December 1 - Playlist

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

VOCALESE

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

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

Buddy Rich - The Monster (Krupa And Rich)

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

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

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

THE SINGERS

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

* indicates Recent Release

November 17 - Playlist

SHOW # 333

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

VOCALESE

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

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

THE LATIN QUARTER

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

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

R & B CORNER

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

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

THE SINGERS

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

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

November 11 - Playlist

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

FEATURE ARTIST (sort of)

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE VOCALISTS

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

* indicates Recent Release

November 3 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE VOCALISTS

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

* indicates Recent Release

TAKING A BREATHER

Greetings!

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

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

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

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

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

See you in November.

October 13 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* indicates Recent Release

October 6 - Playlist

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

FEATURE ARTIST - One

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

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

FEATURE ARTIST - Two

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

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

FEATURE ARTIST - Three

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

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

THE VOCALISTS

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

* indicates Recent Release