Jazz After Dark March 01, 2016

Something a little unusual tonight on Jazz After Dark: these are all contemporary performers, but looking back with some jazz standards.

Wynton Marsalis needs no introduction; here his Septet performs from their Vince Guaraldi/Peanuts album, Joe Cool’s Blues, with Linus & Lucy.

Dianne Reeves, jazz superstar, sings Loads of Love.

The Waverley Seven performs Nature Boy from their Bobby Darin tribute, Yo! Bobby.

Alex Pangman is a Canadian jazz (and country) singer based in Toronto who focuses on selections from the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear After You’ve Gone, first a hit in 1918.

Fabrizio Bosso is an “Italian post-bop trumpet sensation,” here providing a soft version of Georgia On My Mind.

25-year old Sophie Berkal-Sarbit is another Canadian vocalist, hailing from Winnipeg and now based in Toronto; she was 16 when she recorded tonight’s version of Fascinating Rhythm.

Pianist Junior Mance is the elder statesman in our lineup, now 87 and still touring. We’ll hear Stormy Weather from 2008 album Groovin’ with Junior.

Madeleine Peyroux has had an eclectic career, citing influences of Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, and Billie Holiday. Here she puts her own take on Meet Me In Rio.

The Rosenberg Trio is a Dutch Gypsy jazz guitar/bass group. Brothers Nous’che and Nonnie Rosenberg and their cousin Stochelo Rosenberg pay tribute to Django Reinhardt.

Finally, the Dan Brubeck Quartet gives a nod to drummer Dan’s famous parents with a live performance of Take Five. 

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