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Vince Guaraldi featured on Jazz After Dark: Tuesday May 22

In celebration of a new biography, Vince Guaraldi at the Piano, by Davis author Derrick Bang, music composed and performed by Guaraldi, as well as his works performed by other artists, will be featured on Jazz After Dark. Other artists will include Bobby Militello, Dave Brubeck, David Benoit, Cal Tjader, and George Benson.
The program will air Tuesday May 22 from 8 – 9 pm, and rebroadcast Saturday 9 – 10 pm and Monday 6 – 7 pm. It can be heard on your computer by livestreaming at http://kdrt.org (click on Listen Now), and as a podcast at iTunes.
Vince Guaraldi is best-known for the music in the Peanuts television specials. Derrick Bang is the author of several books on Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts.
Jazz After Dark is hosted by Don Shor.

Jazz After Dark May 01 2012

Coming up tonight!
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington *
Marian McPartland *
Chico Hamilton *
Milt Jackson & Ray Charles *
Gerry Mulligan Chet Baker *
Boots Randolph *
Herbie Mann & Joao Gilberto With Antonio Carlos Jobim *
Frank Sinatra *
Chico Hamilton *
Dave Brubeck *
Ella Fitzgerald *
Jimmy Scott *
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis *
Andrea Wolper *
John Klemmer *

Jazz After Dark April 17 2012

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington * It Don't Mean A Thing -- 1961
Artie Shaw * Stop and Go Mambo -- 1940s
Erroll Garner * I'm Confessin' That I Love You -- 1949
Sam Butera * Night Train -- 1950s
Sam Butera * When Your Smiling -- 1950s
Louis Prima * Body And Soul -- 1950s
Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses * I've Got You Under My Skin -- 1950s
Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond * Spring is Here -- 1952-4
Ella Fitzgerald * Angel Eyes -- 1958
Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans * Toy -- 1961
Oscar Peterson * Honey Dripper -- 1962
Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & The Orchestra & Quincy Jones * Fly Me to the Moon (Live) -- 1966
Gerry Mulligan * Golden Notebooks -- 1971
The Crusaders * Super Strut -- 1974
Gene Bertoncini * Passacaglia in C Minor -- 1976
Diana Krall * I Love Being Here With You -- 1994
Stanley Turrentine * Just As I Am -- 1971

Jazz After Dark March 27 2012

Five decades of jazz tonight:
Erroll Garner * Stompin' at the Savoy --
Artie Shaw * Smoke Gets In Your Eyes --
Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane * Oo-La-La --
Stan Kenton * The Creep --
Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra * Hey Baby --
Ella Fitzgerald * Stormy Weather --
Gerry Mulligan * Crazy Day --
Dave Brubeck Quartet * Take Five (live) --
Ray Charles and Cleo Laine * It Ain't Necessarily So (instrumental) --
Louise Tobin, Peanuts Hucko, et al. * Baby Won't You Please Come Home --
Dianne Reeves * There'll Be Another Spring --
Lew Tabackin * You'll Never Know --
Allen Toussaint * St. James Infirmary

Jazz After Dark March 13 2012

Coming up tonight -- Satchmo, Ella, some great organists, and more.
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines *
Artie Shaw *
Erroll Garner *
Art Pepper *
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong *
Ella Fitzgerald *
Milt Jackson & Ray Charles *
Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan *
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis *
Helen Merrill *
Jimmy Smith *
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington *
Chico O'Farrill *
Heritage Hall Jazz Band *

Jazz After Dark March 06 2012, 8 - 9 pm

Coming up tonight -- seven decades of jazz:
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton * Just A Closer Walk (drums solo)
Artie Shaw * Besame Mucho
Artie Shaw * Begin the Beguine
The Delta Rhythm Boys * Take The A Train
Tab Smith And Buddy Tate * On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Nat King Cole * Almost Like Being In Love
Milt Jackson & Ray Charles * The Genius After Hours
Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans * Waltz for Debby
Toots Thielemans * Bluesette
Ella Fitzgerald at the Lincoln Center * Body and Soul
Gabor Szabo * Concerto de Aranjuez
Ray Barretto * Summertime
Charles Mingus * It Might As Well Be Spring
Abdullah Ibrahim * Mysterioso
Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie * Takeaway