Playlist: July 2, 2009

Miles Davis * * * Teo * * * Sketches of Spain * * * Sony-Legacy

Lester Bowie * * * Sardegna Amore (New is Full of Lonely People * * * The 5th Power * * * Black Saint

Sonny Rollins * * * Kilauea * * * Sunny Days Starry Nights * * * Milestone

John Hicks * * * Naima's Love Song * * * Some Other Time * * * Theresa

David Murray * * * David - Mingus * * * Children * * * Black Saint

Sun Ra * * * Sunology * * * Super-Sonic Sounds * * * Impulse

Medeski Martin & Wood * * * Sweet Pie Dreams * * * Radiolarians I * * * Indirecto

Playlist: June 25, 2009

O'Briens Peerless Quintette * * * The Sheik * * * Gennett Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 * * * Gennett

Fats Waller * * * Harlem Fuss * * * Handful of Keys: Numb Fumblin' * * * Proper

Louis Armstrong * * * Keyhole Blues * * * Hot Fives & Sevens, Vol. Two * * * JSP

Lewis Black * * * Spanish Blues * * * A Richer Tradition: Country Blues and String Band Music 1927 - 1932 * * * JSP

Skip James * * * Be Ready When He Comes * * * Legends of Country Blues * * * JSP

Jelly Roll Morton * * * Blue Blood Blues * * * Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 3 * * * JSP

Bix Beiderbecke * * * Jazz Me Blues * * * Bix Beiderbecke Story * * * Proper

Wynton Marsalis * * * Oh, But on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) * * * The Majesty of the Blues * * * Columbia

Miles Davis Quintet f/ Sam Rivers * * * Walkin' * * * Miles in Tokyo * * * Columbia

Miles Davis Quintet f/ George Coleman * * * Milestones * * * Miles Davis in Europe * * * Columbia

Miles Davis Quintet f/ Wayne Shorter * * * So What * * * Miles in Europe * * * Columbia

Lee Konitz * * * Hibeck * * * Sax of a Kind * * * Quadromania

Playlist: June 18, 2009

Muhal Richard Abrams * * * Tribute to Julius Hemphill and Don Pullen * * * One Line, Two Views * * * New World Records

Dudu Pukwana * * * Diamond Express * * * Diamond Express * * * Arista Freedom

Don Pullen * * * Poodle Pie * * * Tomorrow's Promises * * * Atlantic

Lester Young * * * Blue Lester * * * Pres/The Complete Savoy Recordings * * * Savoy

Ben Webster * * * Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me * * * Ballads * * * Verve

Benny Carter * * * Wave * * * Best of * * * Pablo

Sonny Rollins * * * Ee-Ah * * * Tour De Force * * * Prestige

Freddie Redd Quartet * * * Time to Smile * * * The Music from "The Connection" * * * Blue Note

Charlie Rouse * * * Epistrophy * * * Epistrophy: The Last Concert * * * Landmark

David Murray * * * Anti-Calypso * * * Black & Black * * * Red Baron

[Note: Today's show ran from 9:10 to 10:35 a.m.]

Playlist: June 11, 2009

Jimmy Guiffre, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall * * * Topsy * * * West Coast * * * Atlantic Jazz

Albert Ayler Trio * * * The Wizard * * * Spiritual Unity * * * ESP Disk

Derek Bailey & Henry Kaiser * * * Chrysanthemums * * * Wireforks * * * Shanachie

John Fahey * * * Special Rider Blues * * * America * * * Takoma

Peter Brotzmann Lila Eule No. 4 The Inexplicable Flyswatter Atavistic

Strata Institute * * * Bed Sty * * * Cipher Syntax * * * JMT

Playlist: June 4, 2009

T. Renner, "Improvisation for Lee Konitz," 2009, acrylic on paper, 6" x 4".

Nat King Cole Trio * * * Gone With the Draft * * * Nat King Cole Vol. 5 * * * LaserLight

Dexter Gordon * * * Broadway * * * Our Man In Paris * * * Blue Note

John Coltrane * * * Alabama * * * Complete Classic Quartet * * * Impulse

Charlie Christian / Thelonious Monk * * * Swing to Bop * * * Debut/Period Original Jazz Classics Sampler * * * Original Jazz Classics

Lee Konitz & Billy Bauer * * * Duet for Saxophone and Guitar * * * Sax of A Kind * * * Quadromania

Lee Konitz * * * Subconscious Lee * * * Sax of a Kind * * * Quadromania

Lee Konitz * * * Confucius Blues * * * Sax of a Kind * * * Quadromania

Lee Konitz * * * Crosscurrent * * * Sax of a Kind * * * Quadromania

Anthony Braxton * * * Background Music * * * Seven Standards, 1987 * * * Magenta

Sun Ra, Akh Tal Ebah, Ronnie Boykins * * * I'll Get By * * * Some Blues But Not the Kind Thats Blue * * * Atavistic Unheard Music Series

Playlist: May 28, 2009

Herbie Nichols Trio * * * Beyond Recall * * * The Bethlehem Years * * * Bethlehem

Abbey Lincoln * * * Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me * * * Abbey Lincoln's Affair * * * Blue Note

Steve Lacy Seven * * * Wickets * * * Cliches * * * Hatology

Zoot Sims, Jim Raney, Jim Hall, Steve Swallow & Osie Johnson * * * A Primera Vez * * * Otra Vez

Horace Tapscott Quintet with Arthur Blythe * * * The Dark Tree * * * West Coast Hot * * * Novus

Osie Johnson Quintet with Benny Powell, Frank Wess, Dick Katz & Eddie Jones * * * Johnson's Whacks * * * Jazz Hall of Fame Vol. 1 * * * Showcase

Don Byron * * * Next Love * * * New York Downtown Sounds * * * Knitting Factory Works

Charles Mingus * * * Mood Indigo * * * Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus * * * Impulse

Nicholas Payton * * * The Charleston Hop (The Blue Steps) * * * Into the Blue * * * Nonesuch

Bonus Installment: May 27, 2009

Keshavan Maslak with Charles Moffett * * * Judy Jizzbow * * * Blaster Master * * * Black Saint

Allen Toussaint * * * Day Dream * * * The Bright Mississippi * * * Nonesuch

Bill Dixon * * * The 12th December * * * New Music: Second Wave * * * Savoy

Roy Hargrove Quintet * * * Mr. Clean * * * Earfood * * * Groovin' High

Matching Mole * * * Flora Fidgit / Smoke Signals * * * Little Red Record * * * Columbia

Branford Marsalis Trio with Joe Lovano * * * Sentinel * * * The Dark Keys * * * Columbia

Andrew Hill with Lee Konitz and Ted Curson * * * Spiral * * * Spiral * * * Arista Freedom

Terence Blanchard * * * I'm In the Mood for Love * * * Let's Get Lost * * * Sony

Henry Townsend * * * All My Money's Gone * * * Classic Piano Blues * * * Smithsonian Folkways

Henry Threadgill * * * Sweet Holy Rag * * * Rags, Bush and All * * * Novus

Vassilis Tasbropoulous / Anja Lechner / U.T. Gandhi * * * Tibetan Dance * * * Melos * * * ECM New Series

Oliver Lake * * * France Dance / Whap * * * Passing Thru * * * Passin' Thru

The Dixon-Rhyne Project * * * Carousel * * * Reinvention * * * Owl Studios

Clifford Brown / Max Roach with Sonny Rollins * * * Cherokee * * * Live at the Bee Hive * * * Columbia

Paul Bley / Evan Parker / Barre Phillips * * * You Will Oscar, You Will * * * Time Will Tell * * * ECM