Thursday, September 22, 2011

September 22 - Playlist

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

FEATURE ARTIST, Part I
John Coltrane - Trane's Slo Blues (Prestige Profiles)
John Coltrane - Locomotion (Blue Train)

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

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

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

FEATURE ARTIST, Part II
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Bye-Ya (At Carnegie Hall)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Angelica (Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)

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

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

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, September 15, 2011

September 15 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday, September 1, 2011

September 1 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, August 25, 2011

August 25 - Playlist

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

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

Charles Mingus - East Coasting (East Coasting)
Miles Davis - Blue In Green (Kind Of Blue)
Stan Getz & Bill Evans - WNEW [Theme Song] (Stan Getz & Bill Evans)
 
Lonnie Smith - Spinnin' Wheel (Droppin' Science)
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Head Hunters)
 
Dave Brubeck Trio/Gerry Mulligan - Mexican Jumping Bean (Live At The Berlin Philharmonie)
Mel Tormé - Just Friends (Rob McConnell & Boss Brass)
 
FEATURE ARTIST (TWO)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Jumpin' At The Woodside (Legendary No. 3)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - April In Paris (April In Paris)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Little Darlin' (The Complete Atomic Basie)
 
Sammy Davis Jr./Count Basie - My Shining Hour (Our Shining Hour)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Lester Leaps In (The Count Basie Story)
Duke Ellington/Count Basie - Corner Pocket (The First Time!)
Count Basie And His Orchestra - All Of Me (Frankly Basie)
 
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Makin' Whoopee (At The Sands)
Ella Fitzgerald - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Love Letters From Ella)
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie - I Wanna Be Around (The Complete Sinatra/Basie)*
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie - Luck Be A Lady (At The Sands)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, August 18, 2011

August 18 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

Thursday, August 11, 2011

August 11 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

August 4 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* indicates Recent Release