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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Jul 24, 2026 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

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 eighties! You will love it!

7.24.26 New Jazz + We Three Kings

2 hours of great new modern jazz releases, followed by 1 hour of BB King, Albert King, & Freddie King

12:00 PM		Captain Yossarian, Prince Temppolice Zombie In Dub Fela Kuti in Dub
12:10 PM		Nightmares On Wax & Adrian Sherwood Nyabinghi Dub In a Space Outta Dub Warp Records 2026
12:15 PM		Blue Lab Beats Piece of Life Puzzle The Blue Lab Beats Show Blue Adventure Records 2026
12:20 PM		Tigran Hamasyan One Body, One Blood Manifeste Naive 2026
12:25 PM		Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier Perdidos en el Lamento Talamanti Antlia Records 2026
12:32 PM		Billy Stewart Summertime One More Time: The Chess Years Geffen* 1989
12:41 PM		Herbie Mann Summertime (Live) At the Village Gate (Live) Rhino Atlantic 1961
12:46 PM		Kool & The Gang Summer Madness Light of Worlds UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1973
12:48 PM		Roland Kirk Quartet & Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet Serenade to a Cuckoo I Talk with the Spirits Verve 1963
1:21 PM		Ben Williams Consciousness (feat. Sasha Berliner, Andrew Renfroe & Brandon Coleman) Between Church & State Safe Space Records 2025
1:21 PM		Sasha Berliner Zenith (feat. David Adewumi, Rico Jones, Jongkuk Kim & Taylor Eigsti) Fantôme Outside In Music 2025
1:21 PM		Mike Clark East Broadway Rundown (feat. Eddie Henderson & Patrice Rushen) Kuon Ganjo (feat. Eddie Henderson & Patrice Rushen) Wide Hive Records 2026
1:21 PM		Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart Hi-Fly Rhombus Smoke Sessions 2026
1:29 PM		Ardeshir Introduction to Darn That Dream Introducing Ardeshir Cellar Live 2026
1:32 PM		Ardeshir Darn That Dream Introducing Ardeshir Cellar Live 2026
1:42 PM		Gregory Hutchinson Water Babies (feat. Ambrose Akinmusire, Ron Blake, Jakob Bro, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders) Kind of Now - The Pulse of Miles Davis Warner Music Central Europe 2026
1:44 PM		Conrad Herwig Windows The Latin Side of Chick Corea Savant 2026
1:51 PM		Lucy Yeghiazaryan Come Dance With Me Hey Love! La Reserve Records 2026
2:23 PM		Freddie King Have You Ever Loved a Woman Freddy King Sings King Records 1960
2:23 PM		Freddie King Hide Away King of the Blues EMI/EMI Records (USA) 1995
2:24 PM		Freddie King Yonder Wall My Feeling for the Blues Rhino Atlantic 1969
2:25 PM		Freddie King You’ve Got to Love Her With a Feeling 17 Greatest Hits King Records 1994
2:26 PM		Albert King Call My Job King Albert Charly Tomato 1977
2:28 PM		Albert King Breaking Up Somebody's Home (Remastered 2026) I'll Play The Blues For You (Remastered 2026) Craft Recordings 2026
2:35 PM		Albert King Angel Of Mercy (Remastered 2026) I'll Play The Blues For You (Remastered 2026) Craft Recordings 2026
2:38 PM		Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 1966
2:43 PM		B.B. King You Upset Me Baby The Best of B.B. King Virgin Records 1991
2:45 PM		B.B. King Sweet Sixteen Sweet Little Angel Inspired Studios 1960
2:51 PM		B.B. King Do You Call That a Buddy Confessin' the Blues Geffen 1965
3:00 PM		B.B. King Sweet Little Angel Singin' the Blues Virgin Catalog 1955
3:01 PM		B.B. King The Thrill Is Gone Completely Well Geffen* 1969

Chat is archived.

Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Happy Friday to Jerry and everybody! The Phils are driving me to drink.

Hello all

Hi Rick! Very, very depressing. Boring. Disappointing. Did you hear about the Lebron decision? Hi Mike!

Hey Mike!

Lebron news very crazy!

I just saw it on ESPN. I will be the first to admit that I was never a Lebron fan, but this is truly exciting!

I hear you. Well, let's try it this way and see if we win something. We just may get turned on!

Agreed.

This is really good. You need to get into an Afro-Beat band. Mike will do percussion.

And I was diggin' the big horn sound. Of course, the bari sax was taking care of the bottom.

Yep...loving it!

I think the needle is stuck

Cheerful Russ Woessner! Ask him if he's enjoing the Phils

Or this new song, for that matter

Hey Russell!

Greetings to All. A listener party but nobody told me the location . Ahhh fond memories of my childhood

Hiya, Rick!

Hi Patrick! 4 big Phillies fans here. I don't know aboout Mike

Don't care much for Baseball

Football?

Russ, did youo see the basketball news?

Love Football....used to like Hockey but those days are long gone

Even I am excited about LeBron!

Does Chuck know?

Patrick, you heard?

I texted him. No reaction yet. I wonder if it will bring him back home?

Hey Patrick!

Russ, if you buy tickets!

I could sell the house…

That's the ticket...

50 years ago local entertainment options. Dovells,Victor Borgia,Sergio Franchi,Michael Cooney,Julius Hemphill,Graham Construction,Blood Sweat Tears and Perry Como.

Julius Hemphill! What an overlooked talent!

Was at Penns Landing the other night. Saw a half empty ferry headed over to the Styx/ Chicago concert. Never saw a sadder ship . They looked like hostages.

Patrick, I don't remember seeing the Perry Como obituary or hearing the radio tribute shows!

Old age had taken their toll on that crowd!

Crossing the River Styx?

Perry was friends with a guy that owned a farm behind the house .They'd be in the field knocking golf balls around

In Warrington?

He went out like he sang. Quietly with a warm glass of milk. Stayed out of the tabloids. Hopefully he caught that falling star.

Horsham....acrosse from the Willow Grove Naval Air Base

yes in the blue lab ..

Also 50 years ago shout out to Starland Vocal Band for scoring a summer tv special off of that ghastly single. What a scamola.

Ha, DBG, welcome!

Plus the got a Grammy for something....

Patrick is obsessed with Afternoon Delights

A Grammy?

Mike they couldn’t handle success . Went out in an orgy of financial lawsuits and wife swapping . Afternoon Nightmare.

They beat out Boogie Oogie Oogie for the Grammy

There's a book in there

Awful song

Russ, this is the best yet for these two

This is my groove!

Wait till you hear the Dub coming up

Patricia Brennan is playing tonight in Brooklyn.

Billy Stewart!!!

double vision's of the ol' drinvn range

Where in Brooklyn?

Hey Russ that Deb Callahan show looks good next Wednesday. Last PASTORIUS Park concert this season

Hey aiffrig!

Billy Stewart really rocks that cowboy hat on the summertime video

Billy Stewart was an early vocal inspiration to young Rick!

I never could get that Cowboy Hat look down pay. I always ended up looking like Michael Dukakis in that tank ad

He definitely was an inspiration to me when I was a mere prat!

He was a killer!

She’s at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park tonight. And she is doing a residency at the Stone in December.

Also 50 years ago Gordski disappointingly stuck with voluminous copies of that Phillies Fever records. Those gold glovers were no Tin Pan Alleyites.

Billy Stewart .... Nice! 👍🙂

I still have them!

Hey Space Cowboy, how are you?

Good

Any knowledgeable Cuckoo listeners know why New Hope /Lambertville area never had/never has free outdoor summer concerts ?

Is that starland vocal band trivia true? 😜

Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock and Tyshawn Sorey are at the Village Vanguard this weekend.

Other than the high school, I hard pressed to come up with open space in New Hope

Jerry has some hot dirt on Kris Davis…

Space Cowboy, Patrick is obsessed with that band!

Jerry, Chuck says the LeBron news is insanity!

He's coming home!

It is a shame you are missing that Vanguard date. YOur dream team!

Speaking of 1976 whatever happened to Atlanta Rhythm Section. Competent middle of the road jazzy sound.

And former members of the Classics IV

Yeah, can’t see them all!

Wut? Now THERE'S some trivia. Could be cocaine related but I'm just making that up

Afternoon o husky ones.

Hahaha, a bunch of huskies!

Just in the nick of time for our theme.

wilis b callin it proportional

Hey, Patrick, I won’t be at Pastorius Next Wednesday, I will be in Montreal. LMK how Deb Callahan is.

I can count on one hand the number of pro sport events I have been to. But I did go to a sixers game back in Feb, sometime in the early 90's. With my father. I think they won. the enthusiasm was absolutely infective. Later that evening went to the Phila AA Museum for Jazz All Night. Odean Pope was there with his saxophone Choir. A fond memory. Each room inside the museum wanted to see your stub. I accidentally pulled out the Sixers ticket. Darts shot out of his eyes at me.

I've never been to a basketball game, been to all the others

I did need a friend to explain to me why he had the baseball game on, without looking at it. Made immediate sense. there is a certain cadence to the announcing. There is a certain pacing to a baseball game. Perfect for a summer day.

Rick, what a version of this song'

indeed!!!

Diggin' the B-3, Dr. Jerry!

As Will C said, you need your viamin B-3 every day

That's the best advice I've ever heard!

A strong performance by this tenor player

I guess I am most familiar with the Billie Holiday version.

Dang!

A good place to hang, ET

I think i also had it on an early Miles re-issue. late 50's

Tremendous. The track I play after this is also exceptional, and album I keep playing and talking about and can't get a promo copy!

echoes of Dexter

Birth of the Cool, 1957.

Hi Jim

I hope the Sasha Berliner show gets a crowd. That's deal of the year!

Jerry- have you signed up for the Spotify Streaming service? They pick the music for you. How 'cool' is that? And if you don't get the sarcasm well you don't

hey Jerry, and thx for the Blue Curtain promo, they put you on the announcement mailing list for next year

Thank you, Jim, I appreciate that!

This guy referenced "Laura" at the end of his solo.

I heard that quote!

Russ, one of your favorite new trumpeters.

here.

This is a drummer's album!

Why is this making me think of Karen Carpenter?

Because she was a drummer?

This guy is an American living in Europe. The CD is brilliant

Rick, trombonists album!

Nice!!!

Bill Frisell and Ambrose Akinmusire are playing in a benefit for the NoMad Festival in New York on August 3.

Nice, you will be there?

It’s a bit pricey. And I might still be in Vermont.

wut

Great show today Jerry. Top to bottom. Aces baby!!

Lucy Yeghiazaryan + Saxophonist Grant Stewart & His Quartet will be at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philly on September 25 & 26

Jerry apparently a confused and misguided group of No Kings protesters have showed up in front of the station.

nailed it there Jerry- 'Its My Radio Show! ' If you do not like it there are two knobs. One is Volume- and the other is the tuning dial. Double Plus for the Volume dial- is that if you turn it all the all the way counter clockwise- the tubes turn dark. Click I turned off the media. But never turning off the Great Jerry Gordon.

Excellent. Thank you.

Thanks very much, Christopher! Appreciated. Everybody thanks much, glad you are enjoing: ET, Patrick, Russ, DBG, Rick!

Albert King also a very serviceable NBA player.

Depends who you ask Patrick.

Patrick, I imagine you are excited by the Lebron James signing

Any blues fans out there check out the Facebook for former local DJ Charlie Horner. Puts on a lot of shows and tributes in the central NJ shore area. Very informative page.

secret agents know things we do not.

That's why they are 'secret'

Jerry looks exciting but in the end 2027 will be the mark of 44 year title drought. I give him credit for his level of performance at his age but I don’t think their defense will stop better teams.

More bari sax is always good. Honk away, baby!

Wow, that is the INFORMED analysis of Patrick White.

Patrick is more informed about the NBA, past and present. Seriously, his words are gold, even more than the Starland Vocal Band!

Honk!

At this time next year, the Phils may be the 4th best team in Philly - behind the Sixers, Eagles and Flyers. Yikes!

I wouldn't be surprised if the 4th was the Flyers

On the Dog- thats me. yeah i set the bail. Are you listening? I don't want you coming here setting the bail

We love the Music Jerry. The Music explains itself. You approach the DJ booth. four twenty in your teeth. I needs something. how much does it cost? Can you play a proper blues scale? Or do you prefer the organ?

The fam has malnutrition

self-medicatin here , don't need them rx drugs

Yup, that's how Albert is handling it!

Yep....a tooth crackin' cold martini and da blues

Haha, for Mike, going back to 7th grade

I'm late for Metal Shop

thinkin i should hits some golf balls at the golf farm

Love it

You would have blown away Perry

Everyone have great weekend . Hope to see you guys at Sasha concert. Big Yankees series this weekend.

Thanks, Patrick

Playin' the hits

Sister in New Orleans? That's worse than in Korea!

Spectaculous show of musics. Thank you for your service.

We recommends https://youtu.be/QT3loebG6Qc?si=WF5Lg6fJQ_dq1wsI for special insides.

" Golf Farm " was in horsham twp before developments

Thanks DBG

Aiffrig, Mike's neighborhood. He used to run over people with his rx7 on those streets

Right Aff....Schuberts. Just down the road from me

Mike, was it an RX7 back in the day for you?

Left 'em in the dust

Jerry, you are the creator and proprietor of an exemplary musical experience. Today's show was another example of just that!!! Everybody enjoy your weekend!

Injured pedestrians

I had an 84 and an 89

Thanks, Jerry. Great show (except when the needle got stuck at the beginning)!

street road was a raceway

I'm going to send that to you, Russ!

Still is

Mike has moved on to faster cars...

Thanks everybody for listening!

Heh...yeah....much faster

Till next time