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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Live Tuesday 8-9pm
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Jazz 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

Jazz 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

Jazz 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

Jazz 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

Jazz 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

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 25, 2025

All Cole Porter songs tonight:

  • Coleman Hawkins, I Love Paris
  • Maj. 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

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 11, 2025

On tonight's show:

  • Louis Jordan, Doug the Jitterbug
  • Quintette du Hot Club de France, Minor Swing
  • Billie Holiday, Mean to Me
  • Lionel Hampton, When Lights Are Low
  • Montana Taylor, Detroit Rocks
  • Ella Fitzgerald The Delta Rhythm Boys, It's Only a Paper Moon
  • Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Four Brothers
  • Wynonie Mr Blues Harris, Earl Bostic, Earl Bostic - Flamingo
  • Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Swinghouse
  • Billy Eckstine, Oop Bop Sh'bam
  • Stan Getz, I Hadn't Anyone Till You
  • Rosemary Clooney With Duke Ellington, Blue Rose
  • Mose Allison, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • Harry Carney & The Duke's Men, Baby Blue
  • Carmen McRae, Oh, So Blue (with Dave Brubeck) [Live]
  • Dave Brubeck, Take the "A" Train (Live)
  • New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Petite Fleur
  • Perico Sambeat, Cuando me vaya

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 4, 2025

On tonight's show:

  • Lester Young Quartet, I Never Knew
  • Billie Holiday, Fine and Mellow
  • Lester Young, Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich, I Want to Be Happy
  • Lester Young, I Cover the Waterfront (feat. Ray Brown, J.C. Heard, Herb Ellis & Oscar Peterson
  • Charlie Singleton, Lester Leaps In
  • Benny Goodman Sextet, Rose Room
  • Nat King Cole, Let There Be Love
  • Johnny Richards, For All We Know
  • Gerry Mulligan, Disc Jockey Jump
  • Benny Carter, One Morning in May
  • Louis Armstrong, Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Comes Love
  • Dave Brubeck, Take Five
  • Pepper Adams Quintet with Thad Jones, Little Waltz

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 28, 2025

On tonight's show, lots of live concert performances:

  • Red Norvo, All of Me (Live) [feat. Frank Sinatra]
  • Frank Sinatra, One for My Baby (And One More For the Road)
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, Fly Me to the Moon (Live)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and His Orchestra & Tommy Flanagan, L.O.V.E. (Live)
  • Dave Brubeck, Rotterdam Blues
  • Paul Desmond Quartet, Take Five
  • Stan Getz, Infant Eyes
  • Gerry Mulligan, Mel Tormé & George Shearing, Jeru (Live)
  • Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi, How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
  • Shirley Horn, Once I Loved (Live)
  • Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie, I Remember Jimmy Yancey
  • Bucky Pizzarelli, Jersey Bounce
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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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