In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday December 16th, 2020 with Bruce Walton
The Return of 'The Return of the 5000 lb. Man'
Tonight's program was conceived, and the music selected and sequenced, by David Fraser. Recorded and presented by Bruce Walton. We start and end ("the return") with tracks from the 1976 Roland Kirk lp, The Return of the 5000 lb. Man. In between, a chain of tracks in which each tune is either a repeat of the previous song, but performed by a different artist, or a different song by the same artist (with one small exception to that pattern). Enjoy, and thanks David!
| Tonight's version of the In A Mellow Tone theme is by the vocalist Betty Roché, from her 1956 lp Take The 'A' Train. She was the female singer with Duke Ellington in 1942-43 and again in 1952-53. |
| There Will Never Be Another You Roland Kirk - The Return of the 5000 lb. Man (1976) |
| Blues For Alice Roland Kirk - We Free Kings (1962) |
| Blues For Alice (1951) Charlie Parker Quintet - Bird's Best Bop On Verve |
| Old Folks Charlie Parker - Big Band (1953) |
| Old Folks Dexter Gordon/Niels Henning Orsted Peterson - The Apartment (1974) |
| Old Folks Carmen McRae - At The Great American Music Hall (1976) |
| Round Midnight Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk (1988) |
| Round Midnight Archie Shepp - I Know About The Life (1981) |
| I Loves You Porgy Roland Kirk - Boogie-Woogie String-Along For Real (1978) |
| See See Rider Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble In Mind (1980) |
| Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble In Mind |
| Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Roland Kirk - Boogie-Woogie String-Along For Real |
| I Loves You Porgy Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra - Holiday For Soul Dance (1960) |
| Body And Soul Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra - Holiday For Soul Dance |
| Body And Soul Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins & the Big Brass (1958) |
| Like Someone In Love Sonny Rollins - The Freelance Years (1957) |
| Like Someone In Love Yannick Rieu - Saint-Gervais (2006) |
| Giant Steps Yannick Rieu - L'art du trio (2013) |
| Giant Steps Roland Kirk - The Return of the 5000 lb. Man |
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9:31 PM, December 16th, 2020