#An Oscar Peterson Christmas

[canadachronicles]

I am starting to put on the Christmas lights in the front garden today --in below-zero weather; that’s how dedicated I am!-- and so I’m also starting to listening to seasonal tunes, especially this beautiful version of I’ll Be Home For Christmas, played by my favorite pianist, Oscar Peterson!

[onenakedfarmer]

Currently Playing

Oscar Peterson AN OSCAR PETERSON CHRISTMAS

Original Release: 1995

[dustedmagazine]

Christian Carey's year in review

2023 was pretty much an awful year for our world —climate disaster moves ever more quickly, violence abounds and US politics are a disaster. I would not write a thank you card to the universe for many of my own experiences during the year either. However, I am grateful for the extraordinary music I participated in, heard and wrote about: it was a great solace. A few highlights are below:

I composed three new pieces: Solemn Tollings, for microtonal trumpet and trombone, Just Like You for singing violist, and Cracking Linear Elamite for solo guitar. The latter premiered in December at Loft 393 in Tribeca, played by Dan Lippel.

In addition to editing Sequenza 21 and contributing to Dusted, I authored several reviews and a research article for the British journal Tempo. The article was on my research in narratology as a feature of Elliott Carter’s music, which I have been exploring and publishing on since writing my Ph.D. dissertation. It was great for this particular research, of character-types and interactions in the Fifth String Quartet, to finally see the light of day.

After a half-century of banged up and often unreliable used pianos, my wife Kay got me a new Baldwin grand piano for my 50th birthday. Since it has arrived, I have practically lived in it.

Post-pandemic and post-cancer, I began to dip my toe into attending live events. I went to the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, which was a mixed bag. As compensation, the Boston Symphony performances that weekend were excellent. I attended a great concert at the New York Philharmonic in November and another in December. For many years, Kay and I have made a holiday tradition of seeing the Tallis Scholars at St. Mary the Virgin Church in midtown. It was wonderful to return there. The Tallis Scholars’ performance was splendid, featuring a mass by Clemens non Papa.

After the Tallis concert, Kay was in Nashville, where her parents live, for two weeks, spending time with her brother Tom and sister-in-law Aymara, who were visiting from Qatar (Tom teaches at the Carnegie Mellon University campus there and Aymara is a yoga instructor), and celebrating Christmas with her parents. Here in New Jersey, it was just me and the felines, who were (mostly) well-behaved. To keep the holiday blues at bay, I went all out, decorating a natural tree and the house. I played every carol in the hymnal, and enjoyed old holiday standbys: Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, and Mel Torme’s Christmas albums.

There was much excellent recorded music released this year, and I will not attempt to document it all. Here are twelve records, in no particular order, that I expect will stay with me and be played often in coming years.

2023 Favorite Recordings

Yo La Tengo —  This Stupid World (Matador)

Hilary Hahn —  Eugène Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Violin Solo, op. 27 (DG)

Morton Feldman —  Violin and String Quartet (Another Timbre)

Natural Information Society —  Since Time is Gravity (Eremite)

Leah Bertucci —  Of Shadow and Substance (Self— released)

Juliet Fraser —  What of Words and What of Song (Neos)

Laura Strickling and Daniel Schlosberg —  40@40 (Bright Shiny Things)

Emily Hindricks, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, and Cristian Macelaru perform Liza Lim —  Annunciation Triptych (Kairos)

Bozzini Quartet and Konus Quartett play Jürg Frey​ —  Continuit​é, fragilit​é​, r​é​sonance (elsewhere)

Matana Roberts —  Coin Coin Chapter Five (Constellation)

Chris Forsyth — Solar Motel (self— released)

John Luther Adams —  Darkness and Scattered Light (Cold Blue)

Christian Carey

[independent-music-blog]

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[bamboomusiclist]

11/4 おはようございます。Imagination / In The Heat Of The Night rblp1002 等更新しました。

Thelonious Monk / In Action rs1190 Duke Ellington / Mary Poppins R6141 Bill Perkins Art Pepper Richie Kamuca / Just Friends pj m-401 Cannonball Adderley / Them Dirty Blues Rlp12-322 Oscar Peterson / We Get Requests v6-8606 Oscar Peterson / Another Day 21208699 Oscar Peterson / Mellow Mood 21 20692-0/15221st Ella Fitzgerald Count Basie / A Classy Pair 2312-132 Ella Fitzgerald / Ella A Nice 2308 234 Caterina Valente Silvio Francesco / Go Latin PS471 Stanley Clarke / Let Me Know You fe38086 Pat Metheny / First Circle ecm1278 Bob James / Hands Down fc38067 Phil Spector / Phil Spector's Christmas Album pz37686 Wilson Williams / Up the Downstairs Aa1077 Natalie Cole / I'm Ready fe38280 Rockie Robbins / I Believe In Love sp4869 Roberta Flack / Bustin' Loose MCA5141 Regal Funkharmonic Orchestra / Strung Out On Motown 6014ml Imagination / In The Heat Of The Night rblp1002

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[bluesidedown]

For the get to know me ask!

9, 22, 28, 36, 38, 57, 84, 92, 97

This is a really fun set of asks!!

9. What CD did you play to death as a kid?

Canadiana Suite by the Oscar Peterson Trio. I had that album basically memorized by the time I was like 10. The really fun thing is that I can play the music now - I learned one of the pieces for my grade 10 RCM piano exam last year.

22. What's the weirdest thing you've seen someone do in public?

Honestly I can't remember anything particularly weird. I suspect that might be a result of spending most of my life so far in small towns. I think people are often a little less restrained in their public behavior in cities because it's less likely you'll have to buy your groceries from the people who witnessed you do something crazy.

28. What's your favourite holiday tradition?

I really love Christmas, so honestly just about everything that we do at Christmas is my favourite tradition. One specific Christmas tradition that comes to mind is opening stockings as a family on Christmas morning. We all pile onto my parents' bed and open our stocking first thing in the morning.

36. If you could learn one language fluently what would it be?

This is such a hard question. There's so many that would be so cool and also so useful. At the moment what I'm feeling in my heart is biblical Hebrew. I love biblical studies and the OT so so so much so it's definitely a dream to learn Hebrew.

28. What's your favourite flower?

Daffodils! So sunshiny and such shape. They're the perfect flower.

57. Is there a vine or tik tok you quote often?

Many, and usually around people who haven't got a clue what I'm referencing, unfortunately. One that runs through my brain far too often is hey thanks for checking in, I'm still a piece of garbage

84. Any wild stories passed around in your family?

The only thing coming to mind at the moment is @keendaanmaa's recent skunk saga. See this post.

92. What book world would you live in if given the opportunity?

I think I'd like to live in the world of C. S. Lewis' space trilogy. (Maybe not while That Hideous Strength is happening though). I'd just like to know that Mars and Venus really are like Malacandra and Perelandra are described. I wouldn't even have to ever get to visit them. I'd just like to look into the sky and see them and know.

97. Are you more of a planner or a spontaneous adventurer?

I'd say I'm pretty spontaneous. I need time to adjust myself to the concept of what I'm going to do, so I don't really care for it when other people initiate spontaneous things but when it's just me I like spontaneity. A lot of it comes down to whether I can control the situation. If I'm spontaneous with other people, it's a lot harder to leave or stop the adventure if I'm tired or overwhelmed. That's why little solitary adventures are great :)

[greaterstokesawareness]

Stokes Song Wishlist

DISCLAIMER: I have no technical musical knowledge beyond just being a massive fan of music. I can't read music, I don't play an instrument or sing, I have no idea how to tell anything about key or pitch by ear or what any of the terms mean without looking them up. So, like if any of these don't make sense because of some musical technicality ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm including links to the Stokes performance if he's sung it but there's no good quality video/recording, otherwise the links are to the version of the song that gave me the idea.

Send me your recs and ideas, I'll keep updating and sharing. Last update: 4/23/23.

“I Am What I Am” from La Cage Aux Folles (x) Listen I’m still sort of a Broadway newbie and I just became aware of this song, but I deeply need to hear Stokes to sing this with his song-acting

"Cheering for Me Now" from New York, New York/Hamildrop (x) (x) always loved this song since it came out as a Hamildrop, but i just saw this show on Broadway (plot twist: Stokes was actually in the audience the night we attended !) and I can't stop imagining him singing it :))

“First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (x) Johnny Cash edition. Yes, that link is to a Random Harvest fan vid because it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, go watch that movie lads

"Waters of March" (x) update: I just got to see him sing this at 54 Below, and it just made me want a high quality album version so much more, but enjoy the video I took <3

"I've Never Been in Love Before" from Guys and Dolls (x)

"You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel (x)

"The Way You Look Tonight" (x) (x)

"Dancing in the Dark" from The Band Wagon (x) (x)

"Dream" from Daddy Long Legs (x)

Okay, how about any or all of the Fred Astaire/Oscar Peterson collaboration album The Astaire Story (x)

Any/all of the songs in this medley from one of his 54Below Diamond Series shows: "The Very Thought of You," "Embraceable You," "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (x)

“Nevertheless” from Three Little Words (x)

"I've Got to Find a Reason" and "Her Face" from Carnival (x) (x)

"Goodnight My Someone" from The Music Man (x) (x): I can totally picture Stokes singing this all Prof-Harold-Hill-grows-a-conscience-like

"I'm Beginning to See the Light" and "Lush Life" (x) (x): Stokes sang these at Boston Pops in June 2022

"Sky Blue and Black" (x) (x) (x) and "Love Needs a Heart" (x) (x) by Jackson Browne

"Little Willow" (x): submitted by PC :)

“Nature Boy” (x) (x)

“Over the Rainbow” with the intro (x) (x)

"As Time Goes By" (x)

"September Song" (x) this Platters version soars a little more

"You Don't Know Me" (x)

"Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer" (x): it's just got those Wizard Every Day vibes what can I say

and maybe like ALL the Christmas songs but especially this song: (my grandmother used to sing us this song called "Christmas Chimes" that she told us a boy at her grammar school in New Haven wrote for the Christmas pageant back in the 30s or 40s. It's so pretty and I've never ever heard it anywhere else. It's sort of like 'The Christmas Song'-type about home and memories. I have a video of her singing it ❤ and if you are actual Brian Stokes Mitchell you can have it lol)

[amoveablejake]

My Five Key Songs of September 2021

The first round of songs for the autumn. 

I would say that we are already a month into autumn however, quite honestly it doesn’t feel that way. This September has remained rather warm and well, unless I can dress like a Yale student in the 50s which is to say bathed in Shetland jumpers, well, then it isn’t quite autumn is it. Nevertheless, the past month has thrown forward the first batch of songs for the autumn and without further ado here they are. 

First up to bat, ‘O Tannenbaum’ by Vince Guaraldi.

Look, we know that it wouldn’t be a tracks of the month feature without Vince Guaraldi being featured somewhere. As far as I’m concerned the playlist of the year with a song from each month could be all Guaraldi but it won’t be. Not because he doesn’t deserve it, undoubtedly he does, but because its good to show variety. Speaking of this, that is why this month’s Guaraldi pick is the opening track of the ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ album. It is  a warm and inviting song that draws you into what is a truly magical album. Guaraldi’s work here is phenomenal and the Christmas album is pure escapism and this past month I have come back to it time and time again with ‘O Tannenbaum’ always leading the way. 

Rounding second base, ‘Hymn to Freedom’ by Oscar Peterson.

Oscar Peterson’s truly beautiful ‘Hymn to Freedom’ was almost the track of the month for September following me listening to it practically on a loop for a few days. The record it is taken from, ‘Night Train’, is a wonderful record however, it is launched into the stratosphere by ‘Hymn to Freedom’ that is a rich tapestry of emotions. It is beautiful, it is warm, it is comforting but it is also heartbreaking. Ultimately though, I find it to be inspiring and to help remind the listener that tomorrow is another day. A brand new day and one that will be all the better for having the music of Oscar Peterson in it. 

The third track of the month for September, ‘Tangerine’ by Ben Webster.

This past month I have really be on a Ben Webster deep dive and am all the richer for it. As I wrote a few weeks ago, Ben Webster is an artist that is not always at the forefront of my mind however, when he is he seems to consume all. I’m not sure why I forget how mesmerising Webster’s work can be and ‘Tangerine’ is a perfect example of why I shouldn’t be forgetting. This is the kind of song that I listen to start off the day and to end it. At the same time it eases you into what the day has in store and also helps you to unwind from it and to drift away. Its gentle and in my vision of New York you would hear ‘Tangerine’ wafting out of apartment windows alongside ‘Rhapsody in Blue’. 

Our fourth entry, ‘Coming Down Again’ by The Rolling Stones.

Following last week’s album of the week piece this perhaps won’t come as a surprise to see ‘Coming Down Again’ here. Its hard to believe that this time last week I wasn’t aware of the song at all and now its one of my favourite Rolling Stones tracks. The Rolling Stones for me are always at their absolute best when they slow down, and ‘Coming Down Again’ really is that mindset to perfection. Listening to this song, it fills the room around you and turns it almost into a zero gravity chamber as you float away listening to this particular hit from ‘Goats Head Soup’. ‘Coming Down Again’ really did sucker punch me when I heard it for the first time and actually it has continued to do that each time I have listened to it since particularly in a couple of moments during the song where I find it to particularly captivating. I guess, I haven’t come down from the high of listening to it yet. Look, I haven’t done one of those in a while so lets be thankful for the hiatus. 

And for the key song of the month for September, ‘When I Fall in Love’ by Ben Webster. 

In what has definitely been a Ben Webster month ofcourse he had to have the track of the month position and ‘When I Fall in Love completely deserves it. When I first stumbled across ‘When I Fall in Love’ when I was packing up one evening and getting ready to go to bed it made me stop in my tracks. This, I hope you could hear me sigh then, is such a, I don’t know, beautiful and mesmerising don’t seem to do it justice. How about this, this is a track that will remind you of how you fell in love because as you listen to it you can’t help but adore this song more and more. We’re still not quite there but we are closer to it. I think the reason I’m struggling to pin down a phrase of a few lines for this track is because like love it is hard to describe exactly what it is, it can be a specific thing but more often than not it is a thousand little things all coming together. ‘When I Fall in Love’ seems to gather all of those small moments and weave them into a warm blanket that is going to be draped over you. It is in my eyes one of, if not the finest Ben Webster track and coming from the album ‘The Soul of Ben Webster’ couldn’t be more fitting. If you haven’t already, listen to this now, preferably as you’re walking through Paris but we can’t have everything. 

So there we have it, have I signed off every monthly feature with this, my five key songs for September. They all seem to be tender tracks really and centred around creating and sharing in warmth. Really, I can only see this trend growing as we move through the autumn months and when I can maybe, just maybe, listen to the above tracks whilst I break out my woolen jumper collection. 

Come on, give the people or at least this boy down by the water, what he is after.

-Jake, a man ready for either true elation or pain with the Packers this eve, 26/09/2021

[thespiandrummer]

Getting to know your poets!

Tagged by The Monkey, @purplemonkeysexgod69, to share five random things about myself.  Thanks Monkey!

1.      I have recently revived my hobbies of coin collecting and family genealogy.  There could be some correlation there, but I have not discovered it yet.

2.      I used to play drums in a classic jazz band much to the delight of my parents who adored Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, and Dave Brubeck, among many others.

3.      Since moving to the southwest, I am beginning to shed the NYC, Tri-State habits of tailgating and horn honking.  Oh, and no one uses their turn signals here.

4.      I have slowly acquired a great taste for the cuisine of green and red chilies. The first time I was asked, when ordering Huevos Rancheros, “Red, Green or Christmas”, I was a doe in the headlights.

5.      Not a schooled writer, I never knew what a sestina was until The Monkey posted his splendid piece, Pound of Flesh, and have been enamored with the style ever since.  I will give it a go someday!

If you are reading this, consider yourself tagged and let us know more about yourself!  To know more about me, a while ago I also posted a similar piece here.

[onejazztrackaday]

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Oscar Peterson

[artcenterstories]

All that jazz: Meet Creative Director Jessie Zaud

ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Jessie Zaud (BFA 90 Graphic Design) Creative Director & President, Zaudhaus: The Zaudhaus team and I have created a wonderfully fun brand for Elemental Music, a small nonprofit music program in Santa Monica. We just finished a truly effective new website; we also create their concert programs each season. That reminds me, I need to create a new T-shirt design! While I’m proud of larger projects and companies I’ve done work for, this client, with its focus on music and children, really touches my heart, especially with so many cuts to arts programs in schools.

AC: How do you define success? JZ: The notion of getting to look forward to sitting down and designing: thinking, researching, sketching and creating. I look less at the product and more the process I get to enjoy — that’s really success for me.

AC: What’s the most unique thing you’ve designed? JZ: When Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf hired us to design their new packaging line for coffees and teas, I created over 60 unique watercolor illustrations. I chose to really dive into each flavor and attempt to capture what it evoked for me. It was a fantastic experience, and I’m so proud of the illustrations. Sadly, the packaging line evolved, and now you can only see a few scant designs left in the labels I designed. Sometimes new leadership comes in and changes things for their own taste, even though the line was doing so well in market.

AC: Do you have any superstitions? JZ: I still try not to step on cracks on the sidewalk.

AC: What’s the one tool you can’t do without? JZ: On one hand I can’t imagine a world without my iPhone and laptop. However, I miss the days when no one texted or stared at their devices all day. And my computer never traveled, but stayed on her spot on my desk. In those times, clients had to wait; designers would spend more time thinking things through, and (gasp!) respond in person. Even the days when we all started working via email, no one expected an immediate response. I think designers actually did better work, worked fewer hours and replenished themselves. I feel fortunate that I grew up before texting and email; I think all life has suffered as a result.

AC: What’s the first site you look at when you open your computer in the morning? JZ: The New York Times. It’s just great writing, in-depth stories and the least amount of typos in an online news source. I see typos everywhere in the world today, so annoying — suggests to me that people just aren’t thorough. Today typos are the norm. Am I the only one who notices? I guess today no one cares.

AC: Where do you go (online or offline) when you’re taking a break? JZ: Even when I take a break, I love being inspired. It’s the same as it was when I was in school — I love going to museums and hearing live music.

AC: What do you do to detox from media and screens? JZ: I love being in nature, running on the beach or walking around my garden. Nature is the best inspiration.

AC: If you could trade jobs with anyone for a day who would it be? JZ: The various editors of the New Yorker, currently David Remnick.

AC: What book is on your bedside table? JZ: Fahrenheit 451, my son is reading it in school right now so I thought I’d read it again.  

AC: Who are the most interesting designers working today? JZ: I get my inspiration these days from two places: First, from “new design,” actually children. When I look around my children’s schools, I see incredible design — early drawings, still raw and not overly shaped by what “should be.” I love being reminded of that state of mind. Then, second, I look at design and illustrations by indigenous peoples, Native Americans in particular. The weaving, beading, pottery — it’s ancient, yet it has so many modern shapes and ideas.

AC: Describe a moment in your childhood where you first identified as a designer. JZ: My mom used to design our annual Christmas card. I remember watching her carve block prints and press each card by hand. Each year it was a different design, but after a while she went with store-bought. Of course, I designed my own little cards too while she was designing hers. Then, when I was 8, she used my design for the card. I didn't know I was a designer! I still have the card she made with my design.

AC: If you could have a superpower, what would it be? JZ: I wish I were a “superpower musician.” I'd love to be a singer/pianist in a jazz combo. Music transforms people. I have to add that I also wish I had a “super-purr” power — the ability to instantly soothe people, like cat!

AC: What’s your most irrational or rational fear? JZ: Stubbing my toe. My skin is really sensitive and when I get a bug bite or bang my toe, it takes weeks to recover.

AC: What’s your most prized possession? JZ: My memories and photos of my children when they were really young.

AC: Where is your happy place? JZ: My cozy reading spot at home on my couch, looking out at my garden with my cat by my side.

AC: How would your closest friend describe you? JZ: Here are a few words from him: “Jessie is a ‘present’ and thorough designer, artist and dedicated mother. She happiest at the piano and her painting desk. She loves a great cerulean green and a piece of Fabriano paper while Oscar Peterson plays in the background. Simple things. That said, she also is very thoughtful and very forward-thinking person who looks beyond the present moment and considers actions and their impacts on the future. She values being thorough and following through. She welcomes the struggle of life."

AC: What’s your best piece of advice for an ArtCenter student who’s interested in following your career path? JZ: I really value my ArtCenter education, although I wish I had gotten my MBA right after my BFA. It would have been great all these years to have been the client and studying business would have helped. I've enjoyed many of my clients, but occasionally I wish I were the CEO. I used to think design could change the world for the better and sometimes it does, like Apple computers, but the 1% and leaders of big corporations are the ones who can have the most impact.

[canadachronicles]

Earlier today, we drove around the neighbouring villages to gaze at the Holiday lights and decorations as night fell. The occasion was made even lovelier with Oscar Peterson playing this smooth as Jingle Bells!

[laresearchette]

Saturday, October 23, 2021 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: BOYFRIENDS OF CHRISTMAS PAST (W Network) 8:00pm RICKY VELEZ: HERE'S EVERYTHING (HBO Canada) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT DANGER FORCE (TBD - YTV) SWITCHED BEFORE BIRTH (TBD - Lifetime Canada) CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART (TBD) THE DEAD FILES (TBD)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME/CRAVE/NETFLIX CANADA/CBC GEM:

CRAVE TV RICKY VELEZ: HERE'S EVERYTHING

CURIOUS GEORGE (Family Jr.) 8:30am (SEASON PREMIERE): Chef Pisghetti throws a make-your-own-pizza party and George, Steve, Betsy and Marco team up to create a tasty concoction; George helps Mr. and Mrs. Renkins with their vegetable garden and plants a tomato in his garden.

GRAND SLAM OF CURLING (SN/SN1) 12:00pm: Masters: Men’s Quarterfinals (SN1) 4:00pm: Masters: Women’s Quarterfinals (SN Now) 8:00pm: Masters: Men’s and Women’s Semifinals

NHL HOCKEY (SNWest) 1:00pm: Flames vs. Capitals (TSN5) 1:00pm: Rangers vs. Sens (CBC) 7:00pm: Leafs vs. Penguins (City) 7:00pm: Red Wings vs. Habs (SN360) 7:00pm: Predators vs. Jets (CBC/SN360) 10:00pm: Canucks vs. Kraken

CFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN5) 4:00pm: Redblacks vs. Ti-Cats (TSN) 7:00pm: Lions vs. Blue Bombers (TSN3/TSN4) 10:00pm: Roughriders vs. Stamps

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 5:00pm: Dodgers vs. Atlanta - Game #6 (SN/SN1) 8:00pm: Red Sox vs. Astros  - Game #7 (IF NECESSARY)

NBA BASKETBALL (SN Now) 7:00pm: Heat vs. Pacers (TSN4) 7:30pm: Mavericks vs. Raptors (SN Now) 10:30pm: Grizzlies vs. Clippers

MLS SOCCER (TSN5) 7:30pm: Toronto FC vs. Montreal (TSN) 10:00pm: San Jose vs. Whitecaps FC

W5 (CTV) 7:00pm: Psychedelic Healing; The Transition:  Investigation into how psychedelic drugs are getting mainstream acceptance; the increase of girls transitioning into boys.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, SCOOBY-DOO! (Teletoon) 7:00pm: Scooby and the gang join forces with Bill Nye and Elvira when toxic ooze creates an army of monstrous pumpkins.

CARNIVAL EATS (Food Network Canada) 8:00pm/8:30pm:  Noah tries a pumped up corndog at the Porter County Fair and an out of this world funnel cake-blooming onion mashup; candy apple gone crazy; a cotton candy burrito. In Episode Two, Noah visits the annual Rio Rancho Pork & Brew festival in New Mexico, where he samples a trio of meaty meals before devouring adorable Baby Cakes; Noah visits the Ionia Free Fair in Michigan, where he enjoys The Tator Grenade and Churro S'mores.

DEATH SHE WROTE (Investigation Discovery) 8:00pm:  A famous author hires a personal assistant to work out of her home, not realizing that the woman is actually a deranged fan who plans on taking over her entire life.

HOPE’S LEGACY (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: A young woman is inspired to enter the world of competitive horse sports after inheriting her grandmother's ranch.

OSCAR PETERSON: BLACK + WHITE (HBO Canada) 8:30pm:  A celebration of the life and career of Oscar Peterson, one of Canada's greatest jazz musicians and a master pianist.

BREAKING IN (Slice) 9:00pm: A woman takes her two children on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech estate in the countryside. She soon finds herself in a desperate fight to save all of their lives when four men break into the house to find hidden money.

THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND: THE TOP TEN FINDS YOU NEVER SAW (History Canada) 9:00pm: Over the course of the Lagina's decadelong Oak Island search, there have been thousands of finds no one has ever scene; sharing 10 of the most exciting ones.

FATALE (Crave) 9:00pm: A successful sports agent has a one-night stand with a manipulative woman who turns out to be a detective. As he desperately tries to put the pieces together, he falls deeper into her trap, risking his family, his career, and even his life.

THE LITTLE STRANGER (Lifetime Canada) 10:00pm: The inhabitants of Hundreds Hall -- mother, son and daughter -- remain haunted by something ominous. When Dr. Faraday takes on a new patient there, he has no idea how closely the family's story is about to become entwined with his own.

THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND: THE TOP TEN SIGNS OF BURIED TREASURE (History Canada) 10:00pm:  For more than two centuries, searchers have been building a mosaic of valuable clues; now, it's time to count down their most meaningful discoveries.

HOT ONES (Global) 1:00pm: CL

[comeofage1]

A to Z Book Rec Tag

Thank you to the lovely @that-quirky-girl for tagging me, she recognises the book weakness in me. These books are all linked on goodreads, where I have an account, linked HERE.

# - #Junkie and #Rev by Cambria Hebert 

A - Adorkable by Sarra Manning

Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen 

Adulting 101 by Lisa Henry 

Alan Partridge: Nomad by Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) 

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith 

All the Single Ladies by Jane Costello 

And Call me in the Morning by Willa Okati 

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins 

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 

Austenland by Shannon Hale 

B - The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes

Beauty by Robin McKinley 

The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane

Between Ghosts by Garrett Leigh 

Big Mouth, Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates

Blame it on the Mistletoe by Eli Easton 

Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton 

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 

Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote 

Breathe by Sloane Parker 

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 

Bridesmaids by Jane Costello 

Brighton Rock by Graham Green 

C - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 

Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan 

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jessica Rothenburg 

Caught! by JL Merrow 

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles 

Chance to be King by Sue Brown 

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher 

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

Clear Water by Amy Lane  

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 

Cold War by Keira Andrews 

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black 

Collide by Riley Hart 

The Color Purple by Alice Walker 

Corkscrewed by MJ O’Shea 

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo 

Crossroads by Riley Hart 

The Crucible by Arthur Miller 

Crush by Richard Siken 

D - The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black 

Dash & Lily’s book of Dares by Rachel Cohn 

Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney 

Devoted by Sierra Riley 

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 

E - Eclipsed by Dominic Holland 

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 

Emma - Jane Austen 

Epic Fail - Claire LaZebnik 

The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen by Valerie Z Lewis 

Every Move he Makes by Barbara Elsborg 

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande 

F - Fairest by Gail Carson Levine 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling 

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien 

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 

Filthy Little Secret by Devon McCormack 

Fish Out Of Water by Amy Lane

Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford 

Flash Burnout by LK Madigan

Flawless by Lara Chapman 

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman 

From What I Remember by Stacy Kramer 

The Future of Us by Jay Asher 

G - Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah : 

Girl on the Run by Jane Costello

Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

H - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

The Heart of Texas by RJ Scott

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Helping Hand by Jay Northcote

A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne

Him by Sarina Bowen

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 

Holly Lane by Toni Blake

Hostile Ground by LA Witt

Hot Head by Damon Suede 

Hottie Scotty and Mr Porter by R Cooper

How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

A Hunted Man by Jaime Reese

Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I - I Love the 80s by Megan Crane

If Only in My Dreams by Keira Andrews

Illegal Contact by Santino Hassell

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Inseparable by Chris Scully

An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley

J - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

 Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

K - A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson

L - Law of Attraction by Jay Northcote

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

Liam Davis & The Raven by Anyta Sunday

Light from the Dark by Mercy Celeste

Lima Oscar Victor Echo and the Truth about Everything by Suki Fleet

The Little Book of Vegan Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

M - Mark Cooper versus America by Lisa Henry

Mark of Cain by Kate Sherwood

Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Merry Christmas Mr Miggles by Eli Easton

Midwinter Night’s Dream by Eli Easton

More than This by Patrick Ness

Motel. Pool. by Kim Fielding 

Mrs Warren’s Profession by Bernard George Shaw

My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey 

My Single Friend by Jane Costello

N - The Nearly-weds by Jane Costello 

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn 

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Nothingness of Ben by Brad Boney

Noticed Me Yet? by Anyta Sunday

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Off Base by Annabeth Albert

Open Tackle by LC Chase

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron

P - Passing Through by Jay Northcote

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Peter Pan by JM Barrie

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Pressure Head by JL Merrow

Pride and Modern Prejudice by AJ Michaels 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Private Eye by SE Culpepper

Promised Land by Adam Reynolds

Promises by Marie Sexton

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Q - The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

R - Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Rock Solid by Riley Hart

Roughing the Passer by Alison Hendricks

S - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Shiny by Amy Lane

Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph

Shut your Face, Anthony Pace by Claire Davis

Silent by Sara Alva

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Skellig by David Almond

Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

Slam! by JL Merrow

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Sock it to me, Santa! by Madison Parker

Someday by Sierra Riley

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake

Spencer Cohen by NR Walker

Splintered by SJD Peterson

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Starter for Ten by David Nicholls

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

Stay With Me by SE Harmon

Strong Side by Alison Hendricks

Sugar Creek by Toni Blake

Superhero by Eli Easton

T - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

The Time of Our Lives by Jane Costello

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tonight by Karen Stivali

Turkey in the Snow by Amy Lane

The Two Gentlemen of Altona by Lisa Henry

U - Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

V - The Vintners Luck by Elizabeth Knox

W - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

The Walls of Troy by LA Witt

The Waste Land and Other Poems by TS Eliot

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

We were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler

A Weekend With Mr Darcy by Victoria Connelly

Where he ends and I Begin by C Cardeno

Where the Lovelight Gleams by Kiera Andrews

Whiskey Business by Avon Gale

The Wish List by Jane Costello

Wonder by RJ Palacio

X - X-It by Jane George

Y - Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan

You Against Me by Jenny Downham

Z - Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville

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In case you guys needed more Christmas music than what our playlist last week contained, we have you covered! This includes classics from Stevie Wonder, The Carpenters, Donny Hathaway, jazzy numbers from Oscar Peterson, Pat Martino, and Woody Goss, and new releases from PJ Morton, Cory Henry, and even Snoop Dogg with October London! Get all of the Christmas you can handle 🎄❤️🌎📻 • • • • • • • • • • • #michigan #music #playlist #spotify #earthradio #tunesday #christmas #holiday #nowplaying #soul #funk #jazz #classic #peanuts #charliebrowm #vulfpeck #motown #vibe (at Grand Rapids, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJHMrISjqKp/?igshid=ngbl4089tdde

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Oscar Peterson Christmas album