midnight–6am  |  6am–12pm  |  12pm–7pm  |  7pm–midnight

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

in honor of Valentine day/Ballads from 1am-6am

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

1:00am herbie hancock: when will i see you again, the new standard (verve) milt jackson: this masquerade, reverence and compassion (qwest) tony bennett: close enough for love, the art of romance (columbia) shirley horn: loving you, loving you (verve) bob mintzer/ yellowjackets: geraldine, twenty five (heads up) 1:30am david fink: for all we know, future day (sound brush) nancy wilson: save your love for me, cannon re-loaded (concord) bobby mcferrin, beyond words (blue note) david fathead newman: it's you or no one, diamondhead (high note) david fathead newman: it's you or no one, diamondhead (high note) 2:00am george benson: lately, absoulte benson (grp) the temptations: stay, phoenix rising (motown) duke,ellington, john coltrane: in a sentimental mood, ellington and trane (inpulse) sarah vaughan: in a sentimental mood, sings for lover (pablo) bobby watson: the love we had yesterday, horizon reassembled (palmetto) 2:30am jack mcduff: the room, write on capt'n (concord) christian scott: katrina's eyes, anthem (concord) jimmy scott: smile, mood indigo (milestone) phillis hyman: meet me on the moon, prime of my life (bmg) toots thielmans / kenny werner: dolphin dance, thielmans/ werner (verve) 3:00am dexter gordon: the first time i saw your face, the art of the ballad (prestige) jon faddis: speak like a child, remembrances (chesky) eliane elias: waitz for debby, something for you (blue note) johnny hartman: tenderly, all of me tom dempsey, tim ferguson: what's going on, what's going on 3:30am adam shulman: sara's song, on second thought (kabocha) count basie , duke ellington: to you, the count meets the duke (columbia) 3:31am luther vandross: a house is not a home, greatest hits (epic) 3:30am kate mcgarry: show me, show me (palmetto) wes montgomery: oh you crazy moon, california dreaming (verve) 4:00am miles davis: the pan piper, sketches of spain (columbia) nina simone: a single woman, a single woman (elektra) bill cunliff: the bad and the beautiful, film noir/ white heat (discovery) frank sinatra: watch what happens, my way (reprise) lou watson: so many smiles, it dosen't matter (v-notz) the be-bop guitars: our spanish love song, freshly painted blues (baboianmusic) webber iago: the making of a path, children of the wind (adventure music) ella fitzgerald: cry me a river, love letters fro ella (concord) 4:30am coleman hawkins: quintessence, today and now (inpulse) curtis mayfield: here but im gone, new world order (warner) count basie orchestra: swee'pea, swing shift (mama) jae sinett: manque, in m telling (j-nett) 5:00am herbie hancock: maiden voyage / comp. h. hancock, best of herbie cassandre mckinley: i want you, til tomorrow (maxjazz) joe williams: my lord, feel the spirit (telarc) carlos franzetti: quiet rising, the jazz kamerata (chesky) 5:30am betty joplin: you don't know what love is, visions of the moment (preserved) max schultz: central park west, plays trane (touche) shirley horn: never let me go , may the music never end (verve)

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 and on HD radio at 89.7-HD2. The playlist is the same; just add 4 hours to the times listed here.

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

6:03am Trad.: Suwu tending Sheep Chen Yue, bamboo flute (OUR Recordings 8.226901) Buy this CD 6:09am Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat, K. 589 Shanghai String Quartet; from the 2001 Rockport Chamber Music Festival Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 6:36am Markov: "China" Violin Concerto Albert Markov, violin; New Russia Orchestra/Shao-Chia Lü (Sunrise 8532) Buy this CD 7:03am Deng/Li: Spring Breeze Xue Fei Yang, guitar (EMI 70714) Buy this CD 7:09am Haydn: Piano Sonata in E, Hob. XVI: 31 Chu-Fang Huang, piano; concert recording from the 2005 Cleveland Piano Competition (private recording; not commercially available) Buy this CD 7:22am Albéniz: Asturias Xue Fei Yang, guitar (EMI 70714) Buy this CD 7:28am Mangoré: Un Sueño en la Floresta Xue Fei Yang, guitar (EMI 70714) Buy this CD 7:35am Lauro: Seis por derecho Xue Fei Yang, guitar (EMI 70714) Buy this CD 7:41am Jin Pin Xang, arr. Yiwen Jiang: Three Chinese Folk Songs Shanghai String Quartet; from the 2001 Rockport Chamber Music Festival Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 7:56am Massenet: Suite No. 1, Op. 13 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra/Kenneth Jean (Naxos 8.555986) Buy this CD 8:23am Beethoven: Twelve Variations in G major on a theme from Handel's Oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus" Bion Tsang, cello; Anton Nel, piano; concert recording from 2005, presented by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 8:38am Trad.: Improvisation Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA9856) Buy this CD 8:39am Trad.: O Gloriosa Domina Diferencia I Xavier Díaz-Latorre, vihuela (Alia Vox AVSA9856) Buy this CD 8:41am Morales: In Secundo Nocturno "Ne Recorderis" La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA9856) Buy this CD 8:46am Trad.: Fantasia Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA9856) Buy this CD 8:48am Anon. (China): Ave Maria La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA9856) Buy this CD 8:57am Zhou Long: Secluded Orchid Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Hai-Ye Ni, cello; Helen Huang, piano; concert recording from 2007, presented by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 9:11am Ge Gan-ru: Six Pentatonic Tunes for Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra/José Serebrier (BIS SACD-1509) Buy this CD 9:29am Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Yundi Li, piano; Berlin Philharmonic/Seiji Ozawa (Deutsche Grammophon B0010175-2) Buy this CD 9:53am Riley: The Cusp of Magic: IV. Royal Wedding Wu Man, pipa; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 360508-2) Buy this CD

A Celtic Sojourn noon–3pm, WGBH 89.7

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

Natalie MacMaster: Joshefin's Waltz, Blueprint (Rounder) Heidi Talbot: Bedlam Boys, In Love +Light (Navigator) Beoga: Boxy Set, A Lovely Madness (Compass)

Folk on WGBH 3pm–6pm, WGBH 89.7

Carol Noonan, guest. Naomi Arenberg, host. CONCERTS MENTIONED: 1. Carol Noonan band at New Moon Coffeehouse in Haverhill, MA, tonight at 8:00 o'clock (February 16th). 2. The Annual Mardi Gras Ball at the Rhodes on the Pawtucket Ballroom in Cranston, RI. Saturday, February 23rd, 6:00 to midnight.

3:01pm Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Star of the County Down, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (Warner 26562) 3:05pm Carol Noonan: Walk Away Renee, As Tears Go By (Noonan) 3:08pm Bell & Shore: Blue is the Color of Regret, L-Ranko Motel (ROM 26008) 3:19pm Carol Noonan: Ruby Tuesday, As Tears Go By (Noonan) 3:23pm Carol Noonan: Somebody's Darling, Somebody's Darling (Noonan) 3:34pm Carol Noonan: Emma, Somebody's Darling (Noonan) 3:40pm Carol Noonan: For No One, As Tears Go By (Noonan) 3:50pm Carol Noonan: Baby It's You, As Tears Go By (Noonan) 3:54pm Carol Noonan: Amazing Grace, Somebody's Darling (Noonan) 4:01pm Samite: Nawe Okowulira, Embalasasa (TriLoka 82071) 4:05pm The Wailin' Jennys: One Voice, Women of the World Acoustic (Putumayo 261) 4:08pm Cat Stevens: Moonshadow, 3 (Eagle Records 20041) 4:13pm Bill Schustik: Ramblin' Boy, Troubador (Schustik 02) 4:19pm Tom Paxton: Home To Me (Is Anywhere You Are), Comedians & Angels (Appleseed 1105) 4:22pm Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer: The Last Thing On My Mind, Tom Paxton Live in the UK (PAX 008) 4:26pm (Parody) The Last Thing On My Mind, Tom Paxton Live in the UK (PAX 008) 4:30pm Tracy Chapman: All That You Have Is Your Soul, The Bridge School Concerts (Reprise 46824) 4:35pm Michael Hedges: Ursa Major, Torched (Windham Hill 01934-11394) 4:39pm Simon & Garfunkel: America, The Bridge School Concerts (Reprise 46824) 4:45pm Wild Asparagus: St. Stephen's Day Parade March, Main Stage Live -- Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Signature 1253) 4:49pm Greg Brown: You Drive Me Crazy, Main Stage Live -- Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Signature 1253) 4:53pm Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: All My Relations, Main Stage Live -- Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Signature 1253) 5:01pm Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Les Flammes d'enfer, LIVE! (Rounder 6058) 5:05pm Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Bon reve (Sweet Dream), Bon reve (Rounder 116 616 084) 5:10pm Bruce Cockburn: Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long, Circles In the Stream (Rounder 3207) 5:16pm Jack Hardy: Song for Dave, Coin of the Realm (Hardy 4235) 5:19pm Geoff Muldaur: Got to Find Blind Lemon - Part Two, Password (Hightone 8125) 5:22pm Hot Club of Cowtown: Dev'lish Mary, Dev'lish Mary (Hightone 8124) 5:25pm Horse Crazy: Jingle in My Jeans, Acoustic Sampler (Oasis 131) 5:31pm Marta Burton: Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Acoustic Radio Sampler (Oasis 135) 5:37pm Mouth Music: So Step Off, Mo-Di (Ryko 10242) 5:42pm Sweet Honey In the Rock: In the Upper Room, Feel Something Drawing Me On (Flying Fish 70375) 5:49pm Eddie Pennington: Walking the Strings, Eddie Pennington Walks the String...and Even Sings (Smithsonian Folkways 40146) 5:51pm John Prine: Picture Show, Live On Tour (Oh Boy 015) 5:55pm Adrian Legg: St. Mary's, Wine, Women, & Waltz (Relativity 1210)

Blues on WGBH 9pm–1am, WGBH 89.7

The life and music of Lonnie Johnson at 11pm. Special guests Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson at 12am.

9:00pm Willie Dixon: I Got A Razor, Willie's Blues (Prestige/Bluesville) 9:05pm John Lee Hooker with Canned Heat: Just You And Me, Hooker 'N' Heat (Liberty) 9:13pm Eric Clapton: Walking Blues, Unplugged (Reprise) 9:18pm Buddy Guy: No Lie, I Was Walking Through The Woods (Chess) 9:20pm Otis Redding: Good To Me, Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding (Rhino) 9:24pm Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson, Raising Sand (Rounder) 9:28pm Albert King: Blues Power, The Very Best Of Albert King (Rhino) 9:40pm Mercy Dee Walton: Pity And A Shame, Pity And A Shame (Prestige/Bluesville) 9:44pm Howlin' Wolf: Everybody's In The Mood, Cadillac Daddy: Memphis Recordings, 1952 (Bullseye) 9:47pm Howlin' Wolf: Color And Kind, Cadillac Daddy: Memphis Recordings, 1952 (Bullseye) 9:50pm Sean Costello: Big Road Blues, Sean Costello (Tone-Cool) 9:53pm Otis Spann with Fleetwood Mac: Temperature Is Rising, The Biggest Thing Since Colossus (Columbia) 10:00pm Eric Bibb, Rory Block, and Maria Muldaur: Gotta Serve Somebody, Sisters & Brothers (Telarc) 10:07pm Big Mama Thornton: You Don't Have To Go, San Francisco Blues Festival, Vol. 3 (Solid Smoke) 10:14pm Eddie Boyd: Third Degree, Third Degree: Charly Blues Masterworks, Vol. 42 (Charly) 10:19pm Ray Bonneville: I Am The Big Easy, Goin' By Feel (Red House) 10:24pm Professor Longhair: Hey Little Girl (live), 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology (Rhino) 10:27pm Professor Longhair: Hey Now Baby (live), 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology (Rhino) 10:31pm Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Is A Feeling, Hootin' The Blues (Prestige/Bluesville) 10:41pm Tim Gearan: City Of Refuge, No Remedy (Hi-N-Dry) 10:45pm Tom Waits: Cold Water, Mule Variations (Anti-) 10:51pm Robert Johnson: Love In Vain, The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) 10:53pm Blind Willie Johnson: Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground, The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia/Legacy) 10:56pm Blind Willie Johnson: The Soul Of A Man, The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia/Legacy) 11:02pm Lonnie Johnson: Wipe It Off, Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops (Columbia/Legacy) 11:05pm Lonnie Johnson: The Best Jockey In Town, Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops (Columbia/Legacy) 11:08pm Lonnie Johnson with Victoria Spivey: Furniture Man Blues Parts I & II, Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops (Columbia/Legacy) 11:17pm Lonnie Johnson: Why Women Go Wrong, He's A Jelly Roll Baker (BMG/RCA) 11:20pm Lonnie Johnson: That's Love, He's A Jelly Roll Baker (BMG/RCA) 11:22pm Lonnie Johnson: The Last Call, He's A Jelly Roll Baker (BMG/RCA) 11:26pm Lonnie Johnson: The Victim Of Love, He's A Jelly Roll Baker (BMG/RCA) 11:30pm Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson: A Big One, Woman Blues! (Prestige/Bluesville) 11:40pm Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson: I Got Men All Over This Town, Woman Blues! (Prestige/Bluesville) 11:38pm Lonnie Johnson with Victoria Spivey: Thursday Girl, Woman Blues! (Prestige/Bluesville) 11:44pm Lonnie Johnson: Don't Ever Love, Blues By Lonnie Johnson (Prestige/Bluesville) 11:48pm Lonnie Johnson: No Love For Sale, Blues By Lonnie Johnson (Prestige/Bluesville) 11:52pm Lonnie Johnson: Big Leg Woman, Blues By Lonnie Johnson (Prestige/Bluesville) 11:55pm Lonnie Johnson: She's Drunk Again, Blues By Lonnie Johnson (Prestige/Bluesville) 12:00am Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson: Side By Side, Unreleased (Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson) 12:02am Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson: Johnny Gets High, Dwight & Nicole EP (Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson) 12:09am Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson: Bring Yourself Back Home, Unreleased (Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson) 12:13am Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson: Saturday, Unreleased (Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson) 12:16am Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson: How Long, Unreleased (Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson) 12:25am Robert Jr. Lockwood: Lockwood's Boogie, Steady Rollin' Man (Delmark) 12:28am Robert Jr. Lockwood: Western Horizon, Steady Rollin' Man (Delmark) 12:32am Sunnyland Slim: The Blues Of Sunnyland Slim, Slim's Shout (Prestige/Bluesville) 12:39am James Montgomery: Mona, Bring It On Home (Conqueroot) 12:42am Sugar Ray And The Bluetones: The Last Blues Song, Hands Across The Table (Severn) 12:47am Jesse Fuller: John Henry, San Francisco Bay Blues (Good Time Jazz) 12:53am Champion Jack Dupree with King Curtis: Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Blues At Montreux (Atlantic)

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