Jazz After Dark

By Don Shor

Jazz After Dark episodes

December 31, 2025Jazz After Dark, Dec. 30, 2025
On tonight's show:
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Milenberg Joys
Wingy Manone and His Orchestra, Black Coffee
Andy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams, Walkin' And Swingin'
Casa Loma Orchestra, Smoke Rings
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra, After Hours
Ella Fitzgerald, Undecided (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Moonlight Serenade
Benny Goodman Orchestra, Sing, Sing, Sing
Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra, Charlie Horse
Peanuts Holland, It's Wonderful
Marty Paich, Easy Listnin'
George Lewis, Doctor Jazz
George Lewis, Lou-Easy-an-i-a
Heritage Hall Jazz Band, Bill Bailey (Featuring Blanche Thomas)
Boots Randolph, Take The "A" Train
58 min
December 24, 2025Jazz After Dark December 23 2025
On tonight's show, West Coast cool and some seasonal jazz:
The Dave Brubeck Trio, Indiana
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Nights at the Turntable
Shorty Rogers & Teddy Charles, Margo
Stan Getz, You Turned the Tables on Me
Art Pepper, Begin the Beguine
Zoot Sims, You're Driving Me Crazy
Zoot Sims, Slingin Hash
Bud Shank, New Groove
Cal Tjader, The Bilbao Song
Vince Guaraldi Quintet, Linus and Lucy
Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Is Coming
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Balcony Rock
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Blue Dove
The Modern Jazz Quartet, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
58 min
December 24, 2025Jazz After Dark, Dec. 23, 2025
On tonight's show, West Coast cool and some seasonal jazz:
The Dave Brubeck Trio, Indiana
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Nights at the Turntable
Shorty Rogers & Teddy Charles, Margo
Stan Getz, You Turned the Tables on Me
Art Pepper, Begin the Beguine
Zoot Sims, You're Driving Me Crazy
Zoot Sims, Slingin Hash
Bud Shank, New Groove
Cal Tjader, The Bilbao Song
Vince Guaraldi Quintet, Linus and Lucy
Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Is Coming
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Balcony Rock
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Blue Dove
The Modern Jazz Quartet, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That
58 min
December 17, 2025Jazz After Dark December 16 2025
On tonight's show:
Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday in Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)
Joe Holiday, Blue Holiday
Louis Armstrong & Benny Carter and His Orchestra, Christmas in New Orleans
Benny Carter, Roses in December
Duke Ellington, December Blues
Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Time Is Here
Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves
Wes Montgomery, Snowfall
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Art Pepper, Winter Moon
Chet Baker, Silent Night
Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, Concierto De Aranjuez
Al Di Meola, Etude
58 min
December 17, 2025Jazz After Dark, Dec. 16, 2025
On tonight's show:
Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday in Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)
Joe Holiday, Blue Holiday
Louis Armstrong & Benny Carter and His Orchestra, Christmas in New Orleans
Benny Carter, Roses in December
Duke Ellington, December Blues
Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Time Is Here
Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves
Wes Montgomery, Snowfall
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Art Pepper, Winter Moon
Chet Baker, Silent Night
Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, Concierto De Aranjuez
Al Di Meola, Etude
58 min
December 10, 2025Jazz After Dark December 09 2025
On tonight's show:
Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust
The Little Red Blount Quartet & Helen O'Connell, Tangerine
Miles Davis Nonet, Boplicity
John Lewis, Easy Living
Anita O'Day, A Lover Is Blue
Kai Winding, Black Coffee
Kai Winding, Sidewinder
The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet, Body and Soul
Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith, This Can't Be Love
Urbie Green, Please Send Me Someone to Love
Toots Thielemans, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedesen, Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Maids of Cadiz
58 min
December 10, 2025Jazz After Dark, Dec. 9, 2025
On tonight's show:
Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust
The Little Red Blount Quartet & Helen O'Connell, Tangerine
Miles Davis Nonet, Boplicity
John Lewis, Easy Living
Anita O'Day, A Lover Is Blue
Kai Winding, Black Coffee
Kai Winding, Sidewinder
The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet, Body and Soul
Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith, This Can't Be Love
Urbie Green, Please Send Me Someone to Love
Toots Thielemans, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedesen, Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Maids of Cadiz
58 min
December 03, 2025Jazz After Dark December 02 2025
Jazz from 1928 - 1941 tonight:
Louis Armstrong, West End Blues
The Mills Brothers, Tiger Rag
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Moonglow
Ozzie Nelson, Dream a Little Dream of Me
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, You Are My Lucky Star
Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, Carelessly
Billie Holiday, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Ivie Anderson, It Don't Mean a Thing if It ain't Got That Swing
Fred Astaire & Johnny Green and His Orchestra, A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington, Sugar Hill Shim Sham
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Music, Maestro Please
Fats Waller, Two Sleepy People
Sidney Bechet with Trixie Smith, Freight Train Blues
Sidney Bechet, Muskrat Ramble
Coleman Hawkins, One O'Clock Jump
Coleman Hawkins, Bugle Call Rag
Anita O'Day, Let Me Off Uptown
Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Amour
58 min
December 03, 2025Jazz After Dark, Dec. 2, 2025
Jazz from 1928 to 1941 tonight:
Louis Armstrong, West End Blues
The Mills Brothers, Tiger Rag
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Moonglow
Ozzie Nelson, Dream a Little Dream of Me
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, You Are My Lucky Star
Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, Carelessly
Billie Holiday, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Ivie Anderson, It Don't Mean a Thing if It ain't Got That Swing
Fred Astaire & Johnny Green and His Orchestra, A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington, Sugar Hill Shim Sham
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Music, Maestro Please
Fats Waller, Two Sleepy People
Sidney Bechet with Trixie Smith, Freight Train Blues
Sidney Bechet, Muskrat Ramble
Coleman Hawkins, One O'Clock Jump
Coleman Hawkins, Bugle Call Rag
Anita O'Day, Let Me Off Uptown
Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Amour
58 min
November 26, 2025Jazz After Dark November 25 2025
All Cole Porter songs tonight:
Coleman Hawkins, I Love Paris
Major Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force, Begin The Beguine
King Cole Trio, 'Deed I Do
Frank Sinatra, Don't Fence Me In
Charlie Parker, Easy To Love
Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, I Get A Kick Out Of You
Ella Fitzgerald, Anything Goes
Oscar Peterson, Just One Of Those Things
Peggy Lee, I've Got You Under My Skin
Anita O'Day, Night and Day
Tony Bennett, Time After Time
Tony Bennett And The Count Basie Orchestra, Anything Goes
Erroll Garner, I Love Paris
Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, I Get A Kick Out Of You
Boots Randolph, Dream Dancing
Houston Person, You Do Something to Me
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…