December 13 - Playlist

THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRTHDAY SHOW

Frank Sinatra sings songs from the Capitol Era on all tracks (except the last).  Arranged and conducted by:

Nelson Riddle

 - I've Got The World On A String (The Capitol Years)
 - I Get A Kick Out Of You (Songs For Young Lovers)
 - Anytime, Anywhere (Complete Capitol Singles)
 - They Can't Take That Away From Me (Songs For Young Lovers)
 - Someone To Watch Over Me (The Capitol Years)

 - The Gal That Got Away (Complete Capitol Singles)
 - Sunday (Swing Easy)
 - Taking A Chance On Love (The Capitol Years)
 - Can't We Be Friends (In The Wee Small Hours)
 - I'll Be Around (In The Wee Small Hours)

 - Old Devil Moon (Songs For Swingin' Lovers!)
 - Swingin' Down The Lane (Songs For Swingin' Lovers!)
 - You'll Get Yours (Complete Capitol Singles)
 - Learnin' The Blues (Complete Capitol Singles)

 - There's A Flaw In My Flue (Close To You)
 - I Wish I Were In Love Again (A Swingin' Affair!)
 - (Love Is) The Tender Trap (Complete Capitol Singles)
 - I Won't Dance (A Swingin' Affair!)
 - Melody Of Love (Complete Capitol Singles)

Billy May

 - Come Dance With Me (The Capitol Years)
 - Here Goes (Boys Night Out)
 - Come Fly With Me (Come Fly With Me)
 - Let's Get Away From It All (Come Fly With Me)
 - Isle Of Capri (Come Fly With Me)

 - Same Old Song And Dance (Come Dance With Me)
 - Something's Gotta Give (Come Dance With Me)
 - Too Close For Comfort (Come Dance With Me)
with Keely Smith - How Are You Fixed For Love (Complete Capitol Singles)
 - Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Come Dance With Me)

 - Day By Day (Come Swing With Me!)
 - Five Minutes More (Complete Capitol Singles)
 - Almost Like Being In Love (Come Swing With Me!)
 - Yes Indeed! (Come Swing With Me!)
 - I Love You (Complete Capitol Singles)

 - Moonlight In Vermont (Come Fly With Me)
 - Last Dance (Come Dance With Me)
with Bill Miller - One For My Baby (The Capitol Years)
 - Purple [Billy May, Composer] (Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems Of Color)

December 6 - Playlist

DAVE BRUBECK (12/6/1920 - 12/5/2012)

 - Strange Meadow Lark (Time Out)
 - Fare Thee Well, Annabelle (Jazz: Red Hot And Cool)

interview with Walter Cronkite (excerpt)
 - Ode To A Cowboy (Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A.)
 - Give A Little Whistle/Oh, Lady be Good - (Evolution Of An Artist)

 - Introduction of the Quartet/Swanee River (Their Last Time Out)

interview with Walter Cronkite (excerpt)
 - In Your Own Sweet Way (Brandenburg Gate: Revisited)
 - Nomad (Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia)

interview with Walter Cronkite (excerpt)
 - We Crossed The Rhine (Private Brubeck Remembers)
 - Love Is Just Around The Corner (Park Avenue South)

 - Blue Rondo A La Turk (At Carnegie Hall)

interview with Walter Cronkite (excerpt)
 - Quiet As The Moon (Quiet As The Moon)
 - For Iola (For Iola)

 - Take Five (We're All Together Again For The First Time)

November 29 - Playlist

Roy Hargrove - My Shining Hour (Approaching Standards)
Sergio Mendes - Morning In Rio (Encanto)
Duke Ellington - Pie Eye's Blues (Blues In Orbit)

Pat Martino - Portrait (Nightwings)
Pat Martino - Dreamsville (We'll Be Together Again)

Koplant No - A36 (Distants)*
Monty Alexander Trio - Straighten Up And Fly Right (Jazz At The 19th Hole)

Toots Thielemans - Close Your Eyes (For My Lady)
Dave Posmontier Quartet - Art Of The States (Posterity)
Benny Goodman - King Porter Stomp (Sing, Sing, Sing)

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - Desafinado (Jazz Samba)
Joe Lovano - The Dawn Of Time (Symphonica)

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Head Hunters)
Brecker Brothers - On The Backside (The return of The Brecker Brothers)

Dave Brubeck Trio/Gerry Mulligan - Indian Song (Live At The Berlin Philharmonie)
Coleman Hawkins - Honeysuckle Rose (Ken Burns Jazz)

Ella Fitzgerald - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (First Lady Of Song)
Ray Charles/Betty Carter - Baby, It's Cold Outside (His Greatest Hits)
Brian Wilson - Peace On Earth (In The Key Of Disney)
Frank Sinatra - My Shining Hour (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

November 15 - Playlist

Zoot Sims - Come Rain Or Come Shine (Somebody Loves Me)
Lionel Hampton - Je Ne Sais Pas (Lionel Hampton Quintet)
Count Basie - Avenue C (The Count Basie Story)

Koplant No - Blerg (Distants)*
Koplant No - Trio (Distants)*

Dave Brubeck - Jazzanians (Trio Brubeck)
Stanley Turrentine - Easy Walker (More Than A Mood)

Brian Bromberg - Coastline Drive (In The Spirit Of Jobim)*
Queen Latifah - Moody's Mood For Love (The Dana Owens Album)
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance (Best Of...The First Ten Years)

Stan Getz - Times Lie (Captain Marvel)
Dexter Gordon - Darn That Dream (Daddy Plays The Horn)

Randy Crawford/Joe Sample - Street Life (Jackie Brown Soundtrack)
Fourplay - After The Dance (The Best Of...)
Eartha Kitt - My Heart's Delight (Legendary)
James Brown - I Got the Feelin' (20 All Time Greatest Hits)

Louie Bellson And His Jazz Orchestra - East Side Suite: Park Ave. Strut/Tiffany's Corner/Village Hangout (East Side Suite)

Michael Bublé - That's Life (Call Me Irresponsible)
Ella Fitzgerald - Cry Me A River (Love Letters From Ella)
Frank Sinatra - Come Rain Or Come Shine (Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

October 18 - Playlist

Stan Getz - Wives And Lovers (What The World Needs Now)
Steve Turre - In A Sentimental Mood (Steve Turre)

Wynton Marsalis - Indelible And Nocturnal (Intimacy Calling)
Wynton Marsalis - Joe Cool's Blues (Joe Cool's Blues)
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis - Caldonia (Two Men With The Blues)

Wynton Marsalis - "D" In The Key Of "F" (Jump Start And Jazz)
Wynton Marsalis - Glad To Be Unhappy (The Midnight Blues)

WSU Big Band - Howl (WSU Jazz Big Band 2012)*
Al Jarreau - Jacaranda Bougainvillea (Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest Live)*
John Pizzarelli - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Double Exposure)*

Duke Ellington/Count Basie - Battle Royal (The Count Meets The Duke)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Things You Never Remember (So What's New?)

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Mama Gets High (B,S &T 4)
Spinners - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (Spinners)
Tower Of Power - Below Us, The City Lights (Very Best Of The Warner Years)

Chick Corea & Friends - Bouncin' With Bud (Remembering Bud Powell)
Benny Golson - Grove's Groove (New Time New 'Tet)

Cleo Lane - Once In A While (That Old Feeling)
Bobby Darin - The Good Life (The Swinging Side)
Janelle Sadler - Swingin' Mood (Don't Make Me Laugh)
Frank Sinatra - Wives And Lovers (The Complete Sinatra-Basie)

* indicates Recent Release

October 11 - Playlist

Erroll Garner - The Coffee Song (Up In Erroll's Room)
Lucky Thompson - Soul-Lullaby (Home Comin')
Stan Kenton - Artistry In Rhythm (Kenton In Hi-Fi)

Thelonious Monk - Mysterioso (Bid Band And Quartet In Concert)
Thelonious Monk - Hackensack (Criss-Cross)

Rickie Lee Jones - Only Love Can Break Your heart (The Devil You Know)*
Cassandra Wilson - O Solo Mio (Another Country)*
Diana Krall - We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (Glad Rag Doll)*

Stan Getz - Four (East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Three To Get Ready (Time Out)

Sonny Rollins/Modern Jazz Quartet - Almost Like Being In Love (Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet)
John Lewis - Afternoon In Paris (The Wonderful World Of Jazz)

John Pizzarelli - I Feel Fine/The Sidewinder (Double Exposure)*
John Pizzarelli - Traffic Jam/The Kicker (Double Exposure)*
John Pizzarelli - Walk Between The Raindrops (Double Exposure)*

Bob Mintzer Big Band - Aha (For The Moment)*
The Bad Plus - Seven-Minute Mind (Made Possible)*
Arturo O'Farrill - The Sun At Midnight (The Noguchi Sessions)*

Jon Hendricks - Listen To Monk [Rhythm-A-Ning] (Freddie Freeloader)
Carmen McRae - Get It Straight (Carmen Sings Monk)
Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

September 20 - Playlist

Dave Grusin - Moment to Moment (Two For the Road)
Chuck Corea Elektric Band - Hound Of Heaven (To The Stars)
Coleman Hawkins - Self Portrait [Of The Bean] (Ken Burns Jazz)

Cannonball Adderley - One For Newk (Cannonball Plays Zawinul)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (Somethin' Else)

Joe Lovano Nonet - Charlie Chan (52nd Street Themes)
Michael Franks - Charlie Chan In Egypt (Time Together)

Gil Evans & Lee Konitz - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (Heroes)
Esperanza Spalding - Vague Suspicions (Radio Music Society)

Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane - Limehouse Blues (Cannonball & Coltrane)
Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Planet Earth (In New York)

Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Best Of The Capitol Years)
Ramsey Lewis - The "In" Crowd (Priceless Jazz 2)
Paul Jackson, Jr.- It's A Shame (Blue Note Plays Stevie Wonder)

Dave Brubeck - Over The Rainbow (One Alone)
Stan Getz - Over The Rainbow (In Stockholm)
Kermit The Frog - Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie: Soundtrack)

Nancy Wilson - Save Your Love For Me (Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley)
Harry Connick, Jr. - Pure Imagination/Candy Man (Songs I Heard)
Cassandra Wilson - A Little Warm Death (New Moon Daughter)
Frank Sinatra - Moment to Moment  (The Complete Reprise)