Jazz 'til Noon

11:00 AM — 6 MAY 2011

My last-ever hour of Jazz ‘til Noon commences with a cry of freedom! Ella’s improvisation of “That’s Amore” by request from Max. And seeing it’s Mother’s Day soon, a couple of tunes for Mom.

1. The Jazz Crusaders, Freedom Sound, Freedom Sound (Pacific)
2. Ray Bryant, Sneaking Around, Now’s the Time (Doctor Jazz)
3. Russ Garcia Orchestra, I’ll Never Forget What’s Her Name, Four Horns and A Lush Life (Bethlehem)
4. Dinah Washington, All of Me, Dinah (Mercury)
5. The Mitchell-Ruff Trio, Con Alma, The Catbird Seat (Atlantic)
6. Ella Fitzgerald, Airmail Special, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (American Recording Society)
7. Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, A Night on Bop Mountain / Down, Mulligan and Baker! (Jazztone)
8. Modern Jazz Quartet, All the Things You Are, Modern Jazz Quartet / Milt Jackson Quintet (Prestige)
9. Anita O’Day, I Get A Kick Out of You, Sessions (Verve)
10. Modern Jazz Quartet, La Ronde Suite (1. Piano, 2. Bass, 3. Vibes, 4. Drums), Django (Prestige)
11. Joe Williams, I Want A Little Girl, A Night at Count Basie’s (Vanguard)

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10:00 AM — 6 MAY 2011

Sing along or die tryin’.

1. The Modern Jazz Quartet & Guests, Exposure, Third Stream Music (Atlantic)
2. Charles Mingus, Spur of the Moment, Charlie Mingus (Everest)
3. Joe Williams, Just Sittin’ and a-Rockin’, Jump for Joy (RCA Victor)
4. Ken Nordine, Down the Drain, Son of Word Jazz (Dot)
5. The Modern Jazz Sextet, Ballad Medley: Old Folks / What’s New / How Deep is the Ocean, The Modern Jazz Sextet (Verve)
6. Sarah Vaughan, You’re Mine, You, After Hours with Sarah Vaughan (Columbia)
7. Anita O’Day, The Varsity Drag / It Never Entered My Mind / Tea for Two, Anita O’Day at Mister Kelly’s (Verve)
8. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Stars Fell on Alabama, Ella & Louis (Verve)
9. Roy Eldridge, Roy’s Riff, Dale’s Wail (Verve)
10. Anita O’Day, Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, Let Me Off Uptown, YouTube clip

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9:00 AM — 6 MAY 2011

A fond farewell to Jazz ‘til Noon, featuring some favorites from the past eight months, and some new ones that perfectly describe my salutations.

1. Terry Gibbs, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, A Jazz Band Ball (Mode)
2. Red Norvo, With All My Heart and Soul, Red Norvo and His All-Stars (Epic)
3. The Modern Jazz Stars, Big Boy, Part I / Big Boy Part II, Jazz Masquerade (Crown)
4. Jonah Jones, It’s a Good Day, Jumpin’ with Jonah (Capitol)
5. Joe Williams with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Going to Chicago Blues, Sing Along with Count Basie (Roulette)
6. Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, Flyin’ Hawk, Bean & Ben (Harlequin)
7. Thelonious Monk, I Want To Be Happy, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige)
8. Dinah Washington and Clifford Brown, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Dinah Jams (Mercury Japan)
9. Les Paul, Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea, J.J. Johnson, Nat King Cole, Johnny Miller, Shorty Snerock and Lee Young, Body and Soul, Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic, Volume 3 (Verve)
10. The Modern Jazz Quartet, No Happiness for Slater / A Social Call, Patterns (United Artists)

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11:00 AM — 29 APR 2011

After 11 o’clock we’re swingin’.

1. Eddie Condon’s All-Stars, There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Jammin’ at Condon’s (Columbia)
2. Louis Armstrong All-Stars, Black and Blue / When the Saints Go Marching In, In Concert 1956 (Jazzz)
3. Jimmy Cleveland and His Orchestra, Out of This World, Cleveland Style (EmArcy)
4. Ella Fitzgerald, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, The Essential Ella Fitzgerald (3) (Verve)
5. Keely Smith, All Night Long, Swing, You Lovers! (Dot)
6. Anita O’Day, How High the Moon, Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip (Doctor Jazz)
7. Maxine Sullivan, Stompin’ at the Savoy, A Tribute to Andy Razaf (Legacy International)
8. Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck, A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia)
9. Ramsey Lewis Trio, Carmen, Ramsey Lewis and His Gentle-Men of Swing (Argo)
10. Erroll Garner, Fandango, Afternoon of an Elf (Mercury)

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10:00 AM — 29 APR 2011

Ellington’s “The Shepherd” is one of my all-time favorites. Play it back!

1. Sergio Mendes, Sambinha Bossa Nova, The Swinger from Rio (Atlantic)
2. Alix Pascal, Isn’t It Romantic, Determination (Road Songs)
3. Ornette Coleman, Enfant, Ornette Coleman on Tenor (Atlantic)
4. Duke Ellington, The Shepherd (First Concept) / The Shepherd (Second Concept) / Kinda Dukish, Duke Ellington in the Uncommon Market (Pablo Live)
5. Miles Davis, Sivad, Live–Evil (Columbia)
6. The Hi-Los, A Shine on Your Shoes, Now Hear This (Columbia)
7. Fletcher Henderson, The Tiger Rag, The Crown King of Swing (Savoy)
8. Benny Goodman, Get Happy, B.G. in Hi-Fi (Capitol)
9. Bix Beiderbecke, Fidgety Feet, Bix Beiderbecke and the Chicago Cornets (Milestones)

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9:00 AM — 29 APR 2011

The semester’s done and summer’s on its way. Here’s the soundtrack.

1. Paul Desmond, Summertime, Summertime (A&M)
2. Jaki Byard, 5/4 Medley: Take 5/Cinco Quatro Boogie Woogie/Take 5, Phantasies (Soul Note)
3. Art Pepper, Anthropology, Artworks (Galaxy)
4. Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson, Work Song, Very Tall (Verve)
5. Harry James, Headin’ for Hallelujah, First Team-Player on the Jazz Varsity (Savoy)
6. Turk Murphy, Take Me to the Land of Jazz, Turk Murphy at Easy Street (Verve)
7. Joe Newman, Out of Nowhere, Joe Newman with Woodwinds (Roulette)
8. Ahmad Jamal, Poinciana, Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing (Argo)
9. Miles Davis Quintet, All of You, ‘Round About Midnight (Columbia)
10. Jackie Davis, Yours is My Heart Alone, Jackie Davis Meets the Trombones (Capitol)

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11:00 AM — 22 APR 2011

Some Ahmad Jamal for Clay and “Brushin’ It” for Ana and Anita.

1. Dizzy Gillespie, Mas Que Nada / Bye, Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse)
2. Ahmad Jamal Trio, Stolen Moments, The Awakening (MCA Impulse)
3. Dr. Lonnie Smith, Brushin’ It, The Turbanator (32 Jazz)
4. Anthony Braxton, Half Nelson, In the Tradition (Inner City)
5. Freddie Hubbard, Hub-Tones, Hub-Tones (Blue Note)
6. Fats Waller, Don’t Let It Bother You, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Delta)
7. Nat King Cole, I Like to Riff, N. King Cole 1936–40
8. Blue Mitchell, The Thing to Do, The Thing to Do (Blue Note)
9. Roland Kirk, Ebrauqs, Kirk’s Works (EmArcy)

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10:00 AM — 22 APR 2011

Now that school’s out, I’ve just been doodlin’.

1. Ray Bryant, Doodlin’, Now’s the Time (Doctor Jazz)
2. Mose Allison, It Didn’t Turn Out That Way, The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic)
3. Ray Anderson, Bohemia After Dark, Old Bottles—New Wine (Enja)
4. Lester Young, When You’re Smiling, Lester Young in Washington, D.C. 1956 (Pablo Live)
5. Erroll Garner, You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To, Soliloquy (Columbia)
6. Anita O’Day, Marty Paich and Quincy Jones & His Orchestra, Four Brothers, Anita O’Day’s Finest Hour (Verve)
7. Count Basie featuring Joe Williams, Sent For You Yesterday / Tickle Toes / Blue and Sentimental / Time Out, The Count Basie Story (Roulette)
8. McCoy Tyner, Speak Low, Inception (Impulse)
9. Cedar Walton, David Williams and Billy Higgins, Ojos de Rojo, The Trio 2 (Red)
10. Dinah Washington, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, The Best of Dinah Washington (Roulette)

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9:00 AM — 22 APR 2011

I know why my mother / Taught me to be true / She meant me for someone / Exactly like you.

1. Gene Ammons, Exactly Like You, Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Sixties (Prestige)
2. Coleman Hawkins, Bouncing with Bean, Body & Soul (RCA)
3. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Wade in the Water, Sounds Like… Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (A&M)
4. Duke Ellington’s Spacemen, Midnight Sun, The Cosmic Scene (Columbia)
5. Lionel Hampton, The High and the Mighty, Star Dust (CBS Holland)
6. Johnny Guarnieri, I Found a Million Dollar Baby, Playing Harry Warren (Jim Taylor Presents)
7. Hank Mobley, Carolyn, No Room for Squares (Blue Note)
8. Ernestine Anderson, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams, Hot Cargo! (Mercury)
9. Wayne Shorter, Yes or No, Juju (Blue Note)
10. Archie Shepp, Cousin Mary / Niema, Four for Trane (Impulse)

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11:00 AM — 15 APR 2011

1. Wayne Shorter, Beauty and the Beast, Native Dancer (Columbia)
2. Stanley Turrentine, Yours is My Heart Alone, Easy Walker (Blue Note)
3. Curtis Fuller, If I Were A Bell, Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Warwick)
4. Bud Powell, Ornithology, The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note)
5. The Fletcher Henderson All Stars, A Hundred Years from Today / Honeysuckle Rose, The Big Reunion (Jazztone)
6. Buddy Pizzarelli with Joe Venuti, If / The Real Godfather Blues, Nightwings (Flying Dutchman)
7. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt, Wheatleigh Hall, The Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt Sessions (Verve)
8. Chico Hamilton Quintet, Trio, The Chico Hamilton Special (Columbia)

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