Jazz After Dark

Jazz After Dark

By Don Shor
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Jazz After Dark episodes

  • Jazz After Dark, June 14, 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

    Helen Merrill with Gil Evans, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio (1952), Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington with Johnny Hodges, Art Pepper, Anita O'Day, Benny Carter (1961), Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Count Basie and His Orchestra, and Benny Carter (1990).

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark June 07 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

    Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman Orchestra  and solo, Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen, Kenny Burrell Octet, Eddie Lockjaw Davis With Paul Gonsalves, Claude Bolling Big Band, Bill Evans, Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Albert Tootie Heath, and Shirley Horn

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark, June 7, 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

    Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman Orchestra and solo, Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen, Kenny Burrell Octet, Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Paul Gonsalves, Claude Bolling Big Band, Bill Evans, Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Albert Tootie Heath, and Shirley Horn.

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark, May 31, 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

    From the 1940s, we’ll hear Earl "Fatha" Hines and Johnny Hodges, The Nat King Cole Trio, Ike Quebec Quintet, Peggy Lee, and Charlie Parker and His Quintet.

    From the 1960s we’ll hear Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz, Pete Fountain, Oscar Peterson, Paul Desmond, Herbie Mann and Joao Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Eddie Jefferson, and Ella Fitzgerald and the Jimmy Jones Trio with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, and then we’ll take it out with Stanley Jordan.

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark, May 24, 2022

    From the 1930s and '40s, we’ll hear Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Louis Armstrong, The RCA All-Stars: Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, Fats Waller, Dick McDonough, and "Georgia" Wettling. Then Doris Day, Red Garland, and Dinah Washington, followed by a bossa nova set with Nara Leão, Charlie Rouse, and Ella Fitzgerald. From the 1970s, we’ll hear Gerry Mulligan and Earl Hines, and then take it out with Waverly Seven.

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark, May 17, 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly on vocals, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Artie Shaw, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Cliff Leeman, Eubie Blake, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, James Moody, and Enrico Pieranunzi.

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark, May 10, 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Anita O Day with Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, and then with Stan Kenton. We’ll hear Joe Holiday, Peggy Lee , Nat "King" Cole and His Trio, Milt Jackson & Ray Charles, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Ella Fitzgerald & Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Buddy DeFranco Quartet, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Eddie Harris, and Shirley Horn.

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark, May 3, 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Sidney Bechet, Benny Goodman, The Mills Brothers, Erroll Garner, Gene Krupa, Oscar Peterson, Etta Jones, Jean-Pierre Sasson, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Mann, Freddie Hubbard, Trudy Desmond, Bud Shank, and Christian Mcbride

    58 min
  • Jazz After Dark, April 26, 2022

    Tonight on Jazz After Dark, five longer pieces:

    • Johnny Hodges and the Ellington Men -- Texas Blues (1957)
    • Grant Green -- Blues in Maude's Flat (1961)
    • Don Ellis -- Image of Maria, live in India (1978)
    • Ramsey Lewis Quintet -- Blues for the Night (1973)
    • Gabor Szabo -- Impression of My Country / Foothill Patrol, live in Stockholm (1970s recordings released in 2001)
    • 58 min
    • Jazz After Dark, April 19, 2022

      Jazz from 1952 to 1962 tonight: Benny Goodman, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Miles Davis, Ray Anthony, Duke Ellington, Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh, Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Billy Taylor Trio, Red Garland, Betty Roché, Barney Bigard with Claude Luter, Luiz Bonfá, and David Benoit.

      58 min

    About Jazz After Dark

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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…

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