Thursday, December 17, 2009

Playlist: December 17, 2009

[Note: It was "explore the stacks" day. I went into the studio with absolutely nothing in my hands or my head. This is what I came up with....]

Esperanza Spalding * * * Cuerro Y Alma (Body and Soul) * * * Esperanza * * * Heads Up

Evelyn Rubio Y Calvin Owens Orchestra Azul * * * El Gato * * * La Mujer Que Canta Blues * * * n/a

Ambrose Field & John Potter * * * Being Dufay * * * Being Dufay * * * ECM New Series

Leroy Fine [Joel Spiegelman & the Moscow Radio Orchestra] * * * Blue Towers * * * Blue Towers: Symphonic Music of Leroy Fine * * * Delos

Anthony Braxton * * * Cut Three, Side Two * * * New York, Fall 1974 * * * Arista

Bragatissimo * * * Tango III * * * Tango Nuevo * * * North Pacific Music

Max Roach * * * Ezz-thetic * * * + 4 * * * Trip

Oliver Lake Quintet * * * Hat and Beard * * * Dedicated to Dolphy * * * Black Saint

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Playlist: December 10, 2009

Jeremy Davenport * * * The Lady Is A Tramp * * * We'll Dance 'Til Dawn * * * Telarc

Louis Armstrong * * * Mack the Knife * * * Jazz Best: 20 Immortal Jazz Standards * * * Music Power

Dinah Washington * * * Me and My Gin * * * Fly Me To the Moon * * * Restoration Hardware

Ella Fitzgerald * * * I've Got You Under My Skin * * * I Get A Kick Out of You * * * Verve

Frank Sinatra * * * I Get A Kick Out of You * * * The Frank Sinatra Collection * * * Deja Vu

Dardanelle * * * It Could Happen To You * * * The 1992 Stash Sampler * * * Stash

Jimmy Scott * * * Darn That Dream * * * But Beautiful * * * Milestone

Allen Toussaint * * * Long, Long Journey * * * The Bright Mississippi * * * Nonesuch

Nat King Cole * * * I Don't Get Around Much Any More * * * Unforgetable * * * Longines Symphonette Recording Society

Louis Armstrong * * * Save It, Pretty Mama * * * Hot Fives & Sevens, Vol. 3 * * * JSP

Hoagy Charmichael * * * Stardust * * * Gennett Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 * * * Gennett

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Playlist: December 2, 2009

Fats Waller * * * Chant of the Groove * * * Ain't Misbehavin' * * * Proper

Count Basie with Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross * * * Swingin' the Blues * * * Sing Along with Basie * * * Routlette

Hank Jones * * * Honeysuckle Rose * * * Ain't Misbehavin' * * * Galaxy

Tony Scott * * * The Lady is a Tramp * * * The Modern Art of Jazz * * * Seeco

Earl Hines * * * Trav'lin Light * * * Fatha * * * Columbia

Charles Mingus * * * Jelly Roll * * * Mingus Ah-Um * * * Columbia

Steve Allen * * * St. Louis Blues * * * Plays the Piano Greats * * * Hamilton

Johnny Maddox * * * It's A Long, Long Way to Tipperary / I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be a Soldier * * * Ragtime Piano 1917 -1918 * * * Dot

Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing * * * How Long Blues * * * Blues by Basie * * * Columbia

Fred Astaire * * * Nice Work If You Can Get It * * * Let's Face the Music and Dance * * * Living Era

Andre Kostelanetz * * * Medley from Girl Talk * * * Kostelanetz Plays Gershwin * * * Columbia

Charlie Howze * * * Drop Me Off in Harlem * * * On the Piano * * * Horchow