Bright Moments Playlist for Tonight's Show

Bright Moments with the Redwood Jazz Alliance (Music) with Michael Eldridge
2011-12-23 20:00:00 to 22:00:00

20:01:30-20:05:57 (4:27) Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" composed by John Lennon from "Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O" (CD, Other, 2010, added 2010-12-23) on Palmetto

20:05:57-20:08:59 (3:02) John Zorn "Bikkurim" composed by John Zorn from "Masada Guitars" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2003) on Tzadik

20:08:59-20:13:14 (4:15) Don Byron "Oi Tata" composed by Traditional from "Festival of Light" (CD, Other, 1996) on Six Degrees

20:13:14-20:18:40 (5:26) Frank London Big Band "Oh Hannukah Groove" composed by Trad., arr. London from "Festival of Light, Vol. 2" (CD, Other, 1999) on Six Degrees

20:21:30-20:24:17 (2:47) Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" from "Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O" (CD, Other, 2010, added 2010-12-23) on Palmetto

20:24:17-20:34:21 (10:04) Aardvark Jazz Orchestra "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" from "Bethlehem Counterpoint" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2003) on Aardmuse

20:34:21-20:38:29 (4:08) Eric Reed "Little Drummer Boy" from "Merry Magic" (CD, Other, 2003) on MaxJazz

20:41:12-20:46:04 (4:52) Carla Bley "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from "Carla's Christmas Carols" (CD, Jazz, 2009, added 2009-12-23) on ECM

20:46:04-20:51:50 (5:46) Steve Rudolph Trio "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" from "Christmas with the Steve Rudolph Trio" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2000) on R&L

20:51:50-20:56:10 (4:20) Geri Allen "Angels We Have Heard On High" from "A Child Is Born" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2011) on Motema

20:56:10-21:00:56 (4:46) Rahsaan Roland Kirk "We Free Kings" composed by Trad., arr. Kirk from "We Free Kings" (CD, Private, 1961) on Mercury

21:02:35-21:08:01 (5:26) Karrin Allyson "The Coventry Carol" composed by Traditional from "A Concord Jazz Christmas" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 1991) on Concord Jazz

21:08:01-21:11:04 (3:03) Chris Potter "O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)" from "A Concord Jazz Christmas 2" (CD, Other, 1996) on Concord Jazz

21:11:04-21:14:34 (3:30) Philip Manuel "Go, Tell It On the Mountain" from "MaxJazz Holiday" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2001) on MaxJazz

21:16:45-21:20:02 (3:17) Jon Ballantyne "Christmas Time Is Here" composed by Vince Guaraldi from "Justin Time for Christmas" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 1995) on Justin Time

21:20:02-21:24:14 (4:12) Ray Charles and Betty Carter "Baby, It's Cold Outside" composed by Frank Loesser from "The Spirit of Christmas" (CD, Other, 2009, added 2009-12-23) on Concord Jazz

21:24:14-21:30:40 (6:26) Duke Pearson "Sleigh Ride" from "Ultimate Jazz Christmas" (CD, Other, 2009, added 2009-12-23) on Blue Note

21:30:40-21:35:23 (4:43) The People's Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City "Dance of the Mirlitons" composed by Tchaikovsky, arr. PPLBB from "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2011) on Tzigane

21:38:23-21:41:34 (3:11) Becca Stevens Band "Walking in the Air" composed by Howard Blake from "Walking in the Air" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2011) on Sunnyside

21:41:34-21:48:02 (6:28) John Zorn "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" from "A Dreamer's Christmas" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2011) on Tzadik

21:48:02-21:55:09 (7:07) Tom Harrell "The Christmas Song" composed by Mel Torme/Robert Wells from "Christmas Songs" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 1993) on Milestone

21:55:09-22:02:37 (7:28) Geri Allen "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" from "A Child Is Born" (MP3/IPOD, Private, 2011) on Motema

KHSU Has a New Gadget--Spintron

Our every-experimenting brother Michael makes use of the latest gizmo for publishing the set list of our radio program, "Bright Moments."

KHSU Concert Coming Up!

Local community public radio station KHSU is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a jazz show highlighting its many years of jazz programing.


The show takes place on Friday, May 7th.


Tickets are available online at KHSU.ORG.


There is a $1.99 service fee for an on-line ticket purchase, but this is a very convenient way to get a ticket ahead of time.


Tickets are also available at local shops: the Co-Op, the Works, Wildwood Music, and Fortuna Music Mart.


Performers are Darius Brotman and Friends with Juanita Harris, Shao Way Wu’s combo, and a group of HSU student musicians called Flannel Potato Bug.


Tickets are $10 in advance, and there are only 150 seats, so door tickets may be limited.

Also of interest: free hors d’oeuvres with ticket. Wine will be for sale (and sales of which benefits the museum).


Doors open at 6, show starts at 7.

Ben Allison Interview

Wendy Butler conducted a very interesting interview with Ben on KHSU. Brother Eldridge has transcribed a good deal of it. You can find it here.

Two days to the show!

Bright Moments on the Radio

Now doesn't this make you want to tune it? Thanks to DJ Michael for getting it together:

Bright Moments with the Redwood Jazz Alliance | 21 December 2007

· (4:52) Charlie Parker, "White Christmas" (recorded live at the Royal Roost on Xmas 1948; released on Complete Savoy Live Performances (box set) and lots of Savoy xmas albums). Miles Davis, tpt; Al Haig, piano; Curly Russell, bass; Max Roach, drums

· (4:53) Chet Baker, "Winter Wonderland" (featuring Russ Freeman on piano; originally released on Pacific Jazz, 1953; collected on "Christmas Songs" [Fantasy/Milestone, 2000])

· (3:39) Paul Bley Trio, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (with Mingus, bass & Max Roach, drums). Introducing Paul Bley (Debut, 1953)

· (1:39) Don Byron (arr. Louis Singer), "Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairies." Bug Music (Nonesuch, 1996) (trib. To Raymond Scott, John Kirby, Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Orch.) Steve Wilson, alto sax; Charles Lewis, tpt; Kenny Davis, bass; Billy Hart, drums

· (3:22) Duke Ellington, "Overture" to the Nutcracker Suite. Three Suites (Columbia, 1960)

· (3:32) Ella Fitzgerald, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (Verve, 1960)

· (5:08) Vince Guaraldi Trio, "O Tannenbaum." A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy, 1965)

· (5:26) Jimmy Smith, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." Christmas Cookin’ (Verve, 1966) (Smith @ the Hammond, along with Kenny Burrell, guitar; Art Davis, bass; Billy Hart, drums)

· (6:25) Duke Pearson, "Sleigh Ride." Merry Ole Soul (Blue Note, 1969)

· (5:16) Kevin Gibbs Trio, "What Child Is This?" Christmas Presence (Concord Jazz, 1990) (Kevin Gibbs, piano; Paul Delmero, bass; Matthew Gordy, drums)

· (6:59) Ed Calle (tenor sax), Arturo Sandoval (trumpet) & Jim Gasior (piano), "Jingle Bells." VA, Latin Jazz Christmas (Concord Picante, 2001)

· (4:17) Paquito D'Rivera (alto sax) and John Miller (bass), "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen." VA, God Rest Ye Merry, Jazzmen (Columbia, 1981)

· (9:12) Wynton Marsalis Quintet, "We Three Kings of Orient Are." VA, God Rest Ye Merry, Jazzmen (Columbia, 1981)

· (8:07) Steve Rudolph Trio, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel."

· (3:42) Kevin Gibbs Trio, "Deck the Halls." Christmas Presence (Concord Jazz, 1990)

· (5:27) Karrin Allyson, "The Coventry Carol." VA, A Concord Jazz Christmas (Concord Jazz, 1991)

· (3:03) Chris Potter, "O Come All Ye Faithful." VA, A Concord Jazz Christmas 2 (Concord Jazz, 1999)

· (5:46) Steve Rudolph Trio, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." Christmas with the Steve Rudolph Trio (The Orchard, 2000) (Steve Rudolph, piano; Paul Langosch, bass; Matt Wilson, drums)

· (7:07) Tom Harrell, "The Christmas Song." VA, Christmas Songs (Milestone, 2000)

· (13:41) John Coltrane, "My Favorite Things." My Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1960)

Redwood Jazz Alliance Starts a Blog!

For the inaugural posting of the brand new web log of the Redwoods Jazz Alliance, I'm sending in from Picasa 2 a fuzzy picture of Bill Dixon I took at last year's Guelph Festival. You may imagine the big fat tone coming out of that bell, the humungous cathedralic reverberation that guy gets from his horn.

This blog is meant to accompany the weekly radio show "Bright Moments," on KHSU radio, and the web page of the Redwood Jazz Alliance. Our members Michael Eldridge and/or Michael Quam and/or Thomas Fossier host this fantastic two hours of jazz every Friday night from 8:00 to 10:00. Tune in at 90.5 on your FM dial if you're in the listening area or listen online.

For a detailed introduction to who we are and what we do, please visit our web site.

Here at the blog, we hope to keep the world apprised of our comings and goings especially in the downtime of our season, the dry spells between our shows. My hope is that the members of the Alliance and many others will use this space to talk about the music they love. I hope to be able to facilitate such discussions with mp3 sound and moving image, very soon. We'll have the usual lists of links and a blogroll, and some pics and sound files and even amateur vids from our shows.

We have had four shows so far, each of which has been a total gas. Kenny Werner Trio, ICP Orchestra, Plays Monk, Kenny Werner and Claudia Villela. We have an actual, real, live, formal season of shows up and running, and it's gonna be amazing when the next five concerts come to town between January and May of 2008.

We have a number of really generous sponsors to tell you about, some local musicians to highlight, and some far flung friends to keep in touch with.

We have a whole heck of a lot to be really excited about, and I hope this blog picks up some of that spirit and sends it flying around.