Jazz After Dark

Jazz classics tonight. Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald, A-Tisket A-Tasket Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, In the Mood Sidney Bechet, Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen, When The Saints Go Marching In Earl Bostic, Flamingo Lester Young, Stardust Stan Kenton, The Creep Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, Nuages Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues Gerry Mulligan, Bags' Groove Blossom Dearie, 'Deed I Do Dave Brubeck, Blue Rondo a La Turk Miles Davis, Summertime Stan Getz, Manhã de Carnaval Paul Desmond, Take Te

Tonight’s playlist was suggested by a listener, and it tells a story. Peggy Lee, Please Send Me Someone To Love Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & His Orchestra, Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) Etta James, The Man I Love Mel Tormé, All I Need Is A Girl Louis Armstrong, Love Walked In Helen Forrest, Make Love To Me Lena Horne, Come on Strong The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bésame Mucho Billie Holiday, Stars Fell on Alabama Peggy Lee, Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? Frank Sinatra, Day By Day Billie Holiday, Comes Love Frank Sinatra, Hey! Jealous Lover Louis Jordan, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Helen Humes, He Don't Love Me Anymore Esther Phillips, I Wish You Love

Farewell to summer on tonight’s show: Billie Holiday, I Cover The Waterfront Cal Tjader, Summertime (Vince Guaraldi piano solo) Paul Gonsalves, Yesterdays Stan Getz, Balanço No Samba Teddy Edwards, Smokin' Dave Brubeck & Tony Bennett, That Old Black Magic Dave Brubeck, Lonesome Buddy Rich, Lament For Lester Count Basie, Blues For Joe Turner James Moody, Moody's Mood Ella Fitzgerald, Teach Me Tonight (Live) Ron Carter, Take Ten Gerald Wiggins, Summertime

Jazz from the 1930s and 40s tonight. We’ll hear: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, The Last Time Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Clyde McCoy, Sugar Blues Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, The Big Noise from Winnetka Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Lulu's Back In Town Jimmie Lunceford, For Dancers Only Duke Ellington, New East ST. Louis Toodle-Oo Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle, Viper Mad Fats Waller, Keepin' Out of Mischief Now Benny Carter, Beale Street Blues Benny Goodman, One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald, Stairway To The Stars Glenn Miller, Rhapsody in Blue Erskine Hawkins, After Hours (Digitally Remastered) Charlie Christian, Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Am I Blue? Bunny Berigan, Skylark Thelonious Monk, 'Round Midnight Les Brown, Leap Frog

On tonight’s show: Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing vocals), You Can Depend On Me Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Ball Of Fire Erskine Hawkins, Tippin' In Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, When a Man Loves a Woman Miles Davis Quartet, When I Fall In Love Gigi Gryce Octet, Purple Shades Art Pepper, You're Driving Me Crazy Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Lullaby Of The Leaves Jimmy Witherspoon, Trouble In Mind Ella Fitzgerald, Them There Eyes (Live Chicago Opera House) Kenny Burrell, Wavy Gravy Pete Fountain, Bye Bye, Bill Bailey Horace Silver, Sighin' and Cryin' The Taylor Eigsti Trio, They Can't Take That Away From Me

New Orleans jazz, and more tonight: Louis Armstrong, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons, Boogie Woogie Man Will Bradley, Basin Street Boogie Tommy Dorsey, 11.Swing Low, Swing Chariot Ella Fitzgerald w Sy Oliver, Basin Street Blues Artie Shaw, Imagination Woody Herman Sextet, Princess M Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band, Ice Cream Pete Fountain, Lazy River Louis Armstrong, Bourbon Street Parade Billie & DeDe Pierce, Algiers Hoodoo Blues Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Rip 'Em Up, Joe, and We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Just a Little While to Stay Here Piano Connection, Hit That Nail

1950s jazz tonight: Pearl Bailey, They Didn't Believe Me Earl Bostic, Bostic's Boogie Blues Don Elliott and the Cool Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble Terry Pollard, Where or When (2015 - Remaster) Ethel Ennis, Blue Prelude Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Social Call Art Pepper/Sonny Redd, Deep Purple Earl "Fatha" Hines, 'S Wonderful Cal Tjader, Summertime1Clarinet Ruby Braff, But Not For Me Helen Humes, When I Grow Too Old To Dream Ella Fitzgerald, All of Me Mose Allison, Creek Bank Wynton Kelly, Softly As In a Morning Sunrise

We have a Duke Ellington retrospective tonight on Jazz After Dark with selections from 1928 to 1964, accompanied by Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and more. The song list: Stevedore Stomp Diga Diga Doo Watchin' Stormy Weather A Sailboat In The Moonlight Sponge Cake And Spinach Harmony in Harlem Tulip or Turnip (Live at Newport) Night and Day Drop Me Off In Harlem The Swingers Get the Blues, Too In A Sentimental Mood One O'Clock Jump Tuxedo Junction Caravan Isfahan

On tonight's show: Glenn Miller, Johnson Rag Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, Georgia On My Mind Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Solitude (78 RPM Version) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Bobby Darin, Mack The Knife Nat King Cole, Let There Be Love Erroll Garner, Misty Miles Davis, Blue In Green Ramsey Lewis, The Tennessee Waltz (Live) Ramsey Lewis, I'll Wait For You Budd Johnson, Bill Pemberton, Oliver Jackson & Earl "Fatha" Hines, Summertime Astrud Gilberto, Agua De Beber (feat. Antônio Carlos Jobim) Kenny Burrell, The Preacher Paul Desmond, Modern Jazz Quartet, You Go to My Head Ray Charles, Oh Bess, Where's My Bess  

On tonight’s show: King Cole Trio, Baby, Baby, All the Time Django Reinhardt, Manoir de mes Rêves Django Reinhardt, Brazil Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Daylight Express Sonny Clark, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Fajista (Master Take) Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Blues in B Flat Vince Guaraldi, Blues for Peanuts Vince Guaraldi, Jitterbug Waltz Ella Fitzgerald, Sweet and Slow Dianne Reeves, Who's Minding the Store? Dianne Reeves, When I Fall In Love (Instrumental) Diana Krall, 'Deed I Do

On tonight's show: Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Grandpa's Spells King Cole Trio, I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) Don Ewell  with Sidney Bechet, Careless Love Earl Bostic, What, No Pearls Duke Ellington (Ray Nance vocals), Tulip or Turnip Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Perdido Sarah Vaughan, They Can't Take That Away From Me Gerry Mulligan, Good Bait Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Manteca Dinah Washington, Time After Time Henry Mancini, The Pink Panther Theme Boots Randolph, Crazy Rhythm Eddie Jefferson, Sister Sadie Claude Bolling, Begin The Beguine Tony Bennett, Steppin' Out With My Baby Ennio Morricone, The Crave The Spencer Wyatt Big Band, Blue Note Boogie

Summertime sounds tonight: Luiz Bonfá, Manha de Carnaval Sexteto de Sergio Mendes, Samba de uma nota só Vince Guaraldi, On Green Dolphin Street Clare Fischer, So Danco Samba Chet Baker, Sausalito Gabor Szabo, Corcovado Gabor Szabo, Concerto de Aranjuez Yusef Lateef, Sun Dog Antônio Carlos Jobim, Joe Farrell, and Hubert Laws, Stone Flower The Charlie Byrd Trio, Wave (Live) The Charlie Byrd Trio, Trouble In Mind (Live) Ana Caram, Só Tinha de Ser Com Você Francisco Aguabella, Tumbaito Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Summertime

On tonight’s show: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Summertime Benny Goodman, Jersey Bounce Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Knock Me A Kiss Lena Horne, The Lady Is A Tramp Edmond Hall and the Hot Jazz Stars, Indiana Jimmy McPartland's Hot Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Mamblues Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Cat Meets Chick Tony Bennett, Firefly Ben Webster & Gerry Mulligan, Sunday Bobby Darin, Beyond The Sea Cal Tjader, Soul Burst (Guajera) Duke Ellington, Take The "A" Train (Vocal) Count Basie and His Orchestra, It's Only A Paper Moon Ray Charles, It Ain't Necessarily So (instrumental)

Longer sets on tonight's show: Erroll Garner, Farewell To Paris Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, The Rev Earl "Fatha" Hines, Lonesome Road Sarah Vaughan, Wave Toots Thielemans, Tenor Madness Gerry Mulligan, Sun on the Stairs Milcho Leviev & Friends, Take the 'A' Train

On tonight's show: Billie Holiday, You're My Thrill Stan Getz & J. J. Johnson with the Oscar Peterson Trio, My Funny Valentine Sidney Bechet, Struttin' With Some Barbecue Sidney Bechet, American Rhythm Duke Ellington, Solitude John Coltrane, After The Rain Boots Randolph, Body and Soul Billy Taylor, Capricious Eddie Jefferson, A Crazy Romance (The Preacher) Ella Fitzgerald & The Jimmy Jones Trio, It's Only a Paper Moon Paul Gonsalves & Enrique Villegas, 05 - a. gone with the wind - b. tenderly - c. ramona Dorothy Donegan, Makin' Whoopee I Ramsey Lewis, Baby What You Want Me To Do Helen Merrill, Anyplace I hang my hat is home

On tonight’s episode: Earl Bostic, C Jam Blues Glenn Miller, Td's Boogie Woogie Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb and His Orchestra, You Showed Me the Way Artie Shaw, That Old Feeeling Benny Goodman, Runnin' Wild Erroll Garner, On the Sunny Side of the Street Helen Forrest/Harry James, Skylark Les Brown, Leap Frog Nat King Cole, (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Terry Pollard and Her Septet, The Man I Love Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Mooche Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, O Pato Count Basie & Joe Williams, Alright, Okay, You Win Toots Thielemans, Indian Nuts Shirley Horn, Forget Me Diana Krall and Stanley Turrentine, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Jim Cox (The Majestic soundtrack), Boogie Woogie Stomp  

On this episode: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, Keep Smilin', Keep Laughin', Be Happy Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, I Can't Get Started Wynonie Mr Blues Harris, Earl Bostic, Earl Bostic - Ain't Misbehavin' Earl Bostic, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Original King Recording) Ella Fitzgerald, Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) Nat King Cole, I Know That You Know (Stuff Smith violin) Ruby Braff, Medley Bidin  My Time  But Not For Me  Embraceable You Blue Mitchell, I Can't Get Started Frank Sinatra, I Get A Kick Out Of You Paul Desmond, Alianca Buddy Rich, Billie's Bounce Johnny Meyer, Caravan Jimmy Rosenberg, Troublant Bolero

On tonight's show: Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Couldn't Help It Chick Webb, Deep In a Dream (1939, feat. Ella Fitzgerald) Harry James, All Of Me (Helen Ward vocals) Sonny Stitt, Skylark Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, I Cover the Waterfront Duke Ellington, Kinda Dukish & Rockin' in Rhythm Brew Moore, Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) Art Pepper, Walkin' Shoes Art Pepper and Sonny Redd, What's New Art Pepper, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Art Pepper, 'Round Midnight Stuff Smith, Undecided Jimmy Smith, Organ Grinder's Swing (feat. Kenny Burrell & Grady Tate) Yusef Lateef, Six Miles Next Door Dave Brubeck, Koto Song

Six longer sets tonight: Red Garland, Soul Junction Jimmy Smith, Midnight Special Art Pepper, You Go to My Head WDR Big Band Köln & Joe Williams, Milt Jackson, Since I Fell For You Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, One By One Wynton Marsalis, Doin' Your Thing

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