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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Jazz After Dark August 31 2021Tue, 08/31/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight on Jazz After Dark: melodies by Cole Porter, performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Sidney Bechet, Artie Shaw, King Cole Trio, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Maynard Ferguson, Dorothy Donegan, Coleman Hawkins, Erroll Garner, Al Hirt, Mose Allison, Oscar Peterson, Bireli Lagrene, and Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli. |
Jazz After Dark August 24 2021Tue, 08/24/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight on Jazz After Dark it’s 1930s swing, and then a vocal set: Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman; Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Doris Day, Buddy Greco, Ella Fitzgerald, Eiji Kitamura and Cedar Walton. |
Jazz After Dark August 17 2021Tue, 08/17/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight on Jazz After Dark! Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner, Jimmy Hamilton, Gene Ammons, Oscar Peterson Trio, Mel Tormé, Benny Carter, Tony Bennett, Danny Grissett. |
Jazz After Dark August 10 2021Tue, 08/10/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight on jazz After Dark! Billie Hoilday, Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, Benny Carter, Gene Ammons. A New Orleans set with Louis Armstrong, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, The 6 & 7/8ths String Band, Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Sweet Emma & Her Dixieland Boys. Bossa Nova by, João Gilberto & Milton Banana, Luiz Bonfá, Nara Leão. Then we’ll take it out with Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson |
Jazz After Dark August 03 2021Tue, 08/03/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorJazz standards by classic performers tonight. Louis Armstrong and His Hot 7 with Potato Head Blues, Artie Shaw doing Begin the Beguine, Benny Goodman and Charlie Christian with Rose Room and Benny Goodman doing Body and Soul. We'll hear Erroll Garner with his composition Misty, Andy Kirk doing A Mellow Bit Of Rhythm. Miles Davis performs 'Round About Midnight, Louis Prima with Body And Soul, Ella Fitzgerald sings Fascinating Rhythm. Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play Lullaby Of Birdland; Billie Pool with Stormy Weather, Duke Ellington doing One O'Clock Jump. Ella Fitzgerald: performs You'll Have to Swing It, and then we take it out with Dianne Reeves singing Ain't Nobody's Business (If I Do). |
Jazz After Dark July 27 2021Tue, 07/27/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorOur featured performer tonight is Tommy Flanagan, mellow jazz pianist whose recording career spanned more than four decades with his own band, as sideman on countless albums, and as the primary accompanist to Ella Fitzgerald for over a decade. |
Jazz After Dark July 20 2021Tue, 07/20/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight on Jazz After Dark: Sidney Bechet, Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, Billy Taylor, Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan, Duke Ellington, and Claude Bolling. |
Jazz After Dark July 13 2021Tue, 07/13/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight on Jazz After Dark: Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond, Richard Twardzik Russ Freeman, Clark Terry, Shelly Manne & His Men, The Modest Jazz Trio, Luiz Bonfá & Stan Getz, Sam Rivers, Pepper Adams Quintet with Thad Jones, Lee Morgan, and The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
Jazz After Dark July 06 2021Tue, 07/06/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorTonight on Jazz After Dark: Bunny Berigan, Sarah Vaughan with Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, Peggy Lee. Gene Ammons, Nat King Cole, Johnny Hodges, Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Don Ellis, Abdullah Ibrahim & Buddy Tate, Shirley Horn, and Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson |
Jazz After Dark June 29 2021Tue, 06/29/2021 - 5:00pm | Don ShorMusic of Cole Porter tonight on Jazz After Dark. Prolific composer of the 20th Century, many of his songs became jazz standards thanks to vocal albums by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Julie London. We'll also hear instrumental versions from Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan, Duke Ellington, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stephane Grapelli, and Stuff Smith, as well as contemporary vocal covers by Dianne Reeves and Diana Krall. |
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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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