This Week: Under the Covers

This week on Miles to Go Before I Sleep, I invited my listeners to join me under the covers - that is to say, I broadcast jazz covers of non-jazz songs, originally laid down by artists from Simon & Garfunkel to Nirvana to Rihanna. Several listeners called in requests, and I was joined in the studio by Rachel Walsh, who (after some coaxing) made her on-air debut. Also, I featured Paris Troika, an up-and-coming jazz trio which primarily covers rock songs in a rambunctious and infectious jazz style. I encourage everyone to check out their eponymous debut album. Here's a look at what tunes I played this week:

1. Don't Stop the Music - Jamie Cullum
2. Barracuda - The Bad Plus
3. Space Oddity - Paris Troika
4. Ziggy Stardust - Seu Jorge
5. Le Vieux Piano - Edith Piaf
6. Modal Mood - Dexter Gordon
7. White Christmas - Charlie Parker
8. Greensleeves - John Coltrane
9. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bill Evans
10. Layla - Paris Troika
11. Mrs. Robinson - Booker T. & The MG's
12. Somewhere - Tom Waits
13. Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarls Barkley
14. Smells Like Teen Spirit - The Bad Plus
15. Uptight (Everything's All Right) - Buddy Rich
16. In the Hall of the Mountain King - The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra
17. Pavanne - The Ahmad Jamal Trio
18. Hoe-Down - Oliver Nelson
19. Wind Cries Mary - Jamie Cullum
20. Purple Haze - Paris Troika
21. When You Wish Upon a Star - Bill Evans
22. Someday My Prince Will Come - The Bill Evans Trio
23. When I Fall in Love - Miles Davis

Talk-over music this week came courtesy of The Beatles, The Vince Guaraldi Trio, The Ahmad Jamal Trio, Curtis Mayfield, The Bad Plus, Booker T. & the MG's, Lee Konitz w/ The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, and Medeski, Martin & Wood.

As per usual, for a rundown of the Miles to Go playlist each week, keep your browsers here, and for the best jazz et al. around, keep your radios (or your iTunes) tuned to WKCO 91.9 FM!