The Sunday Best with Nik Thompson

Charlie Parker's standard, read and remixed 10 different ways, Sunday morning.  

Two record nerds, generations apart, sharing a collection and stories, amidst a pandemic.  

We’re going back to the Dorothy Fields-Jimmy McHugh well, for the lyrically lovely Don’t Blame Me.

We've got the Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh hit in triplicate here, beginning with Annette Hanshaw's 1929 version, followed by the groundbreaking 1931 recording from Louis Armstrong, and finally into 1932 with Duke Ellington's Orchestra fronted by Ethel Waters.  

On tap for 3/14/2021

In A Mellow Tone, Tom Waits, and Ellington does Shakespeare.

Over the Rainbow!

Muskrat Ramble!