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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 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 143 – Swing & Things
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This week’s show is a good old fashioned romp of jazz, standards & more. If you need to be warmed up, this is a great place to start!
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- Big Joe Turner
- Anita O’Day
- Dinah Washington
- Ray Charles
- Louis Armstrong
- Quincy Jones
- Ahmad Jamal
- Charlie Parker
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Miles Davis
- Nat “King” Cole
- Billy Eckstine
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Fats Waller
- Johnny Hartman
- Nancy Wilson
- Mandy Patinkin
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.
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- 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
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 116 – Sir Duke, Yeats & Gallagher
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This week’s show is a meandering uptempo jaunt with slivers of happiness from loads of different artists – including a celebration of W.B. Yeats & Rory Gallagher – both of whom mark anniversaries this weekend.
Enjoy!
- Stevie Wonder
- Count Basie
- Glen Miller & His Orchestra
- Louis Armstrong
- Duke Ellington
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Benny Goodman
- Jimmy Dorsey & Tommy Dorsey
- Quincy Jones
- Ramsey Lewis
- Rory Gallagher
- Grant Green
- Nat “King” Cole
- Johnny Hartman
- Coleman Hawkins
- John Coltrane
- Dinah Washington
- Sarah Vaughan
- Frank Sinatra
NY Standard – Episode 114 – Swingin’ Summertime & The Man Who Got Away
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This week’s show is again a pretty strong, barnstormer of a show.
That said, it also includes a tribute to Jeff Buckley – as he passed 18 years ago yesterday, May 29th.
Enjoy!
- Booker T & The MG’s
- Jonah Jones
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- Billie Holiday
- Jamie Saft Trio
- Big Joe Turner
- Bessie Smith
- Jeff Buckley
- Louis Prima
- Bobby Darin
- Benny Goodman
- Machinto & His Afro-Cubans
- Quincy Jones
- Charlie Parker
- Johnny Hartman
- Lionel Hampton
- Mel Tormé
- Miles Davis
- Oscar Peterson
- Nat King Cole
- John Coltrane
- Jeff Buckley
NY Standard – Episode 113 – Summertime And The Living Is…
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It’s an ironic title, considering I didn’t play any of the many versions of Summertime that I own.
But, with Memorial Day Weekend upon us here in the States, it is the unofficial kickoff of Summertime…
This week’s show is all up-tempo music dedicated to making you feel good! Perfect for a BBQ, block party or a top-down drive around town!
Enjoy!
- Peter Nero
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Quincy Jones
- La Playa Sextet
- The Andrews Sisters
- Anita O’Day
- Johnny Hartman
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Art Tatum
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Duke Ellington
- Dexter Gordon
- Ella & Louis
- Fats Waller
- Louis Armstrong
- Sidney Bechet
- Fletcher Henderson
- Frank Sinatra
- Bobby Darin
- Nat “King” Cole
- Lester Young
- Mel Tormé
- Peter Nero
- Jimmy Smith
- Big John Patton
- Lionel Hampton
- Les Paul
- Sheena Easton
- Nina Simone
- Shirley Horn