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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168th Show – August 27, 2014

1 - Jimmy Cobb - Lickety Split (feat. Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau & John Webber) - The Original Mob Album - 2014
2 - Ernest Melton – As it Falls - KC Prodigy - 2014
3 - Billy Childs - The Island - Portrait of a Player - 1993
4 - Allan Dean All Star Sextet - Galaxy - My Baby Likes to Bebop - 1948
5 - Bobby Broom - Sweet And Lovely - My Shining Hour - 2014
6 - Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Lelele - Wax - 2013
7 - Jill Townsend Big Band - Old Folks - Tales from the Sea – 2003
8 - Harry Zimmerman - The Breeze And I - HIFI Variety (Digitally Remastered) - 2009
9 - Sean Jones - Gemini - Gemini - 2005
10 - Cappy Lewis -Plenty Of Money - Midnight in Brazil – 2012
11 - Reggie Watkins - Hurdles - One for Miles One for Maynard - 2014
12 - Jay McShann - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now - Solos and Duets - 2005

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Legendary Jazz Drummer Jimmy Cobb Plugs Neon Jazz

Anita Dixon of Mutual Musicians Foundation in KC Plugs Neon Jazz

167th Show – August 20, 2014

1 - Jack Quigley Trio - What Goes - D'jever - 2013
2 - Charlie Parker - Diggin Diz - Complete Dial Masters - All Known Existing Takes (1946-48)
3 - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Gaining On You – That’s How We Roll - 2011
4 - Erica DiCeglie - 79 Arsenal Street - The Way Here - 2011
5 - Project H Featuring Brett Jackson_Uncool_Kids Upcoming Album called We Live Among the Lines - 2014
6 - Jeff Denson and Joshua White - I'll fly away - I'll fly away - 2014
7 - Ron Miles - For Don - 3ology with Ron Miles – 2010
8 - Sonny Rollins - I Remember Clifford - 1964
9 - The Birdlanders - Ondine - Midnight In Brazil - 2012
10 - Bobby Watson - May I Help You - The Gate's BBQ Suite - 2010
11 - Jack McVea and His Door Openers - Scrub Sweep And Mop - Two Timin' Baby - 2012
12 - Jack Lemmon - On The Sunny Side Of The Street - A Twist Of Lemmon - 2011
13 - The Gotham Stompers - Alabamy Home – The Small Combos - 2010

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166th Show – August 13, 2014 - “West Coast Jazz”

1 - Clifford Brown - Tiny Capers  - An Anthology Of California Music
2 -  Chet Baker - Bockhanal - An Anthology Of California Music
3 - Chico Hamilton - Topsy - An Anthology Of California Music
4 - Art Pepper Powder Puff  - An Anthology Of California Music
5 - Freddie Gambrell - Hot Toddy - An Anthology Of California Music
6 - Gerry Mulligan - Line For Lyons - An Anthology Of California Music
7 - Cy Touff - It's Sand'Man - An Anthology Of California Music
8 - Hampton Hawes - I Hear Music - An Anthology Of California Music
9 - Phil Urso - Too Marvellous For Words - An Anthology Of California Music
10 - Buddy Bregman - It's All Right With Me - An Anthology Of California Music
11 - The Mastersounds - Stranger In Paradise - An Anthology Of California Music
12 - Russ Freeman - Bojangles Of Harlem - An Anthology Of California Music
13 - Bob Brookmeyer - Musicale Du Jour - An Anthology Of California Music

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