KLSU (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Pontooner-Carl Henry Brueggen (One of the coolest contexts in which I've ever heard an accordion.)
- Wataridori-Cornelius (Energetic electronica that sustains its groove for seven minutes.)
- Just My Imagination-The Cranberries (One of the band's sunnier efforts.)
- I Feel It All-Feist (Feist consistently wrings just the right amount of emotion from her songs. This could segue with Blondie's "One Way Or Another.")
- Tickle Toe-Art Pepper (A fun, fast romp, with Pepper's alto sax leading the way. Lyle Lovett's version is also recommended.)
- Dolphin Dance-Jim Cifelli's New York Nonet (Dolphins are smart animals, indeed, to have such classy taste in dance music. This is a strong, elegant brass/winds/rhythm section arrangement of Herbie Hancock's tune.)
- If The Stars Were Mine-Melody Gardot (Gardot sings with such impressive phrasing and timing beyond her years. If I didn't know otherwise, I would have thought she was a torch star from the '40s.)
- How Deep Is The Ocean?-Eric Reed (A good arrangement of this deservedly well-covered tune for piano, bass, and drums.)
- Jiri Antonin Benda: Sinfonia No. 6 in E-flat (Prague Chamber Orchestra/Christian Benda, conductor) (Shades of Mozart in this spirited workout for strings.)
- Giuseppe Tartini: Trumpet Concerto (Wurtternberg Chamber Orchestra/Jorg Faerber, conductor; Maurice Andre, trumpet) (The first movement sounds fit for a royal procession during the Baroque era. The third movement sounds appropriate for sprinting to the procession when time is short.)
