RIBS: 1st Anniversary Mix - Something Old, Something New…

Something Old, Something New…

Here are parts 1 & 2 of my 4-part 1st Blogaversary celebration mix. Decided to do a take-off on the old wedding tradition of: “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”

Something Old:

Well, considering the occasion, this one is a nobrainer for me. I figured I’d resurrect and repost the very first mix I created, the one that got this whole thing started:

The First Mix: New York Groove (the link will take you to the original post from July, 2006, in case you’re interested in reading the [long] descriptive text I wrote back then)

We presented to you that week:
RIBS: New York Groove
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Playlist:

1. Bobbi Humphrey - Harlem River Drive
2. Luther Vandross - Nights In Harlem
3. Tom Browne - Funkin’ For Jamaica (N.Y.)
4. James Brown - Down And Out In New York City
5. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
6. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - New York, New York
7. Stevie Wonder - Living For The City
8. Bill Withers - Harlem
9. George Benson - On Broadway
10. Odyssey - Native New Yorker
11. Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City
12. Quincy Jones - Summer In The City
13. Bobbi Humphrey - New York Times
14. Michael Lington - Harlem Nocturne
15. Christopher Cross - Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
16. Oleta Adams - New York State Of Mind

This first mix established a trend that would become a staple of RIBS, the “theme mix”. These are some of the most enjoyable types of mixes to create, IMHO, and for a long time I had always wanted to do a mix centered around all of the great songs inspired by the “city that never sleeps”. So if you missed it the first time around (and that probably takes in just about all of you {smile}) here it is again.

Something New:

For the “something new” I went to the cubbard where I keep all of my ‘jazz’ spices and I whipped up a little mix of my favorite jazz cuts, called, appropriately enough:

MY Favorite Jazz

RIBS: My Favorite Jazz
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Playlist:

Grover Washington, Jr. - A Secret Place
Cannonball Adderly - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Stanley Clarke - Quiet Afternoon
Sammy Davis, Jr. - Mr. Bojangles
Deodato - Nights In White Satin
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
The Crusaders - And Then There Was The Blues
Les McCann/Eddie Harris - Compared To What
George Benson - Take Five
Eric Marienthal - New York State Of Mind
Grover Washington, Jr. - Mister Magic

OK… two down, two to go for this 4-part blogaversary edition of RIBS. If luck is with me, part 3 should be up sometime tomorrow morning. But, since Murphy (as in Murphy’s Law {smile}) is usually my co-pilot, it’ll probably be more like Saturday morning. In either case…

Enjoy!

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