Jazz After Dark Archives

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 7, 2025

On tonight’s show:

  • Johnny Dodds, 29th And Dearborn
  • Artie Shaw, When the Quail Come Back to Saint Quentin
  • Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, A Hundred Years from Today (vocals Sarah Vaughan)
  • Louis Armstrong, Someday You'll Be Sorry
  • Lucky Thompson, Mood Indigo
  • Billie Holiday & Tony Scott and His Orchestra, Trav'lin Light
  • Billy Bauer, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  • Eriko Ishihara, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  • Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Blues for Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues
  • Red Garland, One O'Clock Jump
  • Art Pepper, 'Round Midnight
  • Ella Fitzgerald, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
  • Ahmad Jamal,  Excerpt from the Blues
  • Yusef Lateef, Love Theme from the Robe
  • Wynton Kelly, Comin' In the Back Door
  • Chico Hamilton, Fancy

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 31, 2024

For New Year's Eve, tonight's show includes:

  • Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Begin the Beguine
  • Benny Goodman, Let's Dance
  • Jerry Gray, The Anvil Chorus
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Night and Day
  • Arnett Cobb, Ray Bryant, Party Time
  • Duke Ellington, Satin Doll
  • Erroll Garner, How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me
  • Mel Tormé, Let's Face the Music and Dance
  • Peggy Lee, Fever
  • Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Congo Mulence
  • Helen Humes, Bill Bailey
  • Louis Prima & Keely Smith, All Night Long
  • Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Waiting on The Champagne
  • Winifred Atwell, Slaughter On 10th Ave
  • Sidney Bechet, I Get a Kick Out of You
  • Duke Ellington, Rhapsody in Blue
  • Pete Fountain, Marching 'Round the Mountain
  • Guy Lombardo, Auld Lang Syne

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 24, 2024

Seasonal and holiday jazz and more tonight: 

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday In Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)
  • Louis Armstrong, Cool Yule (feat. The Commanders)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Good Morning Blues
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, Merry Christmas Baby
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, Christmas Blues
  • Sonny Rollins, God Bless The Child (Jim Hall guitar)
  • Jimmy Smith, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves
  • Don Ellis, 8 Nicole
  • Art Pepper, Winter Moon
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi, Winter Wonderland
  • Birelli Lagrene, Acoustic Moments
  • Jimmy Smith, Silent Night jazzed

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 17, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • Édith Piaf, La vie en rose (Live Paris 3 Avril 1954)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Cry Me a River (Live at Zardi's 1956)
  • Duke Ellington, Tea for Two
  • Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins, Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
  • Lena Horne, Let Me Love You and It's All Right with Me (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)
  • Ahmad Jamal, I'll Take Romance and My Funny Valentine
  • Carmen McRae, Take Five (Live at Sugar Hill with Dave Brubeck)
  • George Benson, Take Five (Live at Carnegie Hall)
  • Toots Thielemans with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson, The Mooche
  • Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Bli Blip (with Dianne Reeves)
  • Etta Jones & Houston Person, Deed I Do
  • Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, C Jam Blues

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 10, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • The Buddy DeFranco Quartet, Autumn In New York
  • Erroll Garner, How Could You Do a Thing Like That To Me
  • Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, King Porter Stomp
  • Louis Armstrong, La Vie en Rose
  • Nat King Cole, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter
  • Sonny Rollins, Where Are You
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, I Got Rhythm (Richard Boone vocals)
  • Eubie Blake, Medley: Bleeding Moon / Under the Bamboo Tree
  • Ella Fitzgerald, This Guy's In Love With You
  • Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, My Funny Valentine
  • Ron Carter, Come Ye Disconsolate
  • Chico O'Farrill, The Journey
  • Al Di Meola with John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía, Sichia

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
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