Don Shor's blog

Jazz - classical fusion!

Jazz old and new, some blues jazz, and summertime bossa nova tonight.  Bolyki Brothers  *  Swing de Gitanes  *  Red Garland  *  Ella Fitzgerald  *  Jim Hall  *  Lorraine Geller  *  Lou Donaldson  *  Billie Poole  *  Cannonball Adderley  *  Oscar Peterson  *  Howard Roberts  *  Lalo Schifrin  

Jazz standards by some great artists tonight.

Mostly west coast jazz tonight. Cool jazz, blues jazz, some great piano, and more.  Elek Bacsik  *  Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan *  Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis *  Russ Freeman *  Ella Fitzgerald *  Ahmad Jamal *  Billie Poole  *  Ramsey Lewis Trio *  Thelonious Monk *  Billy Butler *  Dave Brubeck Quartet ft. Jim Hall *  Allen Toussaint

Soul and blues jazz, mambo, boogaloo, and more tonight!  Ella Fitzgerald  *  Dizzy Gillespie  *  The Oscar Peterson Trio  *  Erroll Garner  *  Lou Donaldson  *  Oscar Peterson  *  Baby Face Willette  *  Howard Roberts  *  June Katz  *  Kevin Mahogany  *  Shirley Horn  *  Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

Featuring Cannonball Adderley!

Great jazz performers tonight: clarinet, sax, piano, organ, vibes; vocals by Ella Fitzgerald and Al Jarreau.   Artie Shaw  *  Pete Fountain  *  Gerry Mulligan  *  Earl "Fatha" Hines  *  Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine  *  Paul Desmond  *  Modern Jazz Quartet  *  Miles Davis  *  Ella Fitzgerald  *  Al Jarreau

Some jazz blues, some funk, some boogaloo, some great vocals tonight: Oscar Peterson  *  Terry Gibbs  *  The Howard Roberts Quartet  *  George Benson  *  Lou Donaldson  *  Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass  *  June Katz  *  Joe Williams  *  Kevin Mahogany  *  Diana Krall

The great Billy Strayhorn composed many jazz classics during his partnership with Duke Ellington. This show features mostly Strayhorn’s compositions, performed by Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, Count Basie with Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, and Terell Stafford, in addition to performances by Ellington, Johnny Hodges, and Strayhorn himself. 

The songs and melodies of Cole Porter tonight -- performed by: Ella Fitzgerald  *  Count Basie  *  Billie Holiday  *  Art Pepper  *  Billy Bauer  *  Lem Winchester & Ramsey Lewis Trio  *  Tony Bennett And The Count Basie Orchestra  *  Terry Gibbs  *  Coleman Hawkins  *  Julie London  *  Betty Carter  *  Diana Krall  *  The Dave Brubeck Quartet