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)

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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