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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.
Enjoy!!!
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 146 – Crisp Things
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This week’s show is all about crisp music. To me, the springtime is all about crisp & neat & sleek & light.
We even get to hear Sammy Davis, Jr. do impressions of Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Cagney & Cary Grant & more.
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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 138 – 7 Minutes In Heaven
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This show is all about songs – jazz & standards – that are all at least 7 minutes long & no longer than 7:59.
While this was intended to be an “easy” show to produce & record – which it was – it also comes in just under 3 hours. That’s what happens when you play twenty 7 minute songs, I s’pose!
ENJOY!
- John Coltrane
- The Quintet
- Sunday In The Park With George
- Mel Tormé
- Nat “King” Cole
- Lester Young & Oscar Peterson Trio
- Grant Green
- Jimmy Smith
- Wes Montgomery
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Johnny Hartman
- Cannonball Adderley
- Sonny Rollins
- Duke Ellington
- Big Joe Turner
- John Coltrane & The Red Garland Trio
- Dexter Gordon
- Yusef Lateef
- Thelonious Monk
- Charles Mingus
- John Coltrane
- Woody Herman
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 126 – Back To Basics…Mostly
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This week’s episode is a return to form – after a month of fun & games with this show. I appreciate you indulging me with this over the last bit, but with the end of summer comes the end of fun & games…right? 🙂
Anyway, do enjoy this tour de force of swing, standards & Sondheim.
- Louis Armstrong
- Sidney Bechet
- Anita O’Day
- Ann Hampton Callaway
- Art Tatum
- Big Joe Turner
- Bessie Smith
- Billie Holiday
- Lara Downes
- Nina Simone
- Duke Ellington
- Count Basie
- Billy Eckstine
- Bobby Darin
- Lionel Hampton
- Wes Montgomery
- Big John Patton
- Grant Green
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- Frank Sinatra
- Nat King Cole
- Booker T. & The MG’s
- Johnny Hartman
- Marilyn Monroe
- Quincy Jones
- Colm Wilkinson from the original London Cast of ‘Les Miserables.’
- Songs from the original Broadway Cast of ‘Company.’
- Mel Tormé
- Oscar Peterson w/ Nelson Riddle
- Ramsey Lewis
- Ray Charles
- Thelonious Monk
- Sarah Vaughan
- Tony Bennett
- Woody Herman
NY Standard – Episode 123 – Lively Licks
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This week’s show is an attempt to swing things up & cool things down. It’s a hot playlist & a cool setlist.
Enjoy!
- Benny Goodman
- Count Basie
- Quincy Jones
- Billy Eckstine
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Duke Ellington
- Big Joe Turner
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Bud Powell
- Charlie Parker
- Paul Chambers
- Grant Green
- Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Fletcher Henderson
- Nat “King” Cole
- Helen Merrill
- Frank Sinatra
- Johnny Hartman