Rhythm and Romance [Playlist - 08/17/10]

1. “Rhythm And Romance” {Chick Webb} – Ella Fitzgerald – Past Perfect: Ella Fitzgerald [TIM: 1935]
2. “I Thought About You” {Johnny Mercer/Jimmy Van Heusen} – Benny Goodman/Mildred Bailey – The Essential Benny Goodman [Bluebird Legacy: 2007/1939]
3. “I’ll Be Seeing You” {Irving Kahl/Sammy Kahn} – Mel Torme – The Essential Mel Torme [Laserlight: 1995]
4. “Georgia On My Mind” – Anita O’day – Anita O’Day: Bolero At The Savoy [Membran: 2006/1941]
5. “I’ll Never Smile Again” – Frank Sinatra – The Essential Frank Snatra With Tommy Dorsey [Bluebird Legacy: 2005/1940]
6. “I Never Had A Chance” – Ella Fitzgerald – Like Someone In Love [Polygram: 1991/1957]
7. “All Or Nothing At All” – Count Basie/Helen Humes – Past Perfect: Count Basie [TIM: 2000/1940]
8. “I’ll Always Remember You” – Nat King Cole – Lush Life [Capitol: 1993/1952]
9. “Flying Home” – Chris Conner – Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years [32 Jazz: 1999]
10. “That Old Feeling” {Les Brown} – Frank Sinatra – Portrait Of Sinatra [Columbia: 1997/1947]
11. “You Stepped Out Of A Dream” {Gus Kahn/N Brown} – Sarah Vaughan – The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions [Mosiac: 2002/1960]
12. “You Turned The Tables OnMe” {Didney D. Mitchell/Louis Alter} – Benny Goodman/Helen Ward – The Essential Benny Goodman [Bluebird Legacy: 2007/1936]
13. “Gone With The Wind” – Mel Torme – The Essential Mel Torme [Laserlight: 1995]
14. “That’s All” – June Christy – The Misty Miss Christy [Capitol: 1992/1956]
15. “The Continental” – Frank Sinatra – Portrait Of Sinatra [Columbia: 1997/19500]
16. “Crying Mood” {Andy Razaff/Chick Webb} – Ella Fitzgerald – Past Perfect: Ella Fitzgerald [TIM: 1937]
17. “Taking A Chance On Love” {Vernon Duke/John La Touche/Ted Fetter} – Benny Goodman/Helen Forrest – The Essential Benny Goodman [Bluebird Legacy: 2007/1940]
18. “It’s Easy To Remember” {Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart} – Mel Torme – The Essential Mel Torme [Laserlight: 1995]
19. “The More I See You” {Mel Gordon/Harry Warren} – Sarah Vaughan – The Complete Sarah Vaughan Roulette Studio Sessions [Mosaic: 2002/1960]
20. “You Took Advantage Of Me” – June Christy – The Misty Miss Christy [Capitol: 1992/1956]
21. “Imagination” {Johnny burke/Jimmy Van Heusen} – Frank Sinatra – The Essential Frank Sinatra With Tommy Dorsey [Bluebird Legacy: 2005/1940]
22. “These Foolish Things” – Chris Conner – Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years [32 Jazz: 1999]
23. “Street Of Dreams” – Frank Sinatra – The Essential Frank Sinatra With Tommy dorsey [Bluebird Legacy: 2005/1942]
24. “When Your Lover Has Gone” {Einar A. Swann} – Sarah Vaughan – The Complete Sarah Vaughan Roulette Studio Sessions [Mosaic: 2002/1960]
25. “I Can’t Believe That You’re InLove With Me” {Clarence Gaskell/Jimmy McHugh} – Frank Sinatra – The Capitol Years [Capitol: 1990/1960]
26. “Time Out For Tears” – Chris Conner – Warm Cool: the Atlantic Years [32 Jazz: 1999]
27. “It Might As Well Be Spring” – Sarah Vaughan – Great Lady Of Jazz [Laserlight: 2005]

All That Jazz [Playlist - 08/17/10]

1. “Lady Bird” {Tad Dameron} – Hank Jones/Tommy Flanagan – Our Delights [Galaxy: 1992/1978]
2. “Moody’s Mood For Love” {Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh} – James Moody – Masters Of Jazz [Rhino: 1996/1949]
3. “A Foggy Day” {George and Ira Gershwin} – Red Garland – A Garland Of Red [Prestige: 1991/1956]
4. “The Nearness Of You” {Hoagy Carmichael/Ned Washington} – Milt Jackson – The Milt Jackson Quartet [Prestige: 1987/1955]
5. “Flossie Lou” {Tad Dameron} – Clifford Brown – Jazz Masters 44 [Verve: 1995/1954]
6. “The More I See You” {Harry Warren/Mack Gordon} – Sonny Stitt – Goin’ Down Slow [Prestige: 2003/1972]
7. “Delauney’s Dilemma” {John Lewis} – MJQ – Django [Prestige: 19897/1953]
8. “The Peacocks” {Jimmy Rowles} – Jimmy Rowles – Smithsonian Collection Of Jazz Piano [Smithsonian: 1983/1974]
9. “Speak Low” {Kurt Weil} – Sonny Clark – Sonny’s Crib [Blue Note: 1988/1957]
10. “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” {Lorenz Hart/Richard Rogers} – Sonny Clark – The Sonny Clark Trio [Blue Note: 1987/1957]
11. “The Umbrella Man” {Dizzy Gillespie} – Dizzy Gillespie – Verve/Phillips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions [Mosaic: 2006/1959]
12. “Out Of Nowhere” {Edward Heyman/Johnny Green} – Charlie Parker – Jazz Biography Series [TJB: 2004]
13. “Dextrose” {Dexter Gordon} – Fats Navarro – The Fats Navarro Story [Proper: 2001/1947]
14. “My Heart Stood Still” {Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart} – Bill Evans – Green Dolphin Street [Milestone: 1995/1959]
15. “Embraceable You” {George and Ira Gershwin} – Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown [Polygram: 2000/1954]
16. “Bird Of Paradise” {Charlie Parker} – Miles Davis – Bird Of Paradise [Laserlight: 2002]
17. “You Go To My Head” – Bud Powell – Bud’s Bubble [Membran: 2005/1949]
18. “If I Love Again” {Ben Oakland/Jack Murray} – Clifford Brown – Complete EmArcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown [EmArcy: 1954]
19. “Just Squeeze Me” {Duke Ellington/Lee Gaines} – Hank sJones – Hank Jones Solo Piano [Jazz Alliance: 1991/1976]
20. “Be Bop Romp” {Fats Navarro} – Fats Navarro – The Fats Navarro Story [Proper: 2001/1947]
21. “I’ll Be Around” {Alec Wilder} – Hank Jones – Tiptoe Tapdance [Galazy: 1992/1978]

Stef-o-scope [Playlist - 08/13/10]

1. “What A Night, What A Moon” – Stephanie Nakasian – Billie Remembered [City Records: 2009]
2. “I Remember You” {Johnny Mercer} – Hod O’Brien – Solo For Chet [Philology: 2009]
3. “Reaching For The Moon” – Stephanie Nakasian – Billie Remembered [City Records: 2009]
4. “My Foolish Heart” {Jimmy Van Heusen} – Hod O’Brien – Solo For Chet [Philology: 2009]
5. “Rabbitt” {Basie/Jackson} – Count Basie – Kansas City 5 [Pablo: 1977]
6. “The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else” {Gus Kahn} – Count Basie – Kansas City 3 [Pablo: 1975]
7. “One O’Clock Jump” {Basie} – Count Basie – Kansas City 5 [Pablo: 1977]
8. “I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart” {Ellington} – Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook [1957]
9. “Prelude To A Kiss” {Ellington} – Duke Ellington – Love Songs [Sony: 2001]
10. “Sophisticated Lady” {Ellington} – Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook [1957]
11. “Concerto For Cootie” {Ellington} – Duke Ellington – The Blanton Webster Band [1939]
12. “Oh Lady Be Good” {George Gershwin} – Oscar Peterson – The Complete Mercury/Clef Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterso [Mosaic: 2008]
13. “On The Sunny Side Of The Street” – Lester Young – The President Plays [Verve: 1952]
14. “Old Devil Moon” {Burton Lane, Yip Harburg} – Anita O’day – Anita Sings The Most [Verve: 1957]
15. “Riverboat Shuffle” – Dave McKenna – Celebration Of Hoagy Carmichael [1983]
16. “More Than You Know” {Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans, Edward Elsicu} – Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk Relaxes [Concord: 1961]
17. “But Not for Me” {George And Ira Gershwin} – Billie Holiday – The Complete Verve Studio Mastertakes [Verve: 1957]
18. “Rosetta” {Earl Hines} – Joe Pass – The Complete Joe Pass Pacific Jazz Quartet Sessions [Mosaic: 1964]
19. “The Man I Love” {George Gershwin} – Art Tatum – Piano Starts Here [Columbia: 1933]
20. “Nuages” {Django Reinhart} – Charlie Byrd – The Guitar Artistry Of Charlie Byrd [Riverside: 1960]
21. “Love Me Or Leave Me” {Gus KAhn, Walter Donaldson} – Billie Holiday – The Lady Sings [Proper: 1942]

All That Jazz [Playlist - 07/13/10]

Featuring the music of Cole Porter.

1. “Begin The Bequine” {Cole Porter} – Artie Shaw
2. “Anything Goes” {Cole Porter} – Oscar Peterson – The Complete Mercury/Clef Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterso [Mosaic: 2008/1952]
3. “What Is This Thing Called Love?” {Cole Porter} – Billie Holiday – Billie Holiday: The LAdy Sings [Proper: 2001/1945]
4. “Just One Of Those Things” {Cole Porter} – Sidney Bechet – Sidney Bechet [Proper: 2006/1947]
5. “Ridin’ High” {Cole Porter} – Benny Goodman – The Essential Benny Goodman [Sony/BMG: 2007/1937]
6. “My Heart Belongs To Daddy” {Cole Porter} – Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Portrait [TIM: 1939]
7. “From This Moment On” {Cole Porter} – Bee Gee Adair [2001]
8. “Easy To Love” {Cole Porter} – Sarah Vaughan – The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions [Mosaic: 2002/1961]
9. “I Love You” {Cole Porter} – Chet Baker – Chet Baker With Strings [Sony: 1991/1954]
10. “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” {Cole Porter} – Art Pepper – Art Pepper And The Rhythm Section
11. “I Love Paris” {Cole Porter} – Etta Jones – Don’t Go To Srangers [Prestige: 1991/1960]
12. “So In Love” {Cole Porter} – Keny Dorham – The Art Of The Ballad [Prestige: 1998/1960]
13. “Love For Sale” {Cole Porter} – Cannonball Adderly – Somethin’ Else [Blue Note: 1986/1958]
14. “I Get A Kick Out Of You” {Cole Porter} – Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter [Polygraph: 1985/1954]
15. “I Concentrate On You” {Cole Porter} – Carmen McRae – Live At Bubba’s [1981]
16. “All Of You” {Cole Porter} – Sonny Clark – Standards [Blue Note: 1988/1958]
17. “You’re The Top” {Cole Porter} – Anita O’Day – This Is Anita [Polygram: 1955]
18. “It’s All Right With Me” {Cole Porter} – Sonny Criss – The Complete Imperial Sessions [Capitol: 2000/1956]
19. “Every Time We Say Goodbye” {Cole Porter} – Sarah Vaughan – The Roulette Years [Roulette: 1991/1961]
20. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” {Cole Porter} – Oscar Peterson – Same as number 2
21. “Let’s Do It” – Billie Holiday – Same as number 3

Stef-o-scope [Playlist - 10/09/09]

1. “Boogie a la King” {Nat King Cole} – Nat King Cole – Nat King Cole Trio Recordings [Laserlight: 1991/?]
   Cole, Oscar Moore (g), Johnny Miller (b)
2. “Early Morning Blues” {Nat King Cole} – Nat King Cole – Nat King Cole Trio Recordings [Laserlight: 1991/?]
   Cole, Oscar Moore (g), Wesley Prince (b)
3. “I’m Lost” {Otis Rene’} – Nat King Cole – Nat King Cole Trio Recordings [Laserlight: 1991/?]
   Cole, Oscar Moore (g)
4. “Honeysuckle Rose” {Fats Waller/Andy Razaff} – Nat King Cole – Nat King Cole Trio Recordings [Laserlight: 1991/?]
   Cole, Oscar Moore (g), Wesley Prince (b)
5. “Here’s That Rainy Day” {Jimmy Van Heusen} – Paul Desmond – The Complete Recordings Of The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hal [Mosaic: 1965]
   Desmond, Jim Hall, Connie Kay, Percy Heath
6. “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime” {Yip Harburg} – Dave Brubeck – Interchanges ’54 [Columbia: 1954]
   Brubeck,Paul Desmond,Bob Bates (b),Joe Dodge(d)
7. “Susie” {Paul Desmond} – Paul Desmond – The Complete Recordings Of The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hal [Mosaic: 1959]
   Desmond, Jim Hall, Connie Kay, Percy Heath
8. “If I Were A Bell” {Frank Loesser} – Red Garland – Red Garland’s Piano [Concord: 2000/1956]
   Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
9. “Day By Day” {Sammy Cahn/Axel Stordhal} – Carmen McRae – The Sound Of Silence/Portrait Of Carmen [Atlantic: 2001/1968]
10. “I Hear A Rhapsody” {Dick Gasparre} – John Coltrane – Lush Life [Concord: 2006/1957]
    Coltranc, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Albert “Tootie” Heath
11. “Love And The Weather” {Irving Berlin} – John Coltrane – Best Of The Bethelem Years [Bethelem Archives: 2000/1957]
    Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Al Cohn, others
12. “Siboney” – Dizzy Gillespie – Hall Of Fame [TIM: 2002/1953]
    Gillespie, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Max Roach
13. “My How The Time Goes By” {Cy Coleman} – Bill Henderson – Complete VeeJay Recordings [Rhino: 2002/1960]
14. “Trinkle Tinkle” {Monk} – Thelonious Monk – Complete Vogue/Black Lion Recordings [Mosaic: 1989/1971]
15. “Our Love Is Here To Stay” {George Gershwin} – Dexter Gordon – Our Man In Paris [Blue Note: 1987/1963]
    Gordon, Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
16. “Birk’s Works” {Gillespie} – Dizzy Gillespie – Hall Of Fame [TIM: 2002/1951]
    Gillespie, JJ Johnson, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Kansas Fields (d)
17. “Introspection” {Monk} – Thelonious Monk – Complete Vogue/Black Lion Recordings [Mosaic: 1989/1971]
18. “Blue ‘N Boogie” {Gillespie} – Dizzy Gillespie – Hall Of Fame [TIM: 2002/1945]
    Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Frank Paparelli (p), Chuck Wayne (g), Murray Sisisky (b), Shelly Manne
19. “Ray’s Idea” {Gillespie} – Dizzy Gillespie – Hall Of Fame [TIM: 2002/1946]
    Gillespie Big Band: Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt, James Moody, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke, others

All That Jazz [Playlist - 10/06/09]

1. “Stairway To The Stars” {Frank Signorelli} – Milt Jackson/John Coltrane – Bags And Trane [Atlantic: 1988]
   Jackson, Coltrane, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay
2. “Midget Rod” {Milt Jackson} – Milt Jackson – Ballads And Blues/Bags And Flutes [Atlantic: 1999/1958]
   Jackson, Frank Wess (fl), Kenny Burrell, Percy Heath, Art Taylor
3. “Red Top” {Ben Kynard} – Milt Jackson/Oscar Peterson – Reunion Blues [Verve: 2005/1971]
   Jackson, Peterson, Ray Brown,Louis Hayes
4. “Moten Swing” {Benny Moten} – Sonny Stitt – Sonny Stitt Sits InWith The Oscar PetersonTrio
5. “I Can’t Get Started” {Ira Gershwin} – Sonny Stitt – Endgame Brilliance
6. “Little Melonae” {Jackie McLean} – Art Blakey – Hard Bop [Mosaic: 2006/1956]
   Blakey, JAckie McLean, Bill Hardman, Dam Dockery, Spanky De Brest
7. “Second Balcony Jump” {Billy Eckstine} – Dexter Gordon – The Classic Blue Note recordings [Capitol: 2003/1962]
   Gordon, Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
8. “It Could Happen To You” {Jimmy Van Heusen} – Hod O’Brien – Live At Blues Alley, Third Set [Reservoir: 2007]
   O’Brien, Ray Drummond, Kenny Washington
9. “Darn That Dream” {Eddie De Lang} – Dexter Gordon – The Classic Blue Note recordings [Capitol: 2006/1964]
   Gordon, Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson (b), Art Taylor (d)
10. “Co Op” {JJ Johnson} – JJ Johnson – The Savoy Sessions [Savoy: 2002/1954]
    Johnson, Kai Winding, Billy Bauer (g), Charles Mingus (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
11. “I’ll Remember April” {Tad Dameron} – Sonny Clark – Sonny Clark Trio [Capitol: 1987/1957]
    Clark, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones
12. “Get Happy” {Harold Arlen} – JJ Johnson – The Eminent JJ Johnson [Capitol: 1989/1953]
    Johnson, Clifford Brown, Jimmy Heath, John Lewis,Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
13. “Dancing In The Dark” {Arthur Schwartz} – Sonny Clark – Standards [Capitol: 1998/1958]
    Clark, Paul Chambers, Wes Landers

All That Jazz [Playlist - 09/15/09]

Frank Testa sitting in for Ann Porotti

1. “Over The Rainbow” {Yip Harburg/Harold Arlen} – MJQ – Fontessa [Atlantic: 1989/1956]
   John Lewis (p), Milt Jackson (vb), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d)
2. “Django” {John Lewis} – MJQ – Django [Prestige: 1987/1953]
   John Lewis (p), Milt Jackson (vb), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
3. “Valeria” {John Lewis} – MJQ – “Topsy”, This One’s for Basie [Pablo: 1985]
   John Lewis (p), Milt Jackson (vb), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d)
4. “Ill Wind” {Arthur Herzog, Jr} – Wynton Kelly – Wynton Kelly Piano [Fantasy: 1989/1958]
   Wynton Kelly (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones (d)
5. “Come Rain Or Come Shine” {Harold Arlen} – Sonny Clark – Sonny’s Crib [Blue Note: 1998/1957]
   Sonny Clark, Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
6. “Dark Eyes” – Wynton Kelly – Wynton Kelly Piano [Fantasy: 1989/1958]
   Wynton Kelly (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones (d)
7. “Freight Trane” {Tommy Flanagan} – Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane – Kenny Burrell And John Coltrane [Concord: 2006/1958]
   Kenny Burrell (g), John Coltrane (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)
8. “I Never Knew” {Gus Kahn} – Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane – Kenny Burrell And John Coltrane [Concord: 2006/1958]
   Kenny Burrell (g), John Coltrane (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)
9. “Well You Needn’t” {Thelonious Monk} – Chet Baker – The Italian Sessions [BMG: 1986/1962]
   Chet Baker (tp), Rene Thomas (g), Amadeo Tommasi (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Daniel Hemmer (d)
10. “Fan Tan” – Chet Baker – The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet W [Mosiac: 1986/1956]
    Chet Baker (tp), Russ Freeman (p), Leroy Vinegar (b), Shelly Manne (d)
11. “Little Girl Blue” {Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart} – Chet Baker – Embraceable You [Pacific Jazz: 1995/1957]
    Chet Baker (tp), David Wheat (g), Ross Savakus (b)
12. “Parisian Thoroughfare” {Bud Powell} – Bud Powell – Bud’s Bubble [Membran: 2005/1951]
13. “September In The Rain” – Bud Powell – Bud’s Bubble [Membran: 2005/1945]
    Frank Socolow’s Duke Quintet: Bud Powell (p), Freddy Webster (tp), Frank Socolow (ts), Leonard Gaskin (b),Irv Kugler (d)
14. “Someone To Watch Over Me” {George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin} – Bud Powell – Bud’s Bubble [Membran: 2005/1955]
    Bud Powell (p), Lloyd Trotman (b), Art Blakey (d)
15. “Sure Thing” {Bud Powell} – Membran – Bud’s Bubble [Membran: 2005/1953]
    Bud Powell (p), Charles Mingus (b), Max Roach (d)
16. “When I Fall In Love” {Edward Heyman/Victor Young} – Membran – Bud’s Bubble [Membran: 2005/1956]
    Bud Powell (p), Ray Brown (b), Ossie Johnson (d)