Gabor Szabo
This week is a new "Cast of Characters"! Everyone from "Cranky Spanky" to "Sombrero Sam"! Featuring new albums from Christian Sands, Troy Roberts and Bob James as well as deep cuts from Donald Byrd, Grant Green and John Coltrane! Tune in Tuesday 9/25 from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here! Local listeners can tune in at 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo
Playlist Jazz Greats 2017
Hour One:
Gabor Szabo - "Sombrero Sam" - Magical Connection (1970)
Bob James - "Mister Magic" - Espresso ()*
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3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Hank Jones - "Little Girl Blue" - Bluebird (1955)
Paul Desmond - "Stranger In Town" - Glad to Be Unhappy (1964)
Cab Calloway - "Minnie the Moocher" - (1931) request
Greg Diaz & The Art of Imagination - "The Navigator" - Begin the Agora ()*
Greg Diaz & The Art of Imagination - "Frank Blank" - Begin the Agora ()*
Chico Hamilton "The Ghost" - Quintet in Hi-Fi (1956)
Melody Diachun - "Sharp Dressed Man" - Get Back to the Groove ()*
John Coltrane - "Nancy (with the laughing face)" - Ballads (1962)
Hour Two:
Radam Schwartz - "Fathead's Groove" - 2 Sides of the Organ Combo ()*
Cannonball Adderley - "Brown-skin Gal (in the Calico Gown)" - Jump for Joy (1958)
Roberta Piket - "Humpty Dumpty" - West Coast Trio ()*
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might be my spirit animal |
John Coltrane - "Nature Boy" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*
Ron Carter - "Two-Beat Johnson" - Blues Farm (1973)
Miki Yamanaka - "Mr. Pancake" - Miki (2017)*
Miki Yamanaka - "A Fake Hero" - Miki (2017)*
Blue Montreux - "Uptown Ed" - II (1978)
Sonny Stitt - "My Buddy" - Spring Jazz ()
Hour Three:
Grant Green - "Nomad" - Idle Moments (1963) - The Ride Home!
Christian Sands - "Frankenstein" - Facing Dragons ()*
Johnny Smith - "Hippo, the Sentimental Hippy" - Plus the Trio (1960)
Buddy Rich - "The Rotten Kid" - The New One (1967)
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Toronto Jazz Orchestra |
Toronto Jazz Orchestra - "The Blob" - 20 (2018)*
Art Blakey - "Cranky Spanky" - Hard Bop (1956)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Shorty George" - Sing Along With Basie (1958)
Donald Byrd - "The Creeper" - The Creeper (1967)
Hour Four:
Troy Roberts - "Jack the Sipper" - Nu-Jive Perspective (2018)*
Troy Roberts - "Professor Ghetto-Rig" - Nu-Jive Perspective (2018)*
Freddie Hubbard - "Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey" - First Light (1971) CTI Moment
Melody Diachun - "Eleanor Rigby" - Get Back to the Groove ()*
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Troy Roberts on a roll! |
Harold Land - "The Aquarian" - The Peace-Maker (1967)
Herbie Hancock - "Lil Brother" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)
Herbie Hancock - "Fat Mama" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)
Grant Green - "Hey Western Union Man" - Alive! (1970)