Wednesday, December 30, 2015

309th Show – December 31, 2015

1 - Roxy Coss - Don't Cross The Coss - Restless Idealism – 2016
2 - Mark Turner - Thomas Marriott - The Brown Hornet - Human Spirit - 2011
3 - Hadley Caliman - Presenting Mr. Jones - Celebration – 1977
4 - Hutchinson Andrew Trio - The Fog - Prairie Modern – 2013
5 - Eddie Chamblee - Doodlin - Doodlin - 1958
6 - Miles Davis Quintet - A Gal in Calico - The Unissued Cafe Bohemia Broadcasts – 1956
8 - David Gibson - Blind Man Blind Man - End of the Tunnel - 2011
9 - Conte Candoli Quintet - Jazz City Blues - Toots Sweet - 1955
10 - Rene Thomas - Spontaneous Effort - Guitar Groove - 1960
11 - John Scofield - Wabash III - Time on my Hands - 1990

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308th Show – December 30, 2015

1 - Jaco Pastorius - Punk Jazz (live, 1981) -Punk Jazz The Jaco Pastorius Anthology - 2003
2 - Art Blakey - Got My Mojo Working - Hold On I'm Coming - 1966
3 - Lisa Gary - Mercy Mercy Mercy (feat. Lew Soloff) (mp3) - Goin Your Way – 2016
4 - Lew Soloff and Nicholas Payton - Fire Waltz - Trumpet Legacy – 1997
5 - Jeremy Pelt - The Trivium - Profile - 2007
6 - Frankie Newton and His Orchestra - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Swing Bandstand Kings Bluebirds Best Series - 2002
7 - Harold Betters - Stand By Me - At the Encore – 1962
8 - Ben Webster & Harry 'Sweets' Edison - How Long Has This Been Going On - Ben and Sweets - 1962
9 - Sandy Brown - The Badger - The Very Best Of - 2009
10 - Alan Lee - Dance of the Adolescents (Edit) - An Australian Jazz Anthology - 2015
11 - Jakob Bro - And They All - Gefion – 2015
12 - Laurindo Almeida and the Bossa Nova All Stars Feat Shelly Manne - Recado Bossa Nova - Ole! Bossa Nova - 1963

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

307th Show – December 24, 2015

1 - Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks - Quality Shout - Quality Shout - 2011
2 - Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - Get Yourself A New Broom - The Music of the Cotton Club - 2012
3 - Kirk Knuffke - Safety Shoes - Arms and Hands – 2015
4 - Lucky Thompson - Salute To Charlie Parker - Accent on Tenor Sax - 1954
5 - Nat Birchall - Adin - The Sixth Sense - 2013
6 - Cal Collins & Herb Ellis - People Will Say We're In Love - Interplay - 1980
7 - Ray Barretto - Viva Maria - Fiesta En El Barrio - 1967
8 - Tom Kirkpatrick Trio - Bernies Tune - In the Chet Baker Mood - 2008
9 - Sal Mosca - Co-Play - A Concert - 1990
10 - Zoot Sims - Tickle Toe - Live in Yamagata, Japan Vol. 2 - 1977
11 - Eddie Barefield - Toby - Big Band Favorites - 2014
12 - Lem Johnson - Queen Street Blues - The Complete Recordings 1940 – 1953
13 - Kitty LaRoar - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Hugh Martin-Ralph Blane - 2015

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306th Show – December 23, 2015

1 - Ben Winkelman Trio - Trio Piece In Seconds And Thirds - Stomps Pieces & Variations – 2005
2 - Kevin Hays - Sco More Blues - The Dreamer - 2008
3 - Joe Castro - Angel Eyes - Piano Bar Essentials – 2013
4 - Alien Ensamble - Modest Farewell - Alien Ensamble - 2014
5 - Robi Botos - Figure 8 - Movin Forward - 2015
6 - Red Hot and Peppy Fields - What Can I Say After I'm Sorry - 1962
7 - Taylor Eigsti Trio - Ever So Easy – Taylor’s Dream – 2001
8 - Dave Pike & Cedar Walton - Big Foot - Pike's Groove - 1986
9 - Robert Glasper Trio - Maiden Voyage - Mood - 2007
10 - Stan Getz - Didn't We - Didn T We - 1969
11 - Ruby Braff - My Funny Valentine - The Canadian Sessions Disc 2 - 1999
12 - Terrell Stafford - Hocus Pocus - Brotherlee Love Celebrating Lee Morgan - 2015

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

305th Show – December 17, 2015

1 - Sheila Jordan - Let's Face the Music and Dance - Portrait of Sheila - 2013
2 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Max (Is) Making Wax - A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 Disc 3 - 2003
3 - Geof Bradfield - Yellow Gal - Our Roots – 2015
4 - Ike Quebec - IQ Blues - Swinging Saxophones - 1995
5 - John Ellis - Who - Roots, Branches & Leaves – 2007
6 - Arnett Cobb - Arnett Blows For 1300 - 1947
7 - Josh Evans - Steps - Hope and Despair – 2015
8 - Pearl Bailey  - The Birth of the Blues - 1952
9 - Michel Camilo - Nostalgia - Michel Camilo - 1988
10 - Teddy Charles - Stompin' at the Savoy - A Salute to Hamp - 1959
11 - Rob Reddy - Post War Euphoria - Post War Euphoria – 2004
12 - The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Trouble Train -Songs From Lonely Avenue – 2009
13 - George Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue - 1924

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304th Show – December 16, 2015

1 - Matt Hopper - Straight Chill'n - First Love - 2015
2 - Ray Brown Trio - Exactly Like You - Soular Energy – 1990
3 - David Friesen Trio - Going Forth - 1-2-3 – 2008
4 - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Trav'lin' Light - Trav'lin Light - 1958
5 - Jack Haskell - Suddenly - Let's Fall in Love -1958
6 - Jilly Bertrands Washboard Wizards - Easy Come Easy Goes Blues - Jazz Drumming Vol 1 - 1999
7 - Richard Groove Holmes - Hackensack -Grooves Groove - 1997
8 - Hideto Sasaki & Toshiyuki Sekine -  Soultrane - Stop Over - 1976
9 - Meshell Ndegeocello and Lizz Wright - Nobodys Fault But Mine - Pour Une Âme Souveraine - A Dedication to Nina Simone - 2012
10 - Yvonne Roome - Something Cool - Something Cool – 1990
11 - Lester Young, Flip Phillips,& Co. -  Ballad Medley (Deep Purple, Rockin' Chair, This Is Always, I Cover The Waterfront - Frankfurt - 1952

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A Neon Jazz Salute to Belton, MO's Very Own George Peters

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

303rd Show – December 10, 2015

1 - Ron Carlson - Beatrice - Kind Folk – 2015
2 - Ken Lovern - Brian Baggett - Kevin Frazee - Chained Lightning – 2015
3 - Freddie Green - Up in the blues - Mr. Rhythm - 1956
4 - The Versatile Four - Down Home Rag - 1916
5 - Frank Collett - Sparkles - Coney Island - 1987
6 - Red and Miffs Stompers - Delirium - 1927
7 - John Hardee - Lunatic - 1947
8 - Art Farmer  - Alone Together - 1954
9 - Manhattan Jazz Quintet -  I Got Rhythm - I Got Rhythm - 2001
10 – Europe’s Society Orchestra - Castle House Rag -1914
11 - Victor Assis Brasil - Waltz For Phil - Quinteto - 1979
12 - Tommy Alexander - Tea Time - Tomboy - 1947
13 - Milt Jackson - 'Round Midnight - Memories of Thelonious Sphere Monk - 1982

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302nd Show – December 9, 2015

1 - Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Mauch Chunk Is Jim Thorpe (For Henry Threadgill) - Mauch Chuck – 2015
2 - John Patton - The Silver Meter - Mosaic Select - 2003
3 - Ernie Krivda - Great Lakes Gumbo - Requiem For A Jazz Lady – 2015
4 - Eugenie Jones - Swing Me - 2015
5 - Matt Cook Collective - Canales Cabeza
6 - Irma Curry with Don Elliot and His Orchestra - Love Is A Necessary Evil - 2015
7 - Horace Parlan -  Lonely One - Up and Down – 1961
8 - David Weiss - Our Trip - The Mirror - 2004
9 - Tiny Grimes Quintet - Hot In Harlem - 1948
10 - The Chicago Footwarmers - Rollin the Jack - Jazz Drumming Vol 1 - 1997
11 - Johnny Smith - The Things We Did Last Summer - Guitars and Strings - 1960

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Neon Jazz - Episode #300 - 12.2.15

301st Show – December 3, 2015

1 - Jack Costanzo - El Diablito - The Versatile Mr. Bongo Plays Jazz, Afro & Latin - 2005
2 - Jack Costanzo - Hey Boy Hey Girl - Latin Percussion with Soul – 2010
3 - Arthur Lyman - Leis of Jazz - Leis of Jazz - 1959
4 - Dakota Stanton - Let Me Off Uptown - Dynamic - 1958
5 - Eboni Fondren with Everette DeVan & Matt Hopper -This Can’t Be Love
6 - Les Elgart – Who’s Your Little Who Zis -Big Bands of the Swingin' Years Les Elgart - 2013
7 - Hiromi - Now or Never - Voice – 2011
8 - Gil Evans Project  - Avalon Town - Lines of Color Live at Jazz Standard - 2015
9 - Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men - Somebody Loves Me - Marvelous Marterie - 1959
10 - Courtney Pine - Liamuiga (Cook Up) - Later... with Jools Holland - BBC Two - 2012
11 - Dave Turner Quartet featuring Nelson Symonds - First Nation - Live - Thank You For Your Hospitality – 1995
12 - Jazz Crusaders - Blues For Ramona - Complete Live at the Lighthouse – 1962
13 - Five for Jazz - Chia Blues - Soulscape - 1998

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300th Show – December 2, 2015 - "Arturo Sandoval"

1 - Arturo Sandoval - A Night In Tunisia - Tumbaito – 2008
2 - Arturo Sandoval - Algo Bueno (Woody and Me) - Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) – 2012
3 - Arturo Sandoval - Red Moon - Cuban Revolution Jazz – 1999
4 - Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D'Rivera - Reunion - Reunion - 2008
5 - Arturo Sandoval - Mi Lugar - LA Meetings - 1997
6 - Arturo Sandoval - Stella By Starlight - My Passion For The Piano – 2002
7 - Arturo Sandoval - Little Jazz - Trumpet Evolution – 2003
8 - Arturo Sandoval & WDR Big Band - Asi Asi - Mambo Nights - 2012
9 - Arturo Sandoval - El Manisero - Live at Yoshis – 2015

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

299th Show – November 26, 2015

1 - Michael Dease - Just in Time - Coming Home – 2013
2 - Charlie Parker Quartet - The Bird - A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 Disc 5
3 - Frank Carlberg - You And Me - World Circus – 2015
4 - Sal Nistico - Settling Down Slow - Quintets – 1961
5 - JoAnn Castle - Spaghetti Rag - Plays the Worlds Great Rags
6 - John Coltrane - Soul Eyes - The Gentle Side of John Coltrane - 1991
7 - Eli Degibri - Painless - In the Beginning - 2007
8 - Franck Banta -  Calico Rag - Jazz Drumming Vol 1 - 1997
9 - Bobby Gordon - Little White Lies - Young Man’s Fancy - 1964
10 - Frank Culley - Cole Slaw - 1949
11 - Freddie Hubbard - Brigitte - Rollin - 1981
12 - Pete Mills - Dot Com - Art and Architecture - 2006

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298th Show – November 25, 2015

1 - Orrin Evans - Art Of War - Captain Black Big Band – 2011
2 - Kenny Barron and Dave Holland - Segment - The Art of Conversation – 2014
3 - Katie Bull - The Crazy Poet Song - All Hot Bodies Radiate – 2015
4 - Shelia Jordan  - Falling In Love With Love - Sexy Lounge Vintage Era - 2013
5 - Sarah Manning - Marble - Dandelion Clock - 2010
6 - Pete Robbins - The Hate Laugh Shimmy - Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy - 2008
7 - Ted Curson - Fire Down Below - Fire Down Below – 1962
8 - Cy Coleman - Old Devil Moon - Broadway Panorama - 1963
9 - John Patton - Ding Dong - Understanding - 1995
10 - Flavio Boltro - Black Jack - Joyful - 2012
11 - Oscar Papa Celestin and His Tuxedo Jazz Band - High Society - 1949-53

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

297th Show – November 19, 2015

1 - Micheal Carvin - The Lamp is Low - Marsalis Music Honors Michael Carvin – 2006
2 - Michael Carvin Experience - In Walked Bud - Flash Forward (Deluxe Edition) – 2014
3 - Erik Friedlander - Consternation - Quake – 2006
4 - Peter Schlamb - REL - Tinks – 2014
4a - Peter Schlamb & Matt Villinger Live Green Lady Lounge - 11.6.15
5 - Alfredo Rodriguez - The Invasion Parade - The Invasion Parade - 2014
6 - Ahmad Jamal - Too Late Now - Live at the Pershing - 1958
7 - Billy Maxted’s Manhattan Jazz Band - Mame - Maxeted Makes It – 1966
8 - Mack Avenue Super Band - For Stephane - Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival - 2014
9 - Jimmy McPartland - There'll Be Some Changes Made - Dixieland - 1956
10 - The Blue Notes – Don’t Worry About Me – 1962
11 - Kevin Brow and Tim Berne - Brain Washing - Dolls and Guns – 2011
12 - Ralph Sutton - Sunday Mornin Blues - Ragtime USA - 1963

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296th Show – November 18, 2015

1 – Allen Toussaint - Bono - The Best of Allen Toussaint - 2015
2 – Allen Toussaint - Pelican Parade - The Best of Allen Toussaint - 2015
3 - Ochion Jewell - Pass Fallow, Gallowglass - Volk – 2015
4 - John Hebert - New Belly - Byzantine Monkey - 2009
5 - Denise Donatelli - A Roarin Borin Alice - In the Company of Friends - 2007
6 - Lorraine Feather - The Hole In The Map - Tales of the Unusual - 2012
7 - Tom Collier - Mallet Jazz - 2006
8 - Roy Hargrove - Billy Higgins - et al – What’s New - Approaching Standards - 1994
9 - Hamid Drake-Albert Beger-William Parker - Funky Lacy Original - Evolving Silence Vol. 2  - 2006
10 - Mose Allison - Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - Young Man Mose + Ramblin' with Mose – 2015
11 - Pete Robbins - The Hate Laugh Shimmy - Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy - 2008
12 - Bob Davis at the Piano - Seems Like Old Times - I Always Play with a Bear Behind - Songs Most Requested by Friends- 1965

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Jazz Legend Arturo Sandoval Plugs Neon Jazz

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

295th Show – November 17, 2015 – “Village Vanguard Hour”

1 - Bill Evans - Glorias Step - Village Vanguard Live
2 - Fred Hersch - Stuttering - Village Vanguard Live
3 - Junior Mance Trio - Looptown - Village Vanguard Live
4 - Christian McBride Trio - The Lady In My Life - Village Vanguard Live
5 - Woody Shaw - Seventh Avenue - Village Vanguard Live
6 - Little Fats Swingin Hot Shot Party - Oh Lady Be Good - Village Vanguard Live
7 - Mel Lewis - The Fan Club - Village Vanguard Live
8 - Thad Jones - Kids Are Pretty People - Village Vanguard Live
9 - Wynton Marsalis Septet - Monks Mood - Village Vanguard Live

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

294th Show – November 12, 2015

1 - Black Tie Brass - Oscar The Grouch – 2015
2 - Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band -  Lisa - Live at Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club - 2014
3 - Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - Once Around - The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Thad Jones Legacy – 1999
4 - Artie Shaw - Traffic Jam - 1930s
5 - Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong - Oh When the Saints Come Marching In - The five Pennies – 1959
6 - Tad Britton - 1929 - Cicada - 2015
7 - Electric Squeezebox Orchestra - Esp - Cheap Rent – 2015
8 - Tommy Smith - You Must Believe In Spring - Whispering to the Stars - 2014
9 - Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - Cotton Club Stomp - The Music of the Cotton Club - 2012
10 - Al Caiola - Black and Blue - Serenade in Blue – 1955
11 - Ben Winkelman Trio - Remolacha - The Knife - 2015

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293rd Show – November 11, 2015

1 - Christine Jensen - Capers Papers - Look Left – 2009
2 - Ingrid Jensen -  Fallin' - Here on Earth - 1997
3 - Mostly Other People Do The Killing - Elliott Mills - The Coimbra Concert – 2011
4 - Caroline Davis - Chicago Sound - Chicago Storylines – 2015
5 - Jeff Jenkins Organization - The Arrival - The Arrival - 2015
6 - Jack Teagarden and Ben Pollack and The Band – That’s A Plenty - Whiz Radio Programs – 2010
7 - David Friesen - Underlying - Amber Skies – 2007
8 - Charlie Hunter – Alexander’s Ragtime - Public Domain - 2010
9 - Tara Davidson - Reason,Season, Lifetime - Code Breaking – 2006
10 - Ernie Watts Encounter - You Met Your Match - The Wonder Bag - 2010

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Neon Jazz Salutes the 2015 World Champion KC Royals

292nd Show – November 5, 2015

1 - Dan Kaufman - Cross Check - Familiar Places – 2015
2 - Sonny Criss - When Sunny Get's Blue - This is Criss - 1966
3 - Jonah Jones - I Dig Chicks - I Dig Chicks - 1959
4 - Eddie Higgins  - Autumn Leaves
5 - Claude Williamson - Greene Street – Cleaopatra’s Dream - 1978
6 - Gil Evans - Manteca - New Bottle Old Wine - 1958
7 - Chuck Wayne Trio - On Green Dolphin Street - Tapestry – 1963
8 - Ruby Braff - There's a Small Hotel – Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ - 1988
9 - Sal Nistico - Shoutin' - Disc 1 Heavyweights Comin' On Up – 2013
10 - The Sackville All Stars - Willie the Weeper - A Tribute to Louis Armstrong - 1994
11 - Yma Sumac - Bo Mambo - Mambo - 1954
12 - Cal Tjader - Yesterdays - Life Is But A Dream Latin Summer Grooves - 2015

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

291st Show – November 4, 2015

1 - Matthew Villinger - First One - All Night – 2015 (KC SCENE)
2 - Chris Hazelton Live Comp via Green Lady Lounge – October 2015
3 - Bill Watrous Combo - Blue Lou - Bone Straight Ahead - 1973
4 - Kansas City Stompers - Ice Cream - Everybody Loves Saturday Night (feat. Ulf Johansson) - 2013
5 - John Ellis – It’s You I Like – It’s You I Like - 2012
6 - The Fraser MacPherson Trio - Tangerine - Live at the Planetarium - 1975
7 - Orrin Evans - All The Things You Are Prelude - The Evolution of Oneself – 2015
8 - Khan Jamal Percussion And Strings Quartet - Six Plus Seven - Cool – 2008
9 - Jim Galloway Quartet - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - Thou Swell – 1981
10 - Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble - Out of Nowhere - Over the Rainbow - 1988
11 - Michael Dease - Groves Groove - Decisions - 2015

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

290th Show – October 29, 2015

1 - Jon Irabagon - The Cost of Modern Living - Behind the Sky – 2015
2 - Nathaniel  Smith Quartet with Jon Irabagon – Tomorrow’s Perfume - Nathaniel Smith Quartet - 2015
3 - Mike Metheny - Home - Twelve for the Road – 2015
4 - Sonny Rollins Quartet With Don Cherry - Home Sweet Home #1 - Live at the Village Gate - 1962
5 - Brad Turner - Over My Head – 2015 (MUSIC IS HIS LIFE)
6 - Django Reinhardt - Vamp - Jazz Manouche Vol. 3 (disc 1) - 20077 - Baby Dodds Trio - A Wolverine Blues - Jazz ALaCreole – 2013
7 - Tom Peron and Bud Spangler - Summertime - Meritage Jazz Summertime, Vol. 6 – 2011
8 - David Basse - Let It Ride - Leawood Long & Green - 2008
9 - Molly Ryan - Beyond The Blue Horizon - Let's Fly Away - 2015
10 - Zanussi 5 - Double Dream - Live in Coimbra - 2014

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Neon Jazz Love for the 2015 World Series Bound Kansas City Royals

289th Show – October 28, 2015

1 - Ben Goldberg Quintet - Song And Dance - The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact – 2006
2 - Jelly Roll Morton - Kansas City Stomp
2a - Sammy Davis and Count Basie - New York City Blues
3 - Don Braden - Twister - Organic – 2008
4 - Helen Sung Trio - H Town - Helenistque - 2007
5 - Oliver Gannon Quartet – Everybody’s Song But My Own - Maximum Jazz Presents Live At The Cellar – 2007 (LOVES JAZZ AND HOW HE PLAYS)
6 - Bobby Hutcherson - Herzog - Total Eclipse - 1968
7 - Frank Kimbrough - Blue Smoke - Quartet – 2014
8 - Bobby Rice Latin Jazz Big Band - Delphine - X-Treme Latin Jazz - 2014
9 - Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - David - Stay Gold - 2009

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

288th Show – October 22, 2015 - “Dr. Mike Pettengell Hour”

1 - Dave Brubeck -Take Five - Greatest Hits - 1959
2 - Fats Waller - Handful Of Keys - Greatest Hits - 1996
3 - John Coltrane - Acknowledegment (Recorded at the Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France - Love Supreme – 1965
4 - Miles Davis - Oleo - In Person Friday and Saturday Nights At the Blackhawk - Complete - 2003
5 - Sonny Rollins -The Last Time I Saw Paris - The Sound of Sonny – 1957
6 - Johnny Hartman John Coltrane - Lush Life - 1963
7 - Phineas Newborn Jr - Watch What Happens - Back Home – 1976
8 - Red Garland Trio - A Foggy Day - 1956
9 - Louis Armstrong -  I'm in the Mood for Love – 1935
10 - Herbie Nichols - Love Gloom Cash Love - 1957
11 - Lee Morgan - Nostalgia - 1956

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287th Show – October 21, 2015

1 - John Wojciechowski - The Listener - Focus – 2015
2 - Eric Dolphy with Booker Little - It's Magic - Far Cry - 1960
3 - Tony Parentis Ragtime Band and Ragpickers Trio - Swipsey Cakewalk - Ragtime! – 1948
4 - Postmodern Jukebox  ft. Haley Reinhart - Creep Radiohead Cover - 2015
5 - Bobby Wellins - The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Time Gentlemen, Please - 2011
6 - Herbie Hancock - Toys - Blue Note LP - 1968
7 - Baby Dodds Trio - A Wolverine Blues - Jazz ALaCreole – 2013
8 - Jimmy Greene - Fly Little Bird Fly - Introducing Jimmy Greene - 2009
9 - Liam Noble Group - 2B - In the Meantime - 2009
10 - Perez Patitucci Blade - Sunburn And Mosquito - Children of the Light – 2015
11 - Trio 3 - Filthy McNasty - Be Bop - 2015

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

286th Show – October 15, 2015

1 - Wadada Leo Smith - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Ten Freedom Summers – 2012
2 - Troyka - Arcades - Orinthophobia - 2015
3 - Don Braden - The Open Road - The Open Road – 2007
4 - Earl Hines Septet_ Triple X - Do It Yourself_2012
5 - Caterina Valente - Boom - Super Fonics - 1960
6 - Dinah Washington - A Cottage For Sale - Dinah - 1956
7 - James Brandon Lewis - Days Of Free Man - Days Of Free Man – 2015
8 - George Garzone - Central Park West - New York City Jazz After Hours - 2001
9 - Carlos Henriquez - Guarajazz -The Bronx Pyramid - 2015
10 - Mike LeDonne Quintet - Minor Contention - 'Bout Time - 2009

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285th Show – October 14, 2015

1 - Charles Tolliver - Paper Man - Paper Man – 1968
2 - Charles Tolliver - Truth - Mosaic Select - 2008
3 - Enrico Rava - Fearless Five - The Monash Sessions - 2014
4 - Fats Waller – I’m Crazy About My Baby - Do You Like Jazz LP – 1973
5 - Arturo Sandoval - At The Jazz Band Ball - At The Jazz Band Ball - 2003
6 - Lionel Hampton with Trombones and Rhythm - Walkin My Baby Back Home - Silver Vibes – 1960
7 - Percy Faith - Wow, Wow, Wow - Delicado – 1953
8 - Jazz On The Latin Side All Stars - Bebop - The Last Bullfighter - 2005
9 - Roscoe Mitchell - Zero - Hey Donald - 2004
10 - Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Blue Mystre - Dedalus - 2008
11 - Theo Croker, Joe Sanders, Sullivan Fortner – She’s Funny That Way - In the Tradition – 2008
12 - Thad Jones Mel Lewis – Mornin’ Reverend - Blue Notes Reissue LP – 1968

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Friday, October 9, 2015

284th Show – October 9, 2015 – “Jazz Organ Hour”

1 - Jimmy McGriff -  All About My Girl - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
2 - Lou Bennett -  Hit the Road Jack - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
3 - Bill Doggett - King Bee - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp – 2014
4 - Baby Face Willette - Face to Face - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
5 - Shirley Scott - It Could Happen to You - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
6 - Larry Young - Minor Dream - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
7 - Jackie Davis - What's the Trouble - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp – 2014
8 - Lou Donaldson - Spaceman Twist - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
9 - Esquivel - The 3rd Man Theme - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
10 - Booker T Green - Onions - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp – 2014
11 - Richard Groove Holmes - Sweatin' - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp – 2014
12 - Ed Lincoln - Carioca - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp – 2014
13 - Johnny Hammond Smith - Neckbones (feat. Willis Jackson) - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014

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283rd Show – October 8, 2015

1 - Cory Weeds - 'Snuff - Condition Blue: The Music of Jackie McLean – 2015
2 - Louis Hayes - Simple Pleasure - Return of the Jazz Communicators - 2014
3 - Aaron Goldberg - Maos Blues - Unfolding – 2011
4 - Etta James - Love Is The Thing - Something Nice - 1961
5 - Emily Saunders - Moon - Outsiders Insiders - 2015
6 - Joe Stilgoe - Secret Love - A Collection of Classic Love Songs - 2009
7 - Partikel - Cryptography - Partikel – 2010
8 - Julian Argelles Trio - Filthy Rich - Ground Rush - 2010
9 - Beats and Pieces Big Band - Jazzwalk - Big Ideas - 2012
10 - Andy Sheppard Quartet -  Medication - Surrounded By Sea – 2015
11 - Dave Kikoski -  E - Dave Kikoski - 1994

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

282nd Show – October 7, 2015

1 - Clay Jenkins - Humble Stumble - Blue State – 2007
2 - Clay Jenkins - Two Below - Matters of Time - 2006
3 - Michael Pagan - Hebgen Happy Hour - The Ottawa Sessions – 2015
4 - Michael Pagan - Forgotten Space - The Ottawa Sessions - 2015
5 - Joe Albany – What’s New - At Home - 2008
6 - Carol Stevens - Satin Doll - That Satin Doll - 1957
7 - Chris Connor - Anything Goes - Chris Connor – 1956
8 - Jackie Gleason - You're Driving Me Crazy - Velvet Brass - 1957
9 - Johannes Wallmann - Wookies Groove - The Town Musicians - 2015
10 - Curtis Amy & Dupree Bolton - Katanga - Katanga - 1962
11 - Mario Pavone - Suitcase In Savannah - Blue Dialect – 2015
12 - Bobby Rice Latin Jazz Big Band - Delphine - X-Treme Latin Jazz - 2014
13 - Charlie Barnet - Rabble Rouser - Big Band – 1967

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Neon Jazz Shout out to 2015 AL Central Champs The KC Royals

Neon Jazz Episode #280 - Ending Follies

281st Show – October 1, 2015

1 - Jeff Tain Watts - Muphkin Man - Citizen Tain - 1999
2 - Art Farmer - Namely You - Yesterdays Thoughts – 1976
3 - Ben Williams - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Coming of Age – 2015
4 - All Included - Satan In Plain Clothes - Satan In Plain Clothes - 2015
5 - Helen Forest -  I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - I Wanna Be Loved - 1993
6 - Jaye P Morgan - Just You, Just Me - Just You Just Me - 1958
7 - Rene Thomas - Get Happy - Modern Group II – 1956
8 - Wayne Wallace - Freedom Jazz Dance  - Bien Bien - 2009
9 - Walt Weiskopf - Simplicity - Simplicity – 2009
10 - Buddy De Franco - Blues For Space Travelers - Bravura-Complete Septette Sessions – 1959
11 - Michael Gibbs - Mood - In My View - 2015 
12 - Chuck Mangione Quintet -  Solar - Recuerdo - 1962

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280th Show – September 30, 2015

1 - David Weiss - Parallel Sonarities - Breathing Room – 2007
1a - Kenny Glover - Sax National Anthem KC Royals Game – Honoring the Monarchs and Negro Leagues – 5.17.15
2 - The Cookers - Spookarella - Warriors – 2010
3 - Freddie Hubbard - Arietis - Ready for Freddie – 1961
4 - Fessors Big City Band - Everywhere Is Out Of Town - 12 Jazz Visits in Copenhagen 1996 - 1997
5 - Heads Of State - Impressions - Search for Peace - 2015
6 - Wycliffe Gordon - Dig This - Dig This - 2009
7 - Frank Morgan - The Nearness of You – 1955
8 - Bossom Dearie - Just In Time - Sings Comden And Green - 1959
9 - John Graas - Mulliganesque - Jazz Stuido 3-4 – 1955

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

279th Show – September 24, 2015 – “Ernie Watts Hour”

1 - Ernie Watts - Bebop - A Simple Truth – 2014
2 - Ernie Watts w The Tonight Show Band – Johnny’s Theme - The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen - 2006
3 - Ernie Watts w The Tonight Show Band - Sax Alley - The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen – 2006
4 - Ernie Watts - Joy Trane - Spirit Song - 2005
5 - Ernie Watts Quartet - Clinton Parkview - Analog Man – 2006
6 - Ernie Watss - Road Shoes - To the Point - 2008
7 - Ernie Watts - Nightscape - To The Point – 2008
8 - The Ernie Watts Encounter - Nothings Too Good For My Baby - The Wonder Bag (Digitally Remastered) - 2010
9 - Ernie Watts -The Poet - Classic Moods – 1998
10 - Ernie Watts w The Tonight Show Band - The Jersey Bounce - The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen – 2006

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278th Show – September 23, 2015

1 - Ben Wendel with ACT - Subway Song - Act II – 2015
2 - Billy Higgins - Sugar And Spice - The Soldier - 2008
3 - Lee Allen - Hot Rod Special - Walkin with Mr. Lee – 2008
4 - Kaas Kwartet - Sunset - Shoot – 2010
5 - Dessy Di Lauro w Ricky Pageot - Jump 'N Jivin – 2013
6 - Tal Farlow - With The Wind And Rain In Your Hair - The Tal Farlow Album - 1954
7 - Howard Rumsey’ s Lighthouse All-Stars – Who’s Sleepy - Sunday Jazz a la Lighthouse, Vol. 1 – 2011
8 - Steve Davis - Vibe Up! - Vibe Up - 2000
9 - Ross Tompkins - My Ideal - Ross Tompkins AKA The Phantom - 2015
10 - JJ Johnson - Naptown U.S.A. - J Is for Jazz - 1956
11 - Doug Raney - Solar - Guitar Guitar Guitar – 1987
12 - Paul Desmond The Modern Jazz Quartet - Greensleeves - Live - 1971

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

277th Show – September 17, 2015 – “George Shearing Hour”

1 - George Shearing - Bop Look And Listen - The George Shearing Collection 1939-58 Vol. 1
2 - George Shearing - Bops Your Uncle - The George Shearing Collection 1939-58 Vol. 1
3 - George Shearing - How Come You Do Me Like You Do - The George Shearing Collection 1939-58 Vol. 1
4 - George Shearing - From Rags To Richards - The George Shearing Collection 1939-58 Vol. 2
5 - George Shearing - Swedish Pastry - The George Shearing Collection 1939-58 Vol. 2
6 - George Shearing - They All Laughed - The George Shearing Collection 1939-58 Vol. 2
7 - George Shearing – You’re Driving Me Crazy - The George Shearing Collection 1939-58 Vol. 2
8 - George Shearing Quintet - Four Bars Short - The Shearing Sound -1949
9 - George Shearing Quintet - Good To The Last Bop - The Shearing Sound -1949
10 - George Shearing - Alone Again, (Naturally) - The Way We Are - 1974
11 - George Shearing - The World Is a Ghetto - The Way We Are – 1974
12 - George Shearing - Tell Me a Bedtime Story - Live at the Cafe Carlyle - 1984
13 - George Shearing - Love Walked In - George Shearing & The Montgomery Brothers – 2011
14 - George Shearing - Its Easy To Remember - It's Easy To Remember – 2011
15 - George Shearing Quintet - I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance - I Hear Music - 2011
16 - George Shearing Quintet - I Hear Music - I Hear Music - 2011

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276th Show – September 16, 2015

1 - Mike Rud - Dry Land Pirate (feat. Sienna Dahlen) - Notes on Montreal – 2013
2 - The Canadian All Stars  - The Jeep Is Jumpin' - European Concert - 1993
3 - Rodney Green - Percy's Delight - Live at Smalls - 2013
4 - Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two -  I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - At the Blackhawk - 1960
5 - Satoko Fujii Quartet - One Summer Day - Zephyros – 2007
6 - Ana Caram - Blue Bossa - Blue bossa - 2001
7 - Dorothy Donegan - Quiet Nights (Live) - Live at the King of France Tavern - 2015
8 - Kenny Burrell - I'll Close My Eyes - Best of Lounge Jazz - 2014
9 - Jimmy Raney - Get Off That Roof - featuring Bob Brookmeyer - 1956
10 - Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer Group - Native Son - Live in Seattle - 2006

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

275th Show – September 10, 2015

1 - Julius Watkins - Linda Delia - Julius Watkins Sextet Vols. 1 & 2 - 1956
2 - Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins -  I Can't Get Started With You - A Famous Jazz Party - 1958
3 - Jeremy Siskind - Whispering Grass - Housewarming – 2015
4 - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Taxi War Dance - The Jazz Masters - 27 Classic Performances From The Columbia Masterpieces Series - 1989
5 - Deborah Latz - Blue Monk - Sur L'Instant – 2015
6 - The Mary Lou Williams Trio -  Dat Dere - Free Spirits - 1975
7 - Jaclyn Guillou - Sunny Sunday - To the City - 2011
8 - Andy Waddell – Answer - Sunset to 7 - 2013
9 - Ben Williams - Strength and Beauty - Coming of Age - 2015
10 - Laurel Masse - Harold's House Of Jazz - Alone Together - 2004
11 - The Lenny Hambro Quintet -  Comin' Thru - The Nature of Things – 1956
12 - Michael Oien - Mad to Live - And Now - 2015

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

274th Show – September 9, 2015

1 - Ron Miles - Our Time - Witness – 2006
2 - Andre Previn's Trio Jazz -  It Could Happen To You - King Size! - 1958
3 - The Ladybugs - Goody Goody – 2015
4 - Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson -  Midnight at Yoshi's - A Prayer Before Dawn - 1993
5 - Sal Salvador - Get Happy - Sal Salvador Quintet & Quartet - 1953
6 - Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond Quartet -  Stand Still - Blues in Time - 1957
7 - Guido Basso -  Born To Be Blue - Guido Basso – 1986
8 - Dick Hyman - Truckin' - Just You Just Me - 2001
9 - Mihály Borbély Quartet -  In illo tempore - Hungarian Jazz Rhapsody - 2014
10 - Karin Plato - Gypsy in My Soul - Downward Dancing – 2008
11 - Charles Tolliver - In The Trenches -  Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo Vol.2 - 1988

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

273rd Show – September 3, 2015

1 - George Garzone - Gargonzola - Quintonic – 2014
2 - George Garzone - One Time - Fours and Twos - 2006
3 - Jonny O’Neal - Dead Letter Blues Original -Sun Records - The Blues Years, 1950 - 1958
4 - Miles Davis - Circle - The Classic Albums Collection - 2014
5 - Chuck Israels - Two Birds With One Stone - It's Nice to Be With You – 2012
6 - Eddie Barclay and His Orchestra - Hot Club Swing - Best of Lounge Jazz - 2014
7 - Julian Joseph - Think Of One - Live at the Vortex in London – 2012
8 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers -  Faith - 's make it - 1965
9 - COMA California Outside Music Associaites - Fireeating Duelist - Ornamental Urban Shrubbery - 2007
10 - Tim Berne, Rez Abbasi, Michael Formanek, Ananda Gari - Trucks - TDuality - 2014
11 - Helen Sung - Conundrum - Push - 2007
12 - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Taxi War Dance - The Jazz Masters - 27 Classic Performances From The Columbia Masterpieces Series - 1989

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272nd Show – September 2, 2015

1 - AM Trio - I Left Lousi - As of Now – 2015
2 - Jason Lindner - Overture - Ab Aterno - 2007
3 - Charlie Parker - No Noise, Pts. 1 & 2 - Studio Recordings 44-51
4 - Fred Hess - Ramblin - You Know I Care - 2006
5 - Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra - Moten Swing - The Lights Suite - 2006
6 - Dick Morgan Trio -  I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - Groove Yard- Gems From The Riverside Vaults Disc 2
7 - Ghost Train Orchestra – Charlie’s Prelude - Book of Rhapsodies - 2013
8 - Wes Montgomery - California Dreaming - 1966
9 - Peter Malick Group feat. Norah Jones;  - New York City (feat. Norah Jones) - New York City - 2007
10 - Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker - Desperate Desires - Get Ready - 2007
11 - Henri Crolla - Minor Swing - Jazz Manouche Vol. 3 (disc 2) - 2007

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

271st Show – August 27, 2015

1 - Brian Landrus - The Beginning - The Deep Below - 2015
2 - Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Bright Lights Big City - Eddie Cleanhead Vinson. Back Door Blues With the Julian Cannonball Adderley Quintet - 2013
3 - Mads Tolling - Just (Radiohead The Bends Cover) - The Playmaker - 2009
4 - Joey Calderazzo - Slings And Arrows - Joey Calderazzo - 2000
5 - Myra Melford - I See A Horizon - The Whole Tree Gone - 2010
6 - Tadd Dameron Orchetra - If You Could See Me Now - The Magic Touch - 1962
7 - Bill Holman - Tanglefoot - The Fabulous Bill Holman (Bonus Track Version) - 2014
8 - Fats Navarro - Be Bop Carol - Memorial Fats - Bud - Klook - Sonny - Kinney - 1951
9 - Tiffany Austin - I Walk The Line - Nothing But Soul - 2015
10 - Jo Stafford - Blues in the Night - Blues in the Night – 2006
11 - Tom Rainey- Just in Time-Obbligato -2014
12 - Jazz Soul Seven w Terri Lyne Carrington and Ernie Watts - People Get Ready - Impressions of Curtis Mayfield – 2012
13 - Oscar Pettiford - Ondine - Sextet - 1954

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270th Show – August 26, 2015

1 - John Fedchock New York Big Band -  Just Squeeze Me - Like it Is – 2015
2 - Jimmie Lunceford - Blues In The Night - Best of Lounge Jazz - 2014
3 - Django Bates - Once A Penguin Always A Penguin - Like Life - 1998
4 - Jakob Bro - The Sun - Beautiful Day - 2013
5 - Jim McNeely - For Manny - Boneyard - 2007
6 - Julia Lee - Ugly Papa - Very Best of - 2009
7 - Ann Hampton Callaway - You Turn The Talbes On Me - Smoking Jazz - 2010
8 - Fred Hersch - Lee's Dream (dedicated to Lee Konitz) - Alone at the Vanguard - 2011
9 - Laurence Hobgood Trio - Revival - Crazy World - 2005
10  - Frank Carlberg - The World Is - State of the Union – 2007
11 - Eric Winstone And His Orchestra - Time On My Hands Feat Julie Dawn - Big Band Hits - 2012

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

269th Show – August 20, 2015

1 - Joanne Weaver - Sway - Interstellar Songbook II – 2015 (twin peaks call)
2 - Angelo Badalamenti - Night Life In Twin Peaks - Twin Peaks Soundtrack - 1990
3 - Paul Keeling - The Big Outside - Ancient Lights - 2014
4 - Hank Mobley - Three Coins in a Fountain - Workout - 1961
5 - Giovanni Guidi Trio - Turnaround - Tomorrow Never Knows - 2015
6 - Bill Evans - Come Rain or Shine - Portait in Jazz - 1959
7 - Honi Gordon - My Kokomo - Honi Gordon Sings - 1962
8 - Herbie Mann - Ekunda - Returns To The Village Gate - 2010
9 - Bill Peterson - Rodney Jordan - Jamison Ross - Oscar - Ruby Diamond - 2012
10 - Jack Jones - Its A Lonesome Old Town - The Best of - 2013
11 - Charles Mingus and John La Porta Sextet - Abstractions - 1954

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268th Show – August 19, 2015

1 - Brian Charette - The Vague Reply - Alphabet City – 2015 (recognition)
2 - Teddy Charles - Edging Out - New Directions - 1953
3 - Gary Bartz Quintet - West 52nd Street -West 42nd Street – 2006
4 - Gabriel Amargant Quartet - When Homer Goes To Madrid - First Station - 2008
5 - Patricia Barber - Smile - Monday Night - Live at the Green Mill, Vol. 2 – 2011
6 - Peggy Lee - Them There Eyes - The Best of Lounge Jazz - 2014
7 - Gary Campbell - Three four Fable - Thick and Thin – 2007
8 - Al Haig Quartet - Woody N You - Various - Jazz Hall Of Fame - Vol. II  - 1959
9 - Harris Eisenstadt - Slow And Steady - Canada Day III - 2012
10 - The Hugh Fraser Quintet - Up For It - Looking Up – 1989
11 - Tigran Hamasyan - Entertain Me - Mockroot – 2014

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

267th Show – August 13, 2015

1 - Gracie Terzian - Saints and Poets - Saints and Poets EP – 2015 (dad’s music)
2 - Major Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force - Anvil Chorus - The Lost Recordings – 1944
3 - Julian Priester - The End - Keep Swinging - 1960
4 - Dee Daniels - Almost Like Being in Love - State of the Art - 2013
5 - Carla Bley - Fresh Impression - Big Band Theory - 1993
6 - Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - No Dog No Bike - Good Deeds - 2007
7 - Igor Butman - Buratino - Magic Land – 2007
8 - Mark McGrain & Plunge - The Jilt - in for the out - 2015
9 - Sam Yahel Trio - Check Up - Truth and Beauty - 2007
10 - Sid Millward and His Band - Someday Sweatheart - The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands - 1938-1939
11 - Abdullah Ibrahim - For Coltrane - The Song is my Story- 2014
12 - Eddie Moore and the Outer Circle -  Riot (Herbie Hancock _ Robert Glasper) - Live in Kansas City - 2015

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266th Show – August 12, 2015

1 - Mark Guiliana - One Month - Family First – 2015 (who he is/playing music)
2 - Dan Adler - Joey DeFrancesco - Byron Landham - Silver and Gold - Back To The Bridge - 2010
3 - JC Stylles - Knucklebean - Exhilaration and Other States – 2007
4 - Al Cohn and Zoot Zims -Tickle Toe - Easy as Pie - 1968
5 - Mauro Ottolini - The Minor Thing - Heaven Sent - 2013
6 - Miles Davis - Miles Davis Four - Blue Haze - 1954
7 - George Lewis - Panama - Storyville Presents The A-Z Jazz Encyclopedia- 2009
8 – Lennie Tristano Trio - Blue Boy - Bebop - 2010
9 - Joshua Breakstone - Baltimore Based On The Changes Of - Sittin' On The Thing With Ming - 2006
10 - Paul Bley – Albert’s Love Theme - Annette - 2010
11 - Frank Socolow’s Duke Quartet - Reverse The Charges - Essential Bebop – 2012
12 - Herbie Hancock - La Maison Goree - Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter & Tony Williams - 2013

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

265th Show – August 6, 2015

1 - Jon Batiste - Kindergarten - Live In New York At the Rubin Museum of Art - 2006
2 - Eddie Daniels - Blue Bossa - Blue Bossa - 2006
3 - Joe Benjamin -The Frenchman - Part of Me EP – 2014 (ARTS FUNDING QUOTE)
4 - Jared Gold - Welcome Back - Supersonic - 2009
5 - Ethan Iverson - Chronology Live - Live at Smalls - 2007
6 - Maynard Ferguson - Easy To Love - In Jazz We Trust - 2015
7 - Gary Versace - Dangerous Land - Outside In - 2009
8 - Ben Goldberg Quintet - Song And Dance - The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact - 2006
9 - Fred Ho And The Green Monster Big Band - Spiderman Theme - Celestial Green Monster - 2010
10 - Ben Allison - Riding the Nuclear Tiger - Riding the Nuclear Tiger – 2014
11 - Victor Goines - Stop N Go - New Adventures – 2009
12 - Duke Ellington - I'm Satisfied - La Chanson de Duke - 2015

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264th Show – August 5, 2015

1 - John Raymond - John Isotope - Strength and Song – 2012 (Nick Payton Quote)
2 - Russ Nolan - Jazz Is A Four Letter Word - Call it What You Want - 2015
3 - Steve Swell - Antlers - Remember Now - 2007
4 – 5-Star Jazz Band - Sweet Georgia Brown
5 - David Binney - Fuchsia Swing Song - Aliso - 2010
6 - Monster Rally - Suns Hula - EP - 2010
7 - Wayne Escoffery - No Desert - Uptown - 2009
8 - Patience Higgins and the Sugar Hill Quartet - Up Jumped Spring - Live in Harlem - 2009
9 - Romain Collin - 'Round About Midnight (Thelonius Monk) - Press Enter - 2015
10 - Miguel Zenon - Prayer 1 Blessing- Looking Forward - 2007
11- Chris Hinze - What The World Needs Now - Bacharach Bravo! - 1971

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

263rd Show – July 30, 2015

1 - Curtis Nowosad - The Skeptic & the Cynic - The Skeptic & the Cynic - 2012
2 - Kansas City Stompers - Struttin With Some Barbeque - Everybody Loves Saturday Night (feat. Ulf Johansson) - 2013
3 - Jazz Passengers and Curtis Fowlkes – You’re The Fool - The Jazz Passengers Implement Yourself – 1990
4 - John Lewis - John Lewis Sachas March - I Remember Bebop – 2011
5 - Ronnie Cuber Quintet - Arroz Con Pollo - Cubism - 2009
6 - Blue Mitchell - Strollin' - Groove Yard- Gems From The Riverside Vaults Disc 2
7 - The Ernie Watts Encounter – Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby - The Wonder Bag (Digitally Remastered) – 2010
8 - Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis - Flying Home - Conversations In Swing Guitar - 1999
9 - Sonny Fortune - Be Bop - You and the Night and the Music - 2007
10 - Anton Schwartz - When Music Calls - When Music Calls - 1998
11 - Mike Osborne - Seven By Seven - Dawn - 2015

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262nd Show – July 29, 2015

1 - Henry Butler - Jump To The Music - Homeland – 2004
2 - Henry Butler - Butler's Boogie - Blues After Sunset - 2006
3 - Clifton Anderson - Mitsuru - And so We Carry On – 2012
4 - Ian Hendrickson-Smith - Love Is a Losing Game - Live at Smalls - 2010
5 - JD Allen - Our Man Revis – Pharoah’s Children - 2009
6 - Bill Evans Trio featuring Stan Getz - But Beautiful - But Beautiful - 1995
7 - Hamiet Bluiett - Makin Whoopee - Makin' Whoopee - Tribute to the King Cole Trio – 2010
8 - Louis Armstrong and Friends - Any Old Time - Louis Armstrong & Friends - 2007
9 - George Lewis - Ace In The Hole - George Lewis and Alton Purnell - 2009
10 - Kenny Barron Quartet - And Then Again - Invitation – 2009

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

261st Show – July 23, 2015


1 - Nick Finzer - Just Passed the Horizon - The Chase – 2015
2 - Art Famer - My Little Suede Shoes - Interaction & Sing Me Softly Of The Blues - 1999
3 - Dave Pietro - Come Back As A Flower - Standard Wonder The Music of Stevie Wonder – 2007
4 - Sonny Rollins Quartet - Paul's Pal - Tenor Madness - 2006
5 - Freddie Redd - Blues Blues Blues - Shadows - 1961
6 - Greetje Kauffeld - Its Only A Paper Moon - My Shining Hour - 2011
7 - Sy Oliver - For Dancers Only - Original Arrangements of Jimmy Lunceford in Hi-Fi (Bonus Track Version) - 2015
8 - Silent Jazz Ensemble - Fields Of Russia - Retrospective Images - 2014
9 - The Frank Hewitt Trio - Green Dolphin Street - Not Afraid to Live - 2005
10 - Chick Bullock  - My Heart’s At Ease - The Big Broadcast, Volume 8 Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
11 - Sean Jones - The Storm - The Search Within’ - 2009

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260th Show – July 22, 2015

1 - Addison Frei - A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Intentions – 2014
2 - Harry Bidgood Broadcasters  - Should I - The Big Broadcast, Volume 8 Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
3 - Joe Manis - Broadway Feat George Colligan and Kevin Congleton- The Golden Mean (feat. George Colligan & Kevin Congleton)- 2015
4 - Paul Desmond -That Old Feeling - Easy Living - 1966
5 - Mary Halvorson Septet - Butterfly Orbit No 32 - Illusionary Sea - 2013
6 - Kitty LaRoar - Bye Bye Blues - Lucky Victims - jazz demo - 2015
7 - Robin Eubanks And Mental Images - Reunion - Get 2 It – 2001
8 - The Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble - Sandpiper - Circulation The Music of Gary McFarland - 2015
9 - Matt Wilson - Blue Pepper Far East Of The Blues - As Wave Follows Wave - 2014
10 - Buddy Greco - People Will Say We're In Love - Midnight Jazz - 2015
11 - Bobby Broom - She's My Reason - GRP 10th Anniversary Collection - 1981

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

259th Show – July 16, 2015

1 - Ben Paterson Trio - Dancing In The Dark - Breathing Space - 2007
2 - Herbie Mann - Candle Dance - Returns To The Village Gate - 2012
3 - Orrin Evans - Liberation Blues - Liberation Blues – 2014
4 - Instant Composers Pool - Mitrab - ICP Orchestra - 2012
5 - Roswell Rudd - Pregnant Pauses - Airwalkers - 2006
6 - Eddie Henderson - Spring - Collective Portrait - 2015
7 - Chris Potter and The DR Big Band - Narrow Road- Transatlantic – 2011
8 - Daniel Barnes - Five 'O Clock Shadow - Culmination - 2003
9 - Satoko Fujii Quartet - One Summer Day - Zephyros - 2007
10 - Duke Robillard -The Trouble with Me Is You - After Hours Swing Session – 2012
11 - T Bone Walker - Every Day I Have The Blues - Stormy Monday - 2005

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258th Show – July 15, 2015

1 - Whirlpool -The Crew - Dancing on the Inside - 2015
2 - Ron Miles Trio - Wildwood Flower - Ron Miles Trio - 2006
3 - Eubie Blake - Fizz Water - Memories of You – 2003
4 - Ray Anthony & His Big Swing Band - Route 66 - The Swing Club CD - 1999
5 - Brian Lynch - Cheryl - Brian Lynch Meets Bill Charlap - 2004
6 - Hal Galper -  Blue in Green - Speak with a Single Voice - 1978
7 - Herbie Nichols - The Third World Feat Art Blakey - The Complete Herbie Nichols Trio Recordings (Bonus Track Version) – 2014
8 - Nostalgia 77 - Sleepwalker - Sleepwalking Society - 2011
9 - Ralph Alessi - Clown Painting - Wiry Strong - 2011
10 - Art Farmer Quintet - Con-Fab - From Vienna With Art - 2003
11 - Kris Berg and The Metroplexity Big Band – Forgotten Thoughts - This Time Last Year – 2012
12 - Henry Threadgill Sextet - The DevilI’s On The Loose- Rag Bush and All - 2014

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Neon Jazz - Episode #258 - 7.15.15 - Signal Hole Sudios

Thursday, July 9, 2015

257th Show - July 9, 2015

1 - Lorin Cohen - Crossings - Home - 2015
2 - Bobby Watson - Sho Thang - Love Remains - 1986
3 - Alex Dean Quintet - My Pal Al ñ Kaitlynís Waltz ñ 1993
4 - Bud Shank - Mutual Admiration Society - Blowin Country - 1998
5 - Bobby Sherwood- Elks Parade - 1942
6 - Modern Jazz All Stars - Sister Sadie - Modern Jazz in Tokyo - 1964
7 - Francois Bourassa - Chambrette - Cactus ñ 1998
8 - Chet Baker - Summer Samba - Brazil ! w. Bud Shank Joe Pass L Almeida
9 - Big Milller - The Monterey Story - Revelations and the BluesBig Miller Sings, Twists, Shouts & Preaches ñ 2002
10 - Anthony Braxton - Cut One - Creative Orchestra Music - 1976
11 - Scott Colley - Feign Tonal - Architect of the Silent Moment ñ 2007
12 - James Moody - Good Sense Humor Man - Sax and Flute Man - 1973
13 - Count Basie- Singing The Blues - 1960

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256th Show - July 8, 2015

1 - Josh Nelson - Griffith Park Promenade - Discoveries - 2011
2 - Josh Nelson - I Hear a Rhapsody - I Hear a Rhapsody - 2009
3 - Bob Moses - Soul Shout - Vintage Visionary Vignettes ñ 2015
4 - Ahmad Jamal - M_A_S_H Theme - Jamalca - 1974
5 - Laurindo Almeida -Tanguero - Tango - 1985
6 - Grunen -  Mazeem - Pitch and Twig - 2014
7 - Sonny Sharrock - Who Does She Hope To Be - Ask the Ages ñ 1991
8 - Diana Krall -  I Can't Tell You Why - Wallflower ñ 2015
9 - Erroll Garner - No More Shadows - Sweet Valentines Jazz ñ 2015
10 - Les Brown- Leap Frog - 1945
11 - Dave Pike - Sono - Smooth Bar Jazz ñ 2015
12 - The Oliver Gannon Quartet - Groovin' At The Cellar - Live at the Cellar ñ 2002

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Martina DaSilva of NYC's The Ladybugs Plugs Neon Jazz

Thursday, July 2, 2015

255th Show – July 2, 2015 – “Kirk MacDonald Music Hour”

1 - Kirk MacDonald Quartet -  Alicante - Pure and Simple - 2011
2 - Kirk MacDonald - Brazil Like - Symmetry - 2013
3 - Kirk MacDonald - Calendula - Vista Obscura – 2014
4-  Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra - I See Your Face Before Me - Family Suite For Large Ensemble - 2014
5 - Kirk MacDonald Feat André White And Harold Mabern And Neil Swainson And Pat LaBarbera -  Vista Obscura - Vista Obscura - 2014
6 - Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra - Dark Autumn (Reprise) - Family Suite For Large Ensemble - 2014
7 - Kirk MacDonald - Sideways - New Beginnings – 2007
8 - Kirk MacDonald Quartet -  Goodbye Glenn - Songbook Vol 1 - 2014
9 - Kirk MacDonald Quartet - Vanda Justina - Songbook Vol 2 - 2014

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254th Show – July 1, 2015

1 - Billy Harper - Credence - Soul of An Angel – 2000
2 - GHS Alumni Concert Band - Wheel Within a Wheel  by Bobby Watson – June 21 2015
3 - Gregory Porter - Moanin - Issues of Life Features and Remixes – 2014
4 - Jon Batiste And Stay Hum - The Jazz Man Speaks Maple Leaf Rag - Social Music - 2013
5 - Aaron Diehl - Broadway Boogie Woogie – Space, Time, Continum - 2015
6 - Bill Frisell - Going To California - Big Sur - 2013
7 - Billy Hart - Irah - Amethyst – 2006
8 - Bill Evans - Make Someone Happy - Bill Evans at Town Hall – 1966
9 – George Garzone - Plus One - The Fringe in New York – 2006
10 - Arnett Cobb - All I Do Is Dream of You - Movin Right Along - 1960
11 - Deborah Latz - Blue Monk - Sur L'Instant – 2015
12 - George Cables - Fried Bananas - A Letter to Dexter – 2014

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Popular New Jazz Singer Gracie Terzian Plugs Neon Jazz

253rd Show – June 25, 2015 – “Henry Rollins Blue Note Jazz Picks”

1 - Sonny Rollins - Asiatic Raes (Kenny Dorham) – Newk’s Time - 1957
2 - Dizzy Reece - The Rake - Star Bright - 1959
3 - Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame - Open Sesame – 1960
4 - Dexter Gordon - Modal Mood - Calling Dexter - 1961
5 - Kenny Dorham - Sunset - Whistle Stop - 1961
6 - Wayne Shorter - Footprints - Adams Apple - 1966
7 - Booker Ervin - Stolen Moments - Structurally Sound – 1967
8 - Don Cherry - There Is the Bomb - Where is Brooklyn – 1966
9 - Hank Mobley - Far Away Lands -Far Away Lands - 1984

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252nd Show – June 24, 2015

1 - David Weiss - White Magic - When Words Fail - 2014
2 - Matt Carrillo - Pleadin' Time - Blossom Showers via Judd Neilson on HB3
3 - Doug Webb - The Girl Next Door - Swing Shift - 2011
4 - Elvin Jones - Necessary Evil - Brother John - 1984
5 - Steve Rigazzi Group - Cosi Molto d'Amare
6 - Don Cherry - Please Be Kind - Swinging for Two - 1956
7 - Jason Palmer-Greg Osby-Ravi Coltrane - Hoop Ti Du - Songbook - 2007
8 - Harris Eisenstadt - To Seventeen - Canada Day II - 2011
9 - Ambrose Akinmusire - Stablemates - Prelude to Cora - 2008
10 - Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Playing Lecuona - Playing Lecuona – 2015

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Neon Jazz Episode #249 - Closing Thoughts

Former KC & Current NYC Saxophonist Matt Carillo Plugs Neon Jazz

251st Show – June 19, 2015 – “The Ornette Coleman Hour”

1 - Ornette Coleman -The Empty Foxhole - The Empty Foxhole - 1966
2 - Ornette Coleman - Humpty Dumpty - Poise - 1961
3 - Ornette Coleman - Home Grown - Hidden Man – 1966
4 - Ornette Coleman & London Symphony Orchestra - Skies Of America - Skies of America - 2000
5 - Ornette Coleman - Law Years - Ken Burns Jazz - 2000
6 - Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman - The Shape of Jazz to Come - 2010
7 - Ornette Coleman - Chronology - The Jazz Collection - 2013
8 - Ornette Coleman-Shelly Man-Don Cherry-Percy Heath - Tomorrow Is The Question - Ornette Coleman Quintet & Quartet - Too Much, Too Soon! - 2011
9 - Ornette Coleman - Folk Tale - The Jazz Collection - 2013
10 - Ornette Coleman and Jerry Garcia and Prime Time - 3 Wishes - Virgin Beauty - 1988
11 - Ornette Coleman - Giggin- The Jazz Collection – 2013
12 - Ornette Coleman - The Disguise - The Blessing - 2014

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250th Show – June 18, 2015 – “The Mutual Musicians Foundation & Chairman James Hathaway”

1 - James Scott - Grace And Beauty - 1909
2 - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Elephant's Wobble -  1923
3 - Jesse Stone & His Blues Serenaders - Starvation Blues – 1927
4 - Walter Page's Blue Devils - Blue Devil Blues - 1929
5 - Andy Kirk's Clouds of Joy - Walkin' And Swingin' – 1936
6 - Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump -  1937
7 - Big Joe Turner - Piney Brown Blues – 1940
8 - Pete Johnson’s Band - 627 Stomp - 1940
9 - Jay Mc Shann - Hootie Blues – 1941
10 - Charlie Bird Parker Septet - Yardbird Suite – 1946
11 - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - Snatch and Grab It – 1947
12 - Little Willie Littlefield - K C Loving - 1952
13 - Mary Lou Williams - Corny Rhythm - Kansas City Jazz - 2007
14 – Jeannette’s Synco Jazzers - Midnight Stomp - Kansas City Jazz – 2007
15 - Louis Forbstein’s Royal Symphony - Down And Out Blues - Kansas City Jazz – 2007
16 - Kansas City 5 - Laughing At Life - Kansas City Jazz - 2007

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249th Show – June 17, 2015

1 - Vincent Herring - Night And Day - Night and Day - 2015
2 - Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman - Mob Job - Song X Twentieth Aniversary - 2005
4 - Stanley Turrentine - I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do - Salt Song - 2011
5 - The Three Sounds - Sister Caroline - The Jazz Collection - 2013
6 - Barney Wilen & Mal Waldron - Un Homme et une Femme - French Story - 2004
7 - Larry Coryell - Jailbreak - Heavy Feel – 2015
8 - Julian Vaughn - Get Up - The Purpose Project - 2010
9 - Robert Glasper Trio – Don’t Close Your Eyes - Mood – 2007
10 - Bebo Valdes and Chucho Valdes - Tab - Afro Cuban Jazz - 2011

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

248th Show – June 11, 2015 – “www.jazzonfilm.com Hour”

1 - Jack Teagarden - King Porter Stomp
2 - Art Pepper - Notes From a Jazz Survivor - Documentary - 1991
3 - Anita O'day performing at Newport Jazz Festival -Documentary – 1958
4 - Ellington Band - Cabin In The Sky - Jim Henry's Paradise - 1942
5 - Joe Spibey - Mean to Me – 1985
6 - Clifford Brown - Easy Living - 1956
7 - Chicago and All that Jazz - China Boy by -Eddie Condon's All Stars
8 - Hellzapoppin' - Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart - The Harlem Congeroos - 1941
9 - Jammin the Blues - 1944
10 - Sugar - From Pete Kelly's Blues - 1953

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247th Show – June 10, 2015

1 - Will Vinson - Squeeze - Stockholm Syndrome  - 2010 (Jazz Baptismal)
2 - Max Roach - Driva Man - We Insist  - 1960
3 - Kendrick Scott - Gingerbread Boy - Reverence – 2009
4 - Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra - Casa Loma Stomp - Casa Loma in HiFi - 1956
5 - Cyrus Chestnut - Pocket Full Of Blues - Midnight Melodies - 2014
6 - Manhattan Soundtrack - Dick Hyman-Milt Hinton - He Loves and She Loves-Bronco Busters - 1979
7 - Larry Young - Beyond All Limits - Unity – 1966
8 - Aviashai Cohen Trio - Abie - From Darkness - 2015
9 - John Raymond - New Blues - Foreign Territory - 2015
10 - Oscar Peterson - Dream on a Summer Night - Soft Sands - Piano Solos with Orchestra (Bonus Track Version) - 2013
11 - Graham Dechter -  Squatty Roo - Right on Time – 2009
12 - Kirk Knuffke - Safety Shoes - Arms and Hands – 2015

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

246th Show – June 4, 2015 – “Acid Jazz Hour”

1 - Jack McDuff - From The Bottom Up - Legends of Acid Jazz - 1997
2 - Nightrains - Bongo Breakdown - This is Acid Jazz Vol 2 - 1996
3 - Funk Masterz – Mr. Tampa Original - Acid Jazz Lounge - 2011
4 - Gred Franks - Understanding - Best of Acid Jazz - 2012
5 - Jazz Hawks - Rock - Acid Jazz Music Vol. Three - 2011
6 - Heavy Shift - Obey The Rules Of The Night - This is Acid Jazz Vol 2 - 1996
7 - Kashius - Spirit Of Jazz Live Jazz Mix - Acid Jazz Lounge – 2011
8 - lalann -Jazz Boutique - Underground Acid Jazz – 2013
9 - Network Music Ensemble – Boogaloo
10 - Royaltrakz Productionz - Mellow Touch
11 - Vibrophonics - I See You - Best of Acid Jazz – 2012
12 - Chen Zhou - Orbital Original- Acid Jazz Lounge - 2011
13 - Tony Thomas Band - Carry - Acid Jazz Vol 9 - 2014
14 - Albert T - Acid Jazz Mix - Acid Jazz Lounge - 2011

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245th Show – June 3, 2015

1 - Stefon Harris - Jamo - A Cloud of Red Dust – 1998 (Loving Music/Legends)
2 - Stefon Harris and Theo Croker - Visions -  AfroPhysicist - 2014
3 - Grachan Moncur III Octet - Monk In Wonderland - Exploration – 2006
4 - Danny Elfman - After Midnight - Chicago Soundtrack - 2002
5 - Red McKenzie  - From Monday On
6 - Herbie Hancock - Still Time - 'Round Midnight - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 1986
7 - Morris Stoloff - Moonglow Theme From Picnic - Love Sequence – 2010
8 - L Orchestra Cinematique - Whiplash - FromWhiplash Soundtrack  - 2015
9 - Mick Garrett - PerisScope - Gigs - Introducing Mick Garrett – 2009
10 - Sam Rivers - Whirlwind - Inspiration - 1999
11 - Carl Leukaufe - Vierd Blues - Warrior – 1996
12 - Neil Diamond - America - The Jazz Singer Original Soundtrack - 1980

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

244th Show – May 28, 2015 - “Joe Locke Hour”

1 - Joe Locke - Last Ditch Wisdom - Love is a Pendulum - 2015
2 - Joe Locke w Milt Jackson Tribute Band - Opus De Funk - Revelation  - 2015
3 - Joe Locke and David Hazeltine Quartet - Can We Talk - Mutual Admiration Society - 2005
4 - Joe Locke and David Hazeltine Quartet - Pharoah Joy - Mutual Admiration Society 2 - 2009
5 - Joe Locke - Like Joe - Force of Four - 2008
6 - Joe Locke Quartet - Time Like The Present - Sticks and Strings - 2007
7 - Joe Locke and Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra - Hoe Down - Exploration  - 2008
8 - Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer - Snowfall In Central Park - VIA Storms Nocturnes - 2011
9 - Joe Locke with Jim Rotondi - Bizzaro World - 1000 Rainbows - 2011

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243rd Show – May 27, 2015

1 - Randy Brecker w Depaul University Jazz Ensamble - It's You or No One - Dearborn Station – 2015
2 - Randy Brecker Quintet - Moontide - Live at Sweet Basil in NYC - 1991
3 - Joey Alexander - I Mean You - My Favorite Things - 2015
4 - Art Farmer Quartet - Petite Belle -  Sing Me Softly Of The Blues - 1965
5 - Marcus Miller - Rebop (For Paul Chambers) - Renaissance - 2012
6 - Samson Schmitt - Tango For Piazolla - Jazz Manouche Vol. 5 (disc 1) - 2009
7 - Caravan Palace - L'Envol - Jazz Manouche Vol. 5 (disc 1) - 2009
8 - Walter Booker Quintet, Cecil Payne, Larry Willis, Marcus Belgrave - Cookbook- Bookies Cookbook – 2010
9 - Nicola Sergio Trio - Parfum - Illusions - 2012
10 - Night Crawlers - Marrket-Place - Down in the Bottom - 2010
11 - The Jazz Crusaders - The Geek - Freedom Sound – 1961

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Friday, May 22, 2015

242nd Show – May 21, 2015

1 - Joey Calderazzo - Detonation - Joey Calderazzo – 2000
2 - Bobby Hackett -Two Cigarettes In The Dark - Rendezvous - 1956
3 - PJ Perry / Campbell Ryga Quintet - Everything Happens to Me - Joined at the Hip - 2007
4 - Colours Jazz Orchestra - Subo - Home Away from Home - 2013
5 - Maureen Budway - Travlin Light - Sweet Candor - 2015
6 - Blossom Dearie - Teach Me Tonight - Once Upon A Summertime - 1959
7 - Dave Stryker - The Chaser - The Chaser – 2007
8 - Art Pepper -  Anthropology - +11 Modern Jazz Classics - 1959
9 - Zutty Singleton – Moppin’ and Boppin’ - Drum Face - 2002
10 - Chico O’Farrill – Manteca
11 - Gebhard Ullmann, Julian Argüelles, Steve Swell, John Hebert & Gerald Cleaver - Das Blaue Viertel - Don't Touch My Music Vol. 2 – 2009
12 - Jeff Alexander His Orchestra - Murder Inc Main Title - Music From 2011

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Neon Jazz #241: Props to Letterman & Seinfeld

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

241st Show – May 20, 2015 - "A Salute to David Letterman"

1 - Peter Erskine & John Scofield - GreenTea - Shortcuts - Jazzpar Combo – 1999
2 - Kenny Drew Jr. Trio – Children’s Games - Rememberance - 2000
3 - Tom Waits - Swordfish Trombones on David Letterman 12-21-83
4 - Tom Waits- Take One Last Look - David Letterman - 5.14.15
5 - Jeremy Siskind - The Inevitable Letdown - Simple Songs - For When The World Seems Strange – 2010
6 - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Salie - 1939
7 - John Stowell - Equinox - Resonance – 2005
8 - Barry Harris - Lolita - The Soul of Jazz Piano Sampler LP - 1962
9 - Steve Gadd Band – It’s All Right - Gadditude – 2013
10 - The Amstel Octet (with Chet Baker)- Silver Blues - Hazy Hugs – 1998
11 – The NBC Late Night with David Letterman Theme – Paul Shaffer – Coast To Coast – 1989

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Jazz Pianist Josh Nelson Plugs Neon Jazz

Thursday, May 14, 2015

240th Show – May 15, 2015

1 - Jim Mair - Tiny Capers - Here's to the People - 2003
2 - Passport at KCCC feat Stan Kessler, Beau Bledsoe & Patrick Alonzo Conway - 5.7.15
3 - John Fedchock Quartet - Weaver Of Dreams - Fluidity - 2015
4 - Keely Smith - It's Magic - 1959
5 - Johnny Griffith - Celia - Birmingham Jazz Festival Vol. 2 – 2007
6 - Martien Oster - The News - The Music of Vince Benedetti - Joyful Sadness - 2011
7 - Phineas Newborn Jr - Oleo - A World
8 - Nat King Cole - Just You, Just Me - After Midnight - 1999
9 - Don Friedman Trio – Sunset
10 - Mike Rud - Persona Non Grata - Live from Lotusland - 2005
11 - JFK Quintent - Aw-Ite
12 - Laila Biali Trio - Glory Days - Introducing the Laila Biali Trio - 2004
13 - Grant Green - One More Chance - Live at Club Mozambique - 1971

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239th Show – May 14, 2015

1 - Joe Cartwright - Dreamsville - Soul Eyes (feat. Bob Bowman & Todd Strait) – 2013
2 - Kevin Eubanks and Stanley Jordan - Old School Jam - Duets - 2015
3 - Charles Lloyd - Of Course Of Course – Of Course Of Course – 1965
4 - Steve Kaldestad - In The Loop - In the Loop - 2009
5 - Curtis Nowosad -  Speak No Evil - Dialectics- 2015
6 - Miles Donahue – Don’t Blame Me - Double Dribble - 2008
7 - Ben Patterson Trio -  I Thought You Should Know - Breathing Space – 2007
8 - Felice Clemente Quintet - All Too Soon - Blue of Mine - 2009
9 - Mitch Haupers - Veronicas Lake - Invisible Cities - 2014

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238th Show – May 13, 2015

1 - Theo Hill - Naima's Lullaby (feat. Theo Hill, Dayna Stephens, Joe Sanders & Rodney Green) [Live at Smalls – 2014
2 - Charlie Parker - Just Friends - 1949
3 - Paul Serrano Quintet – Mr. Lucky - Blues Holiday – 2012
4 - Theo Croker, Joe Sanders, Sullivan Fortner – She’s Funny That Way - In the Tradition - 2008
5 - Rex Richardson - Chanson Pour Mirabelle - The Powers that Be - 2009
6 - Neil Cowley - Fable - The Face Of Mount Molehill - 2012
7 - Simon Toldam Trio - Sunshine Sunshine - Sunshine Sunshine or Green As Grass – 2012
8 - Nilson Matta and Friends - Nana - Walking With My Bass - 2006
9 - The Dave Bailey Quintet - Comin Home Baby - Two Feet In The Gutter - 1961
10 - Denise Jannah -  Dearly Beloved - Madness Of Our Love – 2000
11 - Lewis Nash Quintet - Y Todavia La Quiero - The Highest Mountain – 2012

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

The KCKCC Jazz Concert by the Lake with Passport

237th Show – May 7, 2015

1 - Jason Jackson - My Friend Sam - Inspiration - 2014
2 - Cedar Walton - Lowland Lullaby Feat Freddie Hubbard- Julius Watkins -The Very Best of Cedar Walton + Jimmy Heath - 2013
3 - Idris Muhammad - Theme For New York City - House Of The Rising Sun - 1976
4 - Gene Krupa - Sing, Sing, Sing - 1954
5 - Frankie Car
le - Blue Moon - Best of - 1966
6 - Harry Roy - Lets Face The Music And Dance - Songwriters - Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter – 2006
7 - DD Jackson - Showcase Blues - Anthem
8 - Jaco Pastorius - Miles Mode - Jazz Street - 2008
9 - Keri Johnsrud - Here I Am - This Side of Morning - 2015
10 - The Ed Palermo Big Band - Moosh - Oh No, Not Jazz! - 2014
11 - Rosario Giuliani - Road Song - Luggage - 2001
12 - Jon Ballantyne - Boog-A-Blue - Avenue Standard - 2006

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

236th Show – May 6, 2015

1 - Steve Wilson - Turnin' the Corner - Originations – 2006
2 - Steve Wilson & Wilsonian's Grain - If I Were a Wind of Spring - Live in New York The Vanguard Sessions - 2015
3 - The Buddy DeFranco Quartet -  If I Should Lose You - Jazz Tones – 1954
4 - Yorkshire Post Jazz Band - Struttin' With Some Barbecue - 2003
5 - Jack Quigley Trio - Marryin Marian - Djever - 2013
6 - Brownagle And His Orchestra - Helen - Slice of 1929
7 - Donald Byrd - You've Been Talkin' 'Bout My Baby – 1965
8 - Count Basie & His Orchestra & Joe Williams - Alright, Okay, You Win - 1956
9 - Joe Loss And His Orchestra - Cow Cow Boogie Feat Elizabeth Batey - Big Band Hits, Vol. 1
10 - Jackie Kannon - Two Sleepy People - Music for Rat Fink Lovers – 2013
11 - Harold Mabern - I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do - Greasy Kid Stuff! - 1970
12 - Tom Waits – Cinny’s Waltz - Foreign Affairs – 1977
13 - Woody Herman - I Wonder - The Sound of America – 2013

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

235th Show – April 30, 2015

1 - Marc Cary - Beehive - Rhodes Ahead Vol 2 – 2015
2 - Philly Joe Jones and Elvin Jones - Le Roi - Together - 1964
3 - Buddy Stewart - A Cent And A Half - Bebop - 2010
4 - Lou Donaldson - Bonnie - Hot Dog - 1969
5 - Georgie Auld & His Orchestra - In The Middle - 1988
6 - Oliver Nelson - Midnight Blue - Stolen Moments - 1975
7 - Tony Fruscella Quintet - Foos - Bebop Essentials - 2007
8 - Terrence Blanchard - Don't Run - Magnetic - 2015
9 – Sasha’s Bloc - Manhattan - Heart on Fire - 2014
10 - Teddy Edwards - Lovin' It, Lovin' It -Nothin' But the Truth! - 1966?11 - Chick Corea - Blue Monk - Solo Piano Portraits - 2014
11 - Roy Eldridge - Dale's Wail - Sound of America – 2013

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234th Show – April 29, 2015

1 - Anat Cohen  - Happy Song - Luminosa – 2015
2 - Oscar Peterson - As Long As I Live - Plays the Harold Arlen Song Book - 2011

3 - Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny - Alone Together - Blue Jade – 1999
4 - Ben Webster - Indiana - Gone With The Wind - 1965

5 - Roscoe Mitchell - In Walked Buckner -  In Walked Buckner - 2013
6 - Luiz Bonfá and Stan Getz - Sambalero - Sound of America - 2013

7 - Loston Harris - Moonlight In Vermont - Smoking Jazz – 2011
8 - Red Rodney’s Be Boppers - Elevation - Bebop - 2010

9 - Peter Bernstein - will you still be mine - Signs of Life - 1995
10 - Fiveplay Jazz Quintet-The Girl You Look Right Past-five and more - 2013
11 - Victor Feldman - Serpents Tooth - Bebop - 2014

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