This week we go to the sadder side of jazz, songs that at least started out sad before our intrepid musicians got a hold on them. I'm not one to be gloomy, musically, so there are some upbeat numbers for sure (and exactly 2 Motown selections). Listen in the player below, and thank you for visiting!
The Supremes - "Come See About Me"
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - "Willie The Weeper"
Wes Montgomery - "Willow Weep for Me"
Sarah Vaughan - "Rainy Days and Mondays"
Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - "Weep"
Hubert Laws - "Fire and Rain (live)"
Lynne Arriale - "Something I Can Never Have"
The Jazz Crusaders - "Eleanor Rigby"
Cal Tjader - "She's Leaving Home"
Al Di Meola - "Dear Prudence" (request)
Bunky Green - "Yesterday"
General Music Project II - "It Was a Very Good Year"
Grant Green - "Walk On By"
Grant Green - "Born to Be Blue"
Kiefer - "Crybaby"
Bud Powell - "I Want to Be Happy"
Ian Martin/Marty Gold - "Cinderella"
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Tears of a Clown"
Frank Sinatra - "Once I Loved"
Idris Muhammad - "The Saddest Thing"
Sonny Stitt & Red Holloway - "Forecast: Sonny & Red"
Henri Rene - "Don't Cry Joe"
Mel Torme & Buddy Rich - "Here's That Rainy Day"
Herbie Mann - "A Theme from Cries and Whispers"
Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk (Live at Newport)"
Chet Baker - "Autumn Leaves"
Count Basie - "When Sunny Gets Blue"
Brother Jack McDuff - "Cry Me a River"
McCoy Tyner Quartet - "Manha de Carnaval"
Jackie McLean - "Where Is Love"
John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Gaza City"
Bucky and John Pizzarelli - "Triste"
Dexter Gordon - "If You Could See Me Now"
Patrice Rushen - "Wishful Thinking"
originally mixed and streamed live on 9/20/2025.
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