Wednesday morning highlights:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- Flowers In The Rain-The Move (The idealism of 1967 rock, in a bouncy arrangement, complete with horns. This romp of a track could segue easily with The Family Tree's "Nickelodeon Music.")
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Cristo Redentor-Donald Byrd (The solemn vocals are an effective prelude to Byrd's trumpet playing. I also recommend Charlie Musselwhite's rendition.)
- Chain Reaction-Joe Sample (Sample's version of his prior stellar band's 1975 album title track succeeds with a lighter touch. In fact, "Chain Reaction" is one of the best albums The Crusaders recorded, in my view. Wayne Henderson's commanding trombone part is key to the original version's melody, and Sample pulls it off on the piano here.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- So Bad-Cassandra Lewis (Lyrically, and vocally, to some extent, Lewis reminds me of Fiona Apple on this track.)
- Shame, Shame, Shame-Lake Street Dive (One of the band's stronger, catchier rhythms that stands up easily to repeated listening.)
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Otto Klemperer: Merry Waltz (Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue, conductor) (Appropriately lighthearted strings and brass, although it's interesting to hear the middle of this waltz veer into "March Of The Toys" territory.)
