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This week’s show is a light-hearted affair to celebrate the gorgeous weather here in NYC.
Enjoy!
NY Standard – Episode 142 – Mood Music
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This week’s show is all about the mood & tranquility. This music has always done this…and this playlist is built for that, for the most part.
If you need some help working through things, give this show a listen.
Enjoy!
- Frank Sinatra
- Bobby Darin
- Helen Merrill
- Anita O’Day
- Billy Eckstine
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
- Interference f/ Fergus O’Farrell
- Duke Ellington
- Count Basie
- Dave Brubeck w/ Jimmy Rushing
- Johnny Hartman
- Nat “King” Cole
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Dinah Washington
- Dinah Shore
- Arthur Prysock
- Clifford Brown
- Coleman Hawkins
- Bill Evans
- Bing Crosby
- Glenn Miller
- Bobby Darin
- Carmen McRae
- Benny Goodman
NY Standard – Episode 139 – Downward Dogs
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This week’s show is a bit on the downside, but in a lovely way.
Last week, we lost a musical legend & within the confines of this show – and its idiom – I attempt to bring you something of a tribute to David Bowie.
Enjoy!
- Billie Holiday
- Sarah Vaughan
- Arthur Prysock
- The Andrews Sisters
- Anita O’Day
- Ann Hampton Callaway
- Benny Goodman
- Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
- Johnny Hartman
- Billy Eckstine
- Clifford Brown
- Dinah Washington
- Frank Sinatra
- Nat “King” Cole
- Kate Bush
- David Bowie
- The Beatles
- Walter Jackson
- David Bowie & Bing Crosby
- Bobby Darin
NY Standard – Episode 135 – Lush & Lovely – Thanksgiving 2015
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This week’s show is dedicated to the most beautiful music you’ve ever heard. Long, lush lines of music…
It is built to set & forget so you can press play & go about your day as you cook, bake, clean or entertain.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Enjoy!
- Peter Nero
- The Nat “King” Cole Trio
- Cal Tjader
- Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins
- Quincy Jones
- Ella Fitzgerald (w/ Quincy Jones)
- Anita O’Day
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Sidney Bechet
- The Andrews Sisters
- The Pied Pipers
- Glenn Miller
- The Ink Spots
- Bing Crosby
- Arthur Prysock
- Billy Eckstine
- Nat “King” Cole
- Lester Young
- Frank Sinatra
- Billie Holiday
- Nancy Wilson
- Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane
- Sonny Rollins
- The Hedge Schools
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire
- Andrew Bird
- Mel Torme & The Marty Paich Dek-tette
- Bobby Darin
- John Coltrane & The Red Garland Trio
- Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
- Benny Goodman
- The Dorsey Brothers
- Johnny Hartman
- Bud Powell
- Lara Downes
- The London Cello Sound
- Cannonball Adderley
- Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
- Paul Chambers
- Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
- Donald O’Connor
- Gene Kelly
- Patsy Cline
- Sarah Vaughan
- June Christy
- Ray Charles
- Nina Simone
- Music from the Original Broadway Cast of “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn”
- Sheena Easton
- Nat “King” Cole
- Shirley Horn
- Thelonious Monk
- Ramsey Lewis
- “Big” John Patton
- Ben Webster
- Wes Montgomery
- Grant Green
- Mel Torme
- Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
- Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
- Vince Guaraldi
- Loreena McKennitt
NY Standard – Episode 120 – Standards & Standbys
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This week’s show is a whirlwind series of songs that cuts across most of the music that you’ve come to expect here. Also, I include one of my favorite stories about RCA Studios & the recording of “Sweeney Club.”
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Arthur Prysock
- Count Basie
- Benny Goodman
- Fletcher Henderson
- Ornette Coleman
- Charlie Parker
- “Big” John Patton
- Jimmy Smith
- Thelonious Monk
- Ray Bryant
- Nina Simone
- Johnny Hartman
- The Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Sweeney Todd”
- Billie Holiday
- Mel Tormé
- Quincy Jones
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Billy Eckstine
- Louis Armstrong
- Nat “King” Cole
NY Standard – Episode 111 – Big Band Bonanza
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This week’s show is a tip of the cap to Big Band – thus the name, “Big Band Bonanza!”
You’ll hear the usual suspects plus folks you might be surprised to hear, too.
Enjoy!
- Arthur Prysock
- The Andrews Sisters
- Nat King Cole
- Chick Webb
- Fletcher Henderson
- Benny Goodman
- Bing Crosby
- Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer
- Bobby Darin
- Billy Eckstine
- Count Basie
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
- Helen Merrill
- Dinah Washington
- Duke Ellington
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Frank Sinatra
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Glenn Miller
- Johnny Hartman
- Jimmy Rushing
- Gene Krupa
NY Standard – Episode 110 – Ella, Big Joe & Mo…
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This week’s show starts off with a 3-track salute to one of the godfathers of blues, jazz & rock in Big Joe Turner – you’ll even hear a solid quotation from Fletcher Henderson in one of “Big Joe’s” numbers.
The rest of the show is a solid smattering of standard, bop & jazz – plus a ‘Broadway Bit’ that includes a young Jerry Orbach.
Enjoy!
- Big Joe Turner
- Fletcher Henderson
- Bessie Smith
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong
- Billy Eckstine
- Duke Ellington
- Arthur Prysock
- Benny Goodman
- Bud Powell
- Charles Mingus
- Charlie Parker & Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Jerry Orbach in ‘The Fantastiks’
- Mark Eitzel
- The Original Broadway Cast of ‘Company’
- The Revival Broadway Cast of ‘Guys & Dolls.’
- Nat King Cole
- Johnny Hartman
- Tony Bennett
- The Ben Webster Quintet
- Joe Cuba
- Jimmy Smith
NY Standard – Episode 101 – Short, Sweet & Glenn Miller
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This week’s episode is short & sweet – the last 10 or so episodes have all been 3 – 5 hours long. Well, that’s too long…
I decided to keep this one nice & tight. It also had a tribute to Glenn Miller herein, as he would have been 111 this year!
Enjoy!
- Cannonball Adderly
- Bill Evans
- Betty Carter & Ray Bryant
- Nat King Cole
- Arthur Prysock
- Billie Holiday
- Billy Eckstine
- Anita O’Day
- Bing Crosby
- Benny Goodman
- Bud Powell
- Count Basie
- Charles Mingus
- Glenn Miller
- Grant Green
- Jimmy Smith
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- John Coltrane
- The Dorsey Brothers
- Johnny Hartman
- Pippin
- Les Misérables
- Once
- A Chorus Line
- Ramsey Lewis
- Sarah Vaughan
NY Standard – Episode 91 – Thanksgiving (and a dash of Christmas)!
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You want 3+ hours of gorgeous luscious music? You’ve got it!
This is the 2014 Thanksgiving episode. It’s dedicated to lush, beautiful music that is fitting for cooking & baking the day before Thanksgiving, while you eat your meal or as you relax throughout this long, holiday weekend.
It’s rare that I play what some might consider “background” music. But, to me, listening to these luscious melodies is a joy. So, enjoy!
Here are this week’s artists:
- The Andrews Sisters
- Anita O’Day
- Annie Lennox
- Ann Hampton Calloway
- Art Tatum
- Arthur Prysock
- Benny Goodman
- Bernadette Peters
- Bill Evans
- Billie Holiday
- Billy Eckstine
- Bing Crosby
- Bobby Darin
- Carmen McRae
- Charles Mingus
- Chet Baker
- Clifford Brown
- Count Basie
- Dinah Shore
- Dinah Washington
- Duke Ellington
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Frank Sinatra
- George Shearing
- Glenn Miller
- Helen Merrill
- Jimmy Dorsey & Tommy Dorsey
- Jimmy Rushing
- John Coltrane
- Johnny Hartman
- Lester Young
- Nat King Cole
- Sarah Vaughan
- Thelonious Monk
- Tony Bennett
- Vince Guaraldi
- Frank Sinatra