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, Sept. 8, 2026Tue, 09/08/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight's show: Miles Davis with Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, and Thelonious Monk; then Gerry Mulligan, Coleman Hawkins, and John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman. Bossa nova from Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto with João Gilberto & Stan Getz, Nara Leao, Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician Jorge Ben, Charlie Byrd, and the George Shearing Quintet. |
Jazz After Dark, Sept. 1, 2026Tue, 09/01/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorFeaturing Duke Ellington tonight, with his legendary performance featuring an extended solo by Paul Gonsalvez at the Newport festival in 1956; then Lester Young with Teddy Wilson, Art Blakey and Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Booker Little, later studio works by Ellington and from the London Concerts, and Booker Ervin. |
Jazz After Dark, Aug. 25, 2026Tue, 08/25/2026 - 5:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight's show: Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Sextet, Muggsy Spanier, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Anita O'Day, Eddie Davis, Gil Evans, Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet, The Ray Bryant Trio, Mundell Lowe, Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond, Count Basie & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald, and Sonny Rollins. |
Jazz After Dark, Aug. 18, 2026Tue, 08/18/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight's show: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five with Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Anderson and His Orchestra & Jimmy Jones, Billy Taylor, Al Hirt, The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Ray Charles, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Hank Crawford, and Carol Welsman. |
Jazz After Dark, Aug. 11, 2026Tue, 08/11/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorSax player Cannonball Adderley is our featured artist tonight. Recordings with Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and more. |
Jazz After Dark, Aug. 4, 2026Tue, 08/04/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight's show: Harry James, Fats Waller, Lena Horne, Hank Mobley, Gerry Mulligan, Annie Ross and Zoot Sims, Mose Allison, Etta Jones, Herbie Mann, Rosemary Clooney, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass with Ella Fitzgerald, and Paul Desmond. |
Jazz After Dark, July 28, 2026Tue, 07/28/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorOn Jazz After Dark tonight: an evening with Nancy Wilson. Selections from 1961 to 2002, with Cannonball Adderley, George Shearing, The Great Jazz Trio, Ramsey Lewis, and more. |
Jazz After Dark, July 21, 2026Tue, 07/21/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight's show: Artie Shaw, King Cole Trio, Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Carmell Jones, Tricky Lofton, Ella Fitzgerald, Gerry Mulligan, Helaine DeLys, Charlie Byrd with Barney Kessel & Herb Ellis, Stéphane Grappelli, and Piano Connection |
Jazz After Dark, July 14, 2026Tue, 07/14/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorTonight's show: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Mann, Johnny Hodges, Red Norvo with Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, George Shearing with Nat King Cole, Mongo Santamaria, Astrud Gilberto, George Benson with The McCoy Tyner Trio, Roy Clark & Joe Pass, and Antonio Carlos Jobim. |
Jazz After Dark, July 7, 2026Tue, 07/07/2026 - 8:00pm | Don ShorLonger sets tonight from Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver, Clark Terry, Ahmad Jamal, Ben Webster, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Gerry Mulligan, and Sonny Rollins. |
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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.
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