Thursday, December 27, 2007

"This Year" December 27 - Playlist

1) Count Basie - Nice 'N' Easy (This Time By Basie)
2) Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Sack O' Woe (At The Lighthouse)
3) George Benson & Al Jarreau - Four (Givin' it Up)
4) Stanley Turrentine - Stanley's Time (Up At Minton's)
5) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (The Phat Pack)
6) Duke Ellington - Arabesque Cookie (Three Suites)
7) Roy Hargrove - Invitation (Nothing Serious)
8) Donald Fagan - H Gang (Morph The Cat)
9) Oscar Peterson - Night Train (Night Train)

"My Favorites Of 2007"

10) The Very Tall Band - The More I See You (What's Up?)
11) Michael Brecker - Anagram (Pilgrimage)
12) Turtle Island Quartet - Moment's Notice (A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane)
13) Joe Zawinul - Night Passage (Brown Street)
14) Steve Kuhn Trio - Two By Two (Live At Birdland)
15) Michel Camilo - Repercussions (Spirit Of The Moment)
16) Joe Lovano, Hank Jones, George Mraz & Paul Motian - Rain Check (Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life)
17) Joe Lovano & Hank Jones - Oh, What A Beautiful Morning (Kids)
18) Hiroshima - On The Fence (Little Tokyo)
19) Ledisi - Blues In The Night (We All Love Ella)
20) Sophie Milman - Rocket Love (Make Someone Happy)
21) Stacey Kent - The Ice Hotel (Breakfast on The Morning Tram)
22) Queen Latifah - The Lady Is A Tramp (We All Love Ella)
23) Will Downing - After Tonight (After Tonight)
24) Dave Brubeck - Indian Summer (Indian Summer)
25) Bill Charlap Trio - Rocker (Live At The Village Vanguard)
26) Joshua Redman with Dewey Redman - India (Back East)
27) Michael Buble - That's Life (Call Me Irresponsible)
28) Tierney Sutton - Smile (On The Other Side)

29) Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy (Nice 'N' Easy)

indicates 2007 Releases

Thursday, December 20, 2007

"A Merry Jazzmas" December 20 - Playlist

1) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Jingle Bell Jazz)
2) Mel Torme - Good King Wenceslas (Christmas Songs)
3) Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (Christmas Belles)
4) Oscar Peterson - Winter Wonderland (An Oscar Peterson Christmas)
5) Sammy Davis Jr. - Jingle Bells (Christmas With The Rat Pack)
6) Lambert, Hendricks And Ross - Deck Us All With Boston Charlie (Jingle Bell Jazz)
7) Louis Bellson - Little Drummer Boy (A Jazz Christmas)
8) Manhattan Transfer - Snowfall (The Christmas Album)
9) Rosemary Clooney - Christmas Time Is Here (Christmas Belles)
10) Michael McDonald - Angels We Have Heard On High (Holiday)
11) Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
12) Dexter Gordon - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen)^
13) Brian Setzer Orchestra with Darlene Love - Deep In The Heart Of Christmas (Jingle All The Way)
14) Jack Wilkins - O Little Town Of Bethlehem (A Jazz Christmas)
15) Eliane Elias - I'll Be Home For Christmas/Sleigh Ride (Yule Struttin')
16) Diana Krall - White Christmas (Christmas Songs)
17) Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas (Christmas Wishes)
18) Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (Golden Decade Vol. II)^
19) Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (Christmas Belles)
20) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas (Now That's What I Call Christmas)
21) David Benoit - Carol Of The Bells (A GRP Christmas Collection)
22) Dave Brubeck - Cantos Para Redir Las Posadas (A Dave Brubeck Christmas)
23) Don Patterson with Pat Martino - Merry Christmas Baby (The Christmas Collection)
24) Brian Wilson - Joy To The World (What I Really Want For Christmas)
25) Yellowjackets with Jean Baylor - The First Noel (Peace Round)
26) Harry Connick Jr. - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (When My Heart Finds Christmas)
27) Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Now That's What I Call Christmas)
28) Frank Sinatra - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Christmas Songs)

^ indicates the "Vinyl Archive"

Thursday, December 13, 2007

"The Chairman's Birthday" December 13 - Playlist

Frank Sinatra sings on all tracks:

1) Goody Goody (Live In Paris)
2) At Long Last Love (Vegas)
3) Get Me To The Church On Time (Vegas)
4) Night And Day (Live In Australia)
5) The House I Live In (Sings His Greatest Hits)
6) Our Town (The Capitol Years)
7) Soliloquy (Sings His Greatest Hits)
8) Some Enchanted Evening (Sings His Greatest Hits)
9) C'est Magnifique (Sinatra In Hollywood)
10) Old Devil Moon (Complete Reprise)
11) ...with Dean Martin & Bing Crosby - Style (Sinatra In Hollywood)
12) Come Dance With Me (Come Dance With Me)
13) My Kind Of Town (Complete Reprise)
14) Mr. Success (Complete Capitol Singles)
15) Same Old Song And Dance (Come Dance With Me)
16) ...with Dean Martin & Bing Crosby - Fugue for Tinhorns (Guys & Dolls)
17) Adelaide (Sinatra In Hollywood)
18) Luck be A Lady (Guys & Dolls)
19) ...with Vivian Blaine - Sue Me (Sinatra In Hollywood)
20) ...with Dean Martin - Guys And Dolls (Boys Night Out)
21) September Song (Complete Reprise)
22) Lost In the Stars (Complete Reprise)
23) I Have Dreamed (Rat Pack Live At The Sands)
24) My Heart Stood Still (80th Live In Concert)
25) I've Got You Under My Skin (Complete Reprise)
26) ...with Count Basie - Where Or When (At The Sands)
27) ...with Ella Fitzgerald - I May Be Wrong (Classic Duets)
28) Can I Steal A Little Love (Complete Capitol Singles)
29) Mistletoe And Holly (Christmas With The Rat Pack)
30) The Christmas Waltz (Complete Capitol Singles)
31) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Christmas Songs)
32) I'll Be Home For Christmas (Christmas With The Rat Pack)
33) ...with Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (80th - All The Best)

Thursday, December 6, 2007

December 6 - Playlist

1) Johnny Griffin - It's All Right With Me (Introducing Johnny Griffin)
2) Modern Jazz Quartet - Three Windows (No Sun In Venice)
3) Stan Getz - I Was Doing All Right (Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio)
4) Horace Silver - Song For My Father (Song For My Father)
5) Max Roach - I'll Take Romance (Jazz in 3/4 Time)
6) Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Tiger Rag (Best Of Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
7) McCoy Tyner - The Wanderer (Best Of McCoy Tyner: The Blue Note Years)
8) Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Jitterbug Waltz (Cornell 1964)*
9) Ray Charles with Betty Carter - Baby It's Cold Outside (Ray Charles And Betty Carter/Dedicated To You)
10) Herbie Hancock - Both Sides Now (River: The Joni Letters)*
11) The Logan Thomas Quartet - The Legends Throne (Jazziz On Disc Ed.7)*
12) Jacky Terrasson - Mirror (Mirror)*
13) Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E.'s In Love (Duchess Of Coolsville)
14) Stevie Wonder - Sweetest Somebody I Know (A Time 2 Love)
15) Tower Of Power - Below Us, All The City Lights (The Very Best Of Tower Of Power: The Warner Years)
16) Dave Brubeck - Winter Wonderland (A Dave Brubeck Christmas)
17) Sarah Vaughn- Snowbound (Christmas Belles)
18) Dean Martin - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Christmas With The Rat Pack)
19) Oscar Peterson - Let It Snow (An Oscar Peterson Christmas)
20) Manhattan Transfer - Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season (The Christmas Album)
21) Diana Krall - Jingle Bells (Christmas Songs)
22) Wynton Marsalis - Linus & Lucy (Joe Cool's Blues)
23) Frank Sinatra - It's All Right With Me (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

Thursday, November 15, 2007

November 15 - Playlist

1) Lennie Tristano with Lee Konitz - You Go To My Head (Lennie Tristano)
2) Ike Quebec - It Might As Well Be Spring (It Might As Well Be Spring)
3) Art Blakey Quintet - Night In Tunisia (A Night In Birdland)
4) Bill Charlap Trio - Some Other Time (Somewhere: The Songs Of Leonard Bernstein)
5) Chick Corea And Return To Forever - Spain (Light As A Feather)
6) Coleman Hawkins - Self Portrait [of The Bean] (Ken Burns Jazz)
7) Dave Brubeck - Indian Summer (Indian Summer)*
8) Stan Getz with Arthur Fiedler- Where Will You Go? (A Song After Sunset)^
9) Benny Green - Pittsburgh Brethren (Naturally)
10) Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band - Lady Chatterly's Mother (At The Village Vanguard)
11) Duke Ellington And Ray Brown - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (This One's For Blanton)
12) Hot Club Of Detroit - Stompin' At Decca (Hot Club Of Detroit)
13) Benny Carter - Just In Time (New York Lights)
14) Daryl Hall & John Oates - One On One (Rock 'N Soul Part 1)^
15) Take 6 - Don't Give Up (Beautiful World)
16) Clarence "Frogman" Henry - [I Don't Know Why] But I Do (Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack)
17) Artie Shaw And His Orchestra - Frenesi (Begin The Beguine)
18) Sonny Rollins - Who Cares (Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass)
19) Dexter Gordon - Devilette (Clubhouse)
20) Michael Brecker with James Taylor - The Nearness Of You (Nearness Of You)
21) Dianne Reeves - So This Is Love (Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life)
22) Frank Sinatra - You Go To My Head (Nice 'N Easy)

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicates the "Vinyl" Archive

Thursday, November 1, 2007

November 1 - Playlist

1) Ray Brown with James Morrison - I Thought About You (Some Of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players)
2) Carmen McCrae - Suddenly (Carmen Sings Monk)
3) Oscar Peterson/Stephane Grappelli - Walkin' My Baby Back Home (Jazz In Paris)
4) Vanessa Williams - Love Dance (A Love Affair - The Music Of Ivan Lins)
5) Don Sebesky with New York Voices - Very Early (I Remember Bill - A Tribute To Bill Evans)
6) Eddie Daniels - Mr. Cool [For Stan] (Under The Influence)
7) Stan Getz/Chet Baker - Stablemates (Quintessence Vol. I)
8) Dave Brubeck - My One Bad Habit (In Their Own Sweet Way)
9) Claude Bolling Big Band - Duke On My Mind (A Tone Parallel To Harlem)
10) Pat Martino - Road Song (Remember - A Tribute To Wes Montgomery)
11) Eliane Elias - Garota De Ipanema (Fantasia)
12) Memphis Horns with Etta James - Take Me To The River (Memphis Horns)
13) Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Every Great Motown Hit)
14) Steely Dan - F.M. (A Decade Of Steely Dan)
15) Dexter Gordon - The End Of A Love Affair (Live At Carnegie Hall)
16) Ella Fitzgerald - I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (Montreux '77)
17) John Pizzarelli - I've Just Seen A Face (John Pizzarelli Meets The Beatles)
18) Abbey Lincoln - Storywise (A Turtle's Dream)
19) Frank Sinatra - I Thought About You (Songs For Swingin' Lovers)

Thursday, October 25, 2007

October 25 - Playlist

1) Dave Brubeck Quartet - It's Only A Paper Moon (Paper Moon)
2) Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive An' Wail (The Dirty Boogie)
3) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Cut And Run (The Phat Pack)
4) Ben Webster with Coleman Hawkins - Young Bean (Ben Webster And Associates)
5) Joe Lovano/Hank Jones - Soultrane (Kids)*
6) Kenny Barron - The Pelican (Spirit Song)
7) Stan Getz - How About You (Spring Is Here)
8) Duke Ellington - Kinda'Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm (Piano In The Background)
9) Wynton Marsalis - Marciac Moon (Marciac Suite)
10) Phil Woods - Dois Pra La, Dois Pra Ca (Astor And Elis)
11) Michael Franks - Under The Sun (Rendezvous In Rio)
12) Lionel Hampton - Flying Home (Priceless Jazz 5)
13) Jaco Pastorious Big Band - Beaver Patrol (The Word Is Out!)
14) The Commitments - I Can't Stand The Rain (The Commitments)
15) Stevie Wonder - Saturn (Songs In The Key Of Life)^
16) Michael Brecker - Half Moon Lane (Pilgrimage)*
17) Gil Evans - Las Vegas Tango (Jazz Masters 23)
18) Harry Connick, Jr. - It Had To Be You (When Harry Met Sally)
19) Diana Krall - Frim Fram Sauce (All For You)
20) John Pizzarelli - Yes Sir, That's My Baby (Dear Mr. Sinatra)
21) Frank Sinatra - It's Only A Paper Moon (Swingin' Session)

* indicates Recent Release
^ indicated the "Vinyl Archive"