Seven standout selections heard yesterday:
WSIE 88.7 FM
- For Real-Carl "Guitar" Watkins (Uptempo, bittersweet smooth jazz guitar.)
- Astrud-Basia (One of Basia's most compelling tunes. Its dance-like rhythm makes it accessible, and its E minor key gives it an appropriate level of tension. I'm glad I got to play this so often on KNJZ.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- In Love With A Memory-Sasami featuring Clairo (Honest lyrics about appreciating what a relationship has given you shortly before it ends.)
- Ghost-Sierra Spirit (A forthright way of admitting, "You know me so well, and yet, this relationship just doesn't work.")
KCFV 89.5 FM
- I Wish-Stevie Wonder (Right from the thumping opening bass line, it's obvious this is an infectious rhythm. It's one among scores of Wonder's excellent chart-toppers.)
- Sunland-Marc Antoine (Pleasant, energetic smooth jazz guitar playing that could glide smoothly into Acoustic Alchemy's "Trail Blazer.")
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Claude Debussy: La Mer (Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner, conductor) (It puzzles me that audiences didn't receive this piece enthusiastically during its 1905 premiere. How could this rendering of the sea, especially in the strings and winds, not have resonated with listeners immediately?)
