- Mayer Hawthorne—Shiny & New
- Raphael Saadiq w/ Joss Stone—Just One Kiss
- Galt MacDermot—Ripped Open By Metal Explosions
- John Klemmer—Free Soul
- The Atomic Fireballs—Starve a Fever
- Etta James—Good Rockin’ Daddy
- Billie Holiday—What a Little Moonlight Can Do
- The Bamboos—Funky Buttercup
- The Chicago Afrobeat Project—Superstar # 7
- Cal Tjader—Vibe Mambo
- Soul Bossa Trio—A Bit Tricky
- Nostalgia 77—After Ararat
- The Liberators featuring Afro Moses—Liberation
- Poets of Rhythm—Ham Gallery
- Yusef Lateef—Love Theme From Spartacus
- Nujabes—The Final View
- Bonobo—The Fever
- Medeski, Martin, and Wood—First Time, Long Time
- George Benson Quartet—The Cooker
- Jack McDuff—Scuffin
- Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grapelli—Ultra Fox
- See Spot—Mercy Mercy Baby
- After Hours—Because
- Jackie Edwards—What You Gonna Do
- Sugar Minot (Easy Star All-Stars) —Exit Music (For a Film)
- Cedric “Im” Brooks—Ethiopia
- Mulatu Astake w/ MEnelik Wossenatchen—Firkratchin
- Eddie Harris—Listen Here
- Bonobo featuring Fink—If You Stayed Over
- Anita O’Day—I Fall In Love Too Easily
- 6iJazz—Hey Ya!
- Sarah Vaughan—Tea for Two (Chris Shaw remix)
- J.J. Johnson—Turnpike
- Little Tempo—Exotic Dub
- Phirpo y Sus Caribes—Comencecomos
- Cortijo Su Maquina Del Tiempo—Gumbo
- Joe Bataan--Fin
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Set List4/6/11
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Set List 3-30-11
1) Ernest Ranglin--Tico Tico
2) Ego Wrappin-- Samba De Orfeu
3) Adele--He won't Go
4) 45 (aka Swing-O)-- Sole Muzic
5) Mayer Hawthrone-- Maybe So, Maybe No (Instrumental)
6) Aaron Neville--Tell It Like It Is
7) Eartha Kitt--I Want To Be Evil
8) El Michel's Affair-- Musings To Myself
9) The Liberators--Multicultural
10) Jimmy Smith--These Foolish Things
11) Billie Holiday--Gloomy Sunday
12) Kenny Burrell--All of You
13) Your Song is Good--A Short Vacation
14) Duffy--Stay With Me
15) Jimmy London--Love is a Hurting Thing
16) Blue Beat Stompers-- Soul On Fire
17) Ramsey Lewis-- Summer Samba
18) Dee Felice Trio-- Summer in the City
19) Little Beaver--Party Down
20) Breakestra featuring Afrodyte--Come on Over
21) Wes Montgomery--Tear It Down
22) Dinah Washington--TV is the Thing This Year
23) Bulljun--Cold Stone Jazz
24) Morcheeba--Undress Me Now
25) Nujabes--Modal Soul
26) DJ Drez & Marty Williams--I Look Fly
27) Tonda Trio--Time Afta
28) Etta James--Stormy Weather
29) Raphael Saadiq--Keep Marchin' On
30) The Bamboos--Tighten Up
31) Tito Puente--Mambo La Roca
32) Les Baxter-- Time and Pleasure
33) Serge Gainsbourg--Du Jazz Dans La Ravin
34) Los Chicharrons--Ma Do Nar
35) Milt Jackson--Opus de Funk
36) Frank Pleyer Big Band--Sally
37) Stephen Marley--Lonely Avenue
38) Bagdad Cafe The Trenchtown--New Days
39) Brother Jack McDuff--April in Paris
40) Thelonius Monk with John Coltrane--Nutty
41) The Cat Empire--Hello
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Subbing Set List 3/26/11
Aloha, all! So I had the opportunity to sub an open time slot, 6-9 am this Saturday. I usually work on Saturdays but had time off from work, so I was able to fill in. It was a lot of fun going on when there were more local listeners. I like getting feedback from the listeners so feel free to let me know what you think. Here's my set list for your enjoyment!
xoxo,
Michelle LaBelle (aka Mish)
1) The Cat Empire--Hello
2)Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby-- Now You Has Jazz
3) Miles Davis--Spanish Key
4) Eddie Palmieri-- Mare Nostrum
5) Horace Silver--Peace
6) The Aggrolites--Dreaming of Erie
7) Alton Ellis--Why Birds Follow Spring
8) Emory and the Dynamics-- Pretty Little Schoolgirl
9) Betty Padgett--My Eyes Adore You
10) Ken Boothe-- Ain't No Love
11) Otis Gayle-- I'll Be Around
12) Bog Andy--Desperate Lover
13) Toots and the Maytals featuring Bonnie Raitt--True Love is Hard To Find
14) Wilson-- Keep On Keeping On
15) The Temptations-- Who You Gonna Run To?
16) Nina Simone-- Love Me or Leave Me
17) Barbara Lynn-- Second Fiddle Girl
18) Astrud Gilberto-- So Nice (Summer Samba)
19) Madeleine Peyroux-- Smile
20) Tsuyoshi Kawakami and His Moodmakers-- Walk On By
21) Art Farmer-- Soul Sides
22) Kenny Burrell--Be Yourself
23) Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane-- Nutty
24) Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens--What is This?
25) El Michel's Affair--Detroit Twice
26) Charles Bradley featuring Menahan Street Band--The World (Is Going Up in Flames)
27) Ramsey Lewis Trio--As Criancinhas
28) Richie Havens--Sandy
29) Kaori Kumi--Kami Ga Yureteiru
30) Osaka Monaurail--Alligator Boogaloo
31) Yesterdays New Quintet--Mestizo Eyes
32) Poets of Rhythm--Fondle Rock
33) Sex Mob--Nobody Does it Better
34) Dick Hyman-- Flute Loop
35) Jack McDuff--Theme from Electric Surfboard
36) J Boogie's Dubtronic Science featuring the Rebirth and Aima the Dreamer-- Leave it All Behind
37) Quantic--Apricot Morning
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Set List 3/23/11
The Wu-Tang Clan x The Budos Band
1) Hepcat--Dance Wid' Me
2) Alton Ellis-- Good Night Sweetheart
3) The Aggrolites--Dreamin of Erie from the album Rugged Road (Young Cub)
4)Chris Joss-- Drink Me Hot
5) Illinois Jacquet-- Bottoms Up
6)Nomo--New Song
7) Andy Harlow-- Batumbique
8) Sugarman & Co--Down To It
9)Maceo Parker & Kym Mazelle--Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)
10) Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers--The Busy Woman's Blues
11) Mayer Hawthorne-- Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'
12) Carolina Chocolate Drops-- Why Don't You Do Right
13) A Million Bamboo--Osaka Bound
14) Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro-- A Woman Changed My Life
15) Bonobo--The Fever
16) Nostalgia 77-- You & Me
17) Milt Jackson--Stairway to the Stars
18) The Budos Band--Monkey See, Monkey Do
19) Oscar Peterson--Soulville Samba
20) Ramsey Lewis--Money in the Pocket
21) King Floyd--Groove Me Baby
22) Bull Moose Jackson-- Big Ten Inch
23) The Caroloregians--Pum Pum Hotel
24) Willie Hightower--Somebody Have Mercy
25) Adele--Rolling in the Deep from the album 21 (XL/Columbia Records)
26) Ahmad Jamal-- Bossa Nova Do Marilla
27) Raphael Saadiq f/Joss Stone--Just One Kiss
28) D'Angelo--Feel Like Makin' Love
29) Taggy Matcher--Hypnotize-- f/Notorious B.I.G.
30) Wudos Band--Killa Bees Live
31) Portishead--It Could Be Sweet
32) Astrud Gilberto--Who Needs Forever (Thievery Corporation Remix)
33) Quantic--Meet Me at the Pomegranate Tree
34) Sarah Vaughan-- Tea For Two (Chris Shaw Remix)
35) Chin-Chin--Go There With You (Late Night Sexy Time Remix by Ticklah)
36) Norah Jones--That's What I Said (NYC Remix with Ad Rock & Mike D)
37) Nightmares on Wax --Flip Ya Lid
38) Outkast--Spottieottiedopalicious (Aquemini Instrumental)
39) Joe Bataan--Fin
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Set List 3/16/2011
1) JJ Johnson--Too Marvelous for Words
2) Julie London--You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
3) Dave Brubek Quartet--"Blue Rondo a la Turk" Legacy of a Legend (Legacy Records)
Joe Morello, Dave Brubek's drummer for 12 1/2 years, recently died at the age of 82. He was konwn for his unusual time signatures. Wrote books on drum technique including "Master Studies" and made an instructional video for Hot Licks called "Natural Approach to Technique". Recipient of Hudson Music's first Teacher Integration Program Lifetime Achievement award in June 2010.
4) Los Chicharrons-- "Ma Do Nar" Roots of Life (Tummy Touch Records)
5) Joe Cuba Sextet--Ooh! Aah!
6) Mulatu Astatke--Emnete
7) John Coltrane-- Trane's SLO Blues (aka Slowtrane)
8) The Slackers--Sarah
9) Jimmy Cliff--Wonderful World, Beautiful People
10) Slim Smith and the Uniques-- My Conversation (B-Side, Conversation Version)
11) Martin Denny--Aloha, I Love You
12) Rocking Time-- Piano Ballad Part 2
13)Soil and "Pimp" Sessions--We Want More!
14) Sir Charles Thompson--Benson Alley
15) Tito Puente and His Orchestra-- Mambo Macoco
16) Louie Vega and the EOL Band--Aphrodite
17) Ruriko Asaoka--Siam-Neko Wo Diate
Bossa-Kayo. Kayo is "Japanese Pop" in retro lingo. Ruriko Asaoka is a Japanese actress that was born in China. One of the first glamourous stars of Japan in the 1960s and 70s.
18) Melody Gardot--Les Etoiles
19)Sahiib Shihab--Not Yet
20) Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears-- "Black Snake" Scandalous (Lost Highway Records)
21) Dorothy Ashby-- "The Moving Finger" The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby
A Rubaiyat is a collection of ruba'i, a form of Persian poetry. Best known example: the rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 2 lines long, rhyme in the middle and the end of the lines. Dorothy Ashby is from Chicago. Her albums are released on Cadet records but are extremely rare.
Here's the set list for now. Come back for the youtube video links!Next week I will be on at 3-6 am on Wednesday. Papa Hirsch will be moving on to Monday at 3-6 am. We're stoked because we have 3 hours each instead of half an hour. It's about that time for us to maximize the time on the airwaves! Thanks for tuning in! :-)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Set list from 3/9/11
Aloha, everyone! I had a great time on the air for an hour and a half. I went on for the second block (4:30 am HST to 6:00 am HST). Papa Hirsch was on the air from 3:00am to 4:30 am. I think we might switch it up next week and I will go on first. I was a little too pumped up afterwards and didn't nap much after the show, then had to work at the salon at 9:00 am. Craziness. hahaha.
Okay, here's my set list (with Youtube links if available):
1) Monty Alexander-- Inner City Blues (also known as Monticello)
2) Eskargot Miles-- Ivory Drop
3) Tsuyoshi Kawakami and His Moodmakers--I Wish You Love
7) The Bamboos--In the Bamboo Groove
From Melbourne, Australia. Not to be confused with the 1980s band also called the Bamboos from Perth, Australia. Formed in 2000 with New Zealand-born guitarist Lance Ferguson. Played as backing band for Alice Russell, Quantic, and Joe Bataan.
Analog recording in a bedroom in Brooklyn, NY. Comprised of members of Antibalas, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, El Michel's affair. Dunham Records (subdivision of Daptone).
10) The Sand Dollars-- Waterloo Sunset
Side project of Dan Ubick (from Breakestra).
Originally by the Isley Brothers
From Ottawa, Canada. Current album "Rising Sun" just got a Juno Award Nomination for "Instrumental Album of the Year". The Junos are the Canadian equivalent to the Grammys.
13) Betty Padgett--Rocking Chair
Originally by Gwen McRae. Written by Clarence "Blowfly" Reid, who also wrote for KC and the Sunshine Band. Came up with the "Blowfly" persona to create dirty parodies of songs and original raps themed around sex. Late 1970s and 1980s.
Injured in a car accident in an early part of his career. Spent a year recovering in a hospital. Dizzy Gillespie visited him and persuaded him to continue to play the trumpet. He didn't use drugs or alcohol. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash in 1956 on a rainy night.
Originally by Sam Cooke. A cover of a cover: Johnny Nash did a version in 1969. He was the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. He's originally from Texas.
Only 13 years old when she recorded the album, currently 15 year old. Amy Winehouse's god daughter. I found a YouTube video with Amy singing backup for Dionne on a show called "Strictly Come Dancing". She has a new single out called "Yeah Right" featuring Diggy Simmons, son of Russell Simmons.
Female jazz pianist, wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman.
20) Megalodon--Swamp Stomp
From the album "Edible". Data Music Studios. Recently released (January 2011)
Thank you so much to those who tuned in. Even got a caller asking for a track title. Yay! I'm very excited; I can't wait to go on again next week. Til next time......
xoxo,
M
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Long time no see.....
....wow, it really has been quite a while since I updated. So much has been going on since I last posted here. I'll spare you the details, but for the most part it's been amazing. Work and school has been fun and fulfilling, enjoying time with the loved ones.
I'm finally a DJ trainee at KTUH 90.3 FM Honolulu! Yes! I passed my Policies and Procedures test this morning and begin my probationary period. For those of you who don't know, KTUH is the University of Hawai'i's student-run radio station. It's one of the last few in the United States. 24 hour live DJs playing different genres unlike typical commercial radio. It's like NPR's cooler cousin. Well, except lately NPR has been churning out some atypical NPR stuff like Wu Tang, Raphael Saadiq, K'naan, Jay Z on their Tiny Desk concert series or on All Things Considered. So awesome! Anyway, back to KTUH. I'm planning on playing mostly jazz and jazz-influenced tracks including (but not limited to) jump blues, big band, bop, cool, crooner, lounge, exotica, vintage Jamaican, funk, soul, jazz hip-hop, downtempo. But no smooth jazz. No soprano saxophones, k thanks!
With that being said, I'm going to start posting my playlists from my training sessions (probationary period) to get into the habit. That way when I have my actual time slot and show, I'll have a good idea of what I want to post and how.
Allrighty, here's my playlist! I included links to the Youtube page, except for the last one cos there isn't a video for it.
2) Good Rocking Daddy-- Etta James
3) I Wanna Ride You--Medeski Martin and Wood
4) Sally--Frank Pleyer Big Band
3) I Wanna Ride You--Medeski Martin and Wood
4) Sally--Frank Pleyer Big Band
This track is the opener on Strange Breaks and Mr. Thing Volume II. It's a mix by Mr. Thing formerly from Scratch Perverts, a collective group of turntablists from London. The mix also has Alan Tew Orchestra's version of the Pink Panther Theme as well as "ABC" by Hot Butter and Soul. I don't know much abour Frank Pleyer except he's German. Looked online to see if there's anything else but this track is also on Dusty Groove's Dusty Fingers Volume 12.
5) Will Do-- TV on the Radio (new single for the album "Nine types of
Light" on Interscope records, dropping on April 12)
6) Coco & Co--Serge Gainsburg
7) I'm All Right--Madeleine Peyroux
8) Back on the Track-- Jimmy McGriff
9) Onsen Monogatari--Little Tempo
5) Will Do-- TV on the Radio (new single for the album "Nine types of
Light" on Interscope records, dropping on April 12)
6) Coco & Co--Serge Gainsburg
7) I'm All Right--Madeleine Peyroux
8) Back on the Track-- Jimmy McGriff
9) Onsen Monogatari--Little Tempo
Ahhhhh, I'm still getting used to the technical stuff but it's a lot of fun being on the air. I will have a longer play list next time. We had our training session so I didn't get to play as much as I would've liked, but there will be more opportunities for that! I'm very excited and happy. If you happen to be an insomniac in Hawai'i or listening elsewhere in the world via online at ktuh.org, I'd love for you to tune in. As of now I will be on the air 3:00am-6:00 am HST on Wednesdays. Papa Hirsch (playing mostly funk and soul) will also be on the air during that time slot. We're going to split it and probably each do hour and a half sets, and I will most likely go first. Either way, you should tune in for the whole thing because we'll offer a fun mix for you folks.
Oh, so my DJ name will be Michelle LaBelle. My full name's Michelle and I'm named after the Beatles song! Years ago I thought of using Mish Money-Penny but it's a bit too cute. I'm a lady now, I'm all growns up. Sort of. Hahaha!
Anyway, going to head out now for some food snobbery. Hope you enjoy the playlist and tune in to the only station that loves you.
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