New York Standard

This is a VERY special 200th show! I throw a little of everything in there with cabaret, jazz, Broadway & Standards.  This is a special show…but, it may be my last for a while.  Time & will…will tell. Thank you for your ears, people.  It means the world to me! Enjoy! Louis Armstrong Sidney Bechet […]

This week’s show is a touchstone to Spring & the Spring holidays & the lovely changes that happen this time of year! In addition to some lovely Spring Swingers, we also have a good handful of songs from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” too. Enjoy! The Andrews Sisters Glenn Miller & His Orchestra The Pied Pipers Lester […]

I’ve had a mad, mad holiday season this year & very nearly was unable to get this show in, but decided to make sure to do so. So, I give you the 6th Annual Christmas special from New York Standard! If you dig the artists below, you’ll enjoy this year’s show! Happy / Merry & […]

This week’s show is a mostly uptempo affair & closes with 3 live recordings from Newport Jazz Festival in the 1950s & 60s. I think you’ll enjoy this one if you dig true jazz. Art Blakey Art Tatum Bix Beiderbecke Chick Webb Big Joe Turner Bessie Smith Johnny Hartman Bing Crosby The Nat “King” Cole […]

This week’s show is a mostly uptempo jazz show, but I finish it off with a tribute to Grant Hart & Hüsker Dü. Fletcher Henderson Coleman Hawkins Count Basie Jimmy Rushing with Dave Brubeck Count Basie with Joe Williams Édith Piaf Ella Fitzgerald Thelonious Monk Charles Mingus Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio Johnny Hartman […]

This week’s show is an uptempo affair of swingin’ & singin’!  You’ll also hear one or two beautiful ballads! Enjoy! Mel Tormé Johnny Hartman Billy Eckstine Count Basie & Jimmy Rushing Dave Brubeck & Jimmy Rushing Dinah Washington Nat “King” Cole Art Tatum Betty Carter & Ray Bryant Anita O’Day Helen Merrill Big Joe Turner […]

This week’s show is unique.  It’s mostly quiet…and pensive, as am I today. But, it also rocks & rolls with emotion.  There’s even some Velvet Underground! Enjoy! Abbey Lincoln Dinah Washington Dinah Shore The Velvet Underground Duke Ellington Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Ella Fitzgerald Helen Merrill Holly Cole Trio June Christy Lee Wiley Jesus […]

This week’s show is a return to form with some new music to this show on the end. You’ll hear the traditional NYS canon, but also a good few tunes involving David Rosser – recently departed guitarist for The Afghan Whigs, The Gutter Twins & The Twilight Singers to close the show. Enjoy! Charles Mingus Booker […]

This week’s show is special.  The first half is standard-issue.  Jazz.  As it should be. The second half is dedicated to the music of Chris Cornell.  As I wish it shouldn’t be. Thank you for the music, man. Shirley Horn Charlie Parker & Dizzie Gillespie Johnny Hartman Billie Holiday Lara Downes Billy Eckstine Nat “King” […]

This week’s show is dedicated to both Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, as they both would’ve had birthdays last week.  Ella would’ve been 100 & Duke would’ve been 117! This is by no means an exhaustive review of their works.  But, it is the highlights of the work I’ve come to know & love over […]