December 29 - Playlist (Subbing for Chicago Carl)

"A backward glance at some Jazz favorites from 2009"

1) Pete Downes & Steve Littler - Skywatcher (Mystery Of Weather)
2) David "Fathead" Newman - Chelsea Bridge (The Blessing)
3) Chip White - Bird In The Yard (Double Dedication)
4) Joel Vanderheyden - Tanzania Life Project (Complete Life)
5) Stan Getz - Open Country (At The Shrine)`
6) JaR - Esquire (Scene 29)
7) Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones (Bare Bones)
8) Count Basie - Instant Blues (Basie Land)`
9) 8 Legged Monster - Saturn (Vol. 2)
10) Juliet Annerino - Drowning (Scenes From A Life On Fire)
11) Gerry Mulligan - I Heard The Shadows Dance (Lonesome Boulevard)`
12) Jim Holton - Wright Is Wright (No Green Bananas)
13) Diana Krall - Walk On By (Quiet Nights)
14) The Blue Note 7 - Mosaic (Mosaic)
15) Manhattan Transfer - Spain (The Chick Corea Songbook)
16) Bud Powell Trio - Fifty-Second Street Theme (Blues In The Closet)`
17) Roberta Gambarini - Estate (So In Love)
18) Eliane Elias - Chega De Saudade (Bossa Nova Stories)
19) Joe Lovano Us Five - Song For Judi (Folk Art)

` indicates Reissue

December 24 - Playlist: "JAZZ HOLIDAY"

1) Dexter Gordon - The Christmas Song (The Christmas Collection)
2) Bob & Hilary James - Christmas Eyes (A Koch Records Jazz Collection)
3) Inner Voices - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Holiday Harmonies)
4) Gary Burton - O Tannenbaum (GRP Christmas Collection)
5) Dave Brubeck - We Three Kings (A Jazz Christmas)
6) Yo-Yo Ma/Chris Botti - My Favorite Things (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
7) Dave Koz - Deck The Halls (Memories Of A Winter's Night)
8) Oscar Peterson - Winter Wonderland (An Oscar Peterson Christmas)
9) Booker Ervin - White Christmas (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)
10) Darlene Love/Brian Setzer Orchestra - Sleigh Ride (Jingle All The Way)
11) Stan Kenton - Christmas Medley (A Merry Christmas!)
12) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Holiday)
13) Eliane Elias - I'll Be Home For Christmas/Sleigh Ride (Yule Struttin')
14) Manhattan Transfer - Snowfall (The Christmas Album)
15) Bill Evans - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Best of Bill Evans On Verve)
16) Chuck Leavell - Joy Boogie (Holiday Harmonies)
17) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas (Now That's What I Call Christmas)
18) Isley Brothers - Special Gift (Now That's What I Call Christmas)
19) Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas (Christmas Wishes)
20) Don Grusin - Angels We Have Heard On High (GRP Christmas Collection Vol. II)
21) "City Of New Orleans" - O Holy Night (Sunday Music)
22) Heath Brothers - Our Little Town (God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen)
23) Dennis Wilson - Morning Christmas (Beach Boys Ultimate Christmas)
24) Diana Krall - Count Your Blessings (Christmas Songs)
25) Rosemary Clooney - Christmas Time Is Here (Christmas Belles)
26) Nat King Cole/Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Song (All The Best)

December 17 - Playlist

1) Diana Krall - Jingle Bells (Holiday)
2) Vince Guaraldi - Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
3) Horace Silver Quintet - Song For My Father (Song For My Father)
4) Ray Charles And Betty Carter - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Ray Charles And Betty Carter)
5) Ray Charles/Milt Jackson - Bags Of Blues (Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting)
6) Ray Charles - Little Drummer Boy (Sunday Music Volume 5)
7) Benny Goodman Sextet - After You've Gone (Slipped Disc, 1945-1946)
8) Ken Peplowski Quintet - Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool (Jazz For Dads)
9) Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Santa Claus Blues (Traditionalism Revisited)
10) Yo-Yo Ma with Dave Brubeck - Joy To The World (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
11) Ella Fitzgerald - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (First Lady Of Song)
12) Stan Getz - Three Little Words (Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio)
13) Miles Davis - Little Stuff (Filles De Kilimanjaro)
14) Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere - Cuttin' it Close (Nudge It Up A Notch)
15) Juliet Annerino - Jones (Scenes From A Life On Fire...)*
16) Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby (Golden Decade Volume 2)^
17) Stanley Turrentine - Major's Minor (Never Let Me Go)
18) Maynard Ferguson - Christmas For Moderns (Stan Kenton: A Merry Christmas)
19) Dean Martin - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Making Spirits Bright)
20) Manhattan transfer - Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season (The Christmas Album)
21) Mel Torme - Good King Wenceslas (Christmas Songs)
22) Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells (The Frank Sinatra Christmas Album)^

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

December 10 - Playlist

THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRTHDAY
The Frank Sinatra Birthday Special

Sinatra sings on all tracks (unless otherwise noted):

1) - Ring-A-Ding Ding (The Complete Reprise)
2) - Something's Gotta Give (Classic Sinatra II)
3) - So Long My Love (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
4) - I Wish I Were In Love Again (The Capitol Years)
5) - The Coffee Song (The Complete Reprise)
6) Oscar Peterson Trio - You Make Me Feel So Young (A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra)
7) - The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (Vegas)
8) - Get Me To The Church On Time (Vegas)
9) - I Only Have Eyes For You (The Rat Pack Live At The Sands)
10) - For Once In My Life (Live At The Meadowlands)
11) with Harry James And His Orchestra - My Buddy (Featuring Frank Sinatra)
12) with Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra - Shake Down The Stars ("The Song Is You")
13) - Sweet Lorraine (Portrait Of Sinatra)
14) - The Continental (Portrait Of Sinatra)
15) Joe Lovano - I've Got You Under My Skin (Celebrating Sinatra)
16) with Antonio Carlos Jobim - Baubles, Bangles And Beads (The Complete Reprise)
17) with Antonio Carlos Jobim - Change Partners (The Complete Reprise)
18) - Wave (The Complete Reprise)
19) Joe Piscopo - I Love Rock 'N Roll (12" Single)
20) - Two Hearts, Two Kisses [Make One Love] (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
21) - From The Bottom Of My Heart (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
22) - Ol' MacDonald (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
23) - Here Goes (The Rat Pack: Boys Night Out)
24) John Basile - The Way You Look Tonight (Frankly Speaking)
25) - Don't Be That Way (The Complete Reprise)
26) with Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - All I Need Is The Girl (The Complete Reprise)
27) - I'm Gonna Live Till I Die (Eee-O 11: Best Of The Rat Pack)
28) - It Started All Over Again (The Complete Reprise)
29) - Talk To Me Baby (The Complete Reprise)
30) - Soliloquy (The Complete Reprise)
31) Count Basie And His Orchestra - On The Road To Mandalay (Frankly Basie)
32) with Count Basie And His Orchestra - Luck Be A Lady (At The Sands)
33) - In The Still Of the Night (Sinatra And Sextet: Live In Paris)
34) with Count Basie And His Orchestra - Street Of Dreams (At The Sands)

December 3 - Playlist

Dave Brubeck's 89th Birthday

Dave Brubeck plays on all tracks (unless otherwise noted), accompanied by:

1) Quartet - Blue Rondo A La Turk (Time Out)
2) Quartet - Unsquare Dance (Time Further Out)
3) Quartet - Theme from Elementals (Time Changes)
4) Quartet - Elementals (Time Changes)
5) Quartet - Koto Song (Buried Treasures)
6) Quartet - Three To Get Ready Four To Go (25th Anniversary Reunion)
7 & 8) Quartet with New York Philharmonic - Dialogues for Jazz Combo And Orchestra: Allegro / Andante (Bernstein On Jazz)
9) with Yo-Yo Ma with Matt Brubeck - Concordia (Songs Of Joy And Peace)
10) with Louis Armstrong/Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Everybody's Coming (The Real Ambassadors)
11) with Louis Armstrong/Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Cultural Exchange (The Real Ambassadors)
12) with Louis Armstrong/Carmen McCrae - Good Reviews (The Real Ambassadors)
13) with Louis Armstrong/Carmen McCrae - You Swing Baby (The Real Ambassadors)
14) Two Generations Of Brubeck - Christopher Columbus ("Brother, The Great Spirit Made Us All")
15) Quartet - Hometown Blues (Back Home)
16) John Salmon - The Salmon Strikes (Salmon Plays Brubeck)
17) Ian Hobson - Brazileira (Darius Milhaud: Creation Du Monde)
18) with London Symphony - Regret (Classical Brubeck)
19) Trio with Gerry Mulligan And Paul Desmond - Take Five (We're All Together Again For The First Time)