David Bode Big Band
WWOZ Jazz Tent
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans Fair Grounds
New Orleans, La.
April 25, 2026

01. radio intro :11
02. Happy People 4:02
03. Lover, You Should've Come Over 8:57
04. Monkey Puzzle 6:30
05. Lush Life 5:31
06. Syeeda's Song Flute 5:39
07. Cold Train Funk 3:10

Total: 34:03


source: WWOZ-FM > Yamaha TX900 > Metric Halo MIO-2882 > Macintosh MacBook Pro > MIO Console 5.6 > wav > Reaper v7.69 (mid/side stereo signal decoded) > iZotope RX 11 Advanced (normalized 1 db) > xACT 2.59 > flac


NOTES
Recorded off the radio by Richard Russell.

WWOZ's mix appeared to have been broadcast without properly decoding the mid/side stereo signal, causing most of the instruments to come through the left speaker. Using Reaper, I corrected the issue with a mid/side decoder.

There was a long station break at 94 seconds into Track 3. The ID was mostly in the left channel, so I was able to remove the talking and retain the music, although the sound quality deteriorates slightly (the mix becomes mono and some digital artifacts can be detected from the editing process) for about 58 seconds.

Finally, the last song ended abruptly during the broadcast and was followed by about 60 seconds of silence before unrelated canned music resumed.