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Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie woogie, blues, and ragtime, through traditional and straight ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more. 

Don Shor


    • Jun 4, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 58m AVG DURATION
    • 250 EPISODES

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    The Jazz After Dark podcast is a hidden gem that jazz enthusiasts have been searching for. Hosted by the wonderful Don Shor, this show takes listeners on a remarkable journey through an extensive selection of jazz music that can satisfy any jazz mood or preference. Whether you're a fan of classic jazz or more contemporary sounds, this podcast has something for everyone. It is no wonder that I recommend this show to all my friends who appreciate the beauty and artistry of jazz.

    One of the best aspects of The Jazz After Dark podcast is the impeccable selection of music. Don Shor delves deep into the library of jazz to create insightful and creative shows, unearthing lesser played gems by both the giants and the broader brotherhood of this great American art form. Each episode is an inspiration and a guide to discovering more hidden gems that listeners may not have heard before. The host's passion for jazz shines through in every episode, making it a truly enjoyable experience for any jazz lover.

    On the other hand, one of the worst aspects of this podcast is its limited number of episodes available to choose from at any given time. While each episode is carefully curated and thoughtfully put together, it would be even better if there were more options available for listeners to choose from. Having only two episodes at a time can be limiting, especially for those who want a continuous stream of great jazz music without having to wait for new episodes to be released.

    In conclusion, The Jazz After Dark podcast is a must-listen for any jazz enthusiast who wants to explore and appreciate the rich history and diverse range of sounds within this genre. Don Shor's ability to create engaging episodes with his insightful commentary and exceptional music selection sets this podcast apart from others in its genre. While there may be room for improvement in terms of offering more choices in episodes, overall, this show is an absolute treasure that deserves recognition and praise.

    Note: The final paragraph includes some of the comments provided by users, but the overall review is a synthesis of those comments and not just a compilation.



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    Latest episodes from Jazz After Dark

    Jazz After Dark, June 3, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 58:00


    Coming up tonight: Erroll Garner, Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins Art Blakey Oscar Peterson Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson Vince Guaraldi Trio Illinois Jacquet Eddie Harris Claude Bolling & Alexandre Lagoya Chuck Mangione

    Jazz After Dark, May 27, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 57:59


    On tonight's show: Billie Holiday, What a Little Moonlight Oscar Peterson, I've Got You Under My Skin Ahmad Jamal, Ahmad's Blues Boots Randolph, Stack of Dollars Yusef Lateef, Ain't Misbehavin' Ella Fitzgerald, Thanks for the Memory (1966 Version) Count Basie and His Orchestra, Lonely Street Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Paul Gonsalves, The Man with The Horn Zoot Sims, Up a Lazy River Abbey Lincoln, You Gotta Pay the Band Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan, A Ballad Gerry Mulligan, Out Back of The Barn Gerry Mulligan & Jane Duboc, Wave  

    Jazz After Dark, May 20, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 57:58


    On tonight's show: Miles Davis, S'posin Miles Davis, Saeta Miles Davis, Blue in Green Tommy Flanagan and the Jazzmen Detroit, You Turned the Tables on Me The Tommy Flanagan Trio, In the Blue of the Evening Hank Mobley, This I Dig of You Hank Mobley, Dig Dis Wynton Kelly, Autumn Leaves Wynton Kelly, Gone with the Wind Pepper Adams, Star-Crossed Lovers Pepper Adams, Urban Dreams Note: Paul Chambers on bass on most of the songs

    Jazz After Dark, May 13, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Fats Waller, Honeysuckle Rose Benny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), Never Say Never Coleman Hawkins, The Bean Stalks Again Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, I'll Be Seeing You Frank Sinatra, Come Fly with Me Duke Ellington, C Jam Blues Mundell Lowe, You Don't Know What Love Is Hoagy Carmichael, Two Sleepy People John Coltrane, In A Sentimental Mood Billy Taylor, Paraphrase Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Panama Ella Fitzgerald, Hello Dolly Big Miller, I Got Rhythm Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, For an Unfinished Woman Tomas Einarsson, Rumdrum

    Jazz After Dark, May 6, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Take The "A" Train Duke Ellington, Bojangles Duke Ellington, Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington, I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Live] Duke Ellington, Sophisticated Lady (Live) Duke Ellington with Rosemary Clooney, Blue Rose Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, Honey Hill Paul Gonsalves, I Cover the Waterfront Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Medley: Kinda Dukish, and Rockin' in Rhythm Duke Ellington, C Jam Blues Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Let's Do It (Live) Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Something to Live For (Live) Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) [Live at The Cote d'Azur]

    Jazz After Dark April 29 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Fats Waller, After You've Gone Bunny Berigan, Black Bottom Billie Holiday, God Bless the Child Red Garland, I Can't Give You Anything but Love (feat. Paul Chambers & Art Taylor) Milt Jackson, Blues at Twilight Nat Adderley, I've Got a Crush on You (feat. Wes Montgomery & Sam Jones) Barney Kessel, New Rhumba Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, When a Man Loves a Woman Claude Bolling, Sentimentale Butch Thompson, Home (When Shadows Fall - Red Maddock vocals) Hank Jones, Mads Vinding & Billy Hart, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes  

    Jazz After Dark April 22 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Clyde McCoy, Sugar Blues New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Oh! Susannah, Dust Off That Old Piano Coleman Hawkins & Buck Washington, On the Sunny Side of the Street Sidney Bechet, Ce môssieu qui parle (This Gentleman Who Speaks) Dave Brubeck Quartet, Somebody Loves Me Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra, Tuxedo Junction Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, A Night At Tony's Red Garland, If I Were a Bell (feat. Paul Chambers & Art Taylor) Red Garland, The Very Thought of You (feat. Paul Chambers & Art Taylor) Nat Adderley, Violets for Your Furs (feat. Wes Montgomery & Sam Jones) Wynton Kelly, Skatin' Dianne Reeves, Lullaby of Broadway Stanley Turrentine, Salt Song

    Jazz After Dark, April 15, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Benny Carter, All of Me Erroll Garner Trio, I'll Remember April Charlie Parker, K.C. Blues Stan Getz, 'Round About Midnight Ella Fitzgerald, From This Moment On Oscar Peterson & Louis Armstrong, Moon Song Blossom Dearie, Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) Buddy Greco, Fly Me to The Moon Duke Ellington, All the Things You Are Betty Roché, Day by Day Yusef Lateef, Like It Is Billy Butler, Satin Doll Paul Desmond, Embarcadero  

    Jazz After Dark, April 8, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Mose Allison: The Seventh Son, Cabin In the Sky, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Dinner On the Ground Miles Davis, It Ain't Necessarily So Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, It Ain't Necessarily So Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Don't Be That Way Les McCann, The Truth Eddie Harris, Exodus (Single Version) Les McCann & Eddie Harris, You Got It in Your Soulness Quincy Jones, Dead End Les McCann & Eddie Harris, Compared to What

    Jazz After Dark, April 1, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Benny Goodman, Let's Dance Chick Webb, I Ain't Got Nobody John Coltrane w Dinah Washington, Fast Movin' Mama Ahmad Jamal, Poinciana Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Johnny Hodges, Early Morning Rock Clark Terry, C-Jam Blues Cal Tjader,  Descarga Cubana Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson, Stardust Ella Fitzgerald, Fine and Mellow Johnny Hodges & Gerry Mulligan, Back Beat Abbey Lincoln, Throw It Away Clark Terry and Bobby Brookmeyer, Bye Bye Blackbird

    Jazz After Dark March 25 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 58:00


    Tonight's show is a retrospective on Louis Armstrong's career, with selections from across the decades: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, Potato Head Blues, 1927 From 1928 – 31:  What Did I Do to Be So Black And Blue The Peanut Vendor Louis Armstrong Orchestra: When You're Smiling On the Sunny Side of the Street Red Sails in the Sunset Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday, Farewell to Storyville Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Atlanta Blues Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Can't We Be Friends Louis Armstrong & Russell Garcia, Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Struttin' with Some Barbecue Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver, I Can't Give You Anything but Love Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Duke's Place (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, Dec. 17, 1961) Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Azalea Louis Armstrong vocals, 1960s: A Kiss to Build a Dream On What a Wonderful World

    Jazz After Dark, March 18, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Bix Beiderbecke, Copenhagen Glenn Miller, Adios Benny Goodman, Rose Room Benny Goodman, Big John's Special Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Fools Rush In Doris Day and Les Brown, Sentimental Journey Billie Holiday, What A Little Moonlight Can Do Ella Fitzgerald, You're the Top Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Serenade in Blue Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan, I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan Nat "King" Cole, Nature Boy Kenny Burrell Octet, A String of Pearls Dave Brubeck, Upstage Rumba Clark Terry and Paul Gonsalves, Funky Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill, Macarena Clark Terry, Jam Session with Oscar Peterson, Misty Dianne Reeves (with Clark Terry), I Hadn't Anyone ‘til You

    Jazz After Dark, March 11, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Louis Armstrong, What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue Gene Krupa and His Orchestra with Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge, Let Me Off Uptown Frank Sinatra, Stormy Weather Art Pepper with Sonny Redd, These Foolish Things Ahmad Jamal, Music! Music! Music! James Clay, Pavanne Stuff Smith, They Can't Take That Away from Me Ella Fitzgerald, The Man I Love Ella Fitzgerald, Over the Rainbow Eubie Blake, Spanish Venus Charlie Byrd, Saudade de Bahía Gerry Mulligan, Walking Shoes Cassandra Wilson, O Sole Mio Funk New Orleans' Own the Dukes of Dixieland, Petite Fleur  

    Jazz After Dark, March 4, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Louis Armstrong Orchestra, Star Dust The Bud Freeman Trio, Three Little Words Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Long Gone (From the Bowlin' Green) Artie Shaw And His Gramercy, Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered Terry Pollard, Emaline Nat King Cole, When I Fall in Love Billy Taylor, Poinciana Hank Mobley, If I Should Lose You John Coltrane, Naima Arnett Cobb, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise Oscar Peterson, C-Jam Blues Frank Sinatra with Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra Ella Fitzgerald the Lady is a Tramp Joe Henderson, Miles Ahead Wolfgang Haffner, Children of Sanchez

    Jazz After Dark, Feb. 25, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show:  The Adrian Rollini Quartet, Josephine Bunny Berigan, Chicken and Waffles Benny Carter, Takin' My Time The Mills Brothers, Till Then Andy Kirk, A Mellow Bit of Rhythm Peggy Lee, Easy Living Mundell Lowe, We'll Be Together Again Nat "King" Cole, Caravan Billy Taylor, A Little Southside Soul John Coltrane, Soul Eyes Arnett Cobb, Nitty Gritty Phineas Newborn Jr., Four Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, Duke's Place (aka C-Jam Blues) Dave Brubeck, Fujiyama The Howard Roberts Quartet, Summer Wind The Howard Roberts Quartet, Three O'Clock in The Morning

    Jazz After Dark, Feb. 18, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Bing Crosby, Sweet Georgia Brown, 1932 Chu Berry, Body and Soul, 1938 The Spencer Trio, Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? 1938 Winifred Atwell, Choo Choo Samba, 1950s Claude Williamson Trio, Stella by Starlight, 1956 Illinois Jacquet, Have You Met Miss Jones? 1957 Doris Day, There Will Never Be Another You, 1957 Clark Terry, Take the A Train, 1957 Duke Ellington, Night and Day, 1958 Howard Roberts, When the Sun Comes Out, 1959 Ella Fitzgerald, In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Live at the Crescendo), 1961 Oscar Peterson Trio, Moten Swing, 1963 Paul Desmond, The Theme from Black Orpheus, 1963 Zoot Sims, The Girl from Ipanema, 1977 The Rosenberg Trio, Django, 1995 The Spencer Wyatt Big Band, Blues in The Bucket, 2001

    Jazz After Dark, Feb. 11, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra, Pompton Turnpike Artie Shaw And His New Music, Free Wheeling Erskine Hawkins, Tippin' In Don Byas, I Got Rhythm Louis Armstrong, When You're Smiling Gerry Mulligan, Sextet Etta Jones, Bye Bye Blackbird Herb Alpert, A Taste of Honey Eubie Blake, Tricky Fingers Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill, The Peanut Vendor Ella Fitzgerald & The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Night and Day Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela, Besame Mucho Sonny Rollins, And Then My Love I Found You Art Pepper & George Cables, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin, Manhã de Carnaval

    Jazz After Dark, Feb. 4, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 58:00


    Longer sets, mellow jazz tonight: Gabor Szabo, Autumn Leaves / Speak to Me of Love Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond, Body and Soul Johnny Griffin, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Stan Getz, Kenny Barron, East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Pharoah Sanders, I Want to Talk About You WDR Big Band Köln & Milt Jackson, Bag's Groove Al Jarreau, We Got By (Live)

    Jazz After Dark, Jan. 28, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Gene Krupa with Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge Billie Holiday Art Pepper Ella Fitzgerald Chet Baker Duke Ellington Count Basie and His Orchestra Stanley Turrentine Dianne Reeves Claude Bolling with Alexandre Lagoya

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    Jazz After Dark, Jan. 21, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: King Cole Trio, Swingin' The Blues Jimmy Scott & Lionel Hampton, Everybody's Somebody's Fool Gerald Wiggins, Coffee Time Russ Freeman, Art Pepper Quartet, Everything Happens to Me Phineas Newborn Jr. and All Stars, Take It Slow, Joe Kenny Dorham Quintet, But Beautiful Anita O'Day, That Old Feeling Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson, In a Mellotone Ella Fitzgerald, I'll Never Fall In Love Again Stanley Turrentine, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do Pharoah Sanders, The Nearness of You Milt Jackson and the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Bags' Groove Dianne Reeves, What a Little Moonlight Can Do Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Panama

    Jazz After Dark, Jan. 14, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 58:00


    On our 700th episode of Jazz After Dark tonight: Billie Holiday, Crazy He Calls Me Nat King Cole, Orange-Colored Sky Louis Prima, Body And Soul Louis Armstrong, When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) Mose Allison, Don't Get Around Much Anymore Tony Bennett, (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco Earl Hines, Black Coffee Billy Taylor Trio, On The Street Where You Live Ben Webster, Misty Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, Duke's Place (Aka C - Jam Blues) The Mills Brothers, Cab Driver Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Koto Song Stanley Turrentine, I Could Never Repay Your Love Antônio Carlos Jobim, Takatanga

    Jazz After Dark, Jan. 7, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 58:00


    On tonight's show: Johnny Dodds, 29th And Dearborn Artie Shaw, When the Quail Come Back to Saint Quentin Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, A Hundred Years from Today (vocals Sarah Vaughan) Louis Armstrong, Someday You'll Be Sorry Lucky Thompson, Mood Indigo Billie Holiday & Tony Scott and His Orchestra, Trav'lin Light Billy Bauer, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Eriko Ishihara, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Blues for Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues Red Garland, One O'Clock Jump Art Pepper, 'Round Midnight Ella Fitzgerald, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Ahmad Jamal,  Excerpt from the Blues Yusef Lateef, Love Theme from the Robe Wynton Kelly, Comin' In the Back Door Chico Hamilton, Fancy

    Jazz After Dark, Dec. 31, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 58:00


    For New Year's Eve, tonight's show includes: Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Begin the Beguine Benny Goodman, Let's Dance Jerry Gray, The Anvil Chorus Ella Fitzgerald, Night and Day Arnett Cobb, Ray Bryant, Party Time Duke Ellington, Satin Doll Erroll Garner, How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me Mel Tormé, Let's Face the Music and Dance Peggy Lee, Fever Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Congo Mulence Helen Humes, Bill Bailey Louis Prima & Keely Smith, All Night Long Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Waiting on The Champagne Winifred Atwell, Slaughter On 10th Ave Sidney Bechet, I Get a Kick Out of You Duke Ellington, Rhapsody in Blue Pete Fountain, Marching 'Round the Mountain Guy Lombardo, Auld Lang Syne

    Jazz After Dark, Dec. 24, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 57:59


    Seasonal and holiday jazz and more tonight:  Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday In Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) Louis Armstrong, Cool Yule (feat. The Commanders) Ella Fitzgerald, Good Morning Blues Ramsey Lewis Trio, Merry Christmas Baby Ramsey Lewis Trio, Christmas Blues Sonny Rollins, God Bless The Child (Jim Hall guitar) Jimmy Smith, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves Don Ellis, 8 Nicole Art Pepper, Winter Moon Toshiko Akiyoshi, Winter Wonderland Birelli Lagrene, Acoustic Moments Jimmy Smith, Silent Night jazzed

    Jazz After Dark, Dec. 17, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Édith Piaf, La vie en rose (Live Paris 3 Avril 1954) Ella Fitzgerald, Cry Me a River (Live at Zardi's 1956) Duke Ellington, Tea for Two Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins, Jumpin' with Symphony Sid Lena Horne, Let Me Love You and It's All Right with Me (Live at The Waldorf Astoria) Ahmad Jamal, I'll Take Romance and My Funny Valentine Carmen McRae, Take Five (Live at Sugar Hill with Dave Brubeck) George Benson, Take Five (Live at Carnegie Hall) Toots Thielemans with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson, The Mooche Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Bli Blip (with Dianne Reeves) Etta Jones & Houston Person, Deed I Do Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, C Jam Blues

    Jazz After Dark, Dec. 10, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: The Buddy DeFranco Quartet, Autumn In New York Erroll Garner, How Could You Do a Thing Like That To Me Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, King Porter Stomp Louis Armstrong, La Vie en Rose Nat King Cole, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter Sonny Rollins, Where Are You Count Basie and His Orchestra, I Got Rhythm (Richard Boone vocals) Eubie Blake, Medley: Bleeding Moon / Under the Bamboo Tree Ella Fitzgerald, This Guy's In Love With You Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, My Funny Valentine Ron Carter, Come Ye Disconsolate Chico O'Farrill, The Journey Al Di Meola with John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía, Sichia

    Jazz After Dark, Dec. 3, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 58:00


    Some toe-tapping music tonight on Jazz After Dark. If you like jazz, and like community radio, then please head on over to kdrt.org/donate and make a contribution during our fall fundraiser. Thanks for your support, and thanks for listening to KDRT. Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra, Bear Mash Blues Gene Krupa, Sing Sing Sing Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall, Gotta Dance Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges, Back Beat Pérez Prado And His Orchestra, Sabra - Twist Willie Bobo, Bobo! Do That Thing Ella Fitzgerald, I Could Have Danced All Night Duke Ellington, Smoke Rings Boots Randolph, Stompin' at the Savoy Joni James, They Can't Take That Away From Me Mongo Santamaria, Jose Outside Ray Bryant(p), Walter Booker Jr.(b) & Freddie Waits(ds), Little Soul Sister Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill, Tin Tin Deo Eddie Harris, Freedom Jazz Dance

    Jazz After Dark, Nov. 26, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers, Love In My Heart (a/k/a "Swing Baby Swing") Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Muskrat Ramble (Live, 1947) Artie Shaw, Smooth 'n' Easy Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, I Still Love Him So Betty Carter & Ray Bryant, Gone with the Wind Betty Carter, Let's Fall in Love The Chico Hamilton Trio (with Howard Roberts & Jim Hall), Blues on the Rocks Rosemary Clooney, Sophisticated Lady Wynton Kelly, Come Rain or Come Shine Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Clementine Eddie Jefferson, I've Got the Blues (Lester Leaps In) Buddy Rich, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You Jimmy Scott, I'll Be Around Charlie Byrd, Favela

    Jazz After Dark November 19 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Gene Krupa, Ball of Fire Erskine Hawkins, Lost in the Shuffle Vince Guaraldi Trio, Django Ella Fitzgerald, Angel Eyes Joe Morello, Shortnin' Bread Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Bahia Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Rosetta Cal Tjader, It Didn't End (Nao Se Acabou) Count Basie and His Orchestra, Hay Burner Art Pepper, Over the Rainbow Chet Baker, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) Gabor Szabo, Half the Day is Night Buddy Rich, Chameleon Jerry Granelli Trio, Cast Your Fate to the Wind

    Jazz After Dark, Nov. 19, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Gene Krupa, Ball of Fire Erskine Hawkins, Lost in the Shuffle Vince Guaraldi Trio, Django Ella Fitzgerald, Angel Eyes Joe Morello, Shortnin' Bread Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Bahia Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Rosetta Cal Tjader, It Didn't End (Nao Se Acabou) Count Basie and His Orchestra, Hay Burner Art Pepper, Over the Rainbow Chet Baker, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) Gabor Szabo, Half the Day is Night Buddy Rich, Chameleon Jerry Granelli Trio, Cast Your Fate to the Wind

    Jazz After Dark, Nov. 12, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: a retrospective on the career of Vince Guaraldi. Some remastered early works by the Vince Guaraldi Trio: Fenwyck's Farfel, and Django, and Ossobucco (featuring Eddie Duran on guitar), from 1956. Guaraldi playing with the Cal Tjader Quartet in 1957, Live at the Blackhawk: Lover Come Back to Me. Two from his 1957 release, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing: Like a Mighty Rose and Autumn Leaves From The Definitive Vince Guaraldi, a compilation of his work from 1955-66 at Fantasy Records, two of the popular songs from the TV specials: Charlie Brown Theme from 1964 and Skating from 1965. Two from Guaraldi's last recordings, done with the Warner label: Red Baron, from the Oh Good Grief album from 1968, and Alma-Ville, from the album of the same name, released in 1969. A new release of Linus and Lucy by the Vince Guaraldi Quintet, from the 50th Anniversary edition of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, 2023. Newly released songs from the soundtrack to You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown, the television special from 1972, with Guaraldi on vocals on Joe Cool, and then African Sleigh Ride.

    Jazz After Dark, Nov. 5, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 58:00


    Programming note: the Tuesday 8 p.m. broadcast is pre-empted by election coverage. This program will play at the Friday 11 p.m. rebroadcast time. Upbeat jazz favorites tonight:  Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Nat King Cole, Route 66 Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Vince Guaraldi, Skating Jacy Parker, Here Comes Trouble Again Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Oscar Peterson, Take the "A" Train Antônio Carlos Jobim, Takatanga Gerry Mulligan, One to Ten in Ohio Don Ellis, Sidonie Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The Entertainer (Done in the style of The Blues) Hubert Laws, Passacaglia, guitar solo Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela, Kalahari Nights Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola, Manha de Carnaval

    Jazz After Dark, Oct. 29, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Teddy Wilson, Stompin' at the Savoy Art Tatum, Where or When Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Dream a Little Dream of Me Artie Shaw, Monsoon Artie Shaw, Cream Puff Peggy Lee, Love Me or Leave Me Buddy DeFranco, Funky's Oncle Johnny Hodges, Jeep Bounces Back Don Ellis, Quiet Longing Duke Ellington (Betty Roché vocals), I Love My Lovin' Lover Boots Randolph, Billy's Bounce Chet Baker, Crazy She Calls Me Chet Baker with Paul Desmond, You Can't Go Home Again Eiji Kitamura, I Wanna Go Home

    Jazz After Dark, Oct. 22, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Count Basie, Pennies from Heaven Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Ad Lib Blues Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Almost Like Being in Love Vince Guaraldi Trio, Fascinating Rhythm Blossom Dearie, Just in Time Yusef Lateef, The Plum Blossom Stan Getz, Melancolico Teddy Edwards, Heart and Soul Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train Dave Brubeck, Tokyo Traffic Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Trav'lin' Light Zoot Sims, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You Zoot Sims, I've Got a Crush on You Zoot Sims, Embraceable You

    Jazz After Dark, Oct. 15, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 58:00


    Tonight's show: Count Basie, Jumpin' At The Woodside Jelly Roll Morton, Don't You Leave Me Here Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Skylark Cab Calloway, 06 - Special Delivery Vince Guaraldi Trio, Never Never Land Ruby Braff, Barbary Coast Arnett Cobb with Ray Bryant, Cocktails for Two and Blues in the Closet Arnett Cobb with Tommy Flanagan, Blue Lou Arnett Cobb with Bobby Timmons, Down by the Riverside Ella Fitzgerald & Tommy Flanagan, Little White Lies (Live) Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and His Orchestra, The Count Basie Orchestra & Tommy Flanagan, Indian Summer (Live) Jaki Byard with Tommy Flanagan, Satin Doll Claude Bolling Big Band, Duke's Beat

    Jazz After Dark, Oct. 8, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 58:00


    Jazz classics tonight. Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald, A-Tisket A-Tasket Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, In the Mood Sidney Bechet, Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen, When The Saints Go Marching In Earl Bostic, Flamingo Lester Young, Stardust Stan Kenton, The Creep Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, Nuages Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues Gerry Mulligan, Bags' Groove Blossom Dearie, 'Deed I Do Dave Brubeck, Blue Rondo a La Turk Miles Davis, Summertime Stan Getz, Manhã de Carnaval Paul Desmond, Take Te

    Jazz After Dark, Oct. 1, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 58:00


    Tonight's playlist was suggested by a listener, and it tells a story. Peggy Lee, Please Send Me Someone To Love Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & His Orchestra, Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) Etta James, The Man I Love Mel Tormé, All I Need Is A Girl Louis Armstrong, Love Walked In Helen Forrest, Make Love To Me Lena Horne, Come on Strong The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bésame Mucho Billie Holiday, Stars Fell on Alabama Peggy Lee, Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? Frank Sinatra, Day By Day Billie Holiday, Comes Love Frank Sinatra, Hey! Jealous Lover Louis Jordan, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Helen Humes, He Don't Love Me Anymore Esther Phillips, I Wish You Love

    Jazz After Dark, Sept. 24, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 58:00


    Farewell to summer on tonight's show: Billie Holiday, I Cover The Waterfront Cal Tjader, Summertime (Vince Guaraldi piano solo) Paul Gonsalves, Yesterdays Stan Getz, Balanço No Samba Teddy Edwards, Smokin' Dave Brubeck & Tony Bennett, That Old Black Magic Dave Brubeck, Lonesome Buddy Rich, Lament For Lester Count Basie, Blues For Joe Turner James Moody, Moody's Mood Ella Fitzgerald, Teach Me Tonight (Live) Ron Carter, Take Ten Gerald Wiggins, Summertime

    Jazz After Dark September 17 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 58:00


    Jazz from the 1930s and 40s tonight. We'll hear: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, The Last Time Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Clyde McCoy, Sugar Blues Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, The Big Noise from Winnetka Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Lulu's Back In Town Jimmie Lunceford, For Dancers Only Duke Ellington, New East ST. Louis Toodle-Oo Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle, Viper Mad Fats Waller, Keepin' Out of Mischief Now Benny Carter, Beale Street Blues Benny Goodman, One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald, Stairway To The Stars Glenn Miller, Rhapsody in Blue Erskine Hawkins, After Hours (Digitally Remastered) Charlie Christian, Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Am I Blue? Bunny Berigan, Skylark Thelonious Monk, 'Round Midnight Les Brown, Leap Frog

    Jazz After Dark, Sept. 17, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 58:00


    Jazz from the 1930s and '40s tonight. We'll hear: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, The Last Time Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Clyde McCoy, Sugar Blues Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, The Big Noise from Winnetka Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Lulu's Back In Town Jimmie Lunceford, For Dancers Only Duke Ellington, New East ST. Louis Toodle-Oo Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle, Viper Mad Fats Waller, Keepin' Out of Mischief Now Benny Carter, Beale Street Blues Benny Goodman, One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald, Stairway To The Stars Glenn Miller, Rhapsody in Blue Erskine Hawkins, After Hours (Digitally Remastered) Charlie Christian, Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Am I Blue? Bunny Berigan, Skylark Thelonious Monk, 'Round Midnight Les Brown, Leap Frog

    Jazz After Dark September 10 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 57:59


    On tonight's show: Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing vocals), You Can Depend On Me Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Ball Of Fire Erskine Hawkins, Tippin' In Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, When a Man Loves a Woman Miles Davis Quartet, When I Fall In Love Gigi Gryce Octet, Purple Shades Art Pepper, You're Driving Me Crazy Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Lullaby Of The Leaves Jimmy Witherspoon, Trouble In Mind Ella Fitzgerald, Them There Eyes (Live Chicago Opera House) Kenny Burrell, Wavy Gravy Pete Fountain, Bye Bye, Bill Bailey Horace Silver, Sighin' and Cryin' The Taylor Eigsti Trio, They Can't Take That Away From Me

    Jazz After Dark, Sept. 10, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 57:59


    On tonight's show: Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing vocals), You Can Depend On Me Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Ball Of Fire Erskine Hawkins, Tippin' In Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, When a Man Loves a Woman Miles Davis Quartet, When I Fall In Love Gigi Gryce Octet, Purple Shades Art Pepper, You're Driving Me Crazy Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Lullaby Of The Leaves Jimmy Witherspoon, Trouble In Mind Ella Fitzgerald, Them There Eyes (Live Chicago Opera House) Kenny Burrell, Wavy Gravy Pete Fountain, Bye Bye, Bill Bailey Horace Silver, Sighin' and Cryin' The Taylor Eigsti Trio, They Can't Take That Away From Me

    Jazz After Dark, Sept. 3, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 57:59


    New Orleans jazz and more tonight: Louis Armstrong, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons, Boogie Woogie Man Will Bradley, Basin Street Boogie Tommy Dorsey, Swing Low, Swing Chariot Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver, Basin Street Blues Artie Shaw, Imagination Woody Herman Sextet, Princess M Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band, Ice Cream Pete Fountain, Lazy River Louis Armstrong, Bourbon Street Parade Billie & DeDe Pierce, Algiers Hoodoo Blues Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Rip 'Em Up, Joe, and We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Just a Little While to Stay Here Piano Connection, Hit That Nail

    Jazz After Dark, Aug. 27, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 58:00


    1950s jazz tonight: Pearl Bailey, They Didn't Believe Me Earl Bostic, Bostic's Boogie Blues Don Elliott and the Cool Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble Terry Pollard, Where or When (2015 - Remaster) Ethel Ennis, Blue Prelude Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Social Call Art Pepper/Sonny Redd, Deep Purple Earl "Fatha" Hines, 'S Wonderful Cal Tjader, Summertime1Clarinet Ruby Braff, But Not For Me Helen Humes, When I Grow Too Old To Dream Ella Fitzgerald, All of Me Mose Allison, Creek Bank Wynton Kelly, Softly As In a Morning Sunrise

    Jazz After Dark August 27 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 58:00


    1950s jazz tonight:   Pearl Bailey, They Didn't Believe Me Earl Bostic, Bostic's Boogie Blues Don Elliott and the Cool Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble Terry Pollard, Where or When (2015 - Remaster) Ethel Ennis, Blue Prelude Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Social Call Art Pepper/Sonny Redd, Deep Purple Earl "Fatha" Hines, 'S Wonderful Cal Tjader, Summertime1Clarinet Ruby Braff, But Not For Me Helen Humes, When I Grow Too Old To Dream Ella Fitzgerald, All of Me Mose Allison, Creek Bank Wynton Kelly, Softly As In a Morning Sunrise

    Jazz After Dark, Aug. 20, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 58:00


    We have a Duke Ellington retrospective tonight on Jazz After Dark with selections from 1928 to 1964, accompanied by Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and more. The song list: Stevedore Stomp Diga Diga Doo Watchin' Stormy Weather A Sailboat In The Moonlight Sponge Cake And Spinach Harmony in Harlem Tulip or Turnip (Live at Newport) Night and Day Drop Me Off In Harlem The Swingers Get the Blues, Too In A Sentimental Mood One O'Clock Jump Tuxedo Junction Caravan Isfahan

    Jazz After Dark, Aug. 13, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Glenn Miller, Johnson Rag Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, Georgia On My Mind Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Solitude (78 RPM Version) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Bobby Darin, Mack The Knife Nat King Cole, Let There Be Love Erroll Garner, Misty Miles Davis, Blue In Green Ramsey Lewis, The Tennessee Waltz (Live) Ramsey Lewis, I'll Wait For You Budd Johnson, Bill Pemberton, Oliver Jackson & Earl "Fatha" Hines, Summertime Astrud Gilberto, Agua De Beber (feat. Antônio Carlos Jobim) Kenny Burrell, The Preacher Paul Desmond, Modern Jazz Quartet, You Go to My Head Ray Charles, Oh Bess, Where's My Bess  

    Jazz After Dark, Aug. 6, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: King Cole Trio, Baby, Baby, All the Time Django Reinhardt, Manoir de mes Rêves Django Reinhardt, Brazil Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Daylight Express Sonny Clark, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Fajista (Master Take) Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Blues in B Flat Vince Guaraldi, Blues for Peanuts Vince Guaraldi, Jitterbug Waltz Ella Fitzgerald, Sweet and Slow Dianne Reeves, Who's Minding the Store? Dianne Reeves, When I Fall In Love (Instrumental) Diana Krall, 'Deed I Do

    Jazz After Dark July 30 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 58:01


    On tonight's show: Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Grandpa's Spells King Cole Trio, I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) Don Ewell  with Sidney Bechet, Careless Love Earl Bostic, What, No Pearls Duke Ellington (Ray Nance vocals), Tulip or Turnip Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Perdido Sarah Vaughan, They Can't Take That Away From Me Gerry Mulligan, Good Bait Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Manteca Dinah Washington, Time After Time Henry Mancini, The Pink Panther Theme Boots Randolph, Crazy Rhythm Eddie Jefferson, Sister Sadie Claude Bolling, Begin The Beguine Tony Bennett, Steppin' Out With My Baby Ennio Morricone, The Crave The Spencer Wyatt Big Band, Blue Note Boogie

    Jazz After Dark July 23 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 58:00


    Summertime sounds tonight: Luiz Bonfá, Manha de Carnaval Sexteto de Sergio Mendes, Samba de uma nota só Vince Guaraldi, On Green Dolphin Street Clare Fischer, So Danco Samba Chet Baker, Sausalito Gabor Szabo, Corcovado Gabor Szabo, Concerto de Aranjuez Yusef Lateef, Sun Dog Antônio Carlos Jobim, Joe Farrell, and Hubert Laws, Stone Flower The Charlie Byrd Trio, Wave (Live) The Charlie Byrd Trio, Trouble In Mind (Live) Ana Caram, Só Tinha de Ser Com Você Francisco Aguabella, Tumbaito Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Summertime

    Jazz After Dark July 16 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 58:00


    On tonight's show: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Summertime Benny Goodman, Jersey Bounce Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Knock Me A Kiss Lena Horne, The Lady Is A Tramp Edmond Hall and the Hot Jazz Stars, Indiana Jimmy McPartland's Hot Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Mamblues Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Cat Meets Chick Tony Bennett, Firefly Ben Webster & Gerry Mulligan, Sunday Bobby Darin, Beyond The Sea Cal Tjader, Soul Burst (Guajera) Duke Ellington, Take The "A" Train (Vocal) Count Basie and His Orchestra, It's Only A Paper Moon Ray Charles, It Ain't Necessarily So (instrumental)

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