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Friday, March 29, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 2, 2024: The Musical Adventures of Jim, Geoff & Maria


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64607.html

Theme: The Musical Adventures of Jim, Geoff & Maria.

Maria Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin (1964) photo: Joe Alper

Geoff Muldaur
and Maria Muldaur were both members of Jim Kweskin’s Jug Band in the 1960s – the pre-eminent jug band of the ‘60s folk revival – and this show will explore a few of the many directions that Jim, Geoff and Maria have taken over the past 60-plus years – including numerous collaborations with each other.

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Jug Band Music
Jug Band Music (Vanguard)


Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band
- Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
Jug Band Music (Vanguard)
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Wild About My Lovin’
Unblushing Brassiness (Vanguard)
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Richland Woman
See Reverse Side for Title (Vanguard)


The Even Dozen Jug Band- Come On In
The Even Dozen Jug Band (Elektra)
Geoff Muldaur- Jelly Roll Baker
Sleepy Man Blues (Prestige)
Jim Kweskin- Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor
Relax Your Mind (Vanguard)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Chevrolet
See Reverse Side for Title (Vanguard)


Geoff & Maria Muldaur- Brazil
Pottery Pie (Omnivore)
Geoff & Maria Muldaur- Georgia On My Mind
Pottery Pie (Omnivore)
Paul Butterfield’s Better Days- Rule the Road
Paul Butterfield’s Better Days (Rhino/Bearsville)

Jim Kweskin- Sugar Babe
Jim Kweskin’s America (Reprise)

Maria Muldaur
- Midnight at the Oasis
Maria Muldaur (Reprise)
Geoff Muldaur- Livin’ in the Sunlight (Lovin’ in the Moonlight)
Geoff Muldaur is Having a Wonderful Time (Reprise)

Jim Kweskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Jazzbo Brown
Jump for Joy (Vanguard)

Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
- Futuristic Rhythm
Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge Music)
Maria Muldaur- He Ain’t Got Rhythm
Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)


Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur
- Sweet to Mama
Penny’s Farm (Kingswood)
Jim Kweskin & Maria Muldaur- Let’s Get Happy Together
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)

Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble & Martha Wainwright- There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears
Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge Music)
Jay McShann & Maria Muldaur- Confessin’ the Blues
Goin’ to Kansas City (Stony Plain)

Jim Kweskin & Samoa Wilson
- Remember Me
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)
John Sebastian & The J-Band & Geoff Muldaur- Minglewood Blues
Chasin’ Gus’ Ghost (Hollywood)

Jim Kweskin & Fiona Kweskin- Side by Side
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)

Next week: Songs I’ve Heard Tom Rush Sing.

--Mike Regenstreif
 

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 21, 2022: Songs from “Porgy & Bess” and other Gershwin classics


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Stranger Songs was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/56633.html

Theme: Songs from “Porgy & Bess” and other Gershwin classics.


The folk and jazz influenced opera “Porgy & Bess,” composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin premiered on Broadway in 1935 and was based on Du Bose Heyward’s novel, Porgy, published in 1925.

Moore & McGregor- Summertime
Dream with Me (Ivernia)


Ella Fitzgerald
- I Wants to Stay Here
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess (Verve)
Lena Horne- My Man’s Gone Now
Harry Belafonte & Lena Horne: Porgy & Bess (RCA)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- I Got Plenty O’Nuttin
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess (Verve)
Ray Charles- Buzzard Song
Ray Charles & Cleo Laine: Porgy & Bess (RCA)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- Bess, You is My Woman Now
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess (Verve)


Miles Davis
- Gone, Gone, Gone
Miles Davis: Porgy & Bess (Columbia/Legacy)


Dave Van Ronk
- It Ain’t Necessarily So
Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)
Cleo Laine- What You Want Wid Bess?
Ray Charles & Cleo Laine: Porgy & Bess (RCA)
Harry Belafonte- A Woman is Sometime Thing
Harry Belafonte & Lena Horne: Porgy & Bess (RCA)
Ella Fitzgerald- Oh, Doctor Jesus
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess (Verve)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- Medley: Here Comes de Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Dey’s So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess (Verve)


Nina Simone- I Loves You, Porgy
Nina Simone With Strings (Colpix)
Harry Belafonte- Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
Harry Belafonte & Lena Horne: Porgy & Bess (RCA)
Phoebe Snow- There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York
Second Childhood (Columbia)
Louis Armstrong- Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess (Verve)

Other Gershwin classics

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- Our Love is Here to Stay
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Willie Nelson- I Got Rhythm
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Legacy)
Billie Holiday- Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Songs for Distingué Lovers (Verve)

Dave Van Ronk- Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)
Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley- Lady Be Good
Sitting on a Rainbow (Borealis)
The Hot Club of Cowtown- Someone to Watch Over Me
Wishful Thinking (Gold Strike)

Oscar Peterson- Liza (The Clouds’ll Roll Away)
The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (Verve)

Next week: The Folkways Legacy of Sam Gesser.

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--Mike Regenstreif