Wednesday, December 24, 2014

199th Show – December 24, 2014

1 – M’lumbo - Miss X Ft Vince Veloso and Cecil Young - Celestial Ghetto - 2011
2 - Charlie Christian and Dizzy Gillespie -Lips Flips (Improvisation) - After Hours - 2000
3 - Mac Gollehon - Violets For Your Furs - Oddyssey of Nostalgia - 2011
4 - Dave Brubeck - Makin' Time - I Like Jazz  LP - 1955
5 - Dudu Pukwana - Sonia - In the Townships - 1974
6 - Jackalope - Darling Clementine - Saltier than Ever - 2007
7 - Harry Roy And His Band - Pensylvania Polka - Big Band Hits
8 - Larry Willis -The Maji - Sanctuary – 2009
9 - Marshall Royal - When I Grow Too Old To Dream - 1960
10 - Jane Monheit - Get Out of Town - The Lovers Dreamers and Me - 2009
11 - Jack Sharpe Big Band - J And B - Roarin 2007

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

198th Show – December 18, 2014 – “Thelonius Sphere Monk Show”

1 - Thelonius Monk - Epistrophy - 1942
2 - Thelonius Monk - 'Round Midnight - 1944
3 - Thelonius Monk - Bemsha Swing - 1952
4 - Thelonius Monk - Rhythm - A - Ning - 1957
5 - Thelonius Monk - Misterioso - 1959
6 - Thelonius Monk with John Coltrane - Nutty - Misterioso - 1961
7 - Thelonius Monk - Blue Monk - Columbia Years - 62-68
8 - Thelonius Monk - Monk's Dream - 1963
9 - Thelonius Monk - Hackensack - Live at the Village Gate - 1963
10 - Thelonius Monk - Ruby, My Dear - 1947

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197th Show – December 17, 2014

1 - Jack DeJohnette -Bruce Hornsby - Christian McBride - Questions And Answers - Camp Meeting - 2007
2 - Jack DeJohnette - New Muse -  Sound Travels - 2012
3 - Tyrone Clark - Traveling - Music in the Grain - 2014
4 - George Shearing with Nat King Cole - Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole Sings and George Shearing Plays - 1962
5 - Dan Dean – It’s On - 251 - 2010
6 - New York Jazz Combos - Squareface -New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937
7 - Eddie Harris - Listen Here - The Electrifying Eddie Harris – 1967
8 - Jack Irsa And His Orchestra - Diana - Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 251 - EP Violin With Swing - 1959
9 - Joe Gordon - Toll Bridge - Introducing Joe Gordon - 1956
10 - Larry Clinton - Big Dipper - The Very Best of Larry Clinton & His Orchestra -1999
11 - Sidney Bechet - Pista 4 - Martial Solal Quartet Ft Kenny Clarke - 2005

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Friday, December 12, 2014

196th Show – December 12, 2014 – “The Art Blakey Show”

1 - Art Blakey - Sam's Tune - Ritual - 1957
2 - Art Blakey - Late Date - Big Band - 1958
3 - Art Blakey - Valmontana (1st Version) - Les Liaisons Dangereuses - 1959
4 - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Warm-Up Dialogue - Moanin - 1959
5 - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Yama - A Night in Tunisia - 1960
6 - Art Blakey - Reincarnation Blues – Buddha’s Delight - 1961
7 - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Roots And Herbs - Roots and Herbs – 1961
10 - Art Blakey - Hold On I'm Coming - Hold On I'm Coming - 1965
11 - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Faith - S Make It - 1965
12 - Art Blakey and Max Roach - Speculate - Percussion Discussion - 1976
13 - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - A Night At Tony's -Theory of Art - 1987

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Jazz Drum Legend Jack DeJohnette Plugs Neon Jazz

195th Show – December 10, 2014

1 - Pete Rugolo - 420 a.m. - I Like Jazz  LP - 1955
2 - Coleman Hawkins -Bean In Orbit - 1960
3 - Bob Bowman -While We're Young - Songs for Sandra - 2014
4 - Arkansas Traveller’s – Stompin’ Fool - Thesaurus of Classic Jazz - 2010
5 - Bennie Kruegers Orchestra - Dont Be A Fool You Fool - Slice of 1926
6 - Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra - Hava Nagila - The Magic Music of Far Away Places - 1964
7 - Charles Blenzing - What Is This Thing Called Love- Certain Standards – 2007
8 - Irvin Stokes - Blue Basso - Just Friends - 2006
9 - Turk Murphy - Got Dem Blues - I Like Jazz EP - 1955
10 - The Creed Taylor Orchestra - Dream Beat - Classic Jazz Essentials - 2013
11 - Duke Pearson Trio - Black Coffee - Profile - 1959
12 - The Ray Bryant Trio - Little Susie - The Winners – 2011

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

194th Show – December 4, 2014 – “The Clifford Brown Hour”

1 - Clifford Brown - Swingin' - Brownie - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
2 - Clifford Brown - Crazy He Calls Me - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown – 1989
3 - Clifford Brown - The Scene Is Clean - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
4 - Clifford Brown - Falling in Love with Love - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
5 - Clifford Brown - Sweet Clifford (Clifford's Fantasy) - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown – 1989
6 - Clifford Brown - Flossie Lou - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
7 - Clifford Brown - Stompin' at the Savoy - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown – 1989
8 - Clifford Brown - What Am I Here For - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
9 - Clifford Brown - Daahoud - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
10 - Clifford Brown - Jacqui - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown – 1989
11 - Clifford Brown - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
12 - Clifford Brown - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989
13 - Clifford Brown - Yesterdays - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - 1989

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193rd Show – December 3, 2014

1 – Medeski, Martin, Wood (MMW) and Scofield - Stovetop - Juice - 2014
2 - Hermon Mehari Trumpet Solo - Moment's Notice (John Coltrane via 1957s Blue Trane) - Live at the Majestic - Mid November 2014
3 - Dallas Bartley and His Orchestra – Cryin’ And Singin’ The Blues - The Original Soundies Collection, Vol. 4 - 2011
4 - Ambrose and his Orchestra - Organ Grinders Swing -Organ Grinder's Swing 1936 - 1938
5 - Ian Carey & Ben Stolorow -  Little White Lies- Duocracy - 2014
6 - Golden Terrace Dance Orchestra - Under Your Window Tonight - Song Hits of the Early 1930s
7 - Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra - Tah-DUM! - Get Well Soon – 2010
8 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Get-with-Itness -The Ellington Suites - 1987
9 - Enrico Pieranunzi -Altrove -Meridies - 1988
10 - Ed Littlefield, Christian Fabian, Jason Marsalis & Reuel Lubag - Passepartout - Walking Between Worlds – 2011
11 - Mike Rud - Life With Billy - Whyte Avenue - 1997
12 - Bob Albanese Trio with Ira Sullivan -Major Minority - One Way Detour – 2009
13 - Red Norvo - Hallelujah Take A - Red Norvo On Dial - All Existing Takes - 2007

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Friday, November 28, 2014

192nd Show – November 27, 2014 – “Hank Mobley Hour”

1 - Hank Mobley - My Reverie - The Complete Blue Note Sessions - 1955
2 - Hank Mobley - Curtain Call - Curtain Call - 1957
3 - Hank Mobley - High And Flighty – Peckin’ Time - 1958
4 - Hank Mobley- Take Your Pick - Roll Call - 1960
5 - Hank Mobley - Out of Joe's Bag - Another Workout - 1961
6 - Hank Mobley - Carolyn - No Room for Squares - 1963
7 - Hank Mobley - Straight No Filter - Straight No Filter - 1965
8 - Hank Mobley - A Dab of This and That - Far Away Lands - 1967
9 - Hank Mobley - Lookin' East - Reach Out - 1968
10 - Hank Mobley - Lullaby Of Birdland – Live – 2012

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191st Show – November 26, 2014

1 - Gil Melle - Four Moons - Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions 1950s - 1998
2 - JR Monterose - Rural Route - Essential Jazz Masters - 2011
3 - Don Cherry - There Is the Bomb - Where is Brooklyn - 1966
4 - Kieran Overs Quartet -  Willow - For the Record - 2003
5 - Lewis Nash - Tico Tico - It Don't Mean a Thing - 2004
6 - Ian Chaplin - Scott Tinkler - Phillip Rex and Scott Lambie - One Up One Down - The Future in Today - 2009
7 - Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - The Elk’s Parade - Cocktail Hour Swing Time - 1942
8 - Iain MacKenzie - Sugar - Twice on Sunday - 2007
9 - Ben Pollack And His Orchestra - Waitin For Katie - Ken Burns Jazz - 2000
10 - Jackie McLean - Jacknife - 1965
11 - Mark Eisenman - Apparition - Apparition - 2006
12 - Kris Davis Trio - Twice Escaped - Waiting For You To Grow - 2014

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

190th Show – November 20, 2014 – “Eric Dolphy Hour”

1 - Eric Dolphy - 17 West - April Fool - 1960
2 - Eric Dolphy With Booker Little - Far Cry - Far Cry - 1960
3 - Eric Dolphy - Miss Ann - Don't Blame Me – 1961
4 - Eric Dolphy - Les - In Europe. The Complete Copenhagen Concerts (Bonus Track Version) - 1961
5 - Eric Dolphy - Oleo - In the Blues - 1961
6 - Eric Dolphy - Jitterbug Waltz - Conversations and Muses - 1963
7 - Eric Dolphy - Love Me  - Conversations and Muses – 1963
8 - Eric Dophy - Something Sweet, Something Tender - Out to Lunch – 1964
9 - Eric Dolphy - 245 - Featuring Herbie Hancock Complete Recordings - 2004
10 - Eric Dolphy - Moods In Free Time (Take 5) - Candid Dolphy - 2006

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189th Show – November 19, 2014 – “Mentors Focus”

1 - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High - 1947
2 - Lonnie Smith - Come Together - Rise UP - 2009
3 - Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo7 - The Grand Avenue Get Down - 2014
4 - Maynard Ferguson- The Wailing Boat-Maynard Ferguson and His Birdland Dream Band-1956
5 - Reggie Watkins - Weight for Six - AList - 2004
6 - Bud Powell - Thelonious - Blue Note Cafe Paris - 1961
7 - Django Reinhardt -  Swing Guitars – Compilation 1937-49
8 - Emmet Ray - Blues Triste – 1999
9 - Doc Severinson and Friends - Mas Que Nada - Swinging and Singing – 1967
10 - Stockton Helbing - A Certain Amount of Indiscretions - For Nothing is Secret - 2007
11 - Louis Armstrong- What a Wonderful World (Official -1967)
12 - The Miles Davis Quintet - Bye Bye Blackbird - Round about Midnight - 1957

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

188th Show – November 13, 2014 – “Blue Note Records History”

1 - The Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet - Profoundly Blue - Vol. 1-Boogie Woogie Blues & B - 1944
2 - Ike Quebec - Topsy - Vol. 1-Boogie Woogie Blues & B - 1945
3 - Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame - Vol. 2-Jazz Message - 1960
4 - Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' - Vol. 2-Jazz Message - 1958
5 - Baby Face Willette -Something Strange- Vol. 3-Organ & Soul - 1961
6 - Freddie Roach - I.Q. Blues - Vol. 3-Organ & Soul 1956-67
7 - Pete La Roca - Lazy Afternoon - Vol. 4-Hard Bop & Beyond 1963
8 - Tony Williams - Tomorrow Afternoon - Blue Note Years Vol. 05 - Avant Garde - 1964
9 - Ronnie Laws - Always There - Blue Note Years 6 New Era 1975-1998 - 1975

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187th Show – November 12, 2014

1 - Jack Wilkins - Papa Daddy And Me - Merge - 1992
2 - Cal Tjader - Amazones - Puttin it Together at Concert by the Sea at Redondo Beach CA in 1973
3 - Gary Potter - Mathew Street Blues - Matthew Street - 2007
4 - Roy Fox Orchestra - A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody - 1936
5 - Jack Wilson - One Mint Julep - The Jazz Organs (Digitally Remastered) - 2010
6 - The Rhythmakers – Who’s Sorry Now - The Small Combos - 2010
7 - Lucille Hegamin - Land Of Cotton Blues - Sultry Divas – 2008
8 - Ralph Pena - Say Si Si - Master Of The Bass - 2005
9 - Samuel Blaser - Linea - A Mirror to Machaut - 2013
10 - Verlye Mills - Fantaisie Impromptu - HIFI Variety (Digitally Remastered) – 2009
11 - Victor Feldman - Blokes Blues - The Soul of Jazz Piano Sampler LP - 1962
12 - Lucky Thompson - Blues 'N' Boogie - Souls Nite Out - 2009

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Neon Jazz 2014 Shout Out & Thank You to the KC Royals

186th Show – November 6, 2014 – “The Bob Mintzer Show”

1 - Bob Mintzer – Papa’s Tune - Early Bob Mintzer With Papa Nebo -  1970-71
2 - Bob Mintzer and Gil Goldstein - Overlap - Longing - 1997
3 - Bob Mintzer Big Band - El Caborojeno - Latin From Manhattan - 1998
4 - Bob Mintzer & Dado Moroni - La vita è bella (Soundtrack of R. Benigni's Movie ) - La Vita e bella - 2011
5 - Bob Mintzer - Home Basie - Homage To Count Basie - 2001
6 - Bob Mintzer Quartet - Straight Ahead - In The Moment - 2006
7 - Bob Mintzer Big Band - Beyond The Limit - Swing Out – 2008
8 - Bob Mintzer and Peter Erskine - Tara's Theme (from  Gone With the Wind) -Standards 2, Movie Music - 2010
9 - Bob Mintzter - Bebop Special - Canyon Cove - 2010
10 - Bob Mintzer, The Cube & Dado Moroni -  Giant Feet - Quiet Yesterday – 2012
11 - Bob Mintzer Big Band - Mofongo - Old School New Lessons - 2014

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185th Show – November 5, 2014

1 - Oscar Peterson - Blue And Sentimental  - Plays Count Basie - 1955
2 - Jay McShann - Kansas City Hustle - Solos and Duets - 2005
3 - Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra - Tuxedo Junction - Cocktail Hour Swing Time - 1939
4 - Diego Imbert - Electric City - Next Move - 2011
5 - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Button Up Your Overcoat - Slice of 1929
6 - Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown - It Happened In Monterey - With The All Star Big Band  Ray Brown  Milt Jackson - 2012
7 - Harvey Wainapel - Mamulengo - AMIGOS BRASILEIROS Vol 2 – 2013
8 – Jz’s Craze - Perseus - One - 2011
9 - Gary Smulyan – Don’t Follow The Crowd - Gary Smulyan With Strings - 2009
10 - Grant Stewart and Miles Black Trio - Little Melonae - Live At Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club - 2013
11 - Sheryl Bailey- The Lioness - A Meeting of Minds - 2014
12 - Kaas Kwartet - Sunset -Shoot - 2010
13 - Bill Perkins - Let Me See - On Stage The Bill Perkins Octet -  1956

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

184th Show – October 30, 2014 – “The Charles Mingus Show”

1 - Charlie Mingus with the Red Norvo Trio - I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - The Savoy Sessions - 1950
2 - Charles Mingus - What Is This Thing Called Love - The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus - 1955
3 - Charles Mingus - Serenade in Blue - Mingus at the Bohemia - 1955
4 - Charles Mingus - Profile Of Jackie - Pithecanthropus Erectus - 1956
5 - Charles Mingus - Blue Cee - The Clown - 1957
6 - Charles Mingus - Yesterdays - Mingus Three - 1957
7 - Charles Mingus - New Now Know How - Mingus Dynasty – 1959
8 - Charlie Mingus - Stormy Weather - Mingus – 1960
9 - Charles Mingus Big Band - Eat That Chicken - Oh Yea - 1961
10 - Charlie Mingus - Dizzy Moods - Tijuana Moods - 1962
11 - Charlie Mingus - Tonight At Noon - Tonight at Noon – 1965

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

183rd Show – October 29, 2014

1 - Blue Mitchell - West Coast Blues - A Sure Thing - 1962
2 - Gene Krupa - Mulligan Stew - The Second Big Band Sound Of - 2011
3 - Eli Bennett - Upside Swagger - Breakthrough - 2014
4 - Al Haig - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Expressley Ellington - 1978
5 - Dana Reason - Paris Tango - Angle of Vision - 2013
6 - La Vergne Smith - One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer - Very Best Of - 2013
7 - Tutti Camarata -Great Day -The Priceless Sound Of Everest (Digitally Remastered) – 2009
8 - Kevin MacLeod - Faster Does It - Royalty Free - 2011
9 - Larry Willis - 153rd Street Theme - The Best of the Funky Blues from The Groove Merchant Vault - 2012
10 - Monty Sunshine and Jazzband - Squeeze Me - Hot Jazz Meeting Hamburg 68
11 - Joe Williams – Woman’s Got A Soul - Sonny Lester Presents Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon, Vol. 5 - The Vocalists - 2012
12 - Frank Kimbrough Trio - Lonely In London - The Art of the Ballad - 2010

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

182nd Show – October 23, 2014

1 - Dexter Gordon - Cheese Cake - Go - 1962
2 - Sonny Rollins - I Feel a Song Comin On - Sonny Rollins Plus 4 - 1956
3 - Woody Shaw - To Kill a Brick - Best Of - 1978
4 - Lionel Hampton - There it is - There it is - 1972
5 - Lena Horne - You Don’t Have to Know the Language - Songs by Burke and Van Huesen -1959
6 - Kate Smith - When the Mood Comes over the Mountain - The Legendary Performer – 1978
7 - Lawrence Welk and Johnny Hodges - Someone to Watch Over Me – 1966
8 – Count Basie - Take Me Back Baby - Blues by Basie - 1980
9 - Si Zentner and his Orchestra - Walk on the Wild Side - The Stripper and Other Big Band Hits -1962
10 - Ted Heath and His Band - Shim Me Sha Wabble - Everybodys Happy - Original Recordings 1923 - 1931
11 - The Raymond Scott Quintette - The Toy Trumpet - Radio Music - 1936-39
12 - Quincy Jones - Killer Joe - Walking Space -1969
13 - Art Mooney - Shine on Harvest Moon - Big Band Dance Time – 1950’s
14 - Al Hirt and His Band – He’s the King - The Old Folks at Home - 1961

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181st Show – October 22, 2014

1 - Al Murihead - It's About Time - It's About Time - 2014
2 - John Coltrane and Tadd Dameron - Soultrane - Mating Call - 1956
3 - Bud Powell - Just One of Those Things - Live In Lausanne 1962
4 - Art Pepper - Red Pepper Blues - 1957 Meets The Rhythm Section - 1957
5 - Brad Turner Trio - Question the Answer - Question the Answer - 2004
6 - Chu Berry - Now You're Talking My Language - 37-41  1998
7 - George Cables - Cedar Walton - Icons and Influences – 2014
8 - Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Where Pathways Meet - Lanquidity - 1978
9 - Brandi Disterheft - Dah Knee Low - Debut - 2007
10 - Bruno Hubert Trio - Sweet And Sour - Live at the Cellar – 2008
11 - David Braid Sextet -The Music Room - Vivid - 2003

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Friday, October 17, 2014

The World Series '14 Neon Jazz Shout out to the Magic KC Royals

180TH Show – October 16, 2014

1 - Billy Butterfield - When its Sleepy Time Down South - The Golden Horn - Conducted by Jack Pleis - 1960
2 - Mike Metheny - Saudade - Day in - Night Out - 1986
3 - Roman Gosz with Paul Goszs Orchestra - Tea Party Walz - 1931
4 - Bill Evans Trio feat Scott La Faro - Glorias Step - Sunday at the Village Vanguard - June 25 1961
5 - Kenny Dorham - Afrodesia - Afro Cuban - 1955
6 - Buddy Weed - Autumn in New York - Piano Music for Parties - 1950
7 - Milt Buckner - Milts Boogie - Green Onions - 1975
8 - Chet Baker - If You Could See Me Now - Chet - 1959
9 - Hot Trumpet Jazz Ensambles - I Want to Be Happy - Feat Roy Eldridge Charlie Shavers Joe Thomas Emmett Berry Jonah Jones - 1950
10 - Count Basie and the Band - The King - 1946 in NYC - Classics
11 - Teddy Wilson Trio with Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Stompin’ at the Savoy - 1957 Live at Newport Jazz Fest
12 - Royal Dixie Jazz Band - Bourbon Street in Las Vegas - Weary Blues - 1977
13 - Vince Guaraldi – It’s Your Dog Charlie Brown - Oh Good Grief - 1968

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179TH Show – October 15, 2014

1 - Jaleel Shaw - Conflict Of Interests -Perspective – 2007
2 - Gene McKown -The Kansas City Royals are on the Go- 1977
3 - JC Higginbotham and His Six Hicks - Higginbotham Blues -The Road To New Orleans Jazz Vol 2 – 2009
4 - Bud Shank & Bob Cooper - Dinah - The Swing's To TV - 1958
5 - Ray Charles and Milt Jackson - Soul Meeting  - Soul Brothers -1958
6 - Ray Charles - The Man I Love - The Genius After Hours - 1961
7 - Grant Geissman - Boom - Bp Bang Boom – 2012
8 - Chamber Jazz Sextet - Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered - Cool Jazz For Hot Nights - 2008
9 - John Nugent -  Central Park West - West of Flatbush - 1997
10 - Don Bestor and His Orchestra - Contented - Band Theme Songs (Rare and Famous Bands - 2012
11 - Gail Pettis - Day In Day Out - Here in the Moment – 2009
12 - New Orleans Feetwarmers - Weary Blues - John Hammond's Spirituals To Swing Volume 1 – 2010
13 - Lee Konitz-Don Ferrara-Billy Bauer-Peter Ind-Dick Scott - Background Music - Jazz From The Nineteen Fifties - 2007

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Neon Jazz Is Fulla KC Royal Gusto, Baby- 10.9.14

178th Show – October 9, 2014 - “Phil Woods Show”

1 - Phil Woods with Jon Eardley - Pot Pie - 1954
2 - Phil Woods Quartet - Woodlore - Woodlore - 1955
3 - Phil Woods and Donald Byrd - Once More - The Young Bloods - 1956
4 - Phil Woods - No More Nights - Four Altos - 1957
5 - Phil Woods - Prelude and Part 1 - Rights of Swing - 1960
6 - Phil Woods - Zorba the Greek - Greek Cookin’ - 1967
7 - Phil Woods - Fill The Woods With Laughter - Round Trip - 1969
8 - Phil Woods - Lew Blew - Phil Woods-Lew Tabackin - 1980
9 - Phil Woods -Bradley's Revenge - Flash - 1989
10 - Phil Woods - Pairing Off - Right to Swing - 2013

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177th Show – October 8, 2014

1 - Ted Nash - Gritty Ditty - In the Loop - 2006
2 - Moby - Don't Love Me - Innocents - 2013
3 - Urbie Green - Thou swell - Blues and Other Shades of Green by Urbie Green - 2007
4 - Miles Davis - Buzzard Song - Porgy and Bess Soundtrack - 1958
5 - Carol Morgan Quartet - Glyph - Blue Glass Music - 2011
6 - Oliver Jones - In the Key of Geoff - Just For My Lady - 2013
7 - Stuff Smith - Ain't She Sweet - Black Violin – 1965
8 - Robert Burke - Ian Chaplin - Sam Keevers -Matt Kirsch-Tim Stevens - Julien Wilson-Scott Tinkler- Paul Williamson -David Rex_Looze Blooze - Ears for Civil Engineers -2009
9 -Tommy Chase - The Message - Groove Merchant - 2004
10 - André Ceccarelli - Nardis - Avenue des Diables Blues - 2006
11 - Willie Bryant and His Orchestra - Its Over Because Were Through - Band Theme Songs (Rare and Famous Bands) - 2012
12 - Bobby Watson - You're Lucky To Me - Advance - 1985

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

The Neon Jazz KC Royals Playoff Shout Out - 10.1.14

176TH Show – October 2, 2014 - “Dr. Lonnie Smith Hour”

1 - Lonnie Smith - Think - Finger Lickin’ Good - 1966
2 - Lou Donaldson featuring Dr. Lonnie Smith - Alligator Boogaloo - Alligator Boogaloo - 1967
3 - Lonnie Smith - Can't You Just Feel It - Think - 1968
4 - Lonnie Smith - Seesaw - Turning Point - 1969
5 - Lonnie Smith - Twenty Five Miles - Drives - 1970
6 - Lonnie Smith - I Feel The Earth Move - Mama Wailer - 1971
7 - Lonnie Smith – It’s Changed - Afrodesia – 1975
8 - Lonnie Smith - Tropicalia - Boogaloo To Beck - A Tribute – 2003
9 - Lonnie Smith - Jungle Wisdom - Jungle Soul - 2006
10 - Lonnie Smith - Mellow Mood - Spiral - 2010

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175TH Show – October 1, 2014

1 - Dana Landry Trio - Bassically Simple - Memphis Skyline - 2014
2 - Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines – I’ve Found A New Baby - In Concert at Manchester Free Trade Hall - 1957
3 - Billy Taylor - Capricious - Impromptu - 1962
4 - The Musical Madcaps - The Rhythm Of The Rhythm Band - 2011 Compiilation CD
5 - Billie Poole - Confessin' The Blues - Confessin' The Blues - 1962
6 - Kalifactors - Where Am I - An Introduction To Kalifactors – 2007
7 - Gil Evans Orchestra - Sunken Treasure - Out of the Cool – 1960
8  Jack Harrer Quintet - Frankova Star - Equinox - 2003
9 - Jackson Moore -My Old Flame - Standards - 2007
10 - Mike Allen Trio - Let Your Heart Sing - Fearless - 2004
11 - Fred Hersch - Julian Lange - Down Home - Free Flying - 2013

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

174TH Show – September 25, 2014 – “The Jimmy Heath Show”

1 - Jimmy Heath - For Minors Only - The Thumper - 1959
2 - Jimmy Heath Tentet - Dat Dere - Really Big - 1960
3 - Jimmy Heath - The Quota -The Quota – 1961
4 - Jimmy Heath - Sam Jones - The Chant - The Chant - 1961
5 - Jimmy Heath - Make Someone Happy -Triple Threat -1962
6 - Jimmy Heath - Wall to Wall - Swamp Seed - 1963
7 - Jimmy Heath - Nice People - Nice People – 1964
8 - Jimmy Heath - Vanity - On The Trail  - 1964
9 - Jimmy Heath - Gemini - The Gap Sealer - 1972
10 - Jimmy Heath - There Is No Greater Love - Great Jazz Masters Album - 2013
11 - Jimmy Heath Big Band -Togetherness - Togethernes - Live 2014

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173rd Show – September 24, 2014

1 - Kenny Wheeler -5 4 6 - Kayak - 1992
2 - Joe Sample - Free Yourself - Old Places Old Faces - 1996
3 - Ivy Benson And Her Girls Band - If I Had My Way Feat Marjorie Kingsley- Big Band Hits, Vol. 1 - 2012
4 - The Cory Weeds Quintet - Let's Go! - Lets Go - 2013
5 - The Frank Walton-Yoron Israel Sextet – Dorothy - Live in Chicago - 2014
6 - Kansas City Stompers (feat. Verner Worck)- Blueberry Hill -2013
7 - Harold Mabern - Edward Lee - Right on Time – 2013
8 - Donald Byrd - Sophisticated Lady - Chant - 1961
9 - Sara Martin - Blind Man Blues - Sultry Divas - 2008
10 - June Richmond - Hey Lawdy Mama - The Original Soundies Collection, Vol. 4 - 2011
11 - Malachy Papers - Tri Corn - Demons - 2006

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

172nd Show – September 18, 2014 – “Cannonball Adderley Hour”

1 - Cannonball Adderley - Bohemia After Dark - Bohemia After Dark  - 1953
2 - Cannonball Adderley - A Little Taste - Spontaneous Combustion - 1955
3 - Cannonball Adderley - Falling In Love With Love - Cannonball Adderley with Strings - 1955
4 - Cannonball Adderley -The Song Is You - Self Titled - 1955
5 - Cannonball Adderley - Chasm - 1955
6 - Cannonball Adderley - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 1955
7 - Cannonball Adderley - Little Girl Blue  - In the Land of HiFi- 1956
8 - Cannonball Adderley - Dancing In The Dark – Somethin’ Else - 1958
9 - Cannonball Adderley - Our Delight - Sharpshooters - 1958
10 - Cannonball Adderley - Limehouse Blues - Quintet in Chicago - 1959
11 - Cannonball Adderley - Spring Is Here - Blue Spring - 1959
12 - Cannonball Adderley - The Stars Fell on Alabama – Quintet in Chicago - 1959

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171st Show – September 17, 2014

1 - Charlie Rouse - Rouse's Point - Yeah - 1960
2 - Matthew Shipp - Waltz – I’ve Been to Many Places - 2014
3 - The Bill Hardman Quintet - With Malice Toward None - Say Something - 1961
4 - One For All - Golden Lady – What’s Going On - 2007
5 - Ray Draper Quintet - Pivot - Tuba Sounds - 1957
6 - Thelonius Monk - Just A Gigolo - Misterioso - 1958
7 - John David Simon - New Dawn - Phantasm - 2014
8 - The Johnny Staccato Band - Flamingo - Girls! Girls! Girls! The Best Of Burlesque & Striptease Music - 2008
9 - Sonny Berman - Blue Serge Take A - Complete Dial Masters - All Known Existing Takes (1946-48)
10 - Kaleidoscope String Quartet - Groovy - Magenta - 2011
11 - Bill Harris - Imagination - USA All Stars in Berlin Feb 1955
12 - Wynton Kelly - Escapade – It’s All Right - 1964
13 - Calvin Newborn - Restorations - New Born - 2006

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Neon Jazz Show #170 Closer: The Warm Sounds

170th Show – September 10, 2014

1 - Gerald Wilson - Straight up and Down - Classic Jazz Masters
2 - George Shearing - Swedish Pastry - Youre Hearing George Shearing
3 - Blue Lu Barker - New Orleans Blues - Sultry Divas - 2008
4 - Mabel Lee - Chicken Shack Shuffle - The Original Soundies Collection, Vol 4 - 2011
5 - Jackie and Roy - Stopping The Clock - Essential Collection - 2011
6 - La JR - Gancho - 17 Animales - 2008
7 - Walt Levinsky - Limehouse Blues - In Concert As He Wanted To Be Remembered – 2006
8 - Bill Evans- Here's That Rainy Day-Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate NYC - 1968
9 - Hugh Fraser - Screeab-Bop - V - 1999
10 - La Locomotora Negra - Three Bones Shuffle - Originals - 2008
11 - Trixie Smith - My Daddy Rocks Me - Sultry Divas
12 - Jay Orlando - Lester Leaps In - Midnight in Brazil - 2012
13 - Van Alexander and His Orchestra – Alexander’s Swinging - Band Theme Songs (Rare and Famous Bands) – 2012


Thursday, September 4, 2014

Neon Jazz Defends the Great Sonny Rollins

169th Show – September 3, 2014

1 - Julius Watkins - Linda Delia - Julius Watkins Sextet Vols. 1 & 2 - 1956
2 - Jack Harris and His Orchestra - Plain Jane -The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands1938-1939
3 - Ethel Ennis - Off Shore - Lullabies For Losers - 1955
4 - Kate Hammett Vaughan - Devil May Care - Devil May Care - 2003
5 - Laila Biali - Woodstock - Live in Concert - 2012
6 - Bill Irwin Group - A Swingin Samba - Seduction - 2010
7 - Ernie Watts Quartet - Clinton Parkview - Analog Man – 2006
8 - Don Thompson and Walter Martella - East Of The Sun - Three Shades - 2011
9 - Jackie Coon And Friends - Back In Your Own Backyard - Back In His Own Backyard - 2006
10 - Louie Bellson Big Band -  Deliverence - Dynamite - 1979
11 - Jackie Davis - Constantly -Hammond Organ Classics - 2011

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Friday, August 29, 2014

168th Show – August 27, 2014

1 - Jimmy Cobb - Lickety Split (feat. Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau & John Webber) - The Original Mob Album - 2014
2 - Ernest Melton – As it Falls - KC Prodigy - 2014
3 - Billy Childs - The Island - Portrait of a Player - 1993
4 - Allan Dean All Star Sextet - Galaxy - My Baby Likes to Bebop - 1948
5 - Bobby Broom - Sweet And Lovely - My Shining Hour - 2014
6 - Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Lelele - Wax - 2013
7 - Jill Townsend Big Band - Old Folks - Tales from the Sea – 2003
8 - Harry Zimmerman - The Breeze And I - HIFI Variety (Digitally Remastered) - 2009
9 - Sean Jones - Gemini - Gemini - 2005
10 - Cappy Lewis -Plenty Of Money - Midnight in Brazil – 2012
11 - Reggie Watkins - Hurdles - One for Miles One for Maynard - 2014
12 - Jay McShann - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now - Solos and Duets - 2005

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Anita Dixon of Mutual Musicians Foundation in KC Plugs Neon Jazz

167th Show – August 20, 2014

1 - Jack Quigley Trio - What Goes - D'jever - 2013
2 - Charlie Parker - Diggin Diz - Complete Dial Masters - All Known Existing Takes (1946-48)
3 - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Gaining On You – That’s How We Roll - 2011
4 - Erica DiCeglie - 79 Arsenal Street - The Way Here - 2011
5 - Project H Featuring Brett Jackson_Uncool_Kids Upcoming Album called We Live Among the Lines - 2014
6 - Jeff Denson and Joshua White - I'll fly away - I'll fly away - 2014
7 - Ron Miles - For Don - 3ology with Ron Miles – 2010
8 - Sonny Rollins - I Remember Clifford - 1964
9 - The Birdlanders - Ondine - Midnight In Brazil - 2012
10 - Bobby Watson - May I Help You - The Gate's BBQ Suite - 2010
11 - Jack McVea and His Door Openers - Scrub Sweep And Mop - Two Timin' Baby - 2012
12 - Jack Lemmon - On The Sunny Side Of The Street - A Twist Of Lemmon - 2011
13 - The Gotham Stompers - Alabamy Home – The Small Combos - 2010

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

166th Show – August 13, 2014 - “West Coast Jazz”

1 - Clifford Brown - Tiny Capers  - An Anthology Of California Music
2 -  Chet Baker - Bockhanal - An Anthology Of California Music
3 - Chico Hamilton - Topsy - An Anthology Of California Music
4 - Art Pepper Powder Puff  - An Anthology Of California Music
5 - Freddie Gambrell - Hot Toddy - An Anthology Of California Music
6 - Gerry Mulligan - Line For Lyons - An Anthology Of California Music
7 - Cy Touff - It's Sand'Man - An Anthology Of California Music
8 - Hampton Hawes - I Hear Music - An Anthology Of California Music
9 - Phil Urso - Too Marvellous For Words - An Anthology Of California Music
10 - Buddy Bregman - It's All Right With Me - An Anthology Of California Music
11 - The Mastersounds - Stranger In Paradise - An Anthology Of California Music
12 - Russ Freeman - Bojangles Of Harlem - An Anthology Of California Music
13 - Bob Brookmeyer - Musicale Du Jour - An Anthology Of California Music


Thursday, August 7, 2014

165th Show – August 6 , 2014 -“Bobby Watson Hour”

1 - Art Blakey Supergroup - Duck Soup - Album of the Year - 1981
2 - Bobby Watson - You're Lucky To Me - Advance - 1985
3 - Bobby Watson & Open Form Trio - All the Thing of Jo Maka - Round Trip - 1985
4 - Bobby Watson - If Bird Could See Me Now - Appointment In Milano - 1985
5 - Bobby Watson - Sho Thang - Love Remains – 1986
6 - Bobby Watson - At the Crossroads - Present Tense - 1992
7 - Bobby Watson - Free Yourself - Tailor Made - 1993
8 - Bobby Watson - Stanky P - Live and Learn - 2002
9 - Bobby Watston - From the Heart - From the Heart - 2008
10 - Bobby Watson and the I Have A Dream Project - At the Crossroads - Check Cashing Day - 2013

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Friday, August 1, 2014

164th Show – July 30, 2014

1 - Dodo Marmarosa - Bopmatism - Bopmatism- 1947
2 - Doc Severinsen - April in Paris - The Very Best Of Doc Severinsen - 1997
3 - GaryTole - One Kettle For Count - 2007
4 - Dave Pike - Melvalita - Carnavals - 1962
5 - Harlan Leonard and His Rockets - Dameron Stomp - Cocktail Hour Swing Time - 2012
6 - Chicago Footwarmers – Ballin’ A Jack -Jazz Mad Vol. 3 1920s Jazz Sampler
7 - Benny Green Quintet - Countdown - Prelude – 1988
8 - Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern - Sometimes I’m Happy - Reunion At Arbors - 2006
9 - Joe Albany – It’s You Or No One -The Legendary Pianist – 2010
10 - Barcelona Swing Serenaders - Solid Old Man - Classic & Traditional Jazz - Someday Sweetheart - 2008
11 - Daniel Smith - The Jody Grind - Blue Bassoon - 2009
12 - Tubby Hayes - May Ray - Blue Hayes - The Tempo Anthology - 2012
13 - Jimmy Rosenberg - Donna Lee - The Alternative One And Only Album – 2013
14 - The N Glenn Davis Quartet - The Happy People - A Different View - 2007

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

163rd Show – June 23, 2014 – “Lou Donaldson Show”

1 - Lou Donaldson - If I Love Again - Quartet-Quintet-Sextet - 1952
2 - Lou Donaldson- Groove Junction - Swing and Soul - 1957
3 - Lou Donaldson - Groovin' High - Lou Takes Off – 1957
4 - Lou Donaldson- calling all cats- Blues Walk - 1958
5 - Lou Donaldson - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White- A Man with a Horn -1961
6 - Lou Donaldson - Cool Blues - Here Tis- 1961
7 - Lou Donaldson -  Love Walked In - The Natural Soul - 1962
8 - Lou Donaldson - Soul Gumbo - Cole Slaw - 1964
9 - Lou Donaldson - Tangerine - At His Best - 1966
10 - Lou Donaldson - The Thang - Alligator Boogaloo - 1967 
11 - Lou Donaldson  - Minor Bash- Blue Breakbeats - 1998


Thursday, July 17, 2014

162nd Show – July 16, 2014

1 - Charlie Haden - We Shall Overcome - Liberation Music Orchestra - 1969
2 - Tito Puente meets Woody Herman_Tito Meets Woody- Comp - 2007
3 - Zim Zemeral & His Orchestra - Call Me Irresponsible - Live At The Hyatt Regency - 2009
4 - Kenny Burrell - C Jam Blues - Red Hot + Indigo - 2011
5 - Cecile McLorin Salvant - John Henry - Woman Child - 2013
6 - Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Starburst - Band Theme Songs (Rare and Famous Bands) - 2012
7 - Orrin Evans - Explain It to Me (feat. Captain Black Big Band) – Mother’s Touch - 2014
8 – Georgie’s Varsity 5 - Dill Pickles- HIFI Variety (Digitally Remastered) - 2009
9 - The Omer Simeon Trio - Beau Koo Jack - The Road To New Orleans Jazz Vol 2 - 2009
10 - In Mission Of Tradition - Baby Elephant Walk - Back To The Moods – 2007
11 - Bobby Byrne - The Man I Love - Everests Jazz Digest - 2007
12 - Ivanow Jazz Group - Weary Blues - 10 Anys - 2010
13 - Herb Miller Band - Bluestar - Swing is the Thing - 2010
14 - The Keynoters – You’re Driving Me Crazy - Saxophones - 2011
15 - Pete Browns All Star Quintet – That’s My Weakness Now- 2011
16 - Jack Davies Flea Circus -Zapushalka -Flea Circus - 2012

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

161st Show – July 9, 2014 – “ A Modern Look at Jazz”

1 - Steve Lehman - Beyond All Limits - Mise En Abime - 2014
2 - Tortoise - Didjeridoo - Red Hot plus Indigo - 2011
3 - The Stockton Helbing Quartet-Try Again - Handprints - 2014
4 - Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio - M&M - 2014
5 - The Eddie Metz Jr Trio - Huggin Higgins - Bridging the Gap - 2008
6 - Paul Specht And His Orchestra – Hittin’ The Ceiling - Slice of 1929 - 2012
7 - Matt Kane Trio - Lee Ann's Flight - Streamliner - 2014
8 - Hampton Hawes - Buzzy - Trio and Quartet 1951-1956 - Live and Studio Session
9 - Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein – Viper’s Drag - 2014
10 - JAM Trio - My Self Portrait -In My Mind - 2008

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Neon Jazz & The Neon Beat: Hard Hitting KC Radio

Thursday, July 3, 2014

160th Show – July 2, 2014 – “Smithsonian Jazz Collection”

1 - James P. Johnson - Carolina Shout
2 - Wrappin It Up - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
3 -Tadd Dameron Sextet - Lady Bird
4 - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five – Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
5 - Thelonius Monk Quartet - Evidence
6 - Miles Davis With Gil Evans Orchestra - Summertime
7 - Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra - Body And Soul
8 - Charlie Parker Sextet - Crazeology (Take #1)
9 - Don Byas & Slam Stewart - I Got Rhythm
10 - Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian - Breakfast Feud [composite]
11 - Sarah Vaughan - All Alone
12 - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Ko-Ko
13 - Gene Krupa And His Orchestra - Rockin Chair
14 - Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintette - Shaw Nuff
15 - Dexter Gordon Quartet - Bikini
16 - Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven - Lester Leaps In

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Talented Alto Saxophonist Doc Stewart Plugs Neon Jazz

159th Show – June 25, 2014

1 - Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers - Room 608 - 1955
2 - Fats Navarro - 52nd Street Theme - 1946
3 - Art Landry And His Orchestra - Hello Bluebird - Animals 1920s Songs About Animals, Animal Imitations and Metaphors
4 - Booker Ervin - Happy Strut - Gumbo - 1963
5 - Eugene Maslov - Groove Merchant - Legends & Lions Blues – 2006
6 - Benny Goodman’s Boys - Jungle Blues - Jazz Age Chronicles Vol. 11 The Song Hits of 1928
7 - Margie Baker - Deed I Do - So Many Stars - 2014
8 - Ambrose - Butterflies In The Rain - A Retrospective Ambrose & His Orchestra Vol.1
9 - Bob Dorough - The Crawdad Song - Just About Everything - 1966
10 - Django Reinhardt With Stephane Grappelli With the Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Stompin at the Decca - Souveniers – 1956
11 - Al Caiola - Guns Of Navarone – 1961
12 - Gary Haase - Heist - String Theory - 2007
13 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It! – 2012
14 - Howard Roberts - An Orchid for Miss Sterling - Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar - 2008
15 - Miles Davis - Springsville - Miles Ahead - 1957

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

158th Show – June 18, 2014

1 - Bill Tole and His Orchestra - Tole Road - On the Move - 1990
2 - Hubert Laws - No More - 1972 - Morning Star
3 - Lisa Casalino - I'm Old Fashioned - 2014
4 - Illinois Jacquet  - Loot To Boot - Art of the Jazz Sax - 2012
5 - Lenny Marcus Trio - Maple Syrup - Second Set - 2014
6 - Infinite Quintet - Speak Slowly - Speak Slowly - 2011
7 - Young Jazz Giants - Yenne - Young Jazz Giants - 2004
8 - Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers - Shoe Shiners Drag - Jazz Age Chronicles Vol. 11 The Song Hits of 1928
9 - Jimmy Scott with Angelo Badalamenti - Sycamore Trees - Fire Walk with Me Soundtrack - 1992
10 - Shelly Manne & His Men - You and the Night and the Music - 1955
11 - Wally Fawkes And The Troglodytes - Lucky Duck - Flooks Dig Jazz – 2011
12 - Gary Hobbs - Of My Times - Of My Times - 2006

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

157th Show – June 11, 2014

1 - Herb Geller - If I Were a Bell - The Gellers – 1955
2 - Across 7 Street – Apollo 7 - Make in New York - 2004
3 - Buddy DeFranco -  Little Girl Blue - Cooking the Blues - 1956
4 - Fiveplay Jazz Quintet-The Girl You Look Right Past-five and more - 2013
5 - Lorraine Geller - Clash by Night - Lorraine Geller At The Piano - 1958
6 - John Williams - Baubles, Bangles and Beads - John Williams Trio - 1956
7 - Lyle Rusty Dedrick - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - Salute to Bunny Berigan - 1957
8 - The Red Heads - You Should See My Tootsie - Dimestore 1920's Vol. 4
9 - The Gordon Beck Quartet - Backwards Bop - Seven Steps to Heaven - 2006
10 - Walt Weiskopf Quartet - The Long Hot Summer - A World Away - 2009
11 - Frank Rosolino - I'll Never Forget What's Her Name - Four Horns and a Lush Life – 1956
12 - Xavier Davis Trio - Milk With A Kool aid Chaser - Innocence of Youth - 2007

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

156th Show – June 4, 2014

1 - Ginger Baker Trio - Dangle the Carrot - Coward of the County - 1999
2 - Diverse - Barron's Blues - Our Journey – 2014
3 - Ronnie Scott - Have Jazz Will Travel - The Very Best Of- 2013
4 - Bennie Green - Takin My Time - History Of Jazz Volume 3 - 2011
5 - Terry Gibbs – Now’s The Time - History Of Jazz Volume 3-2011
6 - The Esquire Five – Boppin’ At Esquire - BeBop In Britain 1-2010
7 - Liam Sillery- Prana - Outskirts -2008
8 - Peter Blair Quintet - Sonny - Afternoon in the Congo -2010
9 - Charlie Mariano - Green Walls - Charlie Mariano Plays - 1956
10 - Dojo feat Brian Baggett - Road Trip In Times Like This - Road Trip - 2013
11 - Pat LaBarbera - Pass It On - Pass it On – 1976
12 - River Cow Orchestra - The Muffin Man Revealed - Finding Water-2014

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

155th Show – May 28, 2014 - “Sonny Rollins Hour”

1 - Sonny Rollins & Babs Gonzales - Then you'll be boppin' too
2 - Sonny Rollins - On A Slow Boat To China – 1951
3 - Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet - Almost Like Being in Love - 1951
4 - Sonny Rollins with Thelonius Monk - Work - 1954
5 - Sonny Rollins with Miles Davis - Airegin - Cookin with Miles - 1956
6 - Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas - Saxophone Colossus (Reissue) -1956
7 - Sonny Rollins - All the Things Your Are - A Night at the Village Vanguard - 1957
8 - Sonny Rollins - Who Cares - Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass – 1958
9 - Sonny Rollins - B. Swift - Sonny Boy - 1961
10 - Sonny Rollins - The Bridge - 1962
11 - Sonny Rollins - Biji - Road Shows Vol 3 - 2014

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

154th Show – May 21, 2014

1 - Chubby Jackson - Hail Hail The Herds All Here - Everest's Jazz Digest - 2007
2 - King Pleasure - Moody's Mood For Love - 1952
3 - Larry Young - Visions - Mother Ship - 1969
4 - Nathan Davis - Along Came Byrd - Happy Girl - 1965
5 - Abe Most - Uptown - The Most Abe, That Is - 2007
6 - Halie Loren - Beyond The Sea - After Dark - 2010
7 - Swedish Jazz - On With The Dance - Various - Maid in Sweden – 1971
8 - Josh Nelson  - Tesla Coil - Discoveries - 2011
9 - Harold Mabern Trio - For Every Man, There's a Women - Falling in Love with Love - 2002
10 - Toots Thielemans - Groovin' High - East Coast West Coast - 1994
11 - Irvin Mayfield - Mo Better Blues With Ellis Marsalis -A Love Letter to New Orleans - 2011
12 - Gareth Roberts Quintet - Going Nowhere Fast - The Attack of the Killer Penguins - 2010


Thursday, May 15, 2014

153rd Show – May 14, 2014 - "Avant-Garde"

1 - Sage Reynolds - The Long View - On the Wall - 2006
2 - Harmony Dance Orchestra - Yes Sir! Thats My Baby - The Roaring 20’s Unplugged, Vol. 2 Acoustic Recordings 1925-1930
3 - Jack Van Poll - Eighty One - Live in Cape Town - 2007
4 - B Cool - Minor Cool - Movin’ - 2010
5 - B Sharp Jazz Quartet - Mirage - 2006
6 - Don Voorhees His Orchestra - My Blue Heaven - Singin' in the Rain - 2009
7 - Doc Stweart - Bohemia After Dark (Featuring Ron Stout & Steve Moretti)- Code Blue – 2014
8 - Mimi Jones Band - Nothing Like You - Balance - 2013 - 2.4.13
9 - Ferrante and Teicher - The Moon Was Yellow - Heavenly in Hi-Fi – 2011
10 - Perley Breeds Shepard Colonial Orchestra – Where’s My Sweetie Hiding - Dimestore 1920's
11 - Hank Marr - B Jam Shuffle -Hank & Frank - 2007

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

152nd Show – RCA Victor Jazz Catalog #2 - May 7, 2014

1 - Bob Zurke - Cow Cow Blues
2 - Art Tatum - Aint Misbehavin
3 - Tommy Ladnier – I’ve Found a New Baby
4 - Mary Lou Williams - Humoresque
5 - Irving Fazola – Stoppin’ at the Blue Horseshoe
6 - Count Basie - South
7 - Lee Collins - Tip Easy Blues
8 - Ben Webster - Cadillac Slim
9 - Phil Napoleon - You Can't Cheat a Cheater
10 - Duke Ellington - Lover Man
11 - Red Allen – Pleasin’ Paul
12 - Gene Krupa - My Scandanavian Baby
13 - Mugsy Spainer - Relaxing at the Touro
14 - Earl Hines - Grand Piano Blues
15 - Charlie Barnett - Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street
16 - Billy Eckstine - You Don't Know What Love Is

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

151st Show – The RCA Victor Jazz Catalog Showcase – 1950’s Vinyl Albums

1 - John Kirby - Tweed Me
2 - Al Cohn - Every Time
3 - Glen Gray - Lazy Bones
4 - Jelly Roll Morton - West End Blues
5 - New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Shes Cryin’ For Me
6 - Fats Waller – That’s all
7 - Larry Clinton – Rockin’ Chair
8 - Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Jump
9 - McKinneys Cotton Pickers - Plain Dirt
10 - Chu Berry – Shufflin’ at the Hollywood
11 - Wild Bill Davison - Panhandle Rag
12 - Tommy Dorsey - Well All Right
13 - Jack Teagarden – That’s a Serious Thing
14 - Red Nichols - Davenport Blues
15 - Wingy Manone - Jumpy Nerves
16 - Ziggy Elman – Bublitchiki
17 - Louis Armstrong - High Society

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

150th Show – April 23, 2014

1 - Nathan Davis - Parisian Hoedown - Parisian Hoedown - 2011
2 - Bobby Hacket - Big Spender - Swingin'est Gals In Town + Jazz Impressions Of Oliver - 1966
3 - Dan Faulk - Those Dirty Blues - Spirits In The Night - 2007
4 - Jeff Hackworth- Blues in a Few-Soul to Go - 2014
5 - Billy Butterfield - Says My Heart - Soft Strut - 2004
6 - Keith Oxman - Dues In Progress - Soul Eyes-2006
7  - Banu Gibson - Blues In The Night - Sings More Johnny Mercer-2009
8 - Bea Wain - I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls - 20 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists 1936-1952, Vol. 1
9 - Earle Spencer And His Orchestra - Bolero In Boogie - The Almost Forgotten Pioneer Of Big Band Jazz (Remastered)-2011
10 - Aaron Irwin Group – Sprung - Blood and Thunder-2008
11 - Rene Paulo - Moon Of Manakoora - Exotic Sounds From A Space Age Bachelor Pad
12 - Falkner Evans - Slightest Movement - The Point Of The Moon-2011
13-  John Sheridan - I'll See You In My Dreams -Dream Band Make Me Dream Some More-1999


Thursday, April 17, 2014

149th Show – April 16, 2014

1 - Allen Vizzutti_ - Bopzutti_Trumpet Summitt - 1995
2 - Benny Morton Orchestra - Get Goin - Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1
3 - Acker Bilk - Travelling Blues - Mr. Acker Bilk Requests - 2013
4 – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Orchestra - Original Tuxedo Rag - Jazz Odyssey Volume 1 - 2010
5 - Carl Leukaufe - Vierd Blues - Warrior-2004
6 - Gene Stone Quintet – Bernie’s Tune - Tenor Combustion - 2006
7 - Matt Bauder / Day In Picture - Octavia Minor (feat. Nate Wooley, Kris Davis, Jason Ajemian & Toma Fujiwara) - Nightshades – 2014
8 - Maurice Meunier and His Orchestra - Too Marvelous For Words - Jazz in Paris - 2010
9 - Tim Hegarty - Gingerbread Boy (feat. Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid & Carl Allen) - Tribute – 2014
10 - Jacky Spranger - All On The Floor - Happy Dance Party - 2009
11 - Andy Waddell - Answer - Sunset to 7- 2013

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

148th Show – April 9, 2014

1 - Red Rodney - Superbop - Superbop - 1974
2 - Miles Davis - S'posin - The New Miles Davis Quintet - 1955
3 - David White Jazz Orchestra- Mister Shepherd's Misadventures- The Chase – 2014
4 - Taft Jordan and The Mob - Night Wind - Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 - 2006
5 - Ralph Pena - While A Cigarette Was Burning - Master Of The Bass - 2005
6 - Judy Ellington - Some Like It Hot - 20 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists 1936-1952
7 - Dan Block - Dexter Rides Again - Almost Modern - The Swing To Bop Project – 2008
8 - Jeff Hackworth- Blues in a Few-Soul to Go – 2014
9 - Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Bye Bye Blackbird - Singin' in the Rain - 2009
10 - Eddie Higgins - You Turned The Tables On Me - Time On My Hands - Arbors Piano Series, Vol. 6 – 2006
11 - Andrew Hill -  Illusion - Change - 1966

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

147TH Show – April 2, 2014 – “Hank Mobley Theme”

1- Hank Mobley - My Reverie - The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions – 1955
2- Hank Mobley - Poppin' - Poppin – 1957
3- Hank Mobley - High And Flighty - Peckin Time – 1958
4- Hank Mobley - If I Should Lose You - Soul Station – 1960
5- Hank Mobley - Out of Joe's Bag - Another Workout – 1961
6- Hank Mobley - Old World, New Imports - Room for Squares – 1963
7- Hank Mobley - 3rd Time Around - A Caddy for Daddy – 1965
8- Hank Mobley - Lookin' East - Reach Out – 1968
9- Hank Mobley - You Gotta Hit It - Thinking of Home - 1970

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

146TH Show – March 26, 2014 – “Vinyl Records Theme”

1 - Spotlight on Dorsey Brothers - Original Dorsey Brothers Band – Solitude - 1962
2 - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Going Places - Tijuana Taxi - 1965
3 - Bill Blacks Combo - Saxy Jazz - Smokie - 1960
4 - Coltrane Plays the Blues - 1960 – Mr. Syms
5 - Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra - The Magic of Far Away Places - Moon Over Naples - 1965
6 - Anita Sings the Most - Anita O'Day – S’Wonderful - 1957
7 - Best of the Three Suns – Stumbling - 1966
8 - Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Cole Porter - Night and Day - 1996
9 - Doc Severinsen - The New Sound of Todays Big Band - Canadian Sunset - 1967
10 - Maynard Ferguson - MF Horn – Eli’s Comin - 1970
11 - Les Elgart and His Orchestra - Easy Goin Swing - Frim Fram Sauce - 1960
12 - Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners - Pannonica - 1956
13 - George Shearing - That Fresh Feeling - The Continental - 1966

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

145th Show – March 19, 2014

1 - Neal Miner - Coffee Shop - The Evening Sound-2006
2 - Grant Green - Old Folks - Grantstand - 1961
3 - Nasheet Waits - Mrs Parker Of KC - Equality – 2009
4 - Sweets Edison and Ben Webtser - Did You Call Her Today - Ben And 'Sweets'-1962
5 -Dave Bailey Sextet - Brownie Speaks - One Foot In The Gutter (A Treasury Of Soul) (With Bonus Track)- 1960
6 - Billy Mure - Trumpet Cha Cha Cha - Exotic Sounds From A Space Age Bachelor Pad - 2011
7 - Gelcer Hoffert Trio - Polis Blues - How High the Bird – 2011
8 - Kenny Burrell Octet -  A String of Pearls - Lotsa Bossa Nova - 1963
9 - Jack Jenney - The Night Is Blue - Stardust - 2005
10 - Flute Fraternity - Herbies Buddy - Flue Fraternity with Herbie Mann and Buddy Collette - 1957
11 - Five Up High - I Wrote You A Song - 2008

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

144th Show – March 12, 2014

1 - Ralph Burns - Perpetual Motion - Essential Jazz Sessions - 2011
2 - Sam Lazar - Dig A Little Deeper - Space Flight – 1960
3 - Russ Nolan - Relentless - Relentless – 2013
4 - Teddy Powell_In A Persian Market - Ridin' The Subways – 2005
5 - Osie Johnson - Osies Oasis_Jazz Hall Of Fame Volume 2 – 2011
6 - Dick Morgan - See What I Mean - The Soul of Jazz Piano Sampler LP – 1962
7 - Allen Reuss - Pickin For Patsy - Swing To Bop Guitar Guitars In Flight 1939 - 1947
8 - Harold Mabern - Back Home - Four Pianos for Phineas – 1996
9 - Jack Cortner – Who’s At Talkin - Fast Track - 2007
10 - Mary Osborne - Oops My Lady - Swing To Bop Guitar Guitars In Flight 1939 ~ 1947
11 - Mildred Bailey - After Dinner Speech - 20 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists 1936-1952, Vol. 1
12 - John McLaughlin - Take the Coltrane - After the Rain - 1994

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Friday, March 7, 2014

143rd Show – March 6, 2014

1 - George Barnes – I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles - Swing To Bop Guitar Guitars In Flight 1939 to 1947
2 - Morton Downey – I’m So Alone With The Crowd - 1931
3 - Leo Parker - Anything Can Happen - Legendary Bop, Rhythm & Blues Classics Leo Parker (Digitally Remastered) - 2010
4 - Mary Martin - My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Remember How Great - Lucky Strike - Jazz Collective
5 - Billy Butler - Don't Be That Way - 2002
6 The Bryan Ferry Orchestra - Love Is the Drug - 20s Jazz Version - Great Gatsby Soundtrack - 2013
7 - Shawn Maxwell's Alliance - Fun Five Funk - 2014
8 - 3 Cohens -  Blueport - Tightrope -2013
9 - Sonny Simmons - Coltrane Story - American Jungle – 1997
10 - Chamber Jazz Sextet – Zip - Plays Pal Joey - 2006
11 - Eddie Lang - Wild Cat - The Quintessential Eddie Lang circa 1925-1932
12 - Bucky Pizzarelli - It's Only a Paper Moon - Rhythm Encounters
13 - Alyn Ainsworth - Swing Easy – Collection circa 2009
14 - Amanda Tosoff Trio - Fill Me Up With Joy - Live at the Cellar - 2013
15 - Ken Vandermark’s Sound In Action Trio - Cut To Fit - Design In Time - 2004

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The Marr Archives: A Tour & Overview Featuring Chuck Haddix

Thursday, February 27, 2014

142nd Show – February 26, 2014

1 - Bobby Hackett - Good-Bye Blues - Blues with a Kick - 1958
2 - Ararat Rockets - Kansas City B-Flat Blues - Cornerstone Ball - KC Jazz - 3.23.69
3 - 35mm - Bath Scene - 35mm-2014
4 - Cellar Boys - Wailin Blues - Jazz Mad Vol. 2 Hot Dance, Jazz and Instrumental Blues 1926-1930
5 - Danny Barker - Bye Bye Blackbird - The Fabulous Banjo Of Danny Barker (Digitally Remastered)-2010
6 - Pat Metheny - We Go On – Kin - 2014
7 - Taylor Haskins - Ooga Booga - Wake Up Call - 2007
8 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers -  Circus – 1962
9 - One For All - Stranger Than Fiction - Too Soon To Tell-2005
10 - Al Hirt - Kansas City - Live at Carnegie Hall - 1965
11 - Guy Lafitte - San Francisco - Love in Hi-Fi – 1961
12 - Sonny Stitt and Zoot Sims -The Saber - Inter Action - 1965
13 - Paul Howards Quality Serenaders - Quality Shout - West Coast Jazz - 1999

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

141st Show – February 19, 2014

1 - Shirley Scott - The Funky Fox - Blue Flames - 1964
2 - Thelonius Monk - Pannonica - The Soul of Jazz Piano Sampler LP - 1962 
3 - Camille Thurman - Indigo Moments - Origins - 2013 
4 - Max Roach - Juliano - Quiet at Its Kept - 1960
5 - John Vanore and the Abstract Truth – Footprints – Culture - 2014
6 - Mike Markels Orchestra – Who’d Be Blue - Okeh Records 1923-1931
7 - Mike Murley - Creature of Habit - Extra Time – 2003
8 - Eddie Jefferson - Oh Gee - Body and Soul - 1952
9 - Carl Allen And Rodney Whitaker - Summer (The Sweet Goodbye) - Get Ready – 2007


Thursday, February 13, 2014

140th Show – February 12, 2014

1 - Steve Khan - Eronel - The Green Field - 2006
2 - Bobby Watson and the I Have A Dream Project –At the Crossroads - Check Cashing Day - 2013
3 - Hermon Mehari - Night and Day (Cole Porter Original) - Live at YJs - 2013
4 - Frank Wess - It Could Happen To You - Magic 201 – 2014
5 - Shirazette Tinnin - Humility - Inner Frustration - 2014
6 - Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock - Collates 1 & 2 (1951-1952)
7 - The Claudia Quintet -  I’m So Fickin Cool (For Fritz Pauer) - For - 2007
8 - Bill Evans - Peace Piece - The Soul of Jazz Piano Sampler LP – 1962
9 - Billy Bang - They Plan - Band on - 1997
10 - Ismael Paz - After You’ve Gone Fox Trot - Jazz in Argentina  Recordings 1915 - 1950
11 - James Moody Quartet - Stella by starlight - IPO Jazz Sampler - 2013

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

139th Show – February 5, 2014

1 - Randy Sandke – Broadway  - 1998
2 - Irwin Abrams – Magnolia - Hot Dance Bands From Okeh - 1923-1931
3 - Bobby Timmons - Pretty Memory - The Soul of Jazz Piano Sampler LP – 1962
4 - Gerald Cleaver - Dorham - Gerald Cleaver's Detroit – 2008
5 - Steve Allen and His All-Stars - Cool Blue - All that Jazz -1959
6 - Horace Silver -  Strollin' - Horace-Scope - 1960
7 - Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox - Thrift Shop - Introducing Postmodern Jukebox – 2013
8 - Jah Wobble - The Modern Jazz Ensemble - City Meets Country - 2011
9 - Kat Edmonson - Summertime - Take to the Sky – 2009
10 - Ugly Beauty - San Fransisco Holiday - The Music of Thelonious Monk - 2007
11 - Bob Barnard - Washboard Blues - New York Notes - 1996

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

138th Show – January 29, 2014

1 - Sam Lazar Trio - Deep - Playback - 1961
2 - Keith Cooper Quartet - Black And White - Hot Club & Trad Jazz -2013
3 - Bob Acri - Wake Robin - 2009
4 - Herbie Mann & Joao Gilberto With Antonio Carlos Jobim - Amor em Paz - 1965
5 - Brad Mehldau and Perico Sambeat -  Actors - Friendship - 2003
6 - Billy Taylor - Warming Up - The Soul of Jazz Piano Sampler LP - 1962
7 - Matt Criscuolo - Blippity Blat - 2013
8 - Oliver Gannon - Bright Mississippi (Thelonius Monk Cover) – That’s What - 2005
9 - Yusef Lateed - The Beginning - Jazz Moods – 1957
10 - Jack Payne And His BBC Dance Orchestra - Down Sunnyside Lane - The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands circa 1931-1934
11 - Lafayette Gilchrist -  DC Slick - The View From Here – 2013
12 - House of Cards Intro Credits Theme - Jeff Beal - 2013

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

137th Show – January 22, 2014

1 - Robert Prester - Bite Size Steps (Giant Steps) - Dogtown - 2013
2 - Jack Glassner - Hot Coffee - Hot Dance Bands From Okeh 1923-1931
3 - Craig Handy - Organ Grinder's Swing - The Sound of Next - Okeh Records - 2014
4 - Lena Horne - Stormy Weather - 1941
5 - Connie Lansberg - Our Day Will Come - High Expectations - 2011
6 - Cliquot Club Eskimos_Chick Chick Chick Chick - Goofballs of the 1920s
7 - Marcus Lewis - Facing East - Facing East - 2012
8  - George Olsen And His Music - She Was Just A Sailor’s Sweetheart - Goofball 1920s
9 - Ted Lewis And His Band_The Camel Walk_Dance! Dance! Dance! Vol. 3
10 - Jim Hall Pat Metheny - Lookin' Up – 1999
11 - Carlos Barretto - Klinfrik_Lokomotiv – 2006
12 - Frank Sinatra - Hidden Persuasion - 1961
13 - Farnell Newton & Marcus Reynolds Quintet – It Could Happen to You -  Sense of Direction - 2006

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

136th Show – January 15, 2014

1 – Anton Schwartz - Slightly Off Course - Radiant Blue - 2006
2 - Clint Ashlock - Peanut Brittle Brigade - Live
3 - Lisa Engelken - Foggy Bottom - Little Warrior – 2013
4 - Malachy Papers With Earl Harvin – Four Titter Puppet - 2006
5 - Matt Renzi - Number Two  - Rise and Shine – 2013
6 - Dario Napoli – Django’s Waltz - Gypsy Bop
7 - Ken Colyers Jazzmen - Heliotrope Bouquet - 1957 - 58
8 – Glenn White - Time Baum – Time in Transit - 2011
9 - Pee Wee Erwin - Embraceable You - Everest Jazz Digest – 2006
10 – Alex Milsted - Kaleidoscope – 2013
11 - Count Basie Orchestra featuring Will Matthews - The Grease - 2009

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

135th Show – January 8, 2014

1 - Neal Hefti - Coral Reef - The Band Young Ideas - 1954
2 - Eddie Henderson, Cedar Walton, Peter Washington, Billy Higgins - You Don’t Know What Love Is - New York City Jazz After Hours - 2001
3 - Ivie Anderson - It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing – w Duke Ellington – 1931
4 - Dan Wall - 5 Minute Funk - On the Inside Looking In - 2007
5 - Ximo Tebar - Ginger Bread Boy - The Champs - 2004
6 - Dave Brubeck Quartet with Jim Hall - Gone With The Wind - Jazz Festival Monteey - 2007
7 - Eastern Rebellion - In The Kitchen - Simple Pleasure - 1993
8  - Schema Sextet - Look Out - Look Out, Tribute to Basso-Valdambrini - 1999
9 - David Murray Infinity Quartet- The Graduate - Be My Monster Love – 2013
10 - Leo Wright - Sassy Lady - Suddenly the Blues – 1962
11 - Lionel Hampton & The Golden Men of Jazz - Just Jazz - Just Jazz Live at the Blue Note - 1992

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

134th Show – January 1, 2014

1 - Michael Formanek - Small Places - 2012
2 - Syncopating Skeeters - Telephone Blues 1916 - 1922
3 - Jimmy Amadie - Night and Day - Tribute to Sinatra - 2007
4 - Spike Robinson and Sweets Edison Quintet - Time After Time - 2006
5 - Helen Ward - Goody Goody - 20 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists 1936-1952
6 - John Barry - Mood Three - 2010
7 - Benny Bailey - Gasoline, My Beloved - 1976
8 - Ornette Coleman - Round Trip - 1968
9 - Jack Millman And His All Stars - Groove Juice - Big Bands Of The Swingin' Years
10 - Clark Terry and Red Mitichell- It Don't Mean A Thing -to Duke and Basie - 1986
11 - Pat Longo - Artistry In Rhythm - 2007
12 - Fred Van Eps Trio - Teasing The Cat - Ragtime To Jazz 1916 – 1922
13 - Louis Bellson - Cool - Big Band Jazz from the Summit - 2013

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