Wednesday, December 31, 2008

January 1 - Playlist

THE NEW YEAR'S DAY SHOW
featuring my Favorites from 2008 Releases*

1) Joe Lovano/WDR Big Band - I'm All For You (Symphonica)
2) James Carter - Song Of Delilah (Present Tense)
3) Esperanza Spalding - I Adore You (Esperanza)
4) Hot Club Of Detroit - Two Weeks (Night Town)
5) Kathleen Gorman - What Does It Take? (Brand New Day)#
6) Jon Burr Band - None Of Them Is You (Just Can't Wait)#
7) Serge Forte Trio - Indiana (Oscar, A Tribute)#
8) Peggy Perkins - It Don't Mean A Thing (At Last)#
9) 8 Legged Monster - Monster Theme (8 Legged Monster)
10) Stanley Jordan - All Blues (State Of Nature)
11) Stan Getz - Litha (Sweet Rain)
12) Brecker Brothers - Good Gracious (Return Of The Brecker Brothers)
13) Brian Culbertson - Hollywood Swinging (Bringing Back The Funk)
14) Dianne Reeves - Lovin' You (When You Know)
15) Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis - Basin Street Blues (Two Men With The Blues)
16) Yo-Yo Ma/Dave Brubeck - Concordia (Songs of Joy & Peace)
17) George Duke - Images Of Us (Dukey Treats)
18) Walter Becker - Door Number Two (Circus Money)
19) Patricia Barber - C'est Magnifique (The Cole Porter Mix)
20) John Pizzarelli - Mountain Greenery (With A Song In My Heart)
21) Frank Sinatra - Body And Soul (Nothing But The Best)


* tonight, obviously, all songs are Recent Releases
# indicates Jazz Network member (see link at bottom of this Blog)

Thursday, December 25, 2008

December 25 - Playlist

THE CHRISTMAS NIGHT SHOW

1) Duke Ellington - The Nutcracker Suite (Three Suites)
2) Cheech & Chong - Santa Claus And His Old Lady (45)^
3) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Holiday)
4) Dean Martin - Winter Romance (Making Spirits Bright)
5) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Dona Nobis Pacem And Variations (Songs Of Joy And Peace)*
6) Bob & Doug McKenzie - Twelve Days Of Christmas (Great White North)^
7) Manhattan Transfer - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The Christmas Album)
8) Count Basie - Basie's Jingle Bells (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)*
9) Ray Charles - Little Drummer Boy (Sunday Music)*
10) Norah Jones - Peace (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)*
11) Modern Jazz Quartet - Precious Joy (Blues On Bach)
12) Dave Matthews Band - Christmas Song (Holiday)
13) The Beach Boys - Frosty The Snowman (Ultimate Christmas)
14) Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas (Christmas Wishes)
15) David Benoit/Dave Koz - Linus And Lucy (40 years: A Charlie Brown Christmas)
16) Yellowjackets with Jean Baylor - The First Noel (Peace Round)
17) The Bird And The Bee - Carol Of The Bells (Sunday Music)*
18) Jack Walrath/Bobby Watson - Canto Redentor (Yule Be Boppin')
19) "City Of New Orleans" - O Holy Night (Sunday Music)*

^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"
* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, December 18, 2008

December 18 - Playlist

Jazz Holiday

1) Dexter Gordon - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen)^
2) Bill Evans - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Best Of Bill Evans On Verve)
3) Duke Ellington Orchestra - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Take The Holiday Train)^
4) Doug Robinson - Joy To The World (Jazziz Holiday Album)
5) Eric Johnson - The First Noel (Christmas Guitar Mix Disc)
6) Vanguard Jazz Sextet - O Tannenbaum (A Jazz Christmas)
7) Duke Pearson - Sleigh Ride (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)*
8) Loren Schoenberg - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (A Jazz Christmas)
9) Eliane Elias - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)*
10) Jon Burr - Snowfall (Just Can't Wait)*
11) Dave Brubeck - Winter Wonderland (A Dave Brubeck Christmas)
12) Yo-Yo Ma with Jake Shimabukuro - Happy Xmas [War Is Over] (Songs Of Joy & Peace)*
13) Chris Botti - Ave Maria (Italia)
14) Take 6 - Sweet Little Jesus Boy (He Is Christmas)
15) Oscar Peterson - Christmas Waltz (An Oscar Peterson Christmas)
16) John Scofield - Chipmunk Christmas (Yule Struttin')
17) Diana Krall - Jingle Bells (Christmas Songs)
18) Vince Guaraldi - Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
19) Manhattan Transfer - Happy Holidays/The Holiday Season (The Christmas Album)
20) David Benoit - Carol Of The Bells (GRP Christmas Collection)
21) Mel Torme - Good King Wenceslas (Christmas Songs)
22) Julie London - Warm December (Christmas Belles)
23) Harry Connick Jr. - Parade Of the Wooden Soldiers (When My Heart Finds Christmas)
24) Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Christmas With the Rat Pack)

^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"
* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, December 11, 2008

December 11 - Playlist

THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRTHDAY
The Frank Sinatra Birthday Special

Sinatra sings on all tracks:

1) Come Dance With Me (The Capitol Years)
2) Mr. Success (Capitol Singles Collection)
3) Ya Better Stop (Capitol Singles Collection)
4) Can I Steal A Little Love? (Capitol Singles Collection)
5) with Harry James - From The Bottom of My Heart (Harry James And His Orchestra)
6) with Tommy Dorsey - Shake Down The Stars (The Song Is You)
7) with Tommy Dorsey - Yearning (The Song Is You)
8) Saturday Night (Portrait Of Sinatra)
9) The Girl Next Door (Songs For Young Lovers)
10) Can't We Be Friends? (The Wee Small Hours)
11) I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans (A Swingin' Affair)
12) I've Got You Under My Skin (Songs For Swingin' Lovers)
13) French Foreign legion (Capitol Singles Collection)
14) with Elvis Presley - Witchcraft/Love Me Tender (Classic Duets)
15) with Keely Smith - How Are Ya Fixed For Love? (Come Dance With Me)
16) with Sammy Davis Jr. - Me And My Shadow (Eee-O 11)
17) with Bing Crosby - Well Did You Evah? (Capitol Singles Collection)
18) with Rosemary Clooney - Peach Tree Street (Songs From The Girl Singer)
19) Let's Get Away From It All (Come Fly With Me)
20) You Go To My Head (Nice 'N' Easy)
21) Day By Day (Come Swing With Me)
22) Blue Moon (Swingin' Session!!!)
23) The Boys' Night Out (Rat Pack: Boys' Night Out)
24) It's Always You (Complete Reprise)
25) The Coffee Song (Complete Reprise)
26) I Never Knew (Complete Reprise)
27) Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (Complete Reprise)
28) The Good Life (Nothing But The Best)*
29) Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Complete Reprise)
30) Tangerine (Complete Reprise)
31) Oh, You Crazy Moon (Complete Reprise)
32) Body And Soul (Nothing But The Best)*
33) I Heard The Bells (Complete Reprise)
34) Mistletoe And Holly (Christmas With The Rat Pack)
35) Little Drummer Boy (Complete Reprise)
36) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Christmas Songs By Sinatra)
37) with Bing Crosby - We Wish You The Merriest (Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, December 4, 2008

December 4 - Playlist

Dave Brubeck's 88th Birthday

Dave Brubeck plays on all tracks, unless otherwise noted:

1) Quartet- Take Five (Time Out)
2) Octet - The Way You Look Tonight (Dave Brubeck Octet)
3) Quartet - Stompin' for Mili (Brubeck Time)
4) Quartet - Closing Time Blues (Jazz Red Hot And Cool)
5) Quartet - The Golden Horn (Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia)
6) Quartet - Camptown Races (Gone With The Wind)
7) Michael Franks - Hearing "Take Five" (Rendezvous In Rio)
8) Quartet - Kathy's Waltz (Time Out)
9) Miles Davis + 19 - The Duke (Miles Ahead)
10) Quartet/Jimmy Rushing - Am I Blue? (Brubeck And Rushing)
11) with Carmen McRae - Weep No More (Jazz Collection)
12) Quartet/Louis Armstrong - Summer Song (The Real Ambassadors)
13) Quartet - In Your Own Sweet Way (Brandenburg Gate: Revisited)
14) Quartet - Cassandra (Back Home)
15) Quartet/Bill Smith - By Jupiter (Near Myth)
16) - Benjamin (Quiet As The Moon)
17) with Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker Waltz (Young Lions & Old Tigers)
18) Quartet - Waltzing (So What's New?)
19) with All-Stars - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (1969 All-Star White House Salute To Duke Ellington)
20) with Cincinnati Pops - Take The "A" Train (Big Band Hit Parade)
21) with Paul Desmond - These Foolish Things (1975: The Duets)
22) with Yo-Yo Ma and Paquito D'Rivera - Joy To The World (Songs Of Joy And Peace)*
23) Quartet - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Jingle Bell Jazz)
24) Quartet - We Three Kings (Jazz Christmas)
25) - "Farewell" Jingle Bells (A Dave Brubeck Christmas)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, November 20, 2008

November 20 - Playlist

1) Count Basie And His Orchestra - At Long Last Love (This Time By Basie)
2) Fats Navarro - Goin' To Minton's (Cafe Jazz)
3) Brecker Brothers - Above & Below (Return of The Brecker Brothers)
4) Wayne Shorter - On Wings Of Song (Beyond the Sound Barrier)
5) Weather Report with Wayner Shorter - Face On The Barroom Floor (Sportin' Life)
6) Miles Davis with Wayne Shorter - E.S.P. (Footprints: the Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter)
7) Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife (The Definitive Collection)
8) Kathleen Gorman - Rialto (Brand New Day)*
9) Gold Company - And So Am I (Jazziz On Disc: Ed.8)*
10) Christian McBride - Aja (Sci-Fi)
11) Joshua Redman Elastic Band - Sweet Nasty (Momentum)
12) Hot Club Of Detroit - Coquette (Night Town)*
13) Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio - 3 for All (In Full Swing)
14) Yo-Yo Ma with Diana Krall - You Couldn't Be Cuter (Songs Of Joy And Peace)*
15) Stevie Wonder - Tuesday Heartbreak (Talking Book)^
16) Mandrill - Love Song (Just Outside Of Town)^
17) Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - Back Home (Winter In America)^
18) Stan Getz - Blood Count (Anniversary)
19) Dave Brubeck - Pange Lingua March (For Iola)
20) Ray Charles And Betty Carter - Baby It's Cold Outside (Ray Charles And Betty Carter)
21) Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (Christmas Belles)
22) Herbie Hancock with Corinne Bailey Rae - River (River: The Joni Letters)
23) Frank Sinatra - At Long Last Love (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

Thursday, November 13, 2008

November 13 - Playlist

1) Bill Evans - You And The Night And The Music (On Green Dolphin Street)
2) John Williams' Tenorama - Prez's Boogie (John Williams' Tenorama)
3) BeatleJazz with Toots Thielemanns - Fool On The Hill (All You Need)
4) BeatleJazz - It's Only Love (A Bite Of The Apple)
5) BeatleJazz - Chains (With A Little Help From Our Friends)
6) 8 Legged Monster - Grahameronia (8 Legged Monster)*
7) Miles Davis - Deception (Birth Of The Cool)
8) Dizzy Gillespie - Tin Tin Deo (Birks Works)
9) Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker & WDR Big Band - Strap-Hangin' (Some Skunk Funk)
10) Stan Getz - The Thrill Is Gone (Cool Velvet)
11) Eliane Elias/Bob Brookmeyer - Impulsive! (Impulsive!)
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet - So This Is Love (Dave Digs Disney)
13) Steely Dan - Hesitation Blues (Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz)
14) Johnny Otis - Blues Nocturne (Blues Archive: Johnny Otis And Friends)
15) The Commitments - Take Me To The River (The Commitments)
16) Najee - I Wish (Blue Note Plays Stevie Wonder)
17) Manhattan School Of Jazz Sextet - Bleep (Jazziz On Disc: Ed.8)*
18) Logan Thomas Quartet - Legends Throne (Jazziz On Disc: Ed.7)
19) Post-Bop Ensemble - Spiral Staircase (Jazziz On Disc: Ed.8)*
20) Janelle Sadler - Swingin' Mood (Don't Make Me Laugh)
21) Jon Burr Band - Rainbow Over Harlem (Just Can't Wait)*
22) Patti Austin - Funny Face (Avant Gershwin)
23) Frank Sinatra - You And The Night And The Music (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, November 6, 2008

November 6 - Playlist

1) Chris Botti - I'll Be Seeing You (To Love Again)
2) SuperSax - Scrapple from The Apple (The Japanese Tour)
3) John Pizzarelli - I Like To Recognize The Tune (With A Song In My Heart)*
4) John Pizzarelli - I've Just Seen A Face (Meets The Beatles)
5) John Pizzarelli - The Day I Found You (Live At Birdland)
6) John Pizzarelli - Johnny One Note (With A Song In My Heart)*
7) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Strange Meadowlark (Time Out)
8) Yo-Yo Ma with Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck - Concordia (Songs Of Peace & Joy)*
9) Esperanza Spaulding - Ponta De Areia (Esperanza)
10) Stan Getz - Windows (Sweet Rain)*
11) Jon Burr Band - Been Here All Along (Just Can't Wait)*
12) Cyrus Chestnut - Minor Funk (Soul Food)
13) Sonny Stitt - Constellation (Endgame Brilliance)
14) Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis - Bright Lights Big City (Two Men With The Blues)*
15) Maria Muldaur - The Promised Land (Meet Me Where They Play The Blues)
16) Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby - Jive Den (Original Jam Sessions 1969)
17) Duke Ellington - Harlem Air Shaft (The Best Of Duke Ellington)
18) Charlie Haden Quartet West - Sunset Afternoon (Always Say Goodbye)
19) Ray Brown Trio with Ulf Wakenius - Topsy (Summertime)
20) Nat King Cole - I Just Found Out About Love (Night Lights)
21) Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones - People Time (You Are There)
22) Steve Tyrell - The Look Of Love (Back To Bacharach)*
23) Frank Sinatra - I'll Be Seeing You (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, October 30, 2008

October 30 - Playlist

1) Dexter Gordon - How Insensitive (Sophisticated Giant)
2) Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Our Delight (At The Lighthouse)
3) Chet Baker - Chet (Chet Baker Big Band)
4) Chet Baker - For Heaven's Sake ("Let's Get Lost")
5) Chet Baker/Art Pepper - Tynan Time (The Route)
6) John Scofield - Down D (This Meets That)
7) Stefon Harris & Blackout - Message To Mankind (Evolution)
8) Wynton Marsalis - Until I'm In Your Arms Again (The War)
9) Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson - Crazy Rhythm (At The Opera House)
10) Gerry Mulligan - You've Come Home ("Jeru")
11) Thelonious Monk - Eronel (Chet Baker Criss-Cross)
12) Joe Zawinul - Black Market (Brown Street)
13) Paul Desmond - O Gato (Bossa Antigua)
14) Stan Kenton - La Quera Baila (Cuban Fire)
15) Paquito D'Rivera - Old Miami Sax (Tropicana Nights)
16) Oscar Peterson/Stephane Grappelli Quartet - Flamingo (Vol. I - Jazz In Paris)
17) Serge Forte Trio - Nigerian Market Place (Oscar: A Tribute)*
18) Django Reinhardt - Swing 39 (Swing 39 - Jazz In Paris)
19) Ella Fitzgerald - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (The Harold Arlen Songbook)
20) George Benson - On Green Dolphin Street (Boss Big Band)
21) Diana Krall - Pick Yourself Up (The Very Best Of Diana Krall)
22) Frank Sinatra - How Insensitive (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, October 23, 2008

October 22 - Playlist

1) The Great Guitars - Lover (The Sampler: Concord Jazz Heritage Series)
2) Kenny Burrell with Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Viva Tirado (75th Birthday Bash Live!)
3) Madeleine Peyroux - Lonesome Road (Careless Love)
4) Ben Webster/Oscar Peterson - This Can't Be Love (Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson)
5) Ben Webster - Time After Time (Ben Webster And Associates)
6) Dave Brubeck - Mean To Me (Late Night Brubeck)
7) Louis Armstrong - Struttin' With Some Barbecue (The Definitive Collection)
8) Eliane Elias - Solar (Something For You)
9) Art Pepper - Tin Tin Deo (Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section)
10) Duke Ellington And Ray Brown - Sophisticated Lady (This One's For Blanton)
11) Artie Shaw And His Orchestra - Traffic Jam (Begin The Beguine)
12) Roy Hargrove - Things We Did Last Summer (Approaching Standards)
13) Charlie Haden/Kenny Barron - You Don't Know What Love Is (Night And The City)
14) Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Headhunters)
15) Earth, Wind & Fire - And Love Goes On (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire)
16) Take 6 - Peace In The Valley (Beautiful World)
17) Serge Forte Trio - Funky Oscar - Oscar: A Tribute*
18) Stan Getz - Con Alma (Yours And Mine)
19) Roberta Gambarini - Only Trust Your Heart (Easy To Love)
20) John Pizzarelli - Have Another One. Not Me (Our Love Is Here To Stay)
21) Ray Charles/Betty Carter - You And I (Ray Charles And Betty Carter)
22) Frank Sinatra - Lover (Come Swing With Me)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, October 16, 2008

October 16 - Playlist

1) Charlie Parker - Dancing In The Dark (Charlie Parker With Strings)
2) Chip White - Mellow Works For John Birks (Double Dedication)*
3) David "Fathead" Newman - Everything Must Change (Lone Star Legend)
4) Bill Charlap Trio - On A Slow Boat To China (Written In The Stars)
5) Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart - Here I Am In Love Again (Love Is Here To Stay)
6) Bill Charlap Trio - Godchild (Live At The Village Vanguard)
7) Paul Desmond - A Ship Without A Sail (Cool Imagination)
8) Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette - Five Brothers (My Foolish Heart)
9) Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan - Limehouse Blues (Live At The Berlin Philharmonie)
10) Yo-Yo Ma - Tres Minutos Con La Realidad (Soul Of The Tango)
11) Bill Evans - Suicide Is Painless (You Must Believe In Spring)
12) Stan Getz - I'm Old Fashioned (Spring Is Here)
13) Grace Kelly - Ain't No Sunshine (Mood Changes)*
14) Jaco Pastorius with Sam & Dave - Come On, Come Over (Jaco Pastorius)
15) Stevie Wonder - As (Songs In The Key Of Life)
16) Thelonious Monk Big Band - Four In One (Big Band In Concert)
17) Chicago - Chicago (Night & Day: Big Band)
18) New York Voices - Farmer's Market (Live At M.C.G.)
19) Ella Fitzgerald - They Can't Take That Away From Me (Ella In Nice)
20) Frank Sinatra - Dancing In The Dark (Come Dance With Me)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, October 9, 2008

October 9 - Playlist

1) Benny Carter - What Is This Thing Called Love? (New York Nights)
2) Coleman Hawkins - Picasso (The Jazz Scene)
3) Stan Getz - Do What You Do, Do (Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida)*
4) Serge Forte Trio - Etude No. 6 (Jazz'in Chopin)
5) Serge Forte - Mambo Blues (Thanks For All)
6) Stanley Jordan - A Place In Space (State Of Nature)*
7) Eta James - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (We All Love Ella)
8) Stephano DiBattista - Laura (Parker's Mood)
9) Joe Lovano And Hank Jones - Budo (Kids)
10) Manhattan Transfer - Four Brothers (Very Best Of Manhattan Transfer)
11) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Shadows In The Street (Time Further Out)
12) John Scofield & Pat Metheny - You Speak My Language (I Can See Your House From Here)
13) Simone - How Long Must I Wander (Simone On Simone)*
14) Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (Swingers)
15) Michael McDonald - Love T.K.O. (Soul Speak)
16) Charles Mingus Sextet - Jitterbug Waltz (Cornell 1964)
17) John Coltrane - Ain't Life Grand (The Bethlehem Years)
18) Michael Buble - Me And Mrs. Jones (Call Me Irresponsible)
19) Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington - Blue Rose (Blue Rose)
20) Steve Tyrell - Walk On By (Back To Bacharach)*
21) Frank Sinatra - What Is This Thing Called Love (In The Wee Small Hours)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, September 25, 2008

September 25 - Playlist

1) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - I Only Have Eyes For You (The Best Of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis)
2) Joe Henderson - Out 'N' In (Milestone Profiles)
3) Kyle Eastwood - Now (Now)*
4) Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - You Talk That Talk (You Talk That Talk)
5) Benny Goodman - Fly-By-Night (All The Cats Join In)
6) Brubeck Brothers Quartet - Dance Of The Shadows (Classified)*
7) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Tokyo Traffic (Jazz Impressions Of Japan)
8) Oscar Peterson - Cottontail (Oscar Peterson Play The Duke Ellington Songbook)
9) Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches-Alt.Take (Kind Of Blue)
10) Chick Corea Akoustic Band - Morning Sprite (Alive)
11) Jim Hall/Ron Carter Duo - St. Thomas (Alone Together)
12) Queen Latifah - Don't Cry Baby (Trav'lin' Light)
13) Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff - One Mint Julep (Soul Survivors)
14) Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (Moonlighting)
15) Stan Getz - Billie's Bounce (Live By The Sea)
16) Fats Navarro - Goin' To Minton's (Cafe Jazz)
17) Cassandra Wilson - St. James Infirmary (Loverly)*
18) Patricia Barber - Late Afternoon And You (The Cole Porter Mix)*
19) Frank Sinatra - I Only Have Eyes For You (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, September 11, 2008

September 11 - Playlist

1) Count Basie And His Orchestra - Saturday Night Is The Lonliest Night Of The Week (Frankly Basie)
2) Sonny Rollins - A Nightingale Sang In Barkley Square (Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert)
3) Michael Brecker - Loose Threads (Pilgrimage)
4) Harry James And His Orchestra - Back Beat Boogie (The Aviator Soundtrack)
5) James Moody - I'm In The Mood for Love (James Moody With Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra)*
6) Stan Kenton - A New Day (The Jazz Compositions Of Dee Barton)
7) Dave Grusin - Our Love Is Here To Stay (The Gershwin Connection)
8) Wayne Shorter - Footprints (Untinted)
9) Matt Chamberlain/Bill Frisell - Floratone (Floratone)
10) Sonny Rollins - Doxy (Sonny Rollins's Finest Hour)
11) GRP All-Star Big Band - Airegin (GRP All-Star Big Band)
12) Chicago - Goody Goody (Night & Day: Big Band)
13) Brian Culbertson - Always Remember (Bringing Back The Funk)*
14) Corinne Bailey Rae - Call Me When You Get This (Corinne Bailey Rae)
15) Stan Getz - Opus De Bop (Cafe Jazz)
16) Paul Desmond - America (Bridge Over Troubled Waters)
17) Claude Bolling - Back Home In Indiana (Vintage Bolling)
18) Roberta Gambarini with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band - Stardust (Dizzy's Business)
19) Marilyn Scott - I Got Lost In His Arms (Every Time We Say Goodbye)*
20) Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (Jazz Divas Gold)
21) Frank Sinatra - Saturday Night Is The Lonliest Night Of The Week (Come Dance With Me)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, August 28, 2008

August 28 - Playlist

NEW THEME SONG: Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rock this Town (The Dirty Boogie)

1) Bob Brookmeyer with Netherlands Metropole Orchestra - I Get A Kick Out Of You (Out Of This World)
2) Dizzy Gillespie - Angel City (Dizzy Gillespie & James Moody With Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra)*
3) BeatleJazz - It Won't Be Long (Another Bite Of the Apple)
4) Ben Webster - Budd Johnson (Ben Webster And Associates)
5) Charles Mingus - Invisible Lady (Oh Yeah)
6) Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Blues Legacy (Bags & Trane)
7) Bill Evans - Beautiful Love (The Best Of Bill Evans In Verve)
8) Stan Getz Quartet with Chet Baker - It's You Or No One (Quintessence Vol. 2)
9) Bela Fleck - In Your Eyes (Tales From the Acoustic Planet)
10) Plas Johnson - Never More (Positively)
11) Al Jarreau - Lotus (Accentuate The Positive)
12) Brian Culbertson - The Groove (Bringing Back The Funk)*
13) Grover Washington Jr. - Soulful Strut (Prime Cuts)
14) Stevie Wonder - Passionate Raindrops (A Time To Love)
15) Jacques Louissier Trio - Rondo Presto (Mozart Piano Concertos 20/23)
16) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Symphony (Paper Moon)
17) Queen Latifah - Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Trav'lin' Light)
18) Mel Torme - Walk Between the Raindrops (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters Vol. 1)
19) Dianne Reeves - Social Call (When you Know)*
20) Frank Sinatra - I Get A Kick Out Of You (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, August 21, 2008

August 21 - Playlist

1) Thelonious Monk - Nice Work If You Can Get It (Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. One)
2) Wynton Marsalis - Thelonious (Standard Time Vol. 4 - Marsalis Plays Monk)
3) Andy Summers with Sting - 'Round Midnight (Green Chimneys)
4) Keith Jarrett - Mushi Mushi (The Impulse Story)
5) Brian Bromberg - Leisure Suit (Downright Upright)
6) McCoy Tyner - The Wanderer (The Best Of McCoy Tyner: The Blue Note Years)
7) Stanley Jordan - Ocean Breeze (State Of Nature)*
8) Dexter Gordon - I Told You So (Manhattan Symphonie)
9) Brad Mehldau Trio - Artis (Day Is Done)
10) Stan Getz - Lonely Lady (Apasionado)
11) Manhattan Transfer - 10 Minutes Till The Savages Come (The Offbeat Of Avenues)
12) Chris Botti - Venice (Italia)
13) Earth, Wind & Fire - You (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire)
14) John Scofield - Trio Blues (This Meets That)
15) Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (What's Going On)
16) Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond - Blue Dove (1975: the Duets)
17) Duke Ellington - Tourist Point Of View (The Far East Suite)
18) Fred Hersch Trio - Milestones (Fred Hersch Trio Plays...)
19) Louis Armstrong - Blues In The Night (Jazz Masters 1)
20) Ann Hampton Callaway - The Glory Of Love (Blues In The Night)
21) Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me (Jazz Divas Gold)
22) Frank Sinatra - Nice Work If You Can Get It (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, August 14, 2008

August 14 - Playlist

1) Oscar Peterson/Stephane Grappelli Quartet - I Won't Dance (Jazz In Paris, Vol. 2)
2) Shirley Horn - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (I Remember Miles)
3) Ron Carter - Bye Bye Blackbird (Dear Miles)
4) Cassandra Wilson - Seven Steps (Traveling Miles)
5) Miles Davis - All Blues (Kind Of Blue)
6) Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins - Conception (Dig)
7) Esperanza Spalding - I Know You Know (Esperanza)*
8) Buddy Rich Big Band - Cape Verdean Blues (Wham!)
9) Charlie Parker - Kim (Bird's Best Bop On Verve)
10) Benny Goodman - Life Goes To A Party (The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert)
11) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (People Time)
12) Phil Woods - Nada Sera Como Antes (Astor & Elis)
13) Lee Ritenour/Alan Pasqua/Ernie Watts - Children's Games (A Twist Of Jobim)
14) Badi Assad - Interrogando (Echoes Of Brazil)
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - It's A Raggy Waltz (At Carnegie Hall)
16) Kenny Burrell with Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Romance (75th Birthday Bash Live!)
17) Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart (Worrisome Heart)
18) Tony Bennett - Watch What Happens (The Complete Improv Recordings)
19) Frank Sinatra - If I Had You (Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, August 7, 2008

August 7 - Playlist

1) Monty Alexander - Fly Me To The Moon (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters, Vol. 2)
2) Lester Young - There Will Never Be Another You (Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio)
3) Hot Club Of Detroit - Passion (Hot Club Of Detroit)
4) Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - Summertime (Porgy & Bess)
5) Stan Getz with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - Provocations (Change Of Scenes)
6) Coleman Hawkins' All-Star Octet - The Sheik Of Araby (The War - Soundtrack)
7) John Pizzarelli - Soares Samba - (Bossa Nova)
8) Rosa Passos & Ron Carter - Feitio De Oracao (Entre Amigos)
9) Wes Montgomery - Amor Em Paz (Wave: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook)
10) Pat Martino - Earthling (Think Tank)
11) Sonny Rollins - Reflections (Ballads)
12) Dave Grusin - Prologue (West Side Story)
13) Dizzy Gillespie - Theme from Cool World (Talkin' Verve)
14) Joe Lovano - Cymbalism (Trio Fascination)
15) Richard Smith - Sing A Song (Soulidified)
16) Tower Of Power - What Is Hip? (The Very Best Of Tower Of Power-The Warner Years)
17) Paul Brown - 24/7 (Up Front)
18) Miles Davis - Early Minor (The Complete "In A Silent Way" Sessions)
19) Nicholas Payton - Tiger Rag (Dear Louis)
20) Cassandra Wilson - Black Orpheus (Loverly)*
21) Jimmy Scott - Angel Eyes (All The Way)
22) Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (Nothing But The Best)*

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

August 5 - Playlist (Subbing for Chicago Carl)

1) Deodato - Moonlight Serenade (Whirlwind)^
2) Return To Forever - No Mystery (Return To The 7th Galaxy)
3) Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet - Blues In Time (Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet)
4) Cassandra Wilson - Caravan (Loverly)*
5) Miguel Zenon - Ya (Ceremonial)
6) Hank Mobley - Advance Notion (Hi Voltage)
7) The Brubeck Brothers Quartet - West Of One (Intuition)
8) Dianne Reeves - Midnight Sun (When You Know)*
9) Michel Camilo - Repercussions (Spirit Of The Moment)
10) John Coltrane - Cousin Mary (Giant Steps)
11) Soulive - Hurry Up...And Wait (Doin' Something)
12) Doobie Brothers - Here To Love You (Minute By Minute)^
13) Ray Charles - Doodlin' (Blues + Jazz)
14) Stan Getz - Spiral (Ballads And Bossas: The Lost Sessions)
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Someday My Prince Will Come (Countdown: Time In Outer Space)
16) Harry Connick Jr. - I Could Write A Book (When Harry Met Sally)
17) Sammy Davis Jr./Count Basie - New York City Blues (Our Shining Hour)
18) Michael Buble - It Had Better Be Tonight (Call Me Irresponsible)
19) Frank Sinatra - Moonlight Serenade (Nothing But The Best)*

^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"
* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, July 31, 2008

July 31 - Playlist

1) Oscar Peterson Trio - Learnin' The Blues (Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra)
2) Gerald Wilson Orchestra - The Mini Waltz (Monterrey Moods)
3) Hiromi - Wind Song (Brain)
4) Gato Barbieri - Bahia (Best Of The Early Years)
5) Joe Henderson - No More Blues (Double Rainbow)
6) Maceo Parker - What'd I Say (Roots & Grooves)*
7) Duke Ellington - Newport Up (Live At The Blue Note)
8) Spyro Gyra - The Crossing (The Deep End)
9) Jordan E. Spivack - Jordan ESP (Oasis Jazz Volume VIII)*
10) Queen Latifah - The Lady Is A Tramp (We All Love Ella)
11) Cecil Taylor Quartet - Nona's Blues (The Best Of Newport '57)
12) Stan Getz with The Woody Herman Orchestra - Four Brothers (The New Collection)
13) Brian Auger & The Oblivion Express - Freedom Jazz Dance (Auger Rhythm)
14) Stevie Wonder - Go Home (In Square Circle)
15) Was (Not Was) - Boy's Gone Crazy (What Up, Dog?)
16) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Fourth Of July (So What's New?)
17) Jon Hendricks And The All-Stars - Shiny Stockings (Boppin' At The Blue Note)
18) Cassandra Wilson - Lover Come Back (Loverly)*
19) Rickie Lee Jones - We Belong Together (Pirates) ^
20) Michael Franks - Fool's Errand (Abandoned Garden)
21) Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

Thursday, July 17, 2008

July 17 - Playlist

1) Eliane Elias - But Not For Me (Something For You)*
2) Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Harry Edison - Woodyn' You (Jazz Giants '58)
3) Thad Jones with Kenny Burrell - Something To Remember You By (The Magnificent Thad Jones)
4) Tina Brooks - Everything Happens To Me (Minor Move)
5) Kenny Dorham - Lotus Flower (Afro-Cuban)
6) Gil Evans - Bird Feathers (The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions)
7) Marc Johnson - For A Thousand Years (The Sound Of Summer Running)
8) Benny Carter - Easy Money (New York Nights)
9) Stephane Grappelli & Yo-Yo Ma - In The Still Of The Night ("Anything Goes")
10) Stanley Turrentine - Broadway (Up At Minton's)
11) Ray Brown Trio - Who Cares? (Super Bass)
12) Marcus Miller - Funk Joint (Marcus)*
13) Corinne Bailey Rae - Since I've Been Loving You (Corinne Bailey Rae)
14) Wayman Tisdale - I'll Do The Driving (Rebound)*
15) Jim Hall with Joe Lovano - Bon Ami (Dialogues)
16) Ike Quebec - Ol' Man River (It Might As Well Be Spring)
17) Johnny Hartman - I See Your Face Before Me (Sings From the Heart)
18) Billie Holiday - Day In, Day Out (Songs for Distingue Lovers)
19) Frank Sinatra - But Not For Me (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, July 10, 2008

July 10 - Playlist

1) Stan Getz - Blue Skies (Blue Skies)
2) Gregory James Quartet - Samsara (Samsara)*
3) The Frank & Joe Show - "Mystery Bonus Track" (66 2/3)
4) Chick Corea New Trio - Cloud Candy (Past, Present & Futures)
5) Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra - Apollo Jumps (Oscillatin' Rhythm)
6) Dexter Gordon - August Blues (Tangerine)
7) John Coltrane - Equinox (Coltrane's Sound)
8) Bill Evans with Zoot Sims - Loose Bloose (The "Interplay" Sessions)
9) Harry Connick Jr. - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Songs I Heard)
10) Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond - Lyons Busy (Moods And Grooves)
11) James Moody with Eddie Jefferson - Billie's Bounce (Priceless Jazz 5)
12) Thelonious Monk - Criss Cross (Ken Burns Jazz)
13) Michael McDonald - Baby Can I Change My Mind (Soul Speak)*
14) Pieces Of A Dream - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Blue Note Plays Stevie Wonder)
15) Take 6 - Love's In Need Of Love Today (Beautiful World)
16) Claude Bolling with Jean-Pierre Rampal - Baroque And Blue (Vintage Bolling)
17) Wynton Marsalis with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Home: Beyond This Rage (Sweet Release & Ghost Story)
18) Tony Bennett - I Wish I Were In Love Again (Perfectly Frank)
19) Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Blue Rose)
20) Steve Tyrell with Frank Sinatra Jr. - The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (Songs Of Sinatra)
21) Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be Friends (Ella And Louis)
22) Frank Sinatra - Blue Skies (Portrait Of Sinatra)

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

July 3 - Playlist

1) Charlie Haden - America The Beautiful (American Dreams)
2) Bill Charlap Trio - America (Somewhere)
3) Benny Goodman And His Orchestra - Bugle Call Rag (Sing, Sing, Sing)
4) Herbie Hancock - Eye Of The Hurricane (Maiden Voyage)
5) Milton Nascimento - Cantaloupe Island (Pieta)
6) Herbie Hancock Quartet - Pee Wee (Herbie Hancock Quartet)
7) Oscar Peterson Trio - Easy Listenin' Blues (On The Town)
8) Spyro Gyra - The Unknown Soldier (Very Best Of Spyro Gyra)
9) Stan Freberg - Yankee Doodle Go Home (The United States Of America)^
10) Billy May And His Orchestra - Uptown Blues (Oscillatin' Rhythm)
11) Yellowjackets - Man Facing North (Collection)
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Hold Fast To Dreams (The Crossing)
13) Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Best Of Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
14) James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World (20 All Time Greatest Hits)
15) Amy Winehouse - Rehab (Back to Black)
16) Roy Hargrove's RH Factor - Hardgroove (Hard Groove)
17) Weather Report - Birdland (Heavy Weather)
18) Stan Getz - The Dolphin (The Dolphin)
19) Louis Armstrong - Home (Jazz Masters 1)
20) Ray Charles - America The Beautiful (His Greatest Hits)
21) Frank Sinatra - The House I Live In (Complete Reprise)

^ indicates The Vinyl Archive

Thursday, June 26, 2008

June 26 - Playlist

1) Lester Young - All Of Me (Lester Swings)
2) Miles Davis with Gil Evans- Summer Night (Quiet Nights)
3) Bud Powell - Willow Grove (The Best Of Bud Powell On Verve)
4) Dave Holland Quintet - Vicissitudes (Critical Mass)
5) Norah Jones - The Sun Doesn't Like You (Not Too Late)
6) Charles Mingus - Open Letter To Duke (Mingus Ah Um)
7) Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus, Max Roach - Switch Blade (Money Jungle)
8) Duke Ellington And Ray Brown - See See Rider (This One's For Blanton)
9) Manhattan Transfer - It's Good Enough To Keep [Airmail Special] (Swing)
10) Count Basie And His Orchestra - The Blues Machine (88 Basie Street)
11) Sammy Davis Jr. - Eee-O Eleven (Eee-O Eleven: The Best Of The Rat Pack)
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet with Bill Smith - Baggin' the Dragon (Near Myth)
13) Chick Corea Quartet - The Wish (Time Warp)
14) Eartha Kitt - My Heart's Delight (Legendary No. 3)
15) Michael McDonald - Hallelujah (Soul Speak)*
16) Al Green - Look What You Done For Me (Greatest Hits)
17) Dizzy Gillespie - Night In Tunisia (Afro)
18) Stan Getz & Albert Dailey - Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Poetry)
19) Joshua Redman Elastic Band - Lonely Woman (Momentum)
20) Roberta Gambarini - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/All The Things You Are (Easy To Love)
21) Oscar Peterson trio - Orange Colored Sky (With Respect To Nat)
22) Mel Torme - They All Laughed (Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire)
23) Frank Sinatra - All Of Me (Portrait Of Sinatra)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, June 19, 2008

June 19 - Playlist

1) Chet Baker - You Go To My Head (A Night Out With Verve)
2) Stan Getz Quartet - Stan's Blues (In Paris)
3) Dave McKenna - When You Wish Upon A Star (Jazz For Dads)
4) K J Denhert - I Got Time (Lucky 7)*
5) Pat Martino - Full House (Remember)
6) Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJonnette - Oleo (My Foolish Heart)
7) Red Norvo Trio - This Can't Be Love (Move!)
8) Joe Lovano/Hank Jones - Charlie Chan (Kids)*
9) Antonio Ciacca - Squazin' (Rush Life)*
10) Thelonious Monk - Bemsha Swing (Brilliant Corners)
11) Duke Ellington - Perdido (Piano In The Background)
12) Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams - Trio (Motor City Scene)
13) Candy Dulfer - Summertime (Candy Store)*
14) Earth, Wind & Fire - After The Love Is Gone (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire)
15) The Commitments - Try A Little Tenderness (The Commitments)
16) Dave Brubeck Trio/Gerry Mulligan - Out Of Nowhere (Live At The Berlin Philharmonie)
17) Queen Latifah - Georgia Rose (Trav'lin' Light)
18) Tony Bennett/Paul McCartney - The Very Thought Of You (Duets)
19) Ella Fitzgerald - A Felicidade (Ella Abraca Jobim)
20) Frank Sinatra - You Go To My Head (Nice 'N' Easy)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, June 12, 2008

June 12 - Playlist

1) Oscar Peterson - Come Dance With Me (A Night Out With Verve)
2) Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz - I Let A Song Go Out Of My heart (Diz And Getz)
3) Steve Turre with J.J. Johnson - Steve's Blues (Steve Turre)
4) Sidney Bechet - Four Or Five Times (Spreadin' Joy)
5) Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - Blue Hodge (Easy As Pie - "Live" At The Left Bank)
6) Pacifika - Me Cai (Asuncion)*
7) Roy Hargrove's Crisol - O My Seh Yeh (Habana)
8) Dave Brubeck - Benjamin (MusicMasters: A History Of Jazz)
9) Bob French - Burgundy Street Blues (Marsalis Music Honors Bob French)
10) Clifford Brown - Cherokee (Memorial Album)
11) Big Kahuna And The Copa Cat Pack - I Dream Of Jeannie (Shake Those Hula Hips)
12) Modern Jazz Quartet with Bobby McFerrin & Take 6 - Bags' Groove (40th Anniversary Celebration)
13) Charlie Haden with Michael Brecker - It Might Be You (American Dreams)
14) Soulive - Bridge To 'Bama (Doin' Something)
15) Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - Broken Promise Land (The River In Reverse)
16) Rare Earth - Get Ready (Hitsville, U.S.A.)
17) Gerry Mulligan - Brother Blues (Dragonfly)
18) Duke Ellington/John Coltrane - Angelica (Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
19) Ann Hampton Callaway - Blue Moon (Blues In The Night)
20) Chris Botti with Dean Martin - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Italia)
21) Ella Fitzgerald - Comes Love (Ella And Louis Again)
22) Frank Sinatra - Come Dance With Me (Come Dance With Me)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, June 5, 2008

June 5 - Playlist

1) Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul (Body And Soul)
2) Giovanni Hidalgo - Summertime (Con Mucho Ritmo)
3) Dianne Reeves - Never Said (The Blue Note Years)
4) Buddy Rich with Oscar Peterson - The Monster (Krupa And Rich)
5) Stan Getz Quartet - On The Up And Up (Pure Getz)
6) Bill Evans with Eddie Gomez - Gone With The Wind (Piano Player)
7) Michel Camilo & Tomatito - Spain Intro/Spain (Spain)
8) Benny Goodman - Swing Angel (All The Cats Join In)
9) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Mr. Fats (London Flat, London Sharp)
10) Wynton Marsalis - Donna Lee (Live At The House Of Tribes)
11) Joshua Redman Elastic Band - Put it In Your Pocket (Momentum)
12) John Scofield - I Can't Get No Satisfaction (This Meets That)
13) Four Tops - Shake Me, Wake Me [When It's Over] (Ultimate Collection)
14) Stephon Harris & Blackout - Nothing Personal (Evolution)
15) Stan Kenton - Early Hours [Lady Luck] (Cuban Fire!)
16) Dexter Gordon - Who Can I Turn Too (Gettin' Around)
17) Claudia Acuna - My Romance (Rhythm Of Life)
18) Nancy Wilson - I Wanna Be Loved (Save Your Love For Me)
19) Frank Sinatra - Body And Soul (Nothing But The Best)*

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, May 29, 2008

May 29 - Playlist

1) Ray Brown Trio with Ulf Wakenius - Watch What Happens (Summertime)
2) Joe Zawinul with WDR Big Band - Fast City (Brown Street)
3) Horace Silver - Song For My Father (Song For My Father)
4) John Scofield Band - Freakin' Disco (Up All Night)
5) Jessy J - Sin Ti/Without You (Tequila Moon)*
6) Geoffrey Keezer with Kenny Barron - Favors (Sublime)
7) Eliane Elias - Five (Something For You)*
8) Joe Lovano - Days Of Yore (Trio Fascination)
9) Herbie Hancock with Luciana Souza - Amelia (River: The Joni Letters)
10) Hank Mobley - Two And One (Hi Voltage)
11) Maceo Parker - Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Roots & Grooves)*
12) Nigel Kennedy - I Almost Lost My Mind (Blue Note Sessions)
13) Chet Atkins/Les Paul - Caravan (Chester & Lester)
14) The Brubeck Brothers Quartet - Jump Up, Get Down (Intuition)
15) Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud (Best of The Blue Note Years)
16) Louis Armstrong - Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now (Satch Plays Fats)
17) Sarah Vaughan - No Count Blues (Ultimate Sarah Vaughan)
18) Manhattan Transfer - Scotch And Soda (Coming Out)
19) Frank Sinatra - Watch What Happens (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, May 15, 2008

May 15 - Playlist

1) Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette - The Song Is You (My Foolish Heart)*
2) Wayne Shorter - Orbits (Alegria)
3) Sonny Stitt - I Got Rhythm (Endgame Brilliance)
4) Max Roach - I'll Take Romance (Jazz In 3/4 Time)
5) Dave Brubeck with Gerry Mulligan - Open The Gates (The Last Set At Newport)
6) Chris Botti - Venice (Italia)*
7) Brian Bromberg - Shag Carpet (Downright Upright)*
8) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - The Phat Pack (The Phat Pack)
9) Johnny Griffin - Chicago Calling (Introducing Johnny Griffin)
10) Lester Young/Oscar Peterson - Tea For Two (Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio)
11) Corinne Bailey Rae - Breathless (Corinne Bailey Rae)
12) Gato Barbieri - I Want You (Late Night Sax)
13) Stevie Wonder - It Ain't No Use (Fulfillingness' First Finale)^
14) Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - O Grande Amor (Getz/Gilberto)
15) Hiroshima - Hidden Times (Little Tokyo)
16) Janis Siegel - I Can't Help It (A Thousand Beautiful Things)
17) Michael Buble - I've Got The World On A String (Call Me Irresponsible)*
18) Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (Ella In Berlin)
19) Frank Sinatra - The Song Is You (Come Dance With Me)

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

Thursday, May 8, 2008

May 8 - Playlist

1) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Love Walked In (Jazz: Red Hot And Cool)
2) Bill Charlap Trio - While We're Young (Live At The Village Vanguard)
3) Ben Webster/Oscar Peterson - The Touch Of Your Lips (Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson)
4) Modern Jazz Quartet - Three Windows (No Sun In Venice)
5) Benny Goodman - Superman (Clarinet A La King)
6) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis - Fingers (Consummation)
7) Billie Holiday/Lester Young - The Man I Love (A Musical Romance)
8) Sonny Rollins - Moritat (Prestige Profiles)
9) Gerry Mulligan/Stan Getz - That Old Feeling (Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi)
10) Cyrus Chestnut - Cerebral Thoughts (Soul Food)
11) Marcus Miller - Funk Joint (Marcus)*
12) Matt Chamberlain/Bill Frisell - Mississippi Rising (Floratone)
13) Cassandra Wilson - Tupelo Honey (Blue Light 'Til Dawn)
14) Sting/Gil Evans - Consider Me Gone (Strange Fruit)
15) Andy Summers - Green Chimneys (Green Chimneys)
16) Michael Franks - Hearing "Take Five" (Rendezvous In Rio)
17) Nat King Cole - Never Let Me Go (Night Lights)
18) Steve Tyrell with Frank Sinatra Jr. - The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (Songs Of Sinatra)
19) Frank Sinatra - Love Walked In (The Complete Reprise)

* indictes Recent Release

Thursday, May 1, 2008

May 1 - Playlist

1) Charlie Parker - Easy To Love (Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes)
2) John Coltrane - 26-2 (Coltrane's Sound)
3) Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Cherry (Further Definitions)
4) Keith Jarrett Trio - The Wrong Blues (Standards Live)
5) Cassandra Wilson - Angel (Jazz Divas Gold)*
6) Eliane Elias - After All (Something For You)*
7) Roy Hargrove - Invitation (Nothing Serious)
8) Gladys Knight - Stormy Weather (Before Me)
9) Duke Ellington/Count Basie - Corner Pocket (First Time! The Count Meets the Duke)
10) Stan Getz - I Thought About You (Anniversary)
11) Michael Brecker - Five Months From Midnight (Pilgrimage)
12) Chuck Corea - Love Castle (My Spanish Heart)
13) The Philadelphia Experiment - Call For All Demons (The Philadelphia Experiment)
14) Grover Washington Jr. - Heat Index (Prime Cuts)
15) Dianne Reeves - Just My Imagination (When You Know)*
16) Dave Brubeck - I'd Walk A Country Mile (Reflections)
17) Oscar Peterson/Stephane Grappelli Quartet - Blues For Musidisc (Jazz In Paris, Vol. II)
18) Tony Bennett - I Wish I Were In Love Again (Perfectly Frank)
19) Carmen McCrae - It's Over Now (Carmen Sings Monk)
20) Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - In A Mellow Tone ("The Hottest New Group In Jazz")
21) Frank Sinatra - Easy To Love (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, April 17, 2008

April 17 - Playlist

1) Stan Getz/Chet Baker - I'll Remember April (Stan Meets Chet)
2) Charlie Parker - Scrapple To The Apple (Yardbird Suite)
3) Stan Kenton - El Conga Valiente (Cuban Fire!)
4) Michel Camilo - Armando's Rhumba (Con Mucho Ritmo!)
5) Chico O'Farrill - Havana Special (Cuban Blues)
6) Nigel Kennedy - Maybe In Your Dreams (Blue Note Sessions)
7) Dave Brubeck - Lonesome (Time In)
8) Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Brilliant Corners)
9) J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding - Bernie's Tune (Jai & Kai)
10) Duke Ellington - Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue (Ellington At Newport)
11) Ray Charles with Gladys Knight - Heaven Help Us All (Genius Loves Company)
12) Tom Timko - The Plunge (Tom Timko And The Horn Dogs)
13) Earth, Wind & Fire - Saturday Night (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire)
14) Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Allegro (Monterey Moods)
15) Joe Lovano - Bird's Eye View (Joyous Encounter)
16) Mel Torme - Just One Of Those Things/On Green Dolphin Street (An Evening With Mel Torme)
17) Dianne Reeves - Pretend (Good Night And Good Luck)
18) John Pizzarelli - Errand Boy For rhythm (P.S. Mr. Cole)
19) Frank Sinatra - I'll Remember April (Point Of No Return)

Thursday, April 10, 2008

April 10 - Playlist

1) Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Lonesome Road (Gone With The Wind)
2) Freddy Cole - To The Ends Of The Earth (To The Ends Of The Earth)
3) Mile Davis Sextet - Blues No. 2 (Someday My Prince Will Come)
4) Bill Evans with Zoot Sims - There Came You (The "Interplay" Sessions)*
5) Annie Ross - Twisted (Jazz Divas Gold)*
6) Eddie Daniels - All The Stars Are Out (...This IS Now)
7) Bill Holman/SWR Big Band - Marmaduke (Jazz In Concert)
8) Danilo Perez - Paula C (...Till Then)
9) Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Salmon Strikes (40th Anniversary Tour Of The U.K.)
10) Paul Desmond Quartet - Take Five (Live)
11) Stevie Wonder - Fingertips (At The Close Of A Century)
12) Soulive - First Street (Soulive)
13) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - The Surrey With the Fringe On Top (People Time)
14) Dexter Gordon - Three O'clock In The Morning (Go!)
15) Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - What Am I Here For? (Ella At Duke's Place)
16) Shirley Horn - I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (I Remember Miles)
17) Frank Sinatra - The Lonesome Road (A Swingin' Affair)

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

March 27 - Playlist

1) Eliane Elias - You And The Night And The Music (Something For You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans)*
2) Joe Henderson - Triste (Double Rainbow)
3) Ron Eschete Trio - Sleepwalk (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters, Vol. I)
4) Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-A-Ning (Live At The 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival)*
5) Yo-Yo Ma - Tango Suite: Allegro (Soul Of The Tango)
6) Stan Getz - Theme for Emmanuel (Dynasty)
7) Brad Mehldau Trio - Knives Out (Day Is Done)
8) Thad Jones - If Someone Had Told Me (The Magnificent Thad Jones)*
9) Stan Kenton - Incident In Jazz (City Of Glass)
10) Sophie Milman - People Will Say We're In Love (Make Someone Happy)
11) Claus Ogerman with Michael Brecker - Corfu (Claus Ogerman)
12) Amy Winehouse - He Can Only Hold Her (Back To Black)
13) Jason Miles/Richard Elliott - Take Me There (To Grover, With Love)
14) Corinne Bailey Rae - Daydreaming (Corinne Bailey Rae)
15) James Brown - Please, Please, Please (20 All-Time Greatest Hits!)
16) Brubeck & Desmond - Alice In Wonderland (1976: The Duets)
17) Ahmad Jamal - Daahoud (Chicago Revisited)
18) Ron Carter - 595 (Dear Miles,)
19) Shirley Horn - This Hotel (I Remember Miles)
20) Michael Franks - Eggplant (A Backward Glance)
21) Harry Connick Jr. - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (When Harry Met Sally)
22) Frank Sinatra - You And The Night And The Music (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, March 13, 2008

March 13 - Playlist

1) Harry James And His Orchestra - All Or Nothing At All (Harry James And His Orchestra)
2) Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band - Without You-No Me (Dizzy's Business)
3) Gerry Mulligan - Get Out Of Town ("Jeru")
4) Dave Brubeck - Bossa Nove U.S.A. (Trio Brubeck)
5) John Scofield & Pat Metheny - S.C.O. (I Can See Your House From Here)
6) Return To Forever - No Mystery (Return To The 7th Galaxy)
7) Wynton Marsalis Septet - Loose Duck (Marciac Suite)
8) Cannonball Adderley with Oliver Nelson Orchestra - Interlude (Domination)
9) Michael Brecker Quindectet - Scylla (Wide Angles)
10) BeatleJazz - Yes it Is (With A Little Help From Our Friends)
11) Don Grusin - Surfer Girl (A Jazz Portrait Of Brian Wilson)
12) David Garfield And Friends - Let's Stay Together (Tribute To Jeff)
13) Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - Nearer To You (The River In Reverse)
14) Muddy Waters - Going Down To Main Street (The Woodstock Album)
15) Stan Getz - Blues for Mary Jane (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)
16) The Roy Haynes Trio - Folk Song (The Roy Haynes Trio)
17) Diana Krall - Fly Me To The Moon (The Very Best Of Diana Krall)*
18) Freda Payne - After The Lights Go Down Low (Jazz Divas Gold)*
19) Frank Sinatra - All Or Nothing At All (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, March 6, 2008

March 6 - Playlist

1) Buddy Rich - Sunday (Krupa And Rich)
2) John Pizzarelli - Welcome To The Club (P.S. Mr. Cole)
3) Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Minor's Holiday (At The Cafe Bohemia Vol. I)
4) Al Jarreau - Waltz For Debby (Accentuate The Positive)
5) John Coltrane - Lonnie's Lament (Crescent)
6) Louis Armstrong - Alexander's Ragtime Band (Priceless Jazz 5)
7) Stan Getz - Con Alma (Yours And Mine)
8) Dizzy Gillespie - Bebop (Dizzy: The Music Of John Birks Gillespie)
9) Gene Harris Trio - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Gene Harris Trio Plus One)
10) Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio - 3 For All (In Full Swing)
11) Molly Johnson - Another Day [radio remix] (Another Day)
12) Orchestra Was - Forever's A Long, Long Time (Forever's A Long, Long Time)
13) Quincey Jones/Bill Cosby - Hikky-Burr [remix] (The Original Jam Sessions 1969)
14) Miles Davis - So What (Kind Of Blue)
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Far More Blues (Time Further Out)
16) Tony Bennett/Bill Evans - Lucky To Be Me (The Complete Improv Recordings)
17) Ella Fitzgerald - I Thought About You (Like Someone In Love)
18) Mel Torme - Something's Gotta Give (Sings Fred Astair)
19) Frank Sinatra - Sunday (Complete Reprise)

Thursday, February 28, 2008

February 28 - Playlist

1) Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - Desafinado (Jazz Samba)
2) Cyrus Chestnut - Soul Food (Soul Food)
3) Manhattan Transfer - The New Juju Man [Tutu] (Vibrate)
4) Jaco Pastorius Big Band - Three Views Of A Secret (The Word Is Out)
5) Sonny Rollins - Someday I'll Find You (Sonny, Please)
6) Stefano DiBattista - Hot House (Parker's Mood)
7) Count Basie with Jon Hendricks - Whirly-Bird (Basie At Birdland)*
8) Lester Young - [Back Home Again In] Indiana (Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio)
9) Norah Jones - Not My Friend (Not Too Late)
10) Keith Jarrett - Time On My Hands (The Carnegie Hall Concert)
11) Joshua Redman - Zarafah (Back East)*
12) The Commitments - Mustang Sally (The Commitments)
13) Queen Latifah - What Love Has Joined together (Trav'lin' Light)*
14) Stevie Wonder - Boogie On, Reggae Woman (At The Close Of A Century)
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Don't Worry About Me (Double Live)
16) Freddy Cole - Candy (To The Ends Of The Earth)
17) Bela Fleck - First Light (Tales From The Acoustic Planet)
18) Jane Monheit - Taking A Chance On Love (Taking A Chance On Love)
19) Sammy Davis Jr. - Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (Guys And Dolls)
20) Carmen McCrae/Betty Carter - Stolen Moments (Duets)
21) Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim - Desafinado (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, February 21, 2008

February 21 - Playlist

1) Oscar Peterson/Stephane Grappelli - I Won't Dance (Jazz In Paris: Quartet Vol. II)
2) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Strange Meadow Lark (Time Out)
3) James Moody - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (The Collected James Moody)
4) George Benson with Patti Austin - Moody's Mood (Give Me The Night)
5) New York Voices - Giant Steps (Collection)
6) Thelonious Monk Quartet - Blues Five Spot (Mysterioso)
7) Bette Midler - Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway (Bette Midler)
8) Stan Getz - Old Devil Moon (Spring Is Here)
9) Gerald Wilson Orchestra - I Concentrate On You (Monterey Moods)*
10) Dianne Reeves - Embraceable You (The Calling)
11) Soulive - Cannonball (Doin' Something)
12) Philadelphia Experiment - Ain't It The Truth (Philadelphia Experiment)
13) Steely Dan - The Last Mall (Everything Must Go)
14) Stefon Harris/Jacky Terrasson - Rat Race (Kindred)
15) Bud Powell - Collard Greens And Black Eyed Peas (Blue Note Jazz Profiles)
16) Count Basie - Li'l Darlin' (Atomic Basie)
17) 52nd Street - I've Got Just About Everything (Scrapple To The Apple)
18) John Pizzarelli - Should I? (Kisses In The Rain)
19) Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - They All Laughed (Ella And Louis Again)
20) Frank Sinatra - I Won't Dance (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, February 14, 2008

February 14 - Playlist (Valentine's Day & Grammy Winners!)

1) Stan Getz/J.J. Johnson - My Funny Valentine (At The Opera House)
2) Janis Siegel - Late Late Show (I Wish You Love)
3) Dave Brubeck Quartet - My Romance (West Side Story)
4) Stanley Turrentine - Come Rain Or Come Shine (Up At Minton's)
5) Herbie Hancock with Tina Turner - Edith And The Kingpin (River: The Joni Letters)
6) Chet Baker - I'm Glad There Is You (Big Band)
7) Claude Bolling Big Band - I Wish You Love (Paris Swing)
8) Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage (Pilgrimage)
9) Billie Holiday - I Wished On The Moon (Billie Holiday for Lovers)
10) Patti Austin - Who Cares (Avant Gershwin)
11) Terence Blanchard - Wading Through (A Tale Of God's Will)
12) Laura Nyro with Labelle - Gonna Take A Miracle (Gonna Take A Miracle)
13) Earth, Wind & Fire - Be Forever Wonderful (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire)
14) Temptations - Just My Imagination (Hitsville U.S.A.)
15) Dexter Gordon - The End Of A Love Affair (Live At Carnegie Hall)
16) Harry Nilsson - As Time Goes By (A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night)
17) Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley - Save Your Love For Me (Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley)
18) Jimmy Scott - Angel Eyes (All The Way)
19 Frank Sinatra - My Funny Valentine (Songs for Young Lovers)

blue indicates 2008 Jazz Grammy Winners

Thursday, February 7, 2008

February 7 - Playlist (Stan Getz' Birthday)

1) Bill Charlap Trio - In The Still Of The Night (Written In The Stars)
2) Chick Corea - Lush Life (Expressions)
3) Stan Getz - Heart Place (Live By The Sea: Cannes, 1980)
4) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Two-Part Contention (Back Home)
5) Stan Getz - Amorous Cat (Apasionado)
6) Sting/Gil Evans Orchestra - EXP [Up From The Sky] (Strange Friut)
7) Abbey Lincoln with Stan Getz - Bird Alone (You Gotta Pay The Band)
8) Candy Dulfer - La Cabana (Candy Store)*
9) Charlie Parker - Klaunstance (Yardbird Suite)
10) Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Blue Monk (At Carnegie Hall)
11) Charles Mingus - Bird Calls (Mingus Ah Um)
12) Stevie Wonder - Tuesday Heartbreak (Talking Book)^
13) Chicago - Brand New Love Affair (Chicago VIII)^
14) Minnie Ripperton - Perfect Angel (Perfect Angel)^
15) Lee Andrews And The Hearts - The Clock (Biggest Hits)^
16) Stan Getz - I'm Late, I'm Late (Focus)
17) Stan Getz/Albert Dailey - Tune Up (Poetry)
18) Herbie Hancock with Norah Jones - Court And Spark (River: The Joni Letters)*
19) Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, Lady Be Good (Priceless Jazz)
20) Frank Sinatra - In The Still Of The Night (Vegas)

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

Thursday, January 31, 2008

January 31 - Playlist

1) Stan Getz - Wives And Lovers (What The World Needs Now)
2) Bill Mays/The Inventions Trio - Fantasy [Mvt. 3] (Fantasy)*
3) Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance (The Best Of Spyro Gyra-The First Ten Years)
4) Herbie Hancock with Joni Mitchell - Tea Leaf Prophecy (River: The Joni Letters)*
5) Manuel Valera - Home (Vientos)*
6) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Lullaby In Rhythm (Jazz At The College Of The Pacific)
7) Jacky Terrasson - I Love You More (A Paris...)
8) Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Jazz Swing Waltz (Monterey Moods)*
9) Queen Latifah - I Love Being Here With You (Trav'lin' Light)*
10) Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High (Diz 'N' Bird At Carnegie Hall)
11) Sonny Rollins - Grand Street (Sonny Rollins And Big Brass)
12) Dexter Gordon with Eddie Jefferson - Diggin' In (Sophisticated Giant)
13) Matt Chamberlain/Bill Frisell - Swamped (Floratone)*
14) Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (Every Great Motown Hit)
15) Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping (Corinne Bailey Rae)
16) Junior Walker - What Does It Take (Hittsville, U.S.A.)
17) Ron Carter - Cut And Paste (Dear Miles)*
18) Duke Ellington/Coleman Hawkins - The Jeep Is Jumpin' (Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins)*
19) Wynton Marsalis - In Walked Monk (Marsalis Plays Monk)
20) Billie Holiday - Love Me Or Leave Me (Lady Sings The Blues)*
21) Harry Connick Jr. - But Not For Me (When Harry Met Sally)
22) Diana Krall - Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (All For You)
23) Frank Sinatra - Wives And Lovers (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, January 24, 2008

January 24 - Playlist

1) Phil Woods/SWR Big Band - Sweet Lorraine (Jazz Matinee)
2) Oscar Peterson Trio - Joy Spring (At The Concertgebouw)
3) John Pizzarelli - Route 66 (Dear Mr. Cole)
4) Stan Getz & Bill Evans - Grandfather's Waltz (Stan Getz & Bill Evans)
5) Mel Torme - Mountain Greenery (Mel Torme And Friends)
6) Weather Report - Birdland (Heavy Weather)
7) Eddie Harris - On A Clear Day (Greater Than The Sum Of His Parts)
8) Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (Maiden Voyage)
9) Cannonball Adderley with Miles Davis - Love For Sale (Somethin' Else)
10) Chet Baker/Art Pepper - Minor Yours (The Route)
11) Ella Fitzgerald - That Old Black Magic (Ella In Hamburg)*
12) Joe Turner - Wee Baby Blues (Atlantic Jazz: Best of the '50s)
13) Johnny Otis - Fanny Mae (Johnny Otis And Friends)
14) The Diamonds - The Stroll (American Graffiti)
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - A Misty Morning (Reflections)
16) Dexter Gordon - Days Of Wine And Roses (Tangerine)
17) Carmen McRae - Bye Bye Blackbird (Priceless Jazz 2)
18) Nat King Cole/George Shearing - Azure-Te (Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays)
19) Betty Carter - But Beautiful (Priceless Jazz 5)
20) Frank Sinatra - Sweet Lorraine (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, January 17, 2008

January 17 - Playlist

1) Bill Charlap Trio - It's Only A Paper Moon (Live At The Village Vanguard)*
2) Geoffrey Keezer with Kenny Barron - Passing Time (Sublime)
3) Bob French with Ellen Smith - Do You Know What It Means [To Miss New Orleans] (Marsalis Music Honors Bob French)*
4) Terence Blanchard - Levees (A Tale Of God's Will)*
5) Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson - Billie's Bounce (At The Opera House)
6) Claude Bolling - Lagaffe (Claude Bolling Big Band)
7) Eliane Elias - Straight Across (So Far So Close)
8) Jaco Pastorius - Kuru/Speak Like A Child (Jaco Pastorius)
9) Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Doodlin' (Newport '57)*
10) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Brotherly Love (So What's New)
11) Soulive - Doin' Something (Doin' Something)
12) Cassandra Wilson - It Would Be So Easy (Thunderbird)
13) Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - Expense Account (Easy As Pie: "Live" At The Left Bank)
14) Bill Evans - Walkin' Up (Ultimate Bill Evans)
15) Mile Davis - Budo ('Round About Midnight)
16) Linda Ronstadt - Miss Otis Regrets (We All Love Ella)*
17) Gerry Mulligan with Mel Torme - Darn That Dream (Re-Birth Of The Cool)
18) Billie Holiday - Trav'lin' Light (Lady Sings The Blues)
19) Frank Sinatra - It's Only A Paper Moon (Sinatra's Swingin' Session)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, January 3, 2008

January 3 - Playlist

1) Max Roach - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Jazz in 3/4 Time)
2) Ron Carter - Someday My Prince Will Come (Dear Miles)*
3) Duke Ellington - Blues For New Orleans (New Orleans Suite)
4) Jack Teagarden with The Red Allen Band - Basin Street Blues (Newport '57)*
5) Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'[alt. take] (Moanin')
6) Paul Gonsalves - Bluz For Liz (Tell It The Way It IS)
7) Miles Davis - Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon William Process (The Complete "In A Silent Way" Sessions)
8) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Time Out)
9) Al Jarreau - Take Five (Look To The Rainbow)
10) Regina Carter - Hide & Seek (Something For Grace)
11) Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Hide Love (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire)
12) Ledisi - Alright (Lost & Found)*
13) David Benoit - Kei's Song (GRP 10th Anniversary Collection)
14) Jay & Kai Trombone Octet - Four Plus Four (Jay & Kai + 6)
15) Benny Green - Grooveland (Naturally)
16) Rickie Lee Jones with Dr. John - Makin' Whoopee (Duchess Of Coolsville)
17) Ray Charles/Count Basie Orchestra - Let The Good Times Roll (Ray Sings, Basie Swings)
18) Stan Getz with Astrud Gilberto - It Might As Well Be Spring (Getz Au Go Go)
19) Frank Sinatra - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release