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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Mar 10, 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!

3.10.23

Fabulous new jazz releases followed by 1963, the Year Before the British Invasion

12:04 PM		Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric Ntozake Fire Illuminations 2023
12:20 PM		Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra Future Shaman Lightning Dreamers International Anthem 2023
12:29 PM		Dave Douglas Ah Moon (feat. Berlinde Deman, Marta Warelis, Frederik Leroux, Tomeka Reid & Lander Gyselinck) Secular Psalms (feat. Berlinde Deman, Marta Warelis, Frederik Leroux, Tomeka Reid & Lander Gyselinck) Greenleaf Music 2022
12:33 PM		Tineke Postma The Sky Is Everywhere Aria Edition Records 2023
12:39 PM		Nguyên Lê Ben Zeppelin Songs of Freedom ACT Music 2011
12:39 PM		Nguyên Lê Black Dog Songs of Freedom ACT Music 2011
12:46 PM		Dhafer Youssef Street of Minarets (feat. Ambrose Akinmusire, Nguyên Lê, Dave Holland, Adriano Tenorio DD & Vinnie Colaiuta) Street of Minarets Back Beat Edition 2023
12:54 PM		Hermon Mehari Anthem for Independence Asmara Komos 2022
1:03 PM		Dwight Trible Black Dance Ancient Future 2023
1:41 PM		Roland Kirk Quartet & Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet Serenade to a Cuckoo I Talk with the Spirits Verve 1998
1:41 PM		Jesse Davis Ceora (Live) Live at Smalls Jazz Club Cellar Live 2023
1:41 PM		Jay Hoggard Deluge Raise Your Spirit Consciousness Jhvm Recordings 2023
1:45 PM		Josh Lawrence Nefertiti And That Too Posi-Tone Records 2023
1:50 PM		Eric Reed Infant Eyes Black, Brown, and Blue Smoke Sessions 2023
2:06 PM		The Angels My Boyfriend's Back 60's Gold Hip-O 2006
2:06 PM		Ricky Nelson Fools Rush In (Remastered) Classic Hits Remastered Silver Eagle Records / Delta Music 2022
2:06 PM		Roy Orbison In Dreams The Monument Box Monument/Legacy 1963
2:20 PM		The Orlons South Street Cameo Parkway: The Best of The Orlons, 1961-1966 ABKCO Music and Records, Inc. 2005
2:20 PM		The Impressions It's all Right People Get Ready: The Best of Curtis Mayfield's Impressions Geffen 2013
2:20 PM		James Brown & The Famous Flames Prisoner of Love The Ultimate James Brown Collection (Remastered)
2:20 PM		Bobby Vinton Blue Velvet Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits Epic 1964
2:20 PM		Bobby Vee The Night Has a 1000 Eyes Definitive Vol 2 San Juan Music Inc 2014
2:22 PM		Ray Charles Busted True Genius Tangerine Records 2021
2:24 PM		Garnett Mimms Cry Baby Sweet Soul Music 1963
2:31 PM		Lesley Gore It's My Party The Golden Hits of Lesley Gore Island Mercury 1990
2:31 PM		Skeeter Davis End of the World End of the World - Single Black Sheep Music 2013
2:56 PM		The Dovells You Can't Sit Down Cameo Parkway: The Best of The Dovells, 1961-1965 ABKCO Music and Records, Inc. 2005
2:56 PM		Allan Sherman Helllo Muddah, Hello Faddah Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection
2:56 PM		The Kingsmen Louie Louie The Best of the Kingsmen Kingsmen Int'l Licensing, Inc. 2005
2:57 PM		The Four Seasons Walk Like a Man The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Rhino 2004
2:57 PM		The Drifters On Broadway The Complete Atlantic Albums Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 2019
2:57 PM		Smokey Robinson & The Miracles You've Really Got a Hold On Me The Definitive Collection: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Motown 2008
2:57 PM		The Ronettes Be My Baby Be My Baby: The Very Best of the Ronettes Legacy Recordings 2011
2:57 PM		The Exciters Do Wah Diddy Tell Him Capitol Records 2012

Chat is archived.

Good afternoon, everybody! Welcome to Serenade To A Cuckoo!

... the plastic's all melted ....

My label came off

a public service message from Frank Zappa

Hi Dave! How did it go this morning?

I'm sure great

I like this program even better than Serenade to Kajagoogoo

Thanks, Dave, but what about Serenade to a KooKooGaJoob?

I mean Brian

Serenade to Baba Ghanoush

Show was fine. Wayne Shorter was much appreciated

Show was great

There it is, nuff said. Rob F has spoken. Done.

Hi Jerry & all!

Greetings to Maximum leader Gordon and his loyal apparatchiks

Hi Christine, how are you?

I second Rob F. appraisal of The New Abnormal this morning 💯

Thank you, Topo, that has a nice ring to it!

Tribute to 1963 pop music huh…Easier Said Than Done!

Pretty decent @Jerry, and yourself?

Lots of great music as you know, PJ

Thanks for the kind words 🙏🏼

I am good, glad it's Friday, thank you!

h wow, this was up for a Pulitzer Prize for Music! Typical Jerry!

And happy Friday.

Dave, like Charlie the Tuna, you have great taste!

Hey RS, thank you for making the scene. It is never the same without you.

Love you too man. Just got back from the dentist. Too much fun for one day. Nice to chill out here again.

Too early for that RS, no bad news I hope

Not to bad. Comes with the days. lol

Pre- British invasion sounds curious. We were exporting jazz back then.

There's that ting ting bending pitch percussion instrument again!

Electric Wadada! Are we back to Yo Miles?

Hi Russ, that Wadada was Yo great!

Brian, in this track?

Waka/Jawaka? Nah...

It was briefly there in the beginning. We were chatting about it earlier in Dave chat. It may be same instrument in a Wayne S track we heard. And also maybe on Funkadelic track Back in Our Minds... fun sound

I love this solo

Love the start of this show, nice selections

RS, it does sound like that, kind of

Thanks, Fob F

Rob, I would love to see your son play this for the kids in the dorm

I'll recommend it

Currently only on YouTube

Always nice to hear a Psalm. What a great word. Shout out to the ancient Greeks.

Excellent picks; I especially like the Rob Masurek & Expoding Star Orchestra track. 💫

Christine, I'm glad, you are happenin'

For DTO

Whole lotta...

B. WAYYYYYYYY better than the original.

I was gonna say Black Dog

Ya black dog

Percussion for Christine

Love it!

Gtr riff. Thought I heard a vocal melody quote from Whole lotta but maybe not

Marvin was playing some lovely percussion pieces on Wednesday morning.

Brian, you may have. Your nervous system kicked in and it made you type

Love how Nguyen Le reimagines his covers

Great music from Vietnam .was there lsst fall . Serenade is popular in South Vietnam .Central favors Dan BUSKIRK. The North obviously…. Commie Francis.

Dhafer there on vocals

You remember Leonard Skinner He got Ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner

Dave Douglas at Solar Myth in Philadelphia next Saturday, March 18: https://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/dave-douglas-sextet/

Mok, are you a mindreader? How did you do that? That's...weird!

New Dhafer Youssef!

Did you get it/play it yet?

Played the title track 2 weeks ago

Not sure how Allan Sherman ended up in my radar

Really hope that Dhafer Youssef sees fit to visit our area in the future.

Mok, sorry, that is downright spooky and weird, that tracked has been scheduled for Jerry's Room today.

Thank you, PJ. I'm also big in Cambodia

That is a little weird...👽

Christine, I haven't researched it, I don't know if he has ever performed in the U.S.

Very weird, Mok, because as I listened to that track last night I focused on that exact line and wondered if Lynrd Skynrd got their name from it.

You were big in Cambodia until Pol Pot showed up

That mofo, he killed all my Cambodian listeners!

Oh wow, I thought I heard Zeppelin in that one, how cool. Good afternoon Jerry!

Minaret another great word Props to the French and the Arabs

This is going to make some 2023 lists

Wish I had an answer. Spooky stuff for sure

@Brian, lol I had to do a double take when I heard Black Dog. Caught that one all the way in the nose bleed seats.

I learned about Dhafer Youssef from an unknown WPRB listener for whom I will be forever grateful. His records are perfect.

This Dhafer Youssef was really nice

RS, Zeppelin affects the nervous system, it is unavoidable

Lynyrd Skynyrd got their name from both the Alan Sherman song and a coach at their school named Leonard Skinner. they also used that name as a "bogey man" type of reference when they were kids. "Hey the wind blew the door shut... NO! That was Leonard Skinner! " etc

Good afternoon, DSM, you tuned in just in time to hear some Zeppelin before!

Thank you, Brian. I'm still trying to figure out why Mok was talking about that song. I dn't getit!

Patrick, Brian, how does one pronounce Eritrea?

Air-it-tree-ah

Arrigato

Or air-it-tray-ah... either

Don’t ask me . I bet big money on Ethiopia minus 10 points

Fun with phonics. :)

You’re playing Allen Sherman later!Cant wait . Underrated comic

Too bad Mrs. Miller was a different year

Arigato Barbieri

Ha!

Domo Arigato Mr.Roboto

Ha!

How good is this track?

ha! was just gonna say, this is so good!

Right on, DSM. It makes the burnt neurons start to regenerate.

1:11 wow

Thank you for noticing, Brian. Where is Christine?

What an awesome set Jerry! Neurons are a go for throttle up.

She is out for lunch or ...working!

Thank you, RS, I appreciate that!

Heck yeah Jerry! I only started listening to WPRB seriously in 2011, but I always felt I was hanging with the cool kids during your shows. :)

Turns out I was right.

Jerry’s still pretty cool but he was much cooler at Third Street

Nothing cooler than Jerry taking my money at 3rd

History of coolness!

I believe they opened that 2nd street El Stop for easier access to Third Street Jazz

"TREE" is the louder syllable there

Purpose built shuttle system.

Yes, RS, your peeps!

Even if it is in a forest and no one is there to here it?

*Hear*

I need a cash register and cash, Patrick, to get that "glow" back!

WPRB tip jar

Sorry Jerry I forgot to capitalize the stressed syllable back there... air-it-TREE-ah or air-it-TRAY-ah

Brian, I will be ready next time!

English is my second language after gobbledygook.

Great show today. Definitely going to that Dave Douglas show. It's at Solar Myth, the new spot where Boot and Saddle used to be.

Really loving the show today, Jerry. 💯

I have to head out, but I'll be listening in the car. Cheers!

Thank you, Christine. Please note that according to Brian, the Cuckoo theme began at 1:11 today

Safe travels Christine!

George, thank you very much, glad you are enjoying. Did you see that the performance is going to be stuff from his new album and is all musical haikus?

Thanks, Christine!

Hey George! Solar Myth looks like a dynamite venue. Gotta check that out for sure.

Haha, my English and my Eritrean are on about the same level

Mike, it's never too late to hand over some more money for old time's sake.

Yep....I'm handing it out to everyone else....why not!!!

You can't get there from here!

e dollar bill in change at 3rd street....it looks brand new....still have it

Well that didn't work....I got a 1935 five dollar bill in change at the store

How did I let you leave with that? Was it a "silver certificate?"

Federal Reserve Note....I believe we were on the gold standard then

3 best places to get off the El and go to on a cold winters day. Palestra Third Street Jazz and Robins Bookstore

Tollie and Vee Jay records

Oy....My Three Sons

Used to have a "Silver Certificate" bill or 2 in folding money form...

I have a bunch of them....my Father d=saved them

Jerry, thanks for all the great jazz music today!

Thank you, Patrick. Loved Robin's Book Store. Loved it! And at one time, directly across the street was Stereo Record King where they gave you a free promo 45 if you bought anything. The Palestra? Patrick, amazing credentials you have!

Rob, thank you very much!

Wasn't there a restaurant supply store near 3rd Jerry?

Mike excellent information from you although I expect nothing less. And Swan! I still have my singles on those labels ( said proudly)beat

When David Bowie died I realized he was putting out singles right at the beginning of the British Invasion (1964). He was in various bands back then as a teen. Big blues and early rock n roll fan he was. Record collector.

2nd and Arch

I guess I parked near there to walk to your store

This music is great Those British Mop Top Hippies will never make it USA!!

PABST BLUE RIBBON!

This song reminds me of the movie Blue Velvet

Heineken?Heineken?

F that s! PBR!

Sounds like Oldies 98.1...when they played legit oldies

Enjoying a Neshaminy Creek at the moment

Mike never drinks before 11 a.m.

Orlons!

Ughh I sipped too much last night at Tired Hands

Well, here in retirement....

You came out to Tired Hands? Impressive.

Current Peter Gabriel pics look very much like Dennis Hopper pics in his final years.

Talib Kweli was at the Ardmore last night. Stopped for a few brews beforehand

Speaking of Blue Velvet that is

They had this marshmallow cream IPA. Phew

LOL, the best thing about living on Spruce Street is that it turns into South St across the river. lol

Great guitar part here.

Yes it is

I went to college in Madison Wisconsin. #1 beer Pabst, #1 cigarette was Old Golds

Curtis had a helluva right hand

Madison is great.

Smoked OGs in high school

Hi DubNP

Mok, what a perfect night!

Young Mr Brown

Mike, you just keep on impressing me with your Firesign knowledge, record knowledge, and now you tell me you smoked Old Golds!

Except being out all night...I'll be crashing hard in a few hours 😴

That's what the weekend is for!

Summer of 63 I want to a day came. The guy that picked me up drove a 57 Bel Air and listened to WIBG....these songs are taking me back

Here it is

*day camp*

Right on, Mike

No one admits to going to Day Camp

Joe Spivy got poison ivy at camp

For anyone who enjoys this song, I encourage you to listen to the version by the Clovers that preceded this

Wow 2 songs related to the film in the playlist. Wonder if 1963 year had significance for Lynch or Hopper's character

Mokk, stop it!

I did learn to swim so there's that

✌️😅

Me too, same experience, great radio on the ride up and back but no '57 Bel Air.

Oh moja droga jacie kocham....

This is for Patrick

I'm pretty sure the night has 672 eyes

Dylan's old mate Bobby

Great music but the best thing in 1963 was Dodgers sweeping Yankees Sandy Koufax forever

My main man, of course!

A big brother ish song that night having a thousand eyes and all

Yes, heed the words of Frank Zappa!

Don't Eat The Yellow Snow?

Haha!

Oh yes note for all the beer geeks. Check out Foam Brewing in VT. They ship to PA 😉

noted

Mok, have you already received shipments?

I love Brian Ferry's version of this song

I have a case in my fridge at the moment. Had some for the Superbowl. Good stuff

What a great song

And good advice

That song makes me yourn

Yes!...the British Invasion invigorated music

I can't sit down!

Wrap it up I'll take it

There you go, Mok, I still don't get it

Here we go....

👽me neither. Weird $hit

And why do you know the lyrics?

I assume Granada was Kosher

I betcha!

That's how Jewish kids rolled during the summer.

For me, it was Day Camp with Mike Constantstein

Yep....my ex girlfriend's husband was a caretaker at a camp in the Catskills

Meanwhile... over at Camp Cordoba, senior camp counselor Montalban is giving a demonstration on the construction of Corinthian leather steering wheel covers and wallets for your project... oh.. what's that? You say there's no such thing as "Corinthian leather "... oh well

Eventually becoming Kahn in the Star Trek seres

series

Yep. He helped smuggle in some blue space liquor for me

Ricardo! So great to hear from you

Four Seasons verses the Beatles on Vee Jay!

This was big at South Philadelphia Day Camp at 17th and wolf

OMG daycamp... The smell of p,b & j sandwiches is burned into my brain from that trauma.

RS, quick, drink this bug juice

Brought him back for the movies too. Shatner yelling his last name ha

Peanut butter and jelly is always an option ....

Bones with the Blue liquor

Elixir relief.

These songs all have transcended just bring simple hits. They're part of life

Being

Well shoot, this always goes by too quick. Thanks for the cool fun Jerry. Wave howdy to the grand kids for me and have a loving week with all of yours.

Need some Wall of Sound in here

Thanks, RS!

Have a great one!

Thanks everybody!

Great show Jerry! Happy weekend everyone

A swell show as usual

Thanks guys