December 30 - Playlist

Terence Blanchard - I Thought About You (Wandering Moon)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger (Le Voyage)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Chick Corea Quartet - The Wish (Time Warp)
Chick Corea - Spain (Akoustic Band)

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Nick Hempton Band - Trivia (Nick Hempton Band)
Koplant No - Baby [With A Monacle] (Koplant No)

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Thelonious Monk - Epistrophy (It's Monk's Time)
Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child (Speak like A Child)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Perdido (Newport 1958: Brubeck Plays Ellington)
Norah Jones/Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Ruler Of My Heart (...Featuring Norah Jones)

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Stan Getz - Song For Martine (Dynasty)
Michael Franks - Baseball (A Backward Glance)

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Benny Carter - Lover Man (More Cookin')

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THE VOCALISTS

Nnenna Freelon - Lost In The Stars (Listen)
John Pizzarelli - Mountain Greenery (With A Song in My Heart)
Ella Fitzgerald - Mean To Me (Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson)
Frank Sinatra - I Thought About You (Songs For Swingin' Lovers!)

December 23 - Playlist

"JAZZ HOLIDAY"

Dexter Gordon - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen)
Duke Ellington - Peanut Brittle Brigade (Three Suites)

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Dave Koz - Memories Of A Winter's Night [A Song For Hanukkah] (Memories Of A Winter's Night)
Michael McDonald - Angels We Have Heard On High (Holiday)
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Joy To The World (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
Dave Brubeck - To Us Is Given (A Dave Brubeck Christmas)

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Manhattan Transfer - Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season (The Christmas Album)
Vincent Herring - O Come, All Ye Faithful (A Jazz Christmas)
Vanguard Jazz Sextet - O Tannenbaum (A Jazz Christmas)

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Maynard Ferguson - Christmas For Moderns (Stan Kenton - A Merry Christmas)
Diana Krall - Winter Wonderland (Christmas Songs)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

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Oscar Peterson - Christmas Waltz (An Oscar Peterson Christmas)
Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (Christmas Belles)
Count Basie - Basie's Jingle Bells (The Ultimate Jazz Christmas)

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Cheech & Chong - Santa Claus And His Old Lady (45 rpm Single)
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Holiday)
John Lennon - Happy Xmas [War Is Over} (Now That's What I Call Christmas)

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"City Of New Orleans" - O Holy Night (Sunday Music Vol. 5)
John Coltrane - Greensleeves (Standards)

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Sarah Vaughan - Snowbound (Christmas Belles)
Mel Tormé - The Christmas Song (Christmas Songs)
Darlene Love with Brian Setzer Orchestra - Deep In The Heart Of Christmas (Jingle All The Way)
Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Christmas With The Rat Pack)

December 16 – Playlist

THE CHAIRMAN’S 95TH BIRTHDAY
The Annual Frank Sinatra Birthday Show

Frank Sinatra sings on all selections:

- Jingle Bells The Sinatra Christmas Album)
- I Believe (Christmas With The Rat Pack)
- Mistletoe And Holly (Capitol Singles Collection)
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Christmas Songs)
…with Dean Martin - It’s A Marshmallow World (Christmas With The Rat Pack)

“Home For the Holidays”

- Moonlight In Vermont (Come Fly With Me)
- Theme From “New York, New York” (Trilogy: Present)
- Chicago (Come Fly With Me)
- L.A. Is My Lady (L.A. Is My Lady)

“Cole Porter”

- What Is This Thing Called Love (In The Wee Small Hours)
- You’re Sensational (High Society)
- Night And Day (A Swingin’ Affair!)
- Anything Goes (Songs For Swingin’ Lovers)
- At Long Last Love (Sinatra And Swingin’ Brass)

“The Rat Pack”

…with Sammy Davis Jr. & Dean Martin - We Open in Venice (Complete Reprise)
…with Dean, Sammy & Bing Crosby - Style (Complete Reprise)
…with Sammy Davis Jr. - Me And My Shadow (Eee-O 11)
…with Dean & Sammy - Dialogue/Guys And Dolls (Live At The Sands)

“Big Band”

…with Harry James - All Or Nothing At All (Harry James And His Orchestra)
…with Tommy Dorsey - This Is The Beginning Of The End (The Song IS You)
…with Count Basie - The Tender trap (Sinatra/Basie)
…with Duke Ellington - All I Need Is The Girl (Complete Reprise)

“Duets”

…with Keely Smith - Nothing In Common (Come Dance With Me)
…with Antonio Carlos Jobim - Desafinado (Sinatra/Jobim)
…with Frank Sinatra Jr. - My Kind Of Town (Duets II)
…with Rosemary Clooney - Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)

“Got Live If You Want It”

…with Count Basie - You Make Me Feel So Young (At The Sands)
…with Sextet - You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (Live In Paris)
…with Woody Herman - I’ve Got You Under My Skin (The Main Event)

“Merry Christmas To All”

- The Christmas Waltz (Capitol Singles Collection)
…with Bing Crosby - We Wish You The Merriest (Complete Reprise)
- White Christmas (Christmas Songs)
…with Dean Martin - Auld Lang Syne (Christmas With The Rat Pack)
…with Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (The 80th: All The Best)

December 9 - Playlist

DAVE BRUBECK'S 90th BIRTHDAY SHOW

Dave Brubeck Quartet {Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright} - Blue Rondo A La Turk (At Carnegie Hall)

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"THE REAL AMBASSADORS"

Composed by Dave & Iola Brubeck

Performed by:

Dave Brubeck, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright with
Louis Armstrong & His Band

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and Carmen McRae

Everybody's Comin'

Cultural Exchange

Good Reviews

Remember Who You Are

My One Bad Habit

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Lonesome

Summer Song

King For A Day

Blow Satchmo

The Real Ambassadors

Nomad

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In The Lurch

One Moment Worth Years

You Swing Baby [The Duke]

Summer Song

They Say I Look Like God

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I Didn't Know Until You Told Me

Since Love Had It's Way

Easy As You Go

Swing Bells/Blow Satchmo/Finale

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Dave Brubeck with Matthew, Chris & Dan Brubeck - Unisphere (Quiet As The Moon)

Dave Brubeck Quartet {Bobby Militello, Jack Six, Randy Jones} - Waltzing (So What's New?)

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"DIALOGUES FOR JAZZ COMBO AND ORCHESTRA"

Composed by Howard Brubeck
Performed by:
Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright &

New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Conductor

I. Allegro

II. Andante - Ballad

III. Adagio - Ballad

IV. Allegro - Blues

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Dave Brubeck Octet {Paul Desmond, Bob Collins, Dave Van Kreidt, Dick Collins, Bill Smith, Jack Weeks, Cal Tjader} - Let's Fall In Love (Dave Brubeck Octet)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Time Out)

December 2 - Playlist

Eliane Elias - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)
Ella Fitzgerald - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (First Lady Of Song)
Ray Charles/Betty Carter - Baby It's Cold Outside (Ray Charles And Betty Carter)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Art Farmer - The Aztec Suite (Brass Shout/Aztec Suite)

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Phil Collins Big Band - Sussudio (A Hot Night In Paris)*
Stan Getz Quartet with Chet Baker - Stablemates (Quintessence Volume 1)

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Charles Mingus - Far Wells, Mill Valley (Mingus Dynasty)
Cannonball Adderley - Hear Me Talkin' To Ya (Money In The Pocket)

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Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond - Alice In Wonderland (1975: The Duets)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Big Band And Quintet In Concert)

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THE R & B CORNER

Huey Lewis And The News - Respect Yourself (Soulsville)*
Ray Charles - It Hurts To Be In Love (Rare Genius)*
Bill Withers - Lovely Day (127 Hours: Music From The Soundtrack)*

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Brad Mehldau Trio - Happy Tune (House On Hill)
Count Basie - Featherweight (Best Of The Count Basie Big Band)

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THE VOCALISTS

Yo-Yo Ma with Diana Krall - You Couldn't Be Cuter (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
Mel Tormé - Good King Wenceslas (Christmas Songs)
Julie London - Warm December (Christmas Belles)
Frank Sinatra - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release