The Jazz Messenger Playlist 4/27/2012

1. “Shakespeare City” {Happy 448th birthday, Bill} – Moondog & the London Saxophonic – Sax Pax for a Sax [Atlantic: 1994]
2. “Full Fathom Five (Thy Father Lies)” – The Young Scamels – Tempest [File 13: 2010]
3. “I Am Gone Sir” – Hem – Twelfth Night [Netwerk: 2008]
4. “All the World’s a Stage” – Jeanette Lindstrom Quintet – Another Country [Caprice: 1995]
5. “Willow, Willow” – Elisabeth Karsten – Shakespeare’s Music of Love [Lyra: 2001]
6. “Sonnet in Search of a Moor” – Duke Ellington – Such Sweet Thunder [Columbia: 1957]
7. “Othello monologue” – Paul Robeson – Live at Carnegie Hall [Vanguard: 1990]
8. “Welcome to the Jungle” – Etta James – The Dreamer [Verve: 2011]
9. “Billie Jean” – Anderson and Roe – When Worlds Collide [Steinway and Sons: 2010]
10. “The Great Valerio” – Barb Jungr – No Regrets [ABC Jazz: 2007]
11. “Radio Cure” – The Bad Plus w/Wendy Lewis – For All I Care [Heads Up: 2009]
12. “Back Country Suite (aka Young Man Blues)” – Mose Allison – Back Country Suite for Piano, Bass and Drums [Prestige: 1957]
13. “Reign o’er Me” – Bettye LaVette – Inerpretations: The British Songbook [Anti: 2010]
14. “Family Affair” – Steve Bernstein’s Millenial Territory Orchestra featuring Anthony – MTO Plays Sly [Royal Potato Family: 2011]
15. “Miss You” – Michael Wolf – Love and Destruction [Wrong: 2011]
16. “Miss You” – The Rolling Stones – Some Girls [Atlantic: 1978]
17. “Jabberwocky” – Branford Marsalis Quartet – Metamorphosen [Marsalis Music: 2009]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 8/12/11]

• “Bird’s Lament (in memory of Charlie Parker)” - Moondog (aka Louis Hardin) and the London Saxophonic - Sax Pax for a Sax [Atlantic: 1994]
• “Yardbird Suite” - Charlie Parker Septet - Yardbird Suite (collection) [Rhino: 1997]
• “Strode Rode” - Sonny Rollins - Saxaphone Colossus [Fantasy: 1987]
• “Schott Happens” - Branford Marsalis - The Dark Keys [Columbia: 1996]
• “Step Right Up” - Tom Waits - Small Change [Elecktra/Asylumn: 1976]
• “My Baby” - Ken Nordine - The Best of Word Jazz, Vol.1 [Rhino: 1990]
• “My Baby Just Cares for Me” - Chuck Wayne/Tony Bennet - Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar [Columbia Legacy: 2005]
• “Baby Talk” - Mary Foster Conkln - Crazy Eyes [Mock Turtle Music: 1997]
• “How Can I Be Sure” - Mary Foster Conklin - Crazy Eyes [Mock Turtle Music: 1997]
• “Just Like a Woman” - Janet Planet - Janet Planet Sings the Bob Dylan Songbook Vol.1 [Stellar Sound Productions: 2010]
• “Lola” - Jacqui Naylor - The Color Five [Ruby Star Records: 2006]
• “She’s a Lady” - Patricia Barber - Modern Cool [Premonition: 1998]
• “Higher Ground” - Jen Chapin - reVisions: Songs of Stevie Wonder [Chesky: 2009]
• “Fever” - Fishtank Ensemble - Women in Sin [Self: 2010]
• “Take Five” - The Portland Celloproject - Thousand Words [Self: 2010]
• “Funk by Proxy” - Cello - Subliminal Blues & Greens [d'Note: 1996]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 07/22/11]

1. “Baby’s Minor Lope” {Willette} – Grant Green – Grant’s First Stand [Blue Note: 1961]
2. “Doin’ The Thing” – Horace Silver – At the Village Gate [Blue Note: 1961]
3. “Nica’s Dream” {Silver} – Horace Silver – Horace-Scope [Blue Note: 1960]
4. “Oreo Con Brio” {Sal Soghoian} – Blue Indigo – Catwalk [Nyhthawk Prorductions: 1996]
5. “Song For My Father” {Horace Silver} – C’ville Jazz Giants – Gravity Lounge recording [2008]
6. “Django” {Lewis} – Monty Alexander – Uplift [Jazz Legacy Productions: 2011]
7. “Jazz Millionaire” {Brad Houser} – The Dead Kenny G’s – Operation Long Leash [Royal Potato Family: 2011]
8. “Hammer Head” {Shorter} – Art Blakey – Free For All [Blue Note: 1964]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 07/15/11]

1. “Relaxin’ with Lee” {Parker} – Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird and Diz [Verve: 1950]
2. “Mohawk” {Parker} – Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird and Diz [Verve: 1950]
3. “September Song” {Well/Anderson} – Clifford Brown – Brownie (EmArcy Recordings) [EmArcy: 1954]
4. “Lullaby of BIrdland” {Shearin/Foster} – Clifford Brown – Brownie (EmArcy Recordings) [EmArcy: 1954]
5. “Do It The Hard Way” {Rodgers/Hart} – Chet Baker – It Could Happen To You: Chet Baker Sings [Riverside: 1958]
6. “My Ideal” {Whiting} – Chet Baker/Archie Shepp – In Memory Of (Live) [Optimism: 1988]
7. “Mr. Kenyatta” {Morgan} – Lee Morgan – Search for the New Land [Blue Note: 1964]
8. “Sunflower” {Hubbard} – Freddie Hubbard – Sunflower [CTI: 1972]
9. “Neolithic” {D’earth} – John D’earth – Neolithic [Cosmology: 2010]
10. “Brown’s Town” {Joe Henderson} – Joe Henderson/Kenny Dorham – In ‘N Out [Blue Note: 1964]
11. “Miles” {Davis} – Miles Davis – Milestones [Columbia: 1958]
12. “South Central L.A.Kulture” {Smith} – Wadada Leo Smith – Wadada Leo Smith’s Organic [Cuneiform: 2009]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 07/08/11]

1. “Dizzy Moods” {Mingus} – Charles Mingus – New Tijuana Moods [RCA: 1957]
2. “Decision” {Rollins} – Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins Vol. 1 [Blue Note: 1956]
3. “Football” {Cosby} – Bill Cosby – Best of Bill Cosby [Warner Bros.]
4. “Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus” {Sun Ra} – Sun Ra and his Arkestra – Visits Planet Earth [ECD: 1960]
5. “We Travel The Spaceways” {Sun Ra} – Sun Ra and his Arkestra – We Travel The Spaceways [Evidence: 1959]
6. “Thandiva” {G.Moncur} – Steve Turre – Keep Searchin’ [High Note: 2006]
7. “Girl Talk” {N.Hefti/B. Troup} – Curtis Fuller – Keep It Simple [Savant: 2005]
8. “The Wizard” {Iommi/Ward/Butler/Osbourne} – Bonerama – Live From New York [Mule Train: 2004]
9. “Saturday Night Fish Fry” {Jordan/Walsh} – Louis Jordan – Number Ones [Decca: 1949]
10. “Funk Underneath” {Kirk} – Roland Kirk w/Jack McDuff – Kirks Work [Prestige: 1961]
11. “G.I. Jive” {Johnny Mercer} – Louis Jordan – Number Ones [Decca: 1944]
12. “The High Priest” {Fuller} – Art Blackey’s Jazz Messengers – Ugetsu [Riverside: 1963]
13. “Cryin’ Blues” {Mingus} – Charles Mingus – Blues & Roots [Atlantic: 1960]
14. “The Lone Ranger” {Cosby} – Bill Cosby – Best of Bill Cosby [Warner Bros.]
15. “Whipping Post” {D. Allman} – Bonerama – Live From New York [Mule Train: 2004]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 07/01/11]

1. “One by One” {Shorter} – Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – At Birdland [Riverside: 1963]
2. “Summertime” {G. Gershwin/D. Heyward} – Jay McShann & Major Holley – Havin’ Fun (live) [Sackville: 1986]
3. “I Loves You Porgy” {G. Gershwin/I. Gershwin} – Nina Simone – The Best Of [Phillips: 1964]
4. “John Brown’s Body” {Public Domain} – Oscar Peterson Trio w/Milt Jackson – Very Tall [Verve: 1962]
5. “Shine” {Mack/Brown/Dabney} – New Orleans Moonshiners – Frenchmen St. Parade [New Orleans Moonshiners: 2011]
6. “When the Saints go Marching In” {Trad.} – Louis Armstrong – Complete Decca Master Takes 1935-1939 [Decca: 2000]
7. “The Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)” {S. Foster} – Louis Armstrong – Complete Decca Master Takes 1935-1939 [Decca: 2000]
8. “America the Beautiful” {Trad.} – Ray Charles – A Message From The People [Concord: 1972]
9. “Freedom Day” {Max Roach/Oscar Brown Jr.} – Max Roach – Max Roach & Oscar Brown Jr.’s Freedom Now Suite [Candid: 1960]
10. “Freedom Jazz Dance” {Eddie Haris} – Miles Davis Quintet – Miles Smiles [Columbia: 1966]
11. “In My Room” {Brian Wilson/Gary Usher} – Larry Goldings – In My Room [BFM: 2011]
12. “You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” {Dixon} – Bo Diddley – Willie Dixon Chess Box 2 [Chess/MCA: 1988]
13. “Wang Dang Doodle” {Dixon} – Willie Dixon – The Original Wang Dang Doodle [Chess/MCA: 1954]
14. “Pretty Thing” {Dixon} – Bo Diddley – Willie Dixon Chess Box [Chess/MCA: 1988]
15. “I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)” {Billy Taylor/Dick Dallas} – Derek Trucks Band – Songlines [Columbia: 2006]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 06/17/11]

1. “Cousin Mary” {Coltrane} – John Coltrane – Giant Steps [Atlantic: 1960]
2. “Nutty” {Monk} – Thelonious Monk Quartet with JohnColtrane – Carnegie Hall [Blue Note: 1957]
3. “Epistrophy” {Monk} – Thelonious Monk – Newport 1963 & 1965 [Columbia: 1965]
4. “Xylo” {Shepik} – Brad Shepik – Across The Way [Songlines: 2011]
5. “Birk’s Works” {Dizzy Gillespie} – Dale Bruning with Bill Frisell – Reunion [Jazz Link Enterprises: 2000]
6. “Where You At?” {Silver} – Horace Silver – Horace-Scope [Blue Note: 1960]
7. “Stablemates” {Benny Golson} – John D’earth – Neolithic [Cosmology: 2009]
8. “Yeah!” {Silver} – Horace Silver – Horace-Scope [Blue Note: 1960]
9. “Criston Redentor” {Duke Pearson} – Jeff Lederer – Sunwatcher [Jazzheads: 2011]
10. “Punjab” {Henderson} – Joe Henderson – In ‘N Out [Blue Note: 1964]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 06/03/11]

1. “Moanin’” {Bobby Timmons} – Wes Montgomery Trio – Portrait of Wes [Riverside: 1963]
2. “Ugetsu” {Cedar Walton} – Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – Ugetsu [Riverside: 1963]
3. “Gingerbread Boy” {Jimmy Heath} – Milt Jackson – Statements [Impulse!: 1964]
4. “Late Night Sunrise” {Vadim Neselovsky} – Gary Burton Quartet – Common Ground [Mack Avenue: 2011]
5. “I Love You Porgy” {G. Gershwin/I. Gershwin/Du Bose Heyward} – Chick Corea & Gary Burton – The New Crystal Silence [Concord: 2007]
6. “Etude” {Julian Lage} – Gary Burton Quartet – Common Ground [Mack Avenue: 2011]
7. “Soul Sauce” {Dizzy Gillespie/Chano Pozo} – Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce [Verve: 1964]
8. “Almost Blues” {Barth} – Bruce Barth – Live At Smalls [Smalls Live: 2011]
9. “It ain’t s’posed to be like that” {Silver} – Horace Silver – Doin’ The Thing – At The Village Gate [Blue Note: 1961]
10. “The Hustle is On” {Eddy Owens} – T-Bone Walker – The Very Best of [Rhino: 1950/2000]
11. “Repossessed” {Ric Frank} – Jambalaya Brass Band – It’s a Jungle out There [890 West Music: 2010]
12. “Thelonious” {Monk} – Thelonious Monk – Underground [Columbia: 1968]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 08/27/10]

1. “Huey Smith Medley” – Dr. John – Mos’ Scocious vol. 2 [1993]
2. “Mama Roux” – Dr. John – Mos’ Scocious vol. 1 [1993]
3. “Tim Tam” – Allen Toussaint – Snatch and Grab It! [Bear Family: 1958]
4. “Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further?” – Allen Toussaint w/ Elvis Costello – The River in Reverse [Universal: 2006]
5. “Poor Me” – Fats Domino – Snatch and Grab It! [1958]
6. “Jambalaya” {H. Williams} – Fats Domino – The Fat Man [1961]
7. “You Win Again” {H. Williams} – Fats Domino – The Fat Man [1961]
8. “Jelly Roll” – Billie Pierce – Piano Singer’s Blues [Rosetta: 1959]
9. “Sing It” – Marcia Ball – Sing It [Rounder: 1998]
10. “Big Shot” – Marcia Ball – Blue House [Rounder: 1994]
11. “I Want To Do Everything For You” – Marcia Ball – Sing It [Rounder: 1998]
12. “I Don’t Know” – Champion Jack Dupree – Back Home in New Orleans [Bullseye Blues: 1990]
13. “Yella’ Pocohantas” – Champion Jack Dupree – Forever and Ever [Rounder: 1991]
14. “Go to the Mardi Gras” – Professor Longhair – Collector’s Choice
15. “Tipitina” {Byrd} – Professor Longhair – Anthology [Rhino: 1974]
16. “Every Day, Every Night” {Byrd} – Professor Longhair – Collector’s Choice [Rounder]
17. “I’ve Got My Mojo Workin’” – Professor Longhair – Anthology [Rhino]
18. “Who’s Been Fooling You” – Professor Longhair – Anthology [Rhino]
19. “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee” – Champion Jack Dupree – A Portrait of Champion Jack Dupree [Rounder: 2000]
20. “All By Myself” – James Booker – Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajaha [Rounder: 1977]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 08/20/10]

Charlie Parker 90th Birthday Memorial Broadcast

1. “Ornithology” – Charlie Parker – Bird at the Roost [Savoy: 1948]
2. “Bloomdido” – Charlie Parker – Bird and Diz [1950]
3. “Now’s The Time” – Charlie Parker – Bird’s Best Bop
4. “My Melancholy Baby” – Charlie Parker – Bird and Diz
5. “Moose the Mooche (I Got Rhythm)” – Charlie Parker – The Bird You Never Heard [1953]
6. “Salt Peanuts” – Charlie Parker – The Quintet – Jazz at Massey Hall [1953]
7. “Salt Peanuts” – Charlie Parker – Essential Charlie Parker Royal Roost Broadcasts 1949 [1949]
8. “A Night In Tunisia” – Charlie Parker – The Quintet [1953]
9. “Chi Chi” – Charlie Parker – Bird’s Best Bop [1953]
10. “Bird Feathers” – Charlie Parker – Dial Masters Vol. 1 [1947]
11. “Klact-Oveeseds-Tene” – Charlie Parker – Dial Masters Vol. 1 [1947]
12. “Stupendous #2″ – Charlie Parker – Essential Charlie Parker Vol. III [1947]
13. “Relaxin’ At Camarillo #3″ – Charlie Parker – Essential Charlie Parker Vol. III [1947]
14. “The Bird” – Charlie Parker – The Charlie Parker Story Vol. 2 [Verve: 1947]