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Listening to Standards and B/EZ online

Nick Gerard

Nick Gerard

A poster in a thread below is "desparate to hear good music." There are a number of online sources, so this might be a good time to summarize a few:

Standards

"Sinatra Style" and the "Martini Lounge" on AOL Radio. www.aol.com . All that's required is signing up for a free AOL e-mail address. You don't even have to use it for e-mail - just sign up to log in. AOL Radio has a new player and the audio is great!

"Classic Vocal Standards" on www.launchcast.com

"The Fabulous Strip" at www.thefabulousstrip.com

"Music of Your Life" at www.MusicOfYourLife.com

Dial Global's "Adult Standards" format via KHUI at www.khuiradio.com

MartiniInTheMorning - a fun "Vegas-vibe" at www.MartiniInTheMorning.com

America's Original Classics on KZQX in Kilgore, Texas operated by frequent poster Chuck Conrad: www.kzqx.com

The Fabulous 1400 at www.fabulous1400.com

And one of my favorites: Jonathan Schwartz with "The Saturday Show", Saturdays at 9AM Pacific at www.wnyc.org


Beautiful Music

Not quite as many choices, but some good ones:

XM Radio's "Escape" - available free on AOL Radio at www.aol.com (requires the free e-mail address referenced above). Programmed by the legendary Marlin Taylor - who's been doing it since the 60's.

AirstreamFM at www.airstreamfm.com . Requires WinAmp or download of the non-intrusive AirstreamFM toolbar.

WKTZ in Jacksonville. Go to http://wktz.jones.edu . A real throwback to the 60's, but very enjoyable.

So, anyone hungry for standards or beautiful music has lots to listen for. I'm grateful for all of these broadcasters. Of course, I'd love to be able to listen without being tethered to my computer - but that day is coming soon enough :) !

Anyone care to add to the list?

Nick Gerard

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Thanks for the list Nick. I'm curious though about Jonathan Schwartz and his Sat. Show on WNYC. I have xm and have listened to his Sunday Show 12 noon eastern from WNYC carried on xm satellite ch.73 and while his selection of music is interesting to say the least I find him sometimes all over the place and very eclectic. I heard him play the Lovin Spoonful one Sunday. I do like all types of music but prefer to hear my first love, Standards when listening to a Standards station. I will give his Sat. show a listen online and see how it compairs. While I'm not a big fan of his style on the air I do think he is very knowledgeable and well informed.
 
Nick Gerard said:
A poster in a thread below is "desparate to hear good music." There are a number of online sources, so this might be a good time to summarize a few:

Beautiful Music

Not quite as many choices, but some good ones:

XM Radio's "Escape" - available free on AOL Radio at www.aol.com (requires the free e-mail address referenced above). Programmed by the legendary Marlin Taylor - who's been doing it since the 60's.

AirstreamFM at www.airstreamfm.com . Requires WinAmp or download of the non-intrusive AirstreamFM toolbar.

WKTZ in Jacksonville. Go to http://wktz.jones.edu . A real throwback to the 60's, but very enjoyable.

So, anyone hungry for standards or beautiful music has lots to listen for. I'm grateful for all of these broadcasters. Of course, I'd love to be able to listen without being tethered to my computer - but that day is coming soon enough :) !

Anyone care to add to the list?

Nick Gerard

www.NickOnTheAir.com
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There are some beautiful music stations on Live365.com. I don't know the names of most of them, I usually just do a search on their website.


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Nick Gerard said:
Anyone care to add to the list?
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Some more to add to Nick's list:

WOEZ Knoxville: http://www.ez88.org/

Laredo TX: http://www.khoy.org/

The Breeze: http://www.radioentertainment.com/index.html

Ocean City MD: http://www.wees.org/pages/935166/

Killeen TX: http://www.knct.org/

Gibson City IL: http://www.wgcyradio.com/

WKLI Albany: http://www.albanymagic.com/

Bellevue WA: http://www.kixi.com/

Marshall MO: http://www.krli.net/

KZPO San Joaquin CA: http://members.aol.com/kingsradio/

Cedar Rapids IA: http://www.wmtradio.com/main.html [Sundays 2-7 PM Central: Jim Doyne Musical Memories]

CHWO Toronto: http://www.am740.ca/main.htm

Dallas - Ft Worth: http://kaamradio.com/

Bridgeton NJ: http://www.wsnjam.com/ [Mon-Fri 2-5 PM Eastern]

brokered: http://www.wnjc1360.com/ [Mon-Fri 7-10 AM Eastern]
 
amlover said:
I'm curious though about Jonathan Schwartz and his Sat. Show on WNYC. I have xm and have listened to his Sunday Show 12 noon eastern from WNYC carried on xm satellite ch.73 and while his selection of music is interesting to say the least I find him sometimes all over the place and very eclectic. I heard him play the Lovin Spoonful one Sunday. I do like all types of music but prefer to hear my first love, Standards when listening to a Standards station. I will give his Sat. show a listen online and see how it compairs. While I'm not a big fan of his style on the air I do think he is very knowledgeable and well informed.
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LOL! Good points about Jonathan Schwartz, amlover! No question, he does drift away from standards from time to time, and I, too, could do without the Dylan and Paul Simon records (even tho' I enjoy those artists, but not when I'm listenin' for the Great American Songbook).

He has the rare luxury of playing what he wants and not being bound to a PD's playlist. So, when I listen to him, I pretty much jettison the thought of regarding his show as a radio "format." He is, after all, on a public radio station.

I do enjoy Jonathan's deep tracks from classic Standards performers. Mostly, I love to hear the background info and wonderful stories he tells about the songs, the singers, and the musicians. More than once I've pirated them and told them on my own show - notably a terrific story about the genesis of the tune "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning."

During his Sinatra feature ("Sinatra on Saturday" starting at 10AM Pacific), he often features rarely heard out-takes, unreleased live performances, and alternate tracks of well-known Sinatra tunes. Things that circulate within the "Sinatra Underground", as I've heard him say. Fascinating stuff for Sinatra geeks like me.

Regarding Jonathan's on air style, for many people it's an acquired taste. (My wife can't stand it, and lets me know loudly whenever I'm listening!). Unstructured as his delivery may be, there's no question about his interest and depth of appreciation for the music he's playing. Consider this in contrast to some of the standards air personalities you've heard over the past 10 or 15 years who were often guys who'd rather have been playing AC, but just happened to have a gig at a standards station. We can all tell who knows and loves the music and who doesn't.

Schwartz, incidentally, is the son of composer Arthur Schwartz ("Dancing In The Dark", "Close Your Eyes", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans") and a living link to one of the players in the Great American Songbook.

He published a memoir a couple of years ago called "All In Good Time." Fans of this music would enjoy it, as the book talks about Schwartz' relationship with his dad, his radio days on WNEW AM and FM, his friendship with Jimmy Van Heusen and Sinatra, and his battles with booze.

Wow - I didn't intend for this post to sound like a shill for Jonathan Schwartz, but I guess it's coming off that way - hah hah! Nevertheless, I do think he's a one-of-kind radio personality, and really the "big kahuna" of radio people still presenting the standards on their own terms.

Nick Gerard

www.NickOnTheAir.com
 
I was listening to Jonathan's Sunday Show yesterday on xm ch.73 that he does on WNYC and he talked about the song that did it for him in rock "n" roll and talked about the group Cream with Eric Clapton. The he played Sunshine of Your Love from 1968 this on a standards channel that I pay to listen too. I've been an xm subscriber for 3 yrs. now and know what to expect on his 4 hour Sunday show on xm 73 High Standards but for someone not familiar with his format may be quite confused when tuning to ch. 73 and hearing Cream. He did follow that with a Sinatra song though.
 
Isn't it sad that we all complain that radio doesn't have personality and that every playlist is sanitized for your protection, but when a host does a show in the WNEW style (a NY reference, but you know what I'm talking about) that allows for personality and veering away from the "format" to explain a story or to add some depth to one's musical knowledge, we tend to dislike it. ::)

CJ
 
For B/EZ and standards, there is also solace.fm. I haven't listened to the standards channel a whole lot. The easy listening channel is a little more adventurous (it's primarily instrumental but with some "harder-edge" soft AC thrown in; is that an oxymoron? "harder-edge soft AC"?). :) There's also a soft AC and smooth jazz channel.

Here are the links to the streams:

Standards:
http://solace.fm/custom/listen/stardust2.asx

Easy Listening:
http://solace.fm/custom/listen/easy1.asx



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