WFMU: Circle Time with Mark R.: Playlist from December 24, 2015

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:07pm Uncle Michael: I'm going to enjoy this.
	9:10pm Mark R: Welcome, Uncle Michael--pull up an eggnog. Felice Navidad, everybody!
	♥ 9:12pm Greg from ZONE 5: Evening, Mark!
	9:14pm Mark R: Hiya, Greg! Thanks for joining us!
	♥ 9:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Personnel Don Cherry: cornet Leandro "Gato" Barbieri: tenor saxophone Henry Grimes: bass Edward Blackwell: drums Producer - Alfred Lion Recorded By - Rudy Van Gelder
	9:14pm Rev. Turnip Druid: who has carrot cake?
	9:15pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Huge fan of that Cherry session. Haven't spunnit in ages.
	9:16pm steve portland: more like Don Merry
	♥ 9:17pm coelacanth: greetings Mark; rounders...
	9:18pm fleep: If it's Circle Time, did someone bring pi?
	♥ 9:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Rubber Soul' & The Wh♂'s 1st album w/ 'My Generation' came out same day - 3rd Dec. '65 - 50 years ago - earlier same month as this Cherry...
	♥ 9:21pm coelacanth: i've got 3.14159265359 of one. we'll have to divide it up.
	9:24pm Rev. Turnip Druid: 0.1 carrot cake beats 0.0 carrot cake. that Don/Gato vibe is consistently mad.
	9:25pm Rev. Turnip Druid: the "togetherness" LP credited to Cherry/Barbieri is a stunnah as well.
	9:29pm Marc15: Keep dreaming
	9:30pm Rev. Turnip Druid: No damned white xmas here. t-shirt weather in DC today. summer conditions. screw that. Bring the chill……. please….
	9:36pm Marc15: The Brain Police is the Republican Party of course
	♥ 9:46pm Uncle Michael: Jerry Vale anthem: www.youtube.com...
	♥ 9:59pm coelacanth: i never noticed before that Bowie (heavily) borrowed from this for "tvc15"...but then i've never heard this version of cow cow.
	♥ 10:02pm coelacanth: i've heard that...and Berry ultimately never gave him his due- by a long shot; which adds to the potentiality of it.
	♥ 10:06pm Uncle Michael: I saw Johnnie sit in with the Grateful Dead once. That was fun.
	♥ 10:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: In 'Hail Hail R'n'R' movie ? - Keef suggests tunes are in 'piano keys' (guitarist tend towards E & stuff)?...
	♥ 10:09pm melinda: I didn't know John Fahey did xmas songs, nice.
	♥ 10:11pm coelacanth: UM that sounds like it'd rev the dead up a gear!
	10:11pm Mark R: Melinda it's called "The New Possibility." He did two volumes and they've now combined them both into one album which I think is still available. One of my favorite Christmas albums!
	10:15pm Cooh John: Coming in to this jazz. Swing it.
	10:17pm Listener142985: Wash Post did nice piece on how River became a Christmas favorite despite being 'thoroughly depressing.' Ran last week, easily found online, bunch of links to covers by people like Sarah McLachlan. Worth a look for lovers of the song.
	♥ 10:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Consider 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas' : there's thoroughly depressing all over Xmas Music...
	♥ 10:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I like in 'Martian Chronicles' - Dickens' spirit resented getting sent to where the other Ghost & Macabre writers' spirits ended up...
	♥ 10:24pm melinda: @Listener: River is a great xmas song, I'm not surprised it's a favorite. Lots of people are kinda depressed or at least touched by melancholy around this time, so it offers an alternative to forced cheer.
	10:24pm steve portland: this rules
	10:26pm Jonathan Herweg: You've been put in bookoo fill in time guy.
	10:26pm DL in LA: Wow, great musicians playing with Chick Corea. And I wonder who is on drums?
	♥ 10:28pm coelacanth: Jack DeJonnette
	♥ 10:28pm coelacanth: (sp?)
	10:29pm Mark R: Come to think of it, I think Woody Shaw sat this track out! But Hubert Laws, flute; Bennie Maupin, sax; Dave Holland, bass (and composer!); and yes, Jack DeJohnette AND Horace Arnold on drums.
	♥ 10:29pm coelacanth: yeh this is crazy hot, and for Chick Corea especially.
	10:30pm Jonathan Herweg: Yes the drummer is sick... Milford graves??
	10:30pm Mark R: Doing it whenever I get the chance, Jonathan!
	♥ 10:31pm coelacanth: oops! no offense to Mr.Andy!
	♥ 10:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wow - so this was earlier in the year than Woodstock & Wayne Shorter's 'Super Nova' which followed that closely : en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...people had stuff to let out in '69...
	♥ 10:36pm coelacanth: i'm the ghost of big-time producer future. ...you're going places.
	10:38pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Speaking of Sinatra: Very soon it will be time to cue up the one xmas tradition we keep around here -- midnight screening of MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM. … did it sarcastically about 20 years ago and it stuck. Now it has completely bonded with the holiday. Every xmas eve since 1995..
	10:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: …'cuz nothing says Xmas like morphine addiction, cold turkey, and Arnold Stang...
	♥ 10:48pm coelacanth: Rev., i know that's funny, even though i've never seen it.... but i have the soundtrack album. it's pretty stellar!
	10:54pm DL in LA: Mehldau is like a vortex.
	10:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: The soundtrack kills. Elmer Bernstein is king of the gods, there.
	10:58pm Rev. Turnip Druid: After all those xmas eves with the film, finally read the book (by Nelson Algren) a few years ago. It's unbelievably fantastic. And quite different.
	♥ 11:01pm coelacanth: i wouldn't have guessed,Rev.. i'll put that on my list.
	♥ 11:04pm coelacanth: Mark -i'm leaving this room for "a minute", but in case i'm not back in time, i Thank you now for a superb program! money christmas- er,uh,i mean Merry...! ciao.
	♥ 11:20pm The Count of Al Dente: How's about Miles Davis' Blue Xmas?
	♥ 11:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: Whew! I was afraid Christmas would pass this year without my hearing "Father Christmas" from The Kinks. You saved Christmas for me, Mark R!
	11:24pm Mark R: Thank Alex the Mad Greek for suggesting that one, Ken!
	11:45pm Cooh John: Love hearing Stan and Daws
	11:47pm JakeGould: Been listening! Be good! Santa’s breaking out the shorts to deliver your beloved junk tomorrow!
	11:48pm Cooh John: Santa tan
	11:55pm Cooh John: Fab-o show
	♥ 11:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That Hendrix was Band of Gypsys - Live Filmore East 1/1/70.
	11:59pm DL in LA: Fun show. Thanks Mark!
	12:00am Fred R: This was a very cool and nice Christmas Show! Merry Christmas all!!

Circle Time with Mark R.: Playlist from December 24, 2015

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December 24, 2015: Have Yourself A Spazzy Little Christmas

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Esquivel	Jingle Bells "Jingle Bells" by "Esquivel"	Merry Xmas from the Space-Age Bachelor Pad	Bar None	1996			0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Don Cherry	Complete Communion "Complete Communion" by "Don Cherry"	Complete Communion	Blue Note	1966	Recorded 12/24/65		0:09:25 (Pop-up)

The Drifters	White Christmas "White Christmas" by "The Drifters"	The Ultimate Christmas Album	Collectibles				0:30:19 (Pop-up)
Elvis Presley	O Little Town of BethleMayhem	The King of Rock & Roll: The Complete 50's Masters	RCA				0:32:21 (Pop-up)

Mothers of Invention	Who Are the Brain Police?	Freak Out!	Verve	1966	Ray Collins (vocals) d. 12/24/2012		0:37:29 (Pop-up)
Mothers of Invention	Mr. Green Genes	Uncle Meat	Bizarre/Straight	1969			0:40:56 (Pop-up)
Jerry Vale	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Christmas Greetings from Jerry Vale	Columbia				0:44:37 (Pop-up)

Ray Bryant	Stick with It "Stick with It" by "Ray Bryant"	All Blues	Original Jazz Classics		b. 12/24/31		0:50:50 (Pop-up)
Johnnie Johnson	Cow Cow Blues "Cow Cow Blues" by "Johnnie Johnson"	Johnnie B. Bad	Elektra Nonesuch	1991	Michael Ray (trumpet) b. 12/24/62		0:58:34 (Pop-up)

Joni Mitchell	River "River" by "Joni Mitchell"	Blue					1:04:58 (Pop-up)
John Fahey	Medley: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful	The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album	Takoma				1:09:05 (Pop-up)
Buddy DeFranco	Cooking the Blues "Cooking the Blues" by "Buddy DeFranco"	Cooking the Blues			d. 12/24/2014		1:12:09 (Pop-up)

Chick Corea	Jamala "Jamala" by "Chick Corea"	The Complete "Is" Sessions	Blue Note	1969	Woody Shaw (trumpet) b. 12/24/44		1:23:30 (Pop-up)
	a song						1:24:58 (Pop-up)
Frank Sinatra	The First Noel "The First Noel" by "Frank Sinatra"	Christmas with the Rat Pack	Capitol				1:37:42 (Pop-up)
Gene Autrey	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	The Ultimate Christmas Album	Collectibles				1:40:26 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Run Rudolph Run "Run Rudolph Run" by "Chuck Berry"	The Ultimate Christmas Album	Collectibles				1:44:56 (Pop-up)
Sy Mann with Jean-Jacques Perrey	What Child is This?	Switched on Santa	Pickwick				1:46:44 (Pop-up)

Brad Mehldau Trio	The More I See You	Progression: The Art of the Trio Vol. 5	Warner Brothers	2001	Harry Warren (composer) b. 12/24/1893		1:52:25 (Pop-up)
Louis Armstrong	That's When I'll Come Back to You	The Complete Hot Fives & Hot Sevens	Columbia		Baby Dodds (drums) b. 12/24/1898		2:00:47 (Pop-up)

Connie Francis	Baby's First Christmas	The Ultimate Christmas Album	Collectibles				2:08:36 (Pop-up)
John Lee Hooker	Blues for Christmas	Blue Yule	Rhino				2:09:32 (Pop-up)
Mariah Carey	All I Want for Christmas Is You	MP3, soundcloud			waxpancake's MP3 converted to MIDI and back to MP3 mix	*	2:13:08 (Pop-up)

The Kinks	Father Christmas "Father Christmas" by "The Kinks"	(7")	Arista				2:20:16 (Pop-up)
Burl Ives	Holly Jolly Christmas "Holly Jolly Christmas" by "Burl Ives"	Have A Holly Jolly Christmas	Geffen				2:24:05 (Pop-up)
Jeff Beck	Greensleeves "Greensleeves" by "Jeff Beck"	Truth	Epic	1968			2:25:48 (Pop-up)
Count Floyd	Reggae Christmas Eve in Transylvania	EP			Thanks to Joe Belock for turning me on to this!		2:28:35 (Pop-up)

Liza Minelli	Ding-A-Ling, I Feel SO Christmasey	youtube			Rex Harrison as Granny		2:40:36 (Pop-up)
Dean Martin	Baby, It's Cold Outside	Christmas with the Rat Pack	Capitol		with Doris Day		2:41:25 (Pop-up)
Stan Freberg	Green Chri$tma$ "Green Chri$tma$" by "Stan Freberg"	Single	Capitol				2:42:50 (Pop-up)
	a song						2:42:55 (Pop-up)
Jimi Hendrix	Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne	Merry Christmas and Happy New Year					2:50:13 (Pop-up)
Phil Spector	Silent Night "Silent Night" by "Phil Spector"	A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector	Phil Spector Records				2:54:21 (Pop-up)
Judy Garland	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	MP3					2:57:18 (Pop-up)
The Marquees	Christmas in the Congo	Cool Yule					3:00:23 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:07pm Uncle Michael: I'm going to enjoy this.
	9:10pm Mark R: Welcome, Uncle Michael--pull up an eggnog. Felice Navidad, everybody!
	♥ 9:12pm Greg from ZONE 5: Evening, Mark!
	9:14pm Mark R: Hiya, Greg! Thanks for joining us!
	♥ 9:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Personnel Don Cherry: cornet Leandro "Gato" Barbieri: tenor saxophone Henry Grimes: bass Edward Blackwell: drums Producer - Alfred Lion Recorded By - Rudy Van Gelder
	9:14pm Rev. Turnip Druid: who has carrot cake?
	9:15pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Huge fan of that Cherry session. Haven't spunnit in ages.
	9:16pm steve portland: more like Don Merry
	♥ 9:17pm coelacanth: greetings Mark; rounders...
	9:18pm fleep: If it's Circle Time, did someone bring pi?
	♥ 9:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Rubber Soul' & The Wh♂'s 1st album w/ 'My Generation' came out same day - 3rd Dec. '65 - 50 years ago - earlier same month as this Cherry...
	♥ 9:21pm coelacanth: i've got 3.14159265359 of one. we'll have to divide it up.
	9:24pm Rev. Turnip Druid: 0.1 carrot cake beats 0.0 carrot cake. that Don/Gato vibe is consistently mad.
	9:25pm Rev. Turnip Druid: the "togetherness" LP credited to Cherry/Barbieri is a stunnah as well.
	9:29pm Marc15: Keep dreaming
	9:30pm Rev. Turnip Druid: No damned white xmas here. t-shirt weather in DC today. summer conditions. screw that. Bring the chill……. please….
	9:36pm Marc15: The Brain Police is the Republican Party of course
	♥ 9:46pm Uncle Michael: Jerry Vale anthem: www.youtube.com...
	♥ 9:59pm coelacanth: i never noticed before that Bowie (heavily) borrowed from this for "tvc15"...but then i've never heard this version of cow cow.
	♥ 10:02pm coelacanth: i've heard that...and Berry ultimately never gave him his due- by a long shot; which adds to the potentiality of it.
	♥ 10:06pm Uncle Michael: I saw Johnnie sit in with the Grateful Dead once. That was fun.
	♥ 10:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: In 'Hail Hail R'n'R' movie ? - Keef suggests tunes are in 'piano keys' (guitarist tend towards E & stuff)?...
	♥ 10:09pm melinda: I didn't know John Fahey did xmas songs, nice.
	♥ 10:11pm coelacanth: UM that sounds like it'd rev the dead up a gear!
	10:11pm Mark R: Melinda it's called "The New Possibility." He did two volumes and they've now combined them both into one album which I think is still available. One of my favorite Christmas albums!
	10:15pm Cooh John: Coming in to this jazz. Swing it.
	10:17pm Listener142985: Wash Post did nice piece on how River became a Christmas favorite despite being 'thoroughly depressing.' Ran last week, easily found online, bunch of links to covers by people like Sarah McLachlan. Worth a look for lovers of the song.
	♥ 10:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Consider 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas' : there's thoroughly depressing all over Xmas Music...
	♥ 10:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I like in 'Martian Chronicles' - Dickens' spirit resented getting sent to where the other Ghost & Macabre writers' spirits ended up...
	♥ 10:24pm melinda: @Listener: River is a great xmas song, I'm not surprised it's a favorite. Lots of people are kinda depressed or at least touched by melancholy around this time, so it offers an alternative to forced cheer.
	10:24pm steve portland: this rules
	10:26pm Jonathan Herweg: You've been put in bookoo fill in time guy.
	10:26pm DL in LA: Wow, great musicians playing with Chick Corea. And I wonder who is on drums?
	♥ 10:28pm coelacanth: Jack DeJonnette
	♥ 10:28pm coelacanth: (sp?)
	10:29pm Mark R: Come to think of it, I think Woody Shaw sat this track out! But Hubert Laws, flute; Bennie Maupin, sax; Dave Holland, bass (and composer!); and yes, Jack DeJohnette AND Horace Arnold on drums.
	♥ 10:29pm coelacanth: yeh this is crazy hot, and for Chick Corea especially.
	10:30pm Jonathan Herweg: Yes the drummer is sick... Milford graves??
	10:30pm Mark R: Doing it whenever I get the chance, Jonathan!
	♥ 10:31pm coelacanth: oops! no offense to Mr.Andy!
	♥ 10:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wow - so this was earlier in the year than Woodstock & Wayne Shorter's 'Super Nova' which followed that closely : en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...people had stuff to let out in '69...
	♥ 10:36pm coelacanth: i'm the ghost of big-time producer future. ...you're going places.
	10:38pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Speaking of Sinatra: Very soon it will be time to cue up the one xmas tradition we keep around here -- midnight screening of MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM. … did it sarcastically about 20 years ago and it stuck. Now it has completely bonded with the holiday. Every xmas eve since 1995..
	10:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: …'cuz nothing says Xmas like morphine addiction, cold turkey, and Arnold Stang...
	♥ 10:48pm coelacanth: Rev., i know that's funny, even though i've never seen it.... but i have the soundtrack album. it's pretty stellar!
	10:54pm DL in LA: Mehldau is like a vortex.
	10:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: The soundtrack kills. Elmer Bernstein is king of the gods, there.
	10:58pm Rev. Turnip Druid: After all those xmas eves with the film, finally read the book (by Nelson Algren) a few years ago. It's unbelievably fantastic. And quite different.
	♥ 11:01pm coelacanth: i wouldn't have guessed,Rev.. i'll put that on my list.
	♥ 11:04pm coelacanth: Mark -i'm leaving this room for "a minute", but in case i'm not back in time, i Thank you now for a superb program! money christmas- er,uh,i mean Merry...! ciao.
	♥ 11:20pm The Count of Al Dente: How's about Miles Davis' Blue Xmas?
	♥ 11:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: Whew! I was afraid Christmas would pass this year without my hearing "Father Christmas" from The Kinks. You saved Christmas for me, Mark R!
	11:24pm Mark R: Thank Alex the Mad Greek for suggesting that one, Ken!
	11:45pm Cooh John: Love hearing Stan and Daws
	11:47pm JakeGould: Been listening! Be good! Santa’s breaking out the shorts to deliver your beloved junk tomorrow!
	11:48pm Cooh John: Santa tan
	11:55pm Cooh John: Fab-o show
	♥ 11:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That Hendrix was Band of Gypsys - Live Filmore East 1/1/70.
	11:59pm DL in LA: Fun show. Thanks Mark!
	12:00am Fred R: This was a very cool and nice Christmas Show! Merry Christmas all!!

Circle Time with Mark R.: Playlist from December 24, 2015

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