Six standout tunes heard today:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- Vapor-Soulive (This instrumental sports a smooth blend of blues and jazz, especially in the guitar.)
- New Shoes-Ike Stubblefield (This is where rock meets jazz. It's a great brassy instrumental in which every player radiates confidence.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Turn Out The Stars (Live)-Bill Evans (A classy, jaunty uptempo number for piano, bass, and drums.)
- Fallin'-Al Jarreau (It was a pleasant surprise to hear WSIE play this somewhat overlooked ballad.)
- Hello Stranger-Barbara Lewis (It was also a pleasant surprise to hear this oldie. The "shoo bop, shoo bop" backing indicates the year, 1963, in which this track was recorded. I wish I'd played it more often on WEW. Yvonne Elliman's cover of it is also impressive.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- Dark Days-Local Natives featuring Sylvan Esso (Instrumentally, this sounds reminiscent of mid to late '70s Fleetwood Mac. The chill factor in the vocals makes me think this could segue with "California" by The Lagoons.)
