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The December 1st Thursday Live! concert at the Odd Fellows Hall kicked off the holiday season with 8 local bands bringing their own special brand of "cheer". Selected songs from this live concert recording will air on the December 15th edition of Live Tracks, from 8-10pm. From Latin to Jazz, Klezmer to World Beat, Celtic to "Do Wop", it was there in all its diversity, and a good time was had by all!

Local bands included Tree-O, David Campos, Me & Him, Davis Klezmer Orchestra, Biscuits 'n Honey, Frankie & the Fabletones, Yolo Mambo, and Calvin Handy & the Jazz Patrol.

The Spencer Wyatt Big Band * 2001
Nat King Cole * 1950
Benny Goodman * 1941
Louis Armstrong * 1956
Stan Getz * 1952
The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet * 1961
Oscar Peterson * 1962
Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls * 1962
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass * 1965
Ramsey Lewis * 1965
Don Ellis * 1973
Joe Pass * 1973
Mel Tormé * 1982
Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie * 1999

12-8-11: Tonight's show is the rockin'-like-there's-no-tomorrow Set 1 (most of it!) from the Mothership, Hampton Coliseum
Enjoy!

Set 1:
Rock and Roll Part Two > Tube > Quinn the Eskimo > Funky Bitch, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Meat > Stash, Train Song > Possum, Roggae, Driver, Split Open and Melt

Set 2:
Bathtub Gin > Piper, Axilla > Roses Are Free, Farmhouse, Hold Your Head Up > Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > Character Zero

Encore: Cavern

1930 to 2001 --
Fats Waller & His Rhythm *
Ella Fitzgerald *
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond *
Dinah Washington *
Charles Mingus *
Chet Baker *
Nat King Cole *
Sarah Vaughan *
Joe Pass *
The Crusaders *
John Klemmer *
Stanley Jordan *
Louise Tobin, Peanuts Hucko, et al *
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy *
Diana Krall

Louise Tobin, Peanuts Hucko, et al. *
Tommy Dorsey *
Glenn Miller *
Charlie Christian *
Benny Goodman *
Charlie Parker *
Louis Armstrong *
Stan Getz *
Nat "King" Cole & Natalie Cole *
Lionel Hampton *
John Coltrane *
Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls *
Boots Randolph *
Dave Brubeck *
Ella Fitzgerald *

In honor of the beginning of the holiday season, Live Tracks' says thank you to Davis' musicians and re-airs a September salute that features live recordings of a variety of local favorites in the first hour, and an in-studio interview with Rita Hosking in the second hour. Rita had just released her latest CD "Burn" nine days before this interview, and spoke about the production of this CD with collaborators in Austin, as well as the creative process in general. She also plays live in the studio for a VERY special edition of Live Tracks.

Blues & Boogie Woogie!

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven *
Jimmie Noone & Earl Hines *
Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen *
Piano Connection *
Billie Holiday *
Jim Cox (The Majestic soundtrack) *
Ella Fitzgerald & The Paul Smith Trio *
Piano Connection *
Dinah Washington *
Mose Allison *
Allen Toussaint *
Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie *
Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder *

Great show. Beautiful jam during Backwards Down the Number Line.
Enjoy the Second set by listening to the 11-17 show, or download the whole shebang with the link below.

Set 1:
Look Out Cleveland, Ocelot, Water in the Sky, Stash, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Sample in a Jar, Time Turns Elastic, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Harry Hood > Backwards Down the Number Line > Twenty Years Later, Instant Karma! > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Waste > Character Zero

Encore: The Squirming Coil

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Over the course of the following week, K-Dirt listeners can get a big ol' helping of Dave Alvin. One of America's finest songwriters and guitarists, Dave has blazed an independent & very prolific trail from Downey, CA to 2011 and your mind, soul & ears.

Celebrating his latest release, "11/11", we'll be laying down some of the gut buckety blues material from the album on The Grapevine which can be heard live on Thursday from 7 to 8 pm, with repeats over the course of the next week. Then, while I am sitting in for Doug Deep on The Electric Compost Heap on Wednesday, November 23rd from 7 to 9 pm, we will dig a little more into Dave's "songwriter" side of things with more excellent sounds from "11/11" and his past work...especially his masterpiece, "King of California". Last, but not least, you can count on hearing some choice cuts from the legendary band he started with his brother Phil, The Blasters, on both broadcasts.

So check the K-Dirt programming schedule for The Grapevine and Electric Compost Heap broadcast times and join us for a good listen to the music of California's own Dave Alvin.

Here's a taste of what is in store:

Duke Ellington *
Earl Hines *
Charlie Christian *
Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby *
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond *
Sarah Vaughan *
Cannonball Adderley Quintet & John Coltrane *
Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls *
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá & Stan Getz *
Paul Desmond *
Tony Bennett *
Gabor Szabo *
Modern Jazz Quartet *
Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass *
Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald *
Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie *
The Spencer Wyatt BIg Band