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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Some toe-tapping music tonight on Jazz After Dark. If you like jazz, and like community radio, then please head on over to kdrt.org/donate and make a contribution during our fall fundraiser. Thanks for your support, and thanks for listening to KDRT.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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