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Oscar Peterson's Playlists


 

OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday - 01/19/10 )

Hour 1

Angela Hagenbach - Cinnamon and Clove - The Way They Make Me Feel
Milt Jackson (w/Count Basie and Orch.) - Corner Pocket - Milt Jackson + Count Basie + the Big Band: Vol. 1
The Manhattan Transfer - 500 Miles High - The Chick Corea Songbook
Tania Maria - Aye - Intimidade
Portinho Trio - Pools - Vinho do Porto
Johnny Lytle - Adoration - Possum Grease
Pat Metheny Group - The Gathering Sky - Speaking of Now
Dana Landry - Journey Home - Journey Home

Hour 2

Diane Marino (w/Houston Person) - Yes, I'm ready - Just Groovin'
Dorothy Doring - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' - Southern Exposure
Billie Holiday - I'll Never Be the Same - Love Songs 2
Natalie Cole - Somewhere Along the Way - Still Unforgettable
Rosemary Clooney - Blame It On My Youth - The Essential....
Nina Sheldon - Detour Ahead - Harvest
Barbara Montgomery - As the Sun (also known instrumentally as Little Sunflower) - Little Sunflower
Jessica Molaskey - Take Me to You - A Kiss to Build a Dream On
Roy Hargrove (with strings) - You Go to My Head - Moment to Moment
Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun - .....Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday - 01/12/10)

Hour 1

Bing Crosby & Buddy Bregman - I've got $5 - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings
Patti Austin - Too Close for Comfort - For Ella
Christian McBride - The Shade of the Cedar Tree - Gettin' To It
Lorraine Feather - Home Alone - Language
Spencer Day - Better Way - Vagabond
Lorraine Feather - Hit the Ground Runnin' - Language
Jamie Davis - If You Want Me To Stay - Vibe Over Perfection
The Harper Bros.- Reflections - Artistry
Tardo Hammer - Flossie Lou - Look, Stop and Listen
Roy Hargrove Big Band - Roy Allan - Emergence

Hour 2

Chet Baker - You Don't Know What Love Is - ....With Strings
Chet Baker - How long has this been going on - It could happen to you
Dinah Washington (with a little conversation) - Cry me a river - Queen
Astrud Gilberto - Misty Roses - The Diva series
Natalie Cole - Tell Me All About It - Ask a Woman Who Knows
Sarah Vaughan - Wonder Why - After Hours
Susannah McCorkle - Haunted Heart - Hearts and Minds
Claudia Acuna - Nowhere To Go - Rhythm of Life
Karrin Allyson - Everything Must Change - By Request: The Best of....
Sinatra w/the T. Dorsey Orch.& the Pied Pipers - Street of Dreams - The Essential Sinatra w/Dorsey
Sinatra w/the Tommy Dorsey Orch. - Say It - The Essential Sinatra w/Dorsey


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday - 01/05/10)

Hour 1

Carmen McRae - Tulip or Turnip - Any Old Time
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones - Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969
Cedar Walton - Another Star - Voices deep Within
Robert Glasper - 59 South - Double Booked
Poncho Sanchez - Psychedelic Blues - Psychedelic Blues
Eric Alexander - The Island - Revival of the Fittest
Kurt Elling - Man in the Air - Man in the Air
Diane Hubka - Lovers in NY (theme from the film "Breakfast @ Tiffany's") - ...goes to the movies

Hour 2

James Carter - Sussa Nita - Present Tense
Freddie Cole - I was wrong - The Dreamer in Me
Freddie Cole - Like a Quiet Storm - I'm not my brother, I'm Me
Kenny Dorham (w/T. Flanagan, P. Chambers & A. Taylor) - My Ideal - Quiet Kenny
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Sleeping Dancer Sleep On - Like Someone in Love
Tony Bennett - Something - Greatest Hits of the 60's
Linda Eder - I'm always chasing Rainbows/Over the Rainbow - By Myself: The songs of Judy Garland
Billie Holiday - The End of a Love Affair - Lady in Satin


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Monday - 01/04/10)

Hour 1

Sinatra - I've got you under my skin -Live @ the Meadowlands
Lionel Hampton (w/Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown & Buddy Rich) - AirMail Special - The Complete "Hamp" Quartets and Quintets w/Oscar Peterson
Reuben Wilson - What you won't do for love - Movin' On
Claire Martin - Make this city ours tonight - Make this city ours
Mel Torme - 3 little words - Sing, Sing, Sing
Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers - Superstition - The Hideout
Avery Sharpe - Dance of Prosperity - Extended Family II - Thoughts of my Ancestors
The Free Spirits featuring John McLaughlin - Hijacked - Tokyo Live
The George Shearing Quintet - Pawn Ticket - George Shearing /Cannonball Adderley Quintets

Hour 2

Joey DeFranceso - Fly me to the moon - Snapshot
Lionel Hampton (w/Sylvia Bennett) - Please love me - There will never be another you
Curtis Stigers - Dirty Water - Lost in Dreams
Jim Snidero - Big "T" - Crossfire
Jon Mayer - The touch of your lips - Nightscape
Lee Morgan - Just by Myself - City Lights
Dan Siegel - No Regrets - Sphere
John McLaughlin - Wayne's Way - Industrial Zen

Hour 3

Joe Locke - Laura - Force of 4
Eldar - Insensitive - Virtue
James Carter and Friends - Street of Dreams - Heaven on Earth
Jackie Ryan - Midnight Sun - Doozy
Natalie Cole - Lollipops and Roses - Still Unforgettable
Roberta Gambarini - Estate - So in Love
"Pops" Armstrong - (When we're Dancin') I Get ideas - An American Icon (box set)


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday) 11/10/09 (Semper Fi!!)

Hour 1

Betty Carter Trio - My Favorite Things - North Sea Jazz Festival: The Hague Years
Sinatra w/ Basie - Fly Me to the Moon - "Space Cowboys" soundtrack
Lou Rawls and Ray Charles - That's where it's at - Blue Note plays Ray Charles
Cedar Walton - Another Star - Voices deep within
Ron Carter - Gone - Dear Miles
Javon Jackson - Southside Eddie - Now
Elizabeth Lohninger - Delirious Joy - The only way out is up
Roy Milton (and his Solid Senders) - Everything I do is wrong - Roy Milton: Specialty Profiles
Ahmad Jamal - Wild is the wind/Sing - It's Magic

Hour 2

Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday - God bless the Child: The Very Best of...
Sara Lazarus (w/ Bireli Lagrene Gypsy Project) - Dans Mon Il - It's all right with me
Andy Narell (w/Michael Brecker) - Song for Mia - The Passage
The Joe Krown Trio - Old Friends - Old Friends
Thomas Marriott - The Great Divide - Crazy: The Music of Willie Nelson
Dianne Reeves - You go to my head - A little moonlight
Ed Reed - Ghost of a chance - ...sings Love Stories
Coleman Hawkins Quartet - Love song from "Apache" - Here and Now


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday) 10/27/09

Hour 1

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Road to the Sun - Jobim: Composer
Milton Nascimento - Vera Cruz - Courage
Dom um Romao - Escravos de Jo - Brazilian Horizons: Vol.2 / Hotmosphere
Steely Dan - Godwhacker - Everything Must Go
Michael Brecker - El Nino - 2 blocks from the edge
Winard Harper - Night Watch - Be Yourself
Cal Tjader - Los Bandidos - Talkin' Verve /Along comes Cal
Jacky Terrasson - I love you more - A Paris
McCoy Tyner - Down Home - Double Trios

Hour 2

John Pizzarelli w/ the Clayton-Hamilton Orch. - If I had you - Dear Mr.Sinatra
Oscar Castro-Neves w/Luciana Souza - Morrer de Amor - All One
Don Friedman - Never let me go - Waltz for Marilyn
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Under a blanket of blue - The Complete Ella and Louis on Verve
Geoffrey Keezer - The Kindest Soul(for J.W.) - Wildcrafted:Live @ the Dakota
Spencer Day - 25 - Vagabond
Danilo Perez w/Claus Ogerman - Across the Crystal Sea - Across the Crystal Sea
Kirk Elling - Change Partners/If you never come to me - Nightmoves


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Monday) 10/26/09

Hour 1

Dean Martin - Who was that lady? - Forever Cool
Harry Connick , Jr. - I'm an old cowhand (from the Rio Grande) - 25
Milt Jackson - Woody 'n You - BeBop
Diane Hubka - Faces - I like it here/Live in Tokyo
Dexter Gordon - Soy Califa - The Best of.../A Swingin' Affair
Kenny Garrett - Intro to Africa - Sketches of MD:Live @ the Iridium
McCoy Tyner - Fly with the wind - Fly with the wind
Kyle Eastwood - Metropolitain - Metropolitain

Hour 2

Diane Schuur w/the Carribean Jazz Project - Lover come back to me - Schuur Fire
Chet Baker - How long has this been going on ? - ...plays for lovers/It could happen to you
Donald Byrd - Think twice - Droppin' Science/Stepping into Tomorrow
Tom Brantley - Boneyard - Boneyard
Kelly Eisenhour - Better days ahead - Seek and Find
Stacey Kent - Breakfast on the Morning Tram - Breakfast on the Morning Tram
Kenny Dorham - The Fox - Trompeta Toccata
Les Paul w/the Andrews sisters and Vic Schoen and Orch. - Rumors are flying - The Best of
Barbra Streisand - Spring can really hang you up the most - Love is the answer

Hour 3

Claire Martin - It's always 4 am - Every now and then:The Best of...
Nat "King " Cole - Too young to go steady - The Songs of Jimmy McHugh
Dee Daniels - Another Star - Jazzinit
Bridge Quartet - Wouldn't it be loverly? - Night
Jim Ketch - Peace/Blue Silver - Next Set
Portinho Trio - Homage to Tom - Vinto do Porto
Billie Holiday - The End of a love Affair - Lady in Satin
Bill Easely - For all we know - Hearing Voices


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday) 10/20/09

Hour 1

Connie Evingson & Dave Frishberg - Can't take you nowhere - Little did I dream
George Shearing Quintet w/Nancy Wilson - My Gentleman Friend - The Swingin's Mutual
Jeff Hamilton Trio - The Serpent's tooth - Symbiosis
Roy Hargrove Big Band - Roy Allan - Emergence
Stefon Harris & Blackout - The Afterthought - Urbanus
Red Holloway - Bags' Groove - Go Red Go!
Jack Wilkins - Arthur's theme - Until it's time
Alex Terrier NY Quartet - Overnight Flight - Roundtrip

Hour 2

Randy Newman & the Louisiana Philharmonic Orch. (w/members of the NY Philharmonic Orch.) - Louisiana 1927 - Our New Orleans 2005
Eddie Harris - Born to be Blue - Greater than the sum of his parts/The In Crowd
Barbra Streisand (w/quartet & Diana Krall - piano) - If you go away - Love is the answer
Robin McKelle - For all we know - Introducing Robin McKelle
Elaine Lucia - Final Rememberance - A Sonny Day
Dafnis Prieto Sextet - Until the last minute - Taking the soul for a walk
John Hicks - Star-Crossed Lovers - John Hicks
Avery Sharpe - Everything must change - Extended Family
Arthur Prysock - I'm through with love
Lizz Wright - A Taste of Honey


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Monday) 10/19/09

Hour 1

Helen Merrill - You're Lucky to Me - Dream of You
Lorraine Feather - We're Rockin' in Rhythm - Cafe Society
Wayne Escoffery - The Sake of it - Hopes and Dreams
Carmen Lundy - All day,All night - This is Carmen Lundy
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade - Places and Spaces
Patricia Barber - Lazy Afternoon and You - The Cole Porter Mix
Michael Brecker - Cardinal Rule - Pilgrimage
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Girl Talk - J'ai deux amours (2 loves have I)
Art Blakey (w/the Jazz Messengers) The Egyptian - Indestructible

Hour 2

Queen Latifah - The same love that made me laugh - The Dana Owens Album
The Carribean Jazz Project - Afro Green - Afro Bop Alliance
Todd Coolman - Could you imagine? - Perfect Strangers
Brad Mehldau Trio (w/a spoken intro) - Wonderwall - Live
Lena Horne - I've got to have you - Seasons of a life
Wycliffe Gordon Quintet - Old Man Blooz (2nd take) - Dig This!!!
Duke Ellington - Skin Deep - Ellington Uptown

Hour 3

Mark Murphy - Did I ever really live? - Love is what stays
Janis Siegel - Let it be me - Friday Night Special
Freddy Cole - Where can I go without you? - The Dreamer in me
Bill Henderson - Sorry seems to be the hardest word - Beautiful Memory:Live @ the Vic
David Hazeltine - Yesterday - Modern Standards
Barbra Streisand - Make someone happy - Love is the answer
The Monterey Quartet (Dave Holland,Gonzalo Rubalcaba,Chris Potter & Eric Harland) - Maiden - Live @ the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
Milton Nascimento - October - Courage
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample - Rio de Janiero blue - Feeling Good


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday) 10/13/09

Hour 1

Stanley Turrentine - Walk on by - Blue 'n Soul
Oscar Brown , Jr. - Afro-Blue - Masters of Jazz-Male Vocal Classics:Vol.6/Sin & Soul
Boots Randolph - Basically Blues - A Whole New Ballgame
Rob Lockart - The Last of the Red Note Riders - Parallell Lives
Carmen Lundy - Fire in the Rhythm - Solamente
Frank LoCrasto - The MetaPhysics of Self-Deception - When you're there
Bobby Hutcherson - Subtle Neptune - Oblique
Brad Mehldau Trio (w/intro by Brad) - Wonderwall - Live

Hour 2

Michael Buble - Always on my Mind - Call Me Irresponsible
The Bill Charlap Trio (w/Shirley Horn) - Stardust - Stardust
Stan Getz - Dreams - Voyage
Eddie Daniels - Thad's Lament - Real Time
Barbra Streisand (w/Quartet & solo by Diana Krall) - Here's that Rainy Day -Love is the Answer
Ray Charles - Come Rain or Come Shine
Jane Bunnett - Guantanamo Blues(Part 1) - Radio Guantanamo:Guantanamo Blues Project:Vol.1


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday) 10/06/09

Hour 1

Bobby Darin - The Good Life
Lisa Lauren - 8 days a week - ....loves the Beatles
Peggy Lee - I love being here with you
Steely Dan (Walter Becker - vocals) - Book of Liars - Alive in America
George Kahn - Cover Up! - Cover Up!
Jill Scott - Can't Explain (42nd St. Happenstance) - Beautifully Human
Michael Buble (w/Boyz II Men) - Comin' Home Baby - Call Me Irresponsible
Barbra Streisand - Here's to Life - Love is the Answer
George Benson (w/Tony Williams) - Hip Skip - The Essential George Benson/The Joy of Flying
Duke Ellington & Orch. - Hi Fi Fo Fum - Duke Ellington @ the Alhambra

Hour 2

Ernestine Anderson - Welcome to the Club - Ernestine Anderson
Stan Getz - Winter Moon - Stan Getz Bossa Nova/Stan Getz-Laurindo Almeida
The Fred Hersch Trio - How Deep is the Ocean ? - Night & the Music
Michael Buble (w/Ivan Lins) - Wonderful Tonight - Call me Irresponsible
Rosario Giuliani Quintet - A Winter Day - Anything Else
Barbra Streisand (w/Quartet) - Love Dance - Love is the Answer
Milt Jackson - Detour Ahead - Goodbye
Sam Cooke (w/the Soul Stirrers) - I'll come running back to you - Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers
Carmen Lundy - Something to believe in - Something to believe in


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Monday) 10/05/09

Hour 1

Shirley Horn - Come fly with me - Close enough for love
Freddie Cole - If I love again - Music,Maestro,Please
Rosemary Clooney - Angry - Rosie solves the Swingin' Riddle
Dana Landry - Journey Home - Journey Home
Donald Fagan - Teahouse on the tracks - Kamakiriad
Michael Franks (w/the Yellowjackets) - Somehow our love survives - Abandoned Garden
Sinatra - I've got you under my skin - Classic Sinatra
Robert Irving III - FireFlower - New Momentum
Sophie Milman - Love for Sale - Take Love Easy
Vincent Herring - Hindsight - Evidence

Hour 2

The Manhattan Transfer (w/Bobby McFerrin & Jon Hendricks) - Another night in Tunsia - Vocalese
James Clay - John Paul Jones a.k.a. Trane's Blues - I let a song go out of my heart
Pete Christlieb w/the Lori Mechem Quartet - Limehouse Blues - Live @ the Jazz Cave
Wes Montgomery - I'll be back - Road Song
Sonny Clark - Blues Blue - My Conception
Kyle Eastwood - Samba de Paris - Metropolitain
Clifton Anderson - Stubbs - Decade
Luther Hughes & the Cannonball - Coltrane Project - Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic - Second Helping

Hour 3

Dianne Reeves - Will you still love me tomorrow? - that day...
Astrud Gilberto - Misty Roses - The Diva Series
Lou Rawls - Wee Baby Blues - For you my love
Billie Holiday - Violets for your furs - Lady in Satin
Diana Krall - Little Girl Blue - From this moment on
Etta Jones - Something to remember you by - Don't go to strangers
Sarah Vaughan - Stairway to the Stars
Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun - .....sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
Peggy Lee - Gee Baby Ain't I good to you
Tony Bennett - Something - Greatest hits of the 60's
Anita O'Day - Steela by Starlight


OP's Jazz @ Nite (Tuesday) 9/22/09

Hour 1

Ranny Sinclair (w/the Dave Brubeck Quartet) - Autumn in our town - Vocal Encounters
Kevin Mahogany (w/Kirk Whalum) - I'm Walkin' - Kevin Mahogany
Russell Malone - He said What? - Live @ Jazz Standard, Vol.1
J. J. Johnson & Nat Adderley - Chain Reaction - Chain Reaction
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-tones - Hub-tones
"Red" Garland - On Green Dolphin Street - The best of ...Quintets/Soul Burnin'
Tito Puente & Orch. - Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing (Cha Cha Cha) - Live @ the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival

Hour 2

Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Red Blouse - Wave
Jon Faddis - Waltz for My Fathers & Brothers - Teranga
David Finck Quartet - Black Eyes - Future Day
Brent Jensen - East of the Sun - Trios
Marlena Shaw - My Foolish Heart - Live in Tokyo
Johnny Hartman - I just dropped by to say Hello - I just dropped by to say Hello
Nancy King (w/Fred Hersch) - Autumn in New York - Live @ Jazz Standard


OP's Jazz after Dark (Jazz Impressions) Wednesday 9/16/09

Hour 1

Count Basie and Orch. - Kansas City - Basie's Beatle Bag
Natalie Cole - It's Crazy
Jon Hendricks - The Most Beautiful Thing - Salud!:Joao Gilberto
Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Scotch and Water - Sextet in New York
Kenny Barron Quintet - Marie Laveau - Images
Wayne Shorter - Juju - Juju
Jon Hendricks (w/George Benson, Bobby McFerrin and Al Jarreau) - Freddie Freeloader - Freddie Freeloader: Jon Hendricks & Friends
Louis Armstrong (w/Bing Crosby) - Gone Fishin' - An American Icon (2 disc set)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ol' Man Mose - JukeBox Ella,Vol.1

Hour 2

Betty Carter - All I got - Look what I got!
Joe Henderson - Blue Bossa - Blue Bossa Nova/Page One
Dave Holland Quintet - Vicissitudes - Critical Mass
Stanley Turrentine - Stan's Shuffle - Easy Walker
Muddy Waters - Got my Mojo Working - Blues Around the Clock/Muddy Waters:Paris,1972
Louis Armstrong (w/Duke Ellington) - Drop Me off in Harlem
Donald Byrd - Requiem - Royal Flush

Hour 3

Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour - Blues & Jazz (2 disc set)
Sarah Vaughan - And I Love Him - Live @ the Monterey Jazz Fest:Highlights,Vol.1
Jon Hendricks & the All-Stars - Do You Call That A Buddy? - Boppin' @ the Blue Note
Lee Morgan - Melancholee - Search for the New Land
Lou Rawls (w/the Muscle Shoals Fame Gang) - Somebody Have Mercy
Irma Thomas - I Count the Teardrops - Blues in the Night/The Story of My Life
Frank Morgan - Mood Indigo - Mood Indigo


OP's Jazz after Dark (Tuesday) 9/15/09

Hour 1

Cannonball Adderley (& Quintet) - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Nat Adderley - Fallout - Work Song
Cannonball Adderley (& Quintet) - Work Song - Radio Nights
Louis Hayes - Alani's World - The Time Keeper
Yusef Lateef - Number 7 - Live @ Pep's
Cannonball Adderley Sextet (w/a spoken intro) - Unit 7 - Jazz Workshop Revisited

Hour 2

Cannonball Adderley (& Quartet) - Dancing in the Dark - Something Else
Hank Jones - How come you do me like you do? - Handful of Keys
Louis Hayes & the Cannonball Legacy Band - New Delhi - Maximum Firepower
Yusef Lateef - The Smart Set - The Golden Flute
Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate - Borges Buenos Aires - Vienna Nights/Live
Miles Davis (& Quintet) - Flamenco Sketches (ALT. TAKE) - Kind of Blue


OP's Jazz after Dark (Tuesday) 9/8/09

Hour 1

Carmen McRae - Tip Toe Gently - Chris Connor/Carmen McRae:I Hear Music (vinyl LP)
Andy Williams - It's a Most Unusual Day - The Songs of Jimmy McHugh
Nancy Wilson - Green Dolphin Street - The Best of.../The Swingin's Mutual
Dale Fielder (& Quartet) - Bossa Nouveau - ...plays the music of Pepper Adams
Charles Lloyd Quartet - Sombrero Sam - Dream Weaver
Chris Connor - Senor Blues - Chris in Person (vinyl LP)
Donald Byrd - Think Twice - Droppin' Science/Stepping into Tomorrow
Mulgrew Miller Trio - Road Life - Live @ Yoshi's:Vol.2
Wayne Shorter - Down in the Depths - Introducing Wayne Shorter

Hour 2

Carmen Lundy - Lost in San Rafael - Come Home
Chris Connor - Lonely Woman - Free Spirits (vinyl LP)
Dena DeRose - I fall in love too easily - Live @ Jazz Standard:Vol.2
The Bill Charlap Trio - All Across The City - Live @ the Village Vanguard
Russ Freeman - Safe @ Home - Safe @ Home
Kenny Burrell - Chitlins con carne - Midnight Blue
Wayne Escoffery - Noon Night - Hopes and Dreams
Greg Duncan Quintet - My Foolish Heart - Unveiled


OP's Jazz after Dark (Tuesday) 9/1/09

Hour 1

Rosemary Clooney - By Myself - The Very Best of ...
Jack Sheldon - Too Blue - Jack is back
Moutin Reunion Quartet - Take it Easy - Something like now
McCoy Tyner & Trio - Latino Suite - Double Trios
Pat Martino - West Coast Blues - Remember: ATribute to Wes Montgomery
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau - Towards the Light - Metheny / Mehldau Quartet
Art Blakey (& the Jazz Messengers) - Free for All - Free for All

Hour 2

Queen Latifah - Poetry Man - Trav' lin' Light
Tania Maria - Canto - Intimidade
Charlie Haden & Quartet West - Here's Looking @ You - The Best of.../Now is the Hour
Frank Morgan - Mood Indigo - Mood Indigo
Freddy Cole - Music,Maestro,Please - Music, Maestro, Please
Tony Bennett (w/ Juanes) - The Shadow of Your Smile - Duets: An American Classic
Nnenna Freelon - Infant Eyes - Heritage


OP's Jazz in the Dark (Thursday) 8/27/09

Hour 1

Rosemary Clooney - Limehouse Blues - Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle
Ray Charles - 2 years of torture - Blues & Jazz (2 cd set)
Lester Young - Lester Leaps In - The Best of....
GRP All - Star Big Band - Blues for Howard - Live
Duke Ellington - Happy-Go-Lucky Local - The Best of...
Johnny Hodges - Little Brother - Everybody knows ......
Charles Earland - Thinking of You - I Ain't Jivin' I'm Jammin'
Frank Sinatra - L.A. is my Lady - Live @ the Meadowlands
Donald Brown - Theme for Malcolm - Send one your love

Hour 2

Mark Murphy - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Jazz Standards
Lester Young - Prisoner of Love - Jazz Masters 30
Vanessa Rubin - Corcovado - Language of Love
Dena DeRose - Alone Together - Live @ Jazz Standard,Vol.1
Linda Eder - It never was you - By Myself:The songs of Judy Garland
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Long Time Ago (Footprints) - Red Earth
Johnny Coles - So sweet my little girl - Little Johnny C


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 8/25/09

Hour 1

Duke Ellington and Orch. (featuring Ray Nance) - Tulip or Turnip - Ellington @ Newport - 1956 - Complete
Duke Ellington and Count Basie - One more Once - The Count meets the Duke
Mike Stern - Last one Down - These Times
Willis Jackson - Hello, Good Luck - Funky Good Time/The Gator Horn
Charles Owens Quartet - Scenic Roots - Jazz Underground: Live @ Small's
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Circus - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Art Pepper - Mambo Koyama - The Best of....
Esther Phillips - Home is where the Hatred is - Jazz Moods: Hot
Milt Jackson - Sunflower - CTI: The Master Collection

Hour 2

Ray Charles - Nobody cares - Blues & Jazz (2 cd set)
Aaron Parks - Karma - Invisible Cinema
Sarah Vaughan - And I love him - Live @ the Monterey Jazz Fest Highlights,Vol.1
Tony Bennett and Count Basie - I've grown accustomed to your face - Esquire: The Voice of the Soul/Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
Dinah Washington - Look to the Rainbow
Willie Nelson - Young @ heart - "Space Cowboys" soundtrack
Grady Tate - Lush Life - From the Heart
Toph-E & the Pussycats - Tee - Live in Detroit
Louis Armstrong - (When We Are Dancin') I Get Ideas - An American Icon (3 cd set)
Stanley Turrentine - Pieces of Dreams - Jazz Moods: Cool/Don't Mess with Mr. T
Pat Metheny Group - Airstream - Selected Recordings/American Garage


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Thursday) 8/20/09

Hour 1

Etta Jones - Let's beat out some love - Always In Our Hearts
Roy Hargrove Quintet (w/Stanley Turrentine) - Soppin' the Biscuit - ...with the Tenors of our Time
Milt Jackson (w/Joshua Redman) - Off Minor - The Prophet Speaks
Ella Fitzgerald - Teardrops from my Eyes - Ella Swings Lightly
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower - Stone Flower
Kenny Garrett (w/Pharoah Sanders) - Intro to Africa - Sketches of MD
Illinois Jacquet - On the Beach - Birthday Party

Hour 2

Herbie Hancock (w/Bobby McFerrin) - Chan's Song (Never Said) - Here and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock/Soundtrack for "Round Midnight"
Sean Jones - The Ambitious Violet - The Search Within
Vincent Herring - Almost Always - Dawnbird
Jay Hoggard - Overview - Soular Power
Sergio Mendes (w/Lani Hall & Herb Alpert) - Dreamer - Encanto
Helen Merrill - I Remember Clifford - Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown
Stan Getz (w/Kenny Barron) - Falling in Love - Voyage


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 8/18/09

Hour 1

Diana Krall (w/Russell Malone & Paul Keller) - Hit that Jive Jack - All for You
June Richmond - Wham! (Wham-Rebop-Boom-Bam)
Matt Dennis (w/the Paul Weston Orch.) - Ole Buttermilk Sky
Joe Chambers - Tu-Way-Pock-E-Way - The Outlaw
Gary Burton & Friends - Straight Up and Down - Like Minds
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Free for All - Free for All
Antonio Sanchez - One For Antonio - Migration
Stanley Turrentine - Storm - Salt Song

Hour 2

Chris Connor - Lilac Wine - Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years
Avishai Cohen Trio - The Ever Evolving Etude - Gently Disturbed
McCoy Tyner - Search for Peace - McCoy Tyner Quartet
Lee Morgan - Lover Man - The Cooker
Dexter Gordon - Don't Explain - The Best of.../A Swingin' Affair
Kenny Barron Quintet - Song for Abdullah - Images
Shirley Horn - If you Love me - The Best of.../Here's to Life
Freddie Hubbard - Lament for Booker - Hub -Tones


OP's (Jazz Impressions) Music Shift (Wednesday) 8/12/09

Hour 1

Sarah Vaughan - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - You're Mine You
Coleman Hawkins & Quintet - The Big Head - The Jazz Scene (2 disc set)
Jackie McLean - Dusty Foot - Vertigo
Duke Ellington & Count Basie - Battle Royal - The Count Meets the Duke
Dexter Gordon - Society Red - The Other Side of Round Midnight
Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw - Tomorrow's Destiny - The Eternal Triangle
Dinah Washington - This Can't Be Love - For Those In Love
Hampton Hawes & Trio (Ray Brown and Shelly Manne) - Soul Sign 8 - Blues the Most
Lionel Hampton & Quintet (Buddy DeFranco, OscarPeterson, Ray Brown & Buddy Rich) - Dinah - The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets and Quintets w/Oscar Peterson

Hour 2

Mose Allison - Lost Mind - The Sage of Tippo/The Word from Mose
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Alamode - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
Jerry Bergonzi - Wippin' and Waulpin' - Tenor Talk
Clifford Brown (w/Max Roach) - Delilah - Ultimate Clifford Brown/Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Lou Donaldson - The Kid - Mr. Shing-A-Ling
Kenny Garrett - Calling - Beyond the Wall

Hour 3

Helen Carr - Lonely Street - The Complete Bethlehem Collection
Dean Martin (w/Kevin Spacey) - King of the Road - Forever Cool
Cyrus Chestnut - If - Genuine Chestnut
Lea Delaria - Why Don't You Do Right? - The Live Smoke Sessions
Mark Colby - Reflections - Reflections
Lou Rawls (w/the Muscle Shoals Fame Gang) - Somebody Have Mercy - The Best of.../The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions
Ray Brown Trio - Lady Be Good - The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio
Marlena Shaw - I'm Alone Again - Elemental Soul
Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - It's So Peaceful In the Country - Echoes


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 8/11/09

Hour 1

Ray Charles - One Mint Julep - Genius:The Ultimate Collection
Chet Baker - That Old Feeling - Jazz Profile/Chet Baker Sings
Count Basie and Orch. - The Deacon - Jazz Profile
George Benson - Body Talk - Body Talk
Joni Mitchell (w/Jaco Pastorius) - Talk to Me - The Essential Jaco.../Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
J.J.Johnson/Nat Adderley - Mr.Clean - Chain Reaction
Charles Earland Tribute Band - The Summit - Keepers of the Flame
Marc Cary (w/the Focus Trio) - Ready or Not - Focus

Hour 2

Mark Murphy - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Jazz Standards/Bop for Kerouac
Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun - ...sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
Tony Bennett - Yesterday I heard the rain - The Essential ...
Mel Torme - Isn't it a pity - The Essential George Gershwin
Christian McBride - Stars fell on Alabama - Gettin' to it
Billy Childs Ensemble - Goodbye,friend - Lyric
Danilo Perez & Claus Ogerman - Another Autumn - Across the Crystal Sea
Sinatra & Jobim - Once I Loved - Frank Sinatra & A.C.Jobim
Lou Rawls - Blues for the Weepers - For you,my love


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 8/4/09

Hour 1

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Road to the Sun - A.C.Jobim:Composer
Gerry Mulligan All-Star Tribute Band - Theme for Jobim - Thank You Gerry!
Jobim - The Red Blouse - Wave
Dr.John (w/Fred Wesley) - Food for thot - The best of the Parlophone yrs./Creole Moon
Joe Henderson - Short Story - In 'n Out
Woody Herman - Tomorrow Blues Today - Woody Live - East & West
Amanda Carr - Night and Day - Live in San Giorgio
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade - Places and Spaces

Hour 2

Michael Franks - Woman in the Waves - Blue Pacific
The Andrew Sisters w/Les Paul and Vic Schoen and Orch. - Rumors are Flying - The Best of Les Paul
Herbie Hancock - Tell me a Bedtime Story - The Essential.../Fat Albert Rotunda
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Kathy's Waltz - Time Out
Art Pepper - Winter Moon - The Art of the Ballad/Winter Moon
Pamela Luss (w/Freddy Cole) - No,not much - Magnet
Milt Jackson & the Clayton - Hamilton Jazz Orch. - Major Deagon(Blues For Dan) - Explosive!
Harry Connick ,Jr. - He Is They are - Blue Light, Red Light
Miles Davis (w/Trane,Cannonball,B.Evans,P.C. & J.Cobb) - Stella by Starlight - Love Songs/58 Sessions
Billie Holiday (w/Ray Ellis & Orch.) - You don't know what love is - Lady in Satin


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 8/4/09

Hour 1

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Road to the Sun - A.C.Jobim:Composer
Gerry Mulligan All-Star Tribute Band - Theme for Jobim - Thank You Gerry!
Jobim - The Red Blouse - Wave
Dr.John (w/Fred Wesley) - Food for thot - The best of the Parlophone yrs./Creole Moon
Joe Henderson - Short Story - In 'n Out
Woody Herman - Tomorrow Blues Today - Woody Live - East & West
Amanda Carr - Night and Day - Live in San Giorgio
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade - Places and Spaces

Hour 2

Michael Franks - Woman in the Waves - Blue Pacific
The Andrew Sisters w/Les Paul and Vic Schoen and Orch. - Rumors are Flying - The Best of Les Paul
Herbie Hancock - Tell me a Bedtime Story - The Essential.../Fat Albert Rotunda
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Kathy's Waltz - Time Out
Art Pepper - Winter Moon - The Art of the Ballad/Winter Moon
Pamela Luss (w/Freddy Cole) - No,not much - Magnet
Milt Jackson & the Clayton - Hamilton Jazz Orch. - Major Deagon(Blues For Dan) - Explosive!
Harry Connick ,Jr. - He Is They are - Blue Light, Red Light
Miles Davis (w/Trane,Cannonball,B.Evans,P.C. & J.Cobb) - Stella by Starlight - Love Songs/58 Sessions
Billie Holiday (w/Ray Ellis & Orch.) - You don't know what love is - Lady in Satin


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Thursday) 7/30/09

Hour 1

Rosemary Clooney - Angry - Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle
Freddy Cole - Something Happens to Me - Rio de Janerio Blue
Dave Brubeck - Broadway Romance - Jazz Impressions of New York
Bobby Hutcherson - Highway 1 - Vibe Wise/Good Bait
Karrin Allyson - O Morro Nao Tem Vez (Favela) - Imagina:Songs of Brasil
Mose Allison - So Rare - The Sage of Tippo/Swingin' Machine
David Leonhart Trio - The Dawn over Morocco - Explorations
Gary Burton,Pat Metheny,Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez - Falling Grace - Quartet Live

Hour 2

Luther Hughes - Trane Remembered - ...and the Cannonball - Coltrane Project
Norman Connors (w/Michael Henderson & Jean Carn) - Valentine Love - The Best of Norman Connors
Milt Jackson - Little Girl Blue - Reverence and Compassion
Art Farmer / Benny Golson Jazztet - 'Round Midnight - Blues on Down
Dominick Farinacci - Love Dance - Lovers,Tales & Dances
Wayne Escoffery (w/Joe Locke's intro) - I waited for You - Veneration


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 7/28/09

Hour 1

The Hi-Lo's - Of Thee I Sing - The Essential George Gershwin
James Hunter - Watch & Chain - People gonna Talk
The Blackbyrds - The Baby - The Blackbyrds
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau - Secret Beach - Metheny/Mehldau Quartet
Eddie Gomez - W.110th St. - Power Play
The Stryker/Slagle Band - Mozone - Live @ the Jazz Standard
Vittor Santos - An American in the Samba - Renewed Impressions
John Scofield, Larry Goldings & Jack DeJohnette (Trio Beyond) - If - Saudades

Hour 2

Milton Nascimento - Morro Velho - Courage
Stanley Turrentine - Gibraltar - Salt Song
Ben Webster (w/Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Stan Levey) - Soulville - Verve Jazz Masters 43/Soulville
India.Arie - Back In the Middle - Acoustic Soul
Michael Franks - Crayon Sun (Safe @ home) - Blue Pacific
Julian Lage - Clarity - Sounding Point
Shirley Horn (w/Ahmad Jamal) - This is All I Ask - May the Music never End
Dinah Washington - You've been a good old wagon - Back to the Blues


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Thursday) 7/23/09

Hour 1

Fred Astaire - They can't take that away from me - The Essential Gershwin (George)
Stan Getz - Captain Marvel - Captain Marvel
Devin Phillips - The Great M.T. - Wade in the Water
Nat "King" Cole - Mr.Cole won't Rock & Roll - Nat "King" Cole @ the Sands
Sergio Mendes (w/Juanes) - ...Let's Go - Encanto
Winard Harper (w/intro by Cecil Brooks III) - Float like a Butterfly - Come into the Light
Oscar Peterson - Nigerian Marketplace -Perfect Peterson: Best of Pablo & Telarc Recordings
Tom Scott - Work Song - Cannon Re-Loaded:All-star celebration of Cannonball Adderley

Hour 2

Elaine Lucia - Blue Prelude - Let's Live Again
Miles Davis Quintet - Just Squeeze Me - ...plays for lovers/The New Miles Davis Quintet
Tony Bennett (w/Ray Charles) - Evenin' - Playin' w/my Friends: Bennett sings the blues
Kenny Blake (w/David Moore) - S.O.S - Rumor has it ...
Eddie Daniels - 8 Pointed star - Memos from Paradise: The Music of Roger Kellaway
Kelly Eisenhour - Soul Eyes - Seek & Find
Jimmy Ponder - Somebody's Child - Somebody's Child
Natalie Cole - The Music that makes me Dance - Ask a woman who knows


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 7/21/09

Hour 1

Lou Rawls (w/Phoebe Snow) - A Lover's Question - Portrait of the Blues
Crosby & Armstrong - Bye Bye Blues - Bing & Satchmo
Hadley Caliman - Joe Joe Dancer Bossa Nova - Gratitude
Stanley Clarke (w/McCoy Tyner & Peter Erskine) - Green Dolphin Street - Implosions
Claudia Acuna - Oceano - Luna
Eliane Elias - The Frog - Bossa Nova Stories
Freddie Hubbard - Cold Turkey - Red Clay
Gary Burton,Pat Metheny,Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez - Missouri Uncompromised - Quartet Live

Hour 2

Nancy Wilson (w/Ivan Lins) - Minds of Their Own - R.S.V.P
Antonio Sanchez - Arena(Sand) - Migration
Jaco Pastorius (w/Joni Mitchell) - Hejira - The Essential .../Hejira
Ben Webster - Blues for Mr.Broadway - See You @ the Fair
Cannonball Adderley Sextet - The Song My Lady Sings - Radio Nights
Sinatra - Someone to Watch over Me


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Thursday) 7/16/09

Hour 1

Ray Charles - 2 years of torture - Blues & Jazz (2 cd set)
Brenda Russell - I want love to find me - Ultimate Collection
Doris Day - But not for me - The Essential Gershwin (George)
Freddie Hubbard - Clarence's Place - The Body & the Soul
Roy Hargrove - Sand Jewels - Absolute Brass
"Papa" John Defrancesco - What - Big Shot
Wayne Shorter - Yes or No - Juju
Conrad Herwig (w/Eddie Palmieri & Brian Lynch) - Adam's Apple - The Latin side of Wayne Shorter
Donald Byrd (w/Kay Haith) - You and Music - Places and Spaces

Hour 2

Marlena Shaw - Looking through the Eyes of Love - The Spice of Love
Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Pursuit of Peace - Kind of Brown
Wycliffe Gordon Quintet - I can't get started - Dig This!!
Astrud Gilberto - Misty Roses - The Diva Series
Kelly Harland - The Folks who Live on the Hill - Long Ago and Far Away
Norman Connors (w/Eleanor Mills) - This Is Your Life - The Best of ....
Freddy Cole - I Loved you for a minute - This Is the Life
Charlie Haden Quartet West (w/Billie Holiday) - Deep Song - Haunted Heart
Tony Bennett (w/Ruby Braff) - Thou Swell - ...sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook/ ...sings for Lovers


OP's Early Night Music Shift (Tuesday) 7/14/09

Hour 1

Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge (w/Gene Krupa & Orch.) - Let me off Uptown
Ray Charles - You are my Sunshine - Genius:The Ultimate Collection
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker - Eleanor Rigby - Work to do
G.Burton,P.Metheny,S.Swallow & A.Sanchez - Sea Journey - Quartet Live
Eldar - Prairie Village - Re-Imagination
Dafnis Prieto Sextet - Just say it - Taking the soul for a walk
Flora Purim - Flora's Song - Flora's Song

Hour 2

Kurt Elling - It's Easy to Remember(A spoken tribute to Coltrane & Hartman)-Dedicated to You
Coltrane/Hartman - My one and only love/Lush Life- Coltrane & Hartman
Red Holloway - Wave - Go Red Go !
Don Braden - Gentle Storm - Gentle Storm
George Benson - This Masquerade - The Essential George Benson
Tony Bennett & Bill Evans - Some other time - ...plays for lovers
Sarah Vaughan - Wonder Why - After Hours


OP's Playlist (Guest host for Jazz Impressions) Wednesday 7/8/09

Hour 1

Chris Connor - Everything I Love - Chris
Louis Jordan - Ain't nobody here but us chickens - Pure Jazz Encore
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - The Chef - The "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook,Vol.1
Frank Locrasto - The Metaphysics of self-deception - When you're there
Terell Stafford & Quintet - Shake it for me - Taking Chances:Live @ the Dakota
Bobby Watson & Horizon - The Inventor - The Inventor
Mike Stern - Texas - Who let the cats out?

Hour 2

Cannonball Adderley Sextet(w/some words from Cannonball) - The Jive Samba - Jazz Workshop Revisited
Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Theme for Kareem - Kind of Brown
Charles Mingus - Dizzy Moods - Tijuana Moods
Michel Camilo - Repercussions - Spirit of the Moment
Louis Hayes & the Cannonball Legacy Band - New Delhi - Maximum Firepower
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan - Perdido - Basie & Vaughan
Kenny Barron Quintet - The Lost Ones - Images

Hour 3

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - Lush Life - Coltrane/Hartman
Ruth Cameron - One for my Baby - Roadhouse
Kurt Elling - It's easy to remember(A spoken tribute to Coltrane & Hartman) - Dedicated to You
Ray Charles - Hard Times(No one knows better than I) - Blues & Jazz (2 disc set)
Marilyn Scott - Autumn in NY - Every Time We Say Goodbye
Nat "King" Cole (w/the George Shearing Quintet) - Let there be Love - The World of Nat "King" Cole
Sinatra - Moonlight in Vermont - Live @ the Meadowlands
David "Fathead" Newman - Manha de Carnival - The Blessing
Natalie Cole - You go to my Head - Still Unforgettable


 
 

 

 

 

 

 


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