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Two hours of Lester Young & some of the saxophonists he influenced.

Swing Plus #83
11/3/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.kbrpradio.com

1- Oh, Lady Be Good – Kansas City Five
2- I Got Rhythm live – Count Basie
3- Foolin’ Myself – Billie Holiday
4- I Can’t Get Started – Nat King Cole & Lester Young
5- Jammin’ With Lester – Lester Young
6- Polka Dots & Moonbeams – Lester Young
7- Honeysuckle Rose – Charlie Parker with Jay McShann
8- I Found a New Baby – Nat King Cole & Dexter Gordon
9- One For Prez – Wardell Gray
10- Them There Eyes – Gene Ammons
11- Jive at Five – Paul Quinichette
12- Salute to Pres – Flip Phillips
13- Four Brothers – Jimmy Giuffre
14- Five Brothers – Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore
15- The Swinging Door – Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff
16- They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Stan Getz
17- Blowin’ Country – Bud Shank & Bob Cooper
18- Venus De Milo – Gerry Mulligan
19- I Never Knew – Warne Marsh & Ted Brown
20- Blues for Lester – Budd Johnson
21- Blue Lester – Nat Pierce
22- Lament for Lester – Buddy Rich
23- Lester Leaps Again – Dave Pell with Pres Conference

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1 Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
as used in "Basquiat"
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2 Underworld - Born Slippy
as used in "Trainspotting"
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3 Gioacchino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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4 Love and Rockets - This Heaven
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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5 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
as used in "Fritz The Cat"
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6 Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream (78)
as used in "Smoke"
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7 M.I.A. - Paper Planes
as used in "Slumdog Millionaire"
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8 Dick Dale - Misirlou
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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9 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
as used in "Garden State"
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10 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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11 T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
as used in "Billie Elliott"
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12 Joy Division - Atmosphere
as used in "Control"
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13 Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew
as used in "Broken Flowers"
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14 Laura Nyro - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
as used in "A Home At The End Of The World"
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15 Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
as used in "Trainspotting"
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16 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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17 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
as used in "Gegen Die Wand"
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18 Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Makes
as used in "Lola Rennt"
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19 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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20 Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights
as used in "Garden State"
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21 The Stranglers - Golden Brown
as used in "Snatch"
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22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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23 The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
as used in "O Brother Where Art Thou"
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24 The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
as used in "The Doors"
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25 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
as used in "Scream"
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26 The Doors - The End
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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27 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
as used in "Malcolm X"
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28 DeVotchKa - How It Ends
as used in "Little Miss Sunshine"
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29 Esquivel - Mucha Muchacha
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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30 Van Morrison - Gloria
as used in "The Outsiders"
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31 Tom Waits - Little Drop of Poison
as used in "Shrek 2"
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32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin' And Lootin'
as used in "La Haine"
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33 Eddie Vedder - The Wolf
as used in "Into The Wild"
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34 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
as used in "Bowling For Columbine"
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35 Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
as used in "Kill Bill"
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36 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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37 Folk Implosion - Nothing Gonna Stop
as used in "Kids"
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38 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3
as used in "Shine"
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39 Nine Inch Nails - Closer
as used in "Se7en"
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40 Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle
as used in "The Graduate"
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41 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
as used in "GoodFellas"
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42 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
as used in "Airplane"
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43 Death in Vegas - Girls
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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44 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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45 Ludwig van Beethoven - Für Elise
as used in "Elephant"
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46 Public Enemy - Fight The Power
as used in "Do The Right Thing"
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47 The Pogues - Summer In Siam
as used in "Basquiat"
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48 Smith - Baby It's You
as used in "Death Proof"
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49 Daniel Lanois - The Maker
as used in "Sling Blade"
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50 Harry Nilsson - Coconut
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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51 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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52 David Bowie - Cat People
as used in "Inglorious Basterds"
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53 The Pogues - The Old Main Drag
as used in "My Own Private Idaho"
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54 Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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55 Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine on Me
as used in "The Ladykillers"
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56 Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
as used in "Mysterious Skin"
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57 Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
as used in "Fight Club"
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58 Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
as used in "La Bamba"
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59 Gary Jules - Mad World
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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76 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
as used in "Amadeus"
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61 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity
as used in "Der Himmel Über Berlin"
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62 Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Lost Highway"
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63 Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
as used in "Philadelphia"
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64 Carl Orff - O Fortuna
as used in "The Doors"
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65 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
as used in "Forrest Gump"
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66 George Gershwin - An American In Paris
as used in "As Good As It Gets"
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67 Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel
as used in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou"
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68 Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
as used in "Good Will Hunting"
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69 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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70 Patsy Cline - Crazy
as used in "C.R.A.Z.Y."
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71 Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
as used in "High Fidelity"
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72 Charles Trenet - La Mer
as used in "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"
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73 Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
as used in "The Crow"
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74 Meat Beat Manifesto - Paradise Now
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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75 U2 - Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
as used in "The Pillow Book"
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76 Richard Berry - Loui Loui
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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77 Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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78 Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
as used in "The Basketball Diaries"
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79 The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
as used in "The People vs Larry Flynt"
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80 Boy George - The Crying Game
as used in "The Crying Game"
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81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - If 6 Was 9
as used in "Point Break"
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82 Girls Against Boys - Kill the Sexplayer
as used in "Clerks"
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83 The Young Rascals - Groovin'
as used in "Platoon"
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84 Portishead - Roads
as used in "Tank Girl"
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85 Ben E. King - Stand by me
as used in "Stand By Me"
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86 Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
as used in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
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87 Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
as used is "American Beauty"
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88 Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: Einleitung
as used in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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89 Frank Zappa - Dirty Love
as used in "The Ice Storm"
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90 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
as used in "500 Days Of Summer"
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91 Ali Farka Touré - Ai Du
as used in "L'Auberge Espagnole"
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92 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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93 Charlie Parker - April In Paris
as used in "Basquiat"
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94 Nena - 99 Luftballons
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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95 Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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96 Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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97 Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson and Clover
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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98 Bono & Gavin Friday - In the Name of the Father
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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99 Brian Eno - By This River
as used in "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
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100 Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
as used in "Wall-E"
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101 Sonic Youth - Superstar
as used in "Juno"
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102 Ludwig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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103 Nortec Collective - Babel
as used in "Babel"
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104 Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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105 Elton John - Tiny Dancer
as used in "Almost Famous"
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106 Big Mama Thornton - Sing Out For Jesus
as used in "Vanishing Point"
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107 ZZ Top - Tush
as used in "Dazed and Confused"
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108 Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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109 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
as used in "Boys Don't Cry"
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110 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
as used in "Silence Of The Lambs"
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111 Pat Travers - Snortin' Whiskey
as used in "Sideways"
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112 Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
as used in "Oceans Eleven"
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113 Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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114 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
as used in "Milk"
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115 Massive Attack - Daydreaming
as used in "Nowhere"
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116 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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117 The Troggs - Love Is All Around
as used in "Get Real"
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118 Chavela Vargas - Paloma negra
as used in "Frida"
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119 The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
as used in "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
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120 Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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121 The Church - Under The Milky Way
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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122 Roy Orbison - In Dreams
as used in "Blue Velvet"
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123 The Coasters - Down In Mexico
as used in "Death Proof"
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124 Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
as used in "Midnight Cowboy"
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125 Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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126 Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
as used in "Terminator II"
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127 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
as used in "Velvet Goldmine"
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128 Ludwig van Beethoven - Ode to Joy
as used in "Raising Arizona"
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129 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
as used in "I Am Legend"
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130 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
as used in "Groundhog Day"
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131 Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce
as used in "La Haine"
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132 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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133 Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing
as used in "I Love You, man"
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134 P.I.L. - This is Not A Love Song
as used in "Waltz With Bashir"
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135 The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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136 Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval
as used in "Amores Perros"
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137 Georg Friedrich Händel - Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve, ombre beate
as used in "Funny Games"
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138 Nirvana - Something In The Way
as used in "Jarhead"
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139 ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird
as used in "From Dusk 'Till Dawn"
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140 Alphaville - Forever Young
as used in "Lilya 4-Ever"
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141 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
as used in "Shallow Grave"
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142 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
as used in "Bruno"
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143 Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
as used in "Blow"
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144 Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
as used in "Bachelor Party"
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145 Bryan Ferry - More Than This
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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146 Edith Piaf - Milord
as used in "The Bucket List"
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147 David Bowie - Let's Dance
as used in "Charlie Wilson's War"
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148 Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
as used in "U-Turn"
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149 Selena - God's Child (Baila Conmigo)
as used in "Blue In The Face"
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150 Nina Simone - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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Two hours in various afro-cuban shades from the '30s, '40s & '50s. Next week--Autumn odes.

Swing Plus #76
9/15/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.kbrpradio.com

1- Goin’ Conga – Cab Calloway
2- Moon Over Cuba 1935 – Duke Ellington
3- The Flaming Sword – Duke Ellington
4- Bunny Hop Mambo – Duke Ellington
5- Six Lessons from Madame LaZonga – Charlie Barnet
6- Pan Americana – Charlie Barnet
7- Volcano – Count Basie
8- A String of Pearls – Glen Gray
9- Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil) – Xavier Cugat
10- Yo Ta Namora – Xavier Cugat
11- Chiu Chiu – Desi Arnaz
12- Cuban Pete – Desi Arnaz
13- I Come From New York – Desi Arnaz
14- Jumpin at the Woodside – Perez Prado
15- Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White – Perez Prado
16- Swinging the Mambo – Tito Puente
17- Lolo, Lolo, Lolo 1940 – Havana Casino Orchestra
18- Bim Bam Bum – Machito
19- Blues A La Machito – Machito
20- Congo Mulence – Machito
21- Mango Mangue 1948 – Charlie Parker with Machito
22- The Peanut Vendor live circa 1950 – Stan Kenton
23- Rumba En Swing 1947 – Chano Pozo
24- Tropicana 1948 – James Moody
25- Algo Bueno – Dizzy Gillespie
26- Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac – Dizzy Gillespie
27- Dizzy Talks Manteca – Dizzy Gillespie
28- Manteca 1957 – Dizzy Gillespie
29- Tin Tin Deo – James Moody
30- South America, Take It Away – Xavier Cugat

W ostatnim czasie polscy słuchacza byli atakowani różnego rodzaju blendami - najczęściej padało chyba na wokale Smarka, choć wiele ciekawych rzeczy zrobił też od dłuższego czasu bezkonkurencyjny w tej dziedzinie Tłusty. Mało kto jednak wie lub pamięta, że kilka lat temu Dj Spox wziął na warsztat debiut Dużego Pe i zmiksował go wraz z instrumentalami RJD2 - jednego z najbardziej odjechanych i oryginalnych producentów hip-hopowych naszych czasów. Ten blend album można darmowo pobrać ze strony ToSieWytnie Records. Zanim przejdę do jego szczegółowej oceny wspomnę tylko, że nie skorzystanie z takiego prezentu to czysta głupota - w końcu to znakomity album zarówno pod względem treści, sposobu jej przekazania, jak i brzmienia.

O roli Dużego Pe za bardzo rozpisywać się nie mam zamiaru. Właściwie wszystko co miałem do powiedzenia, pojawiło się w recenzji samego "Sinusa". Dziś mogę tylko poprawić swój błąd - album pod względem technicznym stoi na naprawdę wysokim poziomie. Przytoczony przeze mnie przykład ("Zmienię muzyki świat jak Charlie Parker / Zostawię przy tym ślad jak czarny marker") to tak naprawdę nie rym podwójny, a co najmniej potrójny.

O wiele ważniejsze są w tym przypadku bity. Za nie odpowiada - jak już wspominałem - RJD2, jeden z najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli abstrakcyjnego hip-hopu, tj. instrumentalnego rapu, który łączy w sobie mnóstwo gatunków od jazzu, soulu i funku poczynając, idąc przez folk i muzykę etniczną, kończąc na bluesie i rocku. DJ Spox akurat wybrał bity, w których w dużym stopniu wykorzystywana jest gitara. Słychać zarówno ostre riffy, jak i charakterystyczne bluesowe solówki. Muzyka RJD2 jest faktycznie mocno abstrakcyjna - ciężko czasem wychwycić jakimi konkretnie gatunkami inspirował się producent z Oregonu. Ciężko też opisać te dźwięki słowami - je po prostu trzeba usłyszeć. Jeśli miałbym wskazać najciekawsze bity z wykonanego przez Spoxa albumu, które zarazem najbardziej przypadły mi do gustu, to mój wybór padłby na "Smoke & Mirrors", "Ring Finger" oraz "The F Word". Pod te podkłady podłożono kolejno acapelle z utworów: "Para z zielonej herbaty", "Zion" oraz "Ten dzień to dzisiaj".

Jak dla mnie, "Sinus vs. RJD2" brzmi lepiej od oryginału. Nie ma co się oszukiwać, producent z Oregonu sieka lepszą kąski niż IGS, a w momencie, gdy wszystko idealnie pasuje pod nawijkę Dużego Pe... Po prostu żyć, nie umierać. Poważnie, wolę ten darmowy, blendowy album od tego, co można dostać normalnie w sklepie (za śmieszne pieniądze swoją drogą). Daję maksymalną notę z prostej przyczyny - wyczyny warszawskiego rapera to w połączeniu z bitami RJD2 istne arcydzieło. Gorąco polecam!

Очередной пост, посвященный статистике. Сегодня нашей темой является джаз (точнее, топ-100 тега jazz).

Just another one statistical post. Jazz is our field of research today (top-100 of the tag jazz, to be exact).

предыдущие посты / previous entries
mainstream
russian rock
progressive rock
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Сначала наше традиционное упорядочение по количеству прослушиваний и слушателей.

First of all, our traditional arrangement with respect to number of plays and number of listeners.








И тут, и там наиболее популярным исполнителем является Amy Winehouse (и, да, по личным соображениям я убрал из статистики Тома Уэйтса). Дальше начинается вполне классический джаз - Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong и так далее.

In both cases the most popular artist is Amy Winehouse (and, yes, I supposed it would be correct to exclude Tom Waits from jazz stats). Then the things go more classical: Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and so on.




А вот так выглядит общая зависимость количества прослушиваний джазовых исполнителей от числа слушателей. Заметно, что чем правее, тем сильнее эта зависимость идет вверх. Таким образом, получается, что лидеры находятся на каком-то особенном положении у слушателей.

And that's the way, general dependence of playcount to number of listeners looks like. You can notice, it's bending upwards with growing number of listeners. So, that means, the leaders of our statistics are treated by listeners in a different way, than other artists.




Это также подтверждается графиком удельного числа прослушиваний (число прослушиваний делить на число слушателей для каждого исполнителя). Вообще, у джаза этот показатель оказался рекордно низким - в среднем 11 прослушиваний. Наибольший показатель у вездесущей Эми Уайнхаус - 32.

The graph of specific number of scrobbles (a playcount divided by number of listeners for each artist) confirms that notation. Surprisingly, jazz artists have very low specific scrobble number - 11 in average. Amy Winehouse has the highest one - 32.




Гистограмма лишь подтверждает печальный факт концентрации удельного числа прослушиваний вблизи рекордно низких значений, в целом по форме повторяя распределение для других жанров. Джаз умер?

The histogram just supports concentrating of specific number of scrobbles near very low values, repeating the histogram for other genres in general. Sad, but true. Is jazz dead?




Немного статистики по активности слушателей в рупорах исполнителей. Как видно из графика, какой-либо строгой зависимости числа сообщений в рупоре от числа слушателей не наблюдается. То, что более популярным исполнителям больше пишут, понятно и так. Кстати, Эми Уайнхаус я сюда не включил - взглянув на следующий график, вы поймете, почему.

Some stats about the user activity in shoutboxes. As one can see, there's no strict dependence of number of shouts to number of listeners. It's obvious, that more popular artists should get more shouts. By the way, Amy Winehouse isn't included here - see the next plot to understand why.




А вот зависимость числа сообщений в рупоре от удельного числа прослушиваний. Эми Уайнхаус и здесь лидирует, причем с шестикратным отрывом. Короче говоря, для джаза она - исполнитель, аномальный по всем параметрам) А вот если убрать Эми, то будет видно обнаруженое ранее явление: среднее удельное число прослушиваний является чем-то вроде барьера, разделяющего исполнителей с малым и с большим числом сообщений в рупоре. Посмотрим, что покажут другие жанры)

And here's the dependence of number of shouts in the shoutbox to specific number of scrobbles. Amy Winehouse takes the lead again, having six times more shouts than others. So, she's really anomalous for the jazz. And without Amy, the graph exhibits the property, found in previous research: average specific number of scrobbles behaves like a barrier, separating artists with few shouts from artists with lots of them. Let us see, what another genres would show us the next time)

P.S. Суммарное число прослушиваний в top-100 джаза - 348 миллионов.
The total playcount in jazz's top-100 is 348 millions.

P.P.S. Спасибо Hzlqgmnzhh за полезный скрипт.
Thanks to Hzlqgmnzhh for his script.

List of considered artists:

Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Louis Armstrong, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Amy Winehouse, Thelonious Monk, Jamie Cullum, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Michael Buble', Katie Melua, Madeleine Peyroux, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Esbjo"rn Svensson Trio, Keith Jarrett, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, The Cinematic Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, Cassandra Wilson, Count Basie, Pat Metheny Group, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Koop, Weather Report, John Zorn, Richard Cheese, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Pink Martini, The Bad Plus, Chick Corea, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Melody Gardot, Dexter Gordon, Julie London, Brad Mehldau, Cannonball Adderley, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Eva Cassidy, Stacey Kent, Benny Goodman, John Scofield, Horace Silver, Room Eleven, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Skalpel, Astrud Gilberto, Marcus Miller, Jan Garbarek, Wynton Marsalis, Lee Morgan, Tord Gustavsen Trio, Peggy Lee, Glenn Miller, Bill Frisell, Jimmy Smith, Jaga Jazzist, Sade, Harry Connick, Jr., Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Bill Evans Trio, Lisa Ekdahl, Lizz Wright, Erik Truffaz, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis, Ornette Coleman, Blossom Dearie, Jaco Pastorius, Sun Ra, Etta James, The Cat Empire, Paolo Conte, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Grant Green, Avishai Cohen, Quincy Jones, Al Di Meola, Keiko Matsui, Al Jarreau, Morphine, Silje Nergaard

Two hours focusing on five major swing-era drummers.

Swing Plus #69
7/21/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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1- Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie - Chick Webb
2- I Got Rhythm - Chick Webb
3- Rock It For Me - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
4- I Want to Be Happy - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
5- Harlem Congo - Chick Webb
6- China Boy - Benny Goodman trio with Gene Krupa
7- Bugle Call Rag - Benny Goodman with Gene Krupa
8- Drummin' Man - Gene Krupa with Irene Day
9- Jungle Madness - Gene Krupa
10- Stompin' At the Savoy - Gene Krupa with Charlie Ventura
11- Gene's Blues - Gene Krupa
12- Steak Face – Sidney Catlett with Louis Armstrong
13- Hot House – Sidney Catlett with Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker
14- Moten Swing live 1939 – Jo Jones with Count Basie
15- Allez Oop – Jo Jones with the Kansas City Five
16- Royal Garden Blues – Jo Jones with Count Basie
17- Splittin' - Jo Jones
18- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams – Jo Jones with Charles Mingus
19- Carioca – Buddy Rich with Artie Shaw
20- Swingin' On Nothin' – Buddy Rich with Tommy Dorsey
21- Desperate Desmond - Buddy Rich
22- Preach & Teach - Buddy Rich
23- Duet - Buddy Rich & Gene Krupa