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Jazz Gallery with Al Davis 1am–6am, WGBH 89.7

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1:00am claudia acuna: chorado, luna (maxjazz) mike caruso: wes is more, song for amy (caruso) john barbera: zin zak, fantazm (jazzcompass) james geralden: ive gotta be me, tender and blue (geralden) wayne escoffery: hopes and dreams, hopes and dreams (savant) joe sample : the pecan tree, the pecan tree (verve) 1:30am kat parra: night in tunisia, azucar de amor (patois) arturo sandoval: sexy lady, rumba palace (telarc) taylor eigsti: i love you , let it come to you (concord) ethel waters: what comes up must come down, push out (zet) 2:00am myanna: cold sweat, one never knows (bridge city) greg abate: dracula, monsters in the night (koko) craig russo: pent-up house, in the middle (cagoots) liz wright: when i close my eyes, dreaming wide awake (verve) mesa community college: ladybird, then and now (sea breeze) sumi tonooka: be the dance, long ago today 2:30am charlie parker,: anthropology, in sweden (oktav) charlie parker,: anthropology, in sweden (oktav) nicholas payton: let it ride, into the blue (nonesuch) bill o'connell: a call for saninty, triple play (savant) karen frisk: little boat, how little we know (frisk) milton nascimento: cantaloupe island, pieta (savoy) 3:00am stanley jordan: song for my father, state of nature (mack avenue) taylor eigsti; Liz Story: deluge, let it come to you (concord) mociar santos: coisa, ouro negro (adventure music) jalee shaw: love for sale, optimsim (changu) the quintet, parker,roach,mingus: jazz at massey hall, the quintet (debut) 3:30am josh roseman: prospect, treats for the nughtwalker alexandra caselli: out of the blue, rough edges (mj3) 4:00am dianne reeves: just my imagination, when you know (blue note) 4:01am scott hamilton: save your love for me, across the track (concord) 4:00am arturo sandoval: reflection, swingin (grp) frank sinatra: all the way, at the movies (capital) 4:30am libby york: the day the world stop turning, here with you (york) wayne escoffery: noon light, hopes and dreams (savant) marian mcpartland: close enough for love, twilight world (concord) bill o'connell: afro blue, triple play (savant) cleo lane: my one and only love, cleo jazz (rca) 5:00am pat metheny, brad mehldau: the sound of water, metheny,meldau (nonesuch) milt jackson: how do keep the music playing, reverence and compassion (qwest) mario adnet: sue ann, jobim jazz (adventure music) irvin mayfield, ellis marsallis: superstar, love songs , ballads and standards (basin street) charlie parker, arne domnerus: all the things you are, in sweden (oktav) mesa community college: moonscapes, then and now (sea breeze) 5:30am james geralden: as i love you, tender and blue (geralden) mike caruso: may blue skies, song for amy (caruso) james geralden: as i love you, tender and blue (geralden) dianne reeves: lovin you, when you know (blue note)

Classical Weekend 6am–10am, WGBH 89.7

with Brian McCreath
Today's program will be repeated at 10am on All-Classical WGBH, available online at wgbh.org/classical. The playlist is the same; just add 4 hours to the times listed here.

For more on the WGBH Learning Tour to Germany, visit the Learning Tours page.

For more information about the April 27 concert featuring pianist David Fray and the Orchestre National de France, visit the Celebrity Series.

Listed by composer: title of the piece, performers (label)

6:03am Grieg: At the Cradle, Op. 68, No. 2 (Lyric Pieces) Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890) Buy this CD 6:08am Haydn: Piano Concerto in F, Hob.XVIII:3 Sebastien Knauer, piano; Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.570485) Buy this CD 6:30am Rota: Quintet for flute, oboe, viola, cello, and harp Ex Novo Ensemble (ASV DCA 1072) Buy this CD 6:48am Grieg: Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63 Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890) Buy this CD 7:03am Tomlinson: Graceful Dance Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070) Buy this CD 7:09am Boyce: Symphony No. 4 in F English String Orchestra/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5345) Buy this CD 7:17am Dowland: La Mia Barbara Hopkinson Smith, lute (Naive E 8896) Buy this CD 7:25am Bach: Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828 David Fray, piano (Virgin 38578) Buy this CD 8:05am Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur (Teldec 46323) Buy this CD 8:16am Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat, K. 297b Hansjörg Schellenberger, oboe; Alois Brandhofer, clarinet; Norbert Hauptmann, horn; Daniele Damiano, bassoon; Berlin Philharmonic/Carlo Maria Giulini (Sony SK 48064) Buy this CD 8:55am Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: VIII. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Gilbert Kalish, piano (Music@Menlo 2006-07) Buy this CD 9:04am Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis (LSO Live 0105) Buy this CD 9:25am Mendelssohn: Die deutsche Liturgie Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Chandos CHAN 10363) Buy this CD 9:37am Strauss, Richard: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel (Deutsche Grammophon B0007890) Buy this CD

A Celtic Sojourn noon–3pm, WGBH 89.7

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

Manus Maguire: Miss Lynn Burns, Fiddlewings (Shelly River Music) Paul Brady: Arthur McBridge and the Seargeant, The Liberty Tapes (Compass) Sarah MacQuaid: The Tempest, When Two Lovers Meet (Mongrel Music) Pauline Scanlon: Wearin the Britches, Hush (Compass) Kimberly Fraser: Aberdeen, Falling on new Ground (www.kimberlyfraser.com) Matt Molloy: The Skylark..., Shadows on Stone (Caroline) Cara Dillon: Donald of Glencoe, Cara Dillon (Rough Trade) Liam O'Connor and Lisa Aherne: Dijeridoo Reels, The Awakening (MCA Records) Wailin Jenny's : The Parting Glass, 40 Days (Manitoba) Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill: Frosty Morning, The Ways of the World (Celtic Music) Tommy O'Sullivan: The Contender, Song Ablaze (Private) Sharon Shannon et al: The Bucks of Oranmore, Tunes (The Daisy Label) Mary McPartlan: Johnny Lovely Johnny, The Holland Hankerchief (Private) Moving Hearts: The Lark, The Storm (Son) Arcanadh: Anachie Godon, Untitled (Wren) Fromsier Rose: Popcorn Behaviour, Contradiction (Nunora) Capercaille: Seinneam cliu...., Roses and Tears (Compass) Providence: The road to Lisdoonvarna...., A Fig for A Kiss (Appleseed) Susan McKeown: The Wee Birds all have Come and Gone..., Sweet Liberty (World Village) Maire ni Ceallachair: A Bhride Bheag Chron, Guth ar Fan (Private) Jerry Holland: Reichswall Forest..., The Fiddlesticks Collection (Green Linnet) Dougie MacLean: Gloomy Winter, Whitewash (Dunkeld) Susana Seivane: Roseiras de abril..., Seivane... (Green Linnet) Filska: Milligarth Madness, Shetland Dialect (VKCD (prob. Private)) Scott Alarik: Fair and Tender Ladies, All that is True (Private) The Bothy Band: The Salamanca..., Pretty Peg..., Casadh an tSugain, The Blackbird, Maids of Mitchelstown, Reels, The Best of (Green Linnet) Cliar: Mo Nighean Donn, Grinn, Grinn (Macmeanmna) Capercaille: Rose Cottage Reels, Roses and Tears (Compass)

Folk on WGBH 3pm–6pm, WGBH 89.7

Naomi Arenberg, host. Members of NEWPOLI, guests. Events mentioned: NEFFA, 4/25-4/27, Mansfield High School, Mansfield, MA. TOM PAXTON with GEOFF BARTLEY, 4/26, 7:00 P.M., at the Stone Church in Newmarket, NH. HOLLY NEAR with EMMA'S REVOLUTION, 5/2, at ME & THEE in Marblehead, MA, and 5/3 on Nantucket. MAVIS STAPLES, 5/16, Berklee Performance Center, Boston. NEWPOLI, 5/22, Vernissage Restaurant in Brookline, MA, and 6/20 at Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge, MA.

3:01pm Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Star of the County Down, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (Warner 26562) 3:06pm Pat Humphries: Hands, Hands (Appleseed 1045 ) 3:11pm Raffi: Every Child, Songs of Our World (Shoreline 8146) 3:17pm Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert: Harriet Tubman, Lifeline Extended (Appleseed 1066, CD 1) 3:21pm Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert: Singing For Our Lives, Lifeline Extended (Appleseed 1066, CD 2) 3:25pm Jacqueline Schwab: Beautiful River/Battle Hymn of the Republic, Mark Twain's America (Dorian 90299) 3:31pm The Dillonaires: Farther Along, Dirty, Dusty Road (Wepecket 010) 3:36pm Samite: Abaana Bakesa (Dance, My Children, Dance), Abaana Bakesa (Shanachie 65003) 3:42pm Loreena McKennitt: Huron "Beltane" Fire Dance, The FolkScene Collection, volume III (Red House 155) 3:50pm The Waifs: Feeling Sentimental, sundirtwater (Compass 4472) 3:53pm Andrew McKnight: Worried Man Blues, Something Worth Standing For (Falling Mountain 1050) 3:58pm Ollabelle: Riverside, Riverside Battle Songs (Verve B0006756) 4:03pm Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez: Redencion, All Songs Considered, 3 (NPR 0022) 4:08pm Dick Gaughan: What You Do With What You've Got, Live! At the Trades Club (Green Trax 322) 4:13pm The Beers Family: Dumbarton's Drums, Seasons Of Peace (Biograph 146) 4:18pm Andrew Calhoun, et al: Blow Your Trumpet Gabriel, Bound To Go (Waterbug 0083) 4:20pm Andrew Calhoun, et al: Turtle Dove, Bound To Go (Waterbug 0083) 4:22pm Andrew Calhoun, et al: Lost John, Bound To Go (Waterbug 0083) 4:24pm Andrew Calhoun, et al: Open the Window Noah, Bound To Go (Waterbug 0083) 4:26pm Andrew Calhoun, et al: Michael Haul the Boat Ashore, Bound To Go (Waterbug 0083) 4:28pm Andrew Calhoun, et al: Tree of Life, Bound To Go (Waterbug 0083) 4:32pm Sally Barker: Another Train, This Rhythm Is Mine (Hannibal 1356) 4:37pm Tom Paxton; Anne Hills: Links In the Chain, Under American Skies (Appleseed 1052) 4:41pm Sally Van Meter: Amor De Mi Vida, All in Good Time (Sugar Hill 3792) 4:48pm Kate Rusby: Blooming Heather, Awkward Annie (Pure 23) 4:53pm Cheryl McMahan Pongrantz; Outrageous Fortune: Wild Mountain Thyme, Lazybones (King Ravine 77144) 4:56pm Outrageous Fortune: Sail Away Ladies, Lazybones (King Ravine 77144) 5:02pm David Roth: Vincent, Pearl Diver (Stockfisch 3576031) 5:07pm Yo-Yo Ma; Edgar Meyer; Mark O'Connor: 1B, Appalachian Journey (Sony 66782) 5:11pm Newpoli: Pizzica, Newpoli (Beartones 004) 5:25pm Newpoli: 'E Spingule Francese, Newpoli (Beartones 004) 5:30pm Newpoli: Tarantella, Newpoli (Beartones 004) 5:37pm Newpoli: Marechiare, Newpoli (Beartones 004) 5:42pm Newpoli: Tarantella del Gargano, Newpoli (Beartones 004) 5:53pm Mavis Staples: I'll Fly Away, Fish Tree Water Blues (Bullseye 9618) 5:57pm Brian Hand; Ed Mann: Bell Garden, Global Warming (Interworld 809082)

Blues on WGBH 9pm–1am, WGBH 89.7

The life and music of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith at 11pm.

9:00pm Ray Bonneville: What Katy Did, Goin' By Feel (Red House) 9:04pm Big Bill Broonzy: Just A Dream/Glory Of Love, Amsterdam Live Concerts 1953 (Munich Records) 9:13pm Etta James: Woke Up This Morning, Etta James Rocks The House (MCA/Chess) 9:19pm Little Johnny Jones: Hoy Hoy, Messing With The Blues (Ace) 9:21pm Little Johnny Jones: Chicago Blues, Messing With The Blues (Ace) 9:24pm Ivory Joe Hunter: I Almost Lost My Mind, Since I Met You Baby: The Best Of Ivory Joe Hunter (Razor & Tie) 9:28pm Ivory Joe Hunter: S.P. Blues, Since I Met You Baby: The Best Of Ivory Joe Hunter (Razor & Tie) 9:31pm Blind Willie McTell: Mama 'Taint Long Before Day, Statesboro Blues (Indigo) 9:33pm Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues, Statesboro Blues (Indigo) 9:38pm Detroit Junior: If I Hadn't Been High, Live At The Toledo Museum Of Art (Blues Suit) 9:43pm Mississippi Fred McDowell: White Lightnin', Live At The Gaslight (Live Archive) 9:48pm B.B. King and Eric Clapton: 3 O'Clock Blues, Riding With The King (Reprise) 9:56pm Booker T. & The MGs: Good Groove, Booker T. & The MGs/The Mar-Keys: Stax Instrumentals (Stax) 10:01pm Silver Leaf Gospel Singers: Down By The Riverside, Live From Studio One - February 1, 2000 (Only on 89.7!) 10:07pm Sam Cooke: Trouble Blues, Night Beat (RCA) 10:10pm James Brown: Home At Last, James Brown Jazz (Verve) 10:15pm Mahalia Jackson: Move On Up a Little Higher, American Roots Music: Highlights (Palm) 10:23pm Sean Costello: Going Home, We Can Get Together (Delta Groove) 10:26pm Buddy Guy: It's A Jungle Out There, Sweet Tea (Silvertone) 10:33pm R.L. Burnside: Got Messed Up, Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum) 10:38pm Junior Wells: Come On In This House, Come On In This House (Telarc) 10:44pm Shirley Lewis: Stagger Lee, Shirley Lewis (Shirley Lewis) 10:49pm Markus James: Are You Ready (Mississippi Daze), Sankeskin Violin (Firenze) 10:53pm Marcia Ball: Down In The Neighborhood, Peace, Love & BBQ (Alligator) 11:00pm Ma Rainey: Booze And Blues, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) 11:03pm Ma Rainey: Shave 'Em Dry, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) 11:05pm Ma Rainey: Don't Fish In My Sea, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) 11:08pm Ma Rainey: Yonder Come The Blues, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) 11:14pm Ma Rainey: Oh Papa Blues, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) 11:17pm Ma Rainey: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) 11:20pm Ma Rainey: Sleep Talking Blues, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) 11:26pm Bessie Smith: Down Hearted Blues, Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 11:29pm Bessie Smith: 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 11:32pm Bessie Smith: St. Louis Blues, Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 11:38pm Bessie Smith: Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan), Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 11:42pm Bessie Smith: Me And My Gin, Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 11:44pm Bessie Smith: Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 11:47pm Bessie Smith: Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer, Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 11:53pm Memphis Minnie: You Need A Friend, I Ain't No Bad Gal (Portrait) 11:56pm Dinah Washington: Evil Gal Blues, The Dinah Washington Story (eMarcy) 12:00am Lead Belly with Woody Guthrie narrating: Whoa Back/Worried Blues, Good Morning Blues (Biograph) 12:06am Reverend Gary Davis: Cocaine Blues, Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Rev. Gary Davis (Shout! Factory) 12:08am Memphis Slim with Willie Dixon: Stewball, Memphis Slim: The Folkways Years, 1959-1973 (Smithsonian/Folkways) 12:12am Paul Geremia: Rising River Blues, Love, Murder & Mosquitos (Red House) 12:20am Eden Brent: Why Don't You Do Right, Mississippi Number One (Yellow Dog Records) 12:24am Danielle Miraglia: Meet Me In The Morning, Home: Live At Club Passim - April 13, 2006 (Danielle Miraglia) 12:29am John Lee Hooker: Baby, Don't Do Me Wrong, I Feel Good (Paula) 12:34am Mississippi John Hurt: Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor, Mississippi John Hurt: Today! (Vanguard) 12:40am Jessie Mae Hemphill: Standing In My Doorway Crying, Shake It Baby (Hightone) 12:45am Guitar Slim: The Things That I Used To Do, Sufferin' Mind (Specialty) 12:48am Guitar Slim: The Story Of My Life, Sufferin' Mind (Specialty) 12:51am King Curtis: Rush Hour, Apollo Series: Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 (Delmark) 12:53am King Curtis: Dynamite At Midnite, Apollo Series: Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 (Delmark) 12:56am Eddie Boyd: Third Degree, Third Degree: Charly Blues Masterworks, Vol. 42 (Charly)

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