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Lightbulb Moments

By H William Stine | Turntable For One
February 16, 2022
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They don't happen often and they don't happen to everyone. But if one does happen to you, it could change your life. Of course I'm talking about an IRS audit. Of course I'm not talking about an IRS audit. I'm talking about those out-of-the-blue, eye-opening moments of inspiration or maybe self-discovery. One thing: they're always moments of clarity. I don't know what you call them: Serendipity? Intuition? Divine Intervention? Years and years of therapy? I called them something else this week. I called them Lightbulb Moments because that's how I could get two-hours of music out of them—tossing in a few personal lightbulb moments that changed my own musical life.

Playlist

Cody Owen Stine "Paris Mismatch (Theme Music)" from (Unreleased Master) 00:00
Genevieve-Renee Bisson "I Just Found Out About Love" from I Just Found Out About Love (The Jimmy Stahl Big Band) 03:00

Al Jarreau

vocals
1940 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Al Jarreau "I'm Beginning To See The Light" from Accentuate The Positive (Verve) 06:49

Ella Fitzgerald

vocals
1917 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Ella Fitzgerald "I Used To Be Color Blind" from Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook (Verve) 11:29

Frank Sinatra

vocals
1915 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Sinatra "I Never Knew" from Come Swing With Me (Capitol Records) 14:00

Delicatessen

" data-original-title="" title="">Delicatessen "How Long Has This Been Going On" from My Baby Just Cares For Me (Tratore) 17:30

Tuck & Patti

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Tuck & Patti "On A Clear Day" from Love Warriors (Windham Hill) 22:27

Kurt Elling

vocals
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling "Detour Ahead" from Flirting With Twilight (Blue Note Records) 26:40

Stacey Kent

vocals
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Stacey Kent "If I Were A Bell" from Dreamer In Concert (Blue Note) 33:28

Marie Osmond "Nessun Dorma" from Unexpected (Oliveme LLC) 39:10

Stan Kenton

piano
1911 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Stan Kenton "Artistry In Rhythm" from Kenton Live From the Las Vegas Tropicana (Capitol Records) 42:55

Cyrille Aimée

vocals
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Cyrille Aim��e "You Turned the Tables On Me" from I'll Be Seeing You (Daudel Records) 48:45

Tony Bennett

vocals
1926 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Bennett "There'll Be Some Changes Made" from The Complete Improv Recordings (Concord Records) 52:22

Kellye Gray

vocals
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Kellye Gray "You've Changed" from KG3 Live! (grr8 Records) 55:24

Melissa Morgan

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Melissa Morgan "Until I Met You" from Until I Met You (Concord Jazz) 01:02:04

Ray Charles

piano and vocals
1930 - 2004

" data-original-title="" title="">Ray Charles,

Betty Carter

vocals
1929 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Carter "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" from Ray Charles & Betty Carter (ABC Paramount) 01:07:49

Frank Sinatra, Jr.

vocals
1944 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Sinatra, Jr. "I Was A Fool To Let You Go" from That Face (Rhino) 01:13:03

Helen Merrill

vocals
b.1929

" data-original-title="" title="">Helen Merrill "It Never Entered My Mind" from Live At Nalen (Riverside Records) 01:17:27

Ben Sidran

piano and vocals
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Sidran "We The People" from Who's the Old Guy Now (Bonsai Music) 01:23:13

Samara Joy

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Samara Joy "It Only Happens Once" from Samara Joy (Whirlwind Records) 01:27:28

Kenny Rankin

vocals
1940 - 2009

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Rankin "Here's That Rainy Day" from The Kenny Rankin Album (Sony Music Canada) 01:32:54

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans "My Foolish Heart" from Waltz For Debby (Riverside Records) 01:36:52

Boz Scaggs

guitar
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Boz Scaggs "You Don't Know What Love Is" from But Beautiful: Standards Vol. 1 01:42:00

Carmen McRae

vocals
1920 - 1994

" data-original-title="" title="">Carmen McRae "The Meaning Of The Blues" from Bittersweet (Focus Records) 01:48:14

Rebecca Kilgore

vocals
b.1949

" data-original-title="" title="">Rebecca Kilgore "Because We're Kids" from The Rebecca Kilgore Trio Vol. 1 (Heavywood Music) 01:51:24

Oscar Brown Jr.

vocals
1926 - 2005

" data-original-title="" title="">Oscar Brown Jr. "Brother Where Are You" from Mr. Oscar Brown Jr. Goes To Washington (Verve) 01:56:27

Cody Owen Stine "Paris Mismatch (Theme Music)" from (Unreleased Master) 02:02:00

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