This Nineteenth of December, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

In order to better provide a more complete experience, we have decided to include the track listings for the jazz program Artistry in Jazz that precedes the show proper. For those of you not interested in jazz, please scroll down for the listings for This Week in Braille. 

Enjoy!

Artistry in Jazz

• Benny Goodman; Jam Session (2:55) from Jazz Tribune No. 47: The Indespensible Benny Goodman, Vol. 3/4 (1936-1937)
  
• Pink Martini; City Of Night (4:19) from Hey Eugene!
• Ella Fitzgerald; Too Darn Hot (3:48) from The Very Best of Cole Porter
• Ella Fitzgerald; One Side of Me (3:19) from The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
• Ella Fitzgerald; You Do Something To Me (2:22) from The Very Best of Cole Porter
• Ella Fitzgerald; Sugar Blues (2:50) from The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
• Grant Green; It Ain't Neccessarily So (10:23) from The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark
• Oscar Peterson Trio; My Heart Stood Still (5:59) from Live at CBC Studios, 1960
• Count Basie Orchestra; Cottontail (4:13) from Count Plays Duke
• Duke Ellington; Dear Old Southland (3:26) from Jazz Tribune No. 60: The Indespensible Duke Ellington and the Small Groups, Vol. 9/10 (1940-1946)
• Benny Goodman; Honeysuckle Rose (13:56) from Live At Carnegie Hall
• Miles Davis; Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take) (9:32) from Kind Of Blue
• Benny Goodman; When You and I Were Young, Maggie (2:23) from Jazz Tribune No. 47: The Indespensible Benny Goodman, Vol. 3/4 (1936-1937)
• Nina Simone; Love Me or Leave Me (4:09) from Let It All Out
• Billie Holiday; For Heaven's Sake (3:29) from Lady in Satin
• Cannonball Adderley; Love For Sale (7:07) from Somethin' Else
• Carmen McRae; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (3:03) from The Very Best of Cole Porter
• Ella Fitzgerald; Undecided (3:17) from The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
• Ella Fitzgerald; After I Say I'm Sorry (2:53) from The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
• Sarah Vaughan; Too Little Time (3:50) from Sings The Mancini Songbook
• Grant Green; Nancy (With The Laughing Face) (6:25) from The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet; One Song (5:01) from Dave Digs Disney
• Miles Davis; Hand Jive (First Alternate Take) (6:52) from Nefertiti
• Nostalgia; 77 Cheney Lane (4:42) from The Garden
• Nostalgia; 77Only Hush (4:40) from Songs For My Funeral
• Henry Mancini & His Orchestra; Snowfall (3:40) from Days of Wine and Roses

and here's a little show we liked to call,

This Week in Braille or Winter solstices and picture postcards

• Nina Simone; Sinner Man (10:21) from Pastel Blues
• MSTRKRFT; The Looks (4:57) from The Looks
• M.I.A.; Jimmy (3:29) from Kala
• M.I.A.; Paper Planes (3:24) from Kala
• The Streets; Same Old Thing (3:22) from Original Pirate Material
• The Streets; Let's Push Things Forward (3:52) from Original Pirate Material
• Lily Allen; Shame For You (4:12) from Alright, Still
• Monty Python; Crocodile (2:35) from Contractual Obligation Album
• The Aggrolites; Prisoner Song (3:53) from The Aggrolites
• Jimmy Cliff; Sitting In Limbo (4:57) from The Harder They Come
• Desmond Dekker; Jamaica Ska (2:31) from ...In Memoriam 1941 - 2006
• Syd Dale; Gunning for Danger (1:52) from [The Interweb]
• Creedence Clearwater Revival; Before You Accuse Me (3:29) from Cosmo's Factory
• Frank Zappa; Joe's Garage (Single Version) (4:09) from Strictly Commercial
• David Bowie; Stay (6:15) from Station To Station
• Kings Of Leon; Soft (2:59) from Aha Shake Heartbreak
• Bill Haley & His Comets; Jamaica D.J. (2:40) from The Decca Years and More
• Creedence Clearwater Revival; My Baby Left Me (2:21) from Cosmo's Factory
• Bob Dylan; Dirt Road Blues (3:36) from Time Out Of Mind
• Paul & Linda McCartney; Ram On (2:30) from Ram
• The Beatles; All Together Now (2:11) from Yellow Submarine
• The Tragically Hip; Twist My Arm (4:06) from Live Between Us
• The White Stripes; Broken Bricks (1:51) from The White Stripes
• Creedence Clearwater Revival; Travelin' Band (2:09) from Cosmo's Factory
• The Kinks; Village Green (stereo mix) (2:12) from The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
• The Poets; That's The Way It's Got To Be (2:36) from Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969
• Betty Davis; Git In There (4:46) from They Say I'm Different
• James Brown; Shades of Brown (2:45) from Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
• Funkadelic; Hit It And Quit It (3:50) from Maggot Brain
• Funkadelic; Nappy Dugout (4:35) from Cosmic Slop
• Gil Scott-Heron; Waiting For The Axe To Fall (4:47) from Real Eyes
• Bill Withers; Kissing My Love (3:49) from Still Bill
• The Monks; Nice Legs Shame About Her Face (2:01) from Bad Habits
• The Monks; Dear Jerry (4:29) from Bad Habits
• The Monks; Drugs In My Pocket (3:12) from Bad Habits
• The Undertones; The Way Girls Talk (2:30) from Hypnotised
• The Kinks; Monica (2:16) from The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
• John Williams; Cantina Band (2:47) from Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope
• Syd Dale; Rhythmic Action (2:44) from [The Interweb]
• Monty Python; Bells (2:23) from Contractual Obligation Album
• The Old Crow Medicine Show; Wagon Wheel (4:30) from Troubles Up and Down the Road
• The Old Crow Medicine Show; Trouble that I'm In (3:11) from EUTAW
• Fela Kuti; Look and Laugh (4:18) from Underground Spiritual Game
• Syd Dale; Portobello Market (2:24) from Ready Steady Boogaloo
• Wilco; Spiders (Kidsmoke) (10:47) from a ghost is born
• Rogue Wave; Man-revolutionary! (2:05) from Out of the Shadow
• Wolf Parade; Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts (3:40) from Apologies To The Queen Mary
• Beirut; Forks And Knives (La Fete) (2:22) from The Flying Club Cup
• Feist; Gatekeeper (2:16) from Let It Die
• Dusty Springfield; Long After Tonight Is Over (2:38) from Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
• Stars; The Face (4:39) from Dead Child Stars
• Ron Sexsmith; Hands Of Time (3:17) from Time Being
• Jens Lekman; Psychogirl (5:28) from When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog
• Smog; Truth Serum (7:29) from Supper
• Kimya Dawson; Some Beans & Sumbeams (3:43) from AlphaButt EP
• The Tragically Hip; Scared (5:08) from Day For Night
• Marissa Nadler; Photographs (1:37) from The Saga of Mayflower May
• Neutral Milk Hotel; Holland, 1945 (3:13) from In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
• Nick Drake; Three Hours (6:16) from Five Leaves Left
• Bob Dylan; Day Of The Locusts (4:01) from New Morning
• Bob Dylan; A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (6:55) from Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
• Regina Spektor; Us (4:52) from Soviet Kitsch
• Odetta; Jack O' Diamonds (3:16) from Sings Ballads and Blues

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Hear you next week!