204th Show – January 15, 2015

1 - The Claude Bolling Big Band - Coronet Chop Suey - Rolling with Bolling - 1981
2 - King Oliver and His Orchestra - High Society - Greatest Hits - 1923
3 - The Ramsey Lewis Trio - CC Rider - An Hour With – 1966
4 - Sonny Rollins Quartet w Thelonius Monk - The Way You Look Tonight - 1954
5 - Lee Morgan - Ceora - Cornbread - 1967
6 - The Trevor Richards New Orleans Trio – That’s a Plenty - On Tour USA - 1975
7 - Steve Allen and His Orchestra - Moonglow - Lets Dance – 1956
8 - Ruby Braff Sextet - Only A Blues - Little Big Horn w ruby braff sam margolis bily byers marty napoleon milt hinton jo jones - 1954
9 - Buck Clayton with his All Starts - Swinging at the Copper Rail - Song for Swingers - 1954
10 - Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines - West End Blues - The Louis Armstrong Story - 1928
11 - Ken Kyser - Thinking of You - Best of the Big Bands Vol 2 - 1982
12 - Seymour and His Heartbeat Trumpet – I’ll See You in My Dreams – 1961
13 - Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra - I Cant Get Started - Best of the Big Bands - Vol 2 – 1982
14 - Urbie Green - Brand New Key – Bein’ Green - 1972

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203rd Show – January 14, 2015

1 - Dorothy Dandridge - A Jig In The Jungle - 1941
2 - Peggy Lee - Black Coffee - Black Coffee - 1956
3 - Laurie Dapice - So Nice To Come Home - Parting the Veil – 2015
4 - Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinchette - The Chase Is On - 1957
5 - Jack Montrose - Bockhanal - Blues and Vanilla - 2009
6 - Paul Yonemura - Monterey Peninsula - Reunion Trios - 2014
7 - Oliver Lake Organ Quartet - Root - What I Heard – 2014
8 - Cedar Walton - Iron Clad - Walton, Carter & DeJohnette - 2009
9 - The Cookers - Time and Time Again - Time and Time Again (album of year on itunes) - 2014
10 - Gerald Wilson Orchestra - A Great Place to Be - Legacy - 2011
11 - Kenny Barron and Dave Holland - The Oracle - The Art of Conversation- 2014
12 - George Coleman - Eighty One - 2002 Four Generations Of Miles - 2002

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NYC Jazz Singer Laurie Dapice Plugs Neon Jazz

202nd Show – January 8, 2014 - "The Fred Hersch Hour"

1 - Fred Hersch Trio - Let's Cool One - Floating - 2014
2 - Fred Hersch - Beam Me Up - Heartsongs - 1989
3 - Fred Hersch Quintet - Spring Is Here - Point in Time - 1995
4 - Fred Hersch, Michael Moore & Gerry Hemingway - Swamp Thing - 13 Ways - 1997
5 - Fred Hersch - Phantom Of The Bopera - Forward Motion - 2003
6 - Fred Hersch - Down Home - Trio plus 2 - 2004
7 - Fred Hersch - Stuttering (Live) - Fred Hersch Live At Jazz Standard - 2009
8 - Fred Hersch - You're My Everything - Whirl - 2010
9 - Fred Hersch Double Trio - Ronchamp_ - Funhouse – 2013
10 - Fred Hersch Trio - Sartorial For Ornette - Alive at the Vanguard - 2012

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201st Show – January 7, 2015 - "Featuring the late KC Drummer Tommy Ruskin"

1 - Jay McShann Michael T. White Tommy Ruskin & Milt Abel - A Train - Warm - 2010
2 - Bram Wjinands-Hal Melia - Pekka Toivanen - Tommy Ruskin - Sonny Moon For Two - Majestic
3 - PJ Perry - Doodle - The PJ Perry Quintet - 1993
4 - Elmo Hope - Moe, Jr. - The All Star Stessions - 1956
5 - Paul Desmond - Bossa Antigua - Bossa Antigua & From The Hot Afternoon - 1969
6 - Pharez Whitted - So Wonderful - The Tree of Life – 2014
7 - Neil Swainson Quintet - Port of Spain - 49th Parallel – 1989
8 - Sonny Clark - My Conception - My Conception - 1979
9 - Pat Martino - Four On Six - Remember  A Tribute To Wes Montgomery – 2006
10 - Paul Jost - This Nearly Was Mine - Breaking Through – 2014

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Thoughts from KC Jazz Friends on the Late, Great Drummer Tommy Ruskin

200th Show – January 1, 2015

1 - Marilyn Maye - Kansas City - The Happiest Sound in Town - 1968
2 - David Bowie - Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) - Nothing Has Changed - 2014
3 - Hot Lips Page And His Band - Blues With Lips - John Hammond's Spirituals To Swing Volume 1 - 2010
4 - Project H Feat Ryan Heinlein -Do It Up & Do It Right - 2014
5 - Billy Brooks - Black Flag - Windows of the Mind - 1974
6  Six Jumping Jacks - Horses - Animals 1920s Songs About Animals, Animal Imitations and Metaphors
7 - Wayne King and His Orchestra - They Say its Wonderful - Wayne King in HiFi - 2009 reissue
8 - Bob Dylan - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - Blond on Blonde - 1966
9 - Don Thompson Quartet - The Peregrine Blues - For Kenny Wheeler - 2008
10 - Milk Buckner - I De-Clare - Masterpieces - 1995
11 - Gene Ammons - Autumn in New York - God Bless Jug and Sonny - 2001
12 - River Cow Orchestra - When the Music Starts, Turn Out the Lights - 2014

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