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Bill Evans: Master of Harmony and Melody

Bill Evans brought a new style to jazz at a time of transition, bringing his "singing" melodic lines, influenced by Bach and contemporary composer George Russell, to Miles Davis' 50's… MoreBill Evans brought a new style to jazz at a time of transition, bringing his "singing" melodic lines, influenced by Bach and contemporary composer George Russell, to Miles Davis' 50's sextet and his primary trios of the 60's and 70's. Check out one of jazz' most purely enjoyable pianists. Less

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1. "Mox Nix" - Art Farmer - Modern Art [Blue Note: 1958]
   Notes: Art Farmer original
2. "If You Could See Me Now" - Chet Baker - Chet [Riverside: 1959]
   Notes: With Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones
3. "Everything Happens to Me" - Bill Evans - The Best of Bill Evans [Riverside: 2004]
   Notes: 12-CD boxed set - owned by Fantasy
4. "Waltz for Debby (take 1)" - Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby [Riverside: 1962]
5. "Blue in Green" - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue [Columbia: 1959]
6. "Peace Piece" - Bill Evans - The Best of Bill Evans [Riverside: 2004]
7. "Autumn Leaves" - Bill Evans Trio - Portrait in Jazz [Riverside: 1960]
   Notes: Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian
8. "In a Sentimental Mood" - Bill Evans - Some Other Time: The Lost Sessions From the Black Forest [Resonance: 2016]
   Notes: Eddie Gomez & Jack Dejohnette, 1968
9. "Autumn Leaves" - Bill Evans - Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: Monologues [Craft Recordings: 2021]
   Notes: Miles' tune, live at the Keystone Korner, the week before he died
10. "I'll Remember April" - Bill Evans - Some Other Time: The Lost Sessions From the Black Forest [Resonance: 2016]
11. "It Might As Well Be Spring" - Bill Evans Trio - Moonbeams [Riverside: 1962]
    Notes: Chuck Israels, Paul Motian
12. "Nardis" - Bill Evans - Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: Monologues [Craft Recordings: 2021]
13. "Alice in Wonderland" - Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at The Village Vanguard [Riverside: 1961]
14. "Someday My Prince Will Come" - Bill Evans - At the Montreux Jazz Festival [Verve: 1968]
    Notes: Gomez & DeJohnette
15. "Turn Out the Stars" - Bill Evans Trio - The Last Waltz [Milestone: 2000]
    Notes: His last residency, live at the Keystone Korner in SF, the week before he died
16. "Blue Monk" - Bill Evans - Conversations With Myself [Verve: 1963]
    Notes: Multitracked himself on three pianos simultaneously
17. "Days of Wine and Roses" - Tony Bennett & Bill Evans - The Tony Bennett & Bill Evans Album [Fantasy: 1975]
18. "When I Fall in Love" - Bill Evans - Getting Sentimental [Milestone: 2003]
    Notes: Mike Harris recording, Village Vanguard 1978. Michael Moore & Philly Joe Jones
19. "My Man's Gone Now" - Bill Evans - The Last Waltz [Milestone: 2000]
20. "Funkallero" - Bill Evans - Loose Blues [Milestone: 1982]
    Notes: recorded August 1962, Zoot Sims, Jim Hall, Ron Carter & Philly Joe Jones
21. "Reflections in D" - Bill Evans - New Conversations [Warner Bros.: 1978]
    Notes: Duke Ellington number
22. "Very Early" - The Bill Evans Trio - Moon Beams [Riverside: 1962]
23. "One For Helen" - Bill Evans - Blue in Green (The Concert in Canada) [Milestone: 1974]
    Notes: Gomez & Morell; named for his longtime manager Helen Keane
24. "For All We Know (We May Meet Again)" - Bill Evans - We Will Meet Again [Warner Bros.: 1979]
    Notes: his final studio album, written for his brother

Duane Allman and Derek Trucks

Duane Allman was a brilliant guitarist, especially slide guitarist, who did some amazing work with many great Blues, Jazz, Soul and Rock artists before his untimely death at age 24.… MoreDuane Allman was a brilliant guitarist, especially slide guitarist, who did some amazing work with many great Blues, Jazz, Soul and Rock artists before his untimely death at age 24. Allman absorbed many styles from Blues, Jazz, Gospel and and Rock in his playing to make it his own sound. In many ways, in the past 30+ years Derek Trucks has picked up where Allman left off, being one of the truly great slide guitar players, working with the Allman Brothers, his own bands, and with his wife Susan Tedeschi in the Tedesch-Trucks Band, playing an exciting mix of Jazz, Blues, Rock and Gospel. Join Peter Welch of "Nothin' But The Blues" for a retrospective. Less

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1. "What'd I Say" - Herbie Mann - Push Push
2. "Joyful Noise" - The Derek Trucks Band - Joyful Noise
3. "It's Not My Cross To Bear" - The Hour Glass - Power Of Love
4. "Hey Jude" - Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude
5. "Naima" - The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band [ 1997]
6. "Home In Your Heart" - Solomon Burke with The Derek Trucks Band - Joyful Noise
7. "Why Are People Like That?" - Junior Wells - Come On In This House
8. "I Walk On Guilded Splinters" - Johnny Jenkins - Ton Ton Macoute
9. "The Weight" - Aretha Franklin -
10. "Dreams" - The Allman Brothers - The Allman Brothers
11. "Sweet Inspiration" - The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
12. "Standback" - The Allman Brothers -
13. "Learn How To Love" - Tedeschi-Trucks Band -
14. "It Ain't Fair" - Aretha Franklin -
15. "I'd Rather Be Blind Crippled And Crazy" - The Derek Trucks Band -
16. "Sweep Around Your Own Back Door" - Lulu -
17. "Done Somebody Wrong" - The Allman Brothers -
18. "Statesboro Blues" - The Allman Brothers -
19. "Feelin' Alright" - Tedeschi-Trucks Band -

Jamal 4 LIVE

The Jamal 4 will put on the fifth night of concerts as part of this year’s Jazz Marathon. The jazz quartet features Jamal Millner on electric guitar, trumpeter Will Evans,… MoreThe Jamal 4 will put on the fifth night of concerts as part of this year’s Jazz Marathon. The jazz quartet features Jamal Millner on electric guitar, trumpeter Will Evans, Drew Pompano on electric bass, and drummer Pat Hayes. Less

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On With The Show: Music of Cole Porter

On a special Jazz Marathon edition of On With the Show, we'll hear the music of Cole Porter interpreted by singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, and Tony… MoreOn a special Jazz Marathon edition of On With the Show, we'll hear the music of Cole Porter interpreted by singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, and Tony Bennett; and by musicians like Artie Shaw, Oscar Peterson, and Dave Brubeck. "Porter is so famous for his gifts as a lyricist that it might seem mischievous to the point of perversity to suggest that his real greatness resides in his skills as a composer. Yet how many other popular composers have had more hits with instrumental, unsung versions of their work? Though rarely overtly jazz…his melodies have so much mysterious inner propulsion that, asked to swing, they practically swing themselves." Less

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1. "Let's Misbehave" {Cole Porter} - Dawn Lambeth - Let's Get Lost [Spanish Shawl: 2007]
   Notes: Cut from "Paris" (1928)
2. "Let's Do It" {Cole Porter} - Eartha Kitt - That Bad Eartha [RCA/Legacy: 1956]
   Notes: From "Paris" (1928)
3. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" {Cole Porter} - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book [Verve Reissues: 1956]
   Notes: From "Wake Up and Dream" (1929)
4. "Night And Day" {Cole Porter} - Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1959]
   Notes: From "Gay Divorce" (1932)
5. "You Do Something to Me" {Cole Porter} - Lena Horne - Jazz For Swingin' Lovers [RCA Victor: 2000]
   Notes: From "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929)
6. "You've Got That Thing" {Cole Porter} - Bobby Short - Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter [Rhino Atlantic: 1975]
   Notes: From "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929)
7. "Love For Sale" {Cole Porter} - Billie Holiday - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1992]
   Notes: From "The New Yorkers" (1930)
8. "Anything Goes" {Cole Porter} - Tony Bennett, Count Basie - Tony Bennett With Count Baise [StreamWorld Entertainment Classics: 1967]
   Notes: From "Anything Goes" (1934)
9. "I Get a Kick Out of You" {Cole Porter} - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, D. Brubeck - Anything Goes! [Columbia/Legacy: 1967]
   Notes: From "Anything Goes" (1934)
10. "You're The Top" {Cole Porter} - Rosemary Clooney - Sings The Music Of Cole Porter [Concord Jazz: 1982]
    Notes: From "Anything Goes" (1934)
11. "Just One Of Those Things" {Cole Porter} - Nat King Cole - Just One Of Those Things [Capitol Records: 1957]
    Notes: From "Jubilee" (1935)
12. "Begin The Beguine" {Cole Porter} - Artie Shaw - The Essential Artie Shaw [Bluebird/Legacy: 2005]
    Notes: From "Jubilee" (1935)
13. "I've Got You Under My Skin" {Cole Porter} - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book [Verve Reissues: 1956]
    Notes: From the film "Born to Dance" (1936)
14. "It's De-Lovely" {Cole Porter} - Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May [Verve Reissues: 1959]
    Notes: From "Red Hot & Blue" (1936)
15. "Down in the Depths (On the 90th Floor)" {Cole Porter} - Blossom Dearie - The Pianist [Universal Music Division Decca Records France: 2002]
    Notes: From "Red Hot & Blue" (1936)
16. "At Long Last Love" {Cole Porter} - Bill Henderson, Oscar Peterson Trio - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1992]
    Notes: From "You Never Know" (1938)
17. "Get Out Of Town" {Cole Porter} - Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May [Verve Reissues: 1959]
    Notes: From "Leave it to Me!" (1938)
18. "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" {Cole Porter} - Charlie Parker - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve Reissues: 1991]
    Notes: From "Leave it to Me!" (1938)
19. "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" {Cole Porter} - Betty Carter - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1992]
    Notes: From "Leave it to Me!" (1938)
20. "Give Him The Ooh-La-La" {Cole Porter} - Blossom Dearie - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1992]
    Notes: From "DuBarry Was a Lady" (1939)
21. "In The Still Of The Night" {Cole Porter} - Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1959]
    Notes: From the film "Rosalie" (1937)
22. "Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please" {Cole Porter} - Emma Smith - Bitter Orange [La Reserve Records: 2025]
    Notes: From "Panama Hattie" (1940)
23. "Why Can't You Behave" {Cole Porter} - Diahann Carroll - The Andre Previn Trio [EMI Music Special Markets: 1960]
    Notes: Fom "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948)
24. "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" {Cole Porter} - Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1992]
    Notes: From the film "Something to Shout About" (1943)
25. "Always True To You In My Fashion" {Cole Porter} - Blossom Dearie - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1992]
    Notes: From "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948)
26. "So In Love" {Cole Porter} - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book [Verve Reissues: 1956]
    Notes: Fom "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948)
27. "Too Darn Hot" {Cole Porter} - Mel Tormé, The Marty Paich Orchestra - The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1992]
    Notes: Fom "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948)
28. "From This Moment On" {Cole Porter} - Rosemary Clooney - The Essential Rosemary Clooney [Columbia/Legacy: 1948]
    Notes: Cut from "Out of This World" (1950), used in the film version of "Kiss Me, Kate" (1953)
29. "I Love Paris " {Cole Porter} - Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me (Expanded Edition) [Capitol Records: 1958]
    Notes: From "Can-Can" (1953)
30. "It's All Right With Me" {Cole Porter} - Peggy Lee - Great Women Of Song: Peggy Lee [Verve: 2024]
    Notes: From "Can-Can" (1953)
31. "All Of You" {Cole Porter} - Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May [Verve Reissues: 1959]
    Notes: From "Silk Stockings" (1955)
32. "Everytime We Say Goodbye" {Cole Porter} - Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook [Verve: 1959]
    Notes: From "Seven Lively Arts" (1944)

Japanese Psych Jazz

Those explorative Psych Doctors - Zostress, Don Wowsville and Sister Pirate Jenny - will closely examine the wild and wooly worlds of vintage and contemporary Japanese psychedelia. From the surf-psych… MoreThose explorative Psych Doctors - Zostress, Don Wowsville and Sister Pirate Jenny - will closely examine the wild and wooly worlds of vintage and contemporary Japanese psychedelia. From the surf-psych rock of Takeshi Terauchi. to period jazz fuzz freakouts from The Hops, Shagrat and Flower Travelin' Band, to the progressive neo-psych of Acid Mothers Temple and Kikagaku Moyo, let WTJU's seasoned and accredited lysergicians take you on a Far Eastern trip in more ways than one. Less

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1. "Everyday Friday" - Sachiko Kaneobu - Fork in the Road [Nippon Columbia: 2023]
2. "Entrance = 入信 (background)" - Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 - Masana Temples [Gurugurubrain: 2018]
3. "Hear No Evil 聞かざる" - Kei Miho and the Jazz Eleven - Kokezaru Suite [MCA: 1971]
   Notes: Thank you Freddie!
4. "夢のドライブ (dream drive)" - Rabi Nakayama - Fluttering [Polydor: 1974]
5. "Komoro Magouta" - Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans - Mr. Electric Guitar The Terry World [Kmmusic: 2020]
6. "夜明け - Dawn = Alfajiri (background)" - Akira Ishikawa & His Count Buffalos - African Rock [DAN: 1971]
7. "Satori II" - Flower Travelin' Band - Satori [Atlantic: 1971]
8. "After the Concert (background)" - Flower Travellin' Band - Make-up [Atlantic: 1973]
9. "Birds Flying to the Cave" - Far East Family Band - "The Cave" Down To The Earth [Mu Land: 1975]
10. "Mr Walking Drugstore Man" - Speed Glue and Shinki - Eve (2017 Remaster) [Atlantic: 1971]
11. "Your Pulse (background)" - Minami Deutsch - Fortune Goodies [Gurugurubrain: 2022]
12. "Gomugomu" - Kikagaku Moyo - Komoyo Island [Gurugurubrain: 2022]
13. "Chakra 24" - Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - The Ripper At The Heaven's Gates Of Dark [Riot Season: 2011]
14. "OZ DAYS (background)" - Les Ralllizes Desnudes - The OZ Tapes [Temporal Drift: 2022]
15. "Waiting for You" - Sundays & Cybele - Gypsy House [Gurugurubrain: 2015]
16. "Waternind" - Angel'In Heavy Syrup - III [Circular Reasoning: 1995]
    Notes: Thank you Lewis!
17. "Between 7:03 - 7:15 (background)" - Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972 [Sony: 1972]
18. "Hiroshima" - Joe Yamanaka and Flower Traveling Band - The Times [Atlantic: 1975]
19. "Comin Home Baby" - The Sharp Five - The Sidewinder [King Records: 1966]
20. "Silvery Flash (background)" - Masahiko Togashi & Isao Suzuki - A Day of the Sun [King Recored: 1979]
21. "For Chinatsu and Regina" - Masahiko Sato And Wolfgang Dauner - Pianology [EMI: 1971]
    Notes: Thank you Kiowa!
22. "Hurry Up Now" - Harumi - Harumi [Verve: 1968]
23. "Rashoumon (background)" - Takeshi Terauchi - Eleki Bushi 1966-1974 [180G: 2020]
24. "I've Been Flying" - Ghost - Ghost [Drag City: 1990/2024]
25. "おそすぎて = Ososugite (Too Late)" - Niningashi - Heavy Way [Niningashi: 1974]
26. "Inanome (Dawning) = いなのめ" - Jiro Inagaki and His Soul Media - 道祖神 Dōsojin [Columbia: 1972]

Come Rain or Come Shine

Songs and instrumentals about the rain and songs about sun and moon shine.

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1. "Fly Me To The Moon" - Nat King Cole - Martinis At Midnight [Universal Music ]
2. "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" - Sam Jones - The Ultimate Most Relaxing Jazz Music In The Universe [Slgmusic ]
3. "Moon River" - Lena Horne - Too Marvelous For Words - Capitol Sings Johnny Mercer [Capitol ]
4. "A Garden In The Rain" - Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Grear Britain [Reprise ]
5. "It's Only A Paper Moon" - Ella Fitzgerald With The Delta Rhythm Boys - Ella & Friends [Decca ]
6. "Midnight Sun" - June Christy - A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening [Jasmine ]
7. "Look For The Silver Lining" - Chet Baker - Career 1952 - 1988 [Shout Factory ]
8. "Here's That Rainy Day" - Art Pepper - Winter Moon [Galaxy ]
9. "Moonlight In Vermont" - Betty Carter - The Classic Recordings [Enlightenment ]
10. "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" - Ray Charles - Ultimite Hits Collection [Rhino ]
11. "Stormy Weather" - Cab Calloway - The Collection - Hep Cats And Cool Jive [Fuel 2000 ]
12. "All By Myself In The Moonlight" - Whispering Jack Smith - A Pre History Of The Bonzos - Songs The Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us [Flashback ]
13. "Come Rain Or Come Shine" - Sarah Vaughan - The Divine - The Columbia Years 1949 - 1953 [CBS ]
14. "The Moon" - Patricia Barber - Verse [Premonition ]
15. "Northern Sun" - Dino Saluzzi - El Viejo Caminante [ECM ]
16. "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" - The Lionel Hampton Quintet - The Lionel Hampton Quintet [Verve ]
17. "Magic Is The Moonlight" - Rosemary Clooney - The Classic Rosemary Clooney [RCA ]
18. "Moon Song" - Louis Armstrong - Oscar Peterson - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson [Verve ]
19. "Keeps On A - Rainin'" - Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings [MCA ]
20. "East Of The Sun" - Earl Bostic - His Finest Albums [Enlightenment ]
21. "Dear Rain" - John Abercrombie - While We're Young [ECM ]
22. "After The Rain" - John Coltrane - The Gentle Side Of... [MCA ]
23. "A Sailboat In The Moonlight" - Lester Young/Billie Holiday - The Definitive [UMG ]
24. "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" - Rolf Sturn - Solo Acoustic [Water Street Music ]

Soul Jazz Explosion

The year 1965 was a tumultuous one in the United States. Martin Luther King, Jr. led civil rights demonstrations which in turn pushed the passing of the Voting Rights Act… MoreThe year 1965 was a tumultuous one in the United States. Martin Luther King, Jr. led civil rights demonstrations which in turn pushed the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. America's involvement in the Vietnam War escalated. "Bonanza" was the most popular television program. With all of this as a backdrop, soul jazz continued to grow in expression and popularity. "Soul Jazz" was and still is an offshoot of jazz music that is rooted in hard bop but dripping with rhythm & blues as well as gospel influences, and many soul jazz recordings from 1965 are centered around small combos which often contain the Hammond B3 organ. Tune in Friday, October 3, from noon to 2pm, to hear Brian Keena (host of The Jazz Messenger show) take on soul jazz recordings from 60 years ago. Be prepared to pledge your much-appreciated funds to WTJU while grooving to the music of Grant Green, Shirley Scott, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, Wes Montgomery and many more! Less

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1. "The Rumproller" {Andrew Hill} - Lee Morgan - The Rumproller [Blue Note: 1965]
2. "The "In" Crowd" {Billy Page} - Ramsey Lewis Trio - The "In" Crowd [Argo: 1965]
   Notes: Recorded in 1965 at the Bohemian Caverns nightclub in Washington, D.C., the In Crowd won a Grammy in 1966 for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by an Individual or Group. The title track single was also Grammy nominated for Record of the Year. Ramsey Lewis – piano Eldee Young – bass, cello Redd Holt – drums
3. "Musty Rusty" {Donaldson} - Lou Donaldson - Musty Rusty [Cadet: 1965]
4. "You Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby" {Gale Garnett/Ray Rivers} - Ramsey Lewis Trio - The "In" Crowd [Argo: 1965]
   Notes: Gale Garnett (born 1942) is a Canadian singer best known in the United States for her self-penned, Grammy-winning folk hit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine".
5. "No Blues" {Miles Davis} - Wes Montgomery with The Wynton Kelly Trio - Smokin' At The Half Note [Verve: 1965]
6. "Hanky Panky" {Gary McFarland} - Shirley Scott - Latin Shadows [Impulse!: 1965]
7. "Noche Azúl" {Scott} - Shirley Scott - Latin Shadows [Impulse!: 1965]
8. "The Selma March" {Green} - Grant Green - His Majesty King Funk [Blue Note: 1965]
9. "March on Selma" {Mitchell} - The Blue Mitchell Quintet - Down with It! [Blue Note: 1965]
   Notes: Blue Mitchell – trumpet Junior Cook – tenor saxophone Chick Corea – piano Gene Taylor – bass Al Foster – drums
10. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" {Lennon/McCartney} - Grant Green - I Want To Hold Your Hand [Blue Note: 1965]
11. "Collard Greens YT" {McCoy} - Freddy McCoy - Prestige 7" [Prestige: 1965]
    Notes: Released on vibraphonist Freddie McCoy's debut album for Prestige Records, Lonely Avenue.
12. "Hot Barbeque" {McDuff} - Jack McDuff - Hot Barbeque [Prestige: 1965]
13. "Manchild" {Adderley} - Nat Adderley - Sayin' Somethin' [Atlantic: 1965-6]
    Notes: Recorded with an 11-piece orchestra, Adderley's soul jazz pedigree shine through on this burner.
14. "Freedom Jazz Dance" {Harris} - Eddie Harris - The In Sound [Atlantic: 1965]
    Notes: Harris' first recording of "Freedom Jazz Dance" which would become a jazz standard after featuring on Miles Davis' album Miles Smiles (Columbia, 1966). Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone Ray Codrington - trumpet Cedar Walton - piano Ron Carter - bass Billy Higgins - drums
15. "Chauffeur" {Andy Stroud} - Nina Simone - Let It All Out [Verve: 1964-1965/1966]
16. "Song For My Father" {Silver} - Horace Silver - Song For My Father [Blue Note: 1963-64/1965]
17. "The Turnaround" {Mobley} - Big John Patton - Let 'Em Roll [Blue Note: 1965/1966]
18. "Misty" {Johnny Burke/Erroll Garner} - Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message [Pretige: 1965]

The Latin Jukebox

Featuring a dash of samba, a bit of bossa nova, some rumba and cha cha. Music by Antionio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd.

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1. "Wave" {Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Beegie Adair - Romance In Rio [Green Hill: 2013]
2. "La Cumparsa" {Ernesto Lecuona} - Jose Mellis - Plays The Latin Way [Seeco: 1959]
3. "El Negrito Del Batey" {Mendardo Guzman} - Jose Mellis - Plays The Latin Way [Seeco: 1959]
4. "Brazil" {A. Barroso & S. K. Russell} - Grant Green - The Latin Bit [Blue Note: 1962]
5. "Felicidade" {Vinicius Moraes} - Billy Eckstine - Jobim Songbook [Verve: 1963]
6. "Deve Ser Amour" {Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicus Moraes} - Herbie Mann & Baden Powell - Jazz Samba! [PromoSound: 1962]
7. "The Night Is Young" {Suess, Rose, Kahal} - George Shearing - Mood Latino [Capitol: 1961]
8. "Jackie's Mambo" {A. Peraza} - George Shearing - Mood Latino [Capitol: 1961]
9. "Samba Do Aviao" {C. Veloso} - Caetano Veloso - Bossa Nova & Samba [FineTune ]
10. "Cor Co Vado" {Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Lori Mechem - Return To Ipanema [Green Hill: 2013]
11. "So Nice" {Marco & Paula Valle & Norman Gimble} - Astrud Gilberto - Look To The Rainbow [Verve ]
12. "Book's Bossa" {Walter Booker & Cedar Walton} - Donald Byrd - Slow Drag [Blue Note: 1967]
13. "Amor Em Paz" {Moraes & Jobim} - Herbie Mann & Tom Jobim - Jazz Samba! [PromoSound ]
14. "You're Everything" - Carmen McRae - Blue Bossa
15. "O Pato" {Jayme Silva & Neuza Texeira} - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba!
16. "Once I Loved" {Vinicius DeMoreas, Antonio Carlos Jobim & Ray Gilbert} - Jack Jezzro - Romance In Rio [Green Hill: 2013]
17. "Quiet Nights" {Jobim} - Sergio Mendes - Quiet Nights [Phillips ]
18. "Girl From Ipanema" {Jobim, Gimble, Moraes} - Beegie Adair - Save The Last Dance For Me [Green Hill ]
19. "Abraco A Sergio" - Sergio Mendes - Quiet Nights [Phillips ]
20. "Meditation" {Antonio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonca} - Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba! [PromoSound: 1962]
21. "Sway" {Gimble & Ruiz} - Julie London - Latin In A Satin Mood [Liberty: 1963]
22. "One Note Samba" {Antonio Carlos Jobim, John Hendricks & Newton Mendonca} - George Shearing - Jazz Samba! [PromoSound: 1962]

Jazz Takes on Classical Music

Nothing like a good tune to get the jazz greats going. Hear Art Tatum take on Dvorak; Ellington and Strayhorn interpretations of Tchaikovsky; Modern Jazz Quartet channeling J.S. Bach. Listen… MoreNothing like a good tune to get the jazz greats going. Hear Art Tatum take on Dvorak; Ellington and Strayhorn interpretations of Tchaikovsky; Modern Jazz Quartet channeling J.S. Bach. Listen to classical music in a new way. Or enjoy your favorite jazz artists sharing their interpretations of the classics. Less

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1. "Haydn Seek" {Joseph HAYDN & Stan FREEMAN} - Stan Freeman Jazz Quartet - Stan the Man, Vol. 6 [...And More Bears ]
2. "Prelude in E Minor" {Frédéric CHOPIN} - Gerry Mulligan Sextet - Night Lights [Verve: 1963]
3. "Improvisation on 1st Movement of Concerto in D Minor" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Django Reinhardt, guitar; Eddie South and Stephan Grappelli - Djangologie Vol. 6/1937 [Parlophone ]
4. "Two Part Invention in A Minor" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Hazel Scott, piano - Bach 333: Bach à la Jazz [Parlophone: 1952]
5. "Pavane for a Dead Princess" {Maurice RAVEL} - Art Farmer, flugelhorn; Jim Hall, guitar; Michael Moore, bass; Mike Mainieri, vibes; Steve Gadd, drums - Big Blues [Sony Music Entertainment: 1978]
6. "Humoresque" {Antonín DVOŘÁK} - Art Tatum, piano - Piano Starts Here [Sony Music Entertainment: 1950]
7. "The Trout (Jazz Meets Schubert)" {JiBaek & Franz SCHUBERT} - JiBaek, flute; ensemble - Jazz Flute Meets Classical Masterpieces [Musicdeco: 2015]
8. "First Gymnopedie" {Erik SATIE} - Eddie Daniels, clarinet; Lawrence Feldman, alto flute; David Finck, bass; Ronnie Odrick, bass clarinet; Wolfgang Hoffner, drums - Beautiful Love: Intimate Jazz Portraits [Shanachie: 1997]
9. "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor" {Sergei RACHMANINOFF} - Glen Cray, saxophone; Casa Loma Orchestra - Mostly 1939 [Circle Records ]
10. "Stranger in Paradise" {Alexander BORODIN} - Fingerpickin' - Wes Montgomery, guitar; Buddy Montgomery, vibes; Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson, sax; Benny Barth, drums [Blue Note: 1958]
11. "Alla Turca Jazz, Op. 5b" {Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART & Fazil Say} - Fazil Say, piano - Say Plays Say [naïve: 2014]
12. "Fugue in C Major, BWV846 (Well-Tempered Clavier)" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Jacques Loussier, piano; Pierre Michelot, bass; Christian Garros, drums - Play Bach No. 1 [Decca: 1997]
13. "Cuban Dance" {Johannes BRAHMS} - Klazz Brothers & Cubapercussion - Classic Meets Cuba [Sony Music Entertainment: 2002]
14. "Toot Toot Tootie (Dance of the Reed Pipes)" {Pytor TCHAIKOVSKY} - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite [Sony Music Entertainment: 1961]
15. "Precious Joy" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues On Bach [Atlantic Records: 1973]
16. "Solfeggietto" {Carl Philippe Emanuel BACH} - Luca Sestak, piano - Lighter Notes [Luca Sestak: 2024]
17. "Hoedown" {Aaron COPLAND} - Laura Dubin Trio - Classical Jazz [Laura Dubin Trio: 2019]
18. "Sicilienne Op. 78" {Gabriel FAURÉ} - Nordic Chamber Jazz Trio - Classical Jazz - Single [Moonstone Music: 2020]
19. "Valse Triste" {Jean SIBELIUS} - Wayne Shorter, saxophone; James Spaulding, sax; Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; McCoy Tyner, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums - The Soothsayer (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Blue Note: 1965]
20. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" {Edvard GRIEG} - Jacob Koller, piano - In the Hall of the Mountain King [Jacob Koller: 2018]
21. "Symphony #40 in G Minor, K550, 1st Movement" {Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART} - Grant Green, guitar - Visions [Blue Note: 1971]

Jazz Overnight: Oscar Peterson, Mal Waldron and Dodo Marmarosa at 100

A perennial favorite in the WTJU Jazz Marathon schedule is Russell Perry's overnight programming celebrating jazz icons who would have turned 100 years old this year. Tonight features Oscar Peterson,… MoreA perennial favorite in the WTJU Jazz Marathon schedule is Russell Perry's overnight programming celebrating jazz icons who would have turned 100 years old this year. Tonight features Oscar Peterson, Mal Waldron and Dodo Marmarosa. Less

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