February 11 - Playlist

"I'LL TAKE ROMANCE"

1) Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Plays The Music From West Side Story And...)
2) Chet Baker - Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart (My Old Flame)
3) Charlie Parker - Billie's Bounce (Bird/The Savoy Recordings)^

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Charlie Haden with Gonzalo Rubalcaba - I Only Dream Of Your Love (Land Of The Sun)
5) Charlie Haden Quartet West with Bill Henderson - Ruth's Waltz (The Art Of The Song)
6) Charlie Haden Quartet West - Back Home Blues (Now Is The Hour)
7) Jacky Terrasson - I Wish You Love (A Paris)
8) The Four Brothers - The Pretty One (Together Again!)
9) Rosemary Clooney/Count Basie Orchestra - The Man That Got Away (At Long Last)
10) Paul Desmond - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Bossa Antigua)
11) Michael Franks - Rendezvous In Rio (Rendezvous In Rio)
12) Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - O Pato (Jazz Samba)
13) Max Roach - I'll Take Romance (Jazz In 3/4 Time)
14) Ray Brown Trio with Joshua Redman - Just You, Just Me (Some Of My Best Friends Are... The Sax Players)
15) Fred Hersch - This Nearly Was Mine (Plays Rogers And Hammerstein)

THE R&B CORNER [Big Band Style]

16) Pointer Sisters - Little Pony (That's A Plenty)^
17) Spinners - Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You (Spinners)^
18) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band with Patti Austin - September (Act Your Age)
19) Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Sweet And Lovely (At Carnegie Hall)
20) Bill Charlap Trio - Lucky To Be Me (Somewhere)
21) Ella Fitzgerald - I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You (The Intimate Ella)
22) John Pizzarelli - You'll Never Know (Let There Be Love)
23) Jane Monheit - Over The Rainbow (Taking A Chance On Love)
24) Frank Sinatra - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

February 4 - Playlist

1) Lester Young & Harry "Sweets" Edison - That's All (A Night Out With Verve)
2) Count Basie - Corner Pocket (April In Paris)
3) Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Everybody's Boppin' (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)

FEATURE ARTIST

4) Stan Getz - Indiana (In Stockholm)
5) Stan Getz - Tasty Pudding (At The Shrine)
6) Wynton Marsalis - Play the Blues And Go (Live At The Village Vanguard)
7) Juliet Annerino - Head (single)#

FEATURE ARTIST, Part II

8) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - Hush-A-Bye (People Time)
9) Stan Getz - With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair (Plays)
10) Paul Chambers - Four Strings (Quintet)
11) Ike Quebec - Minor Impulse (Blue & Sentimental)
12) Grant Green - Old Folks (Grantstand)

THE R&B CORNER

13) Stevie Wonder - For Your Love (At The Close Of A Century)
14) Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere - Love Appetite (Nudge It Up A Notch)
15) Kathleen Gorman - Ain't The Way (Brand New Day)#
16) Dave Brubeck Quartet - The City Is Crying (Jazz Impressions Of Japan)
17) Sonny Rollins - More Than You Know (Road Shows Vol. I)
18) Jamie Cullum - High And Dry (Twentysomething)
19) Dinah Washington - Invitation (A Night Out With Verve)
20) Nancy Wilson - I Wanna Be Loved (Save Your Love For Me)
21) Frank Sinatra - That's All (The Complete Reprise)

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January 28 - Playlist

1) Woody Herman - I've Got You Under My Skin (An Anthology of Big Band Swing)
2) Eliane Elias & Bob Brookmeyer with The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra - Just Kiddin' (Impulsive!)
3) Bud Powell - Tempus Fugue-It (The Best Of Bud Powell On Verve)
4) Charles Mingus - Open Letter To Duke (Mingus Ah Um)
5) Duke Ellington with Charlie Mingus & Max Roach - Very Special (Money Jungle)
6) Charles Mingus - Gunslinging Bird (Mingus Dynasty)
7) Esperanza Spalding - Ponta De Areia (Esperanza)
8) Dexter Gordon - What It Was (Tangerine)
9) John Williams' Baritone Band - Rockin' In Rhythm (John Williams Baritone Band)
10) SuperSax - Moose The Mooche (The Japanese Tour)
11) Stan Getz - Out Of Focus (Nobody Else But Me)
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet - I Love Vienna (Park Avenue South)
13) War - Nappy Head (All Day Music)^
14) Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Every Great Motown Hit)
15) Grover Washington Jr. - In The Name Of Love (Winelight)^
16) Joe Lovano Ensemble - Buckeyes (Streams Of Expression)
17) Herbie Hancock - Cottontail (Gershwin's World)
18) Juliet Annerino - Save Yourself (Scenes From A Life On Fire)
19) Holly Cole - Charade (Holly Cole)
20) Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (The Complete Reprise)

^ indicates the Vinyl Archive

January 21 - Playlist

1) Bill Evans - Always (Trio 64)
2) The Jazz Crusaders - The Emperor (Lighthouse '68)
3) Coleman Hawkins - Picasso (The Jazz Scene)
4) Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul (Body And Soul)
5) Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Queer Notions (Ken Burns Jazz)
6) Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster - Prisoner Of Love (Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster)
7) Carla Bley - Ad Infinitum (The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu)
8) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Swanee River (Gone With The Wind)
9) Shirley Horn - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (I Remember Miles)
10) Miles Davis - Blues No. 2 (Someday My Prince Will Come)
11) Dave Holland Big Band - Bring It On (Overtime)
12) 8 Legged Monster - ...Or Something (Vol. 2)
13) Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca Theme (Afro)
14) Cal Tjader - Preciosa (Plays The Contemporary Music Of Mexico And Brazil)
15) Paquito D'Rivera - Cicuta Tibia (Tropicana Nights)
16) Stan Getz - There We Go (Blue Skies)
17) Roy Hargrove - What's New (Approaching Standards)
18) Roberta Gambarini - That Old Black Magic (So In Love)
19) Peter Cincotti - Miss Brown (Peter Cincotti)
20) Carmen McRae - Listen To Monk (Carmen Sings Monk)
21) Frank Sinatra - Always (Swingin' Session!!!)

January 14 - Playlist

1) Andre Previn/David Finck - A Foggy Day (We Got Rhythm)
2) Thelonious Monk - Stuffy Turkey (It's Monk's Time)
3) Jaco Pastorius - Portrait Of Tracy (Jaco Pastorius)
4) Weather Report - Havona (Heavy Weather)
5) Jaco Pastorius Big Band - Las Olas (The Word Is Out)
6) Vince Guaraldi - Red Baron (The Charlie Brown Suite)
7) Cannonball Adderley - Unit 7 (Jazz Workshop Revisited)
8) Kurt Rosenwinkel - Our Secret World (Heartcore)
9) Dexter Gordon - Confirmation (Daddy Plays The Horn)
10) Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane - Lyresto (Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane)
11) Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz - Impromptu (Diz And Getz)
12) Michael McDonald - After The Dance (Motown Two)
13) The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration)
14) Walter Becker - God's Eye View (Circus Money)
15) Dave Brubeck Quartet - St. Louis Blues (Buried Treasures)
16) Pat Metheny Group - In Her Family (Still Life [Talking])
17) Kathleen Gorman - Survival (Brand New Day)
18) Madeleine Peyroux - You Can't Do Me (Bare Bones)
19) Frank Sinatra - A Foggy Day (Complete Reprise)

January 7 - Playlist

!! 250th SHOW !!

1) Stan Kenton - You Go To My Head (New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm)
2) Robert Glasper - Think Of One (Double Booked)*
3) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Chance Encounter (Act Your Age)
4) Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (Road Shows Vol. 1)

"THE DEMO TAPE"
5) Dizzy Gillespie - Theme From The Cool World (Talkin' Verve)
6) John Coltrane - Giant Steps [Alt. Take] (Giant Steps)
7) Willie Nelson with Norah Jones - Baby It's Cold Outside (American Classic)*
8) Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Waltz For Ruth (Beyond The Missouri Sky: Short Stories)
9) Bill Evans - I'm All Smiles (From Left To Right)
10) Steve Tyrell - I Can't Get Started (A New Standard)
11) Cassandra Wilson - A Little Warm Death (New Moon Daughter)
12) Yo-Yo Ma - Cristal (Obrigado Brasil Live In Concert)
13) Mel Torme - Walk Between The Raindrops (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters Vol. 1)
14) Count Basie - Jumpin' At The Woodside (The Count Basie Story)
15) Mingus Big Band with Elvis Costello - Invisible Lady (Tonight At Noon...)
16) Wayne Shorter - Serenata (Alegria)

17) Dave Brubeck Quartet with The Montreal International Jazz Festival Orchestra - New Wine (New Wine)
18) Stan Getz - I'm Late, I'm Late (Focus)
19) Manhattan Transfer - One Step Closer (The Chick Corea Songbook)*
20) Juliet Annerino - Live Dangerously (Crushed Velvet)
21) Frank Sinatra - You Go To My Head (Nice 'N' Easy)

* indicates Recent Release

December 29 - Playlist (Subbing for Chicago Carl)

"A backward glance at some Jazz favorites from 2009"

1) Pete Downes & Steve Littler - Skywatcher (Mystery Of Weather)
2) David "Fathead" Newman - Chelsea Bridge (The Blessing)
3) Chip White - Bird In The Yard (Double Dedication)
4) Joel Vanderheyden - Tanzania Life Project (Complete Life)
5) Stan Getz - Open Country (At The Shrine)`
6) JaR - Esquire (Scene 29)
7) Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones (Bare Bones)
8) Count Basie - Instant Blues (Basie Land)`
9) 8 Legged Monster - Saturn (Vol. 2)
10) Juliet Annerino - Drowning (Scenes From A Life On Fire)
11) Gerry Mulligan - I Heard The Shadows Dance (Lonesome Boulevard)`
12) Jim Holton - Wright Is Wright (No Green Bananas)
13) Diana Krall - Walk On By (Quiet Nights)
14) The Blue Note 7 - Mosaic (Mosaic)
15) Manhattan Transfer - Spain (The Chick Corea Songbook)
16) Bud Powell Trio - Fifty-Second Street Theme (Blues In The Closet)`
17) Roberta Gambarini - Estate (So In Love)
18) Eliane Elias - Chega De Saudade (Bossa Nova Stories)
19) Joe Lovano Us Five - Song For Judi (Folk Art)

` indicates Reissue