Jazz After Dark: Recent Episodes
Don Shor
Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie woogie, blues, and ragtime, through traditional and straight ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more.
On tonight’s show:
- Benny Carter, Beale Street Blues
- Artie Shaw, Special Delivery Stomp
- Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, Blues In the Night
- Lester Young, I Got Rhythm
- Ray Anthony, The Man With A Horn
- Art Pepper, Patricia
- Johnny Hodges, Take the "A" Train
- Stan Getz Quartet & Mose Allison, Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Ella Fitzgerald, Midnight Sun
- Ernie Wilkins And His Orchestra, All Of You
- Benny Goodman & Quartet, I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
- João Gilberto & Stan Getz, Corcovado
- Ramsey Lewis, Come Sunday
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Ella Fitzgerald, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Live At Cote D'Azur, France, 1966
On this episode:
- Louis Armstrong, Basin St Blues
- Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
- Louis Armstrong, Mahogany Hall Stomp
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
- Lee Morgan, All the Way
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Chet Baker, My Funny Valentine
- Pete Fountain, Milenberg Joys
- Buddy Rich, Willowcrest
- Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, Autumn In New York
- Don Ellis, Image of Maria
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dorthaan's Walk
Jazz masters on this episode:
- Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, Ory's Creole Trombone
- Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, Potato Head Blues
- Artie Shaw, At Sundown
- Sidney Bechet, Si tu vois ma mère
- Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet, I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues
- Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, I Cover the Waterfront
- Billie Holiday & Lester Young, Fine and Mellow
- Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond, Line for Lyons
- Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, The Cat Walk
- Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Drop Me Off in Harlem
- Ella Fitzgerald, Misty
- Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Oscar Peterson, Take the "A" Train
- Count Basie and His Orchestra, Basie - Straight Ahead
- Count Basie and His Orchestra, That Warm Feeling
On this episode:
- Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (Beiderbecke), Singin' The Blues
- Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Red Norvo, Hank Jones, Sleepwalker Boogie
- Art Pepper, Jazz Me Blues
- Milt Jackson, Sermonette
- Ron Carter, Eric Dolphy And Mal Waldron, Bass Duet
- Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Congo Mulence
- Dave Brubeck/Tony Bennett, That Old Black Magic
- Ray Bryant(p), Walter Booker Jr.(b) & Freddie Waits(ds), Gotta Travel On
- Ray Charles, Sidewinder
- Joni James, Just One Of Those Things
- Herbie Mann, Never Ending Song of Love (LP Version)
- Earl "Fatha" Hines, Pretty Baby
- The Crusaders, Double Bubble
- Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans Bump
Classic jazz tonight:
- Erskine Hawkins, After Hours
- Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump
- Benny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), You Turned the Tables On Me
- Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Jeru
- Doris Day with Les Brown, Sentimental Journey
- Doris Day, Makin' Whoopee
- Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet, Mamblues
- Ella Fitzgerald, Love For Sale
- Art Pepper with Conte Candoli, Old Devil Moon
- Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Duke's Place
- Earl "Fatha" Hines, Black Coffee
- Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, I'm Beginning to See the Light
- Abbey Lincoln, Brother Can You Spare A Dime
- Stephane Grappelli & Barney Kessel, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
On this episode: we’ve got some '30s jazz first, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, and Lester Young. Then samba and bossa nova, with Stan Getz our featured artist, working with Gary McFarland, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and we’ll hear Paul Desmond and Walter Wanderley.
For the rest of the program, it’s Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, The Rosenberg Trio, Dianne Reeves with Fabrizio Bosso, Allen Toussaint, and Jim Hall.
On tonight’s show:
- Gene Krupa, Opus One (Anita O'Day vocals)
- Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
- Ella Fitzgerald, I Loves You Porgy
- Chet Baker, Extra Mild
- Helen Merrill, Night And Day
- Benny Carter, Cherry
- Joni James, Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- Grover Washington, Jr., Lover Man
- Don Ellis, 8 Nicole
- Dorothy Donegan, These Foolish Things
- Cal Tjader/Carmen McRae, Besame Mucho
- Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass, A-Tisket, A-Tasket
- Boogaloo Joe Jones, Brown Bag
First we’ll hear some early Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Jelly Roll Morton, Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, and Charlie Parker. Then we have a set from our featured artist, Chico Hamilton, followed by Duke Ellington, Ella again, Lee Morgan, Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Boogaloo Joe Jones, and Stan Getz.
New Orleans jazz, bossa nova, and more tonight: Billie Holiday, Bunny Berigan (Danny Richards vocals), Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Benny Carter, Louis Armstrong, The 6 & 7/8ths String Band, Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Sweet Emma & Her Dixieland Boys, Johnny Hodges, João Gilberto & Milton Banana, Luiz Bonfá, Carlos Lyra & Quarteto de Oscar Castro Neves, Nara Leão, Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, and the Cannonball Adderley Quintet.
Six longer pieces tonight: Artie Shaw, Tommy Flanagan, Art Pepper, Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes, Chet Baker with Jim Hall and Hubert Laws, and Lee Konitz and the Brazilian Band.
Mellow sax and West Coast cool tonight: Sonny Clark, Duke Ellington with Johnny Hodges, Oliver Nelson (Jimmy Forrest sax), Roland Kirk, Benny Carter, Bill Evans Trio featuring Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, and Stanley Turrentine.
On tonight’s show: Teddy Wilson, Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Helen Humes, Harry Carney with Paul Gonsalves and Harold Ashby & The Duke's Men, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson & The Great Jazz Trio, Stéphane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner, Boots Randolph, Danny Grissett, Don Byas, and Ahmad Jamal.
Swing, Big Band, and more tonight on Jazz After Dark. We'll hear Duke Ellington, Bennie Moten, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Erskine Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, and Gerry Mulligan with Teddy Wilson.
Tonight’s show: Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Stanley Turrentine with Grant Green and Tommy Flanagan, Roy Eldridge, Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis, Jerry Fielding, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, Etta James, and The Rosenberg Trio.
Tonight’s show: Erskine Hawkins & and His Orchestra, Illinois Jacquet, Artie Shaw, Zoot Sims, Lou Levy Trio, Mundell Lowe And His All Stars, Gil Evans, Horace Parlan, Elek Bacsik, Kenny Burrell, and Buddy Collette.
Longer sets tonight: we’ll hear Ella Fitzgerald, Cannonball Adderley, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine, Ben Webster, Earl "Fatha" Hines, and Gerry Mulligan.
On tonight’s show: Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, Lena Horne, Miles Davis, Sergio Mendes, Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio, Budd Johnson with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Buddy Rich, Ramsey Lewis, The Crusaders, Joani Taylor & the Bob Murphy Trio, and the Gary Smulyan Quintet.
On tonight’s show: Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Edmond Hall, Lee Morgan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ben Tucker & Freddie Gambrell, Frank Strozier, Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & The Orchestra, Harold Mabern.
Tonight’s show: Horace Henderson, Benny Carter with Cootie Williams, Bob Gordon & Jack Montrose, The Jimmy Giuffre 3, Bill Evans with Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Jimmy McGriff, Count Basie, Jack Sheldon, Gerry Mulligan with Dave Brubeck, Larry McKenna, and Birelli Lagrene.
On tonight’s show: Benny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants, Jazzmen Detroit, The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Billy Taylor, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Hubert Laws, and Benny Carter.
On tonight’s show: Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Ahmad Jamal, Gerry Mulligan, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer with Big Miller on vocals, Duke Ellington &Johnny Hodges, Stuff Smith, Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, and Abbey Lincoln.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: a retrospective of the career of jazz pianist Earl Hines. His career spanned 1920 to 1983 and bridged early jazz, swing, bebop, and more. In his later career resurgence he did many solo performances and duets, producing over a hundred albums in the 1960s and '70s.
In the first half we’ll hear Teddy Wilson, Cab Calloway, Lester Young, Art Pepper with Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, and Ella Fitzgerald. Then comes a tribute to the late Ahmad Jamal with recordings from the 1950s and '60s, and then live with Yusef Lateef in 2012.
First up tonight: Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Clark Terry with Marian Bruce on vocals, and in a jam session with Oscar Peterson, as well as his All-Star Sax Ensemble.
Classic jazz performances tonight:
Duke Ellington -- Take The A-Train
Louis Armstrong -- Ain't Misbehavin'
Sidney Bechet -- Blue Horizon 1944
Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane -- Honeysuckle Rose
Stan Kenton -- The Creep
Billie Holiday -- Fine and Mellow
Dave Brubeck -- Take Five
Peggy Lee -- Black Coffee
Woody Herman Sextet -- Moten Swing
Ella Fitzgerald -- That Old Black Magic
Chet Baker -- Over the Rainbow
Sarah Vaughan -- Fascinating Rhythm
Stan Getz & Gary McFarland -- Manha De Carnaval (Morning of Carnival)
Oscar Peterson -- Night Train (Alternate Take)
Earl Hines -- Save It Pretty Mama
We have jazz standards tonight by Billie Holiday, Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald & Buddy Bregman, Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, Joni James, Chuck Wayne Trio, Budd Johnson with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Oscar Peterson, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dianne Reeves, The Duke Robillard Jazz Trio, and Larry Carlton.
We have jazz from the 1940s and '50s tonight: Lu Watters with Kid Ory and Albert Nicholas, Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Edmond Hall, Cab Calloway, Lester Young & His Band, Louis Armstrong, Erroll Garner, Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywwod and His Orchestra, Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins with Lil Greenwood, and the Ronnell Bright Trio.
Cool jazz and some bossa nova tonight: Miles Davis, the Jimmy Giuffre 3, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Clare Fischer, Paul Desmond, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Johnny Hodges, Charlie Rouse, and Dave Brubeck.
Focus on jazz piano tonight. We’ll hear from The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, Johnny Hodges, Monty Alexander, Nancy Wilson & Ramsey Lewis,, Richard Elliot, Hank Jones, Houston Person, Ben Paterson, Johnny Varro, and Toots Thielemans.
Tonight’s show: lots of rhythm, spanning 1926 to 1999. Benny Goodman, Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers, Dizzy Gillespie with Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Red Norvo, Hank Jones. Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Milt Jackson, Dave Brubeck with Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Ron Carter with Eric Dolphy and Mal Waldron, Ray Bryant, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Herbie Mann, The Crusaders, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Wynton Marsalis.
Tonight’s show: Oscar Aleman, Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & Eddie Condon, Julie London, Dave Brubeck, Freddie Gambrell, Benny Carter with Ben Webster & Barney Bigard, Jimmy Smith & Lalo Schifrin, Frank Strozier, Oscar Peterson, Stanley Turrentine, Dianne Reeves, and Cornell Dupree.
Tonight’s show: the music of George and Ira Gershwin. First George Gershwin himself, then Benny Goodman, Helen Merrill, Mel Tormé with Marty Paich, Julie London, Miles Davis, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, the Vince Guaraldi Trio, Stan Getz, Art Pepper & Bill Perkins, Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Joe Pass, Dianne Reeves, and Marian McPartland with Gene Harris.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: the Nat King Cole Trio, Oscar Peterson (Billie Holiday vocals), Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Stanley Turrentine, Paul Desmond, Boots Randolph, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Yusef Lateef, The Modern Jazz Quartet, and Sonny Rollins.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: songs from 1927 to 1969. Fats Waller, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra with Johnny Hodges, Roland Kirk, Nat King Cole, Al Hirt, Miles Davis, Bud Powell Trio (Kenny Clark drum solo), Johnny Hodges, Herbie Mann, and then Ella Fitzgerald with the Ernie Heckscher Big Band & Tommy Flanagan.
Tonight’s show: Duke Ellington, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman Quartet, Sidney Bechet, Oscar Peterson (with Billie Holiday), Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Hodges, Buddy Collette, George Barnes Quartet, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Hank Jones, Jimmy Rosenberg, and Count Basie and the Kansas City Septem.
Tonight’s show: Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk Quintet, Ethel Ennis, Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong, Billy Taylor Trio, Lou Donaldson, Abbe Lane, Louis Armstrong, Etta Jones, Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds, Ike Quebec, Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Carter
Tonight we’ll hear: Edmond Hall, Erskine Hawkins, Helen Carr, Gigi Gryce Quartet, Jean-Pierre Sasson, Ella Fitzgerald with Plas Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Count Basie, Big Miller & Tommy Banks, Tony Bennett, and Stanley Turrentine.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: vocals by Louis Armstrong, then cool jazz, soul jazz, and lots of rhythm. Instrumentals by Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond, Chico Hamilton, Erroll Garner, Herbie Mann, Ray Barretto, Ramsey Lewis, Billy Butler, and the Jonny Lewis Quartet.
Tonight’s program features Lester Young and Billie Holiday from the 1940s in the first half. We’ll year Young with the Kansas City Six, with Nat ‘King’ Cole and Buddy Rich, and accompanying Holiday. West Coast cool in the second half: Bud Shank, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, and Victor Biglione.
Mellow jazz tonight on Jazz After Dark: Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Tommy Flanagan, Art Pepper, Miles Davis, Lester Young, Johnny Hodges, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Peggy Lee, Sonny Clark, Trudy Desmond, Houston Person, and Ramsey Lewis.
All live performance tonight: Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & The Orchestra, Ben Webster, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge, Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan, George Benson, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis.
Jazz classics tonight:
- Sentimental Journey - Doris Day with Les Brown
- I Loves You Porgy - Billie Holiday, Bobby Tucker on piano
- My Funny Valentine - Artie Shaw
- In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington
- They Can't Take That Away From Me - Joni James
- C Jam Blues - Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines & Johnny Hodges
- Calling Dr. Funk - The Vince Guaraldi Quartet
- Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & The Orchestra *
- Honeysuckle Rose - Les Paul
- Muskrat Ramble - Louis Armstrong
- My Favorite Things, Part 1 - John Coltrane Quartet
- O Pato (The Duck) - Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Chet Baker
- Four - Stan Getz
Featuring Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines tonight. We’ll hear Armstrong with Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver, and with his All Stars, as well as selections from Porgy & Bess with Ella Fitzgerald. Then Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines in a live concert, some solo work, and with Johnny Hodges.
On this episode: winter and seasonal music from Dave Brubeck, Kenny Burrell, Art Pepper, Al Di Meola, The Brubeck Brothers Quartet, The Taylor Eigsti Trio, Johnny Varro, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Red Garland Trio, Cyrus Chestnut, and Dave Brubeck again.
Tonight’s show is the 600th episode of Jazz After Dark! We’ll hear selections from 1934 – 1969: Benny Carter, Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle, Lena Horne, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, Helen Carr, Gerry Mulligan, and Harold Land. Ella Fitzgerald live from Copenhagen in 1959, in a newly released recording. Then Russ Freeman, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Paul Desmond, and Ben Webster.
Coming up tonight: Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver, Johnny Hodges, Peggy Lee & Harold Mooney, Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Stanley Turrentine, Dave Brubeck, Eubie Blake, Mongo Santamaría, Butch Thompson, Perico Sambeat, and Kenny Burrell.
Signature songs by great jazz performers tonight:
- Original Jelly Roll Blues/Jelly Roll Morton
- Potato Head Blues/Louis Armstrong and His Hot 7
- Begin the Beguine/Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
- Stompin' At the Savoy/Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
- One O'Clock Jump/Count Basie
- Round Midnight/Thelonious Monk Quintet
- Body And Soul/Coleman Hawkins
- Duke's Place/Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
- Take The ''A'' Train/Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
- Take Five/Dave Brubeck
- My Favorite Things (Single Version)/John Coltrane
- One for my baby/Frank Sinatra
- Steppin' Out With My Baby/Tony Bennett
- So What/Miles Davis
Tonight’s show: Thelonious Monk, Oscar Aleman, Ruby Braff, Ben Tucker & Freddie Gambrell, Duke Ellington with Johnny Hodges, Frank Strozier, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Blakey, Benny Carter
Toe-tapping jazz tonight: Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson, Gene Krupa, Stuff Smith, Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Sergio Mendes, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges & Septet, Billy Taylor, Duke Ellington, Boots Randolph, Mongo Santamaria, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Louise Tobin with Peanuts Hucko, Zoot Sims, and Dal Richards & His Orchestra.
We're commemorating jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis and record producer Creed Taylor tonight.
We’ll hear Ramsey Lewis from the '60s and '70s and then in a duet with Nancy Wilson. From Creed Taylor’s CTI label, we’ll hear George Benson, Johnny Hammond, Hubert Laws, Chet Baker with Paul Desmond and Bob James, Grover Washington, Jr., and Ron Carter.
On tonight’s show: Sarah Vaughan & the Hugo Peretti Orchestra, Tommy Flanagan and Paul Chambers with Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell & Kenny Clarke, Johnny Richards, Clark Terry with Paul Gonsalves, Horace Silver, Gene Ammons, Dave Brubeck, Mose Allison, Ella Fitzgerald, the Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble, and Miles Davis with Quincy Jones.
Tonight we'll hear from: Art Pepper, Frank Morgan, Gigi Gryce, Chico Hamilton, Louis Armstrong with Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Mel Tormé, Helen Merrill, and Lee Konitz & the Brazilian Band.
We have six extended sets tonight:
- Lionel Hampton Jam Session -- Blues
- Herbie Hancock -- Watermelon Man
- Charlie Byrd -- Blues Sonata: Scherzo for an Old Shoe
- Al Jarreau -- Burst In With the Dawn
- Chet Baker -- Stella By Starlight
- Abdullah Ibrahim -- Blues For A Hip King
On tonight’s broadcast, swing era and the 1950s: Cab Calloway, Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & Eddie Condon, Louis Armstrong, Quintette du Hot Club de France, Sammy Price And His Bluesicians, Ella Fitzgerald, Shorty Rogers, Oscar Peterson, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Wilkins And His Orchestra, Bobby Hackett, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
Today, from the 1940s and 50s, we have Nat King Cole, Sonny Stitt, Herbie Nichols, Ella Fitzgerald & the Oscar Peterson Trio, and the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The selections from the 1960s are performed by Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, and Claude Bolling. Then we’ll hear from Pedro Iturralde with Donna Hightower, Charlie Byrd and The Washington Guitar Quintet, Milt Buckner, and Houston Person.
On this episode: From the 1920s and 30s we’ll hear Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet, and Coleman Hawkins. Then we move to the '40s and '50s with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Modern Jazz Quartet, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, and Mose Allison, and then we’ll take it out with Weather Report, and Cal Tjader, from the 1970s.
Selections from 1937 to 1973 tonight. We’ll hear Artie Shaw, Coleman Hawkins Orchestra, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Django Reinhardt, Billie Holiday & Lester Young, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis Sextet, Modern Jazz Quartet, John Coltrane Quartet, Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, and James Moody.
Tonight we’ll hear from: Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, Dinah Washington, Lee Morgan, Erroll Garner, Paul Gonsalves; Stephane Grappelli, Elek Bacsik, Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Pat La Barbera & Don Thompson, and Butch Thompson.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Swing and more. We’ll hear from Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Erskine Hawkins, John Kirby Sextet, Lou Donaldson, Gerry Mulligan, Ernie Wilkins And His Orchestra, Art Blakey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dick Wellstood.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: 1937 – 1995, with the focus on swing. Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Erskine Hawkins, John Kirby Sextet, Lou Donaldson, Jazz West Coast, Ernie Wilkins And His Orchestra, Stuff Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Dick Wellstood, and The Rosenberg Trio.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: intro by Lee Morgan, then longer sets by Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, Houston Person, Junior Mance, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Criss, and Art Pepper.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark:
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday, and Dizzy Gillespie with the Stan Getz Sextet. More from Ella Fitzgerald, then Oscar Peterson, Richard Twardzik and Russ Freeman. Herbie Mann with Beeny Weeks, Keith Hodgson, and Lee Rockey. Paul Desmond, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Rouse, and Milcho Leviev.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark:
Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman Orchestra and solo, Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen, Kenny Burrell Octet, Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Paul Gonsalves, Claude Bolling Big Band, Bill Evans, Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Albert Tootie Heath, and Shirley Horn.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark:
From the 1940s, we’ll hear Earl "Fatha" Hines and Johnny Hodges, The Nat King Cole Trio, Ike Quebec Quintet, Peggy Lee, and Charlie Parker and His Quintet.
From the 1960s we’ll hear Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz, Pete Fountain, Oscar Peterson, Paul Desmond, Herbie Mann and Joao Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Eddie Jefferson, and Ella Fitzgerald and the Jimmy Jones Trio with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, and then we’ll take it out with Stanley Jordan.
From the 1930s and '40s, we’ll hear Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Louis Armstrong, The RCA All-Stars: Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, Fats Waller, Dick McDonough, and "Georgia" Wettling. Then Doris Day, Red Garland, and Dinah Washington, followed by a bossa nova set with Nara Leão, Charlie Rouse, and Ella Fitzgerald. From the 1970s, we’ll hear Gerry Mulligan and Earl Hines, and then take it out with Waverly Seven.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Anita O Day with Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, and then with Stan Kenton. We’ll hear Joe Holiday, Peggy Lee , Nat "King" Cole and His Trio, Milt Jackson & Ray Charles, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Ella Fitzgerald & Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Buddy DeFranco Quartet, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Eddie Harris, and Shirley Horn.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Sidney Bechet, Benny Goodman, The Mills Brothers, Erroll Garner, Gene Krupa, Oscar Peterson, Etta Jones, Jean-Pierre Sasson, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Mann, Freddie Hubbard, Trudy Desmond, Bud Shank, and Christian Mcbride
Tonight on Jazz After Dark, five longer pieces:
- Johnny Hodges and the Ellington Men -- Texas Blues (1957)
- Grant Green -- Blues in Maude's Flat (1961)
- Don Ellis -- Image of Maria, live in India (1978)
- Ramsey Lewis Quintet -- Blues for the Night (1973)
- Gabor Szabo -- Impression of My Country / Foothill Patrol, live in Stockholm (1970s recordings released in 2001)
Jazz from 1952 to 1962 tonight: Benny Goodman, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Miles Davis, Ray Anthony, Duke Ellington, Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh, Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Billy Taylor Trio, Red Garland, Betty Roché, Barney Bigard with Claude Luter, Luiz Bonfá, and David Benoit.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: from the 1940s, we’ll hear Helen Forrest with Harry James, Gene Krupa, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday. Then Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Strayhorn with Johnny Hodges, Tony Bennett, Buddy Rich, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Harlan Leonard, Art Tatum with Benny Carter and Louis Bellson, Ruby Braff, Oscar Peterson Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Art Farmer, Bobby Militello with the Brubeck family, and Perico Sambeat.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark, jazz from 1940 to 1992: Artie Shaw, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Joe Guy And Thelonius Monk, Nat King Cole, Milt Jackson with Ray Charles, Clark Terry, Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans, Toots Thielemans, Ella Fitzgerald, Gabor Szabo, Eddie Harris, and Stan Getz with Kenny Barron.
It’s Duke Ellington tonight on Jazz After Dark, focusing on the later part of his career. We’ll hear his work with Billy Strayhorn, Mahalia Jackson, Johnny Hodges, Charles Mingus and Max Roach, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ray Brown, as well as some of his studio recordings from the early 1960s.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson on vocals, Benny Carter, Arnett Cobb , Erroll Garner, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Stitt, Wes Montgomery, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Don Ellis, Zoot Sims with Bob Brookmeyer, Claude Bolling Big Band, and Benny Carter and the American Jazz Orchestra.