Grandma Cyd

08/06/2025

Jazz at Five kicks off this week!

⭐️Lineup Update⭐️

We’re excited to announce a few updates to this summer’s schedule, including the addition of the Pathfinder Quartet and Darren Sterud joining the UW Faculty Jazz Quartet on UW Night! Let’s make this the best season yet — see you there!

08/03/2025

We dipped into the 45 RPM collection last night and paid tribute to Connie Francis. Listen back on WSUM's 24-hour Replay station at WSUM.org or on the WSUM app!

Here's what you heard on the show: http://www.heavypettingzoo.org/august-2-2025-playlist/

06/29/2025

Today's "Jazz Brunch" was 🔥. Here's what you heard on the show: https://spinitron.com/WVMO/pl/20865715/Jazz-Brunch-with-Grandma-Cyd

06/29/2025

60 years ago, Nina Simone released “I Put a Spell on You.” This 6th studio LP (12th overall) by the 32-year-old jazz/soul/blues pianist, singer is considered one of her more “pop” outings; a few songs are covers of French pop tunes. The ‘cult classic’ title single, written and issued nine years prior by “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins, reached Top 30 in the UK for Simone ( #120 USA) while this album just cracked the Billboard Top 100. Eight years ago, NPR ranked it the #3 Greatest Album Made by Women. More in Comments.

June 29 Birthdays: Nelson Eddy b.1901; Frank Loesser b.1910; Bernard Herrmann b.1911; Porky Freeman b. 1916; Ralph Burns b.1922; Johnnie Richardson (Johnnie & Joe) b. 1935; Leonard Lee (Shirley & Lee) b. 1936; Little Eva b.1943; Eric Wrixon (Them / Thin Lizzy) b.1947; Buren Fowler (Drivin' n' Cryin') b.1959; Julian Priester is 90; Roger Ruskin Spear (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) and Garland Jeffreys are 82; Ian Paice (Deep Purple) and Bill Kirchen (Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen) and Derv & Lincoln Gordon (The Equals) and Bobby Martin (Frank Zappa) are 77; Billy Hinsche (Dino, Desi & Billy) is 74; Don Dokken (Dokken) and Colin Hay (Men at Work) are 72; Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) is 68; Greg Hetson (Bad Religion) is 64; Stedman Pearson (Five Star) is 61; Murray Foster (Moxy Früvous) is 58; Matthew Good is 54; Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) is 49; Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) and Nicole Scherzinger (Eden's Crush / The Pussycat Dolls) are 47; Aundrea Fimbres (Danity Kane) and Marina Tadić (Eerie Wanda) are 42; Derek Lee Rock (Suburban Legends / Mêlée) is 41.

Notice: B-Side is OPEN Mon-Thurs 10-6 / Fri+Sat 10-7 / Sunday 11-5. Email [email protected] or message here to support our shop with any Vinyl, CD, t-shirt or gift card orders, for pickup or shipment to your home. Thank you for shopping local 🙂

If you enjoy our daily posts celebrating historic albums, songs & artist birthdays, please invite your friends to follow the B-Side page, thanks

06/27/2025

HPZ will not be heard this week, as I'll be slinging records once more at Lola's Madison this Saturday from 5-8 PM. Wind down and cool off with a jazz-leaning set that'll feature your favorite voices and ensembles from the Big Bands & Beyond.

"Jazz Brunch" will still be coming your way live Sunday morning, 10 AM-noon (Central), on 98.7 WVMO.

06/19/2025

Released 60 years ago: “Trio ‘65” by Bill Evans (our copy here). Produced by Creed Taylor for Verve Records, this follow-up to the jazz pianist’s “Trio 64” LP introduced bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker. This album consists of compositions Evans had recorded on previous albums, re-imagined with this new trio. Reviews were good. Fun fact: In 1965, at age 35, Evans had already recorded over 25 albums as leader plus over 50 as sideman. More in Comments.

June 19 Birthdays: Guy Lombardo b.1902; Lester Flatt b.1914; Dave Lambert (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) b.1918; Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons) b.1928; Peter Bardens (Camel) b.1944; Robert Palmer b.1945; Nick Drake b.1948; Ernest Ranglin is 93; Elaine 'Spanky' McFarlane (Spanky and Our Gang) is 83; Chico Buarque is 81; Ann Wilson (Heart) is 75; Patty Larkin is 74; Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire) is 72; John Kruth (TriBeCaStan) is 70; Paula Abdul is 63; Brian Vander Ark (The Verve Pipe) is 61; John Hollenbeck is 57; Brian Welch (Korn) is 55; Dennis Lyxzén (Refused) is 53; Scott Avett (The Avett Brothers) is 49; Macklemore is 42; Casey McDonough (NRBQ / Flat Five) is ??

Notice: B-Side is OPEN Mon-Thurs 10-6 / Fri+Sat 10-7 / Sunday 11-5. Email [email protected] or message here to support our shop with any Vinyl, CD, t-shirt or gift card orders, for pickup or shipment to your home. Thank you for shopping local 🙂

If you enjoy our daily posts celebrating historic albums, songs & artist birthdays, please invite your friends to follow the B-Side page, thanks

06/16/2025

Shout out to the fellow student and community radio DJs who stopped out or volunteered their time to support WSUM Night at Lola’s! Thanks especially to DJ DH for sharing the spotlight with me. We felt the love from WVMO - The Voice of Monona and WORT FM, and some friends from Wisconsin Public Radio stopped by too!

Can you put the face to the voice? See photo captions to meet your favorite radio hosts!

WSUM Night was a benefit to support Friends of Madison Student Radio. You can still donate by visiting the FOMSR PayPal page: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=73Z647GG44BH6&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwK8RStleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHg5r7tyCKsXsCdET537jO2-oxqvy6_blqwSrMhVdhHw284nfgmQr_kra-jCy_aem_OOptH_7OQ6y4lwTwttelkQ

06/14/2025

WSUM Night was just the beginning. Join my friends and me this afternoon at Olbrich Botanical Gardens for Summer Breeze (yes, HPZ will still be live on WSUM at 7 PM Central!).

In two weeks, I'll be back at Lola's Madison with a jazz set to accompany your dinner hour.

06/13/2025

Gratitude Post! 🙏🏻

We at WSUM 91.7 FM want to extend a deep and sincere thank you to Lola's Madison for throwing us such a special WSUM Night shindig, celebrating 20 years of “The Heavy Petting Zoo.” Lola’s not only brought the class, they ARE class. We are beyond grateful for their generosity and partnership!

🫶 Thank you, Matt, for being game to put on this celebration, for opening the Sidecar Lounge to us for the pop-up vinyl market and fundraiser, and for enlisting the Lola’s team to be a part of the fun.
🙌 Thank you, Bryn, for the beautiful touches in the Sidecar Lounge and main dining room, making sure we had everything we needed, and for all-around slaying every day! You absolutely rock!
🤝 Thank you, Mark, for thoughtfully creating the inventive signature cocktails we all got to enjoy that evening. They were divine!

🫵 And of course, thank YOU for coming out to celebrate and support Friends of Madison Student Radio! If you weren’t able to make it but still want to donate, visit https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=73Z647GG44BH6

06/11/2025

We’re here till 11 and ready for you! 🎶

06/11/2025

👀 those records! See you tonight!

06/11/2025

HBD, HPZ! 🎉

Over the past 20 years, we’ve built a community around this radio show touting itself as “makeout music and more from the Big Bands and Beyond.” Tonight, we celebrate that community and the radio station that made it all possible, WSUM 91.7 FM!

Join us TONIGHT for WSUM Night at Lola's Madison!

If the dining room is full when you arrive, hang in the Sidecar Lounge and shop the pop-up vinyl market while you’re there. 100% of record sales support WSUM!

Enjoy our signature cocktail & mocktail crafted especially for tonight (sales also support WSUM!):

🐍 Snake Boots: four roses, fernet, curaçao, cinnamon, lime
🚴 Spin Class: grapefruit, simple, sage syrup, lemon juice, fee foam and soda water

I’ll be spinning your HPZ favorites from 5-8 PM, and DJ DH will bring the disco and boogie from 8-11 PM.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 💃🕺🎂