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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