Somewhere around 7 pm on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, David May played Creepin’ from Barbara’s Detour Ahead CD on Dessert Island Jazz, out of  WHFC 91.1 FM, Bel Air, MD. Classic and contemporary straight-ahead jazz spanning 1950 to the present, hosted by Dave May.  Desert Island Jazz features the jazz giants from Adderley to Zawinul, plus up-and-coming talent deserving wider recognition. 

Thanks to Tom Reney for playing a cut from my Detour Ahead CD! It was aired on WFCR’s jazz a la Mode on Tuesday November 3. I really appreciate your support of local musicians.

Koop Kooper does it again on his syndicated on-line radio show, Cocktail Nation, featuring another track from Barbra’s Detour Ahead CD. See the show number, theme and the play list below:

Cocktail Nation 379 Retro Fashion

Talking retro fashion this week with an amazing book out of London with some spectacular photos which will give you some ideas when next updating your wardrobe. We talk Sinatra, space travel along with the best parties from across the globe.

Jimmy Borges Old Devil Moon.
Barbara Ween I Don’t Know
Billy May-The late late show
Gregg Arthur Fly Me To The Moon
Ludovic Bource Panic Plane
Frank Sinatra Mr Success
Combustible Edison Vertigo
Henry Mancini Background For Murder
Count Basie From Russia With Love
Chet Baker-Tenderly
Dicky Do And The Don’ts Vive La Mour
Jimmy Vargas Striptease And Noir
Nat King Cole- I’m Shooting High
Tony Bennet-With Plenty Of Money and You

Barbara and friend’s rendition of Sunday in New York from her CD was recently aired on Koop Kooper’s radio broadcast that mixes the established greats in jazz with the up and coming and the here and now.

Koop Kooper is a radio host with his own syndicated show, Cocktail Nation, available  on stations throughout the U.S/ and online at:

http://cocktailnation.net/radio-stations/

Albert Pride of University of Alabama, Birmingham’s WBLZ radio selected Detour Ahead as one of its top 25 releases for 2014 as Barbara and friends continue their virtual CD tour throughout the US and beyond.

Roger Chesser, producer of Jazz Classics, notified us that he recently played That Lucky Old Sun and others on his show, WKYL/WEKU, Eastern Kentucky University in Louisville.

Thanks, Tom for continuing to play selections from Detour Ahead as you did last week. Your support for local musicians and for jazz in general is greatly appreciated. And congratulations on your 30th anniversary as host of Jazz a la Mode.

Tune in to  Jazz a la Mode, week nights at 88.5, New England Public Radio.

It is a pleasure playing your music. Keep up your fine efforts! It’s a great CD!

Your pal,
Big Al

Allen Gale
Celebrating Twenty Years at WTUL!
Boppin’ in the Big Easy with Big Al
Director, The World of Jazz
WTUL New Orleans (91.5 FM in NOLA)
Tulane University