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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