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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Nov 14, 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!

11.14.25 DeJohnette Part 2-November Part 2

A tribute to the late Jack DeJohnette Part 2 followed by music of non-jazz music stars born between Nov. 15-Nov. 30

12:03 PM		Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso Ocean Wave Music From The Hearts of The Masters Golden Beams Productions
12:10 PM		Eric Alexander Serenade To A Cuckoo Timing Is Everything Cellar Live 2024
12:23 PM		Jack DeJohnette's Directions Flying Spirits Untitled ECM Records 1976
12:43 PM		Kenny Wheeler Smatter Gnu High
12:44 PM		John McLaughlin Do You Hear the Voices You Left Behind? Electric Guitarist (Remastered) Columbia/Legacy 1978
12:52 PM		Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition One For Eric Special Edition ECM Records 2012
1:18 PM		Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition India Special Edition ECM Records 1980
1:20 PM		Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette It Never Entered My Mind Standards, Vol. 1 ECM Records 1983
1:20 PM		Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette If I Should Lose You Standards, Vol. 2 ECM Records 1982
1:40 PM		Dave Holland Trio Segment Triplicate ECM Records 1988
1:41 PM		Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette & Terje Rypdal To Be Continued To Be Continued ECM Records 1980
1:51 PM		Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matt Garrison In Movement In Movement ECM Records 2016
1:58 PM		John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette & John Medeski Woodstock (feat. Larry Grenadier & Hudson) Hudson (Deluxe Edition) [feat. Larry Grenadier & Hudson] Motema Music, LLC 2016
2:05 PM		Beastie Boys Time to Get Ill Licensed to Ill Def Jam Recordings 1986
2:08 PM		Metallica Enter Sandman Metallica (Remastered) Blackened Recordings 1991
2:13 PM		The Jimi Hendrix Experience Red House Are You Experienced Legacy Recordings 1967
2:15 PM		James Gang Walk Away Thirds Geffen 1971
2:20 PM		The Byrds I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better Mr. Tambourine Man (Reissue Edition with Bonus Tracks) Columbia/Legacy 1965
2:22 PM		John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Long Gone Midnight Blues from Laurel Canyon (Bonus Track Version) UMC-Decca 1968
2:26 PM		Randy Newman You Can Leave Your Hat On Sail Away (Bonus Tracks Version) [2002 Remaster] Rhino/Warner Records 1972
2:29 PM		Tom Tom Club Genius of Love (Long Version) Genius of Love - Single Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 1980
2:51 PM		The Young Rascals You Better Run (Single Version) Essentials: The Rascals Rhino Atlantic 2002

Chat is archived.

Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo!

Happy Friday to Jerry and everybody!

Happy part Duex!

Oy!

Hey Kerroffle and Mike!

Hi Rick

Greetings to Gordski and his loyal fans

Hi everybody! You know that principle where if something can go wrong it will?

All too well

Hey Patrick!

Love that kora sound 💗

17 minutes ago the cable company came to work on the cables outside

Gotta make a road trip to this Revzilla Gears in milltown. Those promos are hypnotic

Ugh

Hey Christine!

They had weeks and months but came 17 minutes ago.

But they got the work done.

With power tools?

@Pat, I've been hearing the Revilla promo for years, but I've never made the trip. If you go, we need a Revilla Report.

huge truck with lift and hardhats

Check your crown jewels.

Yes, Christine, I don't know how you knew but yeah an amplified kora

I think one of our regulars mentioned they went there

Men At Work, @Jerry? ⚠️ 👷‍♂️ 🚧 🏗 🚚

Kerroffle, I don't have anything for them to take except records and CDs

Absolutely, Christine, 17 minutes before the show

They go after collections

Hi Jerry, Rick, Mike, Patrick & Kerroffle 👋

Hi C!

Same with the telephone. No one tries to contact me until after my show begins on Fridays

Hi!

Everybody, hi and thanks

Same with Junior

Whoa. DIRECTLY into the Theme Song 🎶 🐦

Whenever on trial I always argue ….The Cable Company Made Me Do It!!!! Works amazingly well with juries.

Hi to Junior 🐕

My record collection and crown jewels are intact

Jerry's takin' no prisoners today. Right at 'em!

Hi Jerry Hi everyone. Happy friday glad to see you all

Hi Adam and friends

That kora piece was beaut

Hey Adam!

Good deal. I'm glad they didn't make off with Part 2.

Yeah, you know Junior was barking at them

Jerry, do you do your show from a remote location? Curious about the cable co reference.

Anthony, yes!

WOW. Modern Times indeed. Technology.

This rendition just trips right along. It's peppy!

Jerry has to stay out of Princeton. Too many warrants out for him!!

And your show is live, not prerecorded?

All live

Another pirate radio command center.

Good afternoon, Jerry, Just clicked in. Welcome to my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.

WPArrrrrrrrB 🏴‍☠️

Definitely got the flair inflection.

Thank you, Richard, nice to see you.

Rofl, when the revolution comes...

Percussion abounds!

Rick, this show was put together to honor Jack DeJohnette and please Christine

If I'm not there at the revolution in five minutes, start without me.

I got my copy of UNTITLED at Third Street Jazz. BTW I do not believe NEW RAGS by Jack ever came out on CD. Got my copy of that at TSJ too.

And, Jerry, you are accomplishing that very well!

Anthony, I thank you and my kids thank you. And my ex-wife thanks you

Unfortunately the revolution will not be televised

49 years ago this weekend local entertainment options included….John Denver,Chicago , Doobie Brothers,Toots and Mayralls,Hugh Masakela,Tom Rush,John Herald and his Greenbriar Boys,Joey Bishop and Debbie Reynolds.

Hi Mike, yessir

Mike, you must be a true Gil Scott-Heron fan!

Nope, it's on TicToc now.

I am sorry, Jerry, you are just going to have to move your show to a different time. Friday noon is when I visit the mikvah.

Yeah, I don't want you going in there with any headphones

Anthony, good industry knowledge on your part, as always

I do have one album, Winter in America with the great song, The Bottle

Strata East Records, collectable if not beat

Excellent condition

The Bottle was a legendary tune!

It's fantastic

We collectively ❤️ that percussion

Better to have a Bottle in front of me, as they say.

Richard have you looked into DAR FM RECORDING web site. They charge but not overly expensive for 1 program at a time

Debbie Reynolds, absolutely Patrick

hubba hubba

Any lawyers in the chat. My treeless property has 249 pounds of leaves from neighbors lawn blowers. Would this be considered justified homicide?

Are you in NJ?

Patrick, I'll be a character witness for you.

I have the same issue

The laws on leaf blower homicides is a little fuzzy state to state.

Pennsylvania very lax gun laws

You're probably good.

In NJ you have get the union involved.

Kenny Wheeler did some arrangements for Maynard Ferguson's British big band.

every time a twig falls on my neighbors lawn he hints at a lawsuite

every time a twig falls on my neighbors lawn, he hints at a law suit. But Patrick, your situation is different. That would really anger me

That's interesting, Rick

Well it’s cheaper raking leaves than a gym membership I guess.

Cousin Stan badass bass

G Jax, absolutely, your family is on hallowed ground!!!!!

That sounds like a bass clarinet. I'm diggin' it.

Haha...yeah I'm running with it. You know when I saw him at Camden this past summer after his show he was alone talking to someone on his phone, I coulda said something but chickened out. Well that and I didn't want to be an asshole

Love this lp. Not a far cry from some Ornette releases

Rick, in the tradition of "Eric" Dolphy

G Jax, what are you talking about? You are blood brothers, thick as theives

What a band lineup wow...

Yeah blood brothers and former cousin-in-law. Same thing. Haha

Anyways who is the bass player on this playing now. You might have said but I can only listen sporadically today

Hi Jerry! Had to check in and say how much I am LOVING your Jack D. feature. Wonderful! What an amazing talent. RIP

O.K., I am back. The water was really warm today. You can now re-start the show, repeating everything I missed.

Hey, Brian D

Hey Chris M, real nice to hear from you!

G Jax: Peter Warren on bass for the Jack D "Special Edition" lp 1980

I think ECM is the singular best "record" company in the business. Manfred Eicher was Keith Jarrett's producer.

Richard, I didn't know you were a big ECM guy. And remember, no headphones in the Mikvah

No spritz during the shvitz

Right Mike C?

The inspiration for Eight Miles High

Aye!

Mok, you got a song of your own in today's Jerry's Room

🙏😎

And I forgot that about India, Yes Mok. Excellent info

I don't understand leaf blowers. I still own a rake. It works. It's doesn't make noise

I hope MOK is on my jury

Jarrett and Pärt on the same label.

Haha, perfect comment, Patrick!

I didn’t know David Murrray had left Curtis Institute to go to Peabody Institute In Baltimore

Richard, you even made an umlaut

That was the "standards" trio. Keith also had the "American" and "European" quartets.

Excellent knowledge, Richard

Mok, and I considered 8 miles high... but went into another direction.

I was on the ECM mailing list for new releases and bought many CD's before I went all .mp3

So many great songs he wrote. I figured it could be anything. Excited to hear what you chose

I've had Roadmaster on full blast all week

Did you catch those little wisps of "KÖLN"

Richard, I didn't. You are shining today!

The opening phrase and once later in one of the tracks. But, remember, Keith is my favorite musician of all time, I have his biographical video "The Art of Improvisation" and photos of him all over my house. I know, it is a little sick.

And if anyone even coughed at a concert he would stop playing.

Keith Jarrett offended me at Carnegie Hall win he shushed the audience! It's a good thing it was Carnegie Hall and not a bar

when

I'm offended by him offending you

Thank you.

He's lucky I didn't begin drinking yet

I know a couple of Jersey guys that know their way around a shovel.

Nothing like getting a load on at Carnegie Hall

That piece was awesome.

If your gonna brawl, do it in a blazer and tie.

So are you, Kerroffle. Perfect adjective for that track and Rypdal's guitar AND the whole band!

Only at Carnegie once - saw Bob Weir and Phil Lesh on their Duo Tour 2018

The guitar was the right stuff for sure.

Joni Woodstock

I backed my bumper up to Carnegie Hall parking to go see Stop Making Sense in 4....was never in there.

What a dignified bunch!

Wadda they want for a beer in that joint?

No Shlitz I wager.

Less than what they charge at an Eagles game

Last time I was at MSG it was $16/beer. That was a while ago. I'm sure it's way worse. 🤢

I'm sure a first born son is involved

Air Legacy Trio with Pheeroan AkLaff — drums and percussion Marty Ehrlich — saxophone, flute, and percussion Hilliard Greene — double bass and percussion. Playing the music of Air and Henry Threadgill. Tonight at Solar Myth in Philadelphia: https://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/air-legacy-trio-2/

CSN at Cuckoo

And sometimes Y

Yup. Laurel Canyon.

Also tonight, AACM NYC’s 60th Anniversary: Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams with Roscoe Mitchell, Chico Freeman and Amina Claudine Myers at Roulette in Brooklyn: https://roulette.org/event/aacm-nycs-60th-anniversary-celebrating-the-legacy-of-dr-muhal-richard-abrams-night-1/

I did just what those guys did - went into my father's business.

Yo yo

Crafty choice

Where's my Brass Monkey?

No sleep til Carnegie Hall

And tomorrow at Roulette: AACM NYC’s 60th Anniversary: Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams (Night 2) with Thurman Barker, Adegoke Steve Colson & Iqua Colson: https://roulette.org/event/aacm-nycs-60th-anniversary-celebrating-the-legacy-of-dr-muhal-richard-abrams-night-2/. Roulette shows are livestreamed and archived for free!

They Be Illin'!

I be chillin'

Heh they snuck some CCR in there

And Green Acres

That was 1986! Good ears, Mok

Mr. Ed

Oh my. Saw Metallica and GNR in 92. Never will I forget that day. Took my 14 year old head off

Did your parents accompany you?

All praise goes to my older sisters boyfriend at the time my first intro to Red Man as well 🤮

Metallica headlined the Lollapalooza I went to but it was so miserable we left before they came on

My biggest regret: never having seen Jimi Hendrix live.

We planed to....where was it?....Franklin Field?.....everyone was 15 so logistics ruled it out

I went to my girlfriend’s prom instead of Hendrix’s last concert in Philly. I figured I could see him next time.

I hope that worked out for you, Russ

Ugh

For Mike C

No...it was Temple

Ye and no, Jerry

With the Dead and Steve Miller

You could have talked about that show for the rest of your life

My god...yep....couldn't put it together

May 16 170 sez the internet

1970

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/5b/55/d15b55fa332a9404ee8b074cfced4170.jpg

That's it!!!!!

$6.50 wasn't all that cheap then

And 1970 was an incredible year for the GD. Uff maybe my favorite year.

4/15/70 from the 30 Trips box is a masterpiece

Will look for that!

Have you listened to the temple show? I think I listened to a rough recording a while ago. I went to Temple though much more recently but there was a poster from that show in a sandwich shop near campus. BAM!

Hey Chef

5/4/70 is amazing and one of the shows that got me hooked - early acoustic set, then New Riders of the Purple Sage, then electric set! 52 tracks on the archive. org listing!

Mr. Russ

If we had gone, we probably taken the brown acid....you know that principal where if something can go wrong it will

2 days after the show used for Dicks Picks 8

BAM!!!!!

That Grateful Dead information was brought to you by Chef Emeril Lagasse. Bam!

👨‍🍳❤️💀

Hey, I bought one of your ovens and it is defective!

I know what love is

The oven doesn't slice and dice?

A good Anthony Braxton or Janis Ian performance

Tom Tom Club!

Mike, I was just kiddin' around with the Chef

OH IT SLICES AND DICES AND VICES

Excellent show today Jerry BAM

Ha!

That's your special signature model, Chef

Thank you, Chef

No refunds! BAM!

Where are my icons I want to use right now

Randy was randy

Good one, Russ! He did and it was great. I'm gonna try that

Happy Birthday Tina Weymouth, and hi Jerry

and everyone

Love the Tina

Jerry, you can leave your hat on!

Hey Rob, we're playing your music here!

Russ, nothing you have to worry about!

ty Jerry!

Love the Doctor

Jerry, I'm in the right place at the right time :-)

The Last Waltz approaches 11/25/76

This album is all killer no filler

Astoundingly great show. I fortunately got to see Jack once. Also a long time fan of Gene Clark.

Cool... this song and the last were both released in 73

Rob is no Crab!

Hi Marcus, thank you!

Great show today Gordski. Everyone have a great weekend

And with you also

Hey, Patrick, I was hoping you would enjoy it! Didn't even get to Gordon Lightfoot or Horslips!

Oh no....there was Horslips???????

Book Of Invasions is a brill album

A remix I found of Dearg Doom

Time bandits again. Great show, the Jack DeJohnette was so, so good. Thanks

Jerry, you led us on a very pleasurable journey to the land of good music. Another quality show! Everybody enjoy your weekend!

Thanks, falaffel, hang in for Horslips

Thanks, Rick, and thanks for hanging in for these Jerry's Rooms!

This last half hour (when I tuned in) was excellent, thanks, Jerry!

Thank you, Rob, I can always count on a good review from you!

Thanks, everybody

Till next time

Mike, great comments

Patrick, thank you very much as always