Jan. 11, 2020
Set 1
Roy Eldridge, Complete Verve Studio Sessions, “Tin Roof Blues” Vic Dickenson, Ding Dong, “Rosetta” Milt Jackson & Big Brass, For Someone I Love, “Save Your Love For Me”
Set 2
Duke Ellington, Latin American Suite, “The Sleeping Lady and the Giant Who Watches Over Her” Thelonious Monk, “You Took The Words Right Out of My Heart” Rob McConnell, Three for the Road, “A Sleepin’ Bee”
Set 3
Thad Jones, The Magnificent Thad Jones, “Billy Doo” Weslia Whitfield, September Songs, “I Only Have Eyes for You” John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, Cattin’ with Coltrane & Quinichette, “Tea for Two”
Set 4
Marc Copland & Greg Osby, Round and Round, “Balloonman” Yazz Ahmed, Polyhymnia, “2857” Louis Smith, Soon, “Mike”
Set 5
SF Jazz Collective, Live 2009: 6th Annual Concert Tour, “Migrations” Teddy Charles, New Directions, “Decibels” Cecil Taylor, Jazz Advance, “Sweet and Lovely”
Set 6
Lou Donaldson, Blue Note Sessions, “That Good Old Feeling” Karin Krog with Dexter Gordon, Some Other Spring, “Shiny Stockings” Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, Sempre Amore, “To the Bitter”
Set 7
Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, “Pennies from Heaven” Don Byas, 1944-45, “Pennies from Heaven” Dinah Washington, Complete on Mercury, “Pennies from Heaven” Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Smokin’, “Pennies from Heaven”
Set 8
Count Basie and His Orchestra, Complete Decca Recordings, “Pennies from Heaven” Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions on Verve, “Pennies from Heaven” Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop, Rev, “Pennies from Heaven”
Set 9
Antonio Sanchez, Quartet Live, “Question and Answer” Delfeayo Marsalis, Sweet Thunder, “Star-Crossed Lovers” Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets, “Gershwin’s Skyline/I Loves You, Porgy”
Set 10
Ed Bickert, The Guitar Mastery of Ed Bickert, “Soul Eyes” Miles Davis Quintet, E.S.P. “Little One” Wayne Horvitz, Sweeter Than the Day, “The Little Parade” David Binney, Graylen Epicenter, “Everglow”
Set 11
Joe Lovano & Hank Jones, Kids: Duets Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, “Lazy Afternoon” Frank Kimbrough &. Joe Locke, Saturn’s Child, “Trouble is a Gorgeous Dancer” Johnny Griffin, Return of the Griffin, “When We Were One” Same, “I Should Care”
January 18, 2020
Set 1
Kenny Dorham, Quintet, “An Oscar for Oscar” Same, “Ruby My Dear” Kenny Dorham, Afro-Cuban, “Afrodisia” Kenny Dorham, Jazz Contrasts, “Falling in Love with Love”
Set 2
Conte Candoli & Lee Morgan, Double or Nothin’, “Blues After Dark” Carla Bley, The Lost Chords, “Red” Oliver Nelson, Afro-American Sketches, “Disillusioned”
Set 3
Ed Thigpen Scantet, 31, “Fast Train” Dee Dee Bridgewater, Keeping Tradition, “I’m a Fool to Want You/I Fall in Love Too Easily” Sam Rivers, Fuchsia Swing Song, “Cyclic Episode”
Set 4
Kenny Dorham, Una Mas, “Sao Paulo” Kenny Dorham, Quiet Kenny, “Lotus Blossom” Kenny Dorham, Whistle Stop, “Sunset”
Set 5
Hank Jones, The Oracle, “Trane Connections” Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Dedication, “It Only Happens Every Time” Carol Sloane, Heart’s Desire, “He Loves and She Loves” Chet Baker & Art Pepper, Playboys, “Tynan Time”
Set 6
Tete Montoliu, Music I Like to Play, Vol. 2, “All of You” Billie Holiday, Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, “Let’s Dream in the Moonlight” Lou Donaldson, Blue Note Sessions, “Twist Time” Miles Okazaki, Trickster, “Kudzu”
Set 7
Mildred Bailey, Complete Columbia Recordings, “Where Are You” Bunny Berrigan, His Orchestra, Complete Brunswick, Parlophone, and Vocalion Recordings, “Where Are You” Chris Connor, Chris Connor, “Where Are You” Ben Webster, Soulville, “Where Are You”
Set 8
Dinah Washington, Complete Roulette Recordings, “Where Are You” Randy Weston, Get Happy, “Where Are You” Kurt Elling, Nightmoves, “Where Are You” Dexter Gordon, Go, “Where Are You”
Set 9
Kenny Burrell & Illinois Jacquet, Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions, “Just Squeeze Me” Teddy Wilson, Chronological Classics, “Moanin’ Low” Christine Jensen, A Shorter Distance, “Dilemma” Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Desert Lady/Fantasy, ‘Broken Dreams”
Set 10
Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams, Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions, “Here Am I” Bennie Green, Mosaic Select, “Walkin’ and Talkin’” Curtis Fuller, Imagination, “Blues de Funk”
Set 11
Kenny Barron & Stan Getz, People Time, “I Remember Clifford” Ron Affif, 52nd Street, “I’ll Be Seeing You” Andrew Cyrille, Good to Go, “Aftermath” Tommy Flanagan, Jazz Poet, “Glad to be Unhappy” Same, “Lament”
Playlist: January 25, 2020
Set 1
Herlin Riley, Perpetual Optimism, “Rush Hour” Hilary Kole, You Are There, “These Foolish Things” Jack DeJohnette, New Directions, “Where or Wayne” Warne Marsh, Back Home, “Big Leaps for Lester”
Set 2
Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rolllins Vol. 1, “Sonnysphere” Cecile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers, “Devil May Care” Andrew Hill, A Beautiful Day, “A Beautiful Day”
Set 3
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra, Kenton Presents: Cooper, Holman & Rosolino, “So Nice” Bix Beiderbecke, Complete Okeh & Brunswick Recordings, “How Am I To Know” John Abercrombie, The Hudson Project, “Little Swing” Ahmad Jamal, Complete Argo Sessions, “April in Paris” Terumasa Hino, DNA, “Black Jack”
Set 4
John Fedchock New York Big Band, Up & Running, “Moment’s Notice” Jimmy Knepper, Dream Dancing, “This Time the Dream’s on Me” Susannah McCorkle, No More Blues, “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me” Dave Douglas, Soul on Soul, “Soul on Soul”
Set 5
June Christy, Ballads fort Night People, “The More I See You” Count Basie, Montreux ’77, “The More I See You” Chet Baker, It Could Happen to You, “The More I See You” Sonny Stitt, Goin’ Down Slow, “The More I See You”
Set 6
Johnny Hartman, The Voice That Is, “The More I See You” Hank Mobley, Roll Call, “The More I See You” Cyrille Aimee, The Surreal Band, “The More I See You” Jimmy Heath, Triple Threat, “The More I See You”
Set 7
Cedar Walton, The Bouncer, “Willie’s Groove” Harold Land, Take Aim, “Take Aim” Charles Mingus, Let My Children Hear Music, “Adagio Ma Non Troppo” Jimmy Smith, Back at the Chicken Shack, “On the Sunny Side of the Street”
Set 8
Jim Hall, By Arrangement, “Art Song” Curtis Fuller, Blues-Ette Part 2, “Is It All A Game” Wallace Roney, If Only for One Night, “FMS” Regina Carter, Reverse Thread, “Day Dreaming on the Niger” Terell Stafford, This Side of Strayhorn, “Day Dream”
Set 9
Jack Wilkins, Windows, “Windows” Ella Fitzgerald, Birthday Concert in Rome, “I Loves You, Porgy” Bobby Hutcherson, The View from the Inside, “Houston St. Thursday Afternoon” Pepper Adams, Pepper, “A Child Is Born”
Playlist: February 1, 2020
Set 1
JD Allen, Barracoon, “The Immortal” Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance, “Skippy” Patricia Barber, Higher, “In Your Own Sweet Way” Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors, “Be Irreparable” Melissa Aldana, Visions, “El Castillo de Velenje”
Set 2
Paul Bley, When Will the Blues Leave, “Told You So” The Brian Landrus Kaleidoscope, Capsule, “Striped Phase” Greta Matassa, Portrait, “That Day” Lucas Pino, No Net Nonet, “Strange Breakfast”
Set 3
Don Byron, Random Dances and (A)tonalities, “Numbers” Art Pepper, Meets the Rhythm Section, “Imagination” Donnie McCaslin, In Pursuit, “Madonna” Mary Halvorson Septet, Illusionary Sea, “Fourth Dimensional Confession”
Set 4
Mark Turner & Gary Foster, Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster, “Lennie’s Pennies” Larry Fuller, Overjoyed, “Jane’s Theme” Catherine Russell, Alone Together, “Alone Together” Fred Hersch, Plays Monk, “Five Views of Misterioso”
Set 5
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, with Louise Tobin, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” Ahmad Jamal, Complete Trio Argo Sessions, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” Peggy Lee, Black Coffee, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” Stan Getz, Chronological Stan Getz, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was”
Set 6
Sarah Vaughan, Linger Awhile, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions on Verve, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” Cecile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was”
Set 7
Amhad Jamal, Ballades, “What’s New” John Coltrane, With the Red Garland Trio “You Leave Me Breathless” John Stowell, Petite Fleur: The Music of Sidney Bechet, “Passport” Marty Ehrlich, Trio Exaltation, “Sometimes”
Set 8
Marc Copland, And I Love Her, “Day and Night” Jim Snidero, Waves of Calm, “Old Folks” Joel Ross, KingMaker, “Grey” Ed Bickert, Bye Bye Baby, “Keeping Myself for You”.
Set 9
Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Epistrophy, “Lush Life” Rich Pellegrin, Down, “Acceptance” Iro Haaerla, Around Again, “Intermission Music” Art Farmer & Benny Golson, Complete Argo/Mercury Recordings, “My Romance” Same, “2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West” Playlist: February 8, 2020
Set 1
Miles Davis, Bags’ Groove, “Bags’ Groove” Grant Green, Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark, “My Favorite Things” Hank Mobley, No Room for Squares, “Up a Step”
Set 2
Max Roach, Complete Mercury Plus Four Sessions, “Memo: to Maurice” Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly, The Speed of Change, “Exit Strategy” Benny Golson, Complete Farmer-Golson Jazztet, “Sock Cha” William Parker Organ Quintet, Uncle Joe’s Spirit House, “Let’s Go Down to the River”
Set 3
Charles McPherson, Live at the Five Spot, “Luminescence” Dicky Wells, The Stanley Dance Sessions “Hello Smack” Mel Torme, Sings Sunday in New York, “Autumn in New York” Curtis Fuller, Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawses with French Horns, “Roc and Troll”
Set 4
Alchemy Sound Project, Adventures in Time and Space, “Ankh” Jimmy Rowles, Trio, “Crazy He Calls Me” Earl Coleman, Earl Coleman Returns, “Reminiscing” Jason Lindner, Premonition, “Mr. Demargary”
Set 5
Artie Shaw Classic Bluebird and Victor Sessions, “It Had to Be You” Earl Hines & His Orchestra, 1941 Chronological Classics, “It Had to Be You” Django Reinhardt, 1937, “It Had to Be You” Billie Holiday, Complete Billie Holiday on Verve, “It Had to Be You”
Set 6
Anita O’Day, Cool Heat, “It Had to Be You” Bud Freeman, All Star Swing Sessions, “It Had to Be You” Dinah Shore, Century of Jazz, “It Had to Be You” Milt Hinton, Here Swings the Judge, “It Had to Be You”
Set 7
Freddie Hubbard, Live at the Northsea Jazz Festival, “Impressions” Zoot Sims, Suddenly It’s Spring, “In the Middle of a Kiss” Tom Harrell, Sail Away, “Visions of Gaudi”
Set 8
Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson, Temporary Kings, “Myron’s World” Phil Woods, Last Night When We Were Young, “Adios Nonino” Mary Stallings, Manhattan Mood, “Sweet and Lovely” Johnny Griffin, The Kerry Dancers, “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”
Set 9
Alan Broadbent, Live at Giannelli Square, “Lullaby of the Leaves” Modern Jazz Quartet, Complete Prestige and Pablo Recordings, “Odds Against Tomorrow” Wes Montgomery, Complete Riverside Recordings, ‘Dangerous” Jimmy Smith, Midnight Special, “Midnight Special”
Playlist: February 15, 2020
Set 1
Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound, “In for a Penny, In for a Pound” Same, “Ceroepic” Same, “Off the Prompt Box”
Set 2
Kirk Lightsey, From Kirk to Nat, “You and the Night and the Music” Kirk Lightsey, Isotope, “A Monk’s Dream” Dena DeRose, Introducing Dena DeRose, “When Lights Are Low” Same, “Blue Skies” Dena DeRose, Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 1, “It Could Happen to You”
Set 3
Herlin Riley, Perpetual Optimism, “Rush Hour” Same, “Stella by Starlight” Same, “12’s It” Bill Evans, Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada, “T.T.T. – Twelve Tone Tune” Steve Kuhn & Gary McFarland, October Suite, “Traffic Patterns”
Set 4
Renee Rosnes, Art & Soul, “Romp” Joe Pass, Blues Dues, “Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Lady Mélange” Lena Horne, Stormy Weather, “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow, The Life of a Trio: Saturday, “Clusters” Tomasz Stanko, Dark Eyes, “Dirge for Europe”
Set 5
Paul Whiteman & Orchestra, A Time to Remember, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” Lester Young, Complete Aladdin Recordings, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” Nat King Cole, Complete Capitol Recordings, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins, Dig, “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
Set 6
Frank Sinatra, Swingin’ Session, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” Kenny Drew, Talkin & Walkin with the Kenny Drew Quartet, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” Carla White, Listen Here, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” Ray Brown Trio, Summertime, “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
Set 7
Kenny Wheeler, The Widow in the Window, “The Widow in the Window” Suusan Arioli, Night Lights, “More Than You Know” Kirk Knuffke, Arms and Hands, “Bright Lights”
Set 8
Charlie Haden, Lee Konitz, & Brad Mehldau, Alone Together, “Alone Together” Eric Dolphy, Far Cry, “It’s Magic” Red Garland, All Mornin’ Long, “They Can’t Take That Away from Me”
Set 9
Joe Lovano Us Five, Bird Songs, “Lover Man” Jiim Hall, Jazzpar Quartet, “Stella By Starlight” Coleman Hawkins, Soul, “Soul Blues”
Playlist: February 22, 2020
Set 1
Pat Metheny, Pat Metheny Group, “San Lorenzo” Lyle Mays, Fictionary, “Fictionary” Same, “Bill Evans” Lyle Evans, The Ludwigsburg Concert, “Hard Eights”
Set 2
Sonny Rollins, Dancing in the Dark, “Dancing in the Dark” Chet Baker, Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe, “The Heather on the Hill” Sarah Vaughan, Chronological Classics, 1946-47, “Body and Soul” Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf, “White Wolf”
Set 3
Tim Hagans, Alone Together, “See You Again” Ella Fitzgerald, The Best is Yet to Come, “The Best is Yet to Come” Kenny Barron, Live at Bradley’s, “Shuffle Boil” Monica Zutterlund, Ett Lingonris Som Satts, “I’m a Fool to Want You” James Moody, Moody 4A, “Without a Song”
Set 4
Joe Henderson, Big Band, “Isotope” Wesla Whitfield, Lucky to Be Me, “Do I Love You” Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift in Decorum, “Response” Amina Figarova, Road to the Sun, “Tumbling Prisms” Annie Ross, Sings a Song of Mulligan, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face”
Set 5
Julie London, Julie at Home – Around Midnight, “You Stepped Out of a Dream” Teddy Edwards and Howard McGhee, Together Again, “You Stepped out of a Dream” Nat King Cole, the Complete Capitol Recordings, “You Stepped Out of a Dream” Jimmy Knepper, Idol of the Flies, “You Stepped Out of a Dream”
Set 6
Lorez Alexander, This is Lorez, “You Stepped Out of a Dream” Dexter Gordon, A Swingin’ Affair, “You Stepped Out of a Dream” Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, You Stepped Out of a Cloud, “You Stepped out of a Dream” Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian, Live at Birdland, “You Stepped Out of a Dream”
Set 7
Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Habitat, “Intersection”
Set 8
Carla Bley, Trios, “Wildlife” Conrad Herwig & Richie Beirach, Intimate Conversations, “Movement 1” Billie Holiday, Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, “Night and Day” Julian Priester, Keep Swingin’, “Once in a While”
Set 9
Lyle Mays, The Ludwigsburg Concert, “Au Lait” Rich Perry, Left Alone, “Left Alone” Booker Ervin, The Freedom Book, “A Day to Mourn
Playlist: February 29, 2020
Set 1
Lou Donaldson, Good Gracious, “Bad John” Jason Moran, Ten, “Blue Blocks” Miles Davis, ‘Round About Midnight, “Little Melonae” David Binney, Free to Dream, “Goddess”
Set 2
Horace Silver, Finger Poppin’, “Finger Poppin’” Motif, Facienda, “Monk Ease” Wynton Marsalis, Marsalis Plays Monk, “Brake’s Sake” Anita O’Day, Complete Verve/Clef Sessions, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” Emily Remler, Take Two, “Pocket Wes”
Set 3
Blue Mitchell, Blues on My Mind, “Sweet-Cakes” Max Roach, Complete Mercury Plus Four Sessions, “Quiet as It’s Kept” Abbey Lincoln, Abbey Sings Abbey, “Blue Monk” Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter, Complete Vee Jay Recordings, “Down in the Depths”
Set 4
Roland Kirk, Rahsaan - Complete Mercury Recordings, “Stitt’s Tune” Irene Kral, You Are There, “The Underdog” Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Nearness, “In Walked Bud” Esperanza Spalding, Chamber Music Society, “Little Fly”
Set 5
Jimmy Dorsey, Jazz Masters, “I’m Glad There is You” Ray Anthony, Dream Dancing, “I’m Glad There is You” Julie London, Julie is Her Name, “I’m Glad There is You” Gene Ammons, The Gene Ammons Story, “I’m Glad There is You”
Set 6
Johnny Hartman, For Trane, “I’m Glad There is You” Cannonball Adderley, Verve Jazz Masters, “I’m Glad There is You” Ella Fitzgerald & Ellis Larkins, Pure Ella, “I’m Glad There is You” Barney Kessel, Red Hot and Blues, “I’m Glad There is You”
Set 7
Sarah Vaughan, & the Jimmy Rowles Quintet, “That Face” John Beasley, MONK’estra Vol. 1, “Ask Me Now” Rosemary Clooney, Demi-centennial, “Falling in Love Again” Martial Solal & Dave Douglas, Rue De Seine, “Body and Soul” Sonny Rollins, East Broadway Rundown, “We Kiss in a Shadow”
Set 8
Marc Copland, Zenith, “Sun at the Zenith” Clifford Brown, Brownie - Complete EmArcy Recordings, “Medley: My Funny Valentine/Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me/Bess You Is My Woman/It Might As Well Be Spring” Nicholas Payton, Mysterious Shorter, “Tom Thumb”
Set 9
Warne Marsh, A Ballad Album, “Spring Is Here” Dinah Washington, Volume 4, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” Hank Jones, So in Love, “Stardust” Art Farmer, Portrait of Art Farmer, “By Myself” Ben Webster, See You At the Fair, “Blues for Mr. Broadway”
Playlist: March 7, 2020
Set 1
Shirley Scott, Queen of the Organ, “Just in Time” Paul Gonsalves & Harold Ashby, Tenor Stuff, “Swallowing the Blues” Carol Sloane, When I Look in Your Eyes, “Midnight Sun” Mary Halvorson Quartet, Paimon: The Book of Angels, “Chaskiel”
Set 2
Count Basie and Zoot Sims, Basie & Zoot, “Mean to Me” Sophie Milman, Make Someone Happy, “Make Someone Happy” Thelonious Monk, The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall, “Friday the 13th” Billie Poole, Confessin’ the Blues with the Junior Mance Trio, “Stormy Monday Blues” Larry Fuller, Overjoyed, “Fried Pies”
Set 3
Thad Jones, Detroit-New York Junction, “Scratch” Bev Kelly, Bev Kelly in Person, “Love Letters” Hank Mobley, Third Season, “An Apertif” David Hazeltine, Cleopatra’s Dream, “Bouncing with Bud”
Set 4
Bobby Hutcherson, Stick-Up!, “8/4 Beat” The Blue Note 7, Mosaic, “Idle Moments” Shirley Horn, Jazz ‘Round Midnight, “Loving You” Elvin Jones, The Ultimate, “Sometimes Joie”
Set 5
Dick Haymes, Sentimental Journey, “You are Too Beautiful” Ben Webster and the Modern Jazz Quartet, “You Are Too Beautiful” Ernie Andrews, Jump for Joy, “You Are Too Beautiful” Bobby Hackett, Complete Capitol Solo Sessions, “You Are Too Beautiful”
Set 6
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, “You Are Too Beautiful” Charlie Rouse & Julius Watkins, Les Jazz Mode, “You Are Too Beautiful” Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Trane Whistle, “You Are Too Beautiful”
Set 7
Dewey Redman, The Struggle Continues, “Joie de Vivre” Milt Jackson, J.J. Johnson, and Ray Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Brown, and Company, “Jay Bone” Woody Shaw, Complete CBS Studio Recordings, “Blues for Wood”
Set 8
Jimmy Knepper Sextet, Tell Me, “Ecclusiastics” Nina Simone, Little Girl Blue, “My Baby Just Cares for Me” Red Garland, It’s A Blue World, “Since I Fell for You”
Set 9
Mulgrew Miller, Live at the Kennedy Center, Vol. 2, “Old Folks” Sarah Vaughan, At Mr. Kelly’s, “Alone” Bill Charlap, All Through the Night, “It’s So Peaceful in the Country” Horace Parlan, Speakin’ My Piece, “Oh So Blue” Set 1
March 14, 2020
Set 1
Eric Dolphy, Live at the Five Spot, "Aggression" (New Jazz) Katie Bull, All Hot Bodies Radiate, "Love Poem for Apollo" (Katie Bull Group Project) Modern Jazz Quartet, Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings, "Harlequin" (Atlantic)
Set 2
Jack Wilkins, Reunion, "All the Things You Are" (Chiaroscuro) Guillermo Klein, Domador de Huella, "Zamba del Carnival" (Sunnyside) Rene Marie, Vertigo, "Detour Ahead" (MaxJazz) David Murray, Special Quartet, "Dexter's Dues" (DIW/Columbia)
Set 3
Ornette Coleman, Beauty is a Rare Thing, "The Fifth of Beethoven" (Atlantic) Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead, "Blue Monk" (Candid) Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Hamilton and His Orchestra, "I Get A Kick Out of You" (JazzKings) Jimmy Knepper, I Dream Too Much, "Under the Sun" (Soul Note)
Set 4
Orrin Evan and the Captain Black Big Band, Presence, "Answer" (Smoke Sessions Records) Benny Golson, The Modern Touch, "Venetian Breeze" (Riverside) Anita O'Day, Anita O'Day and the Three Sounds. "All Too Soon" (Verve) Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Body and Shadow, "Duality" (Blue Note)
Set 5
Billy Stayhorn, Piano Passion, "Something to Live For" (Storyville) Ella Fitzgerald. Ella at Duke's Place, "Something to Live For" (Verve) Duke Ellington, Columbia Years, "Something to Live For" (Columbia) Nina Simone, Nina Sings Ellington, "Something to Live For" (Colpix)
Set 6
Carmen McRae, Here to Stay, "Something to Live For" (Decca) Art Farmer, Something to Live For, "Something to Live For" (Contemporary) Fred Hersch, Passion Flower, "Something to Live For" (Nonesuch) Steve Lacy with Don Cherry, Evidence, "Something to Live For" (New Jazz)
Set 7
Sahib, And All Those Cats, "Waltz for Seth" (Rearward) Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli, Brazil, "Waters of March" (Concord) Kurt Rosenwinkel, East Coast Love Affair, "B Blues (Fresh Sound/New Talent) Billie Holiday, Complete Recordings on verve, "All the Way" (Verve)
Set 8
Bill Evans, The Last Waltz, "Emily" (Milestone) Clifford Brown, Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance" (EmArcy) Chico Hamilton, Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings. "Modes" (Warner Brothers) Jimmy Rowles and Michael Moore, Profile, "Christopher's Waltz" (Columbia)
Set 9
Nick Brignola, Complete Bee Hive Sessions. "Body & Soul" (Mosaic) Herbie Hancock, Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions, "A Tribute to Someone" (Blue Note) Richie Beirach Trio, Snow Leopard, "Elm" (Alfa Jazz) Wallace Roney, Home, "Dawn" (High Note)
March 21, 2020
Set 1
Eric Dolphy, Live at the Five Spot, “Aggression” (New Jazz) Katie Bull, All Hot Bodies Radiate, “Love Poem for Apollo” (Katie Bull Group Project) Modern Jazz Quartet, Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings, “Harlequin” (Atlantic)
Set 2
Jack Wilkins, Reunion, “All the Things You Are” (Chiaroscuro) Guillermo Klein, Domador de Huellas, “Zamba del Carnival” (Sunnyside) Rene Marie, Vertigo, “Detour Ahead” (MaxJazz) David Murray, Special Quartet, “Dexter’s Dues” (DIW/Columbia)
Set 3
Ornette Coleman, Beauty is a Rare Thing, “The Fifth of Beethoven” (Atlantic) Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead, “Blue Monk” (Candid) Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Hamilton and His Orchestra, “I Get A Kick Out of You” (JazzKings) Jimmy Knepper, I Dream Too Much, “Under the Sun” (Soul Note)
Set 4
Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Presence, “Answer” (Smoke Sessions Records) Benny Golson, The Modern Touch, “Venetian Breeze” (Riverside) Anita O’Day, Anita O’Day and the Three Sounds, “All Too Soon” (Verve) Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Body and Shadow, “Duality” (Blue Note)
Set 5
Billy Strayhorn, Piano Passion, “Something to Live For” (Storyville) Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at Duke’s Place, “Something to Live For” (Verve) Duke Ellington, Columbia Years, “Something to Live For” (Columbia) Nina Simone, Nina Sings Ellington, “Something to Live For” (Colpix)
Set 6
Carmen McRae, Here to Stay, “Something to Live For” (Decca) Art Farmer, Something to Live For, “Something to Live For” (Contemporary) Fred Hersch, Passion Flower, “Something to Live For” (Nonesuch) Steve Lacy with Don Cherry, Evidence, “Something to Live For” (New Jazz)
Set 7
Sahib Shihab, And All Those Cats, “Waltz for Seth” (Rearward) Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli, Brazil, “Waters of March” (Concord) Kurt Rosenwinkel, East Coast Love Affair, “B Blues” (Fresh Sound/New Talent) Billie Holiday, Complete Recordings on Verve, “All the Way” (Verve)
Set 8
Bill Evans, The Last Waltz, “Emily” (Milestone) Clifford Brown, Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings, “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance” (EmArcy) Chico Hamilton, Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings, “Modes” (Warner Brothers) Jimmy Rowles & Michael Moore, Profile, “Christopher’s Waltz” (Columbia)
Set 9
Nick Brignola, Complete Bee Hive Sessions, “Body & Soul” (Mosaic) Herbie Hancock, Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions, “A Tribute to Someone” (Blue Note) Richie Beirach Trio, Snow Leopard, “Elm” (Alfa Jazz) Wallace Roney, Home, “Dawn” (High Note)
March 28, 2020
Set 1
Jason Palmer, The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella, “A Lady and Gentleman in Black (Rembrandt)” (Giant Step Arts) Same, “Cortege aux Environs (Degas)”
Set 2
Kenny Cox, Multidirection, “Multidirection” (Blue Note) Billie Holiday, Complete Recordings on Columbia, “I’ll Never Fail You” (Columbia) Cannonball Adderley, Phenix, “The Sidewalks of New York” (Fantasy) Archie Shepp, Live in Tokyo, “In a Sentimental Mood” (Denon Jazz) Jenny Scheinman, Shalagaster, “Zeynebim” (Tzadik)
Set 3
Jason Palmer, The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella, “Christ in a Storm on the Lake of Galilee (Rembrandt)” (Giant Step Arts) Same, “The Concert (Vermeer)” Same, “Three Mounted Jockeys (Degas)”
Set 4
Joe Henderson, Tetragon, “Waltz for Zweetie” (Milestone) Gerry Mulligan, Mosaic Select, “Crazy Day” (Mosaic) Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis, “Cheek to Cheek” (Verve) Hampton Hawes, Here and Now, “Dear Heart” (Contemporary)
Set 5
Irene Kral & Alan Broadbent, Where is Love?, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (Choice) Bobby Timmons, Sweet and Soulful Sounds, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (Riverside) Ella Fitzgerald, Whisper Not, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (Verve) Lanny Morgan, Pacific Standard, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (Contemporary)
Set 6
Helen Merrill, A Shade of Difference, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (Landmark) Bill Charlap, Uptown, Downtown, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (Impulse) Betty Carter, Inside Betty Carter, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (United Artists)
Set 7
Vince Mendoza and the WDR Big Band, Homecoming, “One Times One” (Jazzline) Sarah Vaughan, The Benny Carter Sessions, “Nobody Else But Me” (Roulette Jazz) Ron Affif, 52nd Street, “I’ll Be Seeing You” (Pablo)
Set 8
John Coltrane, Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors, “Soul Eyes” (Prestige) Al Haig, Al Haig Trio and Sextets, “’Round Midnight” (Original Jazz Classics) Lee Konitz, Once Upon a Line, “April in Paris” (Musidisc)
Set 9
Modern Jazz Quartet, Complete Last Concert, “In Memoriam” (Atlantic) Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Nearness, “The Nearness of You” (Nonesuch)
April 4, 2020
Set 1
Wallace Roney, A Place in Time, “Elegy” Wallace Roney, No Room for Argument, “Homage & Acknowledgment” Wallace Roney, Blue Dawn-Blue Nights, “Elliptical” Wallace Roney, Understanding, “Search for Peace” Set 2
Gary Smulyan, Saxophone Mosaic, “Apache Dance” Gary Smulyan, The Lure of Beauty, “The Lure of Beauty” Same, “You Go to My Head” Gary Smulyan, The Real Deal, “Our Love Is Here to Stay”
Set 3
Serge Chaloff, Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions, “A Handful of Stars” Frank Sinatra, Songs for Swingin’ Lovers, “You Brought a New Kind of Love” Dr. Lonnie Smith, Evolution “Straight, No Chaser” Charlie Haden, Ballad of the Fallen, “La Pasionaria” Zara McFarlane, If You Knew Her, “Woman of the Olive Groves”
Set 4
Danilo Perez, Children of the Light, “Light Echo/Dolores” Daniela Schachter, Vanheusenism” A Tribute to Jimmy Van Heusen, “Polkadots and Moonbeams” Edmond Hall Quartet & Teddy Wilson, Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, “It’s Only a Shanty No. 2” Miguel Zenon, Rayuela, “Gekrepten,”
Set 5
Henry King and His Hotel Pierre Orchestra, with Joe Sudy, “April in Paris” Count Basie & His Orchestra, April in Paris, “April in Paris” Rosemary Clooney, Rosie Solves the Swingin’ Riddle!, “April in Paris” Charlie Parker, Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, “April in Paris”
Set 6
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Elmer Feldkamp”, “April in Paris” Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra, Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions, “April in Paris” Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, Brownie – Complete EmArcy Recordings, “April in Paris” Roy Haynes, Birds of a Feather, “April in Paris”
Set 7
Arnett Cobb with the Red Garland Trio, Blue and Sentimental, “Sizzlin’” Julie London, Julie is Her Name, “I’m Glad There is You” Ryan Kisor, Power Source, “Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love” Shirley Horn, Jazz ‘Round Midnight, “The Meaning of the Blues”
Set 8
Curtis Fuller, Complete Bee Hive Sessions, “Ballade for Gabe Wells” Kenny Barron & Dave Holland, The Art of Conversation, “Day Dream” Ella Fitzgerald, The Duke Ellington Songbook, “All Too Soon” David Binney, Barefooted Town, “Once, When She Was Here”
Set 9
Mike Longo, Sting Like a Bee, “Speak Low” Grant Green, Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark” Anita O’Day, Verve/Clef Sessions, “I’ve Got the World on a String” J.J. Johnson, Heroes, “Carolyn (In the Morning)”
April 11, 2020
Set 1
Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie, Carter, Gillespie, Inc. "Sweet and Lovely" Eddie Condon, Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions, "Panama" Weslia Whitfield, Lucky to Be Me, "This Funny World/He Was Too Good to Me" Kenny Wheeler, Double, Double You, "W.W"
Set 2
Jonathan Finlayson, 3 Times Round, "The Moon is New" Teri Thornton, Devil May Care, "What's New" Ricky Rodriguez Group, Looking Beyond, "The Real Truth"
Set 3
Kenny Werner, Unprotected Music, "Hell Realm" Budd Johnson, Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants, "I'll Get By" Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart, Love is Here to Stay, "It Might as Well Be Spring" Urbie Green, Blues and Other Shades of Green, "Old Time Modern"
Set 4
Charlie Rouse & Red Rodney, Social Call, "Half Nelson (alternative take) " Sonny Stitt, Complete Roost Studio Sessios, "Blue Moon" Sarah Vaughan, The Rodgers & Hart Songbook, "My Romance" Clarence Penn & Penn Station, Monk: The Lost Files, "Hackensack" John Carter & Bobby Bradford, Seeking, "Song for the Unsung"
Set 5
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, "This Can't Be Love" Art Tatum, The Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 2, "This Can't Be Love" Anita O'Day, Indestructible!, "This Can't Be Love" Lionel Hampton, Complete Quartets and Quintets, "This Can't Be Love"
Set 6
Dinah Washington, For Those in Love, "This Can't Be Love" J.J. Jonson & Kai Winding, Quintet, "This Can't Be Love" Cyrille Aimee, Cyrille Aimee & the Surreal Band, "This Can't Be Love" Warne Marsh Trio, New York City Live, "This Can't Be Love"
Set 7
Miguel Zenon, Tipico, "Tipico" Etta James, Mystery Lady, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance" Tubby Hayes, The Eighth Wonder, "Sunny Monday"
Set 8
Sonny Rollins, Jazz Showcase, "You Don't Know What Love Is" Cannonball Adderly & the Poll Winners, "Azule Scrape" Paul Desmond Quartet, with Jim Hall, Complete Recordings, "Blue for Fun" Steve Grossman, Steve Grossman Quartet with Michel Petrucciani, "Song for My Mother"
Set 9
Jenny Scheinman, 12 Song, "Antenna" Joe Henderson, Lush Life, "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" Louis Smith, Just Friends, "Quiet Nights" Bobby Hutcherson, Waiting, "Roses Poses"
Playlist: April 18, 2020
Set 1
Leo Parker, Let Me Tell You ‘Bout It, “Glad Lad” Same, “Blue Leo” Hal Galper Trio, Portrait, “Giant Steps” Hal Galper & Lee Konitz, Windows, “Sweet and Lovely” Hal Galper, Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, “Whisper Not”
Set 2
Flip Phillips & Charlie Ventura, The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips Studio Sessions, “Swedish Pastry” Sonny Criss, Sonny’s Dream, “Ballad for Samuel” Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz, Two Not One, “Back Home” Milt Jackson, Jazz ‘Round Midnight, “Slow Death” Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, “Who’s Got Rhythm”
Set 3
Jason Lindner, Ab Aeterno, “Song for Amos” June Christy, The Intimate Miss Christy, “Don’t Explain” John Patton, That Certain Feeling, “String Bean” Laura Perlman, Precious Moments, “Every Time We Say Goodbye”
Set 4
Rudresh Mahanthappa, Codebook, “Wait It Through” Billie Holiday, Complete Billie Holiday on Verve, “All or Nothing at All” Ornette Coleman, Beauty is a Rare Thing, “R.P.D.D” Rob McConnell & Ed Bickert, Mutual Street, “Imagination/What Is There to Say” Bobby Broom, Plays for Monk, “In Walked Bud”
Set 5
Nat Shilkret, Victor 22444, “Get Happy” Judy Garland, Summer Stock, “Get Happy” Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer, Jack Teagarden, Complete Okeh & Brunswick Recordings, “Get Happy” Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet, Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions, “Get Happy (Take B)”
Set 6
Bud Powell, Complete Bud Powell on Verve, “Get Happy” Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Original Quartet with Chet Baker, “Get Happy” Tierney Sutton, On the Other Side, “Get Happy Version 1” Same, “Get Happy Version 2”
Set 7
Jackie McLean, Destination . . . Out!, “Esoteric” Dinah Washington, Complete Roulette Sessions, “If It’s the Last Thing I Do” Fred Hersch, Songs Without Words, “You’re the Top” Lee Morgan, The Cooker, “Lover Man”
Set 8
Joe Lovano Nonet, On this Day at the Vanguard, “My Little Brown Book” Monty Alexander, Triple Treat, “When Lights Are Low” Conrad Herwig, Hieroglyphica, “Quiet Mountain” Kenny Barron & Red Mitchell, The Red Barron Duo, “Namely You”
Set 9
Kenny Burrell, All Day Long, “All Day Long” Wynton Marsalis, The Midnight Blues, “The Midnight Blues