Jonathan Mernit

2008 Programs

2008-09-13T00:52:00.007-04:00

1/26/08 - Ballads & Banjos - John Stewart Memorial Broadcast
3/7/08 - Audio Visual - King Curtis & Aretha Franklin Live at Fillmore West, Interview
with Jerry Jermott
4/25/08 - Audio Visual - 39th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Celebration
6/1/08 - Jeffhorse/Gumbo Shop - Preview of 2nd Annual Maris Hearn Memorial Concert
6/8/08 - 2nd Annual Maris Hearn Memorial Concert featuring Rod MacDonald & Peggy Atwood
6/8/08 - Jeffhorse - 40th Anniversary Commemoration of RFK Death featuring John Stewart's recording of The Last Campaign and interview with Buffy Ford Stewart
8/9/08 - Old Skool Sessions/Soul Serenade - Fundraiser - King Curtis 37th Death Anniversary
8/18/08 - Isaac Hayes Memorial Broadcast
9/6/08 - Ballads & Banjos - John Stewart 69th Birthday Anniversary Celebration
9/20/08 - Ballads & Banjos - The Artists of the 1996-98 WJFF Spring Folk Benefits
10/12/08 - Nick Reynolds 1933 - 2008 Memorial Broadcast

RIP Nick Reynolds, original and eternal member of the Kingston Trio.Sunday at midnight, a 6 hour Nick Reynolds Memorial Broadcastcelebrating 50 years of the Kingston Trio's music on WJFF, 90.5FM in Jeffersonville, NY & streaming live and archived for 2 weeks at wjffradio.org

Here's the link to Nick Reynolds, 1933-2008 obit:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081002-1819-obit-nickreynolds.html

From the official site of the Kingston Trio:http://www.kingstontrio.com/html/kt_news.htm

Requests and dedications are welcome at jmern@...or call in live to show at 845 482-4141.Jonathan

11/27/08 Gumbo Shop - 2008 Thanksgiving Edition, Co-hosted & Produced with Fred Pecora. Guests: Andrea Heyn, Producer of Maris' Calendar; David & Julie Bloch
http://www.peaceofmindproductions.com ; Tiokasin Ghosthorse http://www.firstvoicesindigenousradio.org http://www.changingwinds.org ;
Annie Dinerman http://www.anniedinerman.com ; Alix Dobkin http://www.ladyslipper.org/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=53&deptnr=279
Alix will be the featured artist for the 3rd Annual Maris Hearn Memorial Concert
to be held June 7, 2009 at the Forestburgh Playhouse; John Kane, Mohawk Nation

12/6/08 Official Old Skool Sessions

2007 Programs

2007-02-25T19:12:00.000-05:00

Sunday Brunch 02/11/07 - King Curtis 73rd Birthday Anniversary Celebration
Ballads & Banjos/The Gumbo Shop 04/14/07 - Tribute to Maris Hearn 6/13/37 - 3/8/07

Ballads & Banjos/The Gumbo Shop Playlist 04/14/07 6am to 8am
WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, New York
P.O. Box 546
Jeffersonville, New York 12748
http://www.wjffradio.org
Archived until 4/28 at http://www.wjffradio.org/parchive/index.php
Producer Sonja Hedlund
Guest Producer & Host Jonathan Mernit

Ballads & Banjos/The Gumbo Shop
A Tribute to Maris Hearn 6/13/37 - 3/8/07

The following is a portion of a remembrance by Christine Ahern, WJFF Station
Manager and long time friend Lisa Dunn which will appear in the upcoming
Singout!

Judith DeMaris (Maris) Hearn, Folk DJ, Peace Activist, Lesbian, Feminist,
athlete and avid bicyclist, died on March 8th, International Women’s Day,
after an almost 20 year battle with cancer. Maris had a long running show,
The Gumbo Shop, on WJFF, hydro-powered community radio in the Catskills.
Maris’ knowledge of music was vast, and her music collection enviable.

In 2005  Maris was selected to participate in an innovative program at
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital to help terminally ill patients with
cancer “sustain hope and meaning as they approach the end of their lives.”
Maris was part of a workshop where participants were encouraged and coached
in a process of looking at their lives as “legacies” and read and take
inspiration and ideas from the works of psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor
Viktor Frankel. If they were to pass on this legacy, what would it be? While
most of the group wrote their story, it is revealing that Maris chose to
tell hers in song. Her legacy project resulted in a 6 CD compilation of
songs; She named them: My Life:  Childhood, Family, Me; Lesbianism, Love,
Earth/Water; My Country/My World; Activism;  Peace, War, Home, Hope; and
Cancer, Time, Death, Still Here

6am

1. Hazel Dickens: Are They Going to Make Us Outlaws Again
        This was The Gumbo Shop’s Theme Song

Disc 1 - My life: Childhood, Family, Me

2. Joan Baez: Gracias a la Vida
3. Dar Williams: When I was a Boy
4. Pat Humphries: I Will Be With You
5. Rhianon: Love of the Land
6. Janis Ian: Honor Them All

7. John McCutcheon: Calling All The Children Home
8. Iris DeMent: The Way I Should
9. Cathy Winter: Heretic Heart
10. Ferron: Testimony
11. Tom Paxton: Peace Will Come
12. David Roth & Anne Hills: That Kind of Grace

7am

13. Susan Graham White: Not Afraid to Fly (Dedicated to Terry Murphy)

Rebroadcast of the opening segment 01/18/00 Gumbo Shop with Maris Hearn
and her live in studio guest, Pat Humphries.

14.      Pat Humphries: Hands (Ochs)- Hands Appleseed 1045 2000
15.      Pat Humphries: Indian Prayer (Indanee) (Moussaa, Pacheco) -
       Hands Appleseed 1045 2000
16.      Pat Humphries: Bound for Freedom (Live)

17:   Holly Near: Emma
18:   Mahalia Jackson: I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About In My Song

Phone interview with Lisa Lyons, organizer of the Livingston Manor
www.stepitup07.org event http://events.stepitup2007.org/reports/1864

19.     Alix Dobkin: If It Wasn’t for the Women

This is the first of a series of programs where I’ll air the 107 songs of
Maris Hearn’s 6 CD Legacy Project.  Join me June 10th at 9pm for Part 2
Thank you to Lisa Dunn, Sonja Hedlund, Carter & Ursy Hearn, Lisa Lyons,
Christine Ahern, Adrianne Picciano, and especially Maris Hearn.


Jeffhorse/The Gumbo Shop 06/03/07 - Tribute to Maris Hearn 6/13/37 - 3/8/07

Jeffhorse/The Gumbo Shop Playlist 06/03/07 9pm to 10pm
WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, New York
P.O. Box 546
Jeffersonville, New York 12748
http://www.wjffradio.org
Archived until 6/16 at http://www.wjffradio.org/parchive/index.php
Guest Producer & Host Jonathan Mernit

Jeffhorse/The Gumbo Shop
A Tribute to Maris Hearn 6/13/37 - 3/8/07

This program marked the conclusion of a day of events dedicated to
remembering and celebrating our friend Maris Hearn.  Many of Maris' friends
and family gathered in the morning to remember Maris and spread her ashes at
her beloved home in Forestburgh, New York.  We gathered in the afternoon at
the Forestburgh Playhouse Tavern for the First Annual Maris Hearn Memorial
Concert where we were treated to an inspiring performance by Emma's
Revolution. "Loving Spirits Will Live Forever", we love you Maris.

The Calendar - Andrea Heyn - This was a feature of The Gumbo Shop where
Maris would take a weekly look at herstory that covered everything from
dates, people, events, things and ideas that people might want to celebrate,
honor, observe or protest.  Thank you Andrea Heyn for continuing this
tradition, The Calendar can be heard every Sunday night at 9pm at
www.wjffradio.org


Theme:
Hazel Dickens - Are They Going To Make Us Outlaws Again

We continue with music from Maris Hearn’s 6 CD Legacy Project.
We began airing these CDs on April 14th, This is the second of a series of
programs where I’ll air the 107 songs of Maris Hearn’s 6 CD Legacy Project.

Disc 1: My Life; Childhood, Family, Me
Sweet Honey in the Rock - Every Women

David & Julie Bloch - On The Way Home - Live (A tribute to Maris)
David & Julie Bloch - Enough! (The Stuff Song) - Live
David & Julie Bloch - One Form Does Not Fit All - Live
David & Julie Bloch - What Will It Take - Live

David & Julie appeared live on The Gumbo Shop many times, Maris loved them
very much.  David and Julie sang On The Way Home at the memorial service
at Maris' home and beutifully set the tone for the day.  More info
about David & Julie can be found at http://www.peaceofmindproductions.com/

Continuation and conclusion of Disc 1 of Maris' Legacy Project:
Margie Adams - Long Haul
Alix Dobkin - These Women

Disc 2: Lesbianism, Love, Earth/Water
Ferron - Harmless Love

Interview with Adrianne Picciano on follow up action to April 14th
www.stepitup2007.org event.

We return with another edition of The Gumbo Shop, Sunday, July 1, 2007
at 9pm on WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, NY and streaming live at www.wjffradio.org

Jeffhorse - 07/01/07 - Universe Premier of Gloria Lynne's New CD,
"From My Heart to Yours" on HighNote Records.  We're graced with a live
phone interview with Miss Lynne.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Heart-Yours-Gloria-Lynne/dp/B000QEILQ0

We return for an extended edition of The Gumbo Shop, Sunday, August 12, 2007
at 9pm featuring more music from Maris' Legacy Project CD Set plus other goodies
on WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, NY and streaming live at www.wjffradio.org

Jeffhorse/Classics for Voice/Gumbo Shop - 08/12/07
Guests: David & Julie Bloch, Leona Willis, Pilgrim for Peace

Sunday Brunch - 10/28/07
Jack Hardy Live, Premiere of Noir

1997 Programs

2006-12-19T21:33:00.000-05:00

Soul Serenade 01/04/97 - King Records
Soul Serenade 01/11/97 - Sam Cooke
Soul Serenade 01/18/97 - Sam & Dave
Soul Serenade 01/25/97 - Roosevelt Sykes
Soul Serenade 02/01/97 - Aretha Franklin/King Curtis Live at the Fillmore West
Soul Serenade 02/08/97 - Mardi Gras
Soul Serenade 02/15/97 - Nat King Cole
Soul Serenade 02/22/97
Soul Serenade 03/01/97 - R&B Foundation Pioneer Award Winners
Soul Serenade o3/08/97 - Ruth Brown
Soul serenade 03/15/97 - Women Vocalists
Soul Serenade 03/22/97 - Isaac Hayes
Soul Serenade 03/29/97
Soul Serenade 04/05/97 - Etta James
Soul Serenade 04/12/97 - Louis Jordan
Soul Serenade 04/19/97 - Roy Brown & Jackie Wilson Guest Host Karyle Woods
Soul Serenade 04/26/97 - T-Bone Walker & Amos Milburn
Soul Serenade 05/03/97 Solomon Burke
Soul Serenade 05/10/97 - Big Mama Thorton
Soul Serenade 05/17/97
Soul Serenade 05/24/97 - Little Richard
Ballads & Banjos 05/31/97
Soul Serenade 05/31/97 - Booker T & The MGs
Soul Serenade 06/07/97 - Booker T & The MGs
Soul Serenade 06/14/97 - Ella Fitzgerald
Soul Serenade 06/21/97 - Champion Jack Dupree & King Curtis Live at Montreaux
Soul Serenade 06/28/97 - Cab Calloway Guest Host Robert Dugan
Soul Serenade 07/12/97 - Percy Sledge
Soul Serenade 07/19/97 - Big Joe Turner
Soul Serenade 07/26/97 - The Neville Brothers
Soul Serenade 08/09/97 - Preview of the Bayou Blues & Music Festival
Soul Serenade 08/23/97 - Remembering Jerry Mernit
Soul Serenade 08/30/97 - Preview of Blues 2000 at the Concord
Soul Serenade 09/06/97 - Fats Waller & Al Casey
Soul Serenade 09/27/97 - Cab Calloway Guest Host Robert Dugan
Soul Serenade 10/04/97 - Wilson Pickett
Soul Serenade 10/18/97
Soul Serenade 10/25/97 - Bobby Blue Bland
Soul Serenade 11/01/97 - Mercury Song Book
Soul Serenade 11/08/97 - Percy Mayfield
Soul Serenade 11/15/97 - Bessie Smith
Soul Serenade 11/22/97 - Don Covay
Soul Serenade 11/29/97 - BB King
Soul Serenade 12/06/97 - Second Anniversary Celebration
Soul Serenade 12/13/97 - Otis Redding
Soul Serenade 12/20/97 - Charles Brown & Hadda Brooks
Soul Serenade 12/27/97 - Billie Holiday
Expansions 12/29/97

1999 Programs

2006-12-19T19:20:00.000-05:00

Soul Serenade 01/02/99 - Chuck Berry with Guest Host David Dann
Soul Serenade 01/09/99 - Lou Rawls
Soul Serenade 01/16/99 - Sam Cooke
Soul Serenade 01/30/99 - Charles Brown
Soul Serenade 02/06/99 - Aretha Franklin/King Curtis Live at the Fillmore West
Soul Serenade 02/13/99 - Fats Domino
Soul Serenade 02/14/99 - Nat King Cole Valentine's Day Special
Soul Serenade 02/20/99 - Etta Jones
Deep Blues 02/25/99
Soul Serenade 02/27/99 - John Lee Hooker
Soul Serenade 03/06/99 - Dionne Warwick
Soul Serenade 03/13/99 - Ruth Brown
Soul Serenade 03/20/99 - Rhythm & Blues Pioneer Women
Soul Serenade 03/27/99 - Sarah Vaughan
Soul Serenade 04/03/99 - Willie Dixon
Soul Serenade 04/17/99 - New Oleans Jazzfest
Soul Serenade 04/24/99 - Duke Ellington
Soul Serenade 05/08/99 - Bo Didley
Soul Serenade 05/15/99 - Chuck jackson & Maxine Brown
Soul Serenade 05/22/99 - Carmen McRae
Soul Serenade 05/29/99 - Benny Goodman
Soul Serenade 06/05/99 - Mickey Baker
Soul Serenade 06/12/99 - Champion Jack Duree
Riverside Cafe 06/26/99 - Tom Russell The Man From God Knows Where
Soul Serenade 06/26/99 - Mills Bros., Ink Spots, & Platters
Soul Serenade 07/03/99 - Guest Hosts Eddie Bauer & The Catskill Coyote!!!
Soul Serenade 07/10/99 - Big Maybelle
Jambalaya 07/17/99 - Hank Williams Co-Host with Richard Levine
Riverside Cafe 07/17/99
Soul Serenade 07/17/99 - Abbey Lincoln
Soul Serenade 07/24/99 - New Orleans
Soul Serenade 07/31/99 - Karyle Woods Guest Host
Soul Serenade 08/07/99 - Steve Richter Guest Host
Jambalaya 08/14/99
Soul Serenade 08/14/99 - King Curtis
Soul Serenade 08/21/99 -
Riverside Cafe 08/14/99 - Amy Fradon
Soul Serenade 08/28/99 - Dinah Washington
Soul Serenade 09/04/99 - Little Walter
Soul Serenade 09/11/99 - Fats Waller & Al Casey
Riverside Cafe 09/18/99 - John Stewart
Soul Serenade 10/18/99 - Nancy Wilson
Jambalaya 10/09/99 - Johnny Cash
Soul Serenade 10/02/99 - Smokey Robinson
Soul Serenade 10/09/99 - Tommy Ridgely
Soul Serenade 10/16/99 - Milt Jackson Memorial Broadcast
Soul Serenade 10/16/99 - Hadda Brooks
Ballads & Banjos 10/23/99 - Bill Staines
Soul Serenade 10/23/99 - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Soul Serenade 10/30/99 - Howlin Wolf Special Halloween Weekend Edition
Soul Serenade 10/30/99 - Women of Soul with Guest Host Kae Kotarski
Jeffhorse 10/31/99 - Harry Houdini Seance/Rathbone Reads Poe
Ballads & Banjos 12/04/99 - Harry Belafonte
Soul Serenade 1106/99 - Fund Raiser Live!
Soul Serenade 11/20/99 - Betty Roche
Soul Serenade 11/27/99 - Johnny Hartman
Soul Serenade 12/04/99 - Paul Griffen
Soul Serenade 12/10/99 - Wynton Kelly Festival
Soul Serenade 12/11/99 - Wynton Kelly Festival
Soul Serenade 12/12/99 - Wynton Kelly Festival
Soul Serenade 12/18/99 - Joe Williams
Soul Serenade 12/25/99 - Etta James

2004 Programs

2006-12-10T23:03:00.000-05:00

Audio Visual 02/06/04 - King Curtis 70th Birthday Anniversary Celebration
Open House 03/06/04
Jeffhorse 03/28/04 - Kate Wolf and Jim Ringer
Ballads & Banjos 05/08/04 - Kingston Trio
Ballads & Banjos 07/10/04 - Hosting of the Bards Artists
Jeffhorse 07/11/04 - Poetry with Laura Moran and HotB Artists?
Official Old Skool Sessions 08/14/04 - King Curtis 33rd Death Anniversary
Ballads & Banjos 09/04/04
Folk Plus 09/04/04 - From the Bullpen in Relief
Ballads & Banjos 09/18/04 - John Stewart
Gumbo Shop 09/30/04
JeffHorse 10/03/04 - Jack Hardy Coin of the Realm
Gumbo Shop 10/07/04 - Women Artists
Ballads & Banjos 10/16/04 - Jack Hardy & Fast Folk Artists Earlier Recordings
Ballads & Banjos 11/20/04 - Jack Hardy & Fast Folk Artists Latest Recordings
Ballads & Banjos 12/25/04 - Bill Staines

2005 Programs

2006-12-10T20:56:00.000-05:00

Offical Old Skool Sessions 01/08/05 - Allen Toussaint's 67th Birthday Celebration
Audio Visual 01/14/05 - Allen Toussaint Produced Recordings
Official Old Skool Sessions 01/15/05 - Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 76th Birthday Anniversary
Official Old Skoll Sessions 02/05/05 - King Curtis 71st Birthday Anniversary Celebration
Jeffhorse 03/27/05 - Allen Toussaint Goin' Places & Tou + Tou
Audio Visual 04/01/05 - New Orleans Artists
Jambalaya 04/09/05 - 2005 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Preview
Audio Visual 04/15/05 - 2005 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Preview
Ballads & Banjos 04/30/05 - Rachel Bissex and Mindy Jostyn Tribute
Audio Visual 05/06/05 - Mother's Day with Female Artists
Sunday Brunch 09/04/05 - Remembering Rachel: Songs of Rachel Bissex
Jeffhorse 09/11/05 - Love Song for the Crescent City
Gumbo Shop 09/15/05 - Jack Hardy Live
Audio Visual 09/23/05 - Al Casey Memorial Broadcast
Ballads & Banjos 10/29/05 - The Artists of Remembering Rachel
Sunday Brunch 11/27/05 - Gloria Lynne 74th Birthday Celebration

Sunday Brunch 11/19 Wynton Kelly Celebration

2006-11-17T10:18:00.000-05:00

Sunday Brunch 11/19

Celebrating Wynton Kelly’s 75^th Birthday Anniversary
12/2/31 – 4/12/71
Pianist, Composer, Leader, Sideman, and Accompanist

Ruth Brown - So Long - R.I.P. 1/12/28 - 11/18/06

Dinah Washington w. Walter Buchanan Orch – Please Send Me Someone to Love 3:07
Mercury Session, NYC 2/27/51

Dinah Washington – Make the Man Love Me – For Those in Love 5:35
Mercury Session, NYC 3/15/55

Wynton Kelly – Cherokee - Piano Interpretations 3:05
Wynton Kelly – Born To Be Blue - Piano Interpretations 3:21
Blue Note Session, NYC 7/25 & 8/1/51 - with Oscar Petiford (b)

J.J. Johnson Quintet – Jay – 45-1651 3:42
Blue Note Session, Hackensack, N.J. 9/24/54 - with J.J. Johnson (tb) & Charles Mingus (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

Dizzy Gillespie Big Band – Whisper Not – Birks Works 5:17
Verve Session, NYC 4/8/57

Abbey Lincoln – Strong Man - That’s Him 4:59
Riverside Session, NYC 10/28/57 with Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Dorham (tp) Max Roach (d)

Wynton Kelly Trio – You Can’t Get Away – Piano 6:21
Riverside Session, NYC 1/31/58 with Kenny Burrell (g) Paul Chambers (b)

Wynton Kelly Sextet – Kelly Blue - Kelly Blue 10:46
Riverside Session, NYC 2/19/59 Benny Golsen (ts) Nat Adderley (tp) Bobby Jasper (fl)

John Coltrane – Naima – Giant Steps 4:21
Atlantic Session, NYC 12/2/59

Second Hour

Wynton Kelly Trio – Temperance – Wynton Kelly at Midnight 7:30
Vee Jay Session, NYC 4/27/60

Phone Interview with Grace Metivier, Director of the Wynton Kelly Founation

Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come – Someday My Prince Will Come 9:02
Columbia Session, NYC 3/21/61 with Hank Mobley (ts) John Coltrane (ts)

Terri Thorton – Lullaby of the Leaves - Devil May Care
Riverside Session, NYC 12/23/60

Wynton Kelly Quartet – Joe’s Avenue – Wynton Kelly! 2:52
Vee Jay Session, NYC 4/21/61

Lorez Alexandria – I’ve Never Been in Love Before – Lorez Alexandria The Great 2:45
Impulse Session, LA, Ca 1964

Wynton Kelly Trio – On The Trail – It’s All Right 4:33
Verve Session, NYC 3/64

Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly Trio – Unit 7 – Smokin’ at the Half Note 6:45
Verve Session, NYC 6/65

Wynton Kelly Trio – Scufflin’ – Full View 3:02
Milestone Session, NYC 9/66 Ron McClure (b)

Wynton Kelly Trio – Kelly’s Blues – Last Trio Session 7:51
Delmark Session, Chicago 8/4/68 Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d)

2006 WJFF Programs

2006-08-10T20:34:00.000-04:00

Sunday Brunch 04/16/06 Easter Sunday Celebrating Mindy Jostyn's Folk Hymns
The Gumbo Shop 04/20/06 Katrina Benefit CDs
Audio Visual 04/21/06 Preview of the First Weekend of the New Orleans Jazzfest
Audio Visual 04/28/06 Preview of the Second Weekend of the New Orleans Jazzfest
Sunday Brunch 06/04/06 Spencer Bohren
Sunday Brunch 06/11/06 Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, and Elvis Costello
Ballads & Banjos 06/24/06 Jack Hardy in Jeffersonville
Sunday Brunch 07/30/06 Louis Armstrong Birthday Anniversary Celebration
Sunday Brunch 08/06/06 Rachel Carson Tribute
Audio Visual 08/25/06 Jack Hardy Live & King Curtis/Sam Cooke
Sunday Brunch 09/10/06 Celebration of Peace & Nonviolence
Sunday Brunch 09/17/06 James Durst Live
Gumbo Shop 09/21/06 Rod MacDonald & Friends
Ballads & Banjos 09/23/06 Celebrating 5767 with The Klezmatics and Woody Guthrie
Sunday Brunch 11/19/06 Wynton Kelly 75th Birthday Anniversary Celebration
Ruth Brown Memorial Broadcast 11/20/06 12am to 5am
Sunday Brunch 11/26/06 Gloria Lynne 75th Birthday Celebration
Sunday Brunch 12/24/06 Rachel Bissex 50th Birthday Anniversary Celebration
Ahmet Ertegun Memorial Broadcast 12/18/06 12am to 6am
Audio Visual 12/29/06 James Brown Memorial
Sunday Brunch 12/31/06 Guest Host Joanna Hartell produces an African Music program featuring Samite of Uganda http://www.samite.com/