Seasonal music tonight: Toms Mucenieks with his minor key version of Silent Night Sad Christmas. Then Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington live on Ed Sullivan in December 1961, Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, Ella Fitzgerald, Vince Guaraldi Trio and Vince Guaraldi in a live performance, Art Pepper, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cyrus Chestnut, Dave Brubeck, Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson, Al Di Meola, and Enrico Pieranunzi. Then we’ll take it out with Mahalia Jackson’s rendition of "Silent Night."

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 19, 2023

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.&nbsp;

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)



Jazz After Dark, April 30, 2024

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.

Jazz After Dark, April 23, 2024

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



Jazz After Dark, April 16, 2024

On tonight’s show:

Peggy Lee, I Don't Know Enough About You
Erroll Garner, I Cover the Waterfront
Art Pepper, Nutmeg
Julie London, Blue Moon
Jimmy Smith, Embraceable You
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank Devol's Orchestra, Goody, Goody
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, I'm Beginning To See The Light
Gene Krupa (Anita O'Day vocals), Georgia On My Mind
Oscar Peterson & Ray Brown, You Are My Sunshine (Live)
Cal Tjader, Linda Chicana
Abdullah Ibrahim, Just You, Just Me
June Katz, Smooth Sailin'
Stan Getz, Kenny Barron, Soul Eyes


Jazz After Dark April 09 2024

On tonight’s show:

Peggy Lee, I Don't Know Enough About You
Erroll Garner, I Cover the Waterfront
Art Pepper, Nutmeg
Julie London, Blue Moon
Jimmy Smith, Embraceable You
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank Devol's Orchestra, Goody, Goody
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, I'm Beginning To See The Light
Gene Krupa (Anita O'Day vocals), Georgia On My Mind
Oscar Peterson & Ray Brown, You Are My Sunshine (Live)
Cal Tjader, Linda Chicana
Abdullah Ibrahim, Just You, Just Me
June Katz, Smooth Sailin'
Stan Getz, Kenny Barron, Soul Eyes



Jazz After Dark, Dec. 19, 2023

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