KSJS (San Jose, CA)
- Cut The Cake-Average White Band (Minimalist lyrics, with instrumental backing in the style of "Pick Up The Pieces.")
- Lorelei's Lament-Hank Crawford (The feel of Crawford's emoting on saxophone brings to mind one of the best jazz sax solos ever, in my opinion--Bud Shank's on Sammy Nestico's "Samantha.")
- Imagination-Betty Carter (Straight-ahead scatting with the rhythm section's nimble support.)
- Gangsters-The Specials (Rock meets ska in one of the band's most memorable tunes.)
- Claude Le Jeune: Missa ad Placitum (Choir Of New College, Cambridge/Edward Higginbottom, director) (Captures the solemnity of a Sunday morning service...)
- Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 (Nelson Freire, piano) (Festive and contemplative, by turns; this is an engaging series of short movements for solo piano.)
- V2 sur mes souvenirs-Taxi Girl (Captures the synthesized zeitgeist of new wave in the '80s; every instrument would be a blast to play on this track.)
- I Don't Mind It-Screaming Females (Featuring impressive shredding and new wave-style vocals from Marissa Paternoster, "I Don't Mind It" would segue well with Dressy Bessy's "Just Once More" or the Blondie tunes, "Dreaming" and "One Way Or Another." It's from 2010 but sounds right out of the '80s. It speaks well of WHRB that it can accommodate music ranging from Robert Schumann to Screaming Females.)
