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Serenade to a Cuckoo

Feb 13, 2026 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

With Jerry Gordon

12:13 PM		Roland Kirk Quartet & Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet Serenade to a Cuckoo I Talk with the Spirits Verve 1963
12:14 PM		Michael Mayo Four Fly Artistry Music 2024
12:15 PM		Miles Davis Quartet Four Prestige LP 161 Prestige 2011
12:29 PM		Michael Mayo Giant Steps Fly (Deluxe Edition) Mack Avenue Records 2025
12:42 PM		Nate Smith + Kinfolk Altitude
12:43 PM		Michael Mayo You and You Bones Artistry Music 2021
12:45 PM		Michael Mayo Stolen Moments Bones Artistry Music 2021
12:52 PM		Michael Mayo Fly (feat. Scott Mayo & Valerie Pinkston) Fly Artistry Music 2024
12:59 PM		Michael Mayo Just Friends Fly Artistry Music 2024
1:03 PM		Michael Mayo I Didn't Know What Time It Was Fly Artistry Music 2024
1:05 PM		Michael Mayo It Could Happen to You Fly Artistry Music 2024
1:09 PM		Michael Mayo Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most Fly Artistry Music 2024
1:15 PM		Michael Mayo Speak No Evil Fly Artistry Music 2024
1:23 PM		Ben Webster My Funny Valentine Ben Webster for Lovers Verve Reissues 2005
1:25 PM		Norman Connors Valentine Love (feat. Michael Henderson & Jean Carn) Saturday Night Special (Expanded Edition) Legacy Recordings 1976
1:34 PM		Bill Frisell What the World Needs Now Is Love Valentine Blue Note Records 2020
1:42 PM		Charles Lloyd A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing Voice In the Night ECM Records 1999
1:43 PM		Johnny Hartman The Nearness of You For Trane EMI MUSIC JAPAN INC. 1995
1:49 PM		Jimmy Scott If I Should Lose You Falling In Love Is Wonderful
1:54 PM		Joey DeFrancesco I Concentrate on You All or Nothing at All Silverwolf 1997
2:06 PM		The Dixie Cups Iko Iko The Very Best of The Dixie Cups: Chapel of Love Sun Records 1999
2:09 PM		Kermit Ruffins Mardi Gras Day Basin Street Records Presents: A Musical Celebration of New Orleans
2:10 PM		The Meters Hey Pocky a-Way Rejuvenation Rhino/Warner Records 1974
2:16 PM		Jessie Hill Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Pt. 1 & 2 The Minit Records Story (Remastered) Capitol Records 2011
2:21 PM		The Wild Tchoupitoulas Meet De Boys on the Battlefront The Wild Tchoupitoulas Island Records 1976
2:22 PM		The Wild Magnolias Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right) The Wild Magnolias Universal Music Division Decca Records France 2024
2:29 PM		Professor Longhair Big Chief (Complete Version) Ultimate New Orleans Mardi Gras Records 2008
2:31 PM		Benny Spellman Fortune Teller (2002 Remaster) Finger Poppin' And Stompin' Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions For Minit Records 1960-1962 (2002 Remaster) Capitol Records 2002
2:33 PM		Chris Kenner Something You Got Soul of New Orleans
2:36 PM		Lee Dorsey Yes We Can (Pt. 1) Yes We Can ...And Then Some Universal Records 1993
2:41 PM		Earl King & Roomful of Blues Trick Bag (1961) New Orleans Party Classic RockBeat Records 2015
2:43 PM		Fats Domino I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day The Complete Imperial Singles CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 2017
2:45 PM		Clarence "Frogman" Henry Ain't Got No Home Ain't Got No Home: The Best of Clarence "Frogman" Henry (Reissue) Geffen 1994
2:49 PM		Trombone Shorty On Your Way Down Backatown (Bonus Track Version) Verve Forecast 2010
2:58 PM		Dr John Iko Iko Dr. John's Gumbo Rhino/Elektra 1972
3:00 PM		Irma Thomas It's Raining (2002 Remaster) Finger Poppin' And Stompin' Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions For Minit Records 1960-1962 (2002 Remaster) Capitol Records 2002
3:01 PM		Rebirth Brass Band Do Watcha Wanna Ultimate Street Parade: New Orleans Brass Bands Mardi Gras Records 2008

Chat is archived.

My kinda opening! Alexander von Schlippenbach!

Hey Russell and everybody else out there - somewhere.

Rut roh

everything is fine

Hey Jerry! Happy Friday!

Ra and Rahsaan got us back on the right track

There's that theme song again...! 🎶 🐦

Hi Rick, Russ. Hi Christine!

Hi Jerry and all!

Hey Christine!

Hi Jerry. Music is playing yes! But the playlist / site calendar will need to be updated though. Some may not find there way here. There are 2 things crammed into your square for this time slot on the calendar.

Hey Brian!

Thank you Brian

How de do

Hey Mike!

Thanks very much, Brian D. Junior is working on it now

Hi Rick

Woof

Mike, Rick HI

Jerry, I'm still diggin' this version of "Four"!

Hi Robo DJ

Hello, Mike. Just don't call me Alexa

Playlist link issues should straighten out shortly. Website still catching its breath.

Or late for dinner

I have been clicked in. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.

Thank you Richard

Jerry, if you play this tune one more time, we can call it a tribute to Moses Malone, who famously quipped "Fo Fo Fo".

Good idea. I would throw in Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Nice.

Christine, thanks for tuning in, Brian thanks again.

Michael Mayo with the Princeton Jazz Vocal Ensemble, tomorrow at 8 pm at Richardson Auditorium: https://tickets.princeton.edu/event/princeton-university-jazz-vocal-ensemble-ipsar5

Thank you, Russ

Sounding good, @Jerry. Happy Friday, all 🎉

Just found out that Marshall Allen is playing right down the street from me at the end of this month! Marshall Allen and John Kimock. Friday Feb 27, 2026. 6:30pm. Moravian Tileworks. 130 E Swamp Rd Doylestown PA.

https://store.thetileworks.org/products/a-night-of-song-in-the-big-room-february-27

Huh....I thought the Tileworks only did outside stuff

They have an inside room too. Beautiful spot. There is an annual Thanksgiving Eve Wednesday event each year for past 4-5 years that is inside / outside. Music in the inner room. Screens and speakers, hay bales, bonfires outside in the courtyard* (* this does not necessarily apply to the Marshall Allen event - that may just be indoor only).

Pretty cool....I had no idea

Hi friends - Who had bad luck today that lost them their date for tomorrow? It must have happened to someone . Fri 13 followed by Valentines Day

Hey Benny, enjoy your mardi gras strut! And my mardi gras show in Jerry's Room. When and where are you strutting again?

I'm really enjoying this interview with Michael Mayo and the deep dive into his music. 💯

Thanks, Christine. He is an incredible addition to the jazz tradition. Glad you are enjoying it

Jerry, it sounds like both you and Michael Mayo enjoyed the interview.

He was a very bright guy and an even brighter singer

I liked him!

I very much respect his vocal skills

Jerry, I'm piggy-backing off Christine's comment: I thank you for introducing me to the music and vocal artistry of Michael Mayo!

Great. I love hearing that. By the way, I have chose a B3 vitamin injection for you... depending on timing

Jerry, I've rolled up my sleeve and bared my arm. I am so ready for that shot of B3!

Better than bending over

Amen.

chosen

This is a beautiful voice and version

Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) & Tomas Fujiwara (drums) at the Stone, 55 West 13th Street in NYC, st 8:30 pm tonight. The Out Louds with Ben Goldberg (clarinet), Mary Halvorson (guitar) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums) tomorrow. http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio with Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Drew Gress (bass) and Kenny Wollesen (drums) at the Stone on Wednesday, 2/18. Sylvie Courvoisier Quartet with Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Thomas Morgan (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums) on Thursday, 2/19. Shows at 8:30 pm.

I don't buy CDs these days (I prefer to go on YouTube to hear what I want to hear), but I would definitely consider buying the CDs of Michael Mayo. What a talent!

Rudresh! ✨️ Rock star

And Michelle Lordi 💜

on repeat, valentine love by norman, michael and jean!

Yes, Ossy. Nothing better!

This is smooth.

The male vocalist is Michael Henderson. Played bass before Miles before he became huge as a vocalist

Female vocal by Jean Carn!

Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs This Is America, collection of commissioned solo violin works by U.S. composers that reflect on society’s rupture and disconnection at Christ Church in Old City in Philadelphia tomorrow, 2/14, at 7:30 pm and at Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut Street in West Philadelphia on Sunday, 2/15 at 3 pm. Sunday's program includes the world premiere of a Penn Live Arts commission by drummer Tyshawn Sorey. https://pennlivearts.org/event/JohnnyGandelsman

Ben Goldberg's INVISIBLE GUY with Ben Goldberg - clarinet, Michael Coleman - synthesizer, Hamir Atwal - drums and Joshua Crumbly - electric bass perform at The Jazz Gallery in Manhattan tonight at 7 & 9 pm. https://jazzgallery.org/calendar Livestream!

Cool Russell. That's worth a look. I really enjoyed the Silk Road Ensemble, and he has an impressive list of accolades. High marks here.

Hi Roffle!

Lovely interview Jerry. You're at it again. Good stuff! :)

Marshall Allen and his Ghost Horizons ensemble with Marshall Allen (alto saxophone, EVI, keyboard), DMHOTEP (electric guitar), Joe Morris (bass) and Matthew Shipp (piano) play at Solar Myth in Philly tomorrow, February 14, at 8 pm. SOLD OUT

Thank you, Roffle! Nice compliment!

Polish guitarist Raphael Rogiński performs the music of John Coltrane and the words of Langston Hughes at Solar Myth on Wednesday, February 18 at 8 pm https://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/raphael-roginski/ and at Roulette in Brooklyn on Tuesday, February 24 at 8 pm. Livestream at Roulette. https://roulette.org/event/raphael-roginski-plays-john-coltrane/

Yes, Roffle, I am looking forward to the Johnny Gandelsman show. I will be there on Sunday afternoon.

Great interview, Jerry! I hope many Cuckoo listeners attend Michael Mayo's show tomorrow at Princeton.

B3 madness! I love it!!!

Thanks! Yes, I hope so, to support what Michelle and Rudresh are trying to do!

Not as mad as usual, Rick, Valentine's Day, you now. I hope your ready for that!

Joey was so great!

Absolutely!

Hip!

Is everybody at Betsons?

Lotsa strutting I guess

I'm going to Krass Brothers. And after that, the Melrose Diner.

Anyone else trying to balance fruit on their head or what?

The Wild Bohemians is my band and we're doing our 42nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade on South Street Philly - Feb 22 - We are also playing this Tues - Deets in the next link

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100058955803840

Thanks for asking Jerry and for promoting it on your FB page last week - You are DA man!

All events are free - this band is a hobby

Nice, Benj! It's your time of year, Fat Tuesday and Hanukah!

This is a classic Funk and Nawlin' record!

listen to those crisp horns

Sho Nuff.

Benny the Jewish Big Chief Momser, I mean Mummer

Pete Eshelman from Philly brought all this music to us He leads Philly Gumbo, Founded the Wild Bohemians, Leads Zydeco A Go Go - He is the guy who introduced me to all this great stuff

Part II of Ooh Poo Pah Doo, remastered!

Momzer... I saw that.. You and your French

It was spellcheck, I was typing Mummer.

LOL

Spellcheck didn't know what a mummer was

You got me struttin' Jer!

Alright Ears!!!

That's because you got Ears!

For all the regular listeners of Cuckoo!

Yeah man

Dig it man

A sprinkle of Gris Gris

Yeah You Right

Mike Constantine has enough inventory to take him through NEXT Mardi Gras Day

Without my feet touching the ground

I am off to find my outfit for this year's parade. I'll be listening in the car - Have a great weekend and Let the Good Times Roll - Thanks Jerry

I'm hearing some honking bari sax in there.

Including gris-gris. He even has some Johnny Cockaroo laying around

Thanks Benj!

Laissez les bons temps rouler

Rick, you have a finely attuned ear! Bari means Fun Party!

Fortune Teller was from a 2002 album of remastered Allen Toussaint hits!

Reminds me of Love Potion No.9 for some reason

That's a classic! Mike, you were 10

Yeah...pretty much

No, you WERE 10, no?

Close!....I was 9

1963

EL VEZ does a terrific version of this song.

Carlos, after last weeks show I went to youtube and listened to Big Sandy's Mother In Law!

Great, thanks for recommending!

Big Sandy is cool!

I saw someone perform this song when I was a kid. He put a frog mask on for the appropriate stanza. Turned around from the piano and scared the hell out of me. I did a spit take!

I am glad you listened and enjoyed the big Sandy

The amount of times any of the DJs have played a song and I went out to look for more by the same artist or countless. Glad I could return a favor.

I would have loved to have seen that, Russ.

His jacket, the stage appearance, the coolness... it's now all locked in my brain!

Haha, Russ. Scary!

Those Canadian geese flying over my house are no match for that honking bari sax.

The Gris Gris man himself

There's prob one in this song too!

I have seen him quite a few times singing with los Straitjackets and with the Fly rite boys. Always a good show

Saw him at Emerald City, leaning on the stage smokin' a bone

Jerry, you provided us with another stellar show! These 3 hours were most enjoyable! Everybody enjoy your weekend!

Back at you, Rick. Thank you!

Fun show Jer!! Luv Trombone Shorty! Happy Valentines wkend!

Sheila, you're the best. Same to you!!!

Thank you, Patrick!!!