Rick’s Canteen – Episodes 24-26
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
Episode 24 – 11.19.24
Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
40 mins doo-wop & vocal groups.
20 mins blues.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Horace Silver, Julie London, Miles Davis, Gene Harris, Sinatra, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Kenny Dorham, Nina Simone, and more.
40 minutes of doo-wop and vocal group tracks followed and included The Ink Spots, Sarah Vaughan, The Penguins, The Mad Lads, The Cadillacs, The Rays, The Clovers, The Teddy Bears, The Dubs, The Silhouettes, The Ronettes, The Impressions, and more.
Unfortunately omitted from the Spotify playlist is the song that kicked off the final Blues Block of tracks – Larry Coryell’s “The Opening.”
A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:
Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).
The Spotify playlist is below.
Episode 25 – 11.26.24
Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz (including one Sinatra song that is not jazz, but I squeezed it in there anyway).
40 mins soul (some tracks aren’t available on Spotify).
20 mins blues.
I did experience some technical difficulties (so most of my tracks played a little out of order) during the jazz hour which consisted of: Count Basie, Donald Byrd, The Three Sounds, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Sinatra, and more.
40 minutes of soul followed and included Etta James, The Impressions, Irma Thomas, Benny Spellman, Dee Dee Sharp, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Mad Lads, David Ruffin, and more.
Also included in the soul block (but unavailable on Spotify) are the tracks:
Busted
If I Had it My Way
Nobody
Who Could be Loving You?
The last 20 mins, a Blues Block, included tracks by: Fats Domino, T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Roy Milton, and B.B. King.
A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:
Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).
The Spotify playlist is below.
Episode 26 – 12.3.24
Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
40 mins soul.
20 mins 21st century tracks.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious, Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Clark, Nat King Cole, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sinatra, Keely Smith, and more.
40 minutes of soul followed and included Ray Charles, The Charmels, Aretha, Bill Withers, Mable John, Bobby Hutcherson, James Brown, Jean Knight, Captain Beefheart, and more.
Unfortunately omitted from the Spotify playlist is the song that kicked off the soul hour – “Where Can I Go?” by Ray Charles.
The final block of 21st century tracks included Ramsay Midwood, Karate, and Nina Nastasia.
A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:
Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).
The Spotify playlist is below.
Upcoming theme shows:
Episode 29 -12.24.24 – There will be Jazz + Soul Christmas songs.
Episode 30 – 12.31.24 – I’m actually not sure yet, but I’ll cook up some kind of theme for NYE.
Episode 36 – 2.11.25 – One hour of heartbreak / one hour of romantic elation.
Episode 39 – 3.4.25 – Fat Tuesday. All New Orleans music (not specifically Mardi Gras, but New Orleans tracks nonetheless).
Stay tuned.