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It’s toe-tapping jazz tonight, songs from across four decades. Roll up the carpet, move the table out of the way, and dance like nobody’s watching…. Earl Bostic  *  Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges  *  Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete  *  Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris  *  Frank Sinatra  *  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  *  New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland  *  Boots Randolph  *  Stuff Smith  *  Louise Tobin, Peanuts Hucko  *  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Featuring the works of George Gershwin!

Featuring the works of George Gershwin!

This week's episode of Civilization Phaze IV will have pieces by American composers such as Leroy Anderson, Lou Harrison, Jerod Tate, Timothy Archambault, and Brian Wilson (yup, THE Beach Boy).  Oh, and one Dutchman named Simeon ten Holt.

Not only is November 25th just 2 days away from Turkey Day - it is also the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - of course that should be EVERY day but this day was selected to commemorate the deaths of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic (they were murdered because they opposed the dictatorship of then-ruler Rafael Trujillo).  

An hour of great jazz, Latin flavor!

WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE IN HD: http://bit.ly/1vjbqRZ  Dirk Hamilton is such a prototypical singer-songwriter-guitar player, someone ought to make a movie about him — and in fact Dirk does appear front and center in the upcoming documentary Folk...

An hour of cool jazz: West Coast cool and Latin jazz guitar.