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Album of the Week, Nov 10, 2016

KDRT's Pieter Pastoor brought up Herb Alpert in a conversation we had about a year ago on his radio show. I knew the name, but had no idea who he was beyond that. My wife and I happened upon a stack of his records for 99 cents each at Armadillo Music about a week later and bought them all up. So cheap, why not? Well, turns out we love them all and have listened regularly ever since.  

Pieter is joining me in the studio to play one of my favorites, "What Now My Love." Alpert is in his 80s and still making music. He's also the "A" in A&M Records, so there's plenty to talk about. The record we're playing is only 29 minutes long, so we plan on playing some other delights as well during the hours. 

Click "Listen Now" at 5pm Pacific Time to tune in. 

Divine Intervention strikes once again on KDRT, this time with some tunes reflecting hostesse/ministresse Jess Goddesses' moody election-day moods. There'll be some rock, some pop, some punk, some junk... Tune in live, 7-9p Pacific. Looking for replays/playlists? Visit the program page.

Show time! Jazz from movies and theater tonight --

• Bill Evans -- On Broadway
• Julie London -- Cry Me A River
• Billy Taylor Trio -- With a Little Bit of Luck
• Peggy Lee -- Bye Bye Blackbird
• Ruby Braff -- Give My Regards To Broadway
• Stan Kenton -- Tonight
• Ella Fitzgerald -- Someone to Watch Over Me
• Coleman Hawkins -- Climb Ev'ry Mountain
• Cannonball Adderley -- Matchmaker
• Wes Montgomery -- Chim Chim Cheree
• Frank Sinatra -- New York, New York
• Tony Bennett -- Somewhere Over The Rainbow
• Oscar Peterson -- The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
• Etta Jones & Houston Person -- I Could Have Danced All Night

Ah, yes, that is the scariest jack-o'-lantern we could find...and, yes, it will be a special All Hallow's Eve edition of Divine Intervention. Please do expect some not-too-terribly expected spine-tingling tunes. And, of course, there will be a bit of new music in the mix, rock, pop, and otherwise. Tune in live, 7-9p Pacific. Want replays/playlists? Visit the program page.

Dug Deep hosts a pre-Halloween Americana double-header edition of Live DiRT with the T Sisters and Kuinka (formerly called Ra!!it Wilde)!  Both bands play live in the KDRT studio on Sunday, October 30th, at 4:30 pm, just ahead of their appearance that evening at the Graduate thanks to the Davis Live Music Collective.    

Traditional jazz, some bebop, some cool jazz, and some of the great female vocalists tonight!

• Jelly Roll Morton
• Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
• Billie Holiday/Bobby Tucker piano
• Charlie Parker
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Miles Davis
• Dinah Washington
• Thelonious Monk
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Stuff Smith
• Carmen McRae
• Gabor Szabo
• Dave Brubeck
• Earl "Fatha" Hines
• George Benson & Al Jarreau
• Gerry Mulligan

This week's featured album is Fiona Apple's Tidal. Apple's first studio record, it was released in July 1996 on both Work and Columbia Records. By the following year, the release had gone triple platinum, producing no less than six singles. Rolling Stone selected Tidal as one of the best records of the 90s. Quoting RS, "Apple's husky voice and jazzy melodies give an unexpected weight to her confessions on Tidal, as the 19-year-old New York art waif broods over adolescent malaise in off-kilter, insinuating piano ballads like 'Never Is a Promise.' She also comes up with a knockdown theme song in the anomalously hard-rocking 'Criminal,' the anthem of a young woman who's been careless with a delicate man and even more careless with her delicate self." Art waif, indeed.

KDRT's Album of the Week airs every Thursday evening at 5 p.m. PT on KDRT. This week's host is Jess Goddesse.

An hour of traditional jazz tonight -- 1939 - 68

• Louis Armstrong
• Jelly Roll Morton
• Wynonie Mr Blues Harris with Earl Bostic
• Artie Shaw
• Lester Young, Nat ‘King’ Cole & Buddy Rich
• Billie Holiday
• Louis Armstrong
• Billie & DeDe Pierce
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band
• Johnny Hodges
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Illinois Jacquet
• Roy Eldridge
• Wynton Kelly
• Kenny Burrell
• Don Sebesky

Tonight on Divine Intervention, we have an interesting Vinyl Vespers feature. It's another case of "Will it be awfully good...or just plain awful?" Specifically, we'll hear Mac Gant and his Tennessee Dew Drops—that's the bit that sounds like it might be mighty good. But the record is Square Dance Calls and Instructions—that's the worrisome part. Either way, we'll  have an enjoyable worship, along with much rock, pop, and otherwise swingin' sounds, including the possibility of brand-new tracks from Emma Ruth Rundle, Ken De Poto, and more new releases. We'll try to slip in some local flavor, to boot, such as something from Oakland's T Sisters, who'll be performing hereabouts soon thanks to the Davis Live Music Collective. Tune in live, 7-9p Pacific. Want replays/playlists? Visit the program page.