Friday, January 19, 2018

SiriusXM highlights LXXXI

Standout selections heard this afternoon:

'40s Junction
  • Flying Home-Benny Goodman Sextet (Goodman's clarinet serves the tune as compellingly as Lionel Hampton's vibraphone.)
  • Love Is Here To Stay-Larry Clinton featuring Bea Wain (I wish I'd played this on WEW, as Wain's vocals would flow smoothly into just about any version of "Cheek To Cheek.")
Eagles Channel
  • Meet On The Ledge-Fairport Convention (Lyrically and vocally moving, even after 100 listens.  Sandy Denny and company sing about seeing all of one's friends "when the time is up."  I really hope Heaven is like that.)
Escape
  • Tangerine-Beegie Adair (Straight ahead piano jazz with an appealing bounce; this is another tune that segues well with "Cheek To Cheek.") 
No Shoes Radio
  • Fooling Myself-Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (I'd be curious to hear how Sarah Jarosz would cover this.)
Real Jazz
  • Night Train-Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith (A fine propulsive reading of the Duke Ellington classic.)
Soul Town
  • Joy (Part 1)-Isaac Hayes (The string accompaniment, which brings Love Unlimited Orchestra to mind, would segue smoothly with "Love Song" by Ramsey Lewis.)