Monday, April 1st:
(Suggested April Fool's Day prank: Celebrate Poisson de Avril as the French do--and apparently have since the 16th Century--by surreptitiously sticking a picture of a fish on someone's back.)
5:59am: Bill Frisell: "Egg Radio", from the album "Gone, Just Like a Train."
6:20am: Kermit Ruffins: "If I Only Had A Brain", from the album "Happy Talk."
6:49am: Chick Corea and Hiromi: "Fool On the Hill", from the album "Duet: Chick & Hiromi."
6:58am: Slightly Stoopid: "Tom and Jerry", from the album "Slightly Not Stoned Enough to Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid."
7:20am: Phish: "Magilla", from the album "A Picture of Nectar."
7:58am: Christian McBride: "Walking on the Moon", from the album "Sci Fi."
8:20am: Steely Dan: "Bodhisattva", from the album "Countdown to Ecstacy."
8:39am: Self: "What a Fool Believes", from the album "Gizmodgery." (* Performed entirely on Fisher Price children's toy instruments!)
8:50am: Soulive: "I Want You", from the album "Rubber Soulive."
8:59am: Matt Wilson: "Bridge Over Troubled Water", from the album "An Attitude for Gratitude."
Wednesday, April 3rd:
5:59am: Michael Hedges: "If I Needed Someone", from the album "Pure Michael Hedges."
6:20am: Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, and Max Roach: "REM Blues", from the album "Money Jungle."
6:49am: Grateful Dead: "They Love Each Other", Live from Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, 6/19/76.
6:58am: Mike Gordon: "Major Minor", from the album "Inside In."
7:20am: Aaron Parks: "Riddle Me This", from the album "Invisible Cinema."
7:58am: James Newton Howard: "The Ghost", from the soundtrack to the film "Duplicity."
8:20am: Big Sam's Funky Nation: "Take 5", from the album "King of the Party."
8:39am: Bad Plus: "Tom Sawyer", from the album "Prog."
8:50am: The Backyard Heavies: "Soul Junction", from the album "Expo 83."
8:59am: CMH Various Artists: "Touch of Grey", from the album "Swingin' with the Grateful Dead."
Thursday, April 4th:
5:59am: Lemongrass: "Elle Et Moi", from the album"Beach Affairs."
6:20am: John Fahey: "Sunflower River Blues", from the album "John Fahey, Peter Lang, Leo Kottke."
6:49am: Jazz Mandolin Project: "Goin' to California", Live from Bonaroo Music Festival, 6/12/04.
6:58am: Marcus Roberts and Bela Fleck: "One Blue Truth", from the album "Across the Imaginary Divide."
7:20am: Medeski, Martin and Wood: "Floodwaters", from the album "20."
7:58am: Beastie Boys: "Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament", from the album "Hot Sauce Committee Part 2."
8:20am Wicked Knee: "I'm Blue", from the album "Wicked Knee."
8:39am: Isaac Hayes: "Pursuit of the Pimpmobile", from the album "Truck Turner."
8:50am: Gua Gua: "Calm Storm", from the album "Pan Frito."
8:59am: Dr. Lonnie Smith: "Sexx Laws", from the album "Boogaloo to Beck."
Friday, April 5th:
5:59am: Ahmad Jamal: "Blue Moon", from the album of the same name.
6:20am: Kermit Driscoll: "Boomstatz", from the album "Reveille."
6:49am: Grateful Dead: "Eyes of the World", Live from the Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, 6/18/76.
6:58am: Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte: "All Hell Broke Loose", from the album "Come In Red Dog, This Is Tango Leader."
7:58am: Stephane Wrembel: "La Foule", from the album "Introducing Stephane Wrembel."
8:20am: North Mississippi All Stars: "I'd Love to be a Hippie", Live from Tipitina's, New Orelans, LA., 2/13/09.
8:39am: Benevento & Russo Duo: "Bronko's Blues", from the album "Best Reason To Buy the Sun."
8:50am: March Fourth Marching Band: "Fat Alberta", Live from Pool Deck Jam Cruise 11, 1/10/13
8:59am: Pat Metheny: "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls", from the album of the same name.