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This week’s show is dedicated to Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington.
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.
Enjoy!
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 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 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
NY Standard – Episode 112 – B.B.’s Blues
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As you may know by the time you read this that B.B. King passed away Thursday evening in Las Vegas around 9:40pm local time on May 14th, 2015. A combination of a small bout of insomnia & a desire to deliver a fresh show in partial tribute to this legend, I decided to work overnight to put that together.
The first or so hour is all B.B. King. The second hour is music that would have inspired B.B & almost any blues musician.
I hope you enjoy this small detour & devotion to a master.
May the Mississippi keep flowing…
The playlist is as follows:
- B.B. King
- B.B. King & Bobby Bland
- T-Bone Walker
- Anita O’Day
- Bessie Smith
- Fletcher Henderson
- Louis Armstrong
- Sidney Bechet
- Big Joe Turner
- Willie “The Lion” Smith
- The Nat King Cole Trio
- Wes Montgomery
- Freddie Roach
- Johnny Hartman
- Yusef Lateef
- Jimmy Rushing
- Duke Ellington
- Charles Mingus
- Billie Holiday
- Bobby Womack
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 97 – Organ Music, Latin Jazz & West Side Story
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This week’s show is something of a first for me, I bring you more Latin jazz than I ever have before. With all this cold weather, I needed to spice things up a bit. That said, we open with a trio of Hammond B-3 organ tunes from three legends of the form.
I also feature the “hits” from ‘West Side Story’ in keeping with the Latin flare…
Enjoy!
- Big John Patton
- Jimmy Smith
- Jimmy McGriff
- Wes Montgomery
- Paul Chambers
- Kenny Dorham
- Grant Green
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Johnny Hartman
- Tito Puente
- Machito & His Afro-Cubans
- Celia Cruz
- Louis Prima
- Dave Brubeck
- Quincy Jones
- The Original Broadway Cast of ‘West Side Story’
- Clifford Brown
- Frank Sinatra
- Jimmy Rushing
- Nat King Cole
- Lester Young
- Louis Armstrong
- Sidney Bechet
- Sarah Vaughan
- Woody Herman
- Mel Torme
- Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
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
NY Standard – Episode 90 – Whole Lotta Louis
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This week’s show is a little late – thank you ‘technical difficulties!’ – in getting to you. But, it’s done & it’s pretty damned good!
So, on today’s show you’ll hear loads of “Louis” & plenty more artists like those you see below.
- Lester Young
- Charlie Parker
- Bobby Darin
- Nat King Cole
- Mel Torme
- Frank Sinatra
- Helen Merrill
- Billy Eckstine
- Mandy Patinkin
- Paul Chambers
- Bud Powell
- Thelonious Monk
- Duke Ellington
- Count Basie
- Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- Art Tatum
- Sidney Bechet
- Louis Armstrong
- Billie Holliday
- The Andrews Sisters
- Johnny Hartman
- John Coltrane
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Harry Connick, Jr.
I will also be doing a special show that you can play with your family & friends for Thanksgiving, too.