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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Jan 30, 2026 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!

1.30.26

New modern jazz releases, a tribute to Richie Beirach, songs about Cars!

12:00 PM		Twilight Archive Quiet Lights Dusk Line 2026
12:04 PM		Dwiki Dharmawan Gambang Ney (feat. Gilad Atzmon) Anagnorisis MoonJune Records 2025
12:17 PM		Noah Preminger Hummus (feat. Kim Cass, Terreon Gully & Ely Perlman) Dark Days (feat. Kim Cass, Terreon Gully & Ely Perlman) Criss Cross Jazz 2025
12:25 PM		Jane Bunnett Serenade To A Cuckoo The Water Is Wide Linus Entertainment 1993
12:48 PM		Ian Dogole Africa The Last Trane to Africa 2026
12:53 PM		Marques Carroll Afrocentric (Live) Marques Carroll Quintet Live at Andy's Jazz Club JMarq Records 2025
1:12 PM		Richard Beirach Leaving Hubris ECM Records 1978
1:13 PM		Richard Beirach Elm Elm ECM Records 1979
1:25 PM		Richie Beirach Nefertiti Trust
1:32 PM		Richie Beirach Trio Expressions The Snow Leopard
1:40 PM		Steve Lloyd Smith Stella by Starlight (feat. Richie Beirach & Billy Hart) Chantal's Way Chantal's Way 1999
2:11 PM		The Beatles Drive My Car (2023 Mix) The Beatles 1962–1966 (2023 Edition) [The Red Album] UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2023
2:12 PM		Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Cadillac Boogie The Specialty Story Craft Recordings 1994
2:13 PM		Roy Brown Cadillac Baby Good Rockin' Man: The Definitive Collection Fantastic Voyage 2011
2:14 PM		Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Rocket 88 (Single Version) Chess Pieces: The Very Best of Chess Records UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2005
2:23 PM		Chuck Berry Maybellene Best of Chuck Berry Geffen 2007
2:26 AM		The Beach Boys Shut Down Surfin' USA Capitol Records 1963
2:30 AM		James Cotton V8 Ford Blues Takoma Blues
2:33 AM		The Beach Boys I Get Around All Summer Long (Mono & Stereo) Capitol Records 1964
2:36 AM		Chuck Berry No Particular Place To Go Best of Chuck Berry Geffen 2007
2:39 AM		Jan & Dean Dead Man's Curve Drag City Capitol Records 1963
2:44 AM		Them Route 66 Them - Featuring Van Morrison
2:46 AM		Ronny & The Daytonas G.T.O. G.T.O. - Best of the Mala Recordings Arista/Legacy 1997
2:48 AM		Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally The Wicked Pickett Rhino Atlantic 1967
2:50 AM		The Ides of March Vehicle (Remastered Single Version) Friendly Strangers: The Warner Bros. Recordings Rhino/Warner Records 2003
2:53 AM		Deep Purple Highway Star (Remastered) Machine Head (Remastered) Universal Music Group International 1972
2:55 AM		War Low Rider Why Can't We Be Friends? (50th Anniversary Collector's Edition) Rhino 1975
2:57 AM		Tom Petty Runnin' Down a Dream Full Moon Fever Tom Petty P&D 1989
2:59 AM		Aretha Franklin Freeway of Love Who's Zoomin' Who? Arista 1985

Chat is archived.

Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo and Jerry's Room!

Gutentag

Back at you, Mike!

I feel like I'm living in Caribou, Maine. Except there ain't no caribou here. Happy Friday to Jerry and Mike and everybody!

How's tricks?

Hi Rick

Hi Rick, thanks for being here!

Well we got our offensive coach, for better or worse!

Here we go again.

Yep....another that never called a play

I was hoping for one of you two!

Jerry, I'm strictly a Monday morning quarterback.

So, Jerry, here we are again. I hope you fared well in the snow storm. I have been clicked in all day. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.

I was never very good at the Football video games so I'd probably suck

Thank you, Richard. I'll be giving off digits for the next three hours.

Hey everyone hope everyone is doing well. So good to hear you on the radio jerry. Excited to see what you got in-store for us this week

Jerry! Chat! Hey everyone :)

Hi GoGetter. Great to see you! Hope you like it. Lay back!

Hey Adam and Richard!

Hey TAndy!

Hey hey Rick

Hi TAndy, you go to sleep around now, right? Do I remember you saying that?

Usually, but I have a scheduled Friday and Saturday off so I am LOCKED in.

Right on!

No Mike, you would be an excellent contrarian and unpredictable offensive coach

At least I'd be offensive

Yes, we could count on that

I would happy to fucking coach people on how to be goddam offensive. Good afternoon everyone. Colder Than Penguin Shit - Colder Than a Witch's Tit.

Wow, Penguin S&*t, I love that one!

Colder that the ticket takers smile at the Ivar theater

You are one creative Vildachaya! How was the weekend with the grandkids, Zaydeh?

Greetings to Gordski and his loyal band of followers

Ha - "Grandpa Saba" is the moniker they know me by. Sledding has happened!

The Delaware River near my house frozen not unlike 1977. That year spring came early in late February. Always keep hope alive

Hi Patrick, you dramatic and comedic guy!

Nice, Benj! But doesn't Saba mean "bluefish"?

I remember Spring of 77 well

Are people walking on the river?

Not the bright ones.

Yes Jerry - They call me Grandpa One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

Hahahaha. Cute!

@ mike - where were you in Spring of 77 that is memorable?

Hi Roffle!

Staying warm?

I started dating a girl and was also unemployed for a few months

I believe the latest snow storm is another weather department invention.

You remember that Mike because you were so busy at that time

Not out on the ice, so I am warmer than those curious people.

Yeah....it's gonna stay south of us

Ders Dat Song

Thanks, Benj!

Oh I was busy alright

Yes, Rofl, I have always found people who see cold to be curious and curioser.

Mike - re:busy - What was her name? ;-)

seek

It's 15 degrees in my neighborhood

Chris...she was the one that got away. We are friends to this day

@Mike -nice - Later that fall was the Dead at Englishtown

That

Not going to go out and buy things today anyway. All good.

That is what jumps out for me when I think of 77 - that and Talking Heads 77

It was a very good year

This 15 degrees business is getting a bit much.

It's been a week of misery....I've had to dig out my driveway three times

The cars are still frozen in place around the block still. lol

Still, they are very still.

I bet!

I find the best accurate weather reports on Jersey 101.5 Just try to ignore their juvenile right wing kook talk. Big Joe Henry on the weekends…

"Goin' to California, gonna play my bongos in the dirt."

50 years ago local bicentennial entertainment options. Illinois Jacquet.Buddy Greco.Sonny Fortune. Jon Lucien . Cecil Taylor.Theodore Bikel.Jerry Butler.Frank Sinatra JR.Jaren Young.Dionne Warwick with Al Jarreau and Cheech and Chong.

Big weekend! Illinois Jacquet, Jon Lucien, Cecil Taylor, but why Jerry Butler two weeks in a row?

It was so cold in 1977 January they had to shut down the restaurant I worked and all businesses and schools to conserve gas and oil heating

Where was John Lucien?

"Hey punk, where you going with that button on your shirt?" "I'm going to the love-in to sit and play my bongos in the dirt." -Zappa The actual quote.

Because he was the Iceman

I guess Jerry Butler was stuck on the Ice

I'm going to take my shoes off, sit in a tree and learn to play the flute

Cuckoo chat people are the cream of the clever ones. What repartee.

Mike, I really want to say that every time I do that shtick on my friend Ian but I am afraid people won't get the reference. You KNOW that was driving that whole thing

Jon was at the Bijou. Cafe

I wish I had been at that one. Classic, I'm sure

Yep....we haven't had a Firesign reference in a while

As I heard many times listening to Firesign Theater, we can either sit here in the waiting room or wait here in the sitting room.

That was exctly where I was coming from

Also unearthed an Inquirer article on Evidence records. A positive complementary article but at the end it describes Jerry’s partner as slim and dapper but Jerry as shorter and chunkier . Oy oy oy

Rick, we didn't know you were hip to Firesign! Love hearing that!

MFers

Jerry husky? Nyet.

He should have sued the Inquirer . Lousy Mark Marymount.

He was an occasional writer for the inky, I was wondering who dared to write that heresy

I never heard of him . They should have sent Gentleman Jack Lloyd.

Also 50 years ago the main headline was the awful suicide of young Freddie Prinze

Chico and the Man

Never saw it

I think he killed himself over being shorter and chunkier -

Sorry - still working as the Offensive Coach here...

Yes, that's always good for weight loss

2 points to Vilda!

My work is done here. A whole stable of great comedians

Yes, he's the Bomb Cyclone of the East Coast

Actually I can’t leave Serenade. None of the other programs would know what the hell im babbling on about.

That's good, Patrick!

The pianist reminds me of Keith Jarrett. Did you say he is on ECM? With Manfred Eicher?

Yes, he was a student in Berklee at the same time as the same time as Jarrett

It’s “Little Jazz”’s birthday today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Eldridge

Hi Russ

At the Jazz Gallery tonight: Tim Berne - saxophone, Tim Angulo - drums and Matt Mitchell - piano. https://jazzgallery.org/calendar/tim-berne-trio-jan-30-2026 Livestream!

This is a so cool interpretation of "Nefertiti".

I agree, Rick, it's really good. This performance is uniquely Beirach

Bought all 3 of his Ecm releases back in the 70's....right Jerry.

I'm impressed... Evidence Music has a Wiki page

Yep, you did Paul! And the rest of the ECM catalogue!

Another Inquirer article claims Jerry come up with his Evidence records idea after having a spiritual experience at a Sun Ra Foxhole concert.

At Richardson Auditorium at Princeton tonight: Sō Percussion plays music by Bryce Dessner, Caroline Shaw, tap dancer Michael J. Love/Jason Treuting and Kendall K. Williams: https://music.princeton.edu/events/2026/s%C5%8D-percussion

Kind of true, Patrick. You're good!

So Percussion = superb

Thank you, Paul!

Philip Glass’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass) and Franz Schubert’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert) birthdays tomorrow.

Jerry so famous locally . The only Inquirer mention with my name is the headline…..Local Boob gets scammed again!!

At ICEBOX PROJECT SPACE, 1400 N. American St in Fishtown tomorrow, Arcana New Music Ensemble plays the music of Earle Brown and Morton Feldman: https://www.bowerbird.org/event/at-100-earle-brown-and-morton-feldman/

At Zellerbach Theater at Penn on Sunday: Loudon Wainwright III and Chris Smither https://pennlivearts.org/event/LoudonChris

At Zellerbach Theater at Penn next Friday, Tyshawn Sorey pays tribute to jazz pioneer Max Roach and his 1968 album, Members, Don't Git Weary with Adam O'Farrill (trumpet), Mark Shim (tenor saxophone), Lex Korten (piano) and Tyrone Allen (bass): https://pennlivearts.org/event/TyshawnSorey

Thank you, Russ!

I'm diggin' the schwing!

Ha! Schwing!

NY Schwing! Broadway!

Listening to songs about cars in my (parked) car waiting for a cheesesteak? Ooh yeah that's a good Friday afternoon

Oh yes, TAndy, I can smell and taste it!

Sorry I'm late. Scrolling back through the chat I see some talk about the ECM label.. Jerry- pretty sure you had featured an ECM artist maybe last week.

Ooh wee!

Yes, you're right Lester, last Friday the show on Ralph Towner!

Yeah, Amy!!!

DA Beng Gou, wimmins!

I'm hearing mucho bari sax on this tune!

Props to Russell. Indeed, Philip Glass b day tomorrow. Of course today is Roy Eldridge' birthday. I may have missed anything about this. WKCR did a 24 hour broadcast.

It may have been your show where we had a cheesesteak forum in the chat before? Haha! Cooper sharp, mushrooms, peppers, and extra onions on a seeded roll. The best.

wahmens

Selected for your listening pleasure, Rick.

The Baritone Choir!

Many think this is the first r&r song

Rockin' 88. I don't think he is talking about an Olds'

Lester, he is talking about an Olds!

Rocket 88

Don't get so cross just b/c your dad didn't want that bumper sticker.

I read it as the 88 keys on a Rhodes piano.

I know, no shame there. But yeah, don't mess with the Oldsmobile

TAndy, yess this is the chat of cheesesteaks

There's cheesesteaks????

No, we talk about cheesesteaks. The only one with a cheesesteak is Tandy

Gimme one!

There was a great stand in the RTM (Reading Terminal Market) Jerry's Steaks or something. lol. I swear. It was great Angus Beef, ABC rolls, etc.

Mike, even tho you don't like the Beach Boys, they did share your obsession with cars.

I managed to deal with it

Now I'm going to go out in my automobile in 15 degree weather to acquire a cheesesteak.

sorry Rick's Steaks.

We just had a Steve's Prince of Steaks open about a mile up 611....one of these days

I think you mean the machine and maybe cheesecake

It's gonna be so worth the wait. Courtesy of Meatheadz since I was already in the shopping center anyway 😇

I knew you were going to play this. Take me back....

Devour it for everyone salivating

You put on 'Highway Star' I'm coming down there with my Bach Collection. On Wax.

Highway Star is perhaps the best driving song

Hi Jerry, if you're taking requests, how about Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers "Roadrunner" ... it references a member of the cuckoo family and talks about driving

Quentin Tarantino had Travolta driving in I think it was Pulp fiction. LA.

Rob- you right. No one comes close to Jonathan Richmond. Andy Kaufman perhaps.

@Mike Constantine, perhaps it is (Highway Song). But for some of us with an indie penchant, I wave the "Roadrunner" flag proudly

I's a great song also, Rob. Hell, Jerry Harrison is in the band.

and then there's "Here in my car/ I feel safest of all/ I can lock all my doors/ It's the only way to live/ In cars"

Oddly, Jan was in an accident near Dead Mans Curve and sustained brain damage

Hi Rob! I'm so sorry, my playlist is stuffed! I apologize

Rofl, if it was in Philadelphia, not yet

So much for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

@Mike C, viva Jerry Harrison!

Yes Rob!

The warning sign is in a kids bedroom in north Philly

Talking bout the best songs about cars is gonna start a rumble.

I thought Deadman’s Curve was written about Lincoln Drive.

When it comes to cheesesteaks it’s Johns Roast Pork Weccacoe and Snyder…..and everyone else

@Jerry, no worries, I wasn't being serious. My wife suggested the Modern Lovers song in part because of roadrunner being a cuckoo (and serenade and all that) 😇

@Rob - that's pretty good!

It's Perfect!

Mick

Is that totally wrong?

Or do I win?

It's not Nat King Cole

Nor Ella Fitzgerald

John's pork is quite fine. I used to visit a hydraulic parts dealer on Weccacoe One time I was lost asked for Provolone and Rabe. He answered. You are in a hydraulic parts store

Rae no bueno

Rabe

VC, I am befuddled. It sure sounded like Mick to me but the computer says Van Morrison and Them

I have broccoli seeds.

Van for sure

The ex contributed this idea

Spring of 70

"Vehicle" was a great horn band song back in the day.

So was Lighthouse

The late and great pianist, Blue Jean Tyranny, has a great story about traveling to a gig, in a car that had no headlights. The Sheriff stops them, and as a part of his investigation, queries the occupants of the vehicle.

Here we go!

Jerry, your EX still speaks to you?

Highway Star?

mine doesnt

yesss

You got it Rob

System cranked

Hahahaha

receny bought a 750 watt amplifier. aske the AI what do I play first?

this

Jon Lord on the B3

He is channeling classical thoughts/

+1 for B-3

Dog went in the other room

Requested by Lester and Rick

You go Ritchie Blackmore

Rick needed more B3

At the Stone in Greenwich Village tonight, Kalia Vandever (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Nick Dunston (bass) Lesley Mok (drums) http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php?month=0

We ALL need more B3

You and Catherine Austin Fitts asking the exact same question—“Why are there blocks and blocks of perfectly good houses just sitting empty and rotting

Low Rider!

great segway

This is the only place in town where you can get a shot of B-3 without a prescription!

Haha, Russ. What's playing at the Atco Speedway?

Atco?....probably condos

Opening of 'Up in Smoke' uses this. I wonder what the rights costed?

I have a free piano, and a free organ. We shall all be free. Said the organist. Please, do not shoot the piano player. Or his dog.

Another comedian. Meet Lester Wiggs

Getting warmed up for Jenn.

They hate me. Probably something I said.

This song right now is Tom Petty?

yep

Tom Petty from Full Moon Fever 1989

Scrolling through my 1965 Readers Digest collection. I came across something unusual. Said Comedy is the Best Saracen. Odd.

Tom Petty and Dylan...the only Spectrum show I had front row tickets

Ty Jerry and Mike!

From back when having your own Rickenbacker meant something.

Thx Jerry!

Nice Constantine. I remember you from the Constantinople concert. i passed you a joint/

My god...Rickenbackers are beautiful guitars

Thank you Jerry!

Thank you SO much for the jams today, Jerry!

Jerry, you turned this frigid day into a "so cool" day with your choice of tunes for our listening pleasure. Very entertaining show! Everybody have a great weekend!

@Mike, I'm still saving up for one. lol

Thank you, Rob, sorry I didn't have space. Thanks Tandy for the cheesesteak talk. Thanks, all of you.

Rofl, or for some, when having a Studebaker or Oldsmobile was special

Thanks, Jerry!

Bye folks - have fun

While I'd love to roll one and go for a space cruise, it's too damn cold

Thanks, Russ

VC, I'm rechecking that it was them. It DID sound a lot like Mick, Mike says no

My love is bigger than a Cadillac. But smaller than an Impala/

Lester, thanks

Thank you Jerry. XXOX