Appropriate for the Halloween season. (It’s never too early.)

Alto saxophonist and flutist Frank Strozier made only a few LPs in his career. Two of them have recently been combined on one CD: Long Night (1961) and March of the Siamese Children (1962). The first of these LPs has been posted in its entirety on YouTube. Most of Strozier’s work was as a sideman for other bands: Don Ellis, Chet Baker, Shelly Manne and others.

Alto Saxophone – Frank Strozier
Tenor Saxophone – George Coleman
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick
Piano – Chris Anderson
Bass – Bill Lee
Drums – Walter Perkins

0:00 Long Night
4:35 How Little We Know
10:33 The Need For Love
15:15 The Man That Got Away
19:34 Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe
25:32 The Crystal Ball
31:06 Peacemaker
35:12 Just Think It Over

Released earlier by The Misfits as a single, this version appears on their 2003 CD, Project 1950:

Yes, that Lizabeth Scott. Available on YouTube for a limited time only.

A1 Can’t Get Out Of This Mood. Written-By – Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh

A2 Men. Written By – Frank WhitfieldWritten-By – George Wyle

A3 I’m In Love Again. Written-By – Cole Porter

A4 He Is A Man. Written-By – Carroll Coates, Ronnie Selby

A5 Legalize My Name. Written-By – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

A6 It’s So Nice To Have A Man Around The House. Written-By – Harold Spina, Jack Elliott

B1 He’s Funny That Way. Written-By – Neil Moret, Richard Whiting

B2 A Deep Dark Secret. Written-By – Joe Hooven, Marilyn Hooven

B3 Lucky. Written-By – Michael Merlo, Patrick Welch

B4 When A Woman Loves A Man. Written-By – Hanighen, Jenkins, Mercer

B5 Willow Weep For Me. Written-By – Ann Ronnell

B6 How Did He Look? Written-By – Abner Silver, Gladys Shelley

Sonya Hunter is a San Francisco based singer/songwriter who combines traditional folk music with indie rock. The song “New Year” appears on her first CD, Favorite Short Stories
(Heyday, 1992).

A live version (2006) of a song on their CD All the Roadrunning. I have been listening to Emmylou’s music for over 40 years, and I hope to for some time to come.

According to Wikipedia, Moloko was an English-Irish music duo from Sheffield, England. The duo consisted of vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon. Their music has been described as “alternative dance and trip hop, as well as dance-pop, experimental pop, and electropop.” The song “Dominoid” is from their first CD Do You Like My Tight Sweater? (1995). The group disbanded after a final tour in 2003.

Kasey Chambers is an Australian country singer-songwriter with a list of nominations and awards several pages long. “I’m Alive” is the final track on her most recent CD Bittersweet (2014).

This Tom Waits song was on Shawn Colvin’s CD Cover Girl back in 1994, which is when I purchased it. It is hard to believe that that was over 20 years ago.