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