Serenade to a Cuckoo Fri May 26 with Jerry Gordon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo

Good afternoon Jerry. Missed last week's show, we were in Iceland. Amazing place!

Hey Jerry!

Greetings Jerry and listeners.In honor of the passing of Bill Sakura.You can call him Jerry You can call him Gordski You can call him JG You can call him Mr.Third Street but you doesnt have to call him Mr.Gordon!!

Happy Friday to you🌞

Hi Christine! Stephen, how fantastic! Tell us a little if you can while on the chat. Happy for you!

Sorry typo that’s Bill Saluga…..

Yes, but you dasn't call me Johnson!

Steve Smith, a great drummer, especially at his age!

Also mourning the passing of Jean Durkee proprietress of a room better than Jerry’s Room. Romper Room.She was the female Mr.Rogers

Whoa, Patrick. You are always informed, I was romping around in my diapers

Iceland is rainy, windy and cold...but what fantastic sites you'll see!

Stephen, did you hear any music while you were there?

I can’t believe they are banning booze on Wildwood beach. Now I have to think up another reason not to go there

Banned? Patrick, didn't I read that they just legalized booze on the least likely beach possible, Ocean City?

Christine, are you getting overworked again?

This track London brew is trippy and all I had was a sip of coffee. Good stuff @Jerry

Great Gautham, I REALLY want you to enjoy that coffee!

Jerry, I wouldn't say overworked, but I am on a meeting right now, so I'm not able to listen. The audacity of these employers!

No. Not really. They do have a punk museum there, but we didn't go...seemed almost an after thought. Also a Rock 'n Roll museum that featured: Bjork, Sigor Russ and Monsters and Men...didn't bother with that one either. We had a 2 yr grand-niece in tow, not sure she would have enjoyed either spot. But we did get to the Viking Museum...aarrrgggghhhh!

I don't think Ocean City is ruled by the 7th day Adventists anymore, or whoever set it up long ago

Hi Francis, I was shocked to see that headline about drinking permitted! Now I know why!

If ya can't drink on the beach in the Wildwoods...where are all those senior week grads gonna go to pass out? Or do they just go to FLA now?

I don't blame you, Stephen. How many of you were there?

I'm with you, Christine. But this is why they love you

I'm reading wiki, and there are 32! dry towns still in NJ weird.

That's interesting.

Six

Nice Stephen, nice family I'm sure

Yup. Made of PA, CA and Germany. :)

Interestingly, Collingswood is one of the towns, yet threy recently allowed Devil's Creek Brewing to open on the main street a few years back. And alcohol is allowed in restaurants.

Joe Lovano is at the Village Vanguard this week: https://villagevanguard.com/

You've come a long way from the arcades of Philly, Stephen.

Thank you for that info, Christine, you are always informed on these matters.

Thank you, Russ, wounds like it would be an incredible show to go see!

Ha, ha...still in "the blood" though.

Marilyn Crispell will be at Solar Myth in Philly on July 8: https://villagevanguard.com/

https://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/marilyn-crispell-mark-dresser-gerry-hemingway-trio/

Russ, I don't know how you get all this info from your phone

Jerry, Thanks for the Threadgill. Sounds good!

Thank you, Russ

Thankfully, the meeting is over. Now back to Serenade to a Cuckoo!

I once took a non jazz fan to Miles Davis concert. As Miles played with his back to the crowd my guest started praying in Latin.Thought it was the Mass in Latin.

John Zorn is so good I want to enlist in the Masada.

Haha, and Miles was probably dressed appropriately!

Don't, Patrick, we need you as a listener!

Imagine the Archbishop telling Miles he didn’t get promoted to Monsignor.

There would be hell to pay, Miles potentially could have knocked him out

What a crazy intro to a crazy version of this song

Everybody in your leisure time look up eden ahbez, especiall you Patrick

I’m going cuckoo for the crazy serenade! Keep it going, DJ Jerry Gordon!

‘Nature Boy’ 💙

Bela Fleck will be a special guest with Shakti with John McLaughlin & Zakir Hussain at the Keswick Theater in Glenside on August 22: https://www.keswicktheatre.com/events/detail/469985

There's that theme song! Friday afternoon has officially begun (in the Eastern time zone) 🐦 🎶

Thank you so much, MM. It's you style, especially when we get to Jerry's Room. The story, though, behind Nature Boy is unreal!

Looking forward to more psychedelia! Cheers!

Thanks Russ, Christine.

Great MM, you won't be disappointed.

Speaking of skull and crossbones, I saw the sickest movie of my life yesterday on TV: "X" from 2022. So sick I had to laugh

The Fleck/Zakir/Meyer piece was excellent!

Russ, the album is spectacular

Crazy Mensch 💀

Haha, MM, lived beneath the L outside in the Hollywood Hills!

wow Marshall Allen is 99

There's more to that story, Yiddish writer claimed he stole the story and Crazy Mensch settled out of court for 25 grand. Not so crazy!

Hi Mok, the Miles davis that gets played today is courtesy of you

Who needs to take a university music course when they can simply access WPRB on Fridays at noon to three? So good.

Bottom of the L would be the best coverage

Thanks, Anthony, sometimes I like to yell. You have been seeing some incredible shows lately. Love the reviews and pictures

:)

Mok, Jerry's Room today is set to your own personal algorhytms

I am all ears

This vibe 💯

sounds like Miles

It is, sir, and Christine, you are always in the vibe

...Thanks to your playlist!

Rest in peace, Tina Turner. 💔 😭

Henry Threadgill will be at the Museum of Midern Art in NYC on May 30. The program will open with a tribute performance of Threadgill compositions by pianist David Virelles, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Andrew Cyrille. After a reading of selections from his new autobiography, Threadgill and Edwards will join a discussion of the book. https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/8754

TINA TURNER ❤️‍🔥 simply the Best, better than All the rest! 😭

MILES DAVIS ❤️

Going to see Marshall Allen and co. tomorrow night!

Hi Bud, nice!

Have a great time, and thanks, as always, for listening

And I know some "real fans" don't like those later Miles recordings, but I always enjoy them, maybe because they were new and exciting when I was young.

Listen to this Marshall, solo!

🔥 🔥 🔥

Yeah, Bud, people had to catch up and many didn't. Because they were new and exciting!

I miss June Tyson!

glad the office is half empty..im cranking this up!!

Haha, you got to!

im going to be Captain Bongheart when i get home

The children laugh and sing, the neighbors wave as they see you enter your home.

😂

Luv this Epic JAM 🧡

My condition is BoNkErS

yeah this is groovy

Turn on, tune in, and drop out.

Best Big Lebowski sequence ever!

A la Busby Berkley

Hey Jimboo, Russ, below in the chat , just sent me a meme of the scene. One of the best movies and sequences ever, and a lot to look at!

Bring back the Farfisa!

Big Lebowski: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bykaeV4o

Thank you, Russ, can't get too much Big Lebowski!

💜 💜 💜 🪐

🐳 🍇

The Queen of the icon, Ms. Christine!

Really Diggin' Today's Show... Excellent Stuff as Usual...Thanks Mr Jerry Gordon!

Thank you, Michael, I appreciate that!

Stop by more often!

What about the TOOKUS!?! Oh… “…took us…”!

Thank you, Jerry! Dang, these past 3 hours just flew...

I can't mention Tookusses here!

Been in the car listening. Awesome show! Thanks

Have a great Friday, everybody & a good weekend!

Epic!

Thanks Stevie, appreciated.

Another GEM 💎🎵🎶 to end another TopShelf Show! Many thanks and big cheers and kind regards to you, DJ Jerry Gordon!

Christine, thank you, thanks for providing icons and vibrations.

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Ears!

Very kind of you for a skeleton like yourself! Have a great weekend

Russ, thanks for your concert reporting and musical support.

Take care MrM 💀, Boo 👻!

Thanks, Jerry!

Mok, Patrick, and everyone else thanks for listening!

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12:18 PM		Henry Threadgill Mvt 1, Sections 6A-7A The Other One
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1:39 PM		Miles Davis What's Love Got To Do With It That's What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7 Columbia/Legacy 2022
1:54 PM		Tyler Mitchell Enlightenment (feat. Marshall Allen) Dancing Shadows (feat. Marshall Allen) Mahakala Music 2022
1:55 PM		Sun Ra & His Arkestra Enlightenment Nuits de la Fonda
2:02 PM		Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Diddy Wah Diddy The Legendary A&M Sessions - EP A&M 1984
2:04 PM		The Paupers Think I Care Magic People
2:08 PM		Kenny Rogers & The First Edition Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Geffen* 1992
2:13 PM		The Small Faces Itchycoo Park Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Vol. 1
2:16 PM		Thorinshield The Best of It (single B-side) Thorinshield Start Entertainments Limited 2011
2:16 PM		Pink Floyd Astronomy Domine The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Columbia/Legacy 2016
2:21 PM		Moby Grape Omaha Moby Grape (Bonus Track Version) 1967
2:25 PM		The Chocolate Watch Band Dark Side Of the Mushroom No Way Out
2:26 PM		Spirit Fresh-Garbage Spirit Ode/Epic/Legacy 1996
2:32 PM		Mandrake Memorial Dark Lady Mandrake Memorial Poppy
2:35 PM		The Lollipop Shoppe You Must Be A Witch Just Colour
2:38 PM		Steppenwolf The Pusher Steppenwolf Geffen 2015
2:44 PM		SRC Onesimpletask Src Capitol Records (CAP) 1968
2:50 PM		Fever Tree Man Who Paints the Pictures Fever Tree Geffen 2010
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Serenade to a Cuckoo

5.26.23