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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

May 6, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Jerry Gordon

Two hours of vocal versions of Duke Ellington compositions in celebration of his birthday. Then off to Jerry's Room, where it is 1967 and the world has just been psychedelicized.

5.6.22

12:00 PM		Stephane Wrembel Caravan The Django Experiment V Arte Boreal Records 2019
12:21 PM		Mark Minchello Quartet Serenade to a Cuckoo (feat. Anton Denner) The Flute Project (feat. Anton Denner) Mark Minchello 2019
12:22 PM		Lambert, Hendricks & Ross In a Mellow Tone (Remastered) Sing Ellington! (Remastered) Sing Ellington 2009
12:23 PM		Al Hibbler & Roland Kirk Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me A Meeting of the Times Rhino Atlantic 1999
12:28 PM		Nancy Wilson In a Sentimental Mood But Beautiful Capitol Records 1990
12:31 PM		Sarah Vaughan Day Dream Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 Pablo 1980
12:36 PM		The Coasters Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Remastered) There's a Riot Goin' On: The Coasters On Atco Rhino/Warner Records 2007
12:38 PM		Billie Holiday Solitude In My Solitude: Billie Sings Ballads UMG Recordings, Inc. 2022
12:43 PM		Mary Stallings I Didn't Know About You (Live) Live at the Village Vanguard MaxJazz 2001
12:47 PM		The Ink Spots I'm Beginning to See the Light (feat. Ella Fitzgerald) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Ink Spots Geffen 1999
12:51 PM		Vanessa Rubin I'm Just a Lucky So and So Pastiche 1993
12:55 PM		Joe Williams Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin' Jump for Joy Legacy Recordings 1963
1:04 PM		Dr. John It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Duke Elegant Parlophone UK 1999
1:08 PM		Nnenna Freelon Prelude to a Kiss Heritage Columbia 1993
1:12 PM		Joe Turner Rocks In My Bed
1:16 PM		Mose Allison I Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues (Remastered) Swingin' Machine (Remastered) RevOla 2010
1:17 PM		Abbey Lincoln Sophisticated Lady Painted Lady (feat. Roy Burrowes, Archie Shepp, Hilton Ruiz, Jack Gregg & Freddie Waits) Futura Marge / Atypeek Music 1980
1:28 PM		Lorez Alexandria Satin Doll Alexandria the Great (Remastered) Impulse! 1964
1:34 PM		Diana Krall Squeeze Me Only Trust Your Heart GRP 1995
1:47 PM		Trineice Robinson Come Sunday All or Nothing 4RM Productions 2021
1:54 PM		Earl "Fatha" Hines Black and Tan Fantasy Once Upon a Time Verve 1966
2:05 PM		The Chocolate Watchband Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love In) No Way Out Geffen 2010
2:09 PM		The Beatles Within You Without You (2017 Remix) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Super Deluxe Edition) [2017 Remix & Remaster] UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2017
2:13 PM		The Rolling Stones 2000 Light Years from Home (Stereo Version) Their Satanic Majesties Request Universal Music Group International 2002
2:17 PM		Pink Floyd Astronomy Domine The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd Records 2016
2:26 PM		Big Brother & The Holding Company Light Is Faster Than Sound Big Brother & the Holding Company Columbia/Legacy 1966
2:26 PM		Country Joe & The Fish Porpoise Mouth Electric Music For the Mind and Body Vanguard Records 2006
2:26 PM		Grateful Dead Morning Dew Grateful Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Grateful Dead/Rhino 2017
2:42 PM		The Byrds Renaissance Fair Younger Than Yesterday (Reissue Edition with Bonus Tracks) Columbia/Legacy 1996
2:42 PM		Captain Beefheart Abba Zaba Safe As Milk HHO 2017
2:44 PM		Lothar & the Hand People Machines Presenting...Lothar & the Hand People
2:46 PM		Buffalo Springfield Expecting To Fly (Remastered) What's That Sound? The Complete Album Collection (Remastered) Rhino Atlantic 2018
2:51 PM		Jefferson Airplane Comin' Back to Me Surrealistic Pillow (2003 Bonus Track Edition) RCA/BMG Heritage 2003
3:12 PM		Eric Burdon & The Animals Monterey The Twain Shall Meet Universal Records 1968

Chat is archived.

Welcome, everybody, to Serenade to a Cuckoo!

Hey Jerry! It is that time again.

Sounding good 👍

Caravan! A real live dj now! It's time

Good! Hi Christine! Did you see what happened to the Phillies last night? How was your show?

Hi Brian, what is happening?

Was it automated before?

Greetings and Salutations to Jerry and his loyal listeners.

Hi Patrick! Jack Baldschun is in the Chat Room!

Duke Ellington Musical Genius Statesman Innovator and he never gave up 7 runs in the 9th inning.

My father would have turned off the radio after they gave up the first couple of runs in the ninth and started cursing at the "bums"

At Connie Mack Stadium the Phillies bullpen would hide at a bar across from the Stadium. We need to build a saloon for this year's bullpen

Serve Ortleibs

@Jerry the 10 am to noon slot was automated, yes.

How come? Do you know?

What a lead in!

@Jerry, I did not see any Phillies this week, though I hear they are, shall we say, underperforming.

That you didn't see them was a blessing

I offered to do the 10AM show but management said they had someone with more personality.

Hi Jerry! This is some tune, Wrembel is considered one of the best.

@Jerry I don't know why Lenca's show was not broadcast today, and if there were technical problems. I was on a work call & when I tuned back in there was an old show of DJ Pup's being played.

UNBELIEVABLE, Ambrose!!!!!!

Nice opening song choice

Hello to all in the chat!

Thank y ou, Rob F. Two hours of Ellington in Cuckoo

Ambrose, wasn't that you who worked at a restaurant?

Great

Rob, I truly think it will be an enjoable show for absolutely everyone

Ya it started with a big silent bang at 10am... ha. No interruptions just silence for 10mins. A little head clearing moment. Then DJ Pup repeat from Tues

Theme song!! 🐦 🎶

@Jerry, I once got a haircut from a barber who when he was a young man starting out used to cut the hair(s) of the Philadelphia Athletics close to 21st & Lehigh, he had large blown up photo's in b/w of the old stadium and players hanging up in his barber shop in Hatboro PA, he talked my ear off, (almost cut my ear off) Haha! He had so many stories about those days, I think I must've been in that chair for a couple hours, wasn't the greatest haircut either but in a way it really was.

An inordinate number of musicians have made cameo appearances in movies.None were cooler than Dukes appearance in the Jimmy Stewart movie Anatomy of a Murder.

Greetings Ambrose.They had a wonderful Philadelphia Athletics museum and library next door to the USPS.Bobby Schantz still going strong at 99.

I love that, Ambrose. What a memory! Beautiful!

Hey there Patrick, thanks for the info.

I knew he did the music, Patrick, but didn't know he did a cameo!

As Duke would sat its beyond category.

@Jerry, yeah, he was a pretty old guy at the time, was prob 20 years ago now, wish I could remember his name.

Nancy Wilson, one of the greatest!

Elegant and Gorgeous and the most beautiful and intimate of voices

My mom always said if they cut your ears they charge extra

Haha. The Phila. A's museum is a half a mile from my house now

@Bo, was this the old barber shop on Byberry near York Road? I used to pass there on my commute all the time. It looked like it had been frozen in time around 1963.

Loved Bobby Shantz, when he was with the Phils!

If I could enter a time travel machine.......April 25 1966.Duke and his orchestra perform A Concert of Sacred Music @Bright Hope Baptist Church in North Philadelphia.Duke remarks on Cat.Andersons trumpet...Trumpets can't go any higher.

Great story, Patrick. Yes, I hear you!

Hey Jerry. And all the fine PRB listening community. Happy friday. Love The Duke!

Haha! Hi Mok! Glad you're here and hope you enjoy this show. Such great music.

hi Jerry, I actually saw Mr. Ellington and the orchestra at the Lambertville Music Circus in the early 1960s.....coolest man I ever saw on a stage and one of the most memorable concerts!

@Christine, the very one, was like a museum!

Hi Jim, I'm not surprised. What a memory to have! To bad you don't have photos!

too

Hi there Mr. Jerry! Nice mellow start for a dreary day. Got a big kick out you and Dan B the other day. Two jazz and music masters at once!

Hi Lance, thanks for checking in! Glad you enjoyed the show, we had fun together

Are you hanging with Max?

He's in school Might get him over this weekend.

I forgot it is school hours. I hope they let you have him!

Would have been a real super group power trio if Will C Jr had been around. Hope he's doing well. Parents have no choice, he's always up for a visit, won't take no for an answer.

Really enjoying Jerry. Joe Williams Mr Smooth!

Rahsaan Roland Kirk 💜

You got to love the way that Max thinks!

Brian, glad you are enjoying!

Mac Rebbenac! The DOCTOR is in the house!

Ha!

Christine, glad you enjoyed Rahsaan, that's a great album.

Hey Jerry! Hey Everyone!

Hi Trineice, great to hear from you! Thanks for checking in!

Your version of Come Sunday is the closer of the show at 2, and I am telling you...it is not good, it is a CLASSIC! I may give you the edge over Mahalia!

The bass is kickin' on this

I'm doing my best to corrupt his thinking. (In a good way)

Of course. Did you get him his Velvet Underground t-shirt yet?

Trineice, I don't see how you can out-do your last CD but I know you will. I can't wait.

Ha ha That's a good idea! He's got too many shark shirts...... looking forward to the closing song, too.

He outgrew the Nirvana shirt

Trineice takes you right to church (or synogogue) and it doesn't get any more heartfelt.

Watch your fingers on those cacti Jerry. Check you later.

Thanks, Lance!

Have a good weekend

I’m working on it Jerry! Will keep it straight from the heart!🙏🏾

Then it will be another brilliant one!

🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾

Sophisticated Lady. And Satin Doll. Right back to back. I always pair them together. Found out about them at same time through gtr lessons way back.

I like that, Brian.

I never could do them justice but appreciated learning about them.

What good teacher/teachers

Lorez Alexandria 😍 my first hearing of her. I’m missing out!

I always learn something listening to your show Jerry!

She was from St. Louis, put out many albums, the hippest!

Listening to this body of work .. how it's so pervasive in the ears of music fans is really staggering. Some jazz players may think less of them as compared to some heavier standards like "Stella by Starlight" or "All the Things you Are" but the sheer number of tunes that have stuck in the public consciousness from Duke and Strayhorn is just remarkable.

True that, Joe. Thanks for listening and commenting

Yep. Juan Tizol too

Cudos to you JG for another great "presentation"

Oh come on Jerry I wasn't that bad of a passenger!!!!!What about that 75 cent tip I used to give you every trip!!!.

this is a fantastic film for all the music aficionados here. Highly recommended: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3031654/

Jerry what kind of Cabbie were you?Travis Bickle or Jim Ignatowski?

Remember the time I hit you in the back of the head with your three quarters?

But I remember them as nickels.

Thanks, Joe

You only played Duke Ellington after I yelled at you about that darned long hair Hippie dope music.

Haha! No, you really didn't care for it!

Ha!

@patrick and @jerry 😂😂

Fab 4 time!

Patrick, wait until 2pm today

Someone say Black and Tans? Got my Guinness spoon ready to gently pour... almost clock out time..

jerry's room!

Trinneice I currently have no car but I would walk from Philadelphia to Princeton to hear you sing Come Sunday!!

i missed hearing trineice!

If it's 1967 why hasn't my Evening Bulletin been delivered yet.??

Firesign Theater alert!

We did this song in middle school chorus

Is Tom Paxton My Dog's Better Than Your Dog next?

Awww thanks @Patrick😍

Haha, good idea!

@esoterica 💕

@Dr. Robinson, it's fantastic to have you in the chat! ✨

Hi @christine! Thanks! Glad to hang with you all!💕

Sitar! sarangi! Tabla!

Thanks, Trineice, for getting psychedelic with us here!

Back to back classics!

Hi Dave, we called your name!

In a mello-tron.... doo doo doo Duke

Sitar & sarangi-summoning was successful, @DtO.

Absolutely @jerry 😎😎

Haha!

Another kickin' tune!

Set the controls for the heart of the planets and their satellites...

Who will you summon with Astronomy Domine, @Jerry?

Syd attacking that gtr.

A new bullpen for the Phillies

I'm ready for lift off 🚀🚀

Kids at School of Rock killed on these early tunes during the Floyd shows. And the other eras too

The pitching line-up is getting psychedelicized. Ooooooo-oooo-oooo-ooooh.....

Had a couple students that had to dissect the Syd tunes. Those were so much fun to play along!

Here you go, Dude! We'll see you in a couple thousand light years

Hi Esoterica! I'm sorry, I got busy and forgot to say hello!

I haven't been to a professional baseball game all year.And I have attended every Phillies home game.

Hahaha the views groovy from out here Jerry

I feel like my heads been in space lately

Nice! You should open up another place somewhere out there

👍👍👍✌️

The Deeeed! New Dave's Picks out. Vol 24. Feb 23 , 74. Winterland

Morning Dew from 2/24/74 is pretty epic

Right up Mok's alley. This is the musicinside his head.

Even at work

I woke up to a half hour Dark Star..so yes they are in my head constantly. Lol

I went to a Phils game on a nice sunny Saturday few weeks back. Good to get out. They did not win but oh well. I'm good for my once a decade game

Nag Champa. Towel under the door...

I like how you're putting these tracks in chronological order @Jerry.

I remember our 1967 schoolyard arguments

Sammy Speer orchestra vs Lawrence Welk orchestra.

haha, Brian, love it

i just replenished my nag champa, the little cones! true, bri

PJ, swing and sway with Sammy Kaye

Ha I can feel the back of my throat burning from that preservative in the Hi punch

Beatles fans may want to check this out: https://pennlivearts.org/event/mark-morris-dance-group-1018

That mouth-staining red color...

Capt my Capt! Ry Cooder on the bass solo.

Modern dance interpretation of Sgt Pepper’s in Philly this weekend.

Capt got part of the melody from a Ravi Shankar record

Thank you, Russ!

@Russell, thanks for the info!

II saw Lothar and the hand people and their theremin at Le Garage on Long Beach Island. Lots of incense there!

People used to torture a Philly DJ by requesting Lothar & the Hand People through the years. A certain parade enthusiast.... We gotta go....

Psychedelic EBS

Lothar's emergency test revenge!

god i love this song

Brian D.hearing Di Bellas voice is a unique form of torture.

@Christine Haha!

One of Neil's most proudest moments. Really loves the sound he got on this and the construction n production

I love to hear that, Eso!

Hi esoterica!

Patrick when i heard from a friend that people used to repeat bomb him with Lothar requests i thought hmmm .... maybe someone should bring back the tradition... some "kids that went thatta way" did just that.... one looked an awful lot like me

Neil Young is something else, musically and personality wise

Neil follows his gut. Does what he wants. Serves the music.

Jerry Did You know Neil Youngs father is in the NHL Hall of Fame as a sportswriter

Mr Balin. Probably the best vocalist they had.

hi bo, bri, chrsitine and our "guide" on this trip, and fearless leader, jerry!

Hi Esoterica!

jerry's room has been real cozy on this rainy day!

thanks, JimBeaux

In the summer of 1967 I'd just turned 18...I was living now in NYC and about to start going to Pratt Institute in the fall...I hit the Summer of Love at just the right moment...I describe it as having been invited to the the greatest and longest running party of all time...THANK YOU for playing LOTHAR and anything by Marty Balin

so true, jimbeaux

What's a lil 40 hour bout of rain between friends?

Thanks, Eso! Thanks in advance, everybody for listening today! And for chatting!

Echo that jimbeaux!

Beautiful show Jerry, thank you!

Beautiful song

So many facets of psychedelia in the past hour. 💎 Thank you, Jerry!

Thank you Ambrose, loved your barber story too

Great show Jerry,

Thanks for brightening up a rainy First Friday Jerry.

Thanks, Jerry!

That Rhino Springfield box is great. Neil oversaw that so they definitely got the sound right.

Trineice, you are the best, I could hear you sing

that song

Thanks everyone

Was thinking the same!

There was a radio promo / trailer on a Philly station once that featured bits of this Animals song and previous Byrds Ren Faire song. And i bet some others in the set.

Trineice, it would be a hit

Already wrote it down

You would kill it!!!! The best!