May 27 - Playlist

A Birthday Tribute To Miles! (5/26/26 - 9/28/91)

Miles Davis appears on all tracks (unless otherwise noted), with accompaniment listed:

1) - All Of You ('Round About Midnight)
2) with Gil Evans - Once Upon A Summertime (Quiet Nights)
3) with Charlie Parker Septet - Ornithology (Yardbird Suite)
4) - Walkin' (Prestige Profiles)
5) Ron Carter - As Time Goes By (Dear Miles)
6) Yellowjackets - Dewey (Collection)
7) - Deception (Birth Of The Cool)
8) - Straight, No Chaser (Milestones)
9) with Sonny Rollins - Conception (Dig!)
10) Jon Hendricks And Friends - Freddie Freeloader (Freddie Freeloader)
11) Jason Miles - Suba (Miles To Miles)
12) with Gil Evans - Concierto De Aranjuez (Sketches Of Spain)
13) +19 - The Duke (Miles Ahead)
14) - Someday My Prince Will Come (Someday My Prince Will Come)
15) Manhattan Transfer - Tutu (Vibrate)
16) Cassandra Wilson - Seven Steps (Traveling Miles)
17) Frank Sinatra - All Of You (The Complete Reprise)

May 20 - Playlist

1) Ben Webster Quintet - Makin' Whoopee (Soulville)
2) John Klemmer - Mardi Gras (Arabesque)^
3) Bobby McFerrin - Fertile Field (Beyond Words)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Hank Jones - Satin Doll (Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life)
5) Joe Lovano And Hank Jones - Lullaby (Kids)
6) Charlie Haden & Hank Jones - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Steal Away)
7) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Shadows In The Street (Time Further Out)

8) John Coltrane - Blue To You (Coltrane Plays The Blues)
9) Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches (Kind Of Blue)
10) Gil Evans - Sunken Treasures (Priceless Jazz)
11) James Carter - Dodo's Bounce (Present Tense)
12) Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio - Four On Six (Smokin' At the Half Note)

THE R & B CORNER

13) Aretha Franklin - Oh Me Oh My (Young, Gifted And Black)^
14) Four Tops - Shake Me, Wake Me (Ultimate Collection)
15) Lauro Nyro And Labelle - You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Gonna' Take A Miracle)
16) Al Green - I Can't Get Next To You (Greatest Hits)
17) Stan Getz - The Dolphin (The Dolphin)
18) Nick Hempton Band - Serenity (Nick Hempton Band)#
19) Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones - You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (You Are There)
20) John Pizzarelli - All I Saw Was You (Let There Be Love)
21) Jon & Lynn - Overjoyed (Jon & Lynn)#*
22) Frank Sinatra - Makin' Whoopee (Songs For Swingin' Lovers!)

# indicates Jazz Network Worldwide member (see link at bottom of this Blog)
* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

May 13 - Playlist

1) Stan Getz - I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (In Stockholm)
2) Dave Holland Quintet - Lucky Seven (Critical Mass)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Count Basie And His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump (An Anthology of Big Band Swing: 1930-1955)
4) Count Basie And His Orchestra - April in Paris (Savoy Jazz Sampler)
5) Count Basie And His Orchestra - Contractor's Blues (88 Basie Street)
6) Art Pepper And Zoot Sims - Breakdown Blues (Art 'N' Zoot)
7) Esperanza Spalding - I Know You Know (Esperanza)
8) Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle (Ah Um)
9) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Pick Up Sticks (Time Out)
10) Dexter Gordon - Where Are You? (Go!)
11) Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debbie (At The Village Vanguard)
12) Eric Alexander - I'll Be Around (Nightlife In Tokyo)

THE R & R CORNER

13) Van Morrison - Real Real Gone (At The Movies)
14) Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Hide Love (The Essential)
15) George Benson & Al Jarreau - Let It Rain (Givin' It Up)
16) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - The Phat Pack (The Phat Pack)
17) 8 Legged Monster - Mood (Live At North Beach)
18) Holly Cole - Waters Of March (Amazon Jazz Sampler)
19) Big Kahuna & The Copa Cat Pack - In The Copa Room (Hawaiian Swing)
20) Janelle Sadler - Swingin' Mood (Don't Make Me Laugh)
21) Frank Sinatra - I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (The Capitol Years)

May 6 - Playlist

1) Sonny Rollins - Moritat (Saxophone Colossus)
2) Geoffrey Keezer/Chick Corea - Intimidation (Sublime)

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3) Herbie Hancock - Wiggle Waggle (Mwandishi)
4) Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter - Visitor From Nowhere (1+1)
5) Bill Holman with SWR Big Band - Sometimes (Jazz In Concert)
6) James Moody - Moody's Mood (The Collected James Moody)
7) Stan Getz - Litha (My Foolish Heart-Live At The Left Bank)
8) Clifford Brown with Zoot Sims - Joy Spring (Jazz Immortal)
9) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Mr. Fats (London Flat, London Sharp)
10) Jason Moran - Say Peace (Black Stars)

THE R & B CORNER

11) Jason Miles - Trouble Man (What's Going On?)
12) Randy Crawford - Street Life ("Jackie Brown")
13) Isaac Hayes - Walk On By (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration)
14) Pat Metheny Group - San Lorenzo (Pat Metheny Group)
15) Standard Time Jazz Sextet - She's Gone (First Take)
16) Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings (Experience The Divine)%
17) Holly Cole Trio with Oscar Castro-Neves - Children And Art (Color And Light)
18) Frank Sinatra - Mack The Knife (The Complete Reprise)

% Dedicated to Mom from Dad for Mother's Day