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A Look Ahead - Getting Jazzed Up

Louise previews shows from a jam packed marathon week of jazz and blues.

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1. "I Love Jazz" {Sydney Shaw} - Louis Armstrong - I Love Jazz [Verve: 1962]
2. "Where Are You - Remastered" {Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson} - Sonny Rollins - The Bridge [RCA Bluebird: 1962]
   Notes: "The Williamsburg Bridge - A Tribute To Sonny Rollins" with Larry Minnick Mon 10am
3. "For John Coltrane" {Abdullah Ibrahim} - Abdullah Ibrahim - The Enja Heritage Collection: Desert Flower [AlFi Records: 1992]
   Notes: "Remembering Abdullah Ibrahim" with Gary Funston and John Mason Wed 6pm
4. "Wichita Lineman" {Jimmy Webb} - The Meters - Struttin' [Rhino: 1970]
   Notes: "The Meters Sessions" with The Rum Cove Mon noon
5. "The Pleasure Is Mine" {Herbie Hancock} - Herbie Hancock - My Point Of View (Expanded Edition) [Blue Note Records: 1963]
   Notes: "Herbie Hancock's Blue Note Years" with DJ Lambchop Mon 4pm
6. "Our Day Will Come" {Mort Garson, Bob Hilliard} - Jimmy Castor - Hey Leroy [Mercury Records: 1967]
   Notes: "The Jimmy Castor Show" with Jay Hertel Mon 11pm
7. "Eu Sambo Mesmo (I Really Samba)" {Janet De Almeida} - Eliane Elias - Ao Vivo (Live) [Candid: 2026]
   Notes: "Let The Ladies Lead" with Duffy and David Tues 8am
8. "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)" {Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler} - Betty Carter - The Modern Sound Of Betty Carter [GRP: 1960]
   Notes: "ABCD: Abbey, Betty, Carmen, and Dinah" with Rebecca and Duffy Tuesday noon
9. "The Fool On The Hill" {John Lennon, Paul McCartney} - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Fool On The Hill [UMG Recordings: 1968]
   Notes: "All You Need Is Beatles Jazz" with Mary Beth Tues 4pm
10. "Blue In Green" {Miles Davis, Bill Evans} - John McLaughlin - My Goal's Beyond [Douglas Music: 1971]
    Notes: "John McLaughlin's Cosmic Eternity" with Rudy2Shooz Tues 11pm
11. "I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You" {Martin Charnin, Richard Rodgers} - Tony Bennett - Love Story [Columbia/Legacy: 1971]
    Notes: "Tony Bennett Turns 100" with Rus Perry Thurs 1am
12. "A Sailboat In the Moonlight" {Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb} - Billie Holiday - The Essential Billie Holiday [Columbia/Legacy: 2010]
    Notes: "Lady Day and Prez" with Madeline Thur 6am
13. "I Just Wanna Make Love To You" {Willie Dixon} - Jimmy Smith, Dr. John, Etta James - Dot Com Blues [Blue Thumb: 2001]
    Notes: "To B3 And Beyond: Jimmy Smith" with Dave Donahue Thur 2pm
14. "Love in Spring" {Ray Bronner} - Freddie Roulette, Daphne Blue - Daphne Blue: Legendary Blues Instrumentals [Steel Blue Records: 2013]
    Notes: "Lap Steel Guitar: Spiritual to Devil's Music" with Jack Roy Thur at 9pm
15. "On A Slow Boat To China" {Frank Loesser} - Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet [Original Jazz Classics: 1953]
    Notes: "Miles - His Other Tenors: Rollins, Coleman, Rivers, Mobley with Rus Perry Friday 3am
16. "Ka Ua Loku" {Alfred Alohikea} - Kahulanui - Mele Ho'oilina [Kahulanui LLC: 2017]
    Notes: "Swing Music Here, There, and Everywhere" with Rebecca Fri 6am
17. "Give Me The Simple Life" {Harry Ruby, Rube Bloom} - Mel Tormé - An Evening With George Shearing and Mel Tormé [Concord Jazz: 1982]
    Notes: "White Satin: Music of George Shearing" with Charles Peale Fri 8am
18. "I Know You Care" {Bill Frisell} - Bill Frisell - The Willies [Nonesuch: 2002]
    Notes: "Bill Frisell at 75" with Mike Burris and Gary Funston Fri 2pm
19. "Mambo Banjo" {Alison Brown} - Alison Brown - Quartet [Vanguard Records: 2006]
    Notes: "Acoustic Jazz" with George Dayton Sat 8am
20. "Cool Fool" {Bob Cooper} - Bud Shank - Bud Shank with Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson, and Bob Enevoldson [Jazzlife: 2024]
    Notes: "Bud Shank Turns 100" with Rus Perry Sun 1am
21. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" {Cole Porter} - Betty Carter and Ray Charles - Avant-Garde Jazz (Remastered) [Master Tape Records: 2019]
    Notes: "Duets" with Sandy Snyder Sun 6am
22. "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)" {Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers} - John Coltrane Quartet - The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane [GRP: 1975]
    Notes: "The Gentle Side of John Coltrane" with Brian Keena and Charlie Curtis Sun 10am
23. "Casbah" {Ahmed Malek} - Ahmed Malek - Musique Originale De Films: Deuxième Tome (Habibi Funk 027) [HABIBI Funk Records: 2024]
    Notes: "Habibi Funk And Arabic Psych Sounds" with The Psych Doctors Sun 6pm
24. "I Stand Accused" {Billy Butler, Jerry Butler} - Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart [Good Time Records: 1960]
    Notes: "Overheated Soul" with Radio Wowsville Crew Sun 11pm
25. "The Very Thought Of You" {Ray Noble} - Sharel Cassity - Fearless [Sharel Cassity: 2020]
    Notes: live in the studio Fri 8pm
26. "Autumn Nocturne" {Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon} - Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk [Blue Note Records: 1958]
    Notes: "Lou Donaldson Turns 100" with Rus Perry Mon 1am
27. "Boogie At Midnight" {Roy Brown, Henry Bernard} - Bob Margolin - Down In The Alley [Alligator Records: 1993]
    Notes: "Bebops Blues" with Peter Welch and friends Fri 9pm AND "Celebrating Professor Bebop" with Charlie Pastorfield, David Eisenman and friends Sat 10am

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1. "I Don't Smoke (Audiotree Live Version)" - Mitski, Audiotree - Mitski on Audiotree Live [Mitski: 2015]
2. "First Love/Late Spring" - Mitski - Bury Me At Makeout Creek [Dead Oceans: 2016]
3. "My Love Mine All Mine" - Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We [Dead Oceans: 2023]
4. "Your Best American Girl" - Mitski - Puberty [Dead Oceans: 2016]
5. "Pink in the Night" - Mitksi - Be the Cowboy [Dead Oceans: 2018]
6. "Promise" - Laufey - Bewitched [Vingolf Recordings, AWAL Recordi: 2023]
7. "Lover Girl" - Laufey - A Matter of Time [Vingolf Recordings, AWAL Recordi: 2025]
8. "Nothing To Prove" - beabadoobee, Hayley Williams - Pylon [Beabadoobee, Dirty Hit, Intersco: 2026 (NEW)]
9. "Fool" - Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing [Bayonet Records: 2016]
10. "the perfect pair" - beabadoobee - Beatopia [Dirty Hit: 2022]
11. "You Can Be Mean" - Indigo De Souza - All of This Will End [Saddle Creek: 2023]
12. "Heartbreaker" - Indigo De Souza - Precipice [Indigo De Souza, Loma Vista Reco: 2025]
13. "Black Hole" - She & Him - Volume One [Merge Records: 2008]
14. "(You) On My Arm" - Leith Ross - To Learn [Republic Records, UMG Recordings: 2023]
15. "Right Side of My Neck" - Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaires Club [Secretly Canadian: 2019]
16. "Paper Bag" - Fiona Apple - When The Pawn... [Epic Records, Sony Music Enterta: 1999]
17. "If You Want To" - beabadoobee - Patched Up [Dirty Hit: 2018]
18. "Best Friend" - Brandy - Brandy [Atlantic Recording Corp: 1994]
19. "I Wanna Be Down" - Brandy - Brandy [Atlantic Recording Corp: 1994]
20. "Beef FloMix" - Flo Milli - Ho, why is you here ? [RCA Records: 2020]
21. "Stalli (Freestyle)" - Megan Thee Stallion - Stalli (Freestyle) [Megan Thee Stallion: 2017]
22. "Bigger In Texas" - Megan Thee Stallion - MEGAN: ACT II [Hot Girl Productions LLC: 2024]
23. "Realer" - Megan Thee Stallion - Fever [1501 Certified Ent. LLC, 300 Ent: 2019]
24. "Girls in the Hood" - Megan Thee Stallion - Girls in the Hood [1501 Certified Ent. LLC, 300 Ent: 2020]
25. "Freak Nasty" - Megan Thee Stallion - Tina Snow [1501 Certified Ent. LLC, 300 Ent: 2018]
26. "HOW I LOOK" - GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion - GLORIOUS [CMG/Interscope Records: 2024]