Thursday, July 5, 2012

July 5 - Playlist

Stefon Harris/Jacky Terrasson - My Foolish Heart (Kindred)
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band - Con Alma (Dizzy's Business)
Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Blue Rose (Blue Rose)

Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Tenor For Two Please, Jack (From A To Z And Beyond)
Al Cohn/Zoot Sims  - Mr. George (Easy As Pie: "Live" At The Left Bank)
The Four Brothers - The Swinging Door (Together Again!)

Charlie Mingus - Los Mariachis (Tijuana Mood)
Joni Mitchell - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (Mingus)

Dexter Gordon - Laura (Sophisticated Giant)
SWR Big Band/Bill Holman - Marmaduke (Bill Holman)

Count Basie - Splanky (At The Sands)
Stan Getz - The Wind (Bossas And Ballads: The Lost Sessions)

Stevie Wonder - I Wish (At The Close Of A Century)
Brian Bromberg - Chameleon (Downright Upright)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - It's A Raggy Waltz (Time Further Out)
Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge - Blue Moon (Dizzy)

Ella Fitzgerald - Sweet Georgia Brown (Whisper Not)
John Pizzarelli - Mountain Greenery (With A Song In My Heart)
Nancy Wilson - Don't Take Your Love From Me (Save Your Love For Me)
Frank Sinatra - My Foolish Heart (The Complete Reprise)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

June 28 - Playlist

Eddie Costa Quartet - I've Never Been In Love Before (Guys And Dolls Like Vibes)
Dave Brubeck - Who Will Take Care Of Me? (Late Night Brubeck)

Sonny Stitt - Living Without You (Goin' Down Slow)
Sonny Stitt - Everything Happens To Me (Giants Of Jazz)

Stan Getz - Stella By Starlight (Plays)
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny - All Across The City (Jim Hall & Pat Metheny)
Charlie Parker - Bird Of Paradise (Yardbird Suite)

Manhattan Transfer - Nothing Could Be Hotter (Spirit Of St. Louis)
Gil Evans Orchestra - Angel (Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix)
Bill Evans - I'm All Smiles (From Right To Left)

Sonny Stitt - Try A Little Tenderness (Late Night Sax)
Sonny Stitt - Wee (Just In Case You Forgot How Bad he Really Was)

John Klemmer - Paradise (Arabesque)
Robert Lamm - Skinny Boy (Skinny Boy)
James Brown - Cold Sweat (20 All Time Greatest Hits!)

Fred Hersch Trio - Evanessence (Plays...)
Michel Camilo - Repercussions (Spirit Of The Moment)

Holly Cole Trio/Wayne Shorter - Losing My Mind (Color And Light)
Michael Franks - Fool's Errand (Abandoned Garden)
Ella Fitzgerald - I Never Has A Chance (Like Someone In Love)
Frank Sinatra - I've Never Been In Love Before (Guys And Dolls)

Thursday, June 21, 2012

June 21 - Playlist

Joe Henderson - Once I Loved (Double Rainbow)
Stan Getz - Apasionado (Apasionado)

Eric Dolphy - Red Planet (The Illinois Concert)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Stay On It (Live At Newport 1960)
Benny Carter - South Side Samba (More Cookin')

Hiroshima - Midnight Sun (Little Tokyo)
McCoy Tyner - What Is This Thing Called Love? (New York Reunion)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Things You Never Remember (So What's New?)
Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues In H [B] (Blues On Bach)

Ray Charles - [Night Time Is] The Right Time (Best Of: The Atlantic Years)
David Sanborn with Derek Trucks - Brother Ray (Here & Gone)
Roseanna Vitro - Sticks And Stones (Catchin' Some Rays)

Wynton Marsalis - Four In One (Live At The Village Vanguard)
Bill Evans - I Fall In Love Too Easily (Moon Beams)

Sade - Kiss Of Life (The Ultimate Collection)
Louis Prima - Angelina/Zooma Zooma (Jump Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima)
Billie Holiday - Big Stuff (Greatest Hits)
Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim - Once I Loved (The Complete Reprise)

Thursday, June 14, 2012

June 14 - Playlist

Chris Botti - The Way You Look Tonight (Italia)
Weather Report - Corner Pocket (Sportin' Life)
John Kirby Sextet - Blue Fantasy (John Kirby)

Chick Corea - Antarctica (The Continents)*

Gary Burton Quintet - Intermission Music (Dreams So Real)
Esperanza Spalding - Endangered Species (Radio Music Society)*

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Georgia On My Mind (Gone With The Wind)
Dexter Gordon - Second Balcony Jump (Go!)

Duke Ellington/Coleman Hawkins - Wanderlust (Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins)
Donald Byrd - Alter Ego (Jazz For A Lazy Day)

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Ruby My Dear (Riverside Jazz)
Joel Vanderheyden - Pees And Deeto (Complete Life)

Stan Getz - Dane's Chant (The Song Is You)
Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble - Take Five (Jazz At The 19th Hole)

The Beach Boys - Think About The Days (That's Why God Made The Radio)*
Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee (The Intimate Ella)
Shirley Horn - My Funny Valentine (I Remember Miles)
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, June 7, 2012

June 7 - Playlist

Ben Webster Quintet - Makin' Whoopee (Soulville)
Chuck Corea & Friends - I'll Keep Loving You (Remembering Bud Powell)

Monty Alexander - Little Darlin' (Live At The Iridium)
Monty Alexander Trio - Creole Love Call (Impressions In Blue)

Jazz Crusaders - Native Dancer (Lighthouse '68)
Jimmy Heath - Studio Style (The Time And The Place)

Herbie Hancock - Hidden Shadows (The Essential Herbie Hancock)
Tommy Dorsey - The Blue Room (An Anthology Of Big Band Swing)

Kenny Barron - The Question Is (Spirit Song)
Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - Allison's Waltz (People Time - The Complete Recordings)

Jack McDuff - Another Real Good 'Un (SoulJazz)
Roy Hargrove Presents The RH Factor - Pastor "T" (Hard Groove)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Hometown Blues (Back Home)
Brecker Brothers - Above & Below (The Return Of The Brecker Brothers)

Paul McCartney - Only Our Hearts (Kisses On The Bottom)*
Harry Nilsson - As Time Goes By (A Little Touch Of Schmilsson in The Night)
Tony Bennett - I Wish I Were In Love Again (Perfectly Frank)
Frank Sinatra - Makin' Whoopee (Songs For Swingin' Lovers!)

 * indicates Recent Release

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

May 17 - Playlist

Miles Davis - There's No You (Collector's Items)
Esperanza Spalding - Radio Song (Radio Music Society)*

Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet - House On Maple Street (Breakthrough!)
Eastern Rebellion - Roni's Decision (Simple Pleasure)

Pat Martino - Draw Me Down (Night Wings)

John Lewis - The Stranger (The Wonderful World Of Jazz)
John Coltrane - The Promise (Live At Birdland)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - New Wine (New Wine)
Stan Getz & Arthur Fiedler - Love Is For The Very Young (At Tanglewood)

Stevie Wonder - Bird Of Beauty (Fulfillingness' First Finale)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (The World Is A Ghetto)

Bobby Hutcherson - Whisper Not (SoulJazz)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Chance Encounters (Act Your Age)

Rosemary Clooney - Everything Happens to Me (Jazz At The 19th Hole)
Milton Nascimento/Jobim Trio - Chega De Saudade (Novas Bossas)
Frank Sinatra - There's No You (Where Are You?)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, May 10, 2012

May 10 - Playlist

Gene Harris Quartet - Nice 'N' Easy (Jazz At The 19th Hole)
Stan Getz - Major General (The Song Is You)

Benny Golson - Voyage (Up, Jumped, Spring)
Benny Golson - Killer Joe (Best Of Benny Golson)

Horace Silver - The African Queen (The Cape Verdean Blues)
Sidney Bechet - Wild Man Blues (Blues In Thirds)

Dave Liebman Quartet - G.I.G. (Negative Space)
Charles Mingus - GG Train (Mingus Ah Um)

Ahmad Jamal - M*A*S*H Theme (M*A*S*H Soundtrack)
Phil Woods - Prelude To A Kiss (Live At The Village Vanguard)

Chick Corea - America (The Continents)

Bill Evans Trio - Very Early (Moon Beams)
Benny Golson - Up, Jumped, Spring (Up, Jumped, Spring)

Paul McCartney - More I Cannot Wish You (Kisses On The Bottom)*
Nnenna Freelon - Until You Come Back to Me (Tales Of Wonder)
Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy (Nice 'N' Easy)

* indicates recent release