Jazz...Or Something Like It ©

GREETINGS!

2012-01-05T22:31:00.000-05:00

It is with equal parts of wistfulness and relief that I announce a brief Sabbatical for "Jazz...Or Something Like It." I'm taking a few months off to rest, recharge and tend to other aspects of my life. Thank you for your support; I shall return. See you soon!

December 29 - Playlist

2011-12-28T20:57:00.001-05:00

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

2011-12-22T12:00:00.001-05:00

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

2011-12-14T23:31:00.002-05:00

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

2011-12-08T13:12:00.003-05:00

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

2011-11-30T20:17:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-16T21:02:00.002-05:00

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

2011-11-10T11:59:00.001-05:00

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

2011-11-02T22:35:00.003-04:00

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

2011-10-15T19:22:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-13T13:08:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-05T21:23:00.001-04:00

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

2011-09-22T13:28:00.000-04:00

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

2011-09-15T13:52:00.000-04:00

"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

2011-09-01T17:00:00.002-04:00

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

2011-08-25T07:50:00.002-04:00

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

2011-08-18T17:14:00.000-04:00

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

2011-08-11T00:15:00.001-04:00

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

2011-08-03T22:14:00.002-04:00

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

2011-07-28T10:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-07-21T08:32:00.003-04:00

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

2011-07-07T01:00:00.001-04:00

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

2011-06-30T14:53:00.001-04:00

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

2011-06-22T23:22:00.004-04:00

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

2011-06-09T13:23:00.001-04:00

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

2011-06-02T18:10:00.004-04:00

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

2011-05-26T18:46:00.000-04:00

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

2011-05-19T14:07:00.003-04:00

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

2011-05-12T15:03:00.001-04:00

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

2011-05-04T23:05:00.008-04:00

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

2011-04-28T18:09:00.008-04:00

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

2011-04-13T21:16:00.015-04:00

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

2011-04-07T10:08:00.002-04:00

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

2011-03-24T08:37:00.005-04:00

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

2011-03-16T17:39:00.007-04:00

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

2011-03-10T10:03:00.005-05:00

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

2011-03-01T17:41:00.002-05:00

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)

2011-02-17T14:40:00.004-05:00

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

February 10 - Playlist

2011-02-10T09:38:00.010-05:00

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

2011-02-02T23:28:00.007-05:00

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.

2011-01-27T09:02:00.000-05:00

January 20 - Playlist

2011-01-19T18:27:00.002-05:00

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

2011-01-12T19:34:00.009-05:00

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)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

January 6 - Playlist

2011-01-06T22:11:00.000-05:00

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)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

December 30 - Playlist

2010-12-29T20:19:00.006-05:00

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

2010-12-23T13:08:00.005-05:00

"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

2010-12-18T07:34:00.004-05:00

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

2010-12-09T15:22:00.006-05:00

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

2010-12-01T20:47:00.003-05:00

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

November 25 - Playlist

2010-11-24T20:16:00.006-05:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Lenore Raphael - It Might As Well Be Spring (Class Act)#
Jeff Berlin - Nardis (High Standards)*

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FEATURE ARTIST

Manhattan Transfer - Four Brothers (Very Best Of)
Manhattan Transfer - Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That (Spirit Of St. Louis)
Manhattan Transfer - Walkin' In N.Y. (Vibrate)

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Randy Brecker - No Words (Nostalgic Journey)*
Max Roach Plus Four - The More I See You (Quiet As It's Kept)

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Herbie Hancock - The Sorcerer (Speak Like A Child)
Sonny Stitt - Moten Swing (Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio)

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Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - 4 B.C. (Concord Jazz Heritage Series)
Stan Getz Quartet - On Green Dolphin Street (In Paris)

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THE R & B CORNER

Nicholas Beard - Naima (All About Love)#
Miles Davis - Tutu (Tutu)
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis - Bright Lights Big City (Two Men With The Blues)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? (Brubeck Time)
Art Pepper - Deep Purple (Two Altos)

Bill Evans - Why Did I Choose You? (From Left To Right)

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THE VOCALISTS

Steve Tyrell - Night And Day (Songs Of Sinatra)
Elaine Elias - Day By Day (Bossa Nove Stories)
Frank Sinatra - It Might As Well Be Spring (the Complete Reprise)

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

November 18 - Playlist

2010-11-18T11:14:00.005-05:00

Duke Ellington - Indian Summer (Duke Ellington Presents...)
Gerry Mulligan/Stan Getz - Scrapple From The Apple (Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Dave Holland Big Band - Last Minute Man (Overtime)
Dave Holland Quintet - Secret Garden (Critical Mass)

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Gary Burton -Windows (Like Minds)
John Klemmer - Sleeping Eyes (Touch)^

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Esperanza Spalding - What A Friend (Chamber Music Society)*
Joe Zawinul - Fast City (Brown Street)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Maria (Plays The Music Of West Side Story And...)
Bill Charlap Trio - Cool (Somewhere)
Dave Grusin - Something's Coming (Presents West Side Story)

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THE R & B CORNER

Robert Lamm with The Pointer Sisters - Skinny Boy (Skinny Boy)^
Quincey Jones/Bill Cosby - Hikky-Burr (The Original Jam Sessions 1969)
Michael McDonald - After The Dance (Motown Two)

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Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio - Limehouse Blues (In Full Swing)
Joshua Redman Elastic Band- Sweet Nasty (Momentum)

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THE VOCALISTS

52nd Street - I've Got Just About Everything (Scrapple To The Apple)^
Al Jarreau - Since I Fell For You (Moonlighting)
Frank Sinatra - Indian Summer (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive
* indicates Recent Release

November 11 - Playlist

2010-11-11T07:53:00.005-05:00

Thelonious Monk - Nice Work If You Can Get It (It's Monk's Time)
Sonny Redd - Watkins Production (Two Altos)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Gil Evans Orchestra with David Sanborn - Angel (Plays The Music OF Jimi Hendrix)
Gil Evans Orchestra with Sting - Little Wing (Strange Fruit)

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John Scofield/Vince Mendoza Metropole Orkest - Say We Did (54)*
Danilo Perez - Galactic Panama (Providencia)*

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Jimmy Smith - Get Happy (Live At Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2)
Stan Getz - My Old Flame (The Dolphin)

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Dave Brubeck - Out Of Nowhere (Jazz Goes To College)
Coleman Hawkins - Self Portrait [Of The Bean] (Ken Burns Jazz)
Nat "King" Cole - Where Were You (Swingin' At Capitol)

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THE R & B CORNER

Van Morrison - Someone Like You (At The Movies)
Four Tops [It's The Way] Nature Planned It (Ultimate Collection)
Tower Of Power - What Is Hip? (Very Best Of The Warner Years)

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Hot Club Of Detroit - Speevy (Night Town)
Brian Bromberg - Leisure Suit (Downright Upright)

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THE VOCALISTS

Cassandra Wilson - Autumn Nocturne (Blue Skies)
John Pizzarelli - From Monday On (Kisses In The Rain)
Ella Fitzgerald - Cottontail (Ella At Duke's Place)
Frank Sinatra - Nice Work If You Can Get It (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

October 28 - Playlist

2010-10-28T10:46:00.005-04:00

Kenny Burrell - All Of You (Prestige Profiles)
Ben Webster Quintet - Late Date (Soulville)

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FEATURE ARTIST

McCoy Tyner - The Wanderer (Best of...The Blue Note Years)
McCoy Tyner - New Orleans Stomp (Illuminations)

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Cassandra Wilson - The Weight (Belly Of The Sun)
Bela Fleck And The Flecktones - Intro/Hoe Down (Outbound)
Fletcher Henderson - Hot Mustard (Ken Burns Jazz)

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Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - Hush-A-Bye (People Time)
Manhattan Transfer - La Chanson Du Bébé (The Chick Corea Songbook)

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Serge Forté Trio - Andante Spianato (Jazz'in Chopin)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Golden Horn (Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia)

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THE R & B CORNER

Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star (That's The Way Of The World)
Brian Culbertson - Hollywood Swinging (Bringing Back The Funk)
Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother/Flyin' High (What's Going On)

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Joe Lovano - Emperor Jones (Symphonica)
Stefon Harris/Jacky Terrasson - Summertime (Kindred)

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THE VOCALISTS

Margie Baker - Parker's Mood (Live At Rasselas)
Michael Brecker with James Taylor - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (The Nearness Of You: The Ballad Book)
Nnenna Freelon - Listen (Listen)
Frank Sinatra - All Of You (The Complete Reprise)

October 14 - Playlist

2010-10-13T23:20:00.005-04:00

MONK'S BIRTHDAY

Thelonious Monk - I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (Plays Duke Ellington)
Dave Brubeck - Bifocal Blues (In Their Own Sweet Way)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Thelonious Monk - Lulu's back In Town (It's Monk's Time)
Thelonious Monk - Hackensack (Criss-Cross)

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Miles Davis - Straight, No Chaser (Milestones)

Wynton Marsalis - Monk's Mood (Masralis Plays Monk)

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Pat Metheny Group - April Joy (Pat Metheny Group)

Rob McConnell & The BossBrass - Back Home Again In Indiana/Donna Lee (Concord Jazz Heritage Series)

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Count Basie - Count Me In (Basie Land)

Stan Getz - Suddenly It's Spring (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)

Artie Shaw - Traffic Jam (Begin The Beguine)

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THE LATIN QUARTER

Rosa Passos with Yo-Yo Ma- Chega De Saudade (Amarosa)

Eliane Elias - Children's Games (Plays Jobim)

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Andy Summers - Green Chimneys (Green Chimneys)

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Blue Monk (At Carnegie Hall)

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THE VOCALISTS

Carmen McRae - Dear Ruby (Carmen Sings Monk)

Roberta Gambarini - Crazy (So In Love)

Frank Sinatra - I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (A Swingin' Affair)

October 7 - Playlist

2010-10-06T23:12:00.008-04:00

LET'S GO PHILLIES: Way to Go, Roy!

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - Samba De Uma Nota Só (Jazz Samba)
Paul Desmond Quartet - Take Five (Live)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Yo-Yo Ma - Zita (Obrigado Brazil Live In Concert)
Yo-Yo Ma/Claude Bolling - Cello Fan (Suite For Cello And Jazz Piano Trio)
Yo-Yo Ma - Cristal (Obrigado Brazil)

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Duke Ellington - Take the "A" Train (Piano in The Background)

Keith Jarrett - Four (My Foolish Heart: Live At Montreux)

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David Sanchez - Caras Negras (Street Scenes)

Jaco Pastorius Big Band - Dania (The Word Is Out)

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Steve Kuhn Trio - If I Were A Bell (Live At Birdland)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Cassandra (Back Home)

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THE LATIN QUARTER

Paquito D'Rivera - Mambo A La Kenton (Tropicana Nights)

Phil Woods - Dois Pra Lá, Dois Pra Cá (Astor & Elis)

Badi Assad - Abismo De Rosas (Echoes Of Brazil)

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Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane - The Sleeper (Cannonball & Coltrane)

Red Norvo Trio - Move (Move!)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Baubles, Bangles And Beads (At Storyville)

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THE VOCALISTS

Dinah Washington - Teach Me Tonight (The Definitive)

Mel Tormé - It Was Just One Of Those Things (The Great American Songbook)

Jon & Lynn - Downtown (Jon & Lyn)*#

Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim - One Note Samba (Sinatra/Jobim)*

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

September 30 - Playlist

2010-09-30T14:51:00.008-04:00

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY, EVAN (My Grandson)!

Chet Baker - Have You Met Miss Jones? (Prestige Profiles Collectors Edition Vol. 1)
Brecker Brothers - King Of The Lobby (Return Of The Brecker Brothers)
Natalie Cole - A-Tisket, A-Tasket (We All Love Ella)

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FEATURE ARTIST

Art Blakey Quintet - Quicksilver (A Night At Birdland, Volume One)
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - The Theme (At The Cafe Bohemia, Volume One)
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Wynton Marsalis Septet - Cherokee (Live At The Village Vanguard)

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Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson - Crazy Rhythm (At The Opera House)
Dizzy Gillespie - Con Alma (Afro)

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Sammy Davis, Jr. - There Is Nothing Like A Dame (South Pacific)
Fred Hersch - A Cock-Eyed Optimist (Plays Rogers And Hammerstein)
Cassandra Wilson - Shall We Dance? (A Night Out With Verve)

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THE R & B CORNER

War - The World Is A Ghetto (The World Is A Ghetto)

Edwin Starr - War (Hitsville, USA)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Pange Lingua March (For Iola)
Sidney Bechet - That's A Plenty (Spreadin' Joy)

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THE VOCALISTS

Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got The World On A String (Love Letters From Ella)
Michael Bublé - That's Life (Call Me Irresponsible)
Roberta Gambarini - Day in, Day Out (So In Love)
Frank Sinatra - Have You Met Miss Jones? (The Complete Reprise)

September 23 - Playlist

2010-09-23T13:19:00.005-04:00

1) Brubeck & Desmond - Stardust (1975: The Duets)
2) Ray Brown - You Are My Sunshine (Walk On)
3) Charlie Parker - She Rote (Yardbird Suite)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Claude Bolling/Jean-Pierre Rampal - Baroque And Blue (Suite For Flute And Jazz Piano Trio)
5) Claude Bolling Big Band - Magenta Haze (A Tone Parallel To Harlem)
6) Claude Bolling - Midnight On The Thelonious (Inspirations)
7) Thelonious Monk - Off Minor (Ken Burns Jazz)
8) Andy Summers with Sting - 'Round Midnight (Green Chimneys)
9) Sonny Stitt - Laura (Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was)
10) GRP All-Star Big Band - Airegin (GRP All-Star Big Band)
11) Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Cinema Paradiso (Beyond The Missouri Sky: Short Stories)
12) Christian McBride - Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)
13) Billie Holiday + Lester Young - Fine And Mellow (A Musical Romance)

THE R & B CORNER

14) Steely Dan - Aja (Footprints: The Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter)
15) Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda (Mwandishi)
16) Stan Getz - Willow Weep For Me (The Lyrical Stan Getz)
17) Fletcher Henderson - Sensation (Ken Burns Jazz)
18) Cassandra Wilson - Angel (Jazz Divas Gold)
19) Freddie Cole - This Is The Life (This Is The Life)
20) Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Blue Rose (Blue Rose)
21) Frank Sinatra - Stardust (The Complete Reprise)

September 21 - Playlist (FILLIN' IN!)

2010-09-21T13:30:00.007-04:00

1) Andre Previn/David Finck - Love Walked In (We Got Rhythm: Gershwin Songbook)
2) David "Fathead" Newman - Romantic Night (The Blessing)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Miles Davis - Bitches Brew [excerpt] (Bitches Brew)
4) Art Pepper And Zoot Sims - In The Middle Of A Kiss (Art 'N' Zoot)
5) Duke Ellington/Ray Brown - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (This One's For Blanton)
6) Benny Carter/Dizzy Gillespie - Constantinople (Carter, Gillespie, Inc.)
7) Bill Evans - If You Could See Me Now (California Here I Come)
8) Dexter Gordon - The Group (Tangerine)
9) Pat Martino - Dreamville (The Misc. Disc)

THE R & B CORNER

10) Eric Clapton - Sweet Home Chicago (Complete)
11) Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind (Chess Records Sampler)
12) Traffic - Glad (Feelin' Alright: The Very Best)
13) Stan Getz - Sweet Sorrow (Nobody But Me)
14) Louis Armstrong - You Go To My Head (Louis Armstrong With Oscar Peterson)
15) Jon & Lynn - Lonely Serenade (MP3 single)#*
16) Mel Torme/George Shearing - Walk Medley (An Era Remembered)
17) Sophie Milman - That Is Love (Take Love Easy)
18) Frank Sinatra - Love Walked In (The Complete Reprise)

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

September 16 - Playlist

2010-09-16T13:53:00.003-04:00

1) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - When Your Lover Has Gone (Jazz That Swings II)
2) Roberts Piket Trio - Flight (Love And Beauty)#
3) Count Basie - Way Out Basie (Best Of The Count Basie Big Band)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Bud Powell - Parisian Thoroughfare (Best Of Bud Powell On Verve)
5) Bud Powell Trio - Now Is The Time (Blues In The Closet)
6) Bud Powell - Lady Bird (Best Of Bud Powell On Verve)
7) Dexter Gordon - Landslide (Dexter Calling)
8) Terence Blanchard - If I Could, I Would (Wandering Moon)
9) Herbie Hancock - Toys (Speak Like A Child)
10) Benny Carter - Mean To Me (More Cookin')
11) Dave Brubeck Quartet - On A Slow Boat To China (Park Avenue South)
12) Miles Davis - Petits Machins [Little Stuff] (Filles De Kilimanjaro)

THE R & B CORNER

13) Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (The Essential)
14) Ed Calle - Love After Dark (Twilight)
15) Stevie Wonder - Overjoyed (At The Close Of A Century)
16) Stan Getz - Over The Rainbow (In Stockholm)
17) Lester Young - It's The Talk Of The Town (Lester Swings)
18) Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra - Jivin' With Jack The Bellboy (Swingin' At Capitol)
19) John Pizzarelli - Witchcraft (Dear Mr. Sinatra)
20) Nnenna Freelon - Gaia's Garden (Listen)
21) Frank Sinatra - When Your Lover Has Gone (The Summit-In Concert)

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September 9 - Playlist

2010-09-09T09:17:00.003-04:00

1) Stan Getz - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Yours And Mine)
2) Chet Baker Quartet - Line For Lyons (Out Of Nowhere)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Grover Washington Jr. - Winelight (Winelight)^
4) Grover Washington Jr. - When I Fall In Love (All My Tomorrows)
5) Bill Evans Trio - Israel (Explorations)
6) Horace Silver Quintet - Bonita (The Cape Verdean Blues)
7) Johnny Griffin - Smokestack (A Blowin' Session)
8) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Camptown Races (Gone With The Wind)
9) Ike Quebec - Goin' Home (Bossa Nova Soul Samba)
10) John Williams' Tenorama - Seven All Out (John Williams' Tenorama)

THE R & B CORNER

11) Nicholas Bearde - Trying Times (All About Love)#

12) Steve Cole - Something About You (True)

13) Minnie Ripperton - Take A Little Trip (Perfect Angel)^

14) Stanley Turrentine - Bayou (Joyride)
15) Joe Lovano - Pannonica (Joyous Encounter)

16) Patricia Barber - Light My Fire (Modern Cool)

17) Nat King Cole - On The Street Where You Live (The World Of Nat King Cole)

18) Carmen McRae - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Peerless Jazz)

19) Frank Sinatra -You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (A Swingin' Affair!)

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September 2 - WON'T BE ON AIR TONIGHT!!!

2010-09-02T14:10:00.003-04:00

Greetings!

Can't make the show tonight. Struck down by the dreaded "Flat Tire."

Sorry. See you next week.

CB

August 26 - Playlist

2010-08-25T22:13:00.003-04:00

1) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Pennies From Heaven (Live At Carnegie Hall)
2) Eliane Elias - Oye Como Va (Around The City)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Abbey Lincoln & Hank Jones - The Nearness Of You (A Night Out With Verve)
4) Abbey Lincoln with Stan Getz - Bird Alone (You Gotta Pay The Band)
5) Miles Davis - Blues No. 2 (Someday My Prince Will Come)
6) John Coltrane - Giant Steps (Giant Steps)
7) Robert Glasper - 59 South (Double Booked)
8) Paul Chambers - Chasin' The Bird (Bass On Top)
9) Lee Morgan - Boy, What A Night (The Sidewinder)
10) Ike Quebec - Don't Take Your Love From Me (Blue & Sentimental)
11) Stan Kenton - Invention For Guitar And Trumpet (New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm)
12) Duke Jordan - Deacon Joe (Flight To Jordan)
13) Duke Ellington - After All (Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra 1941)
14) Bill Evans - Suicide Is Painless (You Must Believe In Spring)
15) Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance (Priceless Jazz 4)
16) Brian Wilson - 'S Wonderful (Reimagines Gershwin)*
17) Anita O'Day - Honeysuckle Rose (The Verve Story)
18) Abbey Lincoln with Stan Getz - Up Jumped Spring (You Gotta Pay The Band)
19) Frank Sinatra - Pennies From Heaven (Vegas)

* indicates Recent Release

August 19 - Playlist

2010-08-19T16:13:00.003-04:00

1) Sonny Stitt Quartet - If I Had You (New York Jazz)
2) DVC Night Jazz Band - Camouflage (Live At Yoshi's)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Art Pepper - Fascinating Rhythm (Rhapsody In Blue)
4) Chet Baker & Art Pepper - Ol' Croix (The Route)
5) Art Pepper - Birks Works (Meets The Rhythm Section)
6) Stefon Harris - Sunset And The Mockingbird (African Tarantella)
7) American Jazz Philharmonic - Open Me First (American Jazz Philharmonic)
8) Jason Miles - Stolen Moments (Koch Jazz Sampler)
9) Monty Alexander - Caribbean Circle (Caribbean Circle)
10) Stan Getz - Early Autumn (Cool Velvet)
11) Benny Golson - My Blues House (Prestige Collector Edition Vol.3)
12) Ron Escheté Trio - Sleepwalk (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters, Vol. I)
13) Travelin' Light - Under Parisian Skies (Cookin' With Frank And Joe)
14) Jon & Lynn - The Best Thing For You (Jon & Lynn)*
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Someday My Prince Will Come (Countdown: Time In Outer Space)
16) Andrew Hill - Illusion (Untinted)
17) David Michael - Low Bid On A Dream (Low Bid On A Dream)
18) Roseanna Vitro - The Danger Zone (Catchin' Some Rays)
19) Frank Sinatra - If I Had You (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

August 12 - Playlist

2010-08-12T01:18:00.005-04:00

1) Eliane Elias - Desafinado (Plays Jobim)
2) Jim Pearce - Almost To Brazil (I'm In The Twilight Of A Mediocre Career)*

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Louisiana (Traditionialism Revisited)
4) Bob Brookmeyer with Netherlands Metropole Orchestra - Out Of This World (Out Of This World)
5) Bob Brookmeyer/Stan Getz - Nice Work If You Can Get It (Recorded Fall 1961)
6) Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (Monk's Dream)
7) Brubeck Brothers Quartet - Cool On The Coast (Classified)
8) Dave Brubeck - I Want To Be Happy (Jazz Goes To College)
9) Michael Brecker Quindectet - Broadband (Wide Angles)
10) Eddie Costa Quartet - Adelaide (Guys And Dolls Like Vibes)
11) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Watermelon Man (Act Your Age)

THE R & B CORNER

12) Average White Band - I Just Can't Give You Up (Live From New York Vol. 2)
13) Dave Hill - Soul Twister (New World)*
14) Michael McDonald - Baby Can I Change My Mind (Soul Speak)
15) Cannonball Adderley - 74 Miles Away (Cannonball Plays Zawinul)
16) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Shiny Stockings (Jazz Divas Gold)
17) Steve Tyrell - Just In Time (This Guy's In Love)
18) Joyce Cooling - What Are We waiting For? (Oasis Jazz Sampler)
19) Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim - Desafinado (Sinatra-Jobim)*

* indicates Recent Release

August 5 - Playlist

2010-08-05T08:19:00.004-04:00

1) Chicago - Goody Goody (Night And Day: Big Band)
2) 8 Legged Monster - ...Or Something (Vol. 2)
3) Duke Ellington/Count Basie - Battle Royal (First Time!)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Michael Franks - Scatsville (Rendezvous In Rio)
5) Michael Franks - Eggplant (A Backward Glance)
6) Michael Franks - Rendezvous In Rio (Rendezvous In Rio)
7) Paul Desmond - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (Bridge Over Troubled Waters)
8) Jacky Terrasson - Carry Me Away (Push)*
9) John Williams' Baritone Band - Waltz for CP (John Williams' Baritone Band)

10) Dave Brubeck Quartet with Bill Smith - The Twig (The Riddle)^
11) Stan Getz - Sweet Rain (Sweet Rain)
12) Bennie Moten - South (This Is The Big Band Era)^
13) Freddie Hubbard - Caravan (Priceless Jazz 4)
14) Miles Davis - Dr. Jackle (Milestones)

THE R & B CORNER

15) Ray Charles - Rockhouse (Blues + Jazz)
16) Jeff Lorber Fusion - Pixel (Now Is The Time)*
17) Memphis Horns with Etta James - Take Me To The River (The Memphis Horns)
18) Joel Vanderheyden - Gargoyles (Complete Life)
19) BeatleJazz - Come Together (A Bite Of The Apple)
20) Vince Guaraldi - Charlie Brown Theme (The Charlie Brown Suite)
21) Ann Hampton Callaway - At Last (At Last)
22) Manhattan Transfer - Free Samba (The Chick Corea Songbook)
23) Frank Sinatra - Goody Goody (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release
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Jazz Ramblings & Other Idle Thoughts

2010-07-27T08:25:00.010-04:00

Greetings!

I'm off the air for a few weeks (as I hope you have noticed), getting some R & R with the grandkids at the Jersey Shore (by the way, where we stay in Ocean City is nothing like the obnoxious TV series).

I spent some time yesterday evening watching Matt Garza's no-hitter, but listening to Koplant No. This is both a band name and the title of their new CD (they were my FEATURE ARTIST a few weeks ago). When I call their music interesting, I mean that in the very best sense. I've always been a fan of noir-ish films, movies with "texture," and to me, Koplant No is the audio equivalent of a film noir. They are not a conventional jazz group, but they certainly have jazz chops, especially saxophonist Joel Vanderheyden.

This is a real chicken and egg situation for me. I found out about Koplant No when they back up founding member Vanderheyden on his 2009 release Complete Life. On Koplant No, he's here as a player but not a composer. Those duties are split between trumpeter/keyboardist Brian Lewis Smith and bassist/french horn player Drew Morton. Rob Baner on drums and samples rounds out the quartet.

If I were a filmmaker, creating a science fiction detective movie (think Blade Runner), this album would be a great soundtrack. The playing is superb and they are telling stories outside of the box. I'd love to see how they handle a live crowd. (PS - a link to Joel's website is at the bottom of this page).

Another CD I'm fond of is The Sea, the sophomore effort from Corinne Bailey Rae. I remember the first time I saw her perform, on an episode of Aaron Sorkin's lamentably short-run TV show STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP. I was electrified then. The girl has presence, and she can write a tune, too. (Aaron Sorkin, by the way, is one of my very favorite TV/Screenwriters. I especially like how he incorporates cool music into his shows/movies. We'll have to get into that topic sometime later). Anyway, Corinne's been off the grid for a few years, recovering from the untimely passing of her husband. By all measures, The Sea is a great effort and well worth the wait. Her songwriting skills are undiminished (indeed, perhaps augmented) and both her voice and the production work are tip-top. We'll be hearing from her on future shows.

Stay cool!

July 15 - Playlist

2010-07-15T15:40:00.004-04:00

1) Chet Baker - Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart (My Old Flame)
2) Lee Ritenour with Pat Martino - L.P. [For Les Paul] (Six String Theory)*
3) Duke Ellington - West Indian Stomp (Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra 1941)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Wynton Marsalis - Sunflowers (The Marciac Suite)
5) Wynton Marsalis - Fire In The Night (Unforgivable Blackness)
6) Stan Getz - Blues For Mary Jane (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)
7) Terence Blanchard - The Water (A Tale Of God's Will)
8) Billy Cobham - Obliquely Speaking (Palindrome)*
9) Ramsey Lewis - Uptight (Finest Hour)
10) Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond - At The Perfume Counter (Moods And Grooves)

THE R & B CORNER

11) Mark Egan - Frog Legs (Truth Be Told)*
12) Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/New York Mornings (The Sea)*
13) James Brown - Please, Please, Please (20 All Time Greatest Hits)
14) Roy Hargrove - Things We Did Last Summer (Approaching Standards)
15) Gerry Mulligan - Curtains (Lonesome Boulevard)
16) Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Experience The Divine)
17) Harry Connick, Jr. - A Moment With You (Come By Me)
18) Marilyn Scott - I Wished On The Moon (Nightcap)
19) Frank Sinatra - Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

July 8 - Playlist

2010-07-07T14:31:00.005-04:00

1) Woody Herman - I've Got You Under My Skin (An Anthology of Big Band Swing: 1930-1955)
2) Billy Strayhorn & The Duke Ellington Orchestra with Harry Carney - Sono (The Jazz Scene)
3) Lionel Hampton - Blue Lou (Ring Dem Vibes)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Charlie Parker - Scrapple From The Apple (Ken Burns Jazz)
5) Charlie Parker - Star Eyes (Ken Burns Jazz)
6) Charlie Parker - Confirmation (Ken Burns Jazz)
7) Charlie Parker - Parker's Mood (Ken Burns Jazz)
8) John Coltrane - You're A Weaver Of Dreams (A Night Out With Verve)
9) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - I Remember Clifford (A Night Out With Verve)
10) Michel Legrand - La Vie En Rose (A Night Out With Verve)
11) David Benoit - Linus And Lucy (GRP 10th Anniversary Collection)
12) Thelonious Monk - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Straight, No Chaser)
13) Coleman Hawkins All Stars - The Sheik Of Araby (I'm Beginning To See The Light: Dance Hits From The Second World War)
14) Stan Getz - 6-Nix-Pix-Flix (Nobody Else But Me)
15) Dave Brubeck - Waltzing (Double Live From The U.S.A. And U.K.)

THE R & B CORNER

16) SMV: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten - Grits (Thunder)
17) Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration)
18) Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Hide Love (The Essential)
19) Dave Holland - The Leak (Critical Mass)
20) Benny Carter/Dizzy Gillespie - A Night In Tunisia (Carter, Gillespie, Inc.)
21) Tony Bennett - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Live)
22) Patti Austin/WDR Big Band - Funny Face (Avant Gershwin)
23) Manhattan Transfer - Good Enough To Keep (Swing)
24) Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (Live at the Meadowlands)

July 1 - Playlist

2010-07-01T14:28:00.007-04:00

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

1) Charlie Haden with Michael Brecker - America The Beautiful (American Dreams)
2) Frank Sinatra - The House I Live In (The Complete Reprise)
3) Stan Freberg - Yankee Doodle Go Home (The United States Of America)^

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Benny Goodman - American Patrol (The War)
5) Benny Goodman - The Darktown Strutters Ball (All The Cats Join In)
6) Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (Sing, Sing, Sing)
7) Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Bye-Ya (At Carnegie Hall)
8) Dave Grusin - Peter Gunn (Two For The Road)
9) Bill Evans - These Things Called Changes (Empathy)
10) Stan Getz - What Is This Thing Called Love? (Anniversary)
11) Erroll Garner - It's All Right With Me ("Concert By The Sea")
12) Juliet Annerino - Let's Run Away Together (Crushed Velvet)#
13) Kathleen Gorman - Rialto (Brand New Day)#
14) Joani Taylor - Dance With Me (In My Own Voice)#

THE R & B CORNER

15) Curtis Haywood - Springtime (Curtis Haywood)
16) Gato Barbieri - I Want You (Late Night Sax)
17) Grover Washington, Jr. - Heat Index (Prime Cuts)
18) Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan - Mexican Jumping Bean (Live At The Berlin Philharmonie)
19) Charlie Parker - Now Is The Time (Ken Burns Jazz)
20) Manhattan Transfer - Birdland (Very Best Of)
21) Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - I Got Plenty Of Nuttin' (Porgy & Bess)
22) Ray Charles - America The Beautiful (His Greatest Hits)

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June 24 - Playlist

2010-06-24T08:14:00.003-04:00

1) Sonny Rollins - Some Enchanted Evening (Road Shows Vol. I)
2) Bobby Hutcherson - Montara (Untinted)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Roberta Gambarini - Centerpiece (Easy To Love)
4) Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones- Supper Time (You Are There)
5) Roberta Gambarini - Estaté (So In Love)
6) Joe Lovano - Deep Blue Sky (Viva Caruso)
7) Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band - Con Alma (Dizzy's Business)

"RAG TIME"

8) Canadian Brass - Bourbon Street Medley (Jazz Roots)
9) Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Tiger Rag (Best Of)
10) Stan Getz - Billie's Bounce (Live By The Sea)

THE LATIN QUARTER

11) Hilton Ruiz - Intrepid Fox (¡Con Mucho Ritmo!)
12) Michel Camilo - Caribe (One More Once0

13) Chico O'Farrill - Sin Titulo (Cuban Blues)
14) Dave Brubeck Quartet - I Hear A Rhapsody (Paper Moon)
15) Wayne Shorter - Footprints (Adam's Apple)
16) Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - Isn't This A Lovely Day? (Ella And Louis)
17) Dianne Reeves - One For My Baby (Good Night, And Good Luck)
19) Frank Sinatra - Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)

June 17 - Playlist

2010-06-17T08:07:00.002-04:00

1) Lester Young - All Of Me (Lester Swings)
2) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Hit The Ground Running (Act Your Age)
3) Woody Herman - Northwest Passage (The Thundering Herds 1945-1947)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Koplant No - Pitch Dark (Koplant No)*
5) Koplant No - Cave Troll (Koplant No)*
6) Count Basie - Topsy (The Count Basie Story)

7) Hot Club Of Detroit - Two Weeks (Night Town)
8) Sonny Stitt & Friends - It's Hipper Than That (How High The Moon)
9) The Very Tall Band - Squatty Roo (What's Up)
10) Stan Getz - Summertime (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)
11) Dave Brubeck - Balcony Rock (Jazz Goes To College)
12) Jon & Lynn - How Can I Be Sure (Jon & Lynn)*#

THE R & B CORNER

13) Corinne Bailey Rae - Feels Like The First Time (The Sea)*
14) Urban Knights - On The Up (V)
15) Noel Pointer - Superwoman (Blue Note Plays Stevie Wonder)
16) Jason Moran - Skitter In (Black Stars)
17) Joe Lovano - The Dawn Of Time (Symphonica)
18) Patricia Barber - I Get A Kick Out Of You (The Cole Porter Mix)
19) John Pizzarelli - Nobody's Heart (With A Song In My Heart)
20) Nancy Wilson - The Old Country (Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley)
21) Frank Sinatra - All Of Me (Songs For Young Lovers/Swing Easy)

* indicates Recent Release
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June 10 - Playlist

2010-06-09T23:56:00.003-04:00

1) Dave Brubeck - River Stay 'Way From My Door (Night Shift)
2) Miles Davis - Fran-Dance (At Newport 1958)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Brecker Brothers - And Then She Wept (Priceless Jazz)
4) Dreams - New York (Dreams)
5) Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker - Wayne Out (Some Skunk Funk)
6) Coleman Hawkins - Soul Blues (Prestige Profiles)
7) Billie Holiday - My Man (Greatest Hits)
8) Joe Zawinul - Black Market (Brown Street)
9) Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry - Blues For Smedley (Oscar Peterson Trio + 1)
10) Keith Jarrett - Moon And Sand (Standards, Vol. 2)
11) Stan Getz - Captain Marvel (The New Collection)

THE R & B CORNER

12) David Sanborn with Derek Trucks - Brother Ray (Here & Gone)
13) Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (Back To Black)
14) Brian Culbertson - Hollywood Swinging (Bringing Back The Funk)
15) Stan Kenton - Improvisation (New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm)
16) Hank Mobley - High Voltage (High Voltage)
17) Michael Franks - The Art Of Love (Blue Pacific)
18) Janis Siegel - I Can't Help It (A Thousand Beautiful Things)
19) Frank Sinatra - River, Stay 'Way From My Door (Come Swing With Me!)

June 3 - Playlist

2010-06-03T07:54:00.003-04:00

1) Dizzy Gillespie/Roy Eldridge - Blue Moon (Dizzy: The Music of John Birks Gillespie)
2) Eddie Costa Quartet - If I Were A Bell (Guys And Dolls Like Vibes)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Joe Henderson - Happy Madness (Double Rainbow)
4) Joe Henderson - Canyon Lady (Milestone Profiles)
5) Monty Alexander - Runnin' Away (Live At The Iridium)
6) Tony Williams - From Before (Spring)
7) Dave Brubeck - Don't Worry About Me (Jazz Goes To College)
8) Thelonious Monk - I Didn't Know About You (Straight, No Chaser)
9) Weather Report - Birdland (Heavy Weather)
10) Eliane Elias - Straight Across (So Far So Close)

THE R & B CORNER

11) Corinne Bailey Rae - Closer (The Sea)*
12) Earth, Wind & Fire - Ponte De Areia/Be Ever Beautiful (The Essential)
13) Ray Charles - Drown In My Own Tears (Best Of: The Atlantic Years)
14) Stan Getz - Out Of Focus (Nobody Else But Me)
15) Oscar Peterson/Nelson Riddle - My Ship (Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle)
16) Sarah Vaughn - Wonder Why (After Hours)
17) Harry Connick, Jr. - Pure Imagination/Candy Man (Songs I Heard)
18) Ella Fitzgerald - I Hadn't Anyone (The Intimate Ella)
190 Frank Sinatra - Blue Moon (Swingin' Session!!!)

* indicates Recent Release

May 27 - Playlist

2010-05-27T08:39:00.004-04:00

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

2010-05-20T08:25:00.003-04:00

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!)

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* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

May 13 - Playlist

2010-05-12T23:07:00.002-04:00

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

2010-05-05T22:41:00.004-04:00

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

FEATURE ARTIST

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

April 29 - Playlist

2010-04-29T08:28:00.003-04:00

1) Stan Getz - This Can't Be Love (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)
2) Robert Glasper - Downtime (Double Booked)*

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Paul Desmond Quartet - Line For Lyons (Live)
4) Paul Desmond - Take Ten (The Best Of)
5) Ike Quebec - Count Every Star (Blue & Sentimental)
6) Duke Jordan - Star Brite (Flight To Jordan)
7) Tony Williams - Love Song (Spring)
8) Louis Armstrong - 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Satchmo At Pasadena)
9) Max Roach Plus Four - Juliano (Quiet As It's Kept)
10) ESP - Copper Room (Time's Up)*
11) Thelonious Monk - 'Round Midnight (Genius Of Modern Music Volume 1)

THE LATIN QUARTER

12) Ithamara Koorax & Jaurez Moriera - Minha Saudade (Bim Bom)*
13) Dave Brubeck - Cielito Lindo (Bravo! Brubeck!)
14) Oscar Castro-Neves - Double Rainbow (All One)
15) Hailey Niswanger - Confeddie (Confeddie)*
16) Gary Burton - Heros Sin Nombre (Generations)
17) John Pizzarelli - Oh Darling (Meets The Beatles)
18) Kathleen Gorman - What Does It Take? (Brand New Day)
19) Rosemary Clooney - Old Devil Moon (At Long Last)
20) Frank Sinatra - This Can't Be Love (Classic Sinatra II)

* indicates Recent Release

April 22 - Playlist

2010-04-22T07:46:00.004-04:00

ELLA'S BIRTHDAY

Celebrating Lady Ella (and other Voices of Note)

Ella Fitzgerald appears on all tracks (unless otherwise noted), with accompaniment listed:

1) ...with London Symphony Orchestra - Cry Me A River (Love Letters From Ella)
2) ...with Oscar Peterson Trio - Stompin' At The Savoy (At The Opera House)
3) ...with Louis Armstrong - Cheek To Cheek (Ella And Louis)
4) ...with New York Voices - Oh, Lady Be Good (Collection)
5) ... - A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Legendary)
6, 7 & 8) ...with Paul Smith Quartet - Mack The Knife/How High the Moon?/Misty (Ella In Berlin)
9) Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald (The Duke Ellington Songbook)
10) Juliet Annerino - Jones (Scenes From A Life On Fire)
11) Jane Monheit with Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio - Fascinatin' Rhythm (In Full Swing)
12) Billie Holiday - I Wished On The Moon (Songs For Distingué Lovers)
13) ...with Louis Armstrong - I Won't Dance (Ella And Louis Again)
14) ...with Stan Getz - Midnight Sun (Like Someone In Love)
15) ... - I Get A Kick Out Of You (The Cole Porter Songbook)
16) Gladys Knight - Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me (Before Me)
17) Cassandra Wilson - Lover Come Back (Loverly)
18) Roberta Gambarini - From This Moment On (So In Love)
19) ...with Louis Armstrong - Undecided (First Lady Of Song)
20) ...with Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (We All Love Ella)
21) ...with Frank Sinatra - Moonlight In Vermont/I May Be Wrong/Put Your Dreams Away (Classic Duets)

Jazz Rambling & Other Idle Thoughts

2010-04-20T14:20:00.003-04:00

Greetings to one and all!

This week is the 19th annual Phonathon/Membership Drive for "our" station, WMUH 91.7 FM, broadcast from Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA.

WMUH is operated by a staff with students and community volunteers (like yours truly) to bring you exciting, cutting edge music and programs. Now is your chance to help and show your support for your favorite programs (such as JAZZ...OR SOMETHING LIKE IT) by donating as as little as $20.

Call in this week anytime between 8:00am to 11:00pm, until Sunday April 25, and help fund our station to keep it running! 484-664-3900

$20 gets you a Membership card with local discounts to businesses (including Hava Java) as well as a WMUH bumper sticker.
$40 gets you a Membership card, a bumper sticker, and a newly designed WMUH T-shirt.
$60 gets you a Membership card, bumper sticker, T-shirt, and a WMUH Tote Bag.
$100 gets you a grand total of all of this lovely merchandise as well as a Mr. Mark design mouse pad.

(Thanks to "Idle Rich" whose remarks about this I plagiarized from his FaceBook page).

In addition to these great premiums, I also have autographed CDs from Juliet Annerino, and T-shirts from her Record Company, Matahari Music to give out on my show this Thursday. Tune in (please)!

April 15 - Playlist

2010-04-15T13:25:00.004-04:00

1) Monty Alexander - Fly Me To The Moon (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters Vol. II)
2) Gato Barbieri - Milonga Triste (Priceless Jazz)
3) Benny Goodman - Let's Dance (Occillatin' Rhythm)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Chris Botti - Make Someone Happy (When I Fall In Love)
5) Chris Botti with Dean Martin - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Italia)
6) Chris Botti with Paula Cole - My One And Only Love (To Love Again)
7) Min Rager - First Steps (First Steps)*
8) Grover Washington, Jr. - Just The Two Of Us/Sausalito (Grover Live)*
9) Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra - Stone Free (Live At Sweet Basil)
10) Sonny Rollins - Best Wishes (Road Shows Vol. I)
11) Manhattan Transfer - Time's Lie (The Chick Corea Songbook

THE LATIN QUARTER

12) Ry Cooder/Manual Galban - Los Twangueros (Mambo Sinuendo)
13) Eddie Palmieri - Caribbean Mood (¡Con Mucho Ritmo!)

14) Chico O'Farrill - Botellero (Cuban Blues)
15) Stan Getz - Midnight Samba (Late Night Sax)
16) Brubeck & Desmond - Blue Dove (1975 - The Duets)
17) Yo-Yo Ma/Claude Bolling - Romantique (Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio)
18) John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman - Lush Life (Standards)
19) Sophie Milman - I Concentrate On You (Take Love Easy)
20) Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (Nothing But The Best)

* indicates Recent Release

April 8 - Playlist

2010-04-08T07:10:00.004-04:00

1) Benny Carter - That Old Black Magic (Cosmopolite)
2) Peter White - Elis (A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins)
3) Woody Herman - Woodchopper's Ball (The Thundering Herds 1945-1947)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Joe Lovano - Miss Etna (Tenor Legacy)
5) Joe Lovano Nonet - If You Could See Me Now (52nd Street Themes)
6) Joe Lovano And Hank Jones - Budo (Kids)
7) Jacque Loussier Trio - Allegro-Assai (Mozart Piano Concertos 20/23)
8) Chick Corea - Wind Danse (My Spanish Heart)
9) Lee Konitz - Palo Alto (Parallels)
10) Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Take The 'A' Train (They Came To Swing)
11) Dave Brubeck with Anthony Braxton - In Your Own Sweet Way (All The Things We Are)
12) Chet Baker Quartet - A Dandy Line (My Old Flame)

THE R & B CORNER

13) Jeff Lorber - Step On It (Philly Style)
14) Four Tops - Seven Lonely Nights (Night Lights Harmony)^
15) Teo Macero - My Kind Of Blues (The Spirit)
16) Stan Getz - Willow Weep For Me (The Lyrical Stan Getz)
17) Jon & Lynn - Can't Take My Eyes Of Off You (Jon & Lynn)*#
18) Al Jarreau - Burst In With The Dawn (Look To The Rainbow)
19) Frank Sinatra - That Old Black Magic (Come Swing With Me)

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

April 1 - Playlist

2010-04-01T07:04:00.005-04:00

1) Coleman Hawkins - I'm Beginning To See The Light (Prestige Profiles)
2) Sting And Gil Evans - Consider Me Gone (Strange Fruit)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Lionel Hampton - Je Ne Sais Pas (Lionel Hampton Quintet)
4) Lionel Hampton - Hamp's Thing (Ring Dem Vibes)
5) Roberta Piket Trio - Up, Up And Away (Love And Beauty)
6) Cannonball Adderley - I Remember You (Takes Charge)
7) Dave Brubeck - Bossa Nove USA (Trio Brubeck)
8) Stan Getz - Mahna De Carnival (Big Band Bossa Nova)
9) Sonny Stitt - Easy Does It (Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio)
10) Wynton Masalis Quartet - Free To Be (The Magic Hour)

THE R & B CORNER

11) Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (Songs In The Key Of Life)
12) Urban Knights - New Funktier (V)
13) Earth, Wind & Fire - Let Me Talk (The Essential)
14) Thelonious Monk Big Band - Oska T. (In Concert)
15) Ray Charles - Oh What A Beautiful Morning (Ray Sings, Basie Swings)
16) Ann Hampton Callaway - Let's Fall In Love (To Ella With Love)
17) Cassandra Wilson - What Is It? (Glamoured)
18) Frank Sinatra - I'm Beginning To See The Light (The Complete Reprise)

Jazz Rambling & Other Idle Thoughts

2010-03-31T13:08:00.002-04:00

I often say that my show is a reflection of whatever mood I was in at the time that I planned it, which frequently is not the same mood that I'm in at airtime.

That will most definitely be the case tomorrow. I happened to have a free hour yesterday, so I wrote the Playlist and packed the CDs. Later that night, I learned that a great and true friend, John J. Zeock, had passed away.

John was the guy who introduced me to the Musical Heritage Society, an offshoot of which, Jazz Heritage, started me on this warped addiction to buying Jazz CDs that I enjoy to this day. So I suppose John is the spiritual Godfather of my little radio show.

He was probably the smartest, and certainly the most erudite person I ever knew well. A lot of the excellent (and strange) books and off-the-wall CDs in my library came from him.

I don't want his passing to go unremarked, and although I don't have even a shadow of his writing talent, his love of the arts has, for the longest time, inspired my own. I hope my show and this modest blog can be a tribute to a lost friend.

"I'll Be Seeing You..."

March 25 - Playlist

2010-03-25T10:38:00.007-04:00

Happy 7th Birthday to Angela (My Granddaughter!)

1) Paul Chambers - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Bass On Top)
2) John Coltrane - The Inch Worm (Standards)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Eddie Daniels - 34 Skidoo (...This Is Now)
4) Eddie Daniels And Gary Burton - Airmail Special (Benny Rides Again)
5) Eddie Daniels with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Under The Wire (The Phat Pack)
6) BeatleJazz - The Night Before (All You Need)
7) Miles Davis - Rocker (Birth Of The Cool)
8) Nigel Kennedy - Midnight Blue (Blue Note Sessions)
9) Stan Getz - Joanne Julia (Bossas And Ballads: The Lost Sessions)
10) Simone - Love Me Or Leave Me (Simone On Simone)
11) Thelonious Monk - Caravan (Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington)
12) Mark Whitfield - David's Theme (Patrice)

THE R & B CORNER

13) Les Paul & Friends - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (American Made, World Played)
14) Angeline Ball - I Can't Stand The Rain (The Commitments)
15) Booker T. & The MGs - Time Is Tight (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration)
16) Dexter Gordon - Secret Love (Manhattan Symphonie)
17) Dave Brubeck - Benjamin (A History Of Jazz)
18) Juliet Annerino - Crush (Crushed Velvet)
19) John Pizzarelli - Coquette (After Hours)
20) Diana Krall - Every Time We Say Goodbye (Quiet Nights)
21) Frank Sinatra - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (A Swingin' Affair!)

March 18 - Playlist

2010-03-17T22:59:00.006-04:00

1) Sonny Stitt And Paul Gonsalves - S'Posin' (Salt And Pepper)
2) Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island (The Impulse Story)
3) "Del Paxton" - Time To Blow (That Thing You Do)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Nat King Cole - Just You, Just Me (After Midnight)
5) Nat King Cole - Pick Yourself Up (Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearer Plays)
6) Lester Young with Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich - Back To The Land (The Jazz Scene)
7) Nat King Cole - Almost Like Being In Love (The World Of Nat King Cole)
8) Lee Morgan - Gary's Note Book (The Sidewinder)

9) Nick Hempton Band - The Times (Nick Hempton Band)
10) Art Tatum - The Kerry Dance (Piano Starts Here)

11) Tony Bennett with Stan Getz - Danny Boy (Jazz)

12) Sonny Rollins - How Are Things In Glocca Mora? (Ballads)

13) Dave Brubeck Trio with Gerry Mulligan - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Live At The Berlin Philharmonie)

THE R&B CORNER

14) Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said [I'm In Heaven When You Smile] (At The Movies)

15) Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Head Hunters)

16) Roy Hargrove Presents The RH Factor - Out Of Town (Hard Groove)

17) Serge Forte Trio - Rock Of Ages (Oscar, A Tribute)#

18) Oliver Nelson's Big Band - Milestones (Live From Los Angeles)

19) Jon & Lynn - If I Only Had A Heart (Jon & Lynn)#*

20) Michael Brecker with James Taylor - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (The Nearness Of You: The Ballad Book)

21) Frank Sinatra - S'Posin' (Swingin' Session!!!)

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

* indicates Recent Release

Jazz Rambling & Other Idle Thoughts

2010-03-16T23:00:00.008-04:00

My pal Jon Burr, noted New York Bassist, Composer and Bandleader, was kind enough to send me his latest release, a very intriguing duo project known as Jon & Lynn. I can't recall another example of two such voicings: Jon is a virtuoso on Bass, Lynn Stein is a stunning singer. With a tone as clear as a bell, and very precise diction, she brings new life to a wide array of old chestnuts (and two Burr originals) backed by a sometimes witty, sometimes melodic, sometimes minimalist but always steady upright bass. This works, folks! Bass and Girl Singer! You don't think it should, but sometimes sheer talent carries the day. I never imagined I'd hear a cover of the old Shondells tune I Think We're Alone Now, and If I Only Had A Heart is an especially fresh surprise, which then got me thinking about doing an Oz medley for an upcoming show (maybe this week). Anyway, thanks Jon & Lynn for the joy. PS - You can check out Jon & Lynn yourself at their website; see my Links of Interest at the bottom of this Blog!

Another nice new CD arrival is The Nick Hempton Band. The talented Mr. Hempton clearly listened to his Coltrane coming up; his alto is reminiscent of Trane's tenor (if that makes any sense) if not as dense. He also exhibits good composing chops, and by the way, the rest of the quartet can play too. This is a tight group and this is good jazz. I suspect we'll be getting to him again soon. Thank you, Nick, for the amusing liner notes! They'll be playing at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philly April 15th (naturally, I'll be on the air, darn).

See you Thursday.

March 11 - Playlist

2010-03-11T18:02:00.003-05:00

1) Tina Brooks - Everything Happens To Me (Minor Move)
2) Roy Hargrove Quartet - Starmaker (Earfood)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Modern Jazz Quartet - The Golden Striker (No Sun In Venice)
4) Modern Jazz Quartet with Bobby McFerrin & Take 6 - Bags' Groove (MJQ & Friends)
5) Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues In B Flat (Blues On Bach)
6) Stan Getz - Coba (Apasionado)
7) Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance (Priceless Jazz 4)
8) Stanley Turrentine - You'll Never Get Away From Me (Never Let Me Go)
9) Sonny Rollins - Silk 'N' Satin (The Misc. Disc)
10) Benny Goodman - Cherry (Clarinet A La King)
11) Jon Burr Quartet - Blear (In My Own Words)
12) Joe Lovano & Greg Osby - Broad Way Blues (Friendly Fire)

THE R&B CORNER

13) Lionel Richie - All Night Long (Can't Slow Down)^
14) Tom Timko And The Horn Dogs - Breakfast At Nats (Tom Timko And The Horn Dogs)
15) Sade - Your Love Is King (Diamond Life)^
16-18) Louie Bellson And His Jazz Orchestra - The East Side Suite (The East Side Suite)
- Park Ave. Strut
- Tiffany's Corner
- Village Hangout
19) Carmen McRae - I Hear Music (Any Old Time)
20) Roberta Gambarini - This Is Always (So In Love)
21) Frank Sinatra - Everything Happens To Me (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

March 4 - Playlist

2010-03-04T00:11:00.005-05:00

1) John Coltrane - All Or Nothing At All (Standards)
2) Horace Silver - The African Queen (The Cape Verdean Blues)

FEATURE ARTIST

3) Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - In A Mellow Tone (The Complete Roulette Sessions)
4) Louis Armstrong - Blues In The Night (Meets Oscar Peterson)
5) Louis Armstrong - Atlanta Blues (Plays W. C. Handy)
6) Juliet Annerino - Wake Up With You [WuWu] (MP3 Single)*
7) Cannonball Adderley - Money In The Pocket (Cannonball Plays Zawinul)
8) Nick Hempton Band - Get This... (Nick Hempton Band)
9) Ramsey Lewis Trio - One, Two, Three (Finest Hour)
10) Count Basie - Big Brother (Basie Land)
11) Stan Getz - Nica's Dream (Cool Velvet)
12) James Moody - Daahoud (Priceless Jazz 5)
13) Gerry Mulligan - Black Nightgown (Concert Jazz Band)

THE R&B CORNER

14) Eric Clapton - I Want A Little Girl (One More Car, One More Rider)
15) Grover Washington, Jr. - Where Is The Love (All The King's Horses)
16) Mable John - Your Good Thing [Is About To End] (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration)
17) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (25th Anniversary Reunion)
18) Michel Camilo - Hurry Up And Wait (Spirit Of The Moment)
19) Nat King Cole - Candy (After Midnight)
20) Dinah Washington - Blue Gardenia (The Definitive)
21) Frank Sinatra - All Or Nothing At All (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Jazz Rambling & Other Idle Thoughts

2010-02-26T16:31:00.006-05:00

On the off-chance that someone may be reading this blog (or willing to) for something other than Playlists (and with some idle time due to inclement weather), I figured I would jot down a few (jazz-related) items:

Thanks to that above-mentioned weather, I had the time to view two Jazz films; Straight, No Chaser, the Thelonious Monk documentary produced by Clint Eastwood (who is a separate jazz story) and Improvisation, the Norman Granz produced film. Seeing Monk was an education; he was certainly a character, from his spinning/dancing on stage to his flat-fingered keyboard playing. Undeniably a jazz pioneer, especially as a composer, Monk nevertheless exemplifies the hard life and relative lack of mainstream recognition of the Be-bop era musicians. But he was on the cover of Time magazine.

The critic Nat Hentoff makes the point, in the bonus feature about Norman Granz on Improvisation, that no non-musician had more impact on the development and proliferation of recorded jazz than Mr. Granz. This film gives you a sense of that, not to mention the outstanding recordings on film of a host of Hall-of-Fame performers. The piano players alone include Duke, Count and Hank Jones (still with us, and God bless him). But watching Oscar Peterson on this film (a segment recorded in Montreux c. 1977) instead of just listening reminded me once again that he was the greatest jazz piano player...ever! Other observations about this film...it seems like Ray Brown at one time or another played with everybody, and always did it well...Buddy Rich could probably play in his sleep...Diz with his cheeks puffed out looks really bizarre on film...Coleman Hawkins does a fine solo as an appreciative Charlie Parker watches, then Bird follows with his own solo in triple time; I can only wonder what Bean was thinking...I've said all along that Ella was the best female singer ever (jazz or no). In fact, the best live show I ever saw was at the Philadelphia Spectrum, and Ella was the opening act, performing with Basie and his Orchestra (you'll be able to guess who the headliner was).

From the Bargain Bin: I was in Barnes & Noble the other day, looking to burn off $35 worth of gift cards. I briefly considered Season 1 of Ally McBeal, but opted instead to check out the $7.99 CD selection, where I found a few gems: Ramsey Lewis Finest Hour, The Definitive Dinah Washington, John Coltrane Standards, Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown [see] and Herb Ellis) At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and a nice Best of Gershwin from Columbia. Two points about that last one: it's classical, but is has the definitive version of Rhapsody in Blue with the original instrumentation from Ferde Grofe's arrangement for the Paul Whiteman premier of the piece, and with the composer himself playing the piano (captured from piano rolls); and it in Sony's nifty new "Green" cardboard package.

I've now missed two weeks, so I'll be chomping at the bit for next Thursday's show. LA singer Juliet Annerino very graciously recorded a station ID for me, which you will hear then. She also sent some CDs (her newest: Scenes From A Life On Fire) and T-shirts, which I'll be giving away on the air sometime soon. Many thanks, Juliet!

February 11 - Playlist

2010-02-11T13:55:00.005-05:00

"I'LL TAKE ROMANCE"

1) Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Plays The Music From West Side Story And...)
2) Chet Baker - Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart (My Old Flame)
3) Charlie Parker - Billie's Bounce (Bird/The Savoy Recordings)^

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Charlie Haden with Gonzalo Rubalcaba - I Only Dream Of Your Love (Land Of The Sun)
5) Charlie Haden Quartet West with Bill Henderson - Ruth's Waltz (The Art Of The Song)
6) Charlie Haden Quartet West - Back Home Blues (Now Is The Hour)
7) Jacky Terrasson - I Wish You Love (A Paris)
8) The Four Brothers - The Pretty One (Together Again!)
9) Rosemary Clooney/Count Basie Orchestra - The Man That Got Away (At Long Last)
10) Paul Desmond - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Bossa Antigua)
11) Michael Franks - Rendezvous In Rio (Rendezvous In Rio)
12) Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - O Pato (Jazz Samba)
13) Max Roach - I'll Take Romance (Jazz In 3/4 Time)
14) Ray Brown Trio with Joshua Redman - Just You, Just Me (Some Of My Best Friends Are... The Sax Players)
15) Fred Hersch - This Nearly Was Mine (Plays Rogers And Hammerstein)

THE R&B CORNER [Big Band Style]

16) Pointer Sisters - Little Pony (That's A Plenty)^
17) Spinners - Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You (Spinners)^
18) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band with Patti Austin - September (Act Your Age)
19) Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Sweet And Lovely (At Carnegie Hall)
20) Bill Charlap Trio - Lucky To Be Me (Somewhere)
21) Ella Fitzgerald - I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You (The Intimate Ella)
22) John Pizzarelli - You'll Never Know (Let There Be Love)
23) Jane Monheit - Over The Rainbow (Taking A Chance On Love)
24) Frank Sinatra - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

February 4 - Playlist

2010-02-04T13:57:00.002-05:00

1) Lester Young & Harry "Sweets" Edison - That's All (A Night Out With Verve)
2) Count Basie - Corner Pocket (April In Paris)
3) Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Everybody's Boppin' (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Stan Getz - Indiana (In Stockholm)
5) Stan Getz - Tasty Pudding (At The Shrine)
6) Wynton Marsalis - Play the Blues And Go (Live At The Village Vanguard)
7) Juliet Annerino - Head (single)#

FEATURE ARTIST, Part II

8) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - Hush-A-Bye (People Time)
9) Stan Getz - With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair (Plays)
10) Paul Chambers - Four Strings (Quintet)
11) Ike Quebec - Minor Impulse (Blue & Sentimental)
12) Grant Green - Old Folks (Grantstand)

THE R&B CORNER

13) Stevie Wonder - For Your Love (At The Close Of A Century)
14) Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere - Love Appetite (Nudge It Up A Notch)
15) Kathleen Gorman - Ain't The Way (Brand New Day)#
16) Dave Brubeck Quartet - The City Is Crying (Jazz Impressions Of Japan)
17) Sonny Rollins - More Than You Know (Road Shows Vol. I)
18) Jamie Cullum - High And Dry (Twentysomething)
19) Dinah Washington - Invitation (A Night Out With Verve)
20) Nancy Wilson - I Wanna Be Loved (Save Your Love For Me)
21) Frank Sinatra - That's All (The Complete Reprise)

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

January 28 - Playlist

2010-01-27T16:46:00.012-05:00

1) Woody Herman - I've Got You Under My Skin (An Anthology of Big Band Swing)
2) Eliane Elias & Bob Brookmeyer with The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra - Just Kiddin' (Impulsive!)
3) Bud Powell - Tempus Fugue-It (The Best Of Bud Powell On Verve)
4) Charles Mingus - Open Letter To Duke (Mingus Ah Um)
5) Duke Ellington with Charlie Mingus & Max Roach - Very Special (Money Jungle)
6) Charles Mingus - Gunslinging Bird (Mingus Dynasty)
7) Esperanza Spalding - Ponta De Areia (Esperanza)
8) Dexter Gordon - What It Was (Tangerine)
9) John Williams' Baritone Band - Rockin' In Rhythm (John Williams Baritone Band)
10) SuperSax - Moose The Mooche (The Japanese Tour)
11) Stan Getz - Out Of Focus (Nobody Else But Me)
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet - I Love Vienna (Park Avenue South)
13) War - Nappy Head (All Day Music)^
14) Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Every Great Motown Hit)
15) Grover Washington Jr. - In The Name Of Love (Winelight)^
16) Joe Lovano Ensemble - Buckeyes (Streams Of Expression)
17) Herbie Hancock - Cottontail (Gershwin's World)
18) Juliet Annerino - Save Yourself (Scenes From A Life On Fire)
19) Holly Cole - Charade (Holly Cole)
20) Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

January 21 - Playlist

2010-01-21T00:04:00.003-05:00

1) Bill Evans - Always (Trio 64)
2) The Jazz Crusaders - The Emperor (Lighthouse '68)
3) Coleman Hawkins - Picasso (The Jazz Scene)
4) Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul (Body And Soul)
5) Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Queer Notions (Ken Burns Jazz)
6) Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster - Prisoner Of Love (Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster)
7) Carla Bley - Ad Infinitum (The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu)
8) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Swanee River (Gone With The Wind)
9) Shirley Horn - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (I Remember Miles)
10) Miles Davis - Blues No. 2 (Someday My Prince Will Come)
11) Dave Holland Big Band - Bring It On (Overtime)
12) 8 Legged Monster - ...Or Something (Vol. 2)
13) Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca Theme (Afro)
14) Cal Tjader - Preciosa (Plays The Contemporary Music Of Mexico And Brazil)
15) Paquito D'Rivera - Cicuta Tibia (Tropicana Nights)
16) Stan Getz - There We Go (Blue Skies)
17) Roy Hargrove - What's New (Approaching Standards)
18) Roberta Gambarini - That Old Black Magic (So In Love)
19) Peter Cincotti - Miss Brown (Peter Cincotti)
20) Carmen McRae - Listen To Monk (Carmen Sings Monk)
21) Frank Sinatra - Always (Swingin' Session!!!)

January 14 - Playlist

2010-01-14T16:16:00.003-05:00

1) Andre Previn/David Finck - A Foggy Day (We Got Rhythm)
2) Thelonious Monk - Stuffy Turkey (It's Monk's Time)
3) Jaco Pastorius - Portrait Of Tracy (Jaco Pastorius)
4) Weather Report - Havona (Heavy Weather)
5) Jaco Pastorius Big Band - Las Olas (The Word Is Out)
6) Vince Guaraldi - Red Baron (The Charlie Brown Suite)
7) Cannonball Adderley - Unit 7 (Jazz Workshop Revisited)
8) Kurt Rosenwinkel - Our Secret World (Heartcore)
9) Dexter Gordon - Confirmation (Daddy Plays The Horn)
10) Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane - Lyresto (Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane)
11) Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz - Impromptu (Diz And Getz)
12) Michael McDonald - After The Dance (Motown Two)
13) The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration)
14) Walter Becker - God's Eye View (Circus Money)
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - St. Louis Blues (Buried Treasures)
16) Pat Metheny Group - In Her Family (Still Life [Talking])
17) Kathleen Gorman - Survival (Brand New Day)
18) Madeleine Peyroux - You Can't Do Me (Bare Bones)
19) Frank Sinatra - A Foggy Day (Complete Reprise)

January 7 - Playlist

2010-01-07T14:38:00.003-05:00

!! 250th SHOW !!

1) Stan Kenton - You Go To My Head (New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm)
2) Robert Glasper - Think Of One (Double Booked)*
3) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Chance Encounter (Act Your Age)
4) Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (Road Shows Vol. 1)

"THE DEMO TAPE"
5) Dizzy Gillespie - Theme From The Cool World (Talkin' Verve)
6) John Coltrane - Giant Steps [Alt. Take] (Giant Steps)
7) Willie Nelson with Norah Jones - Baby It's Cold Outside (American Classic)*
8) Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Waltz For Ruth (Beyond The Missouri Sky: Short Stories)
9) Bill Evans - I'm All Smiles (From Left To Right)
10) Steve Tyrell - I Can't Get Started (A New Standard)
11) Cassandra Wilson - A Little Warm Death (New Moon Daughter)
12) Yo-Yo Ma - Cristal (Obrigado Brasil Live In Concert)
13) Mel Torme - Walk Between The Raindrops (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters Vol. 1)
14) Count Basie - Jumpin' At The Woodside (The Count Basie Story)
15) Mingus Big Band with Elvis Costello - Invisible Lady (Tonight At Noon...)
16) Wayne Shorter - Serenata (Alegria)

17) Dave Brubeck Quartet with The Montreal International Jazz Festival Orchestra - New Wine (New Wine)
18) Stan Getz - I'm Late, I'm Late (Focus)
19) Manhattan Transfer - One Step Closer (The Chick Corea Songbook)*
20) Juliet Annerino - Live Dangerously (Crushed Velvet)
21) Frank Sinatra - You Go To My Head (Nice 'N' Easy)

* indicates Recent Release

December 29 - Playlist (Subbing for Chicago Carl)

2009-12-29T12:59:00.004-05:00

"A backward glance at some Jazz favorites from 2009"

1) Pete Downes & Steve Littler - Skywatcher (Mystery Of Weather)
2) David "Fathead" Newman - Chelsea Bridge (The Blessing)
3) Chip White - Bird In The Yard (Double Dedication)
4) Joel Vanderheyden - Tanzania Life Project (Complete Life)
5) Stan Getz - Open Country (At The Shrine)`
6) JaR - Esquire (Scene 29)
7) Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones (Bare Bones)
8) Count Basie - Instant Blues (Basie Land)`
9) 8 Legged Monster - Saturn (Vol. 2)
10) Juliet Annerino - Drowning (Scenes From A Life On Fire)
11) Gerry Mulligan - I Heard The Shadows Dance (Lonesome Boulevard)`
12) Jim Holton - Wright Is Wright (No Green Bananas)
13) Diana Krall - Walk On By (Quiet Nights)
14) The Blue Note 7 - Mosaic (Mosaic)
15) Manhattan Transfer - Spain (The Chick Corea Songbook)
16) Bud Powell Trio - Fifty-Second Street Theme (Blues In The Closet)`
17) Roberta Gambarini - Estate (So In Love)
18) Eliane Elias - Chega De Saudade (Bossa Nova Stories)
19) Joe Lovano Us Five - Song For Judi (Folk Art)

` indicates Reissue

December 24 - Playlist: "JAZZ HOLIDAY"

2009-12-24T09:36:00.003-05:00

1) Dexter Gordon - The Christmas Song (The Christmas Collection)
2) Bob & Hilary James - Christmas Eyes (A Koch Records Jazz Collection)
3) Inner Voices - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Holiday Harmonies)
4) Gary Burton - O Tannenbaum (GRP Christmas Collection)
5) Dave Brubeck - We Three Kings (A Jazz Christmas)
6) Yo-Yo Ma/Chris Botti - My Favorite Things (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
7) Dave Koz - Deck The Halls (Memories Of A Winter's Night)
8) Oscar Peterson - Winter Wonderland (An Oscar Peterson Christmas)
9) Booker Ervin - White Christmas (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)
10) Darlene Love/Brian Setzer Orchestra - Sleigh Ride (Jingle All The Way)
11) Stan Kenton - Christmas Medley (A Merry Christmas!)
12) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Holiday)
13) Eliane Elias - I'll Be Home For Christmas/Sleigh Ride (Yule Struttin')
14) Manhattan Transfer - Snowfall (The Christmas Album)
15) Bill Evans - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Best of Bill Evans On Verve)
16) Chuck Leavell - Joy Boogie (Holiday Harmonies)
17) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas (Now That's What I Call Christmas)
18) Isley Brothers - Special Gift (Now That's What I Call Christmas)
19) Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas (Christmas Wishes)
20) Don Grusin - Angels We Have Heard On High (GRP Christmas Collection Vol. II)
21) "City Of New Orleans" - O Holy Night (Sunday Music)
22) Heath Brothers - Our Little Town (God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen)
23) Dennis Wilson - Morning Christmas (Beach Boys Ultimate Christmas)
24) Diana Krall - Count Your Blessings (Christmas Songs)
25) Rosemary Clooney - Christmas Time Is Here (Christmas Belles)
26) Nat King Cole/Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Song (All The Best)

December 17 - Playlist

2009-12-17T10:15:00.003-05:00

1) Diana Krall - Jingle Bells (Holiday)
2) Vince Guaraldi - Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
3) Horace Silver Quintet - Song For My Father (Song For My Father)
4) Ray Charles And Betty Carter - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Ray Charles And Betty Carter)
5) Ray Charles/Milt Jackson - Bags Of Blues (Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting)
6) Ray Charles - Little Drummer Boy (Sunday Music Volume 5)
7) Benny Goodman Sextet - After You've Gone (Slipped Disc, 1945-1946)
8) Ken Peplowski Quintet - Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool (Jazz For Dads)
9) Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Santa Claus Blues (Traditionalism Revisited)
10) Yo-Yo Ma with Dave Brubeck - Joy To The World (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
11) Ella Fitzgerald - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (First Lady Of Song)
12) Stan Getz - Three Little Words (Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio)
13) Miles Davis - Little Stuff (Filles De Kilimanjaro)
14) Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere - Cuttin' it Close (Nudge It Up A Notch)
15) Juliet Annerino - Jones (Scenes From A Life On Fire...)*
16) Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby (Golden Decade Volume 2)^
17) Stanley Turrentine - Major's Minor (Never Let Me Go)
18) Maynard Ferguson - Christmas For Moderns (Stan Kenton: A Merry Christmas)
19) Dean Martin - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Making Spirits Bright)
20) Manhattan transfer - Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season (The Christmas Album)
21) Mel Torme - Good King Wenceslas (Christmas Songs)
22) Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells (The Frank Sinatra Christmas Album)^

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

December 10 - Playlist

2009-12-10T11:29:00.003-05:00

THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRTHDAY
The Frank Sinatra Birthday Special

Sinatra sings on all tracks (unless otherwise noted):

1) - Ring-A-Ding Ding (The Complete Reprise)
2) - Something's Gotta Give (Classic Sinatra II)
3) - So Long My Love (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
4) - I Wish I Were In Love Again (The Capitol Years)
5) - The Coffee Song (The Complete Reprise)
6) Oscar Peterson Trio - You Make Me Feel So Young (A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra)
7) - The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (Vegas)
8) - Get Me To The Church On Time (Vegas)
9) - I Only Have Eyes For You (The Rat Pack Live At The Sands)
10) - For Once In My Life (Live At The Meadowlands)
11) with Harry James And His Orchestra - My Buddy (Featuring Frank Sinatra)
12) with Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra - Shake Down The Stars ("The Song Is You")
13) - Sweet Lorraine (Portrait Of Sinatra)
14) - The Continental (Portrait Of Sinatra)
15) Joe Lovano - I've Got You Under My Skin (Celebrating Sinatra)
16) with Antonio Carlos Jobim - Baubles, Bangles And Beads (The Complete Reprise)
17) with Antonio Carlos Jobim - Change Partners (The Complete Reprise)
18) - Wave (The Complete Reprise)
19) Joe Piscopo - I Love Rock 'N Roll (12" Single)
20) - Two Hearts, Two Kisses [Make One Love] (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
21) - From The Bottom Of My Heart (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
22) - Ol' MacDonald (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
23) - Here Goes (The Rat Pack: Boys Night Out)
24) John Basile - The Way You Look Tonight (Frankly Speaking)
25) - Don't Be That Way (The Complete Reprise)
26) with Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - All I Need Is The Girl (The Complete Reprise)
27) - I'm Gonna Live Till I Die (Eee-O 11: Best Of The Rat Pack)
28) - It Started All Over Again (The Complete Reprise)
29) - Talk To Me Baby (The Complete Reprise)
30) - Soliloquy (The Complete Reprise)
31) Count Basie And His Orchestra - On The Road To Mandalay (Frankly Basie)
32) with Count Basie And His Orchestra - Luck Be A Lady (At The Sands)
33) - In The Still Of the Night (Sinatra And Sextet: Live In Paris)
34) with Count Basie And His Orchestra - Street Of Dreams (At The Sands)