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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Oct 10, 2025 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

With Jerry Gordon

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

10.10.25 Pharoah Sanders, Steve Miller

An hour of new jazz releases, an hour of Pharoah Sanders - the Theresa years, and Stevie Guitar Miller - the first four albums!

12:00 PM		Marcus Miller Red Baron M² Victor 2001
12:12 PM		Christopher McBride Funky Good Señor Blues (feat. Josh Evans) The Hang, The Hustle, The Path 2025
12:12 PM		Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring Strollin' Split Decision Smoke Sessions 2025
12:19 PM		T.J. Kirk Serenade to a Cuckoo T.J. Kirk Rhino/Warner Records 1995
12:44 PM		Mike LeDonne & The Groover Quartet After The Love Has Gone (Live) Turn it Up! LIVE At The Sidedoor! Cellar Live 2025
12:44 PM		Lonnie Plaxico Can't Hide Love (feat. Camille Thurman) Radiance Plaxmusic 2024
12:49 PM		Brandon Sanders & Jazzmeia Horn Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) Lasting Impression
12:58 PM		John Vanore & Abstract Truth La Fiesta Deception
1:20 PM		Ed Kelly & Pharoah Sanders You've Got To Have Freedom Ed Kelly & Pharoah Sanders Evidence Music 1993
1:23 PM		Pharoah Sanders Think About the One Journey to the One EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1979
1:27 PM		Idris Muhammad I Want to Talk About You Kabsha (KABSHA) EVIDENCE MUSIC 1979
1:35 PM		Pharoah Sanders Moment's Notice Rejoice
1:44 PM		Pharoah Sanders On a Misty Night (Live at the Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA, 01/23/82) Heart Is a Melody (Live) Evidence Music 1983
1:49 PM		Pharoah Sanders Easy to Remember Live
2:05 PM		Steve Miller Band Children of the Future Children of the Future (with Boz Scaggs) Steve Miller - Owned 1968
2:05 PM		Steve Miller Band Pushed Me to It Children of the Future Capitol Records 1968
2:07 PM		Steve Miller Band You've Got the Power Children Of the Future Steve Miller - Owned 1968
2:08 PM		Steve Miller Steppin' Stone Children Of the Future
2:19 PM		Steve Miller Band Song for Our Ancestors Sailor Steve Miller - Owned 1968
2:22 PM		Steve Miller Band Dear Mary Sailor Steve Miller - Owned 1968
2:24 PM		Steve Miller Band Living In the U.S.A. Sailor Steve Miller - Owned 1968
2:32 PM		Steve Miller Band Brave New World Brave New World Steve Miller - Owned 1969
2:35 PM		Steve Miller Band My Dark Hour Brave New World Capitol Records 1969
2:37 PM		Steve Miller Band Space Cowboy Brave New World Capitol Records 1969
2:42 PM		Steve Miller Band Kow Kow Brave New World Capitol Records 1969
2:48 PM		Steve Miller Band Little Girl Your Saving Grace Capitol Records 1969
2:53 PM		Steve Miller Band Just A Passin' Fancy In a Midnight Dream Your Saving Grace Capitol Records 1969
3:03 PM		Steve Miller Band Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around Your Saving Grace Capitol Records 1969
3:03 PM		Steve Miller Band Your Saving Grace Your Saving Grace Capitol Records 1969

Chat is archived.

Welcome, everyone!

Phillies - AND Eagles! Oy vey! Happy Friday to Jerry and everybody!

You're not kidding, Rick. So painful for all of us good people. At least we have good music today, I promise!

As Miles would say, "Social Music"

Friooin' Eagles

Greetings to Gordski and his acolytes. There is no joy in Mudvilledelphia today. The mighty Phillies have struck out.

Said poignantly

All three teams went down

Definitely Mudville.

All that is left is the funk.

History doesn’t always repeat itself but it often rhymes. 47 years ago October Phillies lose 2 at home. Win one in LA and then lose game 4 on a horrific error.

Several Phils should have committed hari kari after last night's game.

In advance thanks for the third hour tribute to the underrated Steve Miller.Very Menschian on your part.

How long this shiva thing last?When can I watch baseball again ?

Nothing menschy about it although thank you. My love for Steve Miller is unending.

Nothing like a tune penned by Horace Silver to turn my mood around.

Great guitar player but perhaps not the best lyricist

Patrick, the shiva lasts until 8 games into next season. Cover up the mirrors with sheets so you can't see your own sad reflection.

Interesting comment, Mike. I have to think about that one.

Hello Jerry, this is Richard Mitnick back to WPRB after a long absence. It has so far been very refreshing. I do miss Will C. IN another station chat a fellow named Patrick told me Will had just stepped away from any radio presence. That is a huge loss for Jazz listeners. Will has an encyclopedic knowledge. Have you any idea why he has left radio behind? Any way, great to hear you.

Thanks, Richard. I can't really speak for Will, he's doing fine. I hope you are too!

Rick, next song is for you, too!

Hopefully he spotted many a bird

Jerry, I'm diggin' it already!!!

Yup. No complaints. I hope you are well.

Yeah. I think he had a good time, Mike.

Good, Richard!

These last two tracks are so good I don't even know how to speak about them.

I'm diggin' it

I'm glad, Mike, this is "hip" like yourself and Patrick who is getting ready for his next routine.

Really good track!

Right on, VS!

50 years ago local entertainment options’ Mary Travers,Chris Smither,Billy Ruth,Rick Wakeman ,Oregon with Gary Burt-on,Willie Nelson,Loggins and Messina with Fleetwood Mac and the amazing Rhythm Aces .And last but not least Larry Ferrari

Billy Ruth - a Sinatra clone if ever there was one.

Dr. Jerry, thanks for the shot of B-3!

Larry was over-indulging in weed at that point. Just ask Rick.

Here's some more, Rick. So good!

Jerry, true story - the last time I had weed was before (and after) a Steve Miller concert at the Spectrum.

Like a religious ceremony. You didn't need any weed after that. The Space Cowboy took you there. GREAT story.

Hey Rick thanks for the Billy Ruth shout out. A great Sinatra troubadour

Haha. Rick and Patrick, birds of a feather!

Richard thanks for the fellow named Patrick shoutout. Much nicer than the usual .. Will the defendant please rise!!!

I would love to hear Miles' "So What" and Keith Jarrett's "Fort Yawuh"

Sorry Richard … The Gods Do Not Answer Letters!!

Patrick, your comedic approach slays me! And the price is right.

"In the center of the mud, the lotus finds the light. The jewel is not the mud, but the pure heart that blooms from it."

Jerry, you are a prophet.

You know, I have the CBS video of Miles doing "So What" with the famous John Coltrane solo. By chance I met an associated producer of that video. We were friends for 25 years. I gave him a copy of the video on DVD. He had not seen it in all that time.

"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places."

Richard, that's an incredible video. Shocking that he hadn't seen it! A nice present!

Jerry you weren’t such a big prophet when you got stuck with all those Phillies Fever 45s

They started coming back in value until last night. Back to the basement!

Loved that damn basement

I always love looking at the video of this tune with Aretha and Stevie Wonder and watching the great George Duke clearly enjoying playing the keyboards behind them.

Thanks, Mike. I'm talking about the mildewed basement in my house.

Rick, I never saw it. I must!

You can see a picture of Third Street Jazz basement in the dictionary under nefarious activities

Anyone in the Ambler Pa area The Philadelphia Blues Society is running a music festival at Temple Ambler . Saturday 11am until 7 p . Not sure of artists . They need better PR work

Just looked it up...don't know any of the performers...

Thanks for mentioning it, Patrick. I will post it at my facebook page. Mike, I imagine it will be fun.

For sure...there's a beer garden

Nuff said.

Actually Mike I am the opening act . A Muddy Waters cover band named Boyish Man. Bring earplugs

Higher education.

Plenty of that too I'm sure

Ambler PA has a great downtown area.

They really do....and yet Hatboro can't get it together

This is a truly hip big band interpretation of "La Fiesta".

I saw Bill Evans at Temple Ambler

Was it outdoors in the big tent?

Gordski any news from Lordi and Rudesh on fall jazz shows at Princeton. ?

Yes, Mike!

We'd grab a blanket and sit outside of the tent on warm Summer nights back in the 70's

Patrick, they will perform together at the next Princeton Jazz festival, but that is not until next year. Michelle is ultra busy teaching at Princeton! I will let you know!

Mike, you did alot of swingin' things your neck of the woods! Beautiful place, nice vibe

Pharoah Sanders and his music absolutely rules!

You know it, Rick

Most people don't know this version

Is everyone at Betson's?

This is a wonderful version of this classic Tadd Dameron song!

Thanks, Rick. Agreed!

And, Jerry, your comedy is giving Patrick a run for his $!

Haha, I can't beat Patrick!

Everyone goes to the Melrose

The most in uality

quality

There you go. Thank you, Mike!

That song wrapped up the hour quite nicely

Thanks, Mike. I'm glad you appreciate that stuff!

I do indeed

What you couldn't read yesterday was "The Future"

The past was once the future

Ferrell Sanders was renamed Pharoah by Sun Ra. Great feature on an under recognized period of this monumental saxophonist, Jerry. Thanks!

Thanks for listening, Russ, you must be exhausted from the previous 24 hours

Steve miller quite the Vagabond like . A fellow Badger like Gordski. A New Jersey connection. He used to visit Les Paul in Mahwah and befriended Uncle Floyd Vivino consigliere Scott Gordon.

Love it!

Les Paul was his godfather

Love Sailor and Children of the Future. Maybe the 2 best of his. Foghorn starts it off....

Hey Brian

BeeeeeeeeeeOoooooooooooooo

"The past sure is tense" - The Captain

As Red Skelton would say, “I just flew in from Chicago and, boy, my arms are tired!”

I went to Philadelphia once and it was closed. - WC Fields

Take my wife....please

I DIED in Altoona - George Burns

(died as in comically bombed)

Slowly I turned....

Some great Steve M moments here

Absolutely

Is there going to be a Cuckoo Comedy Coffee Clatch tour?

This trumpet solo sounds like it was lifted from the Beatles!

A parrot walks into a bar with a man on its shoulder.....

Yes....Penny Lane

I didn't know there was another "Steppin' Stone" besides Paul Revere and the Raiders'.

Jerry Room next week will feature Gertrude and Heathcliff

Love that Paul McCartney guest star incognito turn on My Dark Hour. Love Kow Kow Calqulator too. I take it back the 2 best lps for me are Sailor and Brave New World. Children of the Future close 3rd

A historic decision by you, Brian! And it happened on Serenade to a Cuckoo!

Don't rush that beat drummah

I can link McCartney's appearance on My Dark Hour with the Punk movement

Please do

We were listening 20 years later but those 2 lps got lots of play in college late 80s for our crazy house of freaks and interlopers

Paul is credited as Paul Ramone....and that's where the Ramones got their name

wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowo

I liked Apollo C Vermouth too

Ha!....I've used that name!

Sumbuddy get me a cheeboyger ... a glazed donut.... and a bottle of anything... TO GO

You sign into hotels with that name? Or page name for restaurant reservations?

Heh....page name.....never got a knowing glance

David Shortell: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/6470/versions

Buddy at college used to use Archimedes as his page name for restaurant / pizza joint orders. Easier to notice than "John" when shouted. Good call

I bet it was pronounced some different ways

Yer bread ain't nothin but dead

Jerry is the Urban Spaceman

Well done, Russ

Mike needed different fake names to protect the guilty

Thank you, Russ

Brian, we will get to that next week

True dat

Mike has been engaged in illegal activities since 1965

Russ, also

Yep....that's the Summer I stole Mountain Dew from Jerry Blavat

Jerry, that linked list doesn't mention Henry Rollins' first band: https://youtube.com/watch?v=b6vtVxTbAxs

You need to add it!

There's Ramone!

Right!

New information for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Underrated guitar player. Solid rhythm. Great riffs. Tasteful solos. Love Steve

Someone explain the Kalculator thing to me in the title.

That's what you get when Les Paul shows you your first chords

Pot

Discographies sometimes use Kalculator, other times not

Love this part

I've seen it spelled as Calqulator

The copy someone had at school had the Calqulator word on it.

Yeah, I never saw that

Your Saving Grace also great... need to revise again maybe that is #3 for me.

Hahaha, I would go along with you!

Your Saving Grace is perhaps my fav Steve Miller song.....or maybe it's Fly Like An Eagle....or maybe it's Serenade......

It's nice to be loose enough to make changes and not be wedded to the same idea after years

Love it, Mike. I didn't know!

I can say it isn't Abracadabra...

It's a dang good one!

The disco mix!

Heh....hate the song, love the video

I like that about you!

Great job today Gordski. Everyone have a great Columbus Day weekend. Beware of Sundays incoming storm of biblical proportions

Steve Miller > Stephen Miller

This was a great show! Thanks!

I'm loading the animals as we speak, Patrick

VS, thanks very much for listening!

Thanks, everybody

Jerry, you gave us another amazingly quality show and got me away from the Philly sports morass. Very well done! Everybody enjoy your weekend!

Hi Jerry.... I got to sneak into the computer room for a quick message. Hello and goodbye. Wonderful shows last few weeks. You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge and contacts in the music industry. So glad you are on the air.

Three hours just like that

Heartbreaking, Rick. Sh#&&y stuff!

.. thanks you for the musics and your service .. good show

Thanks very much, Lance. I appreciate that, was hoping you were there!

Chank you, Chuck

Every week!!!!!!

Make that "Thank"!

Thanks, Lance. Hope all is well. My regards to Max

I read that the SMB played the Arts Center in August. Missed it!

Thanks everybody!