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.

Jazz After Dark, March 14, 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;

On this episode:

Louis Armstrong, Basin Street 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 After Dark, May 21, 2024

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


 

Jazz After Dark, May 14, 2024

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



Jazz After Dark, May 7, 2024

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, March 14, 2023

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