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This week’s episode is a fun romp through some great uptempo numbers – some Latin jazz, some Latin flavored tunes, too.
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NY Standard – Episode 150 – Uptempo Things
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This week’s show is a light-hearted affair to celebrate the gorgeous weather here in NYC.
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NY Standard – Episode 148 – Mellow Things
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With the ways of the world of late, I decided to bring a show of mellow to you.
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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 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 128 – Mellow & Melancholy
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This week’s show is all about the ballad – the most meaningful songs ever written.
Enjoy!
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra – Featuring Ray Eberle
- Duke Ellington
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire
- Lara Downes
- Bill Evans
- Helen Merrill
- Songs from the Original Cast Recording of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’
- Dinah Washington
- Frank Sinatra
- June Christy
- Lee Wiley
- Lester Young
- Ella & Louis
- Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
- John Coltrane
- Erroll Garner
- Grant Green
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Mandy Patinkin
- Nat “King” Cole
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 119 – Independence Day 2015
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This week’s show is dedicated to America – simple as that. We’re not perfect, but we’re open to getting there. To a degree, that’s all that matters!
This is one of my favorite shows to do each year & this year was no different!
Enjoy!
- Duke Ellington
- Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic with Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare For The Common Man.”
- Lara Downes
- Overture From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “Sit Down, John” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “Piddle, Twiddle & Resolve; Till Then” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “The Lees of Old Virginia” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- Woody Herman
- Bing Crosby & Al Jolson
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Nat “King” Cole
- “Something’s Coming” From the Original Film Soundtrack Cast of “West Side Story.”
- “America” From the Original Film Soundtrack Cast of “West Side Story.”
- “Somewhere” From the Original Film Soundtrack Cast of “West Side Story.”
- Alana Henderson
- Édith Piaf
- Rachel Portman From the Original Film Score of “Chocolat.”
- Louis Prima
- “But, Mr. Adams” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “Yours, Yours, Yours” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “He Plays The Violin” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “Cool, Cool Considerate Men” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- Glenn Miller
- Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic with Aaron Copland’s “Rodeo: Hoe Down.”
- “Mamma Look Sharp” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “The Egg” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- Grand Funk Railroad
- The Guess Who
- Simon & Garfunkel
- “Molasses To Rum” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic with Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”
- “Is There Anybody There?” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- “Finale” From the Original Broadway Cast of “1776.”
- The Stars & Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa
- Frank Sinatra
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 105 – Such Sweet Sunday
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This week’s show is a tour around jazz & Broadway.
We have 3 of the 4 greatest saxophonists ever & 4 numbers from Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder.”
Is there a better way to spend time than listening to these geniuses?
I think not…
Enjoy!
- Lester Young
- Lionel Hampton
- Coleman Hawkins
- John Coltrane
- Johnny Hartman
- Glenn Miller
- Duke Ellington
- West Side Story
- Les Miserables
- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- Pippin
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Count Basie
- Nat King Cole
- Grant Green
- Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
- Clifford Brown
- Jimmy Rushing with the Dave Brubeck Quartet