Just a Taste - June 26, 2010

hour 1

Artist: Harold Land w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Nieta
Album: Grooveyard (Contemporary)

Artist: Charlie Barnet w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Bebop Spoken Here
Album: Bebop Spoken Here (Proper)

Artist: Stan Kenton w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: The Meaning of the Blues
Album: Standards in Silhouette (Capitol)

Artist: Rod Levitt w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: El General
Album: Dynamic Sound Patterns (Riverside)

Artist: James L. Dean
Track: El Cahon
Album: Swingin’ at the Whiskey Café (Cexton)

Artist: Terry Gibbs
Track: Nose Cone
Album: Main Stem (Contemporary)

Artist: Elliot Lawrence
Track: Blues Alley
Album: Swings Cohn and Kahn (Fantasy)

Artist: Joe Cohn
Track: Something for Lisa
Album: Shared Contemplations (Criss Cross)

Artist: Five Play
Track: Funk in a Deep Freeze
Album: …Plus (Arbors Jazz)

Artist: Brian Pastor
Track: L.A. Expression
Album: Common Men (BPO Music)

Artist: Bria Skonberg
Track: Beau Dirk
Album: Fresh (Factor)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Everything But You
Album: Duke’s Big 4 (Pablo)

hour 2

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

Artist: Nick Schneider
Track: Agua de Beber
Album: Pullin’ Strings (Lonote Music)

Artist: Ron McClure
Track: In Flight
Album: Double Triangle (Naxos Jazz)

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

Artist: Benjamin Boone
Track: Sissy’s Strut
Album: Live (5/8 Records)

Artist: New West Guitar Quartet
Track: When the Saints Go Marching In
Album: Wide Awake (Artsong Music)

Artist: Taylor Eigsti
Track: Timeline
Album: Let It Come to You (Concord)

hour 3

spotlight artist: Rolf Ericson

Artist: Stan Kenton w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Willow Weep for Me
Album: Standards in Silhouette (Capitol)

Artist: Buddy Rich w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Blowin’ the Blues Away
Album: Super Rich (Verve)

Artist: Stan Hasselgard w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Sweet Georgia Brown
Album: The Permanent Hasselgard (Phontastic)

Artist: Charles Mingus w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Group Dancers
Album: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse)

Artist: Rod Levitt w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: His Master’s Voice
Album: Dynamic Sound Patterns (Riverside)

Artist: Harold Land w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Delirium
Album: Grooveyard (Contemporary)

Artist: Rod Levitt w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Borough Hall
Album: Solid Ground (RCA Victor)

Artist: Rod Levitt w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: I Wanna Stomp
Album: Solid Ground (RCA Victor)

Artist: Rod Levitt w/ Rolf Ericson
Track: Levittown
Album: Solid Ground (RCA Victor)

Just a Taste - June 19, 2010

I'm out of town again, so today's program is a repeat broadcast of the Tal Farlow spotlight from last December. The playlist is available in the Archives (December 26, 2009).

Just a Taste - June 12, 2010

Consider yourselves fortunate. While I was roasting in the California coastal heat (usually a contradiction in terms), you got to listen to this:

hour 1

Artist: Randy Weston w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Berkshire Blues
Album: African Cookbook (Atlantic)

Artist: Booker Ervin
Track: Black and Blue
Album: Exultation! (Prestige)

Artist: Charles Mingus w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Open Letter to Duke
Album: Mingus Ah Um [Legacy Edition] (Columbia)

Artist: Duke Pearson
Track: Amanda
Album: Wahoo (Blue Note)

Artist: Mighty Aphrodite Jazz Band
Track: I Found a New Baby
Album: Live in Arizona (MAJB)

Artist: Jimmy Rowles
Track: The Blues (Take 1)
Album: Let’s Get Acquainted with Jazz (VSOP)

Artist: Bill Evans
Track: Orbit (Unless It’s You)
Album: A Simple Matter of Conviction (Verve)

Artist: Sphere
Track: Tayamisha
Album: Sphere on Tour (RED)

Artist: Graham Dechter
Track: Right on Time (D-flat tune)
Album: Right on Time (Capri)

hour 2

Artist: Don Ellis
Track: Thetis
Album: Live in 3 2/3 / 4 Time (Pacific Jazz)

Artist: Jessica Williams
Track: Blue Tuesday
Album: At Maybeck, Vol. 21 (Concord)

Artist: Cal Tjader
Track: Sigmund Stern Groove
Album: San Francisco Moods (Fantasy)

Artist: Booker Ervin
Track: Den Tex
Album: Back from the Gig (Blue Note)

Artist: Charles Mingus w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Jelly Roll
Album: Mingus Ah Um [Legacy Edition] (Columbia)

Artist: Booker Ervin
Track: No Land’s Man
Album: Exultation! (Prestige)

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

Artist: Tom Harrell-George Robert
Track: Streets
Album: Cape Verde (Mons)

hour 3

spotlight artist: Booker Ervin

Artist: Horace Parlan w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Back from the Gig
Album: Booker Ervin: Back from the Gig (Blue Note)

Artist: Booker Ervin
Track: Grant’s Stand
Album: The Freedom Book (Prestige)

Artist: Teddy Charles w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Scoochie
Album: Booker Little- Booker Ervin: Sounds of Inner City (TCB)

Artist: Charles Mingus w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Boogie Stop Shuffle
Album: Mingus Ah Um [Legacy Edition] (Columbia)

Artist: Randy Weston w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Portrait of Vivian
Album: African Cookbook (Atlantic)

Artist: Booker Ervin
Track: Lynn’s Tune
Album: Back from the Gig (Blue Note)

Artist: Eric Kloss w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Sock It to Me, Socrates
Album: In the Land of the Giants (Prestige)

Artist: Charles Mingus w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Song with Orange
Album: Mingus Ah Um [Legacy Edition] (Columbia)

Artist: Teddy Charles w/ Booker Ervin
Track: Cycles
Album: Booker Little- Booker Ervin: Sounds of Inner City (TCB)

Artist: Booker Ervin
Track: Mour
Album: Exultation! (Prestige)

Just a Taste - June 5, 2010

hour 1

Artist: Gerry Mulligan w/ Jim Hall
Track: Festive Minor
Album: Compact Jazz (Verve)

Artist: Chico Hamilton w/ Jim Hall
Track: Porch Light
Album: The Chico Hamilton Trio (Fresh Sound)

Artist: Jimmy Giuffre w/ Jim Hall
Track: Voodoo
Album: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (Atlantic)

Artist: Jim Hall
Track: Drop Shot
Album: All Across the City (Concord)

Artist: Luther Hughes and the Cannonball-Coltrane Project
Track: Trane Robbers
Album: Second Helping (Primrose Lane)

Artist: Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Track: Little Pixie
Album: Village Vanguard Live Sessions (LaserLight)

Artist: Fats Navarro
Track: Nostalgia
Album: The Fats Navarro Story (Proper)

Artist: Andy Farber-Andrew Williams
Track: Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Album: Double “A” (After 9)

Artist: Ken Peplowski
Track: Syeeda’s Song Flute
Album: Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool (Concord)

Artist: Along Came Betty
Track: Wretched Excess
Album: Brad Mehldau’s Monogrammed Guest Towels (ACB)

hour 2

Artist: Barbara Dennerlein
Track: Opus de Funk
Album: Straight Ahead! [CD bonus track] (enja)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band w/ Jim Hall
Track: Little Rock Getaway
Album: The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: Bob Brookmeyer
Track: Sometime Ago
Album: Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (Columbia)

Artist: Hank Jones
Track: Lullaby
Album: Just for Fun (Galaxy)

Artist: Hank Jones-Tommy Flanagan
Track: Jordu
Album: Our Delights (Galaxy)

Artist: Jim Hall-Red Mitchell
Track: Waltz New
Album: Jim Hall/guitar-Red Mitchell/bass (Artists House)

Artist: Edmund Velasco
Track: The Underside
Album: The Blues in Me (GemTone)

Artist: Jimmy Giuffre w/ Jim Hall
Track: The Train and the River
Album: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (Atlantic)

Artist: Louis Bellson
Track: The Little Pixie
Album: Thunderbird (Impulse)

Artist: Judy Carmichael
Track: Swing ‘42
Album: Trio (C&D)

Artist: Hampton Hawes w/ Jim Hall
Track: Will You Still Be Mine?
Album: All Night Session, Vol. 2 (Contemporary)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: Surf Ride
Album: EP 19 [45 rpm ] (Discovery)

hour 3

spotlight artist: Jim Hall

Artist: Jim Hall
Track: Scrapple from the Apple
Album: Live! (A&M Horizon)

Artist: Kronos Quartet w/ Jim Hall
Track: Five
Album: Music of Bill Evans (Landmark)

Artist: Sonny Rollins w/ Jim Hall
Track: John S.
Album: The Bridge (RCA Victor)

Artist: Jim Hall-Ron Carter
Track: Laverne Walk
Album: Telepathy (Concord)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band w/ Jim Hall
Track: Big City Blues
Album: The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: Chico Hamilton w/ Jim Hall
Track: Topsy
Album: Chico Hamilton (Pacific Jazz/Jazz Milestone Series)

Artist: Jim Hall-Bill Evans
Track: Dream Gypsy
Album: Undercurrent (United Artists)

Artist: Jim Hall-Red Mitchell
Track: Big Blues
Album: Jim Hall/guitar-Red Mitchell/bass (Artistshouse)

Artist: Jim Hall-George Shearing
Track: Street of Dreams
Album: First Edition (Concord)

Artist: Jimmy Giuffre w/ Jim Hall
Track: That’s the Way It Is
Album: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (Atlantic)

Artist: Chico Hamilton w/ Jim Hall
Track: Blues on the Rocks
Album: The Chico Hamilton Trio (Fresh Sound)