Shark Jazz and Blues

  Playlist 30 April 2024 A blues-heavy show, featuring Robert Johnson’s music.   The Butterfield Blues Band – Mystery Train (4:17) Canned Heat – Dust My Broom (5:02) Johnny Shines – Sweet Home Chicago (3:30) Keb’ Mo’ – Come On In My Kitchen (4:10) Louise Pheland and Octavio Herrero – Rambling On My Mind (4:26) Susan Tedeschi – 700 Houses (4:38) Nina Simone – I Put a Spell On You (2:36) B.B. King and Eric Clapton – Hold On I’m Coming (6:20) Ahmad Jamal – For My Daughter (3:35) The Poll Winners – So What (5:28) Jocelyn Gould – Lover Come Back To Me (6:51)   Notes: Robert Johnson – Recorded 29 distinctive songs in 1936 and 1937 that have served as inspiration for generations of blues and rock musicians. Eric Clapton said Johnson was “the most important blues singer that ever lived” (LeVere 23). [1] Johnny Shines – Traveled with Johnson, including places like Chicago, Texas, New York, Canada, Kentucky, and Indiana.   [1] Stephen LaVere, 199

  Playlist 16 April 2024 Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man (6:28) Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder – St. Louis Blues (5:52) Nina Simone – Feeling Good (2:54) Bonnie Raitt – The Road’s My Middle Name (3:31) The Clayton Brothers – Wild Man (7:50) Dave Brubeck – Unsquare Dance (2:00) Clifford Brown and Max Roach – A Night in Tunisia (8:18) Coleman Hawkins – Quintessence (4:47) The Danish Radio Big Band and Charlie Watts – Paint It Black (7:44)   Notes Herbie Hancock – b. 12 April 1940 (Chicago IL). Last week performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Quintessence – The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form. Unsquare Dance – written in 7/4-time signature and released in 1961.