In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday October 14th, 2020 with Bruce Walton
Steven Bernstein / Ghost Train Orchestra
Trumpeter and slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein began recording with his group Sex Mob in 1998, and with his Millenial Territory Orchestra in 2006. In the first hour, tracks from 5 Sex Mob recordings and one by the MTO.
In the second hour, Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra plays his re-arrangements and re-imaginings of obscure jazz and popular music from the 1920's and 1930's. The names and dates after each song title are the first recordings of the tune.
| Been It Sex Mob - Din Of Inequity (1998) |
| Slide Serenade Sex Mob - Dime Grind Palace (2003) |
| Come Sunday (Ellington) Sex Mob - Din Of Inequity |
| Blue & Sentimental (Basie) Sex Mob w/John Medeski - Sexmob Meets Medeski In Willisau (rec. 2006, rel. 2009) |
| Cry Baby Cry (Beatles) Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra - MTO, Vol. 1 (2006) |
| Ripple (Grateful Dead) Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra - MTO, Vol. 1 |
| Mob Rule 2/Little Liza Jane Sex Mob w/John Medeski - Sexmob Meets Medeski In Willisau |
| Step Apache Sex Mob - Cultural Capital (2017) |
| Martin Denny was a pianist and composer based in Hawaii, who was a pioneer of lounge music and Tiki culture. He frequently employed "exotic" instruments and sounds in his recordings. His recording "Quiet Village" was a big hit in 1959. |
| Martin Denny Sex Mob - Sexotica (2006) |
| 4 Cents Sex Mob - Cultural Capital |
| Hear You Sex Mob - Cultural Capital |
| The Boy In The Boat (Clarence Williams, 1928) Ghost Train Orchestra - Hothouse Stomp (2011) |
| Lament For Congo (Reginald Foresythe, 1934 Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies, Vol. II (2017) |
| Springfield Stomp (Cecil Scott, 1929) Ghost Train Orchestra - Hot Town (2015) |
| Charlie's Prelude (John Kirby, 1941) Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies (2013) |
| Voodoo (Tiny Parnham, 1929) Ghost Train Orchestra - Hothouse Stomp |
| Beethoven Riffs On (John Kirby, 1941) Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies |
| Garden Of Weed (Reginald Foresythe, 1934) Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies, Vol. II |
| Hot Bones And Rice (Chas. Johnson, 1929) Ghost Train Orchestra - Hothouse Stomp |
| Hot Town (Fess Williams, 1929) Ghost Train Orchestra - Hot Town |
| Dance Man Buys A Farm (Alec Wilder, 1940) Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies |
| Skag-a-Lag (Tiny Parnham, 1929) Ghost Train Orchestra - Hot Town |
| Celebration On The Planet Mars (Raymond Scott, 1938) Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies |
| Down Yonder (Tiny Parnham, 1930) Ghost Train Orchestra - Hot Town |
| Deep Forest (Reginald Foresythe, 1934) Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies, Vol. II |
| Volcanic (Eruption For Orchestra) (fade) (Reginald Foresythe, 1934) Ghost Train Orchestra - Book Of Rhapsodies |
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