Best of 2013

brian keena.  jazz messenger.  monday, 10am-noon.

• miles davis: live in europe, 1969. columbia-bootleg.
• eliane elias.  i thought about you.  concord
• ben sidran.  don’t cry for no hipster.  nardis.
• john d’earth. on. cosmology.
• joey defrancesco.  one for rudy. high note.

steve huff.  anything goes. monday. 8-11pm.

• bill frisell. big sur;  ensemble at kevin eubanks.
• john hollenbeck – songs i like a  lot;  kate mcgarry never sounded better.
• ben allison – the stars look very different today;  guitar/banjo craziness… think he has found his ensemble.
• azul – howard, d’earth, caputo;  improvisational trio great live could see them every week…
• other mentions – carla bley, ralph towner, charles lloyd, gary burton, john abercrombie.

sean grzegorczyk. anything goes. monday 8-11pm.

• allison miller.  no morphine, no lillies. royal potato family.
• ben allison.  the stars look very different today. sonic camera
• chris potter, the sirens. ecm
• patricia barber. smash. concord.
• michael blake.  in the grand scheme of things.  songlines.
• madeleine peyroux. the blue room.  decca
• ralph alessi.  baida.  ecm.
• carla bley. trios. ecm.
• wayne shorter.  without a net.  blue note.
• dave douglas.  time travel. greenleaf.

gary funston.  living time.  wednesday  8-11pm.

• dylan ryan & sand.  sky bleached.  cuneiform: drum, guitar, bass trio blows open the possibilities of format.
• blue cranes.  swim.  cuneiform: from Portland, OR, saxophones + strings create lush  emotional portraits.
• ben goldberg. unfold ordinary mind. BAG:  clarinetist explores spectrum of low reeds with nels cline guitar.
• azul.  howard, d’earth, caputo. espresso. improvisation that inspires and surprises.
• allison miller. boom tic boom. foxhaven:  great drummer with pianist myra melford + jenny scheinman on violin.
• nik bartsch.  ronin: live. ecm: Swiss pianist with “Zen Funk” group ronin, bass clarinet stars.
• darcy james argue.  secret society “Brooklyn Babylon”.  new amsterdam;  ambitious, rich, non-traditional big band.
• dave holland.  prism.  dare2:  legendary bassist with keyboard master craig taborn + kevin eubanks on guitar.
• pat metheny x 2.   tap. nonesuch: interpretations of music of john zorn. & the orchestrion project. nonesuch:  compositions for computer controlled instruments, called the Orchestrion.

ann porotti.  all that jazz.  thursday, 10am-noon.

• blue cranes.  swim.  cuneiform.
• nik bartsch + ronin.  live.  ecm
• anoushka shankar.  traces of you.  dgg.
• cecile mcloren salvant.  womanchild.  mack avenue.
• joe locke.  lay down my heart.  motema.
• marc cary.  for the love of abbey.  motema.
• charles lloyd & jason moran.  hagar’s song.  ecm.
• dave brubeck & tony bennett.  white house sessions, 1962. columbia
• next collective w/christian scott.  cover art.  concord.
• boz scaggs.  memphis.  429 records.

sandy snyder.  wild women get the blues.  thursday, 8-9pm.

• tedeschi trucks band.  made up mind.  masterworks.
• kara grainger.  shiver and sign. electrogroove.
• nanette workman.  just gettin’ started.  bros.
• lisa biales.  singing in my soul.  big song.
• maria woodford. bad dog blues. self.

david eisenman.  induced to judder.  thursday, 9-11pm.

jazz

• the catholics.  yonder.  bugle.
• ben allison.  the stars look very different today.  sonic camera.
• charlie hunter + scott amendola. not getting behind is the new getting ahead. self.
• greyboy allstars.  inland emperor.  knowledge room.
• robert walter’s 20th congress.  get thy bearings.  royal potato family.
• john scofield. uberjam deux.  decca.
• chick corea.  the vigil. stretch.
• ahmad jamal.  saturday morning.  jazz village.
• john ginty.  bad news travels. american showplace.
• dr. lonnie smith.  in the beginning.  pilgrimage.

blues

• southern hospitality.  easy livin’.  blind pig.
• charlie musselwhite  juke joint chapel.  henrietta
• james hunter.  minute by minute.  fantasy
• boz scaggs.  memphis.  429 records.
• jimmy vivino + black italians.  13 live. blind pig.
• johnny rawls.  remembering o.v.  catfood.
• j.j.grey + mofro.  this river.  alligator.
• ronnie earl.  just for today.  stony plain.
• duke robillard.  independently blue.  stony plain.
• buzzard hollow boys.  yazoo basin folktales & other tone poems.

david lee.  jazz essence.  friday,  10am-noon.

• preservation hall jazz band.  that’s it!
• oliver jones with josee aidans.  just for my lady.
• marc johnson & eliane elias.  swept away.  concord.
• michael gallant trio.  completely.
• the new gary burton quartet.  guided tour.

dave rogers.   professor bebop.  friday, 11pm-1am.

• azul.  improvisation by john d’earth, brian caputo, greg howard.
• smash.  patricia barber.  concord.
• fight song.  a tribute to charles mingus.  no bs. brass.
• get up.  ben harper & charlie musselwhite.
• nikki hill.  here’s nikki hill.

steve shuman aka ruday palisades.  the groove tube.  saturday , 9-11pm

• the greyboy allstars.  inland emperor.  knowledge room
• the rootdowns.  songs with friends.  self.
• robert walters 20th congress.  get thy bearings.  royal potato family.
• govt. mule.  shout.

aaron zatcoff aka jazz czar.  jazz mania.  sunday, 10am-noon.

• wayne shorter.  without a net
• dave holland.  prism.  dare2
• dave douglas.  time travel.  greenleaf.
• john scofield uberjam deux.  ecm
• pat metheny.  john zorn’s book of angels.

rebecca foster.  in the spirit.  sunday, 9-10am

blues/gospel

• blind boys of alabama.  i’ll find a way.
• nikki hill.  here’s nikki hill.   self
• mavis staples.  one true vine.
• j.j. grey & mofro.  this river.
• julian fauth.  everybody ought to treat a stranger right.

jazz

• pink martini.  get happy.
• carline ray.  vocal sides.
• hod o’brien.  i hear a rhapsody.
• quiet  fire.  jarjuna.
• anoushka shankar.  traces of you. dgg.

 joe oddo.  “jus joe”.  jazz sub.

• sao paulo underground.  beija flors velho e sojo.  cuneiform.
• christian mcbride.  bass out here. mack avenue.
• kermit ruffins. we’re partyin’ traditional style.  basin street.
• houston person.  nice ‘n’ easy. high note.
• ricardo silveira & vinicius cantuaria.  RSVC. adventure music.

kevin kellam.  jazz announcer emeritus.

• rudresh mahanthappa. gamak.
• john zorn.  shir hashirim.
• harris eisenstadt september trio.  the destructive element.
• magnus ostrom. searching for jupiter.
• ches smith &  these arches.  hammered

Jazzmania [Sunday, October 21, 2012]

Complete playlist here.

Stan Getz and Chet Baker: Live In Stockholm (1983)

Jazzmania [Sunday, October 14, 2012]

October 13 Jazz Birthdays: Art Tatum, Pharoah Sanders;
October 14: Garrison Fewell

Complete playlist here.

Pharoah Sanders – You’ve Got to Have Freedom / Live at Jazz Cafe London 2011

Jazzmania [Playlist – 07/24/11]

1. “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” – Billy Taylor Trio – Music Keeps Us Young [Arkadia: 1997]
2. “Naima” – Billy Taylor Trio – Music Keeps Us Young [Arkadia: 1997]
3. “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” – Billy Taylor – Ten Fingers – One Voice [Arkadia: 1998]
4. “All The Things You Are” – Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan – Live at MCG [MCG Jazz: 2007]
5. “Nostalgia In Times Square” – Charles McPherson – First Flight Out [Arabesque Jazz: 1994]
6. “Manhattan Nocturne” – Charles McPherson – Manhattan Nocturne [Arabesque Jazz: 1998]
7. “South Rampart Street Parade” – The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band/Music Director Jon Faddis – The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band [Blue Note: 1996]
8. “The Hunters & Gatherers” – Jon Faddis – Teranga [Koch Records: 2006]
9. “The Fibble-Ow Blues” – Jon Faddis – Teranga [Koch Records: 2006]
10. “Spasmodic Movements” – James Zollar – Zollar Systems [JZAZ Records: 2009]
11. “The Prayer of a Happy Housewife” – James Zollar – Zollar Systems [JZAZ Records: 2009]
12. “Folklore” – Etienne Charles – Folklore [Etienne Charles: 2009]
13. “Kaiso” – Etienne Charles – Kaiso [Culture Shock Music: 2011]
14. “Kitch’s Bebop of Calypso” – Etienne Charles – Kaiso [Culture Shock Music: 2011]
15. “Day-o” – Monty Alexander – Harlem-Kingston Express Live! [Motema Music: 2011]
16. “King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown” – Monty Alexander – Harlem-Kingston Expres Live! [Motema Music: 2011]

Jazzmania [Playlist – 08/29/10]

Deejays Dusty and Aaron collaborate to present their favorite New Orleans and related musics.

1. “Steal Away & Nearer My God To Thee” – Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder: 1938/1993]
2. “King Porter Stomp” – Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder: 1938/1993]
3. “Kansas City Stomp-begun & concluded” – Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder: 1938/1993]
4. “(Darktown) Strutter’s Ball” – Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder: 1938/1993]
5. “Maple Leaf Rag” – Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder: 1938/1993]
6. “Low-Down Blues (New Orleans Blues)” – Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder: 1938/1993]
7. “Walkin’ to New Orleans” – Fats Domino – Crescent City Soul [Columbia: 1996]
8. “Bright Mississippi” – Allen Toussaint – Bright Mississippi [Nonesuch: 2009]
9. “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” – Jessie Hill – Crescent City Soul [Columbia: 1996]
10. “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” – Lee Dorsey – Great Googa Mooga
11. “Dear Old Southland” – Allen Toussaint – Bright Mississippi [Nonesuch: 2009]
12. “Yes We Can Can” – Allen Toussaint – Our New Orleans
13. “Narration-Louis Armstrong on New Orleans funeral music” – Louis Armstrong – Satchmo the Great
14. “Oh Didn’t He Ramble” – Louis Armstrong – Satchmo the Great [Sony: 2000]
15. “When the Saints Go Marching In” – Louis Armstrong – The Essential Louis Armstrong [Sony: 2000]
16. “Wolverine Blues” – Louis Armstrong – The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes
17. “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New” – Louis Armstrong – “Sugar” The Best of The Complete RCA Victor Recordings [Bluebird: 1943-47]
18. “Turvalon” – Allen Toussaint – I Believe To My Soul
19. “Southern Nights” – Allen Toussaint – Southern Nights
20. “Day Dream” – Allen Toussaint – Bright Mississippi [Nonesuch: 2009]
21. “I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say” – Dr. John – Goin’ Back to New Orleans [Warner Bros.: 1992]
22. “Goin’ Back to New Orleans” – Dr. John – Goin’ Back to New Orleans [Warner Bros.: 1992]
23. “Iko Iko” – Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) – The Definitive Pop Collection [ATCO/Rhino: 2006]
24. “Right Place Wrong Time” – Dr. John – The Definitive Pop Collection [2006]
25. “Bongo Beep” – Dirty Dozen Brass Band – My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now [Concord Jazz: 1985]
26. “What’s Going On” – Dirty Dozen Brass Band – What’s Going On [Shout Factory/Sony: 2006]
27. “What’s Happening Brother” – Dirty Dozen Brass Band – What’s Going On [Shout Factory/Sony: 2006]
28. “Minor Fuller/Ruler Of My Heart” – Allen Toussaint

Jazzmania [Playlist – 08/22/10]

1. “When There is Love” – Abbey Lincoln – When There Is Love [Verve: 1993]
2. “The World is Falling Down” – “ – The World Is Falling Down [Verve: 1990]
3. “Brother Can You Spare a Dime” – “ – You Gotta Pay the Band [Verve: 1991]
4. “I’ll Be Seeing You” – “ – Abbey Sings Billie [Enja: 1989]
5. “When I’m Called Home” – “ – You Gotta Pay the Band [Verve: 1991]
6. “Tutankhamun” – Malachi Favors Maghostut – Tribute to Lester [ECM: 2003]
7. “Trouble In Mind” – John Lee Hooker – Jack O’ Diamonds (1949 recordings) [Eagle Records: 2004]
8. “In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down” – “ – ” [“: “]
9. “Walkin’ The Boogie (alternate)” – “ – The Complete Chess Recordings [MCA/Chess: 1998]
10. “Please Don’t Go” – “ – ” [“: “]
11. “The People Want a Change” – John Lee Hooker, Jr. – All Odds Against Me [Steppin’ Stone Records: 2008]
12. “Boogie Chillen'” – “ – Face to Face [Eagle Records: 2003]
13. “Limehouse Blues” – Larry Coryell – Prime Picks: The Virtuoso Guitar of Larry Coryell [High Note Records: 2010]
14. “Tonk” – “ – “: [“: “]
15. “Ana Maria” – Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio – Reflections [Word Of Mouth Music: 2009]
16. “Harvest Song” – Tom Harrell – Roman Nights [High Note Records: 2010]
17. “Buying, Selling” – Ralph Alessi – Cognitive Dissonance [CamJazz: 2010]
18. “Someday My Prince Will Come” – Alexis Cole – Someday My Prince Will Come [Venus Records: 2009]
19. “High Pockets & a Fanny Pack” – Charley Hunter – Gentlemen, I Neglected to Tell You You Will Not Be Getting Paid [CHT Music: 2010]

Jazzmania [Playlist – 08/08/10]

Jazz Birthdays: Benny Carter (1907), Urbie Green (1926), Jimmy Witherspoon (1920)

1. “Three Little Words” – Benny Carter – Pablo Live/Montreux ’77 [Pablo Records: 1977]
2. “In a Mellow Tone” – Benny Carter – Pablo Live/Montreux ’77 [Pablo Records: 1977]
3. “Blues In My Heart” – Benny Carter – Blues In My Heart [Pablo/Fantasy: 1998]
4. “Little Girl Blue” – Benny Carter – 3.4.5 The Verve Small Group Sessions [Verve: 1991]
5. “My One & Only Love” – Benny Carter – 3.4.5 The Verve Small Group Sessions [Verve: 1991]
6. “We’ll Be Together Again” – Benny Carter – 3.4.5 The Verve Small Group Sessions [Verve: 1991]
7. “Sunset Glow” – Benny Carter – Legends [MusicMasters: 1993]
8. “Mutation” – Urbie Green – East Coast Jazz Series/6 [Avenue Jazz: 1955]
9. “On Green Dolphin Street” – Urbie Green – East Coast Jazz Series/6 [Avenue Jazz: 1955]
10. “Three Little Words” – Urbie Green – East Coast Jazz Series/6 [Avenue Jazz: 1955]
11. “Ain’t Nobody’s Business” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Spoon So Easy, The Chess Years [MCA Records: 1990]
12. “Goin’ Down Slow” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Spoon So Easy, The Chess Years [MCA Records: 1990]
13. “Cryin'” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Spoon So Easy, The Chess Years [MCA Records: 1990]
14. “Love Is A Five Letter Word” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Love Is A Five Letter Word [Avenue Jazz: 1974-75/1998]
15. “S.K. Blues” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon [Prestige: 1998]
16. “Trouble In Mind” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon [Prestige: 1998]
17. “Money’s Gettin’ Cheaper” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon [Prestige: 1998]
18. “C.C. Rider” – Jimmy Witherspoon – Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon [Prestige: 1998]
19. “Something” – Larry Coryell – The Virtuoso Guitar of Larry Coryell/Prime Picks [High Note Records: 2010]
20. “Inner Urge” – Larry Coryell – The Virtuoso Guitar of Larry Coryell/Prime Picks [High Note Records: 2010]
21. “You Look Good In Orange” – Charley Hunter – Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You, You Will Not Be Getting Pa [Spire Artists: 2010]
22. “Shoes, Jump” – Stephen Crump w/Rosetta Trio – Reclamation [Sunnyside: 2010]

Jazzmania [Playlist – 07/25/10]

Jazz Birthdays: Johnny Hodges, Annie Ross, Don Ellis, Brian Blade

1. “The Very Thought of You” {RCA Victor} – Johnny Hodges – Triple Play [1967 (CD 1996)]
2. “C Jam Blues” {RCA Victor} – Johnny Hodges – Triple Play [1967 (CD 1996)]
3. “A Flower is a Lovesome Thing” {Impulse} – Johnny Hodges – Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges [1992]
4. “Jeep’s Blues” {Impulse} – Johnny Hodges – Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges [1992]
5. “Blues O’Mighty” {Compact Jazz} – Johnny Hodges – Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis [1989]
6. “Blue Hodge” {Compact jazz} – Johnny Hodges – Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis [1989]
7. “Charleston Alley” {Columbia} – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – Everybody’s Boppin’ [1989]
8. “Twisted” {Columbia} – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – Everybody’s Boppin’ [1989]
9. “Music Is Forever” {DRG Records} – Annie Ross – Music Is Forever [1996]
10. “Four & Three” {Original Jazz Classics} – The Don Ellis Quintet – New Ideas [1990 (rec. 1961)]
11. “Go-No-Go” {Original Jazz Classics} – Don Ellis – LIve at Montreux [1992 (Rec. 1977)]
12. “If You See Lurah” {Blue Note} – Brian Blade – Brian Blade Fellowship [1998]
13. “Perceptual” {Blue Note} – Brian Blade Fellowship – Perceptual [2000]
14. “Omni” {Verve} – Brian Blade Fellowship Band – Season of Changes [2008]
15. “After the Revival” {Verve} – Brian Blade – Mama Rosa [2009]
16. “Mercy Angel” {Verve} – Brian Blade – Mama Rosa [2009]
17. “You’ll Always Be My Baby” {Verve} – Brian Blade – Mama Rosa [2009]
18. “Good Day” {Sunnyside} – Absolute Ensemble – Absolute Zawinul [2007]
19. “Attahasa” {ECM} – Steve Tibbets – Natural Causes [2010]

Jazzmania [Playlist – 07/11/10]

Jazz Birthday, Tomas Stanko (trumpeter), new releases, best of 2010 so far…

1. “Never Turn Back” – John Scofield – Piety Street [Emarcy: 2009]
2. “Celina” – Tomasz Stanko – Matka Joanna From The Angels [ECM: 1995]
3. “Song For Sarah” – Tomasz Stanko – Suspended Night [ECM: 2004]
4. “Kattorna” – Tomasz Stanko – Lontano [ECM: 2006]
5. “Expansion” – Pat Metheny – Orchestrion [Nonesuch: 2010]
6. “Four By Five” – Geri Allen – Geri Allen & Timeline Live [Motema Music: 2010]
7. “Flying Toward The Sound” – Geri Allen – Flying Toward The Sound [Motema Music: 2010]
8. “John Boy” – Brad Mehldau – Highway Rider [Nonesuch: 2010]
9. “Memphis” – Stephan Crump & Rosetta Trio – Reclamation [Sunnyside: 2010]
10. “The Peacocks” – Sarah Manning – Dandelion Clock [Posi-Tone Records: 2010]
11. “Illinois Procession Rain” – Scott DuBois – Blackhawk Dance [Sunnyside: 2010]
12. “O Se Shalom” – 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra – East Atlanta Passover Stomp [Self Produced: 2009]
13. “For Frederick Franck” – Claudia Quintet – Royal Toast [Cuneiform: 2010]
14. “Mobile Tigers” – Fight The Big Bull – All is Gladness In The Kingdom [Clean Feed: 2009]
15. “Dewey Dah” – John Ellis & Doublewide – Puppet Mischief [ObliqSound: 2010]
16. “Cleanse This House” – Stanton Moore – Groove Alchemy [Telarc: 2010]

Best of 2009 – Aaron (The Jazz Czar)

1. “Piety Street” – John Scofield (EmArcy)
2. “Folk Art” – Joe Lovano (Blue Note)
3. “Metamorphosen” – Branford Marsalis (Marsalis Music)
4. “Heaven On Earth – Live At The Blue Note” – James Carter (Half Note)
5. “Quartet Live” – Gary Burton (Concord)
6. “Now vs Now” – Jason Lindner (Anzic)
7. “Historicity” – Vijay Iyer (ACT)
8. “Urban Myths” – Joel Harrison (HighNote)
9. “The Bright Mississippi” – Allen Toussaint (Posi-Tone)
10. “Think Free” – Ben Allison (Palmetto)
11. “Out With It” – David Ashkenazy
12. “Big Neighborhood” – Mike Stern
13. “Radiolarians II & III” – Medeski, Martin & Wood