released) 48:44
Host speaks 52:51
Andrea Brachfeld "Sonhos E Cores" from Brazilian Whispers (Origin) 54:22
Henry Robinett "The Way You Look Tonight" from Jazz Standards Vol. 1 Then (Nefertitti Records) 1:00:00
Leslie Beukelman "I'm Gonna Laugh You" from Golden Daffodil (Woolgathering Records) 1:05:36
Host speaks 1:09:45
Plucky Strum "Hissing of Summer Lawns" from Departure (Whaling City Sound) 1:10:55
Cheryl Bentyne, Mark Winkler "Take 5/Drinks on the Patio" from West Coast Cool (Café Pacific) 1:16:26
Nanette Frank "All Blues (Scat)" from Nostalgia (Blujazz) 1:21:36
Host speaks 1:25:59
Jimmy Greene "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" from While Looking Up (Mack Avenue) 1:27:43
Ajoyo "War Chant" from War Chant (Shems) 1:35:04
Host speaks 1:39:36
Lioness "Sunny Day Pal" from Pride and Joy (Posi-Tone) 1:40:39
Lynne Arriale feat. KJ Denhart) "Chimes of Freedom" from Chimes of Freedom (Challenge) 1:44:49
Carolina Calvache (feat. Sara Serpa) "Hope" from Vida Profunda (Sunnyside) 1:49:32
Host speaks 1:53:11
Jocelyn Gould "In a Daydream" from Elegant Traveler (Posi-Tone) 1:55:07

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