Upstate Radio Theatre 1935

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Request Performance "The Bet" 2-3-46
Suspense "The 32nd of December" 12-28-58
Readers Digest "Shakespeare's Home Town" 12-17-57

Something Beautiful 1920

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Segment One

Something to Remember You By by Syd Dale
Pearly Shells by Tommy Garrett
I Honestly Love You by George Greeley
Where is the Love? by Ronnie Aldrich
Fly Me to the Moon by Andre Kostelanetz
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Gordon Huntley
One Love by The Living Strings
More Than You Know by Enoch Light
You Only Live Twice by Johnny Gibbs

Segment Two

I Know About Love by Mantovani
Big Girls Don't Cry by The Hollyridge Strings
Ramona by Geoff Love
A Day in the Life of a Fool by Tony Mottola
They Say It's Wonderful by Beegie Adair
Ballade Pour Adeline by Jean Louis Van Dam
Things We Said Today b Nick Ingman
Mostly for Lovers by The American Symphonette Orchestra
Maria My Own by Los Indios Tabajaras
I Will Be Here for You by Bob Blom

Classics and Beyond 1930

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Segment One

Claude Bolling: Concerto for Classical Guitar and Jazz Piano
I. Hispanic Dance (With a Blues Touch)
II. Mexicaine
III. Invention
IV. Serenade
V. Rhapsodie
VI. Africaine
VII. Finale
Alexander Lagoya: Guitar
Claude Bolling: Piano
Michel Gaudry and Marc Michel: Bass
Marcel Sabiani and Andre Arpino: Drums
LP: Concerto for Classical Guitar and Jazz Piano (RCA Victor)

Segment Two

Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Sonata in C Minor
I. Fantasie
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Gavotte
VI. Gigue
Jakob Lindberg: Lute
CD: Weiss: Lute Music (BIS)

The Jazz Scene 1923

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Segment One

Wire Walker by Joe Locke
CD: Wire Walker (Steeplechase)

One for Reuben by Mino Lanzieri
Digital Album: Vibes (Filibusta)

Without a Song by Richard Cole
CD: The Forgotten (Origin)

Segment Two

Highway 14 by Alan Pasqua
CD: My New Old Friend (Cryptogramophone)

You Stepped Out of a Dream by Peter Cincotti
CD: Peter Cincotti (Concord)

Forecast by Jeff McGregor
Digital Album: Leap (self-released)

Segment Three

Moon River by The Vince Guaraldi Trio
CD: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Fantasy/OJC)

This is New by The Ed Barrett Trio
Digital Album: Listen Hear (self-released)

East St. Louis by Russell Gunn
CD: Young Gunn Plus (32 Jazz)

Lake Air 1930

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Segment One

Stranger Things by Nicholas Cole
Digital Album: The Weekend (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)

A Hug From a Friend by Sandy Owen
CD: Night Rhythms (Ivory)

All at Once by Bonnie Raitt
CD: Luck of the Draw (Capitol)

I Can't Help it by John Klemmer
CD: Finesse/Magnificent Madness (Wounded Bird)

Segment Two

Never Enough by Bob James and David Sanborn
CD: Double Vision (Warner Brothers)

Top of the World by Pete Belasco
Digital Album: Strong and Able (self-released)

First Circle by The Pat Metheny Group
CD: First Circle (ECM)

Segment Three

Cuban Nights by Gary Meggs
Digital Album: Life's Little Changes (self-released)

Keep Sleeping by Darol Anger by Barbara Higbie
CD: Tideline (Windham Hill)

Right Through the Heart by Michael Johnson
LP: You Can Call Me Blue (EMI)

Last Child by Joe Sample
CD: Ashes to Ashes (Warner Brothers)

Lake Air 1929

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Segment One

Spontaneity of the Soul by Stevie Wayne
Digital Album: Spontaneity of the Soul (self-released)

Solitude by Susan Mazer and Dallas Smith
CD: Inner Rhythms (Music West)

Pleasures of the Night by Will Downing and Gerald Albright
CD: Pleasures of the Night (Verve)

Going Wes by Todd Ashley
CD: Funky Nylon (self-released)

Segment Two

Ta Kee Ah by Michael Fair
CD: Back for More (self-released)

Into the Light by Mosaic
CD: Balance (self-released)

No One Here But Me by Susan Werner
CD: Last of the Good Straight Girls (Private Music)

Riding on a Cloud by Passport
CD: Blue Tattoo (Atlantic)

Segment Three

Love Street by Bruce McKenzie
CD: Destinations (self-released)

Maze by Yuji Toriyama
CD: A Taste of Paradise (Agharta)

This Could be Paradise by Jon Lucien
CD: Endless is Love (Shanachie)

Hang Loose by Dancing Fantasy
CD: Worldwide (Innovative Communication)

The Jazz Scene 1922

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Segment One

Battering Ram by Behn Gillece
CD: Walk of Fire (Posi-Tone)

Just a Lucky So and So by Jean-Philippe Bordier
CD: Duke Celebration (self-released)

Ladybird by Stephen Riley
CD: Easy to Remember (Steeplechase)

Segment Two

Piledriver by Eddie Costa
CD: The Eddie Costa-Vinnie Burke Trio (Roulette)

For All We Know by Dianne Reeves
CD: I Remember (Blue Note)

Falling in Love With Love by Eddie Daniels
CD: First Prize (Prestige/OJC)

Segment Three

Sometime Ago by Sara Caswell
CD: But Beautiful (Arbors)

Pent Up House by Martin Krummling
CD: The Vision Behind (Unit)

Will You Still Be Mine? by the Peter Eigenmann Trio
CD: Something Special (TCB)

Jazz Progressions 1927

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Segment One

Dolphy'ning by Sonny Simmons, Brandon Evans and Kevin Norton
CD: Universal Prayer/Survival Skills (Parallactic)

Straight Up and Down by Eric Dolphy
CD: Out to Lunch (Blue Note)

Drive by Don Friedman
CD: Metamorphosis (Original Jazz Classics)

Segment Two

Freedom Jazz Dance by Miroslav Vitous
CD: Infinite Search (Atlantic)

Regions of Fire by John Klemmer
LP: Eruptions (Cadet)

Segment Three

Can You Follow Me? by Scope
LP: Scope (Atlantic)

Level One by Larry Coryell and Eleventh House
LP: Level One (Arista)

Son of Alma by Wilding and Bonus
CD: Pleasure Signals (Ozone)

Something Beautiful 1919

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Segment One

My Cherie Amour by 101 Strings
By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Paul Murad
Games That Lovers Play by Andre Kostelanetzz
Feelings by The Rendezvous Strings
Embraceable You by Wally Stott
One Hundred Ways by John Fox
The Way You Look Tonight by The Romantic Strings
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Roger Williams
Lucille by Arthur Greenslade

Segment Two

It Must Be Him by The Fantasy Strings
Small World by Johnny Douglas
Go Away Little Girl by Percy Faith
Wichita Lineman by Tony Mottola
Evergreen by Jack Dorsey
It Could Happen to You by The Melachrino Strings
You Belong to Me b Frank Devol
A Man and a Woman by Ronnie Price
The Fool on the Hill by Vadim Brodski
Operator by Nick Ingman

Classics and Beyond 1929

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Segment One

Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Walter Gieseking: Piano
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert Van Karajan: Conductor
LP: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor/Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (Columbia)

Segment Two

Stephen Scott: Rainbows I and II
Stephen Scott, The Colorado College New Music Ensemble: Bowed Piano
CD: New Music for Bowed Piano (New Albion)

Segment Three

Anthony Phillips: Tara's Theme/Let Us Now Make Love
Anthony Phillips: Piano
CD: Private Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory Moon (Passport)

Lake Air 1928

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Segment One

Lithia by Gary Herbig
CD: Friends to Lovers (Headfirst)

P&L Line by Kenneth Nash
CD: Music From a Far Away Place (Music West)

This Time I'll Be Sweeter by Angela Bofill
CD: Angie (GRP)

Smokey Lane by Windows
CD: From the Asylum (DA Music)

Segment Two

Caught Up in the Rapture by Dante Lewis
Digital Album: A Sweet Love: Tribute to Anita Baker (self-released)

Where the Road Meets the Sky by Michael Gettel
CD: Skywatching (Narada)

Ladies Night by Michael Franks
CD: Objects of Desire (Warner Brothers)

Upon the Sea by Torcuato Mariano
CD: Paradise Station (Windham Hill)

Segment Three

Embrace by Jeff Ryan
CD: Embrace (Woodward Avenue)

Lost in the Here and Now by Doug Smith
CD: Labyrinth (American Gramaphone)

The Secret Garden by Pamela Williams
CD: Saxtress (Heads Up)

Grid-Lock by Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour
CD: Harlequin (GRP)

Jazz Progressions 1926

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Segment One

The Up and Down Man by Albert Mangelsdorf
Double CD: Three Originals (MPS)

Dingbats by Mathias Akeo Nowak
Digital Album: Common Ground (Jazzwerkstatt)

Lost and Found by Mike Reed's People, Places and Things
CD: Stories and Negotiations (482 Music)

Segment Two

Jealous by Ant is Fourmi in French
Digital Album: Lux in Tenebris (self-released)

Beeper by Dixon Nacey
Digital Album: The Edge of Chaos (Rattle Jazz)

Segment Three

Exaltation by Caldera
CD: Caldera (Capitol)

Mater Maritima by Companyia Electrica Dharma
CD: L'oucomballa (PDI)

Something Beautiful 1918

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Segment One

Fanny by The Living Strings
Green Fields by Andre Kostelanetz
Don't Give Up on Us by Hagood Hardy
Like Someone in Love by The Marina Strings
Where is the Love? by David Rose
Laura by Robert Farnon
All the Things You Are by 101 Strings
Love Me Tender by The Hollyridge Strings
On the Radio by John Fox

Segment Two

You've Lost That Loving Feeling by The Rendezvous Strings
Poinciana by Percy Faith
I'll Remember April by Camarata
Jump by The Fantasy Strings
Secret Love by Geoff Love
Michelle by Paul Mauriat
Woman in Love by Francis Goya
I Only Have Eyes for You by Esquivel
Easy to Love by The United Studio Orchestra

The Jazz Scene 1921

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Segment One

Slippers by The Rogier Telderman Trio
CD: Contours (RM)

Seen From Above by Donny McCaslin
CD: Seen From Above (Arabesque)

In There by Buddy Johnson
CD: Night Shift (Jazz Archives)

Segment Two

Detroit (Keep it in Mind) by Gerald Cleaver
CD: Detroit (Fresh Sound)

Look for the Silver Lining by Libby York
CD: Here With You (self-released)

Powell's Prances by Holly Hofmann and Bill Cunliffe
CD: Just Duet (Capri)

Segment Three

Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? by Warren Wolf
CD: Black Wolf (M&I)

Tenor Madness by Brian Charette
CD: Groovin' With Big G (Steeplechase)

I Get a Kick Out of You by The Ahmad Jamal Trio
Double CD: Complete Recordings (Definitive)

Sounds From the Global Village 1917

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Segment One

Evocacion: De Damasco a Cordoba by Juan Martin
CD: Musica Alhambra (Flamencovision)

Mua Quat by The Hue Traditional Art Troupe
CD Box Set: The Music of Vietnam (Celestial Harmonies)

Segment Two

Ese es Mi Problema by Los Van Van
CD: Azucar (Xenophile)

Le Genie du Village by Takadja
CD: Diye (Black Sun)

Yuki No Genso by Kimio Eto
LP: Art of the Koto: The Music of Japan (Elektra)

Segment Three

Sikulu by Mose 'Fan Fan'
CD: The Rough Guide to Unwired: Africa (World Music Network)

Dokhtare Bagh by The Afghan Ensemble
CD: Songs From Afghanistan (ARC)

Reynardine by Bert Jansch
CD: Rosemary Lane (Castle)