WWOZ 90.7 fm The Best CDs of 2009: Show Host Picks * WALKIN' THE DOG-makes the top ten!

[Rambling Steve Gardner]

WWOZ 90.7 fm www.wwoz.org bringing NEW ORLEANS music to the universe. WALKIN' THE DOG makes 2009 WWOZ SHow Host Top Ten List

TOP TEN!
The Best CDs of 2009: Show Host Picks

Here are the best CD releases of 2009, handpicked by WWOZ show hosts. Many of the discs are by local New Orleans artists, while others are from national and international acts, and all of them make great stocking stuffers. So head on over to Louisiana Music Factory, CD BABY.com or Amazon.com and give the gift of music!


David Kunian

Kitchen Sink, Tuesday 10 p.m. - midnight
Jazz Lunatique, Thursday 12-3 a.m.

Vijay Iyer - Historicity
Terence Blanchard - Choices
Fred Anderson - 80th Birthday Live At the Velvet Lounge
Steve Lehman - Travail, Transformation, and Flow
Alex McMurray - How To Be a Cannonball
Todd Snider - The Excitement Plan
Fast and Bulbous - Waxed Oop
Shane Theriot - Dirty Power
Steve Gardner/Washboard Chaz/Jake Leg Stompers - Walkin' the Dog
Allen Toussaint - Bright Mississippi

(If you don't have a copy of WALKIN' THE DOG yet, pick one up from Buffalo Records or over at CD BABY)

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About David Kunian
Mr. Kunian programs the shows "The Kitchen Sink" on Tuesday nights and "Late Night Jazz" early Thursday mornings on WWOZ.

His philosophy for radio is to take it from background music for the slavery of daily drudgery to foreground music for revolution of the mind and soul. He plays all kinds of music on Tuesdays, and on Wednesdays, where he has been programming jazz in the wee hours for 15 years, he plays all jazz from Armstrong to the Art Ensemble, Barker to Parker to Miles to Ayler to Sun Ra.

Highlights over the years have included several interviews with Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, the annual New Year's and Summer Solstice Shows featuring three hours of Sun Ra, the reading of the Declaration of Independence over recordings of the Star Spangled Banner around July 4th, and the annual celebration of James Booker's birthday on December 17, as well as other special shows that have been "reeellly reeelly beeeeg shows!" (to quote Ed Sullivan).

WWOZ mailing address is: WWOZ, P.O. Box 51840, New Orleans, LA 70151. If you want to drop off your CD, our physical address is: French Market Building, Second Floor, 1008 N. Peters, New Orleans.

[Les Coles]

Way to go Steve!