Jazz After Dark

By Don Shor

Jazz After Dark episodes

May 13 Jazz After Dark, May 12, 2026
Classic jazz performances tonight by Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk Quintet, Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Knepper, Sonny Stitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Frank Sinatra, Grover Washington Jr., and Abbey Lincoln.
58 min
May 06 Jazz After Dark, May 5, 2026
On tonight's show: Roy Eldridge, Jimmie Lunceford, Charlie Parker Quintet, Gerry Mulligan, Ron Carter, Mongo Santamaria, Ella Fitzgerald & The Jimmy Jones Trio, Sarah Vaughan, Archie Shepp with Horace Parlan, George Shearing, Claude Bolling with Jean-Luc Dayan and Steve La Spina, Nara Leão, and Herb Ellis.
58 min
April 29 Jazz After Dark, April 28, 2026
Coming up tonight, some early jazz plus jazz themes from movies. We'll hear from George Gershwin, Ray Eberle, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Julie London, Gil Evans, Winifred Atwell, Boots Randolph, Kai Winding, Henry Mancini, Wes Montgomery, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris, Louis Armstrong, Shirley Bassey, Vince Guaraldi, and the Claude Bolling Big Band.
58 min
April 22 Jazz After Dark, April 21, 2026
On tonight's show: Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest and Lena Horne, Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims, Hank Jones, Sonny Clark, Gerry Mulligan with Chet Baker, T-Bone Walker with Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel with Charlie Byrd & Herb Ellis, and the Rosenberg Trio.
58 min
April 15 Jazz After Dark, April 14, 2026
On tonight's show: Count Basie, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, and many more! Listen to Jazz After Dark Tuesday and Wednesday nights on KDRT 95.7fm and KDRT.org. Listen anytime on the web and the podcast apps.
58 min
April 08 Jazz After Dark, April 7, 2026
Tonight's show has boogie woogie and more by Artie Shaw, Harry James, Lionel Hampton, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith, New Orleans' Own the Dukes of Dixieland, Mongo Santamaria, Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Santana (Greg Rolie keyboard), Gabor Szabo, Paco De Lucia, the Rosenberg Trio, Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie, Sue Palmer, and the Spencer Wyatt Big Band.
58 min
April 01 Jazz After Dark, March 31, 2026
On tonight's show: Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Hamilton, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Bauer, Billy Taylor, Joe Williams with The Count Basie Orchestra, and more. Enjoy Jazz After Dark every Tuesday at 8 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org. Listen anytime via the web and podcast apps.
58 min
March 25Jazz After Dark, March 24, 2026
On tonight's show:
Count Basie, Dance of the Gremlins
Lester Young and His Orchestra, Back to the Land
The Complete Illinois Jacquet, Jumpin' At The Woodside
Sarah Vaughan, Street of Dreams (78 rpm Version)
Sarah Vaughan, Black Coffee
Helen O'Connell, All of Me
Tiny Grimes, Annie Laurie (Jerome Richardson sax)
Jerome Richardson, Candied Sweets
George Lewis, Mecca Flat Blues
Kai Winding, Michie (Slow Version)
Kai Winding, Michie (Fast Version)
Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Samba de Uma Nota So
Stan Getz, Night and Day
Dick Wellstood, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson, Take the 'A' Train
58 min
March 18Jazz After Dark, March 17, 2026
Longer sets on tonight's show:
Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Clementine
John Lewis, Almost Like Being in Love
The L.A. Four, Manhã de Carnaval
Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan, Blues in Thirds
Art Pepper, Over the Rainbow
Tommy Flanagan, Dignified Appearance
Biréli Lagrène, I've Got You Under My Skin
Tommy Flanagan, The Heather on the Hill
58 min
March 14Jazz After Dark, March 10, 2026
On tonight's show:
Blossom Dearie, I Won't Dance
Art Pepper, Broadway
Ella Fitzgerald, Rocks in My Bed
Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller And Yusef Lateef, Flutie
Anita O'Day, What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Yusef Lateef, Kongsberg
Yusef Lateef, Six Miles Next Door
Al Hibbler & Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bye Bye Blackbird 2
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, I'll Be Seeing You
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real
Gerry Mulligan, Walk on The Water
58 min

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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…