December 29 - Playlist

A BACKWARD GLANCE
Some of my favorite releases from 2011

Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Variations On Clair De Lune (Legacy)
Stanley Jordan - Capital J (Friends)

Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott - And This Too Shall Pass (Ninety Miles)
Hot Club Of Detroit - Noto Swing (It's About That Time)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Cielito Lindo (Their Last Time Out)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - I'm In A Dancing Mood (Their Last Time Out)
Roberta Gambarini/Dave Brubeck Trio - Alice In Wonderland (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)

Roberta Piket - Make Someone Happy (Sides, Colors)
Glenn Crytzer And His Syncopators - You Don't Say (Harlem Mad)

Sonny Rollins - They Say It's Wonderful (Road Shows Vol. 2)

Esperanza Spalding - Knowledge Of Good And Evil (Chamber Music Society)
Yo-Yo Ma, et al. - Quarter Chicken Dark (The Goat Rodeo Sessions)

Christian McBride with Sting - Consider Me Gone (Conversations With Christian)
Christian McBride Big Band - Bluesin' In Alphabet City (The Good Feeling)

Ray Charles - Teardrops From My Eyes (Singular Genius)
Lynn Stein - Only Trust Your Heart (Softly)
Michael Franks - I'd Rather Be Happy Than Right (Time Together)
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie - The Good Life (The Complete Sinatra/Basie Sessions On Reprise)

December 22 - Playlist

JAZZ HOLIDAY

Dexter Gordon - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (God Rest Ye Merry Jazzman)
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Holiday)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Jingle Bell Jazz)
Manhattan Transfer - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The Christmas Album)
Antonio Hart - Winter Wonderland (A Merry Jazzmas)

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmastime Is Here (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Beach Boys - Morning Christmas (Ultimate Christmas)
Al DiMeola - Carol Of The Bells (Mix Disc)

Darlene Love/Brian Setzer Orchestra - Deep In The Heart Of Xmas (Jingle All The Way)
Stan Kenton - Christmas Medley (A Merry Christmas)
Julie London - Warm December (Christmas Belles)

Ray Charles - Little Drummer Boy (Sunday Music 5: Holiday)
Dave Koz/Kimberley Locke - Please Come Home For Christmas (Memories Of A Winter's Night)
Lou Rawls - Merry Christmas Baby (Sunday Music 5: Holiday)
Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (Golden Decade Vol. II)

Count Basie - Basie's Jingle Bells (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)
Diana Krall - Jingle Bells (Christmas Songs)
Oscar Peterson - Jingle Bells (Christmas)
Kenny Davern - Jingle Bells (A Jazz Christmas)

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - The Wassail Song (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Merry Xmas [War Is Over] (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
Inner Voices - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Holiday Harmonies)
"City Of New Orleans" - O Holy Night (Sunday Music 5: Holiday)

Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (Christmas Belles)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (Making Spirits Bright)
Mel Tormé - The Christmas Song (Christmas Songs)
Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (A Jolly Christmas)

December 15 - Playlist

THE CHAIRMAN’S 96TH BIRTHDAY
My Annual Frank Sinatra Birthday Show

Frank Sinatra sings on all selections (accompanied as noted)

"The 30's"

with Harry James - All Or Nothing At All (Harry James And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra)
with Tommy Dorsey - I'll Be Seeing You ("The Song Is You")
with Tommy Dorsey - The One I Love [Belongs To Somebody Else] ("The Song Is You")
 - Saturday Night [Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week] (Portrait Of Sinatra)

Love, Etc.

 - The Lady Is A Tramp (A Swingin' Affair)
 - Star (The Complete Reprise)
 - When Somebody Loves You (The Complete Reprise)
 - This Can't Be Love (Classic Sinatra II)
 - Nice 'N' Easy (Nice 'N' Easy)

Real Duets

with Ella Fitzgerald - Necessity (Frank Sinatra In Hollywood)
with Sammy Davis, Jr. - Me And My Shadow (Eee-O 11)
with Keely Smith - How Are Ya' Fixed For Love (Come Dance With Me)
with Dean Martin - Guys And Dolls (Boys Night Out)
with Rosemary Clooney - Peachtree Street (Songs From the Girl Singer)

In Concert 

- Soliloquy (80th: Live In Concert)

with Red Norvo Quintet - Night And Day (Live In Australia, 1959)

Brazil

(Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings)

 - The Girl From Ipanema

 - Change Partners

 - Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars [Corcovado]

 - Baubles, Bangles And Beads

 - Wave

Basie

(Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Recordings)

 - Pennies from Heaven

 - [Love Is] The Tender Trap

 - My Kind Of Girl

 - I Won't Dance

Holidays

with Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (80th: All the Best)

 - The Christmas Waltz (A Jolly Christmas)

 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Christmas Songs)

 - White Christmas (A Jolly Christmas)

with Bing Crosby - We Wish You The Merriest (Complete Reprise)

"One More Time"

 - Saturday Night [Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week] (Come Dance With Me)

 - The One I Love [Belongs To Somebody Else] (Vegas)

 - I'll Be Seeing You (The Complete Reprise)

 - All Or Nothing At All (The Complete Reprise)

December 8 - Playlist

HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY, DAVE BRUBECK!
Dave Brubeck plays piano on all tracks, accompanied by one or another of the Dave Brubeck Quartets (unless otherwise noted)

- It's Deja Vu All Over Again (So What's New)
- Look For The Silver Lining (Stardust)
- The Unihorn (Near Myth)

with Joshua Redman - Joshua Redman (Young Lions & Old Tigers)
with Two Generations Of Brubeck - Forty Days (Brother, The Great Spirit Made Us All)

- Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now (Brubeck Time)
- The Duke (Jazz: Red Hot And Cool)
- Brandenberg Gate (Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia)

DAVE DIGS DISNEY

- Someday My Prince Will Come (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)*
- Heigh-Ho (Dave Digs Disney)
with Paul Desmond - Alice In Wonderland (1975: The Duets)

LIVE DAVE

- Blue Rondo A La Turk (At Carnegie Hall)
- Limehouse Blues (Live AT Berlin Philharmonie)
- Waltzing (Double Live In The USA & UK)

SINGERS

with Jimmy Rushing - Blues In The Dark (Brubeck & Rushing)
with Carmen McRae - My One Bad Habit (The Real Ambassadors)
with Roberta Gambarini - Alice In Wonderland (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)*

with Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Concordia (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
with Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Joy To The World (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
- Take Five (Time Out)

* indicates Recent Release

December 1 - Playlist

Eliane Elias - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)
Fourplay - Amoroso (The Best Of Fourplay)

VOCALESE

Miles Davis - Freddy Freeloader (Kind Of Blue)
Jon Hendricks And Friends - Freddy Freeloader (Freddy Freeloader)

Dave Brubeck - Out Of The Way Of The People (New Wine)
Thelonious Monk - Ryhthm-A-Ning (Ken Burns Jazz)

Buddy Rich - The Monster (Krupa And Rich)

Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott - And This Too Shall Pass (Ninety Miles)*
Stanley Jordan - Seven Come Eleven (Friends)*

Stan Getz/Lionel Hampton - Jumpin' At The Woodside (Hamp And Getz)
Marc Johnson - Porch Swing (The Sound Of Summer Running)

Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (Footprints)
Coleman Hawkins - I'll Never Be The Same (Prestige Profiles)

THE SINGERS

Ray Charles/Betty Carter - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Ray Charles And Betty Carter)
Grover Washington Jr. with Freddie Cole & Jeannie Bryson - For Heaven's Sake (All My Tomorrows)
Frank Sinatra - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

November 17 - Playlist

SHOW # 333

Benny Green - Learnin' The Blues (Naturally)
John Pizzarelli - I Like To Recognize The Tune (With A Song In My Heart)
Louie Bellson & Clark Terry - Hookin' It (Hot)

VOCALESE

James Moody/Gil Fuller - I'm In The Mood For Love (Night Flight)
George Benson - Moody's Mood (Give Me The Night)

8 Legged Monster - ...Or Something (Vol. 2)
Clifford Brown - Daahoud (Jazz Immortal)
Zoot Sims - That Ole Devil Called Love ("Live" In Philly)

THE LATIN QUARTER

Tito Puente - Joy Spring (¡Con Mucho Ritmo!)
Paquito D'Rivera - Mambo A La Kenton (Tropicana Nights)
Chico O'Farrill - Avocadoes (Cuban Blues)

Stan Kenton - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (The Stage Door Swings)
Count Basie - This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (Live At The Sands)
Stan Getz - Soul Eyes (Bossas And Ballads: The Lost Sessions)

R & B CORNER

Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (Sun Goddess)
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Mister Love (Meets King Pɘnnɘt)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Park Avenue South)
Eliane Elias/Bob Brookmeyer - Just Kiddin' (Impulsive!)

THE SINGERS

52nd Street- Take The A Train (Scrapple To The Apple)

Harry Connick, Jr. - Save the Last Dance For Me (Only You)
Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues (The Complete Sinatra/Basie)

November 11 - Playlist

Benny Carter - Just In Time (New York Nights)
Billy May Orchestra - Rhapsody In Blue (Rhapsody In Blue: Blue Note Plays The Music Of George And Ira Gershwin)
Mel Tormé - Walk Between The Raindrops (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters, Vol. 1)

FEATURE ARTIST (sort of)

Paul Desmond - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (Bridge Over Troubled Water)
Brad Mehldau Trio - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Day Is Done)
New York Voices - Baby Driver (Sing The Songs Of Paul Simon)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Nomad (Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia)
Bill Evans - Up With The Lark (The Paris Concert)

Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott - Black Action Figure (Ninety Miles)*
Teo Macero - West African Blues (The Spirit)

Miles Davis - Blues No. 2 (Someday My Prince Will Come)
John Coltrane - Trane's Blues (Trane's Blues)

Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - Hush-A-Bye (People Time)
Art Pepper - Surf Ride (Timeless)

Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt - On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Sonny Side Up)
Roberta Gambarini - On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Easy To Love)

THE VOCALISTS

Brian Wilson - When You Wish Upon A Star (In The Key Of Disney)*
Dinah Washington - Blue Gardenia (The Definitive Dinah Washington)
Julie London - In The Still Of The Night (The Best Of Julie London)
Frank Sinatra - Just In Time (Come Dance With Me)

* indicates Recent Release

November 3 - Playlist

Bill Evans - I Believe In You (Empathy)
Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott - Nengueleru (Ninety Miles)*
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - You Stepped Out Of A Dream (The Big Hitter)

FEATURE ARTIST - Glenn Crytzer And His Syncopators (Harlem Mad)*

     - Harlem Mad
     - Ten 'Til Five
     - You Don't Say
     - Barney's Bounce

Christian McBride Big Band - Science Fiction (The Good Feeling)*
Louis Prima - Jump, Jive An' Wail (The Essential Louis Prima)

Stan Sabourin with the WSU Jazz Big Band - Ozone (Zoot Suit)*
Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet - Prisoner Of Love (Pres And Teddy)

Juliet Annerino - Wake Up With You
O'2L - Dream River (O'2L)
Donald Fagen - H Gang (Morph The Cat)

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ad Lib On Nippon (Far East Suite)

Stan Getz - The Dolphin (The Dolphin)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jump For Joy (Newport 1958: Brubeck Plays Ellington)

THE VOCALISTS

Billie Holiday - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (Esquire Jazz Concert)
Johnny Hartman - September Song (Songs From The Heart)
Jane Monheit/Michael Bublé - I Won't Dance (Taking A Chance On Love)
Frank Sinatra - I Believe In You (Sinatra/Basie)*

* indicates Recent Release

TAKING A BREATHER

Greetings!

"Jazz...Or Something Like It" (meaning me) will be taking a break on October 20 & 27 (the press of other responsibilities, I'm afraid).

Meanwhile, I recommend to your attention a few wonderful new CDs that recently showed up in my mailbox.

The first is called "Harlem Mad" by the unusually named Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators.  This wonderful album contains 20 Crytzer originals, composed and performed in the "vintage" style of 20's and 30's New Orleans/K.C.-influenced Big Bands.  As I recently wrote to Glenn, a few months back I heard the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in Philly playing a program that featured Dixieland and Roots Jazz, and the Syncopators could hold their own with them!  This band has serious chops, folks.  Check them out at: www.syncopators.net.

Another soon-to-be favorite CD is the new release from the Christian McBride Big Band.  It's "The Good Feeling" (Mr. McBride is, of course, a Philly guy), and it features some of his best work re-imagined for big band.  Christian truly shine as he steps away for the first time from his familiar ground as a small group leader.  Great playing all around, and don't miss some fine vocals by Melissa Walker.  Find out more (including hearing some samples) on the Mack Avenue Records site: http://www.mackavenue.com/artists/detail/christian_mcbride.

We'll certainly be playing both these CDs on upcoming shows.

See you in November.

October 13 - Playlist

Happy Birthday Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk (Art Tatum, too)!

Thelonious Monk - Nice Work If You Can Get It (Genius Of Modern Music Volume One)
Count Basie - Blues For Ilene (At The Sands)
Dave Brubeck - Someday My Prince Will Come (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)*

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers/Thelonious Monk - Evidence (Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk)
The Giants Of Jazz - Blue Monk (The Giants Of Jazz)

Art Tatum - Tea For Two (Piano Starts Here)
Charles Mingus - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Blues & Roots)
Acoustic Alchemy - One For Shorty (Roseland)*

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Sincerely Diana (A Night In Tunisia)
Art Blakey - Infra-Rae (The Jazz Messengers)

Gary Burton - Common Ground (Common Ground)*
Stan Getz - Her (Focus)

Thelonious Monk Big Band - Four In One (In Concert)

Carmen McRae - Get It Straight (Carmen Sings Monk)
Wynton Marsalis - Let's Cool One (Marsalis Plays Monk)
Andy Summers - Bemsha Swing (Green Chimneys)

Michael Franks - Summer In New York (Time Together)*
Charlie Haden Quartet West with Norah Jones - Ill Wind (Sophisticated Ladies)
Frank Sinatra - Nice Work If You Can Get It (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

October 6 - Playlist

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Love Is Just Around the Corner (Park Avenue South)
Tommy Flanagan - Sunset & The Mockingbird (A Great Night In Harlem)

FEATURE ARTIST - One

Lynn Stein - Alone Together (Softly)*
Lynn Stein - Only Trust Your Heart (Softly)
Lynn Stein - I'll Be Around (Softly)

Modern Jazz Quartet - Django (Three Windows)
Roberta Gambarini/Andrea Donati - 12:00 A.M. (Under Italian Skies)

FEATURE ARTIST - Two

Stanley Jordan - Giant Steps (Friends)*
Stanley Jordan - Bathed In Light (Friends)

Sonny Rollins with Roy Hargrove - I Can't Get Started (Road Trips, Vol. 2)*
Miles Davis/Herbie Hancock - Circle (The Essential Herbie Hancock)

FEATURE ARTIST - Three

Christian McBride Big Band - Shake 'N Blake (The Good Feeling)*
Christian McBride Big Band -In A Hurry (The Good Feeling)

Bill Barron - Men At Work (Modern Windows Suite)
Bill Evans - Some Other Time (Time Remembered)

THE VOCALISTS

Johnny Winter - Drown In My Own Tears (Johnny Winter)
Cassandra Wilson - Blackbird (Silver Pony)
Frank Sinatra - Love Is Just Around the Corner (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

September 22 - Playlist

Stan Getz - The Song Is You (At Storyville)
Esperanza Spalding - Little Fly (Chamber Music Society)*
Turtle Island Quartet - Moments Notice (A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane)

FEATURE ARTIST, Part I

John Coltrane - Trane's Slo Blues (Prestige Profiles)
John Coltrane - Locomotion (Blue Train)

Sonny Rollins - Rain Check (Road Shows, Vol. 2)*

Roberta Piket - Laurie (Sides, Colors)*
Jason Moran - You've Got To Be Modernistic (Modernistic)

Maurice André/Claude Bolling - Vespérale (Toot Suite)
Randy Weston - Loose Wig (The Storyteller)

FEATURE ARTIST, Part II

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Bye-Ya (At Carnegie Hall)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Angelica (Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)

FourPlay - Any Time Of Day (Best Of)
Dave Brubeck - Travelin' Blues (Night Shift)

THE VOCALISTS

Sarah Vaughan - Romance (Brazilian Romance)
Sammy Davis, Jr. - A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Eee-O 11: Best Of The Rat Pack)
Cassandra Wilson - A Little Warm Death (New Moon Daughter)
Frank Sinatra - The Song Is You (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

September 15 - Playlist

"LIVE FROM NEW YORK..." (A Tribute)

Georgie Auld - Theme From New York, New York ("New York, New York" Soundtrack)
Bennie Goodman - Sing Sing Sing (The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert)

Sonny Rollins - Where Or When (Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert)

Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band - Lady Chatterley's Mother (Compact Jazz)
Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Planet Earth (In New York)

Duke Ellington - Blues Medley (New York Concert)
Wynton Marsalis - Donna Lee (Live At The House Of Tribes)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - St. Louis Blues (At Carnegie Hall)

Steve Kuhn Trio - Two By Two (Live At Birdland)
Joe Lovano And Hank Jones - Lady Luck (Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola)

Dexter Gordon - The End Of A Love Affair (Live At Carnegie Hall)

Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto - It Might As Well Be Spring (Getz Au Go Go)
Mel Tormé - Just One Of Those Things (The Great American Songbook)
Frank Sinatra/Tony Bennett - New York, New York (Duets)

September 1 - Playlist

Brubeck & Desmond - Stardust (1975: The Duets)
Stefano DiBattista - Embraceable You (Parker's Mood)

FEATURE ARTIST

Charlie Parker - Scrapple From The Apple (Ken Burns Jazz)
Charlie Parker - Passport (Bird's Best Bop On Verve)
Charlie Parker - Now's The Time (Yardbird Suite)
Charlie Parker - Temptation (Charlie Parker With Strings)

SuperSax - Ornithology (The Japanese Tour)
Roy Hargrove/Christian McBride/Stephen Scott Trio - Repetition (Parker's Mood)

Soulive - Cannonball (Doin' Something)
Lionel Hampton Quintet - These Foolish Things (Lionel Hampton Quintet)

Stan Getz - How About You (Spring Is Here)
Weather Report - Indiscretions (Sportin' Life)

Ahmad Jamal - Devil's In My Den (A Great Night In Harlem)
Regina Carter - Find Yourself (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat: Disney Jazz Vol. 1)

Sonny Rollins - Blues For Philly Joe (Newk's Time)
Paul Chambers - Chamber Mates (Bass On Top)

THE VOCALISTS

Michael Franks - Charlie Chan In Egypt (Time Together)*
Charlie Haden Quartet West with Diana Krall - Goodbye (Sophisticated Ladies)
Frank Sinatra - Stardust (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

August 25 - Playlist

Eddie Costs Quartet - Luck Be A Lady (Guys And Dolls Like Vibes)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - When Your Lover Has Gone (The Heavy Hitter)
Fletcher Henderson - Big John's Special (Ken Burns Jazz)

FEATURE ARTIST (ONE)

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (At The Village Vanguard)
Bill Evans Trio - Turn Out The Stars (Best Of Bill Evans Live)

Charles Mingus - East Coasting (East Coasting)
Miles Davis - Blue In Green (Kind Of Blue)
Stan Getz & Bill Evans - WNEW [Theme Song] (Stan Getz & Bill Evans)
 
Lonnie Smith - Spinnin' Wheel (Droppin' Science)
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Head Hunters)
 
Dave Brubeck Trio/Gerry Mulligan - Mexican Jumping Bean (Live At The Berlin Philharmonie)
Mel Tormé - Just Friends (Rob McConnell & Boss Brass)
 

FEATURE ARTIST (TWO)

Count Basie And His Orchestra - Jumpin' At The Woodside (Legendary No. 3)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - April In Paris (April In Paris)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Little Darlin' (The Complete Atomic Basie)
 
Sammy Davis Jr./Count Basie - My Shining Hour (Our Shining Hour)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Lester Leaps In (The Count Basie Story)
Duke Ellington/Count Basie - Corner Pocket (The First Time!)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - All Of Me (Frankly Basie)
 
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Makin' Whoopee (At The Sands)
Ella Fitzgerald - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Love Letters From Ella)
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie - I Wanna Be Around (The Complete Sinatra/Basie)*
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie - Luck Be A Lady (At The Sands)

* indicates Recent Release

August 18 - Playlist

Chase - Open Up Wide (Chase/Ennea/Pure Music)
Brubeck & Desmond - Koto Song (1975: The Duets)
Eddie Costa Quartet - If I Were A Bell (Guys And Dolls Like Vibes)

FEATURE ARTIST

Oscar Peterson Trio - Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Night Train)
Oscar Peterson Trio - Baby, Baby All The Time (On The Town)

Itzhak Perlman/Oscar Peterson - Dark Eyes (Side By Side)
Stan Getz/Oscar Peterson Trio - I Want To Be Happy (Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio)

Oscar Peterson-Stéphane Grappelli Quartet - I Won't Dance (Jazz In Paris, Vol. 2)
The Very Tall Band - If I Should Lose You (What's Up?)

Ben Webster/Oscar Peterson - The Touch Of Your Lips (Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson)
Lester Young - Tea For Two (With The Oscar Peterson Trio)

Count Basie/Oscar Peterson - Bun's Blues (Satch And Josh)
Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle - 'Round Midnight (Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle)
Oscar Peterson Trio/Clark Terry - I Want A Little Girl (Oscar Peterson Trio + One)

Oscar Peterson Trio - Honeysuckle Rose (Live At The Blue Note)
Oscar Peterson - Tin Tin Deo (Meets Roy Hargrove And Ralph Moore)

THE VOCALISTS

Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Learnin' The Blues (Ella And Louis Again)
Oscar Peterson - Orange Colored Sky (With Respect To Nat)
Frank Sinatra - Change Partners (Live At The Meadowlands)

August 11 - Playlist

Oscar Peterson - Wave (The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook)
Joe Zawinul/WDR Big Band - A Remark You Made (Brown Street)

FEATURE ARTIST

Pat Metheny Group - [It's Just] Talk (Still Life [Talking])
Pat Methney Group - When We Were Free ("Quartet")

Stan Getz & Bill Evans - My Heart Stood Still (Stan Getz & Bill Evans)
Dexter Gordon Quartet - LTD (Manhattan Symphonie)

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette - Stella By Starlight (Standards Live)
Charlie Parker - The Hymn (Yardbird Suite)

Jim Hall - Bon Ami (Dialogues)
Modern Jazz Quartet - Romaine (Pyramid)

Claude Bolling/Pinchas Zuckerman - Romance (Suite For Violin And Jazz Piano Trio)
Serge Forté Trio - Etude No. 6 (Jazz'in Chopin)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Mam'selle (Stardust)
Oliver Nelson's Big Band - Milestones (Live From Los Angeles)
Duke Ellington - Take the "A" Train (Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra 1941)

THE VOCALISTS

Sarah Vaughan - Doodlin' (Ultimate Sarah Vaughan)
Chicago - Chicago (Night & Day: Big Band)
Carmen McCrae/Betty Carter - Sophisticated Lady (Duets)
Frank Sinatra - Wave (Sinatra/Jobim)

August 4 - Playlist

Woody Herman - I've Got You Under My Skin (An Anthology Of Big Band Swing)
Andrea Donati/Roberta Gambarini - Per Sempre (Under Italian Skies)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Live At "The Club")

FEATURE ARTIST

Louis Armstrong - Ain't Misbehavin' (Satch Plays Fats)
Louis Armstrong with Herb Ellis - There's No You (Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson)
Louis Armstrong - Beale Street Blues (Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy)
Louis Armstrong - You're The Top (Jazz Masters 1)

Kenny Werner - Uncovered Heart (Lawn Chair Society)
Gary Burton - Soon (Like Minds)

Mingus Big Band - Love's Fury (Tonight At Noon...)
Bill Evans - G Waltz (California, Here I Come)
Count Basie - Big Brother (Basie Land)

Joe Lovano - Bird's Eye View (Joyous Encounter)
Grover Washington, Jr. - Lover Man (All The King's Men)

Dave Brubeck - Tangerine (Jazz Collection)
Stan Getz - Time On My Hands (Plays)

Sonny Stitt & Friends - Katea (How High The Moon)
Lester Young - Just You, Just Me (With The Oscar Peterson Trio)

THE VOCALISTS

Michael Franks - One Day In St. Tropez (Time Together)*
Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife (Ella In Berlin)
Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (Live At The Meadowlands)

* indicates Recent Release

July 28 - Playlist

Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet - All Of Me (Pres And Teddy)
Louie Bellson & Clark Terry - Caravan (Hot)

FEATURE ARTIST

("Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" - Disney Jazz Volume 1)*

Joshua Redman - You've Got A Friend In Me
Roberta Gambarini/Dave Brubeck Trio - Alice In Wonderland
The Bad Plus - Gaston

John Lewis - Afternoon In Paris (The Wonderful World Of Jazz)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Question With No Answer (Le Voyage)

Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance (Best Of Spyro Gyra)
Fourplay - Play Lady Play (Best Of Fourplay)
Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance (Priceless Jazz 4)

Stan Getz - Times Lie (Captain Marvel)
Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian - AC/DC Current (1939-1941)

Monty Alexander - I Shot The Sheriff (Stir It Up)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Trane Whistle (Prestige Profiles)

McCoy Tyner - Utopia (Tender Moments)
Billy Taylor - Step Into My Dream (Homage)

THE VOCALISTS

Claudia Acuῆa - My Romance (Rhythm Of Life)
Patricia Barber - Let It Rain (Modern Cool)
Frank Sinatra with The Red Norvo Quintet - All Of Me (Live In Australia, 1959)

* indicates Recent Release

July 21 - Playlist

Eliane Elias - You And The Night And The Music (Something For You)
The New 5 - New York Hotel (Introducing The New 5)
Oscar Peterson Trio with Clark Terry - Jim (Oscar Peterson Trio + One)

FEATURE ARTIST

Paul Gonsalves/Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue (Ellington At Newport)

Juliet Annerino - The Stranger (Crushed Velvet)
Stanley Jordan - A Place In Space (State Of Nature)

Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Syn-Anthesia (In New York)
Miles Davis - Black Satin (On The Corner)

Milton Nasceminto And Jobim Trio - Esperança Perdida (Novas Bossas)
Herbie Hancock - Succotash (Inventions & Dimensions)

Stan Getz/Chet Baker - Jordu (Stan Meets Chet)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Unisphere (Time Changes)

John Williams' Baritone Band - Round Trip (John Williams' Baritone Band)
Thelonious Monk - Stuffy Turkey (It's Monk's Time)

THE VOCALISTS

Michael Franks - Time Together (Time Together)*
Chaka Khan - I'm In The Mood For Love (The Essence Collection)
Sammy Davis, Jr. - There's a Boat Dat's Leaving Soon For New York (Definitive Collection)
Frank Sinatra - You And The Night And The Music (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

July 7 - Playlist

Stan Getz - Get Happy (In Stockholm)
Louis Armstrong - You Can Depend On Me (Satchmo At Pasadena)
Dexter Gordon - Clear the Dex (Dexter Calling)

FEATURE ARTIST

Corea, Clarke & White - Light As A Feather (Forever)*

Art Pepper - Deep Purple (Two Altos)
Herbie Hancock - Riot (Speak Like A Child)
Maynard Ferguson - Yeah (Maynard Ferguson Octet)

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (The Sidewinder)
David McCallum/David Axelrod - The Edge (Droppin' Science)

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Pensativa (Free For All)
Kenny Werner - New Amsterdam (Lawn Chair Society)

Esperanza Spalding - Chacarera (Chamber Music Society)*
Stan Kenton - Improvisation (New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm)

Randy Weston - African Sunrise (The Storyteller)
Art Tatum - Yesterdays (Piano Starts Here)

THE VOCALISTS

Michael Franks - Now That Summer's Here (Time Together)*
Eliane Elias - The Girl From Ipanema (Bossa Nova Stories)
Frank Sinatra - Get Happy (Songs For Young Lovers/Swing Easy)

* indicates Recent Release

June 30 - Playlist

Yo-Yo Ma/Joshua Redman – My One And Only Love (Songs Of Joy And Peace)
Koplant No – Quarter ‘Til Dawn (Koplant No)
Ellis Marsalis – Mood Indigo (Duke In Blue)

FEATURE ARTIST

Ray Charles – It Hurts To Be In Love (Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters)
Ray Charles – What’d I Say (Greatest Hits)
Ray Charles/Count Basie Orchestra – I’m Busted (Ray Sings, Basie Swings)

8 Legged Monster - It’s Back (8 Legged Monster)
Count Basie – Contractor’s Blues (88 Basie Street)
Bud Powell – Dance Of The Infidels (Best Of Bud Powell On Verve)

Michel Camilo/Tomatito – La Fiesta (Spain Again)
André Previn/David Finck  - ‘S Wonderful (We Got Rhythm: Gershwin Songbook)

Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five (Time Out)
Stan Getz – Out Of Focus (Nobody Else But Me)
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra – Little Brown Jug (Sentimental Journey: Hits from the Second World War)

THE R & B CORNER

Streetwize - Love No Limit (Shanachie: Cool Urban Jazz)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (The Essential)
Bunny Sigler – Picture Us (Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia)

Thelonious Monk - Solitude (Plays Duke Ellington)
Charlie Haden - Añoranza [Longing] (Land of the Sun)
Scott Hamilton - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (An Era Remembered: From Pearl Harbor to VJ Day)

THE VOCALISTS

George Benson & Al Jarreau - Let It Rain (Givin’ It Up)
Billie Holiday/Lester Young - Fine and Mellow (A Musical Romance)
Frank Sinatra - My One and Only Love (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)

June 23 - Playlist

Grover Washington, Jr. - All My Tomorrows (All My Tomorrows)
Jacky Terrason - I Wish You Love (A Paris...)
Ray Brown Trio - Have You Met Miss Jones? (The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio)

FEATURE ARTIST

Dave Grusin - How Long Has This Been Going On? (The Gershwin Connection)
Dave Grusin - Peter Gunn (Two For The Road)
Dave Grusin - Cool (West Side Story)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Chasin' Yourself (The Crossing)
John Coltrane - Satellite (Coltrane's Sound)

Hancock/Becker/Hargrove - The Sorcerer (Directions In Music)
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Isfahan (The Far East Suite)

Stan Getz - A Summer Afternoon (Focus)
Rosa Passos - Vocé Vai Ver (Amarosa)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Prelude To A Kiss (Swingin' At Capitol)

THE R & B CORNER

James Brown - The Boss (Be Cool)
Pharrell - Fun, Fun, Fun (Despicable Me)
Ray Charles/Gladys Knight - Heaven Help Us All (Genius Loves Company)
Chase - I Can Feel It (Ennea)

Eddie Daniels - Rainbow Shadows (Real Time)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Cut And Run (The Phat Pack)

THE VOCALISTS

Michael Franks - Scatsville (Rendezvous In Rio)
Ella Fitzgerald - Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' (First Lady Of Song)
Frank Sinatra - All My Tomorrows (The Complete Reprise)

June 9 - Playlist

Ruby Braff - As Time Goes By (An Era Remembered: From Pearl Harbor To VJ Day)
Zoot Sims - I Don't Stand The Ghost Of A Chance With You ("Live" In Philly)

FEATURE ARTIST

Kenny Barron - The Wizard (Spirit Song)
Kenny Barron & Regina Carter - What If (Freefall)

Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - Gone With The Wind (People Time)
The Very Tall Band -  Squatty Roo (What's Up?)

Ben Webster - Budd Johnson (Ben Webster And Associates)
Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy's Business (Birks Works)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Elementals (Time Changes)

THE R & B CORNER

Memphis Horns with Mavis Staples - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa [Sad Song] (The Memphis Horns)
Dion - My Babe (Son Of Skip James)
Fourplay - Bali Run (Best Of Fourplay)

Manhattan Transfer -  500 Miles High (The Chick Corea Songbook)
Oregon - In Stride (In Stride)

THE VOCALISTS

Louis Prima - Angelina/Zooma Zooma (Jump, Jive And Wail)
Cassandra Wilson - Beneath A Silver Moon (Silver Pony)
Frank Sinatra - Star! (The Complete Reprise)

June 2 - Playlist

Lou Donaldson - A Foggy Day (Here 'Tis)
Roy Hargrove Quintet - I'm Not Sure (Earfood)
Stan Kenton - On The Street Where You Live (The Stage Door Swings)

FEATURE ARTIST - Part I (Early Miles)

Miles Davis - Deception (The Complete "Birth Of The Cool")
Miles Davis - The Theme (Prestige Profiles)
Miles Davis - Conception (Dig)

Stan Getz - Summertime (Getz Au Go Go)
Esperanza Spalding - Wild Is The Wind (Chamber Music Society)*

FEATURE ARTIST - Part II (Mid-Miles)

Miles Davis - Straight, No Chaser (Milestones)
Miles Davis - Sweet Sue, Just You ('Round About Midnight)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Dance No. 3 From the "Liberian Suite" (Newport 1958: Brubeck Plays Ellington)
Gerry Mulligan - Song For Strayhorn (Dream A Little Dream)

FEATURE ARTIST - Part III (Miles Later)

Miles Davis - Yesternow [excerpt] (A Tribute To Jack Johnson)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Core (Free For All)
Brad Mehldau Trio - Martha My Dear (Day Is Done)

THE VOCALISTS

Cleo Laine - Once In A While (That Old Feeling)
Harry Connick, Jr. - Pure Imagination/Candy Man (Songs I Heard)
Bette Midler - Do You Want To Dance? (Experience The Divine)
Frank Sinatra - A Foggy Day (The Complete Reprise)


* indicates Recent Release

May 26

With profound apologies, tonight's Show was cancelled.  I was unfortunate enough to be behind a multi-vehicle accident on what became the Northeast Extension Parking Lot.

Tune in next week, when we'll have a Belated Birthday Salute to Miles Davis.

May 19 - Playlist

Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Plays Music From West Side Story And...)
Miles Davis - Early Minor (The Complete "In A Silent Way" Sessions)
Duke Ellington - Bounce (Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra 1941)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Christian McBride - In A Hurry (Gettin' to It)
McBride/Payton/Whitfield - Driftin' (Fingerpainting: The Music Of Herbie Hancock)
Christian McBride Band - I Guess I'll Have To Forget (Sci-Fi)

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Manhattan Transfer - Route 66 (The Symphony Sessions)
Branford Marsalis - Brother Trying to Catch a Cab [On The East Side] Blues (I Heard You Twice The First Time)

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Phil Woods/The Little Big Band - Loose Change (Real Life)
Steve Turre - Inocencia (Steve Turre)

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Stan Getz/Jimmy Rowles with Jon Hendricks, et.al.- The Chess Players (The Peacocks)
Clarke Terry/Paul Gonsalves - Clark Bars (Clark Terry And His Orchestra)

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THE R & B CORNER

The Philadelphia Experiment - Grover (The Philadelphia Experiment)
Maria Muldaur - Blues So Bad (Meet Me Where They Play The Blues)
Ed Calle - Love After Dark (Twilight)

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Sean Jones - Blues For Matt B (Mack Avenue Sampler)
Eric Dolphy - Les (Prestige Profiles Vol. 9)
Thelonious Monk - Skippy [Alt.] (Genius Of Modern Music Vol. Two)

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THE VOCALISTS

Sade - Kiss Of Life (Ultimate Collection)*
Bobby Darin - Make Someone Happy (The Swinging Side Of Bobby Darin)
Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing (Lullabies Of Birdland)
Frank Sinatra - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

May 12 - Playlist

John Basile - Baubles Bangles And Beads (Frankly Speaking)
Vince Guaraldi - Cast Your Fate To The Wind (The Charlie Brown Suite)

FEATURE ARTIST

Milt Jackson - Bluesology (Early Modern)
Milt Jackson/Ray Charles - Bags Of Blues (Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting)
Milt Jackson/John Coltrane - Stairway To The Stars (Bags & Trane)

Modern Jazz Quartet - Kansas City Breaks (Three Windows)
Charlie Parker - Donna Lee (Yardbird Suite)
GRP All-Star Big Band - Airegin (GRP All-Star Big Band)

Benny Carter - On Green Dolphin Street (More Cookin')
Artie Shaw - Frenesi (Begin The Beguine)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Mr. Fats (London Flat, London Sharp)
Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz - Exactly Like You (Diz And Getz)

THE R & B CORNER

Robert Glasper - Butterfly (Double Booked)
Gato Barbieri - I Want You (Late Night Sax)
James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (20 All-Time Greatest Hits!)

Terence Blanchard - Sweet's Dream (Wandering Moon)
Weather Report - Havona (Heavy Weather)

THE VOCALISTS

Michael Bublé - That's Life (Call Me Irresponsible)
Ann Hampton Callaway - Blue Moon (Blues In The Night)
Frank Sinatra - Baubles Bangles And Beads (Sinatra/Jobim)

May 5 - Playlist

Houston Person - Everything Happens To Me (Jazz For When You're Alone)
Gene Ammons - Big Slam Part I (Red Top)
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FEATURE ARTIST
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Jungle Blues (The Fire Of The Fundamentals)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Portrait Of Louis Armstrong (Portraits By Ellington)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Black And Tan Fantasy (They Came To Swing)
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Brubeck & Desmond - These Foolish Things (1975: The Duets)
Stan Getz - We'll Be Together Again (At The Shrine)
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Roberta Piket - Degree Absolute (Sides, Colors)*
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (Road Shows, Vol. I)
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Marcus Roberts - Nothin' But The Blues (The Truth Is Spoken Here)
Donald Byrd - Down Tempo (Off To The Races)
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THE R & B CORNER
O'2L - Aunt Jane (O'2L)
"Brother" Jack McDuff - Butter [for Yo' Popcorn] (So Blue, So Funky)
Stevie Wonder - Another Star (Songs In The Key Of Life)
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Jazz Crusaders - Cathy The Cooker (Lighthouse '68)
Howard Alden/Jimmy Bruno - Crushed Pepper (Full Circle)
Benny Goodman Sextet - Tiger Rag (Slipped Disc, 1945-1946)
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THE VOCALISTS
Dinah Washington - What A Diff'rence A Day Made (The Definitive)
John Pizzarelli - I Got Rhythm (Kisses In The Rain)
Julie London - Invitation To the Blues (The Best Of)
Frank Sinatra - Everything Happens To Me (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

April 28 - Playlist

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ella & Duke

Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul (Body And Soul)
Manhattan Transfer - Four Brothers (The Very Best Of Manhattan Transfer)
Don Grusin/Tim Weston - Surfer Girl (Wouldn't It Be Nice: A Jazz Portrait of Brian Wilson)
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FEATURE ARTIST, PT. I
Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - Rockin' In Rhythm (The Duke Ellington Songbook)
Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - Imagine My Frustration (Ella At Duke's Place)
Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - I'm Beginning To See The Light (The Duke Ellington Songbook)
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Children Of The Night (Mosaic)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - My One Bad Habit (Reflections)
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FEATURE ARTIST, PT. II
Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington -The E And D Blues (The Duke Ellington Songbook)
Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - Passion Flower (Ella At Duke's Place)
Ella Fitzgerald - Rocks In My Bed (The Duke Ellington Songbook)
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Charles Mingus - A Foggy Day (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
Lee Morgan - Gary's Notebook (The Sidewinder)
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FEATURE ARTIST, PT. III
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald (The Duke Ellington Songbook)
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Stan Getz - I Love You (Serenity)
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THE VOCALISTS
Mel Tormé - Lady Be Good (An Evening With Mel Tormé)
Ledisi - Blues In The Night (We All Love Ella)
Frank Sinatra - Body And Soul (Nothing But The Best)

April 14 - Playlist

John Coltrane - All Or Nothing At All (Standards)

Joe Lovano Nonet - At The Vanguard (On This Day At The Vanguard)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Gene Ammons - Hittin' The Jug (Prestige Profiles)

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Autumn Leaves (Boss Tenors)

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Stan Getz - Feijoada (Bossas And Ballads: The Lost Sessions)

Gil Evans - La Nevada [Theme] (The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions)

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Bill Evans - Quiet Now (At The Montreux Jazz Festival)

Django Reinhardt - I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (Swing 39)

Grover Washington, Jr. - O Mio Babbino Caro (Aria)

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Count Basie/Oscar Peterson - Louie B. (Satch Meets Josh)

Joe Henderson - The Bead Game (Milestone Profiles)

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THE R & B CORNER

Jeff Lorber - Soul Food (Philly Style)

Malo - Suavecito (45 rpm single)^

Nikka Costa - Stuck To You (Pebble To A Pearl)

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (Greatest Hits)

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David Sanborn - What Will I Tell My Heart (Here And Gone)

Dave Brubeck - Sixth Sense (Jazz Impressions Of New York)

Charlie Parker - Blues For Alice (Bird's Best Bop On Verve)

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THE VOCALISTS

Sammy Davis/Count Basie - My Shining Hour (Our Shining Hour)

Dianne Reeves - I'm All Smiles (A Little Moonlight)

Frank Sinatra - All Or Nothing At All (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates The Vinyl Archive

April 7 - Playlist

Stan Getz - East Of The Sun [And West Of The Moon] (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)

Esperanza Spalding - Knowledge Of Good And Evil (Chamber Music Society)*

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FEATURE ARTIST

Louis Armstrong - Cabaret (The Definitive Collection)

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - Duke's Place (The Complete Roulette Sessions)

Louis Armstrong - Blue Turning Grey Over You (Satch Plays Fats)

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Charlie Mingus - Los Mariachis (Tijuana Moods)

Modern Jazz Quartet - The Golder Striker (No Sun In Venice)

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Joe Zawinul - March Of The Lost Children (Brown Street)

Stanley Jordan - Shadow Dance (State Of Nature)

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Duke Ellington - Blood Count ("...And His Mother Called Him Bill")

Jon Burr Quartet - In My Own Words (In My Own Words)#

Stan Kenton - Sunset Tower (Contemporary Concepts)

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THE R & B CORNER

Chuck Berry - Together We Will Always Be (Golden Decade Vol. 2)^

The Commitments - Bye Bye Baby (The Commitments)

Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (Moondance)

Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere - Full Moon Tonight (Nudge It Up A Notch)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Lonesome (Time In)

Chris Botti - No Ordinary Love (When I Fall In Love)

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THE VOCALISTS

52nd Street - Take The A Train (Scrapple To The Apple)^

Bobby Darin - Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me (Best Of Bobby Darin)

Diana Krall - Pick Yourself Up (Very Best Of Diana Krall)

Frank Sinatra - East Of The Sun [And West Of The Moon] (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

# indicates Jazz Network Worldwide member (see link at bottom of this Blog)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

March 24 - Playlist

HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY TO ANGELA, My Granddaughter

Duke Ellington - I Can't Get Started (Piano In The Foreground)
Thelonious Monk - Eronel (Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. Two)
Michael Brecker - Half Moon Lane (Pilgrimage)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Keith Jarrett - Oleo (My Foolish Heart)
Keith Jarrett - Butch And Butch (Bye Bye Blackbird)

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Lee Morgan - Totem Pole (The Sidewinder)
Artie Shaw - Back Bay Shuffle (Begin The Beguine)

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Max Roach Plus Four - As Long As You're Living (Quiet As It's Kept)
Stan Getz - Yours And Mine (Yours And Mine)

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Claude Bolling Big Band - The Kid From Red Bank (Jazz Brunch)
Lester Young - Waldorf Blues (Lester Swings)

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THE R & B CORNER

Robert Glasper - For You (Double Booked)
Quincy Jones - Eubie Walkin' (Original Jam Sessions 1969)
Molly Johnson - Summertime (Another Day)

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Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan - Truth (We're All Together Again For The First Time)
Bill Charlap Trio - Godchild (Live AT The Village Vanguard)

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THE VOCALISTS

Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes (A Backward Glance)
Eliane Elias - Save Your Love For Me (Around The City)
Frank Sinatra - I Can't Get Started (No One Cares)

March 17 - Playlist

A NOD TO THE IRISH

John Williams - The Rakes Of Mallow (1941: Soundtrack)
Sonny Rollins - How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (Ballads)
Tony Bennett with Stan Getz - Danny Boy (Jazz)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Roberta Piket - Laurie (Sides, Colors)*#
Roberts Piket - Ugly Beautiful (Sides, Colors)*#

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Juliet Annerino - Intoxicated (single)*#
Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM - Zhivago (Our Secret World)*

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Herbie Hancock - Triangle (Inventions & Dimensions)
Jason Moran - Time Into Space Into Time (Modernistic)

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Joe Morello (7/17/1928 - 3/12/2011)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Castilian Drums (At Carnegie Hall)

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THE R & B CORNER

Marcia Ball - Watermelon Time (Peace, Love & BBQ)*
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do (At The Close Of A Century)
Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onion (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration)

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Hammer Head (Free For All)
McCoy Tyner - The High Priest (Tender Moments)

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THE VOCALISTS

Nat King Cole - Sweet Lorraine (After Midnight)
Sophie Milman - Something In The Air Between Us (Make Someone Happy)
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie & The Orchestra - Luck Be A Lady Tonight (At The Sands)

* indicates Recent Release

# indicates Jazz Network Worldwide member (see link at bottom of this Blog)

March 10 - Playlist

Bill Evans - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (The "Interplay" Sessions)
Duke Ellington - Blues For New Orleans (The New Orleans Suite)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Randy Weston - Hi Fly / Fly Hi (The Storyteller)

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Kevin Eubanks - The Dancing Sea (Zen Food)*
Charles Lloyd Quartet - Desolation Sound (Mirror)*

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Horace Silver - Doctor Jazz (Prescription For The Blues)
Dizzy Gillespie - Angel City (With Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra)

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Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - [There Is No] Greater Love (People Time)
Miles Davis - Two Bass Hit (Milestones)

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FEATURE ARTIST, PT. II

Randy Weston - African Sunrise (The Storyteller)
Randy Weston - Ruby My Dear (Portraits Of Thelonious Monk)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Bossa Nova U.S.A. (At Carnegie Hall)
Pat Metheny Group - Jaco (Pat Metheny Group)

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THE VOCALISTS

Ray Brown Trio with Nancy King - The Perfect Blues (Some Of My Best Friends Are...Singers)
Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Cheek to Cheek (Ella And Louis)
Frank Sinatra - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Songs For Young Lovers/Swing Easy!)

* indicates Recent Release

March 3 - Playlist

Jazz...Or Something Like It © IS BACK

Flora Purim - Dindi (Milestone Profiles)
Stan Getz - Crow's Nest (Getz)
Soulive - Something (Rubber Soulive)*

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FEATURE ARTIST

Dexter Gordon - Cheese Cake (Go!)
Dexter Gordon - Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Gettin' Around)

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Sonny Rollins - Biji (Milestone Profiles)
Roy Hargrove - Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)*

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Billy Bang - Only Time Will Tell (Prayer For Peace)*
Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Scotch And Water (In New York)

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Dave Brubeck - Broadway Romance (Jazz Impressions Of New York)
McCoy Tyner - Just Feelin' (Horizon)

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FEATURE ARTIST - PT. II

Dexter Gordon - Now's The Time (Live! At The Jazzhus Montmartre)

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Buddy Rich Big Band - Time Out ("Live" Wham!)
Eddie Daniels - It Was Always You (...This Is Now)

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THE VOCALISTS

Jon & Lynn - Move On (A Little Bit More)*#
Oscar Peterson Trio - It's Only A Paper Moon (With Respect To Nat)
Holly Cole Trio with Wayne Shorter - Losing My Mind (Color And Light)
Frank Sinatra - Dindi (Sinatra/Jobim)

* indicates Recent Release
# indicates Jazz Network Worldwide member (see link at bottom of this Blog)

JAZZ...OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
WILL BE TAKING A TWO WEEK HIATUS.
NEVER FEAR, CHUCK WILL RETURN IN MARCH.
THANKS.

February 10 - Playlist

Stan Getz - Wives And Lovers (What The World Needs Now)
Bill Evans - Hey, There (Conversations With Myself)
John Coltrane - Witches Pit (Interplay)

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FEATURE ARTIST

George Benson - Moody's Mood (Give Me The Night)^
George Benson - Theme From Good King Bad (Best Of George Benson)
George Benson - Oh Darling (The Other Side Of Abbey Road)

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Joel Vanderheyden - Pees And Deetoo (Complete Life)
Paul Chambers - Four Strings (Quintet)

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Dexter Gordon/Al Cohn - Ladybird (True Blue)
Julie London - Go Slow (The Best Of Julie London)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Stardust (Stardust)
Mark Colby - When It Matters (Speaking Of Stan)

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THE R & B CORNER

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - I Got Blues For You (I Got Blues For You)

Chase - Get It On (Chase)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way (Love Train)

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Danilo Perez & Claus Ogerman - The Purple Condor (Across The Crystal Sea)

Wynton Marsalis - Jean-Louis Is Everywhere (The Marciac Suite)

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Peabo Bryson - Pretty Women (Color And Light)

Cassandra Wilson - 'Til There Was You (Loverly)

Frank Sinatra - Wives And Lovers (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

February 3 - Playlist

Rob McConnell - Can't We Be Friends (Trio Sketches)
Billy Cobham/Colin Towns HR Big Band - Cosmic Strut (Meeting Of The Spirits)*
Charlie Parker Septet - Yardbird Suite (Yardbird Suite)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Benny Carter - Laura (Cosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Blue Star (Further Definitions)

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Miles Davis - Bye Bye Blackbird (At Newport 1958)
Omar Hakim/Rachel Z - Bizarre Love Triangle (The Trio Of Oz)*

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Ike Quebec - A Light Reprieve (It Might As Well Be Spring)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Don't Worry About Me (Jazz Goes To College)

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Stan Getz - Midnight Ride (Apasionado)
Kathleen Gorman - Ain't The Way (Brand New Day)#

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THE R & B CORNER

Roland Vasquez - Whirlpool (The Visitor)*
Brian Culbertson - It's Time (XII)*

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Herbie Hancock - Sweet Bird (River: The Joni Letters)
Jason Moran - Kinda' Dukish (Black Stars)

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THE VOCALISTS

8 Legged Monster - Goodbye (Vol. 2)
Mel Torme - Pick Yourself Up (An Evening With Mel Torme)
Roberta Gambarini - So In Love (So In Love)
Frank Sinatra - Can't We be Friends? (In The Wee Small Hours)

* indicates Recent Release
# indicates Jazz Network Worldwide member (see link at bottom of this Blog)

SNOWED IN!! NO SHOW TONIGHT; SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

January 20 - Playlist

Esperanza Spalding - Inútil Paisagem (Chamber Music Society)*
O'2L - Shopping For Camels (O'2L)
Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet - Pres Returns (Pres And Teddy)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Oscar Peterson - Rob Roy (Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove And Ralph Moore)
Oscar Peterson Trio - Should I? (On The Town)

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Charlie Mingus - Dizzy Moods (Tijuana Moods)
Louie Bellson with Clark Terry - Walkin' With Buddy (Hot)

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Mercer Ellington - Queenie Pie Reggae (Music Is My Mistress)
Stan Getz & The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - Provocations (Change Of Scenes)
Illinois Jacquet - B-Yot (The Illinois Jacquet Story)

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Howard Alden/Jimmy Bruno - Benedetto Blues (Full Circle)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Yes, We All Have Our Cross To Bear (London Flat, London Sharp)

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THE R & B CORNER

Freddie Roach - Brown Sugar (So Blue, So Funky)
Urban Knights - Dream (V)
Norah Jones/Ray Charles - Here We Go Again (...Featuring Norah Jones)*

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Wallace Roney - Alone Together (Jazz For A Lazy Day)
John Williams' Tenorama - Waiting For Dexter (John Williams' Tenorama)

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THE VOCALISTS

Julie London - Two Sleepy People (The Best Of Julie London)
Dean Martin - Ain't That A Kick In The Head (Eee-O-11)
Ann Hampton Callaway - Finding Beauty (At Last)
Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim - If You Never Come To Me (Sinatra/Jobim)*

* indicates Recent Release

January 13 - Playlist

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Just One Of Those Things (Stardust)
Dexter Gordon - The End Of A Love Affair (Dexter Calling)
Duke Ellington - Bakiff (Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra: 1941)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Michael Tilson Thomas/Sarah Vaughan - Sweet And Low-Down (Gershwin Live!)
Sarah Vaughan - The Sweetest Sounds (Ultimate Sarah Vaughan)
Sarah Vaughan - Vanity (After Hours)

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Stefano DiBattista - Confirmation (Parker's Mood)
Stan Getz Quartet - Joy Spring (The Dolphin)

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Art Tatum - How High The Moon (Piano Starts Here)
Charlie Parker - Ornithology (Ken Burns Jazz)
SuperSax - Ornithology (The Japanese Tour)

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Lionel Hampton Quintet - Don't Be That Way (Lionel Hampton Quintet)
Weather Report - Palladium (Heavy Weather)

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THE R & B CORNER

Soulive - Solid (Doin' Something)
Archie Bell & The Drells - [There's Gonna Be A] Showdown - (45)^
Stevie Wonder - Maybe Your Baby (Talking Book)^

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Wynton Marsalis - The Midnight Blues (Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues)
Harry James And His Orchestra - Two O'Clock Jump (Swingin' At Capitol)

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THE VOCALISTS

Freddy Cole - I'm Not Alone (In The Name of Love)
Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie - Some Other Spring (Love Letters From Ella)
Frank Sinatra - Just One Of Those Things (Songs For Young Lovers)

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January 6 - Playlist

Stan Kenton - I've Got You Under My Skin (Contemporary Concepts)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Dat Dere (The Big Beat)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Ahmad Jamal - MASH Theme (M*A*S*H Soundtrack)^
Ahmad Jamal - Daahoud (Chicago Revisited)
Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (Priceless Jazz Sampler 2)

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Modern Jazz Quartet with New York Chamber Symphony - Encounter In Cagnes (Three Windows)

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Count Basie - Sure Thing (Birdland All-Stars At Carnegie Hall)^
Stan Getz - Parker 51 (At Storyville - Vol. 1 & 2)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Duke (Newport 1958: Brubeck Plays Ellington)
Charlie Watts Orchestra - Flying Home (Live - Fulham Town Hall)

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THE R & B CORNER

Boz Scaggs - We Were Always Sweethearts (Moments)^
Eric Clapton - Reptile (One More Car, One More Rider)
War - All Day Music (All Day Music)^

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Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker - Some Skunk Funk (Some Skunk Funk)
Billy Taylor - Homage, Part III (Homage)

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THE VOCALISTS

Manhattan Transfer - The Offbeat Of Avenues (The Symphony Sessions)
Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane - Lush Life (Priceless Jazz Sampler)
Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (The Complete Reprise)

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