8.29.2010

Stormy Monday Show - Jazz, Blues and Soul 8-28-10

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It goes without saying that I love ALL the music that I play on the Stormy Monday Show.  Special highlights of this weeks show were Deborah Cox and her tribute to Dinah Washington with Blowtop Blues.  I loved Cyndi Lauper going blues on us and including BB King and  Allen Toussaint on her new CD "Memphis Blues'.  Joni Mitchell's "River" redone by Herbie Hancock and  Corrine Bailey -Rae deserve props, and certainly on the soul side, high praise to  Ryan Shaw  for keepin' on. See you next week on the Stormy Monday Show. 





8.25.2010

Nnenna Freelon

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What sets Nnenna Freelon apart from many jazz vocalists is that she didn't begin her career until she was in her late thirties with three children in tow. Freelon worked  in the health care field  before deciding to enter the music world.  She studied with multi instrumentalist Yusef Lateef and sat in with Ellis Marsalis. He gave her demo to the right people at Columbia and she became a signed artist.  Freelon has been nominated many times for the coveted Grammy, and she certainly does have awards.  Nneena Freelon is a courageous, and refreshing singer with a winning style.











8.22.2010

Stormy Monday Show - Jazz, Blues and Soul 8-21-10

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I always have a great deal of fun as host of the Stormy Monday Show.  We interview authors, singers, songwriters and it's all great.  This week, live from New Orleans, Cartoon Man Keith Douglas joined us and talked about his  passion...cartooning. He is a caricaturist by nature, but I met him when I was 3 years old. Yes, 3.  We played rock-em sock-em robots together while our parents hung out in the living room. Later, in my teens, I would discover that Keith had about 10,000 comic books in his collection, which is how he learned to draw. When I was 18, he began to draw ME and used to hang outside of New Orleans clubs doing caricatures of folks going into the jazz clubs. Keith has sketched musicians extensively, so listen to the interview and see his work. It will be something you soon forget.  

For this week's music we spaced out on Joe Zawinul, Etta James, and Mary Lou Williams. The show started out with my man Joe Williams with  "Roll Em Pete",  but the time went by too fast and we had to break it down once again. 

See you in the nightlife and again next week for another soulful hour of The Stormy Monday Show. 










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8.19.2010

Mary Lou Williams - The Lady Who Swings the Band

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Mary Lou Williams, it seems, was born to play piano. Self taught at an early age, she helped  support her 10 half brothers and sisters at age 6,by playing private parties. A year later she started playing publicly in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, where she was raised..  Throughout her career she wrote and arranged hundreds of compositions  for the great bandleaders, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker,  and Dizzie Gillespie.









 
8.16.2010

Stormy Monday Show -Jazz, Blues and Soul 8-14-10

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Jazz brought us into the Stormy Monday Show with Nancy La Mott's version of Accentuate The Positive. We were treated to King Pleasure  and quickly switched gears to Buckwheat Zydeco. Sybil played  a sweet tune from Bobby Charles' last recording effort called "Happy Birthday Fats Domino" which is sure to make you smile any day of the year.

We received word during the show that Abbey Lincoln passed Sybil promptly dedicated  a couple of songs to her; from the gospel tent of the Jazz and Heritage Festival, Aaron Neville singing "Mary Don't You Weep" was a touching acknowledgement,  and" Stand By Me". 

Look for a tribute to Abbey Lincoln next week on the Stormy Monday Show.










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8.12.2010

Sammy Davis Jr

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Sammy Davis Jr. was an uncompromising, original entertainer. He had it all from head to toe; singing, dancing, acting  all done in absolute excellence. He started his career as a child  in vaudeville with his father and "uncle" as the Will Mastin Trio. He is well known for singing  Candyman and Mr. Bojangles and those two songs were in fact  his least favorites. Mr. Bojangles because it was a song about a dancer in his declining years, and it brought Sammy Davis Jr.  face to face with his own inevitable destiny, and Candyman, well, it was just downright corny according to him, but it made him a star and  a headliner in Las Vegas. If you want to see how it's really  supposed to be done, visit Sammy Davis on Youtube.

















8.10.2010

Stormy Show with special guest Swamp Dogg

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You've got to expect the totally unexpected when you talk with  Jerry Williams AKA Swamp Dogg.   His answering machine message says" If you are calling, you must have one hell of an important message, so why don't you leave it". 

 Swamp has been doing this thing called music, in the form of singing, songwriting, and producing other acts for almost 50 years. He produced Patti La belle and the Bluebells, The Commodores, Irma Thomas...and he still is doing it. Nothing short of brilliant, he is alright with being relatively unknown. Figure that, 30 albums, packs them in overseas and still there's a "Who dat?" when you say Swamp Dogg in the States. 

Wanna know him? You should, he's one of the musical and legendary greats you need to see. I caught up with Swamp Dogg just as he returned from Rotterdam, performing the North Seas Jazz Festival. Listen  in to our live interview on Sybil Gage's Stormy Monday Show, and get you a taste of this living legend. You'll be glad you did. 



  
8.04.2010

Marcia Ball - Piano Blues

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Marcia Ball been doing this Blues thing for some 30 years now. A great piano player and singer from New Orleans but born in Texas. I just love the spirit in her song.  Think that ain't true? I bet you get up and dance and laugh when you hear " That's Enough Of That Stuff".  


 A 4 time Grammy nominee and winner of  8 Blues music awards, you'll see her with  the likes of the Neville Brothers and Eddie Bo just jammin on  stage.  It's a performance you don't want to miss. 



















8.01.2010

Stormy Monday Show - Jazz, Blues, Soul

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The Stormy Monday Show started with blazing blues from Muddy Waters , James Cotton and Johnny Winter and prevailed with Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. We had to get some blues women in on this so Debbie Davies was just the right spice. Sybil's opening for Rosie Ledet in February, so she couldn't help but throw in some Zydeco before finishing the hour out with Trombone Shorty. 
Was it lit? We think so, but listen on in and see what you think. 













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