Thursday, July 27, 2017

484th Show – July 27, 2017 - "Ray Brown Hour"

1 - Ray Brown - Moody Speaks -  The Man - Complete Recordings 1946 - 1959
2 - Ray Brown - I Love You - The Best Of Ray Brown - 2009
3 - Ray Brown, Shelly Manne, Barney Kessel – Don’t Worry About Me - The Poll Winners + the Poll Winners Ride Again (feat. Ray Brown and Shelly Manne) - 2015
4 - Ray Brown - How High The Moon - Ray Browns New - 2006
5 - Ray Brown - Get Happy - `Super Bass, Vol. 2` - 2007
6 - Ray Brown - The MasquaradeIs Over - Ray Browns New - 2006
7 - Ray Brown - Cat Without A Playmate - The Man - Complete Recordings 1946 - 1959
8 - Ray Brown - Doxy - Best of Ray Brown - 2009
9 - Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson - Yesterdays - Complete Oscar Peterson Trio at the London House (feat. Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen) - 2014
10 - Ray Brown - Song Of The Volga Boatmen - The Man - Complete Recordings 1946 – 1959
11 - Ray Brown - Three By Four - `Super Bass, Vol. 2` - 2007
12 - Ray Brown - Smokey Hollow Jump - The Man - Complete Recordings 1946 - 1959

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

483rd Show – July 26, 2017 - "Savory Jazz Hour"

1 - Lionel Hampton - Stardust - The Savory Collection Vol 1 - Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins and Friends
2 - Count Basie - Sent For You Yesterday - The Savory Collection, Vol. 2 - Jumpin at the Woodside The Count Basie Orchestra (feat. Lester Young) and The Count Basie Orchestra
3 - Benny Carter - More Than You Know - The Savory Collection Vol 3 - Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Pals
4 - Carl Kress - Heat Wave - The Savory Collection Vol 1 - Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins and Friends
5 - Count Basie - Good Morning Blues - Savory Vol 2 Jumpin at Woodside
6 -John Kirby Sextet - Boogie Woogie - The Savory Collection Vol 3 - Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Pals
7 - Ellla Fitzgerald -  I’ve Been Saving Myself For You - The Savory Collection Vol 1 - Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins and Friends
8 - Count Basie - Limehouse 2 - Savory Vol 2 Jumpin at Woodside
9 - Chick Webb  - Liza -The Savory Collection Vol 3 - Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Pals
10 - Fats Waller - Alligator Crawl - The Savory Collection Vol 1 - Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins and Friends
11 - Count Basie - Pound Cake  - Savory Vol 2 Jumpin at Woodside
12 - John Kirby Sextet - Blues to Keep  - The Savory Collection Vol 3 - Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Pals
13 - Count Basie - The Apple Jump 1 - Savory Vol 2 Jumpin at Woodside
14 - Roy Eldridge -Body And Soul - The Savory Collection Vol 3 - Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Pals
15 - Count Basie - Rosetta - Savory Vol 2 Jumpin at Woodside
16 - Gene Ammons  - Boogie Woogie Stomp -  The Savory Collection Vol 3 - Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Pals
17 - Fats Waller - I Got Rhythm - The Savory Collection Vol 3 - Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Pals

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Monday, July 24, 2017

Dig! Sarah Vaughn Vocal Competition 2017

Summary
Sarah Vaughan is one of the most renowned jazz vocalists of all time. Beloved by millions around the globe, her recordings were the foundation of what constitutes being a jazz vocalist today. In 1989 she was awarded one of the National Endowment for the Arts highest honors when they elevated her to the status of "NEA Jazz Master".

Now, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is teaming up with Indaba Music to discover the next great jazz singer. And this year, for the first time in the competition's 6 year history, NJPAC and Indaba are looking for female OR MALE singers!!! If you have what it takes, you'll compete live in the 5th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition at NJPAC in Newark, NJ USA on Sunday November 12th, 2017.
Take a listen to last year's winner Deelee Dubé

Criteria
The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (SVIJVC) is open to solo female or male vocalists of all nationalities who are not signed to a major record label. Applicants will be asked to provide three (3) audio samples of their performances – selections must contain one Sarah Vaughan cover song (see samples), and two (2) additional songs; as follows:
1.     A Ballad (slow to medium-slow song)
2.     Medium Tempo Standard or Blues
3.     Up Tempo Standard – including a scat portion

Total performance time for all three (3) submissions combined should not exceed 12 minutes.
Make sure you label your submissions according to the three above tempos.
Video is not required in the initial application, however, applicants that provide a url video link on the application will be given priority in selection. If selected in the 1st round, applicants will be required to provide picture and a video performance.


Submissions should be a representation of the contestant’s abilities, but need not be of professional broadcast quality. Performances may be a cappella or with accompaniment by live band or a pre-recorded track, and can range from a single instrument (piano, guitar, etc) to rhythm section to large band or orchestra.

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

482nd Show - July 20, 2017

1 - Andrew Vogt - Shack Dog - The AV Club - 2016
2 - Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train - 1963
3 - Stu Genovese -These Foolish Things - Cubs Musicians
4 - Von Freeman - Dedicated To You - Dedicated to You - 1994
5 - Ramsey Lewis - It Aint Necessarily So - An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (Bonus Track Version) - 1959
6 - The Ernie Watts Encounter - You Met Your Match - The Wonder Bag - 2010
7 - Charnett Moffett - Music From Our Soul - Music From Our Soul - 2017
8 - Curtis Fuller - Jazz Island - Curtis Fuller Meets Roma Jazz Trio - 1982
9 - Keith Oxman - Breeze (Blow My Baby Back) - East of the Village - 2016
10 - Helyne Stewart - Love is Here to Stay - Love Moods - 1961
11 - Warne Marsh - Ear Conditioning - Jazz of Two Cities - 1957





481st Show - July 19, 2017

1 - Odean Pope - Plant Life - Plant Life ñ 2008
2 - Odean Pope - For All We Know - What Went Before Volume 1 - 2008
3 - Ray Bryant - Jungletown Jubilee - Somewhere in France - 2003
4 - Jimmy McGriff - I've Got A Women - I've Got a Woman - 2014
5 - John Coltrane - Every Time We Say Goodbye - Recordings ñ 1960
6 - Max Roach - Dr Free-Zee - Jazz for a Lazy Day - 2015
7 - Christian McBride - Alone Together Feat Hank Jones - Conversations with Christian ñ 2011
8 - JC Heard - All My Life - Saxophones - 2011
9 - Great Jazz Trio - Moose the Mooche - At the Village Vanguard - 2005
10 - Betty St Claire - Crazy Rhythm -  Complete Jubilee & Seeco Recordings ñ 2016
11 - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra ñ Ainít Misbehaviní - 1929





Thursday, July 13, 2017

480th Show – July 13, 2017

1 - Claire Daly - You Said It - Movin On – 2001
2 - Buddy Rich Big Band - Lush Life - Ease On Down the Road - 2008
3 - The Joel Forrester Trio -  What You Mean to Me - What You Mean to Me – 2014
4 - Dave Young Trio - Bremond's Blues - Tale of the Fingers - 2000
5 - Matt Cappy - East Philly - Church and STate - 2017
6 - Harris Eisenstadt - Ballad For 1067 - Canada Day Octet - 2012
7 - Patrick Butler - G Major Stew - Sonic Stew - 2017
8 - Freddie Roach - Ahm Miz - Groovy Jazz Organ 3 CD Comp - 2014
9 - Paul Gonsalves & Tubby Hayes - Tupa - Just Friends - 1965
10 - Donald Byrd - Dearly Beloved - With Strings. Conducted & Arranged by Clare Fischer (Bonus Track Version) - 2016





Wednesday, July 12, 2017

479th Show – July 12, 2017 - "The Jennifer Summers #hyv Tribute"

1 - Jeff Tain Watts - Sons of the Jitney Man - Blue Vol. 2 – 2017
2 -  Branford Marsalis Quartet & Terence Blanchard - Say Hey - Mo Better Blues – 1990
3 - Billy Childs - Tight Rope - Rebirth – 2017
4 - Freddie Hubbard - Minor Mishap - Groovy! (feat. Pepper Adams & Duke Pearson) - 2016
5 - Jack Jenney - In The Shade Of The New Apple Tree - Stardust - 2005
6 - Lionel Hampton - Here's That Rainy Day - Hamps Blues - 1998
7 - The Pentagon - Darn That Dream - The Pentagon - 1976
8 - Frank Sinatra - My Way -The Best Of The Fabulous Frank Sinatra - 2015
9 - Brother Jack Mc Duff featuring Kenny Burrell - Shaky - Crash – 1963
10 - John Barron - Figment - Moods – 2017
11 - Daniele D’Agaro and Aki Takase - Long Armed Woman - Aki Takese - 2016
12 - Terry Gibbs Quartet - El Nutto - 1964

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

478th Show – July 6, 2017

1 - Christopher Burnett - Firebird (feat. Roger Wilder, Jeff Harshbarger, Clarence Smith, Terri Anderson Burnett & Freda Proctor) - Firebird - 2014
2 - Ahmad Alaadeen - and the beauty of it all
3 - Bobby Watson - The Guitarist _for Grant Green - Made in America – 2017
4 - Deborah Brown - Little Esther - Jazz 4 Jazz - 2008
5 - Ben Markley Big Band – Cedar’s Blues - Clockwise The Music of Cedar Walton - 2017
6 - Sarane & Matelo Ferret - Swing 42 - Tribute to Django - 1967
7 - Ken Schaphorst Big Band - Descent - How to Say Goodbye – 2016
8 - Tricky Samnanton – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Stardust - The Famous Big Bands Series - 2011
9 - David Gilmore - Beyond All Limits - Transitions - 2016
10 - Titi Demeter - Les Yeux Noirs - Jazz Manouche Vol. 1 (disc 2) - 2005
11 - Sonny Rollins - My Old Flame - Jazz Ballads - 2004





Wednesday, July 5, 2017

477th Show – July 5, 2017

1 - Tal Cohen - Great Pk - Gentle Giants – 2017
2 - Bill Evans - My Foolish Heart - Village Vanguard - 2013
3 - Gisele MacKenzie - Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow - The Priceless Sound Of Everest (Digitally Remastered) – 2009
4 - Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7 - The Chartreuse Woman – 2014
5 - Mark Little - Ka-Plow's Day Off - Suite Mother -  2015
6 - Illinois Jacquet - Riffin' At 24th Street - 1947
7 - Bill Overton - Johnny Come Lately - Always in my Heart - 2016
8 - John Tchicai - Alishan - Infintesimal Flash - 2007
9 - Barbara Carroll – What’s The Use Of Wonderin’ - The Barbara Carroll Trio (Bonus Track Version) - 2015
10 - Ruby Braff - Says My Heart - The Canadian Sessions - 1999
11 - Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio - Clairvoyant Jest - Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio – 2017
12 - Lenny Breau - Back In Indiana - Swingin' on a Seven-String - 2006