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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