Six of the better tracks played today:
WSIE 88.7 FM
- You Belong To Me-Carly Simon (I'm glad there's a place in WSIE's generally jazzy mix for a pop tune with a jazz-adjacent bent like this. The Doobie Brothers also recorded a strong version of this.)
- The Cat-Jimmy Smith (Hip for 1964 organ playing from Smith, as expected, augmented by joyful, explosive brass.)
KWMU 90.7 FM
- There's A Small Hotel-Houston Person (Smooth, resonant tenor sax tone from Person and excellent rhythm section backing. The Gene Harris Quartet's "Strollin'" would flow well into this rendition of a frequently covered tune...)
- I've Got You Under My Skin-Beegie Adair Trio (...or this fine piano rendition of another much-covered melody.)
KSHE 94.7 FM
- Solsbury Hill-Peter Gabriel (Honest lyrics about knowing when it's time to leave a situation.)
- Right Down The Line-Gerry Rafferty (Another way of conveying the sentiments expressed in Jim Croce's "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song." As much as I've always liked Rafferty's "Baker Street" and "Get It Right Next Time," this, to me, is Rafferty's best song, by a nose.)
