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Upbeat jazz, mostly duets tonight, mostly 1954 to 1962, plus Ella at Montreux in 1975: straight-ahead jazz, West Coast cool, a little Vegas. And then some Brazilian jazz from Gerry Mulligan.

This show features two guests: Isabella and Preston! Isabella is going into 8th grade at Harper and Preston is going into 9th at Emerson. They talk about their summers, school starting again, schedules, classes, and school start times before Preston takes a Hogwarts House Sorting Quiz. Preston is faced with elusive and perplexing situations such as "You are given a test at school that has questions that the teacher hasn't covered yet. In the middle of the test you notice that your friend next to you has a cheat-sheet. The teacher doesn't notice..." Preston also drops some fire lyrics over some fresh beats. Isabella and Preston also talk about music and give some advice to people entering the grades they just left. This show includes "Au Revoir (Adios)" by The Front Porch Steps, "Attitude" by Bad Brains (requested by Preston), and about 5 seconds of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt.