11/11/2024

Harish Raghavan
Ray Brown Trio, “Have You Met Miss Jones?” from The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio

Dezron Douglas
Nat King Cole, “Our Love Is Here To Stay” from Live at the Blue Note Chicago

Harish Raghavan
Tommy Potter, “These Foolish Things” from Hard Funk

Harish Raghavan
Dick Johnson, “Lee-Antics” from Most Likely…

Dezron Douglas
Sonny Stitt, “Red Top” from My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays For Gene Ammons

Dezron Douglas
Albert Dailey, ”Theme From ‘Clockwork Orange’” from The Day After Dawn

Harish Raghavan
Oscar Peterson, “Tristeza” from Tristeza On Piano

Dezron Douglas
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, “Blues In A Minute” from Potpurri

Harish Raghavan
James Moody, “Blues Impromptu” from Great Day

Dezron Douglas
James Casey, “New Bloom” from The Kauai Project

Harish Raghavan
Sirone, “Illusions of Reality” from Artistry

Dezron Douglas
Dizzy Reece, “Con Man” from Manhattan Project

9/23/2024

Jonathan Finlayson
Harry Edison, “You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me” from Baby Ain’t I Been Good to You

Miles Okazaki
Sarah Vaughan, “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” from After Hours

Jonathan Finlayson
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, “A Foggy Day” from Ella and Louis

Miles Okazaki
Dinah Washington, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” from Dinah

Jonathan Finlayson
Miles Davis, “‘Round Midnight” from ‘Round About Midnight

Miles Okazaki
Charlie Parker, “‘Round Midnight” from One Night in Birdland

Jonathan Finlayson
Thelonious Monk, “‘Round Midnight” from Thelonious Himself

Miles Okazaki
Gigi Gryce with Monk, “Gallop’s Gallop” from Nica’s Tempo

Jonathan Finlayson
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, “My Little Brown Book” from Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

Miles Okazaki
Grant Green, “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Nigeria

Jonathan Finlayson
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, “Can’t We Be Friends?” from Ella and Louis

11/6/2023

Billy Hart
John Coltrane, “The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost”
from Meditation Suite

Nasheet Waits
Freddie Waits, Buster Williams, Stanley Cowell, “Winter Reflections”
from We Three

BH
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, “A Night in Tunisia”
from A Night in Tunisia

NW
Max Roach, “Kujichagalia (Self-Determination)”
from M’Boom (#2)

BH
Miles Davis, “My Funny Valentine”
from My Funny Valentine

10/16/2023

Bill Frisell
Sonny Rollins, “Now’s The Time”
from Now’s The Time (RCA, 1964)

Ashley Kahn
James Blood Ulmer, “Church”
from Odyssey (Columbia, 1983)

BF
Gary Burton Quartet, “Wichita Breakdown”
from Country Roads & Other Places (RCA, 1968)
featuring Jerry Hahn (guitar)

AK
Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, “Song For My Mother”
from My Goal’s Beyond (Douglas, 1971)

BF
Joe Farrell Quartet, “Follow Your Heart”
from Joe Farrell Quartet (CTI, 1970)
featuring John McLaughlin (guitar)

AK
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, “Ain’t That Dandy”
from Peacock single (1956) (B-side of “September Song")

BF
Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
from Bringing It All Back Home (Columbia, 1965)
featuring Bruce Langhorn (guitar)

9/18/2023

Craig Taborn
Duke Ellington “Mood Indigo”
from Masterpieces By Ellington

David Virelles
Chepin y su Orquestra Oriental “Diamente Negro”
from Danzones

CT
Mitchell-Ruff Trio “Autumn Leaves”
from After This Message

DV
Hasaan Ibn Ali “Atlantic Ones”
from Metaphysics - The Lost Atlantic Album

CT
Mustapha Skendrani “Istikhbar Raml Maya”

DV
Freddy & La Orquesta De Humberto Suárez “Tengo”
from Freddy La Voz Del Sentimiento

6/5/2023

Darcy James Argue
Quincy Jones “Evening in Paris”
from This Is How I Feel About Jazz

Orrin Evans
Rufus Harley “Sunny”
from Courage: The Atlantic Recordings

DJA
The Gil Evans Orchestra “Bilbao Song”
from Out Of The Cool

OE
Ralph Peterson Trio ftg. Geri Allen “Bemsha Swing”
from Triangular

DJA
Mel Lewis & The Jazz Orchestra (arr. Bob Brookemeyer)
“The Nasty Dance”
from Make Me Smile & Other New Works By Bob Brookmeyer

OE
Thomas Marriott ft Orrin Evans “All the Things You Are”
from Trumpet Ship

DJA
The Gary Burton Band “Some Dirge”
from A Genuine Tong Funeral

OE
Joey DeFrancesco “30th Street Station”
from All Of Me

5/1/23

Billy Hart
Charlie Parker “Just Friends”
from Charlie Parker With Strings

Nasheet Waits
Pharoah Sanders “The Creator Has A Master Plan”
from Karma

BH
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Soft Winds”
from Live at Cafe Bohemia

John Coltrane “Blue Train”
from Blue Train

NW
Lee Morgan “Capra Black”
from Lee Morgan (The Last Session)

BH
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “A Night In Tunisia”
from A Night In Tunisia

Max Roach “For Big Sid”
from Drums Unlimited

4/10/23

Charlie Parker “Relaxin’ At Camarillo”
from The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes

Bill Henderson “You Are My Sunshine”
from Bill Henderson & The Oscar Peterson Trio

Sheila Jordan “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing”

“I’m The Girl”

“Sleeping Bee”

from Comes Love: Lost Session 1960

3/13/23

Ben Wendel
Wayne Shorter “The Three Marias”
from Atlantis
Ravi Coltrane
Wayne Shorter “When You Dream”
from Atlantis
BW
Miles Davis “Aos Pes Da Cruz”
from Quiet Nights
RC
John Coltrane “One Down, One Up”
from One Down, One Up (Live At The Half Note)
BW
Adrianne Lenker “from”
from Abysskiss
BW
Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano, La Bohème Act 1 “Non Sono In Vena”
from Callas & Di Stefano At La Scala
RC
Alice Coltrane “Spiritual  Eternal”
from Eternity

2/27/23

Jaleel Shaw
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet with strings, “Stella by Starlight”
from Great Love Themes (1966)

Dayna Stephens
James Moody  “Sonnymoon for Two”
from Comin’ On Strong (1964)

JS
Woody Shaw with Anthony Braxton “Song of Songs”
from The Iron Men (1981)

DS
Etta Jones “Don’t Go To Strangers”
from Don’t Go To Strangers (1960)

JS
Sonny Stitt “Jeeps Blues”
from A Tribute To Duke Ellington (With Strings) (1977)

DS
Simon Moullier “Acceptance”
from Spirit Song (2020)

JS
A Tribe Called Quest “Can I Kick It?”
from Can I Kick It? (Single) (1990)

DS
Gerry Mulligan “My Funny Valentine”
from The Concert Jazz Band (1960)

JS
Warne Marsh Quintet with Lee Konitz “Lennie-Bird”
from Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (1976)

DS
The Jazz Messengers “Ne Chuchote Pas”
from Des Femmes Disparaissent (1959)

1/23/23

Ethan Iverson
Stanley Turrentine “I Want a Little Girl” from Blue Hour
Elvin Jones “This Love of Mine” from Dear John C.
Aaron Diehl
Hank Jones & John Lewis ”Stompin’ at the Savoy”
from An Evening with Two Grand Pianos 
Modern Jazz Quartet “Lonely Woman” from Lonely Woman
EI
Hank Jones “Maple Leaf Rag” and “Bag of Rags” (original)
from This is Ragtime Now
AD
Roland Hanna “Prelude No. 7 in a Minor (El Toro and the Geisha)” from Preludes
EI
Eubie Blake  “Love Will Find a Way” and “Dicty’s on 7th Avenue”
from Volume 1 Featuring Ivan Harold Browning
AD
Lucky Thompson “Sun Out” from I Offer You
EI
Oliver Lake Gallery w Geri Allen (discussed but didn’t play)
Louis Jordan “Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” from The Best Of Louis Jordan
AD
Marta Sánchez “The Unconquered Vulnerable Areas”
from SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum)

KENNY BARRON

11/7/22

John Coltrane “Nancy (With the Laughing Face)”
from Ballads
Dizzy Gillespie “Bebop” and “November Afternoon”
from Something Old, Something New
Terri Lyne Carrington “Saint Thomas”
from TLC & Friends
Ralph MacDonald “Calypso Breakdown”
from Sound of A Drum
Continuum “If You Could See Me Now”
from Mad About Tadd

10/17/22

Johnathan Blake
Cannonball Adderley “Fun” from Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Cannonball Adderley “The Happy People” from The Happy People
Christian McBride
The Temptations “Hello Young Lovers” from The Temptations in a Mellow Mood
JB
Rodney Franklin “The Groove” from You’ll Never Know
CM
James Brown “Escapism” from Revolution of the Mind, Live At The Apollo
JB
Herbie Hancock “Tell Me A Bedtime Story” from Fat Albert Rotunda
CM
Quincy Jones “Killer Joe” from Walking In Space
JB
Zbigniew Seifert “City of Spring” from Man of the Light
CM
Wayne Shorter “Juju” from Juju
JB
Debarge “All This Love” from All This Love
CM
Miles Davis “So What” from Live at Carnegie Hall
JB
Grover Washington, Jr. “Paradise” from Paradise

9/26/22

Adam Rogers
Duke Ellington “Sonnet for Caesar” from Such Sweet Thunder
Dan Weiss
Tommy Flanagan "Lonely Town"
AR
John Coltrane “Your Lady” from Live At Birdland
DW
Freddie Hubbard "D Minor Mint" from Breaking Point
AR
Miles Davis “I Thought About You” from Someday My Prince Will Come
DW
Carmen Mcrae "Limehouse Blues" from The Ultimate Carmen McRae
AR
Muddy Waters “My Home Is In The Delta” from Folk Singer
DW
Nikhil Banerjee "Sindu Bhairavi" from Madras 1964