Saturday and Sunday highlights:
KWMU 90.7 FM
- A Little Sweetness-Stanley Turrentine (Turrentine's ringing saxophone tone fits this on-the-prowl number perfectly.)
- Esperanto-Sean Jones featuring Carolyn Perteete (A compelling pairing of trumpet and an intimate voice.)
- Four Brothers-Howard Alden (The Manhattan Transfer recorded an impressive vocal rendition of this, but Alden and company make a compelling case for how well this melody also swings on the guitar.)
KSHE 94.7 FM
- Emma-Little River Band (Good lyrics about a relationship being a two-way street; I'm puzzled that this wasn't a hit.)
- Company's Coming/Slowpoke-Poco (Infectious bluegrass-style pickin' and fiddlin'; it's somewhat unusual to hear this from an album rock band. The vocals in the chorus have stayed with me hours later.)
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Get Back Together-Everything But The Girl (It was a pleasant surprise to hear the hopeful yet wistful vocals on this overlooked track during "The Jazz Collective.")
- Jean-Rod McKuen (Typically, there isn't a local radio outlet for poetic lyrics and vocals from "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie"--except during "The Slatkin Shuffle.")
