From the 1930s and '40s, we’ll hear Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Louis Armstrong, The RCA All-Stars: Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, Fats Waller, Dick McDonough, and "Georgia" Wettling. Then Doris Day, Red Garland, and Dinah Washington, followed by a bossa nova set with Nara Leão, Charlie Rouse, and Ella Fitzgerald. From the 1970s, we’ll hear Gerry Mulligan and Earl Hines, and then take it out with Waverly Seven.
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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly on vocals, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Artie Shaw, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Cliff Leeman, Eubie Blake, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, James Moody, and Enrico Pieranunzi.
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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Anita O Day with Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, and then with Stan Kenton. We’ll hear Joe Holiday, Peggy Lee , Nat "King" Cole and His Trio, Milt Jackson & Ray Charles, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Ella Fitzgerald & Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Buddy DeFranco Quartet, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Eddie Harris, and Shirley Horn.
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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Sidney Bechet, Benny Goodman, The Mills Brothers, Erroll Garner, Gene Krupa, Oscar Peterson, Etta Jones, Jean-Pierre Sasson, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Mann, Freddie Hubbard, Trudy Desmond, Bud Shank, and Christian Mcbride
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Tonight on Jazz After Dark, five longer pieces:
- Johnny Hodges and the Ellington Men -- Texas Blues (1957)
- Grant Green -- Blues in Maude's Flat (1961)
- Don Ellis -- Image of Maria, live in India (1978)
- Ramsey Lewis Quintet -- Blues for the Night (1973)
- Gabor Szabo -- Impression of My Country / Foothill Patrol, live in Stockholm (1970s recordings released in 2001)
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Jazz from 1952 to 1962 tonight: Benny Goodman, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Miles Davis, Ray Anthony, Duke Ellington, Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh, Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Billy Taylor Trio, Red Garland, Betty Roché, Barney Bigard with Claude Luter, Luiz Bonfá, and David Benoit.
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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: from the 1940s, we’ll hear Helen Forrest with Harry James, Gene Krupa, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday. Then Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Strayhorn with Johnny Hodges, Tony Bennett, Buddy Rich, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Benny Goodman, Don Byas Quartet, Thelonious Monk Quintet, Erroll Garner, Nat "King" Cole, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Pike, Duke Pearson, Ella Fitzgerald, Pete Candoli, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, and Red Garland.
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Jazz from the 1940s, 1960s, and more: Billie Holiday, Erroll Garner, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday, Lee Morgan, Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans, Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio, Pete Fountain, Eddie Jefferson, Stan Getz, Pedro Iturralde with Donna Hightower, and Cassandra Wilson.
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Mostly 1940s jazz selections tonight: swing, big band, a little bebop and more.
We’ll hear: Mildred Bailey & Red Norvo and His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars, and Erroll Garner.
From the 1950s we’ll hear Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Jimmy Scott, Stan Getz with Zoot Sims, Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington, Sonny Stitt, and Oscar Peterson.
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