April 26, 1997
 Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Donald Hall, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, and Butch Thompson.

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00:00Logo
00:11TISHOMINGO
02:18B PART OF TISHOMINGO
02:59GK TALKS ABOUT DUKE ELLINGTON
03:10BAD WEEK: SPRING MADRIGAL (RA)
09:23THE SPRING CLAD ALL IN GLADNESS (M)
12:58SIX MONTHS OF WINTER, READY FOR SPRING TO START
15:18APPLAUSE--GK TALKS ABOUT DUKE ELLINGTON
16:48DOUBLE CHECK STOMP
19:57APPLAUSE-GK TALKS WITH BUTCH THOMPSON
21:17SATURDAY NIGHT FUNCTION
23:56APPLAUSE
24:16ASPARAGUS (RA)
27:01APPLAUSE
28:45DONALD HALL READS FROM "THE OLD LIFE" (RA)--Spring Glen School
34:39APPLAUSE--GK TALKS ABOUT DONALD HALL'S HOME
35:00GUY NOIR: TERM PAPER WRITER (RA)
48:00APPLAUSE--GK TALKS ABOUT FRANZ SCHUBERT
49:35SCHUBERT SERENADE
52:57SCHUBERT IMPROMPTU PIANO SOLO BY CHARLES KEMPER
54:24SONNET 116 BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (RA)
55:15THE PRIMROSE (RA)
56:33GK LIMERICK ABOUT DONALD HALL
56:50DONALD HALL RECITES SHEEP LIMERICK
57:10SHEBA/AMOEBA LIMERICK
57:25TITIAN LIMERICK
57:45FETE BY DONALD HALL
58:10O, EYES OF MY BELOVED BY DELASSO
100:03KING SOLOMON AND DAVID POEM
100:22SOLITUDE
102:13GK SEGUE TO INTERMISSION
102:49I WANT TO BE HAPPY
106:30GREETINGS
113:36WHAT'S COMING UP
114:12BACKWATER BLUES
115:07FLOOD: WEEK THREE (RA)
118:20BACKWATER BLUES
118:51APPLAUSE
119:10PASS ME NOT
123:20APPLAUSE
124:03HAUNTED NIGHTS
127:50MONOLOGUE (RA)
149:07BLACK BEAUTY--ELLINGTON
151:49APPLAUSE
152:11BASEBALL BY DONALD HALL (RA)
153:25PHILOSOPHY IN WARM WEATHER (RA)
154:36APPLAUSE
158:07Final credits (RA)
158:10PASS ME NOT (DIXIELAND STYLE)
Guest Information
  • Donald Hall
  • The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
  • Butch Thompson
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  • Bad Week
  • Asparagus
  • Guy Noir
  • Flood
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