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NY Standard – Episode 78 – America, The Beautiful

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Today is July 4th, 2014 – which is the 238th birthday of the United States of America.  This show is – week in, week out – a tribute to the music that made the sound of New York City sound like it does.  The gilded age of music, in my mind.

Today’s show is dedicated to some of the greatest composers this country has ever produced.

In assembling this show, I was reminded of a phrase that I’ve heard over the many years of internal & external strife in this country: This nation may not be perfect, it’s only as good as its people.  But, it’s still the greatest nation on the planet.  To salute that fact, I bring you this week’s show.

We will hear – as you just heard – from Francis Scott Key, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin & more.

To me, the greatest thing about America is the promise of America – and all that America represents.  We have work to do – we ALL have work to do.  But, that’s what we do in America.

Happy Independence Day!

NY Standard – Episode 77 – Swing, Bop & RIP Blues

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This week’s show is another mostly uptempo jaunt with Duke, Coltrane & Sarah Vaughn.

But we close this week with a touching tribute to a soul man in Bobby Womack.  He moved me until the day he died – today – and will move me until the day I died.  We close with the old negro spiritual – without which, so much of this music that I play week after week would not exist – in a song called ‘Deep River.’  Bobby recorded it on his last album in 2012.  The lyrics read as such:

“Deep river, my home is over Jordan,
Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into camp-ground.
Deep river, my home is over Jordan
Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into camp-ground.
Oh, don’t you want to go to that gospel feast,
That promised land where all is peace?
Oh deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into camp-ground.”

Keep crossin’ Bobby…

NY Standard – Episode 73 – Swing Time & A Tribute To Lou Reed

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This week’s a special episode.  The weather has been so nice here in the northeast – even the spring showers we’ve had have been nice! – that I wanted to bring you a variety of up-tempo numbers.

We also close out this week’s show with a tribute to Lou Reed from Joseph Arthur – from a New York Standard of the past to a New York Standard of the future.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 72 – Big Band & The Big Man

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This episode is a trip around all the music you’ve grown to love here on NY Standard.

We close, however, with the London cast of Jesus Christ Superstar & a tip of the cap from The Afghan Whigs to the same.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 71 – Secret Garden & More

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This week’s show is back to normal with so many things.  We hear from some of my favorites plus a return of the ‘Broadway Bit’ featuring ‘The Secret Garden.’  To me, it’s one of the last great musicals that was produced with a bit of an old-school feel.

Enjoy!