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This week’s show is a fun romp…in mostly alphabetical order.
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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 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.
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- 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 141 – Swing & Simmer
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This week’s show is a true return to form. Some blues, some ballads, some barn burners.
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- Art Tatum
- Nat “King” Cole
- Nina Simone
- Johnny Hartman
- Lara Downes
- Billie Holiday
- Count Basie
- Billy Eckstine
- Cannonball Adderley
- Ramsey Lewis
- Ray Charles
- Oscar Peterson
- Nancy Wilson
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Ella Fitzgerald
- The Ink Spots
- Marvin Gaye
- Frank Sinatra
- Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer
- Bobby Darin
- Shirley Horn
- Helen Merrill
- Sonny Rollins
- John Coltrane
- Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
- 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 133 – In A Sentimental Mood
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With the sun leaving us alone a few more hours than Spring or Summer this weekend, I decided to do a show that saluted the more thoughtful autumn. Ballads to be sure, but a few mid-tempo numbers too…
Enjoy!
- Billie Holiday
- Lara Downes
- John Lee Hooker
- Bessie Smith
- Abbey Lincoln
- Betty Carter & Ray Bryant
- James P. Johnson
- Bill Evans
- George Shearing
- Duke Ellington
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Édith Piaf
- Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta Rhythm Boys
- Frank Sinatra
- The Dorsey Brothers w/ Frank Sinatra
- Miles Davis
- John Coltrane
- Johnny Hartman
- Lee Wiley
- Mel Tormé
- Nancy Wilson
- The Nat “King” Cole Trio
- Nina Simone
- Mandy Patinkin
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.
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- 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 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 118 – Over The Rainbow
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This week’s show is a special one – as next week’s show will be – as this week’s focus is on 3 items: PRIDE, Joni Mitchell & Lara Downes’ Billie Holiday record.
Enjoy!
- Mandy Patinkin
- John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
- Abbey Lincoln
- Coleman Hawkins
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Music from “Guys & Dolls”
- Music from “West Side Story”
- Music from “Company”
- Music from “A Chorus Line”
- Music from “Sunday In The Park With George”
- Bernadette Peters
- Music from “West Side Story”
- Music from “Les Misérables”
- Art Tatum
- Lara Downes
- Billie Holiday
- Joni Mitchell
- Mandy Moore
- Cannonball Adderley
- Charles Mingus
- Billy Eckstine