Playlist and Notes 2022-11-29

On today’s show we will celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s new rocket, Artemis, with a melody of songs referencing outer space and space travel. The second half of the show we listen to jazz artists who were born in Pennsylvania and have a birthday in either November or December.

 

Hiroshima – One World (5:15)

Minnie Driver – Fly Me to the Moon (2:57)

Modern Jazz Quartet – Visitor From Venus (5:43)

Scott Trixier – Beam Me to Mars (5:58)

Artemis – The Sidewinder (5:05)

Brubeck Brothers – Prime Directive (7:00)

Kevin Eubanks – Urban Heat (7:59)

Art Blakey Quartet – Café (5:37)

Jimmy Smith – The Cat (3:22)

Tommy Dorsey – Song of India (3:09)

Charles Mingus – Stormy Weather (13:27)  

 

Join us next week, during finals week here on campus, for our annual Christmas Holiday show.

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