April 28 - Playlist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)