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This week’s show is a mellow mood brought to you by the changing seasons.

Each song has either “Autumn” or “Fall” in the title.  I enjoyed making this show for you & I hope you enjoy it, too!

• Arthur Prysock
• Errol Garner
• Billie Holiday
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Kenny Dorham
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
• Nat “King” Cole
• Woody Herman
• Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
• Dinah Washington
• Louis Armstrong
• Patsy Cline
• Helen Merrill
• Les Paul
• The Ink Spots
• Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
• Chet Baker
• Bobby Darin

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This week’s show is a mostly uptempo affair with some great swinging tunes & a few lovely ballads.

Enjoy!

• Big Joe Turner
• Count Basie
• Jimmy Rushing
• Nat “King” Cole
• Mel Tormé
• Louis Prima
• Lee Wiley
• Billy Eckstine
• Johnny Hartman
• Glenn Miller
• Quincy Jones
• Grant Green
• Thelonious Monk
• Billie Holiday
• Michael Feinstein
• Van Morrison

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This week’s show is a return to form with a little bit of something for everyone.

Enjoy!

• Lou Rawls
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Shirley Horn
• Mel Tormé
• Gil Melle
• Kenny Dorham
• Charlie Parker
• John Coltrane
• Miles Davis Quintet
• The Nat “King” Cole Trio
• Johnny Hartman
• Wes Montgomery
• Grant Green

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This week’s show is something of a memorial to the 15th Anniversary of 9/11.  But, only somewhat.

I don’t love watching the news around this time of year.  I saw the footage – all of it – once.  I don’t need to see it again.

But, this music sets the mood, my mood.  Especially closing with Nick Drake’s entire album “Pink Moon.”  It was the last bit of beauty I listened to before being jarred awake by my mother-in-law telling us to wake up & switch on the television.

The lines of the last song of this record resonate.

From The Morning – Nick Drake

A day once dawned, and it was beautiful
A day once dawned from the ground
Then the night she fell
And the air was beautiful
The night she fell all around.

So look see the days
The endless coloured ways
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning.

And now we rise
We are everywhere
And now we rise from the ground
See she flies
And she is everywhere
See she flies all around

So look see the sights
The endless summer nights
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning.

• Kenny Dorham
• Frank Sinatra
• Bobby Darin
• Duke Ellington
• Mel Tormé
• Johnny Hartman
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Miles Davis Quintet
• George Shearing
• Marvin Gaye
• Nat “King” Cole
• Lara Downes
• Billie Holiday
• Sarah Vaughan
• Dinah Washington
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Nick Drake Playing The Entirety of His Album “Pink Moon”

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This week’s show is dedicated to Rudy Van Gelder. While I feature some 20 cuts that RVG recorded, it literally scratches the surface of his impact & import to music production & engineering.

RVG died on Thursday, August 25th 2016.

Thank you, Rudy!

This show also includes the entirety of the original “A Love Supreme” by John Coltrane to close the show.

Enjoy!

• Gil Mellé
• Miles Davis Quintet
• John Coltrane
• Paul Chambers
• Grant Green
• Jimmy Smith
• “Big” John Patton
• Yusef Lateef
• Sonny Rollins
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
• John Coltrane

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This week’s show is an all-purpose show with loads of great stuff from every corner of jazz & standards – plus a really great & fun wild card towards the end.

Enjoy!

• Art Tatum
• Louis Armstrong
• Sidney Bechet
• Billy Eckstine
• The Ink Spots
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Benny Goodman
• Lionel Hampton
• Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Grant Green
• Quincy Jones
• Glen Campbell
• Ray Charles
• Johnny Hartman
• Nat “King” Cole

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It is hot here in the Big Apple.  So, I decided to do a cool show of hot tunes.

Enjoy!

• Lovin’ Spoonful
• Nat “King” Cole
• The Andrews Sisters
• Dave Brubeck & Jimmy Rushing
• Ahmad Jamal
• Charlie Christian
• Grant Green
• John Coltrane
• Frank Sinatra
• Mel Tormé
• Johnny Hartman
• Thelonious Monk
• Count Basie
• Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

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This week’s show is a romp around the park of jazz & standards…plus a tribute to The Beatles album ‘Revolver.’

Enjoy!

• Bessie Smith
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Louis Armstrong
• The Ink Spots
• Sarah Vaughan
• The Nat “King” Cole Trio
• Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
• Duke Ellington
• Benny Goodman
• Ramsey Lewis
• The Beatles
• Billie Holiday
• Frank Sinatra
• Johnny Hartman
• The Beatles

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This week’s show is a short little romp around jazz & standards – hitting the old school New Orleans stuff as well as loads of bebop & more.

Enjoy!

• Duke Ellington
• Louis Armstrong
• Sidney Bechet
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Bing Crosby
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Nat “King” Cole
• Billy Eckstine
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Charlie Parker
• Mandy Patinkin
• Johnny Hartman
• Frank Sinatra
• Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
• Count Basie

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This week’s show is a slightly somber take on jazz & our times today.

Enjoy!

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Louis Armstrong
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
• Coleman Hawkins
• The Nat “King” Cole Trio
• Marvin Gaye
• Mandy Patinkin
• Bessie Smith
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Duke Ellington
• Count Basie
• Fats Waller
• Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
• Lester Young
• Ornette Coleman
• Marvin Gaye
• The Staples Singers with The Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King