Five selections that captured my attention today:
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Still Never Enough-Lisa Addeo (Bouncy smooth jazz piano with appealing saxophone punctuation.)
- Doodlin'-Horace Silver (One of the most memorable jazz hooks, with excellent synergy between Silver's piano playing and the rest of the ensemble. Also recommended: Ray Charles's version.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- Minor Inconveniences-Bebe Stockwell (This is about as universally relatable as song lyrics get. Who doesn't experience irritants that are relatively trivial but vexing in the moment?)
KCFV 89.5 FM
- Cold Heart-Dua Lipa & Elton John (When hearing John's "Rocket Man" and "Sacrifice" in their original incarnations, I didn't imagine that they'd merge in a dance mashup decades later. This reworking puts a fresh, modern sheen on both tunes.)
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Manuel de Falla: Nights In The Gardens Of Spain: I. En el Generalife (Orchestra de Paris/Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Martha Argerich, piano) (The strings, in particular, capture the tense, mysterious nature of this first movement.)
