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This week’s show is mostly a tribute to Billie Holiday…but, there’s also some bop & some blues in there, too.
Enjoy!
NY Standard – Episode 144 – Relationships
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This week’s show is about how songs & artists relate to one another.
This is a fun – yet solemn – show dedicated to a lot of the amazing music I play week-in, week-out.
Enjoy!
- Anita O’Day
- Billy Eckstine
- Bud Powell
- Charlie Parker
- Charles Mingus
- Charlie Christian
- Benny Goodman
- Gene Krupa
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Chick Webb
- Count Basie
- Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
- Coleman Hawkins
- Lionel Hampton
- Louis Armstrong
- Billie Holiday
- McCoy Tyner
- Lara Downes
- Mel Tormé
- Johnny Hartman
- Nancy Wilson
- Frank Sinatra
- Nat “King” Cole
- George Shearing
- Jonah Jones
- Fletcher Henderson
- Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
- Miles Davis
- Grant Green
- Wes Montgomery
- Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
- Clifford Brown
NY Standard – Episode 122 – All ‘Round The Town
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This week’s show is a solid selection of the best of our favorite music plus a dedication to a friend’s son – who’s shipping off to the service in about week.
Enjoy!
- Charles Mingus
- Dexter Gordon
- Cannonball Adderley
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Buddy Rich
- Gene Krupa
- The Andrews Sisters
- Glenn Miller
- Frank Sinatra
- Chet Baker
- Nat “King” Cole
- Duke Ellington
- Bing Crosby
- The Bethlehem Records Cast of ‘Porgy & Bess.’
- Dinah Washington
- The Dorsey Brothers
- Grant Green
- Jimmy Smith
- The Beastie Boys
- Johnny Hartman
- Bobby Darin
NY Standard – Episode 121 – Cool & Blue
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Given this weekend’s heat, I can’t think of a better way to cool down than some great tunes, a dip in the water & a great cocktail.
This show provides the first former, you’re on your own for the latter two.
Enjoy!
- Charlie Parker
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Billy Eckstine
- June Christy
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Miles Davis
- Original Broadway Cast of ‘West Side Story.’
- Abbey Lincoln
- Helen Merrill
- Nina Simone
- Big Joe Turner
- Billie Holiday
- Duke Ellington
- Fletcher Henderson
- Grant Green
- John Coltrane
- Johnny Hartman
- Les Paul
- Louis Armstrong
- Nat “King” Cole
- Sidney Bechet
- Thelonious Monk
- Elvis Presley
NY Standard – Episode 109 – Late Night Blues & Broadway Show Stoppers
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This week’s show was recorded at 2am Friday night into Saturday morning. It has a loose & mellow feel to it. You’ll hear some blues, some up-tempo numbers & some stunning Broadway show stoppers. You’ll even hear some 3am New York City sirens…
Enjoy!
- Mel Tormé
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
- Eddie Cole & The Nat King Cole Trio
- Wes Montgomery
- The Ben Webster Quintet
- Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster
- Duke Ellington
- Dinah Washington
- Billie Holiday
- Nina Simone
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Johnny Hartman
- The Original Broadway Cast of Evita
- The Original London Cast of Les Misérables
- The Original Broadway Cast of Into The Woods
- The Original Broadway Cast of Company
- Nat King Cole
- Thelonious Monk
- Miles Davis
- Frank Sinatra
NY Standard – Episode 100 – The Standards of Standards
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This week’s show is a special show as it’s the 100th episode of this mostly-weekly musical adventure I bring to you.
This particular episode is all about the basics that got me into this idiom at all. They’re called “standards” for a reason.
Enjoy!
- Louis Armstrong
- Fletcher Henderson
- Chick Webb
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Sidney Bechet
- Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith
- Glen Miller
- Benny Goodman
- Bing Crosby
- The Andrews Sisters
- Charlie Parker
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Count Basie
- Duke Ellington
- Ella Fitzgerald
- John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
- Nat King Cole
- Ben Webster
- Les Paul
- Tony Bennett
- Mel Tormé
- Mandy Patinkin
- Bethlehem Records version of “Porgy & Bess.”
- Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Evita”
- Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Sweeney Todd”
- Original London Cast Recording of “Les Misérables”
- Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Into The Woods”
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Charles Mingus
- Thelonious Monk
- Sinéad O’Connor
- Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
- Bobby Darin
- Erroll Garner
- Billie Holiday
- George Shearing
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
NY Standard – Episode 95 – Basie Boys & More
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This week’s show is a true return to form from swing to bop & more.
Enjoy!
- Lester Young
- Sonny Rollins
- Wes Montgomery
- Big John Patton
- Sidney Bechet
- Charlie Parker
- Coleman Hawkins
- Johnny Hartman
- Frank Sinatra
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Sarah Vaughan
- Nat King Cole
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Paul Chambers
- Dinah Shore
- Bill Evans
- John Coltrane
- Mel Torme
- Jimmy Rushing
- Billy Eckstine
- Count Basie
- Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
- Louis Armstrong
- Fletcher Henderson
- The Dorsey Brothers
- Duke Ellington
- Johnny Hodges
- Louis Prima
- Gene Krupa