Playlist For Sunday, September 1, 2019: Back. Alive. Well. Caffeinated!

I'm BACK! Survived an Eeeeerie Expedition (peddle to the "meddle") around Lake Erie, and ready (well, almost!) to take on Broadway again. Fall's energy is around the corner, I can feel it percolating (or is that just the coffee in the kitchen?) with these cooler mornings. Longing now for a couple of sweatta weatha nights, so I can change my wardrobe (and my drinks).

 See? :)

Speaking of COFFEE, when will SOME people (who will not be named here) begin to make coffee that doesn't look like tea? Staying in like 15 different B&Bs over the last few weeks proves to me that Americans love their Folgers, their drip pots, their Keurigs (ugh on many levels and I don't even CARE if I'm spelling that wrong) and the total absence of espresso (even eXpresso!) or anything resembling COFFEE that puts hair on your chest...my biking-sojourny-friend Carol and I had great hopes for one host who actually had a 1940-ish percolator in his kitchen (it was turquoise even!), bubbling away at 7am-ish. But our hopes were dashed when we could actually see through the stuff, all the way to Ashtabula (which is an actual place, folks...don't let anybody tell ya different!). So I'm presently making my own brew and cutting off an extra cup for you, should you drop by. :)

What's that got to do with Broadway? Jeez, without caffeine I wouldn't have the strength to carve a playlist, let alone bike over 700 miles back to do it, for another year. October marks 2 On The Aisle's 8th year anniversary on Jazz 90.1, and I'm hoping that there exists enough JOE in this county to carry on for 8 more.

Meanwhile, I have a theme-laden show for you this Sunday, with all the "usual suspects" in attendance. Stuff I sang to myself while riding around a big blue thing. Trombones, Pianos, Whistling, Talkin' to Trees? Put on a sweatta maybe, and join me.


Seventy-Six Trombones (Robert Preston, The Music Man)
Slap That Bass (Harry Groener, Crazy For Your)
I Love A Piano (Jeffrey Denman, Meredith Patterson, Irving Berlin's
      White Christmas)
Piano Lessons (Barbara Cook, Pert Kelton, The Music Man)
I Love A Piano/Snookey Ookums/The Ragtime Violin (Judy Garland, Fred
      Astaire, Easter Parade)
There Won't Be Trumpets (Lee Remick, Anyone Can Whistle)
He Plays The Violin (Betty Buckley, 1776)
My Heart Is Like A Violin/The Fiddler And The Fighter (Jack Cassidy, Fade
      Out - Fade In)
Drum Boogie (Martha Tilton, Ball Of Fire)
Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? (Brad Oscar, The Producers)
I'm A Brass Band (Shirley McClaine, Sweet Charity)
I Know A Guy (Corey Cott, Ensemble, Bandstand)
I Have Confidence (Julie Andrews, The Sound Of Music)
I'm Not Afraid Of Anything (Andrea Burns, Songs For A New World)
You Mustn't Be Discouraged (Carol Burnett, Tiger Haynes, Fade Out -
      Fade In)
Waiting (Etai Benson, Ensemble, The Band's Visit)
The Beat Of Your Heart (Andrew Polk, John Cariani, Alok Tewari, George
      Abud, The Band's Visit)
Papi Hears The Ocean (The Band's Visit)
Itzik's Lullaby (John Cariani, George Abud, The Band's Visit)
Answer Me (Adam Kantor, Company, The Band's Visit)
I Whistle A Happy Tune (Gertrude Lawrence, The King & I)
Anyone Can Whistle (Patti LuPone, Don't Monkey With Broadway)
Give A Little Whistle (Cliff Edwards, Pinocchio)
Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little (Adnia Rice, The Buffalo Bills, Ensemble,
      The Music Man)
Yatata (Norbert Leo Butz, Ensemble, Allegro)
Happy Talk (Juanita hall, South Pacific)
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Doris Day)
I Talk To The Trees (Tony Bavaar, Olga San Juan, Paint Your Wagon)
Baby, Talk To Me (Dick Van Dyke, Bye Bye Birdie)
Talking To Yourself (Leslie Uggams, Robert Hooks, Allen Case,
      Hallelujah, Baby!)
Can't Stop Talking About Him (Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Let's Dance!)
Small Talk (Harry Connick, Jr., Kelli O'Hara, The Pajama Game)
Can't Stop Talking About Him (Audra McDonald)