Shark Jazz and Blues

  Playlist and Notes 2022-10-25 “No Theme” Day, just contemporary music I like.   Playlist Baaba Maal – Traveller (4:07) Joey Alexander – Bali (5:06) Connie Han – Crime Zone (7:35) Steve Gadd Band – Rat Race (6:35) Delfeayo Marsalis – Sesame Street Theme (6:27) Christian McBride Trio – Ham Hocks and Cabbage (8:25) Eddie Fisher Quintet – The Third Cup (6:05) Brandford Marsalis Quartet – Snake Hip Waltz (5:52) The Adrian Ruiz Quintet – The Offset Strut (9:46) Ibrahim Maalouf – Maeva In the Wonderland (6:47) Kenny Garrett – Conversation With Hutcherson (5:36)  

 In the second half of the show, we have several songs to chase the blues away on such a dark and dreary October afternoon. But first up, we celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of jazz icon Thelonius Monk (we are just a week late!). He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on October 10, 1917, and although he died in 1982, his music, style, and live improvisation, continues to inspire musicians today. We will also hear from Monk’s song, T.S., and accomplished drummer and bandleader in his own right.   Thelonious Monk – Blue Monk (Live Palo Alto) (14:00) John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk Quartet – Evidence (4:42) T.S. Monk – Una Mas Ellis Marsalis Quartet – Straight, No Chaser The Unseen Guest – Listen My Son Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra – Long Gone Blues Bonnie Raitt with Habib Koité – Back Around Lena Horne – Stormy Weather Lee Dorsey – Someday The Modern Jazz Quartet – Django    

On this week’s show we listed to some blues song about storms and floods from the past and our final installment of Latin music in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. But first we start with music about autumn, starting with Pittsburgh native Ahmad Jamal’s rendition of “Autumn Leaves.” In our second segment, in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Ian, we have a listen to how blues songs have captured the heartache and frustration of storms and floods from the past, including Hurricane Katrina and the Mississippi Flood of 1927. It is worth mentioning that Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" is a cover of a song about the Great Flood of 1927 on the Mississippi River written and recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. Finally, we have three Latin Jazz songs to round out our tribute for Hispanic Heritage Month 2022.      Playlist Ahmad Jamal – Autumn Leaves (8:49) Vince Guaraldi – Great Pumpkin Waltz (3:36) Dave Brubeck – Unsquare Dance (2:00)