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