I dare you not to dance

It's not because he died. It's just because it's amazing and I want you to dance. Try not to, I dare you. 

I knew you couldn't resist. 

A Thanks

Thank you to everyone who has been listening over these past months. 

There will not be anymore Horn In The Middle on CJAM as I have moved to Seoul to work for one year. 

I have enjoyed my time at CJAM immensly and have loved every minute of the show. 

THANK YOU to all the regular and occasional listeners, to the callers and supporters. 

I will continue writing about music on this very blog and will be posting videos and links like always. So if you are interested please check back here soon for all that good stuff. 

Here it is: 

Horn In the Middle- Nujabes

Please Please Please Freddie Freeloader

Folks, thanks so much for joining me on a show plagued with technical difficulties and ineptness.  But, a wonderful show nevertheless. Lots of good good jazz, some soul sprinkled in and some world spread lightly on top.

There are many tracks that you should be checking out from the show and here they are: 

setlist: 

The Opener- Charlie Parker

I Can't  Give You Anything But Love- Billie Holiday

Sure Hope You Mean It- Raphael Saadiq

Please Please Please- James Brown

Staying In Love- Raphael Saadiq

Feather Ft. Cise Starr & Akin- Nujabes

Khalghi Stomp- Transglobal Underground

Taqsim Maqam Saba- Rahim Alhaj

Is This Love- Mahogany Public

Wanderlust King- Gogol Bordello

Loma Da Nigbehin- Monomono Tire

Yalla Yalla- Sultans Of String

He Knows My Heart- Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens

Freddie Freeloader- Miles Davis

Freedom Jazz Dance ft. Nas- Miles Davis

Sweet Meat- Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray

Very Saxy- Eddie Davis, Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, Arnett Cobb

The Plum Blossom- Yusef Lateef

Stella By Starlight- Miles Davis

Lady Brown ft. Cise Starr- Nujabes

Perdido- Ben Webster

The Song Is You- Charlie Parker

Nothing Even Matters- Lauryn Hill & D'Angelo

Missed the show? Listen online to the Mp3 Archive 

Peace, Friends.

Funk It!

What a show! A Soul-spectacular! 

Thanks to Nicole of the Washing Machine for joining me on a soul and funk filled show. 

The drop everything and listen to this track, right now! track of today is: 

I must say that many of the tracks today were standouts! (Seriously, Candy- Big Maybelle is one of those)

Join me next week, friends~

setlist:

Brass-Hop- Coolbone

Soul Punch- Cinemaphonic

Up From The South- The Budos Band

You Gotta Move- Sam Cooke

Wait A Minute- Eddie Ray

Blending Soul- Soul Blenders

Heaven- ft. Bilal Salaam- Stacy Epps

Paullaelujah- MC Paul Berman

Change- The Mizell Brothers

Just Because You Can't Be Mine- Betty Swan

Soul Vibrations- The Dump

Melostinato- Gypsophilia

Candy- Big Maybelle

Mais Que Nada- Sergio Mendes and the Brazil 66 

You Got A Spell On Me- Bill Wright

A Woman Like Me- Spanky Wilson and the Quantic Soul Orchestra

Oddball- A. Hawkshaw & B. Bennet

The Budos Band- Deep In The Sand

Bebe- Divine Brown

Gotta Stand For Something- John and The Efficiency Experts

Ya Ya- Kid Koala

Be My Baby- Al Green

What's Hip- Coolbone

I Lost Everything - Sam Cooke

Nuthin' But Strife- Coolbone

Blues Downtown- Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators

These Arms of Mine- Betty Swan

Nothing But Boys- Coco Rosie

Listen to Part 1

Listen to Part 2

I'm A Soul Woman

Do you like good music? (yeah, yeah) That sweet soul music (yeah, yeah)

IDEA! 

All SOUL music show? Yes, it's going to happen this coming Saturday. 

Your task in all of this? 

Get excited, tune in. 

The music will be so hot even Wilson couldn't Pickett (HA! see what I did there?)

Saturday 8-10 am on cjam 91.5 fm or cjam. ca worldwide. 

Movement Special Broadcast

As a part of Movement 2009- Detroit's Electronic Music Festival- CJAM will be broadcasting special programming from May 23-25 midnight to noon. 

Check the CJAM website for more details!

Trust In Me, The Sea Is Calm

My, My My...

An ALL VINYL EDITION!  I was so happy and looking forward to this show. Just pulled stuff off the shelf and used vinyl from Cassandra Caverhill and Nicole Markham. 

Today we celebrated the 30th episode of the show. Thanks again to all of the listeners for joining me on this little trip. 

The show has changed and grown in these past months and I have enjoyed every step of it. 

The Drop Everything and Listen to This Track Right Now! Track of today is: 

The Man I Love- Ella Fitzgerald *

Setlist:

All Blues- Miles Davis- Jazz Poll Winners

It Had To Be You- Teddy Wilson

Where or When- Teddy WIlson

Swingin' at the Cotton Club- The Three Peppers

I Found a New Baby- Andy Preep and the Cotton Club Orchestra

Crazy Rhythm- Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings

Stella By Starlight- Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings

The Man I Love- Ella Fitzgerald

Noah's Ark- Coco Rosie

Samba De Uma Nota So- Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd

El Luxo So- Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd

Hues of Melanin- Part 3- Sam Rivers

A Kiss To Build  A Dream On- Louis Armstrong

King Porter Stomp- Jelly Roll Morton

I'm Yours- Billie Holiday

Rip Open, But Oh So Long Thy Wounds Take To Heal- Rip Rig and Panic

Do The Tight Rope- Rip Rig and Panic

Moonriver- Louis Armstrong

Be My Life's Companion- Louis Armstrong

Blueberry Hill- Louis Armstrong

Trust In Me-Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings

The Sea is Calm- Coco Rosie

Listen to Part 1

Listen to Part 2 

*Not the version played on the show, but it'll do.