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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Replays Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am
Live Tuesday 8-9pm
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Jazz After Dark, Nov. 26, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers, Love In My Heart (a/k/a "Swing Baby Swing")
  • Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Muskrat Ramble (Live, 1947)
  • Artie Shaw, Smooth 'n' Easy
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Misty
  • Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, I Still Love Him So
  • Betty Carter & Ray Bryant, Gone with the Wind
  • Betty Carter, Let's Fall in Love
  • The Chico Hamilton Trio (with Howard Roberts & Jim Hall), Blues on the Rocks
  • Rosemary Clooney, Sophisticated Lady
  • Wynton Kelly, Come Rain or Come Shine
  • Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Clementine
  • Eddie Jefferson, I've Got the Blues (Lester Leaps In)
  • Buddy Rich, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
  • Jimmy Scott, I'll Be Around
  • Charlie Byrd, Favela

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 19, 2024

On tonight's show:

  • Gene Krupa, Ball of Fire
  • Erskine Hawkins, Lost in the Shuffle
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio, Django
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Angel Eyes
  • Joe Morello, Shortnin' Bread
  • Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Bahia
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Rosetta
  • Cal Tjader, It Didn't End (Nao Se Acabou)
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, Hay Burner
  • Art Pepper, Over the Rainbow
  • Chet Baker, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
  • Gabor Szabo, Half the Day is Night
  • Buddy Rich, Chameleon
  • Jerry Granelli Trio, Cast Your Fate to the Wind

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 12, 2024

On tonight’s show: a retrospective on the career of Vince Guaraldi.

  • Some remastered early works by the Vince Guaraldi Trio: Fenwyck's Farfel, and Django, and Ossobucco (featuring Eddie Duran on guitar), from 1956.
  • Guaraldi playing with the Cal Tjader Quartet in 1957, Live at the Blackhawk: Lover Come Back to Me.
  • Two from his 1957 release, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing: Like a Mighty Rose and Autumn Leaves
  • From The Definitive Vince Guaraldi, a compilation of his work from 1955-66 at Fantasy Records, two of the popular songs from the TV specials: Charlie Brown Theme from 1964 and Skating from 1965.
  • Two from Guaraldi’s last recordings, done with the Warner label: Red Baron, from the Oh Good Grief album from 1968, and Alma-Ville, from the album of the same name, released in 1969.
  • A new release of Linus and Lucy by the Vince Guaraldi Quintet, from the 50th Anniversary edition of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, 2023.
  • Newly released songs from the soundtrack to You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, the television special from 1972, with Guaraldi on vocals on Joe Cool, and then African Sleigh Ride.

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 5, 2024

Programming note: the Tuesday 8 p.m. broadcast is pre-empted by election coverage. This program will play at the Friday 11 p.m. rebroadcast time.

Upbeat jazz favorites tonight: 

  • Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
  • Nat King Cole, Route 66
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Misty
  • Vince Guaraldi, Skating
  • Jacy Parker, Here Comes Trouble Again
  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Oscar Peterson, Take the "A" Train
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim, Takatanga
  • Gerry Mulligan, One to Ten in Ohio
  • Don Ellis, Sidonie
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The Entertainer (Done in the style of The Blues)
  • Hubert Laws, Passacaglia, guitar solo
  • Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela, Kalahari Nights
  • Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola, Manha de Carnaval

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 29, 2024

On tonight's show:

  • Teddy Wilson, Stompin' at the Savoy
  • Art Tatum, Where or When
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Dream a Little Dream of Me
  • Artie Shaw, Monsoon
  • Artie Shaw, Cream Puff
  • Peggy Lee, Love Me or Leave Me
  • Buddy DeFranco, Funky's Oncle
  • Johnny Hodges, Jeep Bounces Back
  • Don Ellis, Quiet Longing
  • Duke Ellington (Betty Roché vocals), I Love My Lovin' Lover
  • Boots Randolph, Billy's Bounce
  • Chet Baker, Crazy She Calls Me
  • Chet Baker with Paul Desmond, You Can't Go Home Again
  • Eiji Kitamura, I Wanna Go Home

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 22, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • Count Basie, Pennies from Heaven
  • Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Ad Lib Blues
  • Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Almost Like Being in Love
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio, Fascinating Rhythm
  • Blossom Dearie, Just in Time
  • Yusef Lateef, The Plum Blossom
  • Stan Getz, Melancolico
  • Teddy Edwards, Heart and Soul
  • Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train
  • Dave Brubeck, Tokyo Traffic
  • Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Trav'lin' Light
  • Zoot Sims, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
  • Zoot Sims, I've Got a Crush on You
  • Zoot Sims, Embraceable You

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 15, 2024

Tonight's show:

  • Count Basie, Jumpin' At The Woodside
  • Jelly Roll Morton, Don't You Leave Me Here
  • Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Skylark
  • Cab Calloway, 06 - Special Delivery
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio, Never Never Land
  • Ruby Braff, Barbary Coast
  • Arnett Cobb with Ray Bryant, Cocktails for Two and Blues in the Closet
  • Arnett Cobb with Tommy Flanagan, Blue Lou
  • Arnett Cobb with Bobby Timmons, Down by the Riverside
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Tommy Flanagan, Little White Lies (Live)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and His Orchestra, The Count Basie Orchestra & Tommy Flanagan, Indian Summer (Live)
  • Jaki Byard with Tommy Flanagan, Satin Doll
  • Claude Bolling Big Band, Duke's Beat

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 8, 2024

Jazz classics tonight.

  • Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump
  • Ella Fitzgerald, A-Tisket A-Tasket
  • Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, In the Mood
  • Sidney Bechet, Blue Horizon
  • Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen, When The Saints Go Marching In
  • Earl Bostic, Flamingo
  • Lester Young, Stardust
  • Stan Kenton, The Creep
  • Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, Nuages
  • Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues
  • Gerry Mulligan, Bags' Groove
  • Blossom Dearie, 'Deed I Do
  • Dave Brubeck, Blue Rondo a La Turk
  • Miles Davis, Summertime
  • Stan Getz, Manhã de Carnaval
  • Paul Desmond, Take Te

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 1, 2024

Tonight’s playlist was suggested by a listener, and it tells a story.

  • Peggy Lee, Please Send Me Someone To Love
  • Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & His Orchestra, Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
  • Etta James, The Man I Love
  • Mel Tormé, All I Need Is A Girl
  • Louis Armstrong, Love Walked In
  • Helen Forrest, Make Love To Me
  • Lena Horne, Come on Strong
  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bésame Mucho
  • Billie Holiday, Stars Fell on Alabama
  • Peggy Lee, Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?
  • Frank Sinatra, Day By Day
  • Billie Holiday, Comes Love
  • Frank Sinatra, Hey! Jealous Lover
  • Louis Jordan, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
  • Helen Humes, He Don't Love Me Anymore
  • Esther Phillips, I Wish You Love

Jazz After Dark, Sept. 24, 2024

Farewell to summer on tonight’s show:

  • Billie Holiday, I Cover The Waterfront
  • Cal Tjader, Summertime (Vince Guaraldi piano solo)
  • Paul Gonsalves, Yesterdays
  • Stan Getz, Balanço No Samba
  • Teddy Edwards, Smokin'
  • Dave Brubeck & Tony Bennett, That Old Black Magic
  • Dave Brubeck, Lonesome
  • Buddy Rich, Lament For Lester
  • Count Basie, Blues For Joe Turner
  • James Moody, Moody's Mood
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Teach Me Tonight (Live)
  • Ron Carter, Take Ten
  • Gerald Wiggins, Summertime
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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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