Set List - December 26, 2011

Coltrane, John - Greensleeves - Africa/Brass - Impulse!
Amy, Curtis - Shaker Heights - Mustang - Verve
Brown, James - Hey America - Hey America - King
Brown, James - Christmas is Love - Hey America - King
Brown, James - Go Power at Christmas - Hey America - King
Mayfield, Curtis - We Got to Have Peace - Roots - Curtom
Mayfield, Curtis - Move On Up - Curtis - Curtom
Blakey, Art - Calling Miss Khadija - Indestructible - Blue Note
Hayes, Isaac - Walk On By - Hot Buttered Soul - Stax
Butler, Jerry - Never Give You Up - The Ice Man Cometh - Mercury
Kendricks, Eddie - Date With the Rain - People . . . Hold On - Tamla
War - The World Is A Ghetto - The World Is A Ghetto - United Artists

James Brown - May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006

Set List - December 19, 2011

White Christmas – Charlie Parker
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Dexter Gordon
Winter Wonderland – Chico Hamilton
We Free Kings – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Winter Snow – Isaac Hayes
Christmas Is – Lou Rawls
Santa Claus Came in the Spring - Benny Goodman
Merry Christmas – Lightnin’ Hopkins
Santa Claus – Sonny Boy Williamson
Auld Lang Syne – Black On White Affair
Christmas Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
I Hear Jingle Bells – Freddie King
Merry Christmas Darling – Poppa Hop and His Orchestra
Christmas Day – Detroit Junior
Dixieland Band from Santa Claus Land – Jimmy Dorsey
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Billie Holiday
I Want You For Christmas – Russ Morgan
Jingle Bells – Count Basie
Sleigh Ride – Lloyd Glenn
Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto – James Brown
Black Christmas – The Emotions
Merry Christmas To You – Salem Travelers
Blue Christmas – The Meditation Singers
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Les Brown
Merry Christmas Baby – Kenny Burrell
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Larry Clinton
Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney – Ella Fitzgerald
Christmas Time – Pt. 1 – Jimmy McCracklin
I Wanna Spend Christmas With You – Lowell Fulson
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Woody Herman
Back Door Santa – Clarence Carter
Swingle Jingle – Lionel Hampton

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 50 - Witthüser & Westrupp – Trips Und Träume

I went through all 50 of Julian Cope's Krautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik - 1968 Onwards top 50 this year. Sometimes, it seemed like a waste because I did not dig a ton of the records. What I liked out of the genre, I already knew. But you never know unless you do some digging.

This one started off with some cat singing Hobbit-style in German and ended pretty much the same way. I'm glad this is over.

Set List - December 12, 2011

Braxton, Anthony - Composition I/Composition II - Town Hall 1972 - hatOLOGY
McPhee, Joe - Astral Spirits - Trinity - Atavistic
Adderley, Cannonball - The Black Messiah - The Black Messiah - Capital
Adderley, Cannonball - Afro-Spanish Omlet - Country Preacher - Capital
The Meters - Come Together - Kickback - Sundazed
The Equatics - The Touch Of You - Doin It!!!! - Now-Again
Ousley, Harold - Uncle Funky - Sweet Double Hipness - Muse
Smith, Jimmy - Blap - Portuguese Soul - Verve
King, Evelyn - Nobody Knows - Smooth Talk - RCA
Eric B. & Rakim - In the Ghetto - Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - MCA

The Royal Klasa 40th Birthday Jam

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 49 - Walter Wegmuller - Tarot

Another one that is kind of wanky and goofy that really doesn't pick up until the last track. And it really does not pick up that much. This genre is famous for Germans talking over tracks.

Set List - December 5, 2011

Lacy, Steve with Don Cherry - San Francisco Holiday - Evidence - New Jazz
Lacy, Steve - Esteem - The Gap - America
Lacy, Steve - Keepsake - The Gleam - Silkheart
Ammons, Gene - Feeling Good - The Boss Is Back! - Prestige
Hill, Z.Z. - You're Killing Me (Slowly But Surely) - Z.Z. - United Artists
The Dynamic Superiors - Don't Send Nobody Else - The Dynamic Superiors - Motown
The Dynamic Superiors - Face The Music - Pure Pleasure - Motown
Jones, Boogaloo Joe - Right On - Right On Brother! - Prestige
Bell, William - All For The Love Of A Woman - Wow . . . - Stax
Womack, Bobby - Fire and Rain - Communication - United Artists
Smith, Johnny "Hammond" - Black Feeling - Black Feeling! - Prestige
Smith, Johnny "Hammond" - Purdie Dirty - Soul Talk - Prestige
The Dells - Show Me - There Is - Cadet
Garvin, Rex and the Mighty Cravers - Sock It To 'Em J.B. Part 1 - 7" - Like
Morrison, Dorothy - Spirit In The Sky - Brand New Day - Buddah
Phillips, Sonny - Sure 'Nuff,Sure 'Nuff - Sure 'Nuff - Prestige
Phillips, Sonny - The Brotherhood - Black Magic! - Prestige
Withers, Bill - Lonely Town, Lonely Street - Still Bill - Sussex
Jenkins, Norma - Reaching Out In Darkness - Patience Is A Virtue - Desert Moon
Kelly, Roberta - Kung Fu's Back Again - 7" - Atlantic

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 48 - Klaus Schulze – Blackdance

Wack synth music. Lame.