Happy Holidays!

I'll be away for the holidays, returning to KRML on Thursday, January 3, for "Just a Taste." Have a safe, joyous, and peace-filled holiday season, with some good jazz to keep things in proper balance. I hope you've enjoyed the programs of 2007, and I'm looking forward to what's in store for 2008: exciting new releases, old favorites, classics and classics-to-be, a few surprises...in other words, the sound of jazz!

If you have a moment, go to the e-mail link at the right side of this page and drop me a line. I'd like to know where you are. It would be great to hear from KRML listeners who are far removed from the Central Coast of California.

Just a Taste - December 20, 2007

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly
Album: The New Quartet (ECM)

Artist: Chico Hamilton
Track: A Different Journey
Album: A Different Journey (Reprise)

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: Clarity
Album: Next Generation (Concord)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Solar Winds
Album: Night Child (Pablo)

Artist: Charlie Haden
Track: Hello My Lovely
Album: Best of Quartet West (Verve)

Artist: Roger Kellaway
Track: Step Right Up
Album: A Jazz Portrait of Roger Kellaway (Regina)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: Four Brothers
Album: Modern Jazz Classics (Contemporary)

Artist: Lenny Breau
Track: The Claw
Album: The Complete Living Room Tapes (Art of Life)

Artist: Dave Brubeck
Track: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Album: Tritonis (Concord)

Artist: Art Blakey
Track: Moanin'
Album: Best of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note)

Artist: Tal Farlow
Track: With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair
Album: Jazz Masters 41 (Verve)

Artist: Friedrich Gulda
Track: The Veiled Old Land
Album: From Vienna with Jazz! (Columbia)

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: Milonga
Album: Virtuosi (Concord)

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: General Mojo's Well-laid Plan
Album: Alone at Last (Atlantic)

Combo Plate - December 14, 2007

Artist: Five Play
Track: Bud Powell
Album: ...Plus (Arbors Jazz)

Artist: Bobby Shew-Carl Fontana
Track: Just in Time
Album: Heavyweights (MAMA)

Artist: Charlie Haden Quartet West
Track: Alpha
Album: In Angel City (Verve)

Artist: Matt Ray
Track: Pent-up House
Album: Lost in New York (CAP)

Artist: Charles Mingus
Track: Opus 4
Album: Mingus Moves (Atlantic)

Artist: John Brown
Track: The Preacher
Album: Terms of Art (JBJazz)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: On the Trail
Album: Great Connection (MPS)

Artist: Stéphane Grappelli
Track: Swing 42
Album: Vintage Grappelli (Concord)

Artist: Dan Hicks
Track: Shorty Falls in Love
Album: Where's the Money? (MCA)

Artist: Bunky & Jake
Track: Bump in My Groove
Album: L.A.M.F. (Mercury)

Artist: Gus Viseur
Track: Wind and Strings
Album: Gypsy Jazz (Proper)

Artist: Django Reinhardt
Track: Blues en Mineur
Album: Gypsy Jazz (Proper)

Artist: Gus Viseur
Track: Swing 42
Album: Gypsy Jazz (Proper)

Artist: Lalo Schifrin
Track: Tin Tin Daeo [sic]
Album: Lalo Schifrin & Friends (Aleph)

Artist: Biff Smith
Track: If It's You
Album: Solo Piano (Biff Smith)

Artist: Dave Brubeck
Track: Like Someone in Love
Album: Tritonis (Concord)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan-Johnny Hodges
Track: What's It All About
Album: Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (Verve)

Just a Taste - December 13, 2007

Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Track: Blueport
Album: What Is There to Say? (Columbia)

Artist: Gerald Wilson
Track: In the Limelight
Album: On Stage (Pacific Jazz)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Basin Street Blues
Album: Tracks (MPS)

Artist: Duke Ellington w/ Ivie Anderson
Track: If You Were in My Place
Album: Duke Ellington Presents Ivie Anderson (Columbia)

Artist: Hampton Hawes
Track: Sweet Sue
Album: Four! (Contemporary)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: Rhythm-a-ning
Album: Gettin' Together (Contemporary)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Track: Barbara's Theme
Album: "I Want to Live!" soundtrack (Ryko)

Artist: Lester Young
Track: Jeepers Creepers
Album: Jazz Giants Play Harry Warren (Prestige)

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: Prezervation
Album: Prezervation (Prestige)

Artist: Jorge Ben
Track: Caramba!...Galileu Da Galileia
Album: Beleza Tropical (Sire)

Artist: Bobby Bland
Track: Stormy Monday Blues
Album: Here's the Man! (Duke)

Artist: Billie Holiday
Track: Mandy Is Two
Album: The Golden Era, Vol. II (Columbia)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Teenager
Album: Night Child (Pablo)

Artist: Scott Hamilton, Spike Robinson & Ken Peplowski
Track: Groovin' High
Album: Groovin' High (Concord)

Artist: Zoot Sims & Dave McKenna
Track: Grooveyard
Album: Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims (Chiaroscuro)

Artist: John Coltrane
Track: Come Rain or Come Shine
Album: Jazz Giants Play Harold Arlen (Prestige)

Artist: John Blount
Track: On Green
Album: Better Days Ahead (SeaBreeze)

Combo Plate - December 7, 2007

Artist: Anthony Wilson
Track: The Parisian Knights
Album: Anthony Wilson (MAMA)

Artist: Teddy Wilson w/ Billie Holiday
Track: These Foolish Things
Album: Billie Holiday: The Golden Years (Columbia)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Wheatland
Album: Great Connection (MPS)

Artist: Roger Kellaway
Track: Brats
Album: The Roger Kellaway Trio (Prestige)

Artist: King Pleasure
Track: I'm in the Mood for Love (Moody's Mood)
Album: Golden Days (HiFiJazz)

Artist: Benny Carter
Track: A Walkin' Thing
Album: Jazz Giant (Prestige)

Artist: Barney Kessel
Track: Now's the Time
Album: Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party at Contemporary (Contemporary)

Artist: Charlie Ventura
Track: Let's Jump for Rita
Album: Bop for the People (Proper)

Artist: Shook-Russo Trio
Track: The Bricker Incident
Album: Introducing the FAB Trio (Summit)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: Tin Tin Deo
Album: Meets The Rhythm Section (Contemporary)

Artist: Scott Hamilton-Bucky Pizzarelli
Track: Dream of You
Album: The Red Door (Concord)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Secret Love
Album: The Trio (Pablo)

Artist: Barbara Dennerlein
Track: Open and Free
Album: Straight Ahead (enja)

Artist: Charles Mingus
Track: Flamingo
Album: Tijuana Moods (RCA)

Artist: Paul Brusger
Track: Is What It Is
Album: Go to Plan B (CAP)

Just a Taste - December 6, 2007

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Soft Winds
Album: Great Connection (MPS)

Artist: Louis Hayes-Junior Cook
Track: Ichi-ban
Album: Ichi-ban (timeless)

Artist: McCoy Tyner
Track: Blues for Basie
Album: Just Feelin' (Quicksilver)

Artist: Caribbean Jazz Project
Track: Bemsha Swing
Album: Here and Now (Concord)

Artist: Benny Goodman
Track: AC/DC Current (two versions)
Album: Charlie Christian: The Original Guitar Genius (Proper)

Artist: John Handy
Track: Blues for a Highstrung Guitar
Album: The 2nd John Handy Album (Columbia)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Track: Let My People Be
Album: The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Africana
Album: Gillespiana (Verve)

Artist: Don Ellis
Track: Passacaglia and Fugue
Album: 'Live' at Monterey! (Pacific Jazz)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: The Empire
Album: The New Continent (Limelight)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Dancin' Feet
Album: Night Child (Pablo)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: Surf Ride
Album: Straight Life (Galaxy)

Artist: Jim Hall-Ron Carter
Track: Two's Blues
Album: Telepathy (Concord)

Artist: Andy Kirk
Track: Moten Swing
Album: Instrumentally Speaking (Decca)

Artist: Johnny Hodges
Track: Empty Ballroom Blues
Album: The Jeep Is Jumpin' (Proper)