December 29 - Playlist

A BACKWARD GLANCE
Some of my favorite releases from 2011

Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Variations On Clair De Lune (Legacy)
Stanley Jordan - Capital J (Friends)

Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott - And This Too Shall Pass (Ninety Miles)
Hot Club Of Detroit - Noto Swing (It's About That Time)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Cielito Lindo (Their Last Time Out)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - I'm In A Dancing Mood (Their Last Time Out)
Roberta Gambarini/Dave Brubeck Trio - Alice In Wonderland (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)

Roberta Piket - Make Someone Happy (Sides, Colors)
Glenn Crytzer And His Syncopators - You Don't Say (Harlem Mad)

Sonny Rollins - They Say It's Wonderful (Road Shows Vol. 2)

Esperanza Spalding - Knowledge Of Good And Evil (Chamber Music Society)
Yo-Yo Ma, et al. - Quarter Chicken Dark (The Goat Rodeo Sessions)

Christian McBride with Sting - Consider Me Gone (Conversations With Christian)
Christian McBride Big Band - Bluesin' In Alphabet City (The Good Feeling)

Ray Charles - Teardrops From My Eyes (Singular Genius)
Lynn Stein - Only Trust Your Heart (Softly)
Michael Franks - I'd Rather Be Happy Than Right (Time Together)
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie - The Good Life (The Complete Sinatra/Basie Sessions On Reprise)

December 22 - Playlist

JAZZ HOLIDAY

Dexter Gordon - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (God Rest Ye Merry Jazzman)
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Holiday)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Jingle Bell Jazz)
Manhattan Transfer - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The Christmas Album)
Antonio Hart - Winter Wonderland (A Merry Jazzmas)

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmastime Is Here (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Beach Boys - Morning Christmas (Ultimate Christmas)
Al DiMeola - Carol Of The Bells (Mix Disc)

Darlene Love/Brian Setzer Orchestra - Deep In The Heart Of Xmas (Jingle All The Way)
Stan Kenton - Christmas Medley (A Merry Christmas)
Julie London - Warm December (Christmas Belles)

Ray Charles - Little Drummer Boy (Sunday Music 5: Holiday)
Dave Koz/Kimberley Locke - Please Come Home For Christmas (Memories Of A Winter's Night)
Lou Rawls - Merry Christmas Baby (Sunday Music 5: Holiday)
Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (Golden Decade Vol. II)

Count Basie - Basie's Jingle Bells (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)
Diana Krall - Jingle Bells (Christmas Songs)
Oscar Peterson - Jingle Bells (Christmas)
Kenny Davern - Jingle Bells (A Jazz Christmas)

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - The Wassail Song (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Merry Xmas [War Is Over] (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
Inner Voices - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Holiday Harmonies)
"City Of New Orleans" - O Holy Night (Sunday Music 5: Holiday)

Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (Christmas Belles)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (Making Spirits Bright)
Mel Tormé - The Christmas Song (Christmas Songs)
Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (A Jolly Christmas)

December 15 - Playlist

THE CHAIRMAN’S 96TH BIRTHDAY
My Annual Frank Sinatra Birthday Show

Frank Sinatra sings on all selections (accompanied as noted)

"The 30's"

with Harry James - All Or Nothing At All (Harry James And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra)
with Tommy Dorsey - I'll Be Seeing You ("The Song Is You")
with Tommy Dorsey - The One I Love [Belongs To Somebody Else] ("The Song Is You")
 - Saturday Night [Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week] (Portrait Of Sinatra)

Love, Etc.

 - The Lady Is A Tramp (A Swingin' Affair)
 - Star (The Complete Reprise)
 - When Somebody Loves You (The Complete Reprise)
 - This Can't Be Love (Classic Sinatra II)
 - Nice 'N' Easy (Nice 'N' Easy)

Real Duets

with Ella Fitzgerald - Necessity (Frank Sinatra In Hollywood)
with Sammy Davis, Jr. - Me And My Shadow (Eee-O 11)
with Keely Smith - How Are Ya' Fixed For Love (Come Dance With Me)
with Dean Martin - Guys And Dolls (Boys Night Out)
with Rosemary Clooney - Peachtree Street (Songs From the Girl Singer)

In Concert 

- Soliloquy (80th: Live In Concert)

with Red Norvo Quintet - Night And Day (Live In Australia, 1959)

Brazil

(Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings)

 - The Girl From Ipanema

 - Change Partners

 - Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars [Corcovado]

 - Baubles, Bangles And Beads

 - Wave

Basie

(Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Recordings)

 - Pennies from Heaven

 - [Love Is] The Tender Trap

 - My Kind Of Girl

 - I Won't Dance

Holidays

with Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (80th: All the Best)

 - The Christmas Waltz (A Jolly Christmas)

 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Christmas Songs)

 - White Christmas (A Jolly Christmas)

with Bing Crosby - We Wish You The Merriest (Complete Reprise)

"One More Time"

 - Saturday Night [Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week] (Come Dance With Me)

 - The One I Love [Belongs To Somebody Else] (Vegas)

 - I'll Be Seeing You (The Complete Reprise)

 - All Or Nothing At All (The Complete Reprise)

December 8 - Playlist

HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY, DAVE BRUBECK!
Dave Brubeck plays piano on all tracks, accompanied by one or another of the Dave Brubeck Quartets (unless otherwise noted)

- It's Deja Vu All Over Again (So What's New)
- Look For The Silver Lining (Stardust)
- The Unihorn (Near Myth)

with Joshua Redman - Joshua Redman (Young Lions & Old Tigers)
with Two Generations Of Brubeck - Forty Days (Brother, The Great Spirit Made Us All)

- Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now (Brubeck Time)
- The Duke (Jazz: Red Hot And Cool)
- Brandenberg Gate (Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia)

DAVE DIGS DISNEY

- Someday My Prince Will Come (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)*
- Heigh-Ho (Dave Digs Disney)
with Paul Desmond - Alice In Wonderland (1975: The Duets)

LIVE DAVE

- Blue Rondo A La Turk (At Carnegie Hall)
- Limehouse Blues (Live AT Berlin Philharmonie)
- Waltzing (Double Live In The USA & UK)

SINGERS

with Jimmy Rushing - Blues In The Dark (Brubeck & Rushing)
with Carmen McRae - My One Bad Habit (The Real Ambassadors)
with Roberta Gambarini - Alice In Wonderland (Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)*

with Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Concordia (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
with Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Joy To The World (Songs Of Joy & Peace)
- Take Five (Time Out)

* indicates Recent Release

December 1 - Playlist

Eliane Elias - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Ultimate Jazz Christmas)
Fourplay - Amoroso (The Best Of Fourplay)

VOCALESE

Miles Davis - Freddy Freeloader (Kind Of Blue)
Jon Hendricks And Friends - Freddy Freeloader (Freddy Freeloader)

Dave Brubeck - Out Of The Way Of The People (New Wine)
Thelonious Monk - Ryhthm-A-Ning (Ken Burns Jazz)

Buddy Rich - The Monster (Krupa And Rich)

Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott - And This Too Shall Pass (Ninety Miles)*
Stanley Jordan - Seven Come Eleven (Friends)*

Stan Getz/Lionel Hampton - Jumpin' At The Woodside (Hamp And Getz)
Marc Johnson - Porch Swing (The Sound Of Summer Running)

Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (Footprints)
Coleman Hawkins - I'll Never Be The Same (Prestige Profiles)

THE SINGERS

Ray Charles/Betty Carter - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Ray Charles And Betty Carter)
Grover Washington Jr. with Freddie Cole & Jeannie Bryson - For Heaven's Sake (All My Tomorrows)
Frank Sinatra - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (The Complete Reprise)

* indicates Recent Release

November 17 - Playlist

SHOW # 333

Benny Green - Learnin' The Blues (Naturally)
John Pizzarelli - I Like To Recognize The Tune (With A Song In My Heart)
Louie Bellson & Clark Terry - Hookin' It (Hot)

VOCALESE

James Moody/Gil Fuller - I'm In The Mood For Love (Night Flight)
George Benson - Moody's Mood (Give Me The Night)

8 Legged Monster - ...Or Something (Vol. 2)
Clifford Brown - Daahoud (Jazz Immortal)
Zoot Sims - That Ole Devil Called Love ("Live" In Philly)

THE LATIN QUARTER

Tito Puente - Joy Spring (¡Con Mucho Ritmo!)
Paquito D'Rivera - Mambo A La Kenton (Tropicana Nights)
Chico O'Farrill - Avocadoes (Cuban Blues)

Stan Kenton - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (The Stage Door Swings)
Count Basie - This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (Live At The Sands)
Stan Getz - Soul Eyes (Bossas And Ballads: The Lost Sessions)

R & B CORNER

Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (Sun Goddess)
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Mister Love (Meets King Pɘnnɘt)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Park Avenue South)
Eliane Elias/Bob Brookmeyer - Just Kiddin' (Impulsive!)

THE SINGERS

52nd Street- Take The A Train (Scrapple To The Apple)

Harry Connick, Jr. - Save the Last Dance For Me (Only You)
Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues (The Complete Sinatra/Basie)

November 11 - Playlist

Benny Carter - Just In Time (New York Nights)
Billy May Orchestra - Rhapsody In Blue (Rhapsody In Blue: Blue Note Plays The Music Of George And Ira Gershwin)
Mel Tormé - Walk Between The Raindrops (Swingin' Jazz For Hipsters, Vol. 1)

FEATURE ARTIST (sort of)

Paul Desmond - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (Bridge Over Troubled Water)
Brad Mehldau Trio - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Day Is Done)
New York Voices - Baby Driver (Sing The Songs Of Paul Simon)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Nomad (Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia)
Bill Evans - Up With The Lark (The Paris Concert)

Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott - Black Action Figure (Ninety Miles)*
Teo Macero - West African Blues (The Spirit)

Miles Davis - Blues No. 2 (Someday My Prince Will Come)
John Coltrane - Trane's Blues (Trane's Blues)

Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - Hush-A-Bye (People Time)
Art Pepper - Surf Ride (Timeless)

Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt - On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Sonny Side Up)
Roberta Gambarini - On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Easy To Love)

THE VOCALISTS

Brian Wilson - When You Wish Upon A Star (In The Key Of Disney)*
Dinah Washington - Blue Gardenia (The Definitive Dinah Washington)
Julie London - In The Still Of The Night (The Best Of Julie London)
Frank Sinatra - Just In Time (Come Dance With Me)

* indicates Recent Release