Jazz After Dark

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 straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more. 

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 21, 2025

On tonight's show:

  • King Cole Trio, Swingin' The Blues
  • Jimmy Scott & Lionel Hampton, Everybody's Somebody's Fool
  • Gerald Wiggins, Coffee Time
  • Russ Freeman, Art Pepper Quartet, Everything Happens to Me
  • Phineas Newborn Jr. and All Stars, Take It Slow, Joe
  • Kenny Dorham Quintet, But Beautiful
  • Anita O'Day, That Old Feeling
  • Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson, In a Mellotone
  • Ella Fitzgerald, I'll Never Fall In Love Again
  • Stanley Turrentine, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do
  • Pharoah Sanders, The Nearness of You
  • Milt Jackson and the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Bags' Groove
  • Dianne Reeves, What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  • Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Panama

Jazz After Dark, Jan. 14, 2025

On our 700th episode of Jazz After Dark tonight:

  • Billie Holiday, Crazy He Calls Me
  • Nat King Cole, Orange-Colored Sky
  • Louis Prima, Body And Soul
  • Louis Armstrong, When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)
  • Mose Allison, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • Tony Bennett, (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco
  • Earl Hines, Black Coffee
  • Billy Taylor Trio, On The Street Where You Live
  • Ben Webster, Misty
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, Duke's Place (Aka C - Jam Blues)
  • The Mills Brothers, Cab Driver
  • Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Koto Song
  • Stanley Turrentine, I Could Never Repay Your Love
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim, Takatanga

Jazz After Dark, Jan. 7, 2025

On tonight’s show:

  • Johnny Dodds, 29th And Dearborn
  • Artie Shaw, When the Quail Come Back to Saint Quentin
  • Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, A Hundred Years from Today (vocals Sarah Vaughan)
  • Louis Armstrong, Someday You'll Be Sorry
  • Lucky Thompson, Mood Indigo
  • Billie Holiday & Tony Scott and His Orchestra, Trav'lin Light
  • Billy Bauer, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  • Eriko Ishihara, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  • Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Blues for Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues
  • Red Garland, One O'Clock Jump
  • Art Pepper, 'Round Midnight
  • Ella Fitzgerald, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
  • Ahmad Jamal,  Excerpt from the Blues
  • Yusef Lateef, Love Theme from the Robe
  • Wynton Kelly, Comin' In the Back Door
  • Chico Hamilton, Fancy

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 31, 2024

For New Year's Eve, tonight's show includes:

  • Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Begin the Beguine
  • Benny Goodman, Let's Dance
  • Jerry Gray, The Anvil Chorus
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Night and Day
  • Arnett Cobb, Ray Bryant, Party Time
  • Duke Ellington, Satin Doll
  • Erroll Garner, How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me
  • Mel Tormé, Let's Face the Music and Dance
  • Peggy Lee, Fever
  • Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Congo Mulence
  • Helen Humes, Bill Bailey
  • Louis Prima & Keely Smith, All Night Long
  • Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Waiting on The Champagne
  • Winifred Atwell, Slaughter On 10th Ave
  • Sidney Bechet, I Get a Kick Out of You
  • Duke Ellington, Rhapsody in Blue
  • Pete Fountain, Marching 'Round the Mountain
  • Guy Lombardo, Auld Lang Syne

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 24, 2024

Seasonal and holiday jazz and more tonight: 

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday In Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)
  • Louis Armstrong, Cool Yule (feat. The Commanders)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Good Morning Blues
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, Merry Christmas Baby
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, Christmas Blues
  • Sonny Rollins, God Bless The Child (Jim Hall guitar)
  • Jimmy Smith, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves
  • Don Ellis, 8 Nicole
  • Art Pepper, Winter Moon
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi, Winter Wonderland
  • Birelli Lagrene, Acoustic Moments
  • Jimmy Smith, Silent Night jazzed

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 17, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • Édith Piaf, La vie en rose (Live Paris 3 Avril 1954)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Cry Me a River (Live at Zardi's 1956)
  • Duke Ellington, Tea for Two
  • Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins, Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
  • Lena Horne, Let Me Love You and It's All Right with Me (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)
  • Ahmad Jamal, I'll Take Romance and My Funny Valentine
  • Carmen McRae, Take Five (Live at Sugar Hill with Dave Brubeck)
  • George Benson, Take Five (Live at Carnegie Hall)
  • Toots Thielemans with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson, The Mooche
  • Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Bli Blip (with Dianne Reeves)
  • Etta Jones & Houston Person, Deed I Do
  • Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, C Jam Blues

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 10, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • The Buddy DeFranco Quartet, Autumn In New York
  • Erroll Garner, How Could You Do a Thing Like That To Me
  • Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, King Porter Stomp
  • Louis Armstrong, La Vie en Rose
  • Nat King Cole, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter
  • Sonny Rollins, Where Are You
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, I Got Rhythm (Richard Boone vocals)
  • Eubie Blake, Medley: Bleeding Moon / Under the Bamboo Tree
  • Ella Fitzgerald, This Guy's In Love With You
  • Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, My Funny Valentine
  • Ron Carter, Come Ye Disconsolate
  • Chico O'Farrill, The Journey
  • Al Di Meola with John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía, Sichia

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 26, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers, Love In My Heart (a/k/a "Swing Baby Swing")
  • Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Muskrat Ramble (Live, 1947)
  • Artie Shaw, Smooth 'n' Easy
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Misty
  • Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, I Still Love Him So
  • Betty Carter & Ray Bryant, Gone with the Wind
  • Betty Carter, Let's Fall in Love
  • The Chico Hamilton Trio (with Howard Roberts & Jim Hall), Blues on the Rocks
  • Rosemary Clooney, Sophisticated Lady
  • Wynton Kelly, Come Rain or Come Shine
  • Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Clementine
  • Eddie Jefferson, I've Got the Blues (Lester Leaps In)
  • Buddy Rich, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
  • Jimmy Scott, I'll Be Around
  • Charlie Byrd, Favela

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 19, 2024

On tonight's show:

  • Gene Krupa, Ball of Fire
  • Erskine Hawkins, Lost in the Shuffle
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio, Django
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Angel Eyes
  • Joe Morello, Shortnin' Bread
  • Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Bahia
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Rosetta
  • Cal Tjader, It Didn't End (Nao Se Acabou)
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, Hay Burner
  • Art Pepper, Over the Rainbow
  • Chet Baker, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
  • Gabor Szabo, Half the Day is Night
  • Buddy Rich, Chameleon
  • Jerry Granelli Trio, Cast Your Fate to the Wind
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Mr. Shor,

Would you be able to announce on "Jazz After Dark" a local, Davis, FREE live-jazz monthly, community event

called, "Davis Jazz Night." At the John Natsoulas Art Gallery 521 1St. downtown Davis. 700:-9:00

monthly, EVERY last Friday. Always hosted by a Davis semi-pro community 12-piece jazz band called "The New Harmony Jazz Band." Thank you.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 6:12pm

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