Alloy: Episode 118

Two Bass Hit (playlist #118)

"two bass hit" by gbmediadesign

Baseball season is in full swing! In crafting the artwork for this week's show, I couldn't resist playing with the word "bass" (the instrument) and "base" (as in baseball or stolen base). In fact, this week's show kicked off with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra's great cover/rendition of the John Lewis jazz classic, "Two Bass Hit" from their latest The Music of John Lewis. Actually, numbers featured prominently in this weeks playlist in that several artists were represented by more than one track—sometimes two (Dave Douglas' Strange Liberation), and even three (Ed Palermo Big Band). Sometimes, and this week is a good example, it is terribly difficult to pick just one composition by any one artist—sometimes more is better! Checkout this week's playlist to see the multitude of music featured.

Also, please checkout the fourth Alloy podcast episode featuring my conversation with musician and new renaissance artist, Elizabeth A. Baker. You can find all you need to know about that episode here. Lend an open ear and give it a listen. I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Elizabeth and hope you do as well.

Finally, don't forget that you can listen to all of the music from the last episode, “Horn-o-copia” (click here). This week's artwork, “two bass hit” is by yours truly. Thanks for listening!


Compostion Artist Album Listen
Two Bass Hit Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra The Music Of John Lewis Apple Music
Gate Of Tears Tarek Yamani Peninsular Apple Music
Open Up Said the World at the Door (The Move) The Ed Palermo Big Band The Great Un-American Songbook: Volumes I & II Bandcamp
We Love You (The Rolling Stones) The Ed Palermo Big Band The Great Un-American Songbook: Volumes I & II Apple Music
Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) The Ed Palermo Big Band The Great Un-American Songbook: Volumes I & II Bandcamp
Flying The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Apple Music
Blue Jay Way The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Apple Music
It Makes No Difference The Band Greatest Hits Apple Music
Transliterator DeVotchKa A Mad & Faithful Telling Apple Music
Oceania Björk Medulla Apple Music
Goddard: Raven Tales - I. Txa’msom Frees The Light Standing Wave New Wave Apple Music
Goddard: Raven Tales - II. Ancestral Voice Standing Wave New Wave Apple Music
Goddard: Raven Tales - III. Our Connections Standing Wave New Wave Apple Music
The Great Leap Backwards Thinking Plague Hoping Against Hope Apple Music
Stand Up Joey DeFrancesco Project Freedom Apple Music
Andriessen: Worker's Union Thin Edge New Music Collective and Ensemble Paramirabo Raging Against The Machine Bandcamp
Mountains from the Train Dave Douglas Strange Liberation Apple Music
Catalyst Dave Douglas Strange Liberation Apple Music

Two Bass Hit

"two bass hit" by gbmediadesign

Baseball season is in full swing! In crafting the artwork for this week's show, I couldn't resist playing with the word "bass" (the instrument) and "base" (as in baseball or stolen base). In fact, this week's show kicked off with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra's great cover/rendition of the John Lewis jazz classic, "Two Bass Hit" from their latest The Music of John Lewis. Actually, numbers featured prominently in this weeks playlist in that several artists were represented by more than one track—sometimes two (Dave Douglas' Strange Liberation), and even three (Ed Palermo Big Band). Sometimes, and this week is a good example, it is terribly difficult to pick just one composition by any one artist—sometimes more is better! Checkout this week's playlist to see the multitude of music featured.

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