Guest host Stephen Neale fills in tonight. The first hour will feature selected works from blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. In the second hour, Stephen pulls out jazz selections from the CKCU-FM library.
| Driftin' Blues Charles Brown - Great Rhythm & Blues - Blues Spectrum Recordings |
| Baby Don't You Cry Charles Brown - The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown - Mosaic Records |
| Trouble Blues Charles Brown - Blues 'n' Brown - Jewel Records |
| New Orleans Blues Charles Brown - Snuff Dippin' Mama - Night Train International |
| Bobby Sox Blues Charles Brown - Walkin' in Circles - Night Train International |
| Lonesome Blues Charles Brown - Snuff Dippin' Mama - Night Train International |
| Walkin' in Cirlcles Charles Brown - Walkin' in Circles - Night Train International |
| In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) Charles Brown - The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown - Mosaic Records |
| Seven Long Days Charles Brown - The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown - Mosaic Records |
| Merry Christmas Baby Charles Brown - The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown - Mosaic Records |
| Fool's Paradise Charles Brown - All My Life - Bullseye Blues |
| I Wonder How She Knows Charles Brown - Someone to Love - Bullseye Records |
| I Won't Cry Anymore Charles Brown - Just a Lucky So and So - Bullseye Records |
| I Stepped in Quicksand Charles Brown - A Life in the Blues - Rounder Records |
| Black Night Charles Brown - A Life in the Blues - Rounder Records |
| Charles Brown - Influenced by Nat King Cole and an influence of Ray Charles |
| Embraceable You Nat King Cole - Best of Nat King Cole: The Instrumental Classics/The Vocal Classics - A Life in the Blues - Blue Note |
| Birth of the Blues Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz - Concord Music Group |
| Straight No Chaser Thelonous Monk - Live at the It Club - Columbia |
| Soweto Abdullah Ibrahim - Live at Sweet Basil - Ekapa |
| Never Had It So Good Jazz Crusaders - Lighthouse '68 - Fantasy |
| Rites Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. - Arista Freedom |
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Great Show. I'm not much of a Jazz afficinado but some of Charles Brown's stuff reminds me of some really early Rock and Roll tracks from the early 50's. I know this is simply a reflection of Jazz's history. I just think it's a little peculiar.
9:28 PM, November 16th, 2011