Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Upcoming DJ Gigs

I have been blessed with the opportunity to work with some awesome people! Thank you!




Girl Fest Closing Party: DJs Against Violence with KTUH DJs! Monday, February 20, 2012 @ Anna O'Briens. Featuring DJ Pearl, Michelle LaBelle, The Native Girl, G-Spot, and Zilla.

Here is the URL to the virtual program with all the details. http://www.girlfesthawaii.org/program.html



12th ANNUAL MARDI GRAS - CARNAVAL FESTIVAL
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 @ Nuuanu Avenue and Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96817

Presented by The Arts District Merchants Association

AN INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION OF INDULGENCE
Rhythm, Dance, Costume, Fine Foods & 10,000+ Mardi Gras Revelers

Free Street Festival - 6pm-10pm
Multiple Clubs - One Cover - 10pm-2am
The Human Imagination Street Soccer Tournament - 6pm-10pm

Live Bands and KTUH DJs G Spot, Nocturna, Michelle LaBelle, and Bennie James



Oh, wow...2 nights in a row (in addition to doing my show that Monday morning)...this is gonna be a fun week! I hope you folks can make it!!!

xoxo,
Michelle LaBelle

Monday, January 30, 2012

30 January 2012 Set List

9:00 am

Soil & "PIMP" Sessions-- Pluto
Horace Silver-- Cookin' at the Continental
Grant Green featuring Diane Reeves-- Down Here On the Ground (The Ummah Remix)
Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto-- In the Basement
Sugar Pie DeSanto--Soulful Dress
Lee Dresser and the Krazy Kats-- Beat Out My Love
Big Maybelle Smith-- Hair Dressin' Women
Major Lance--Rhythm
Walter Jackson-- Welcome Home
Marvin Gaye-- "T" Stands for Trouble
O.V. Wright-- Let's Straighten it Out

10:00 am

Cortijo Y Su Maquina Del Tiempo-- Gumbo
Cal Tjader--Bang Bang
Astrud Gilberto with Walter Wanderly-- Call Me
Kaori Kumi-- Siam Neko Wo Daite
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno-- Echate Pa'lla
Victor Y Boa Y Su Musica-- Soy Solo Para Ti
Fela Kuti--Sorrow, Tears, and Blood
The Liberators-- Self Reliance
William Onyeabor--Better Change Your Mind
Chicago Afrobeat Project-- Fix and Release

11:00 am
Grant Green-- Ain't It Funky Now
Ahmad Jamal--Swahililand
(N) Charles Bradley--"Stay Away" _Heartaches and Pain_ (Daptone)
(N) El Rego--"Cholera" _El Rego_ (Daptone)
(N) Venice Dawn-- "First Step On the Moon"--Adrian Younge Presents: Something About April (Wax Poetics)
Mayer Hawthorne-- Work To Do
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers-- I've Got a Feelin'
Melody Gardot--Les Etoiles
Candi Staton--I'm Just a Prisonor (of Your Good Lovin')
(N) The Funk Ark-- "Horchata" _From the Rooftops_ (ESL)
Carolina Chocolate Drops-- Why Don't You Do Right?

Monday, January 23, 2012

23 January 2012

9:00 am

Etta James-- Good Rockin' Daddy
Etta James-- Sweet Memories
Shirley Scott Trio-- Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Ted Heath-- Three for the Blues
Oscar Peterson Trio-- Things Ain't What they Used to Be
Mary Lou Williams--A Fungus A Mungus
Mary Lou Wililams-- Old Time Spiritual
Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra-- I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra--I'm Beginning to See the Light
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five-- Blue Light Boogie, Parts 1&2
Paul Desmond--You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
The Ike Quebec Swing Seven--Tapsy
Errol Garner-- My Heart Stood Still

10:00 am
Etta James-- W-O-M-A-N
Dave Brubek--I'll Never Smile Again
George Shearing--Bluesette
Eliane Elias-- The Time is Now
Cal Tjader--Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
Conjunto Libre--Sauvecito
Jose Mangual Jr--Ritmo Con Ache
Jorge Aragao-- Preto, Cor Preta
Pink Martini--Sympathique
Serge Gainsbourg--Coco & Co
Amelie Les Crayons--Ta P'tite Flamme
France Gall & Serge Gainsbourg-- Les Sucettes

11:00 am
Etta James-- Crazy Feeling
(N)Charles Bradley "Heartaches and Pain" _Heartaches and Pain_ (Daptone)
(N)Venice Dawn--"Anna May" _Something About April_ (Wax Poetics)
(N)Venice Dawn-- "Two Hearts Combine"_Something About April_ (Wax Poetics)
Al Green-- Simply Beautiful
Candi Staton-- That's How Strong My Love Is
Betty Padgett-- Rocking Chair
(N) El Rego-- "Do Do Bayo" _El Rego_ (Daptone)
(N) The Funk Ark-- "From the Rooftops" _From the Rooftops_ (ESL)
The Liberators-- Bulletproof
The Whitefield Brothers-- Weiya (Serengeti Beat)
Julie London--Adios

Monday, January 16, 2012

16 January 2012

9:00 am

Louis Armstrong-- A Kiss to Build a Dream On
The Andrews Sisters-- I Can Dream, Can't I?
Ella Fitzgerald--Dream a Little Dream of Me
Bill Evans-- A Sleeping Bee
Jackie Brenston with his Delta Cats--Rocket 88
Link Wray-- Ain't that Loving You Babe
Wanda Jackson-- Funnel of Love
Big Maybelle Smith--Hair Dressin' Women
Major Lance--Um, Um, Um, Um, Um,Um
Sam Cooke--You Send Me
Brenton Wood-- Oogum Boogum
Ahmad Jamal-- I Love Music
Art Tatum--Body and Soul

10:00 am
Otis Redding-- Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)
Bill Withers--Grandma's Hands
Marlena Shaw-- Woman of the Ghetto
Nina Simone--Ain't Got No...I Got Life
Reuben Wilson--Hot Rod
Baby Charles-- This Time
Judy Clay--Bed of Roses
Eddie King and May B. Mae--Please Mr DJ
Aaron Neville-- Tell it Like it Is
Duffy-- Stay With Me
Booker T & The M.G.s -- Sunny
Booker T. Jones-- Progress (Feat. Yin Yames of My Morning Jacket)
The Funk Ark-- Katipo (The Spider)
Bobby Hutcherson-- Going Down South

11:00 am
The Sons-- Boomp Boomp Chop
Hank Mobley-- Funk in Deep Freeze
Freddie Roach-- Wine, Wine, Wine
Jack McDuff-- After Hours
Ramsey Lewis Trio-- Wade in the Water
Breakestra--Me and Michelle
Charles Earland-- The Mighty Burner
Poets of Rhythm--Ham Gallery
Nightmares on Wax--Flip Ya Lid
Julie London-- Adios

Monday, January 9, 2012

9 January 2012

9:00 am

Sir Charles Thompson-- Benson Alley
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five-- Saturday Night Fish Fry
Wynonie Harris-- Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me
Jessie Powell Orchestra with Fluffy Hunter-- The Walkin' Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Right Out)
Dinah Washington--TV is the Thing This Year
Etta James-- Good Rockin' Daddy
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra-- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Louis Prima-- Angelina/Zooma Zooma
Sam Butera & the Witnesses--Let the Good Times Roll
Carmen McRae--Bye Bye Blackbird
Ella Fitzgerald-- Why Don't You Do Right?
Billie Holiday--Stormy Weather
Sarah Vaughan-- Come Rain or Come Shine
Julie London-- Sway


10:00 am

Cal Tjader-- Bang Bang
Cal Tjader & Charlie Byrd-- Tambu (Tombo in 7/4)
The Exciters-- Exciters Theme
Maximo Rodriguez Y sus Estrellas Panamenas--Flora
Joe Bataan-- Muchacho Ordinario
Eddie Palmieri-- Bouncer
Skorpio-- Te Toca Tocar La Tumba
Willie Colon--Hustler
Freddie Y Sus Afros Latinos--Maltrato
Tito Puente & His Orchestra-- Guanguanco En Tropicana


11:00 am
Soil & "Pimp" Sessions-- Pluto
J.A.M.-- Stasbourg St. Denis
Nujabes-- Flowers
Masterclass--Grotesque Butterfly
Monarx--Working Day & Night
Mayer Hawthorne-- Don't Turn the Lights On
Bulljun--Cold Stone Jazz
45 AKA Swing-o-- Sole Music F/ Suji Tap
Melody Gardot-- Who Will Comfort Me
Madeleine Peyroux-- I'm All Right
LaVay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers-- The Busy Woman's Blues

Monday, January 2, 2012

02 January 2012

9:00 am

Woody Herman-- Jazz Hoot
Blue Mitchell-- Mona's Mood
Bill Evans-- Little Lulu
Horace Silver-- The Hippest Cat in Hollywood
Clifford Brown-- Brownie Speaks
Dexter Gordon--Cheese Cake
Erroll Garner-- Come Rain or Come Shine
Mary Lou Williams-- Stormy Weather
Ahmad Jamal-- Ole Devil Moon
Art Tatum-- This Can't Be Love
Ramsey Lewis-- Samba de Orefu


10:00 am
Andy Harlow-- Batumbique
Eddie Palmieri-- Bouncer
The Bryan Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project-- Guajira Dubois
Bush Y Sus Magnificos--Nana Nina
Joe Henderson-- Y Ya La Quiero
Israel 'Cachao' Lopez-- Trombon Melancolico
Louie Vega and the EOL Band-- Aphrodite
Manny Oquendo & Libre--Cuando Se Acabara
Maximo Rodriguez Y Sus Panamenas Estrellas-- Mambologia
Poncho Sanchez-- El Sabroson

11:00 am
(N) Bio Ritmo--"La Verdad" _La Verdad_ (Fat Beats)
(N) The Funk Ark-- "From the Rooftops" _From the Rooftops_ (ESL)
(N) The New Mastersounds-- "On the Border" _Breaks from the Border_ (Tallest Man)
The Whitefield Brothers-- In the Raw
Rebirth Brass Band-- You Know You Know
Bob & Gene-- It's Not What You Know (It's Who You Know)
Booker T. Jones-- Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
Hypnotic Brazz Ensemble-- War
The Bamboos-- Funky Buttercup
The Liberators-- Multiculture
The Budos Band-- Nobody's Bulletproof
Soil and "PIMP" Sessions-- Storm
Julie London--Adios