Friday, May 29, 2015

Online radio sampler highlights XVI

Standout selections heard this afternoon:

WHRW (Binghamton, NY)
  • Fly Me To The Moon-Shiro Sagisu (Strong female vocals backed by soaring orchestral accompaniment.)
  • Solid Gold-Keith Mansfield (Just as Chuck Mangione's "Give It All You Got" is perfect Olympics theme music, "Solid Gold" is ideal theme music for any action-packed sports broadcast or highlights show.)
WRCT (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Martini Time-The Aqua Velvets (How Marshall Crenshaw or Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet might sound if they recorded an album of surf instrumentals; it was good to hear this track from '95.)
  • Georgy Girl-Prabha Devi (Naturally, when you hear this oldie by The Seekers, you probably think, "This is a sitar instrumental waiting to happen."  Wait...You don't think that?  Give this version a listen; it might convince you.)
WUCF (Orlando, FL)
  • Beautiful Love-Frank Potenza (A fine tribute to the music of understated guitarist Joe Pass.  The entire CD, "For Joe," is recommended.)
  • Jammin' In The Boro-Larry Douglas & Jorge Pineda Alltet (Appealing uptempo trumpet and ensemble playing with recurring vocals.)
WUKY-HD3 (Lexington, KY)
  • Things Are Getting Better-Cannonball Adderley (Adderley leads a swingin' ensemble in a tune reminiscent of "I'm Beginning To See The Light.")
  • All Or Nothing At All-Denise Donatelli (Smooth, sultry vocals.)