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.

Jazz After Dark, Jan. 2, 2024Tue, 01/02/2024 - 5:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight’s show: Earl Bostic, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Jefferson, Horace Parlan, Ray Bryan with Walter Booker Jr. & Freddie Waits, WDR Big Band Köln with Joe Williams and Milt Jackson, George Robert, Dal Richards & His Orchestra, and Ximo Tebar & the Ivam Jazz Ensemble. |
Jazz After Dark, Dec. 26, 2023Tue, 12/26/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorUpbeat jazz for the New Year: Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Oscar Aleman, Harry Roy & His Orchestra, Earl Bostic, Heritage Hall Jazz Band, Pete Fountain, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sam Butera, Louis Prima, Claude Bolling, Jean-Luc Dayan & Steve La Spina, James Rivers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Boots Randolph. |
Jazz After Dark, Dec. 19, 2023Tue, 12/19/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorSeasonal music tonight: Toms Mucenieks with his minor key version of Silent Night Sad Christmas. Then Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington live on Ed Sullivan in December 1961, Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, Ella Fitzgerald, Vince Guaraldi Trio and Vince Guaraldi in a live performance, Art Pepper, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cyrus Chestnut, Dave Brubeck, Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson, Al Di Meola, and Enrico Pieranunzi. Then we’ll take it out with Mahalia Jackson’s rendition of "Silent Night." |
Jazz After Dark, Dec. 12, 2023Tue, 12/12/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorUpbeat jazz tonight: Pete Fountain, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Wes Montgomery, Ramsey Lewis, Nancy Wilson with Ramsey Lewis, Don Ellis, George Benson, June Katz, The Manhattan Transfer, Stanley Jordan, and The Godfathers of Groove. |
Jazz After Dark, Dec. 5, 2023Tue, 12/05/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight’s show: Duke Ellington, Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan with Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Nat King Cole, Gabor Szabo, Herbie Mann, Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan, Shirley Horn, and Benny Carter. |
Jazz After Dark, Nov. 28, 2023Tue, 11/28/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorJazz classics tonight. We’ll hear from Art Tatum, Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. Big Band by Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Lionel Hampton, and Artie Shaw, and Sidney Bechet. Vocals by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Horace Silver Quintet with Bill Henderson. Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, and then Lena Horne, and Mose Allison. |
Jazz After Dark, Nov. 21, 2023Tue, 11/21/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorSwing and more tonight: Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Count Basie, Chick Webb (featuring Ella Fitzgerald), Frank Sinatra with Harry James and his Orchestra, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, The Mills Brothers, Mel Tormé, Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, Anita O'Day, Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Cassandra Wilson. |
Jazz After Dark, Nov. 14, 2023Tue, 11/14/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight’s show: Eubie Blake, Charlie Christian, Glenn Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Louise Tobin with Peanuts Hucko, Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, Claude Bolling, Allen Toussaint, Dianne Reeves, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. |
Jazz After Dark, Nov. 7, 2023Tue, 11/07/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorSix longer sets tonight: Sidney Bechet, Gerry Mulligan, Wes Montgomery; Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby & The Duke's Men, Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Stanley Turrentine, and Milt Jackson |
Jazz After Dark, Oct. 31, 2023Tue, 10/31/2023 - 5:00pm | Don ShorOn tonight’s show: Earl Bostic, Chris Barber, Mundell Lowe, Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Art Pepper, Sonny Stitt, Lem Winchester & Ramsey Lewis Trio, Dave Pike, Eddie Jefferson, Cornell Dupree, Steven Mayer, The Spencer Wyatt BIg Band, and Ahmad Jamal with Yusef Lateef. |
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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.
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