Just a Taste - February 27, 2010

hour 1

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Jet Song
Album: West Side Story (Verve)

Artist: Bobby Shew
Track: Blue
Album: Outstanding in His Field (Inner City)

Artist: Elliot Lawrence
Track: The Swinging Door [The Red Door]
Album: Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Fantasy/OJC)

Artist: Mike LeDonne
Track: Ready Rudy
Album: The Feeling of Jazz (Criss Cross)

Artist: Duke Pearson
Track: Ground Hog
Album: Introducing Duke Pearson’s Big Band (Blue Note)

Artist: Anthony Wilson
Track: Make It Good
Album: Power of Nine (Groove Note)

Artist: Duke Robillard
Track: Shufflin’ with Some Barbeque
Album: Swing (Rounder)

Artist: Chris Flory
Track: Close Your Eyes
Album: For All We Know (Concord)

Artist: Duke Robillard
Track: Glide On
Album: Swing (Rounder)

hour 2

Artist: Andy LaVerne-Dave Samuels
Track: ATB
Album: Fountainhead (SteepleChase)

Artist: Caribbean Jazz Project
Track: Picture Frame
Album: Here and Now (Concord)

Artist: Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis-Johnny Griffin
Track: Jim Dawg
Album: Tough Tenors (MPS)

Artist: Don Friedman
Track: Sea’s Breeze
Album: At Maybeck, Vol. 33 (Concord)

Artist: Turk Mauro
Track: Jug’s Moon
Album: Hittin’ the Jug (Milestone)

Artist: Along Came Betty
Track: Grolnick
Album: Apple Brown Betty (Along Came Betty)

Artist: Catro
Track: Wisdom Search
Album: Catro (CatroJazz)

Artist: Ronnie Cuber
Track: Trane’s Waltz
Album: Live at the Blue Note (ProJazz)

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Brotherhood of Man
Album: Memorial (RCA/Jazz Heritage)

hour 3

Artist: Oscar Peterson-Stéphane Grappelli
Track: Walking My Baby Back Home
Album: Peterson/Grappelli (Prestige)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Blue Moon
Album: Piano Power (Proper)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Sweet Lorraine
Album: With Respect to Nat (Limelight)

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

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Turtle Neck
Album: Piano Power (Proper)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: The Lady Is a Tramp
Album: Piano Power (Proper)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Ill Wind
Album: The Sound of the Trio (Verve)

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

Artist: Benny Carter w/ Dizzy Gillespie-Bill Harris-Oscar Peterson
Track: Just One of Those Things
Album: New Jazz Sounds (Verve)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Honeysuckle Rose
Album: Tracks (MPS)

Artist: Oscar Peterson-Milt Jackson-Ray Brown
Track: Limehouse Blues
Album: What’s Up? (Telarc)

Artist: Oscar Peterson-Clark Terry
Track: Brotherhood of Man
Album: Oscar Peterson Trio + One (EmArcy)

Just a Taste - February 20, 2010

hour 1

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: School Days
Album: The Count Basie Band with Joe Williams and the Dizzy Gillespie Band at Newport (Verve)

Artist: Joe Cohn
Track: Blue Serge
Album: Shared Contemplations (Criss Cross)

Artist: Don Ellis
Track: Turkish Bath
Album: Electric Bath (Columbia)

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Tunin’ In
Album: Woody Herman (Mosaic Select)

Artist: Jay Geils-Duke Robillard-Gerry Beaudoin
Track: Seven Come Eleven
Album: New Guitar Summit (Stony Plain)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Tin Tin Deo
Album: Birks Works (Verve)

Artist: Jack Walrath
Track: Monk on the Moon
Album: Master of Suspense (Blue Note)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Serenade to Sweden
Album: A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve)

Artist: Johnny Hodges
Track: Digits
Album: The Big Sound (Verve)

Artist: Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band
Track: Sabbath Message
Album: Now Hear Our Meanin’ (Sony Collectables)

hour 2

Artist: Eric Dolphy
Track: Hat and Beard
Album: Out to Lunch (Blue Note)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: The New Continent
Album: The New Continent (Limelight)
1st mvmt: The Legend of Atlantis
2nd mvmt: The Empire
3rd mvmt: The Conquerors
4th mvmt: The Chains
5th mvmt: The Swords
6th mvmt: Chorale

Artist: Tiny Moore-Jethro Burns
Track: Groovin’ High
Album: Back to Back (Acoustic Disc)

Artist: Tiny Moore-Jethro Burns
Track: Tickle Toe
Album: Back to Back (Acoustic Disc)

hour 3

Artist: Pete Christlieb and the Bill Ramsay/Milt Kleeb Band
Track: Seven Steps to Heaven
Album: Kellys Heroes (CARS)

Artist: Coleman Hawkins & The Chocolate Dandies
Track: Smack!
Album: Roy Eldridge – Little Jazz/Trumpet Giant (Proper)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Gillespiana
Album: Gillespiana (Verve)
1st mvmt: Prelude
2nd mvmt: Blues
3rd mvmt: Panamericana
4th mvmt: Africana
5th mvmt: Toccata

Artist: Miles Davis
Track: Eighty-One
Album: E.S.P. (Columbia)

Just a Taste - February 13, 2010

My apologies to those of you who tuned in at 10:00 to catch the beginning of the program...and found that you'd missed the first hour! It got a head start; I'm not sure why. The good news is that you can hear the encore broadcast on Wednesday (Feb. 17) at 10:00 AM Pacific. I'll try to make sure that it gets started on time. In the meantime, here's today's playlist:

hour 1

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Four Brothers
Album: BeBop Spoken Here (Proper)

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: Opus de Bop
Album: BeBop Spoken Here (Proper)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Tickle Toe
Album: Swing King! (Proper)

Artist: Barney Kessel w/ Herbie Steward
Track: Slick Chick
Album: Central Avenue Breakdown, Volume 2 (Onyx)

Artist: Elliot Lawrence w/ Al Cohn
Track: Bweebida Bobbida
Album: Elliot Lawrence Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Fantasy)

Artist: Serge Chaloff
Track: The Goof and I
Album: Blue Serge (Capitol)

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Four Others
Album: Early Autumn (Discovery)

Artist: Ray Anderson
Track: Bohemia After Dark
Album: Old Bottles-New Wine (enja)

Artist: J.J. Johnson
Track: Me Too
Album: Jazz Poll Winners (Columbia)

Artist: Woody Herman w/ Phil Wilson
Track: It’s a Lonesome Old Town When You’re Not Around
Album: Woody Herman (Mosaic Select #31)

Artist: Roswell Rudd-Steve Lacy
Track: Monk’s Dream
Album: Monk’s Dream (Verve)

Artist: Chick Corea
Track: Tones for Joan’s Bones
Album: Inner Space (Atlantic)

Artist: Gary Burton-Larry Coryell
Track: Lines
Album: A Genuine Tong Funeral (Koch)

hour 2

Artist: Chris Potter
Track: New Vision
Album: Unspoken (Concord)

Artist: Bob Crosby
Track: Wolverine Blues
Album: Big Noise from Winnetka (Proper)

Artist: Jimmie Lunceford
Track: Pigeon Walk
Album: Rhythm Is Our Business (ASV)

Artist: Red Norvo
Track: Jivin’ the Jeep
Album: Knockin’ on Wood (ASV)

Artist: Django Reinhardt
Track: Tears
Album: Swing Guitars (Naxos Jazz Legends)

Artist: Loren Schoenberg
Track: Buster’s Last Stand
Album: Time Waits for No One (Jazz Heritage)

Artist: Mark Soskin
Track: A Wing and a Prayer
Album: Live at Vartan Jazz (Vartan Jazz)

Artist: Bill Mays-Ed Bickert
Track: On the Trail
Album: Concord Duo Series, Vol. Seven (Concord)

Artist: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Track: Lullaby of the Leaves
Album: Friends Forever (Milestone)

Artist: Valery Ponomarev
Track: A Long Way from Gorky Park
Album: Live at Vartan Jazz (Vartan Jazz)

Artist: Ryan Kisor
Track: Sheeryn’s Waltz
Album: The Usual Suspects (Fable)

Artist: Louis Hayes-Junior Cook
Track: Ichi-Ban
Album: Ichi-Ban (Timeless)

hour 3

spotlight artist: Zoot Sims

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Fred
Album: Zoot Sims' Party (Choice)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Tooz Blues
Album: Zoot Sims and friend... (Classic Jazz)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
Album: Somebody Loves Me (Denon)
Original LP: Nirvana (Groove Merchant)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Beach in the A.M.
Album: Zoot at Ease (Famous Door)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan w/ Zoot Sims
Track: Apple Core
Album: The Complete Verve...Concert Band Sessions (Mosaic)
Original LP: On Tour (Verve)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan w/ Zoot Sims
Track: Come Rain or Come Shine
Album: The Complete Verve...Concert Band Sessions (Mosaic)
Original LP: On Tour (Verve)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan w/ Zoot Sims
Track: Bernie's Tune
Album: Compact Jazz (Mercury)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan w/ Zoot Sims
Track: Demanton
Album: Compact Jazz (Mercury)
Original LP: A Profile of Gerry Mulligan (Mercury)

Artist: Zoot Sims-Al Cohn
Track: Motoring Along
Album: Motoring Along (Sonet)

Artist: Benny Goodman w/ Zoot Sims
Track: Titter Pipes
Album: Benny Goodman in Moscow (RCA Victor)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Watch What Happens
Album: Zoot Sims and friend... (Classic Jazz)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
Album: Zoot at Ease (Famous Door)

Just a Taste - February 6, 2010

hour 1

Artist: Milt Jackson
Track: Killer Joe
Album: At the Kosei Nenkin (Pablo)

Artist: Harold Land-Blue Mitchell
Track: Inner Voice
Album: Mapenzi (Concord)

Artist: Steve Lacy
Track: Hornin’ In
Album: Reflections (New Jazz/OJC)

Artist: Tommy Flanagan
Track: Daydream
Album: The Tokyo Recital (Pablo/OJC)

Artist: Anat Cohen
Track: Carnaval de São Vicente
Album: Noir (Anzic)

Artist: Stéphane Grappelli-David Grisman
Track: 16…16
Album: Hot Dawg (Horizon)

Artist: Barney Bigard
Track: Charlie the Chulo
Album: The Great Ellington Units (RCA Victor)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: The Mooche
Album: The Bubber Miley Era: 1924-1929 (Jazz Legends)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Esquire Swank
Album: Stomp, Look & Listen! (ASV)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: Fancy Dan
Album: A Proper Introduction (Proper)

Artist: Art Farmer
Track: Will You Still Be Mine?
Album: On the Road (Contemporary)

hour 2

Artist: James Carter
Track: Oleo
Album: Jurassic Classics (DIW)

Artist: Allen Farnham
Track: You Know I Care
Album: 5th House (Concord)

Artist: McCoy Tyner
Track: Prelude to a Kiss
Album: Supertrios (Milestone)

Artist: Hampton Hawes
Track: Stella by Starlight
Album: Playin’ in the Yard (Prestige)

Artist: McCoy Tyner
Track: Lush Life
Album: Supertrios (Milestone)

Artist: Lionel Hampton
Track: Ring Dem Bells
Album: Hot Mallets (RCA Victor)

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: Django
Album: For Hamp, Red, Bags, and Cal (Concord)

Artist: Woody Herman w/ Red Norvo
Track: I Surrender, Dear
Album: The Thundering Herds (Columbia)

Artist: Gene Krupa
Track: Chelsea Bridge
Album: hey…here’s gene krupa! (Verve)

Artist: Dave McKenna
Track: Cottontail
Album: Piano Mover (Concord)

Artist: Luther Hughes and the Cannonball-Coltrane Project
Track: Sabai Sabai
Album: Spectacular! (Primrose Lane)

hour 3

spotlight artist: Milt Jackson

Artist: Milt Jackson
Track: Bolivia
Album: At the Kosei Nenkin (Pablo)

Artist: Ray Brown w/ Milt Jackson
Track: One Mint Julep
Album: Memphis Jackson (Impulse)

Artist: Milt Jackson-Wes Montgomery
Track: Blue Roz
Album: Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside)

Artist: Oscar Peterson w/ Milt Jackson
Track: Reunion Blues
Album: Very Tall (Verve)

Artist: Oscar Peterson-Milt Jackson-Ray Brown
Track: SKJ
Album: The Very Tall Band (Telarc)

Artist: Milt Jackson-Joes Pass-Ray Brown-Mickey Roker
Track: Grooveyard
Album: Quadrant (Pablo)

Artist: Oscar Peterson-Milt Jackson-Ray Brown
Track: If I Should Lose You
Album: What's Up? (Telarc)

Artist: Milt Jackson
Track: Stolen Moments
Album: At the Kosei Nenkin (Pablo)

Artist: Milt Jackson-Wes Montgomery
Track: Sam Sack
Album: Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside)