Thursday, July 9, 2015

Online radio sampler highlights XIX

Appealing selections I've heard this morning:

KHUM (Ferndale, CA)
  • Circles-The Amazing (Airy vocals and guitar, with an appealing solo guitar playoff for the last minute and 40 seconds; a good, chill 2015 track.)
KKJZ (Long Beach, CA) 
  • Morning Star-Ralph Moore (A good, straight ahead midtempo piano/saxophone instrumental.)
KMHD (Portland, OR) 
  • Filles De Kilimanjaro (Girls Of Kilimanjaro)-Miles Davis (Not fully electric, not fully acoustic; a hypnotic, expansive trumpet piece with backing from a trio of jazz giants: Herbie Hancock (keyboards), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums.)
  • Fire And Rain-Hubert Laws (Laws transfers James Taylor's smash hit to the flute, giving it the feel of a bird in flight.)
KOPN (Columbia, MO)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97, "Archduke" (Live From The Marlboro Music Festival) (Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Soovin Kim, violin; David Soyer, cello) (Uchida plays the piano with considerable force, while Kim and Soyer provide lyrical support.  The third movement is particularly tender, while the fourth movement's spirited finish elicits well-deserved applause.)
KSBR (Mission Viejo, CA) 
  • Life-Hil St. Soul ("It is just a little thing called life."  Well-sung reassurance that you don't have to have all the answers and that it's OK to search for them.)
KVRX (Austin, TX) 
  • Main Theme From "Twin Peaks"-Angelo Badalamenti (The theme stands on its own as a subtle wake-up melody.)