December 7, 2010 - The Flute Part I

I truly expect to dedicate more shows to the flute. I have developed an irrational affinity for this instrument, like I have an irrational distaste for the saxophone. For me, the flute lends an unfair advantage to any recording. By contrast,  while I love lots of sax music, songs featuring this woodwind must win me over. Anyway, this theme led me to more funk and jazz than I expect will be usual. It also allowed that nexus of children's and symphonic music, Peter and the Wolf, to bubble up from its preserving bog. 

Isn't this sleeveface the greatest:

Thijs van Leer of Focus

This week's Music

Artist - Track - Album - Label

James Brown -Popcorn (With a Feelin') - Mother Popcorn - King

Focus - Anonymous - In and Out of Focus - IRS

Jethro Tull - Cross-Eyed Mary - Aqualung - Chrysalis

Bardo Pond - Vent - Bufo Alvarus - Fire

Moe Koffman - James Brown's Bag - Turned On - Jubilee

Robot Parade - They Might Be Giants - No! - Rounder

Robot News (see link below)

Songs for New Moms:

Various Artists - Medley Two: The Darkness Sheds It's Veil - Stay Awake (Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films)

• Suzanne Vega - Stay Awake - Stay Awake - A&M
• Bill Frisell & Wayne Horowitz - Little Wooden Head
• Syd Straw - Blue Shadows on the Trail

Blood Ceremony - I'm Coming With You - Blood Ceremony - Caroline

War! - War Is Coming! - Platinum Jazz - MCA

Yusef Lateef - Slippin' and Slidin' - Live at Pep's - Impulse!

Peter Ustinov (Prokofiev/Karajan) - Peter and the Wolf Opus 67 - Perter and the Wolf - Angel

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