WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

WPRB is a community-supported, freeform radio station. Our FM signal (103.3) serves central New Jersey, Philadelphia, eastern PA and the northern tip of Delaware. We reach a global audience at wprb.com.

Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Jan 27, 2023 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

With Jerry Gordon

Serenade to a Cuckoo & Jerry's Room: a two hour jazz show featuring new, modern jazz releases or special jazz features, followed by one hour of non-jazz including pop, r&b, rock, and blues from the forties thru the seventies! You will love it!

1.27.23

The first two hours are new modern jazz releases from 2023, followed by one hour of songs with the word "Baby" in the title.

12:01 PM		The Mothers of Invention Who Are the Brain Police? Freak Out! Frank Zappa Catalog 2012
12:07 PM		Debashish Bhattacharya Ever the Flame Burns The Sound of the Soul 2023
12:13 PM		The Nguyên Lê Trio Thar Desert Dawn Silk and Sand
12:18 PM		Village of the Sun Village Of The Sun (feat. Simon Ratcliffe, Moses Boyd & Binker Golding) First Light (feat. Simon Ratcliffe, Moses Boyd & Binker Golding) Gearbox Records Limited 2022
12:25 PM		Dierk Peters Yet No Treble Spring Sunnyside Records 2022
12:32 PM		Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano, Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan, Anders Christensen, Joey Baron & Jorge Rossy For The Love Of Paul Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian ECM Records 2022
12:44 PM		Richie Goods/Chien Chien Lu/Connected Embrace the Now (feat. BigYuki) Connected 2023
12:51 PM		Kenny Barron Dolores Street S.F. The Source
12:57 PM		KAPIKO Serenade to a Cuckoo Nova AHENK MÜZİK YAPIM 2022
1:15 PM		Kari Kirkland I Didn't Mean to Turn You On If (When You Go) Slea Head Records 2023
2:04 PM		Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter Boogie Down (feat. Nate Smith) Guilty Pleasures (feat. Nate Smith) - EP Edition Records 2023
2:04 PM		Ed Cherry Ding Dong Are We There yet? Cellar Live 2023
2:04 PM		Lakecia Benjamin Moods Phoenix
2:04 PM		Yvonnick Prene Mystic Minor Listen! Sunnyside Records 2023
2:04 PM		Taj Mahal Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You - Single Stony Plain Records 2023
2:14 PM		Arthur Gunter Baby Let's Play House The Best Of Excello Records Universal Music Enterprises 1994
2:14 PM		The Amboy Dukes & Ted Nugent Baby Please Don't Go Amboy Dukes Mainstream Records 1968
2:14 PM		The Ronettes Be My Baby Be My Baby: The Very Best of the Ronettes Legacy Recordings 2011
2:15 PM		The Blues Project Caress Me Baby Projections Polydor 2010
2:18 PM		The Beatles Cry Baby Cry The Beatles (The White Album) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2009
2:21 PM		King Ernest Cryin' For My Baby King Of Hearts
2:26 PM		Willie Dixon I Can't Quit You Baby I Am the Blues Legacy/Columbia 1969
2:35 PM		Bob Dylan I'll Be Your Baby Tonight John Wesley Harding Columbia 1967
2:41 PM		Them It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Them Again Legacy Recordings 1966
2:42 PM		Hound Dog Taylor My Baby's Coming Home Genuine House Rocking Music
2:44 PM		Eric Sardinas My Baby's Got Something Treat Me Right EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1999
2:50 PM		Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Sock It to Me Baby Sockin' It To You: The Complete Dynovoice / New Voice Recordings RPM 2020
2:54 PM		The Turtles You Baby (Stereo) You Baby / Let Me Be Flo & Eddie, Inc. 1966
2:56 PM		Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Ooo Baby Baby The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 5: 1965 UNI/MOTOWN 2006
2:57 PM		Greg Allman Checking On My Baby Low Country Blues

Chat is archived.

Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo!

Hi Jerry, happy Friday to you!! How are those grandbabies?

Truly unbelievable, Christine. Laughing, happy, beautiful. Lots of joy for everybody

🧠 🚔

Freak Out! Hello

How was your week?

Freak the Frank out!

Hi Brian D, it's a theme I like to come back to all the time

Greetings Jerry and listeners.Always got a kick out of re watching that politico talk show where Frank Hands those suited talking heads their lunch.

This guy plays a "Hindu" steel guitar that he designed

Anytime that happens it is a reason to rejoice

With the glitch music lead-in, sorta of a double freakout. :)

Hi Jerry!

Hi RS, was there a glitch at the beginning?

Sneak peek at BABY third hour .Paul Anka Mac Davis and Osmonds What’s it gonna be Baby?

Like the first few seconds of the Ut oh! tune. :)

Don't mess with my Marie Osmond

Thanks, RS, I didn't know

Good to see you, RS

Not really uncommon between hosts while the server catches up I guess.

Who is Patrick Hands?

Thanks, RS

This track may summon Dave the Obscure. 😶‍🌫️

I hope so! I must test to see if he is out there

In the psychedelic days of 1967 it was not uncommon to hear Indian music pop up on "Underground" radio

...every once in awhile

Glad to be here, thanks Jerry, best wishes to the grand-ones. Hope they are having a great time. I imagine they are gonna dig the peek-a-boo game before long.

That was a nice Ragga groove.

Last week, I took off to visit a new born. So great. I love seeing them happy and I love seeing my kids happy. I forgot about peekaboo! Gonna do that next time.

HA!

I never heard of this "Debashish" guy. I agree, that track was beautiful. BTW, thanks for keeping me informed, I didn't know the "alternative" music came on

Christine, maybe this will get Dave to come out!

Yeah, DTO reporting in!

Hey Dave

We were just checking your conciousness receptors through various music waves

Hey. Debashish is great, and always happy to hear Nguyen Le has new music!

I see your show is being repeated once a week, congratulations!

Thanks. I haven’t been sent back to the minors yet 😺

No, the stamp of approval!

Hey ǝʌɐꓷ! Nice show this morning during my hit the snooze button hours.

A starter!

I have to catch the replays to catch ǝʌɐꓷ's full show Jerry. :)

Thanks, Rofflestomp. Glad you were able to allow some of the show to enter your ears.

It's always part of my sleep therapy at least :)

Because my show is on within hours, I am always sleeping, walking the dogs, making breakfast and preparing my show. I will do like you and listen to his repeats

3-6 a.m. is not easy

Thanks for playing that Debashish Bhattacharya track, Jerry. That was a great introduction; it's going on the list. 📝

It is not for me, yet lots of people listen.

Love what I have heard from Debashish

He has been featured on Sangeet

Has collaborated with John McLaughlin

I really need to listen to Sangeet every week.

You mean you don’t? 😞

I do, but not every Saturday, @DTO. And clearly I'm missing out!

My old roommate went thru a Shankar phase while I lived with him and It's an acquired taste for western ears for sure, but I now love a good Ragga.

That's because you're an old hippie

Like Patrick, who was undercover in the postal system

HAHA! And my hair is still long. :)

the old song: "Never Cut My Hair Off"

Far out first hour Jerry! Lovin’ it!

Hey DSM, thank you. Because you are an old hippie also

I was so undercover in the USPS they still haven’t noticed I retired 36 months ago.

Hopefully they are still paying you

That collaborative thing they do with UPS is a little shaky from my perspective

I didn’t work for USPS I let USPS work for me!

Package fusion I think they call it

I remember fusion of 15 minute break plus 30 minute lunch =about as long as Serenade show

Chien Chien Lu! 💜

Hi Jerry, just done a meeting again. Except this time another one in 15 mins. I should put my out of office response on Fridays, listening to WPRB

Patrick, you were protecting your mental health

Hi Rob F, thank you for tuning in again right after a meeting! You appreciate this music, you've exposed your daughter to it, no more Friday afternoon meetings!

PRB must have upgraded transmitter. I am getting good reception in Manayunk and Roxborough

Christine, not only do you listen to many shows but absorb as well. Alot of music and alot of different types of music

That's good, Patrick! My old stomping grounds in the seventies when I wasn't working

I only listen to Jerry’s show All the other shows banned me .Only Jerry can tolerate my Abe Simpsonesque ramblings

Don't you get probation?

btw, Congrats on the grandkids! I don't think I ever said

DALLESANDROS Steaks has huge line all hours Apparently some Food tV critic raved about it

*ties onion to belt because it was the style

Thanks Rob, two within four months after none. Appreciated.

Great classic cheesesteaks there. Always lines

Birthday shout out to the late great Bobby Hutcherson

He was a great one for sure

WPRB is a fine continuing education. The first time I heard Chien Chien Lu she was performing with So Percussion at Princeton. They were playing a piece she wrote. That was around 2018. So Percussion are artists in residence, and they team up with other interesting artists, like Shodekeh Talifero. Definitely worth coming out to see them when they're at Princeton, which is about twice a year.

Thanks for that, Christine

Speaking of great one’s the third hour should be dedicated to Ralph Kramden.Baby you’re the greatest!!

That's who one of my dogs is named after

Theme song time...! 🐦 🎶

Ohh - this version sounds good

So Percussion will be at Annenberg Center in Philly with Caroline Shaw on February 3: https://pennlivearts.org/event/so-percussion-caroline-shaw

Also doubling as a new jazz release?

Haha Christine, you drew out Russ. I was counting on him!

Thanks, Russell!

No, not a new release. A Turkish band I found on YouTube

Russ is the best for concert info since the free weeklies folded and the Inquirer has basically given up on concert info

Yup, that's why Russ took over! And to keep live performances alive and successful

And musicians making a livelihood

I spelled that wrong

Jerry if you ever down Third Street they have a TURKISH coffee house @ 4 and Market

Cool!!!

Wonder if Russ could post the upcoming Foxhole Underground schedule

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m0BI0NyUiNU&feature=youtu.be

Suddenly it's quiet on FM and the stream

A fun piece by Caroline Shaw and So Percussion

Dead air here too

Brief words then silence again... still

OK, heard you for a few words, Jerry. But then silence.

Sounds like my last comedy club appearance

😂 Patrick

@Russ, thanks for the link! It does sound like it will be a really good concert.

This Marcel Marceau record is killing it

Back on

Music is back!

Lol Patrick

That sucked! I have no explanation

Nice Cherrelle cover

💜 Kari Kirkland

I'm going to turn on my mic and snap my fingers. please let me know if you can hear it

did anyone hear anything? A finger snap? A hand clap?

I can't hear any snapping.

Or clapping.

oh boy!

@ Serenade to a Cuckoo w/Jerry Gordon (host) Who was playing those mellow but insinuating electric guitar leads on Kari Kirkland's captivating "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"? Sounded very Steely Dan-ish, I wonder if it was one of SD's star session players ...?

testing new microphone, listen for handclap

The sound of one hand clapping. Nada.

Oh snap.

Music is loud and clear though…

Jerry, I jut heard you say a word. Lochel's?

I heard it also

(That's what it sounded like to me; it's a bakery 🍩)

A great local bakery

Now I want a Lochel's pastry!

I think it is Hatboro?

They live down the street from me

Yep Hatboro

I drive over sometimes; it's worth the trip. 🍰

Working on some issues, hang tight gang.

ghost of Wilbo

This track is really good

Hey Mike - would you know why song track/artist info doesn't appear on HD car radio?

Stanbd by for a moment of funky drummer.

Working through some tech issues right now, Jerry's show will resume in a moment.

The standby music

This tune is always in high rotation. :)

lol

DOOM FUNK

Heard it quite a bit the other day

WABC AM NYC used to do the "Instant replay, replay, replay..." thing too often when I was a meer lad. lol

WABC….Geeeorgeee Michaellll .

And back!

Jerry a full hour of Lou Reeds Coney Island BABY should suffice

at the break, tell me if you can hear me

track IDs are not coming through the player

.... wanna play football for the coach.. Ya great Lou lp. One of my faves of his. Real stripped down. Very NYC

there you are

We can hear you!

Yes! Jerry voice

yeaaaahhh baby!

5x5 now Jerry. Mike climbing the tower for the win. :)

I think we're good now.

Wilbo put that image of Mike up on the tower with duct tape in my head and it's a winner.

Harrowing! So many hours spent putting together the first two hours and kaput

Thanks Mike be careful climbing down the Tower @ Bakers Basin

In addition to WPRB Mike works part time as a Lineman for the County

excelsior!

Hi Mok

after Mr Gordon. *hat tip*

afternoon even

Yeah, do you have the Beatles' White Album? Never mind, just get me a glass of hot fat. And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're out there.

Wow!

need my zoot suit for this swingin tune

Chuck, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Berry. You know that new sound you're looking for?

That artist used to wear a "mok" red zoot suit

styling!

haha , one of the great movies ever

truth. That film never gets old.

Took me a min or 5. Yeah love that movie

ooo there is a new Bob Zim bootleg box out.

Cab Calloway = Zoot Suit, but only in black and white rendering in my mind.

Yes Time out of Mind

i still love the Trouble No More box (#13). Still listen to it regularly

Mok, what is it? RS, CC the perfect model for the zoot suit, very hip

Mike you know about this box?

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/bob-dylan-fragments-review-1234664172/

I do

Now that's service!

I'll have to read about it later and see what it is all about

that's an intersting guitar Mr Sardinas is playing

Yes, beautiful, I forget what it was called...a steel guitar, I think. That album/track was on my record label

Ohhhh the song with a bad word :)

🧦 it

queen of the Icons!

Thanks Jerry.You’re still my hero even though you never play any of my requests.Hard to believe Jimmy Durante didn’t make the cut

The Jimmy Durante disco version was too long, Patrick, sorry

It won by a nose

Thanks again for that Friday pick me up Jerry. Have fun with grandkids!

Thanks, RS, I wish they weren't 4 hours away. Have a good weekend and GO BIRDS

Birds indeed

No Turtles

Ha!

oh my

🐢 🐢 🐢

Next Bootleg Series box is the Time Out of Mind lp era. New remix, tons of sessions/ alternates and a disc of live from assorted places within that 2-4 year period around that time

Want it!

Love that live era. Late 1990s to early 00s

Never mind the gremlins 👾...fun show, Jerry! Have a great weekend, everybody. Go Birds!

Thanks, everybody!

till next Friday

See you Mike