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NY Standard – Episode 133 – In A Sentimental Mood

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With the sun leaving us alone a few more hours than Spring or Summer this weekend, I decided to do a show that saluted the more thoughtful autumn.  Ballads to be sure, but a few mid-tempo numbers too…

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 132 – Batch of Basie & The Hartmans

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This week’s show is an up & mid-tempo tempo romp that takes us thorough Basie, Eckstine & my two favorite Hartmans (even if one of them is ‘dressed’ as Troy McClure!).

Enjoy!

  • Ann Hampton Callaway
  • Anita O’Day
  • Fletcher Henderson
  • Coleman Hawkins
  • Billy Eckstine
  • Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer
  • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  • The Dorsey Brothers
  • Bud Powell
  • Sonny Rollins
  • Cannonball Adderley
  • Johnny Hartman
  • Phil Hartman (as Troy McClure!)
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Pippin
  • Sammy Davis Jr. & Paula Wayne (from ‘Golden Boy’)
  • Charlie Palmieri
  • Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
  • Count Basie
  • Helen Merrill
  • Nat King Cole
  • Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
  • Van Morrison & Chet Baker

NY Standard – Episode 131 – Lester Leaps Into Autumn

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This week’s show features a solid chunk of Lester Young plus some other amazing artists & a closing tribute to autumn.

NY Standard – Episode 130 – Autumn Mood

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This week’s show is short & sweet – like life.  Even when it’s bad – unless it’s horrific – life is still pretty sweet & all too brief.

Enjoy!

  • Bing Crosby
  • Billy Eckstine
  • Woody Herman
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Art Tatum
  • Benny Goodman
  • Bessie Smith
  • Big Joe Turner
  • Count Basie
  • Bobby Darin
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Kenny Dorham
  • Bud Powell
  • Johnny Hartman
  • Lester Young
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Billie Holiday
  • The Nat “King” Cole Trio
  • Shirley Horn

NY Standard – Episode 129 – All Trane

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This show was a no-brainer when a work colleague pointed out to me that Coltrane would have turned 89 this year.

Enjoy nearly four hours of this now long-gone genius!

 

NY Standard – Episode 128 – Mellow & Melancholy

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This week’s show is all about the ballad – the most meaningful songs ever written.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 127 – Mellow & Beautiful

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This week’s show is all about mellow, beautiful music.  I do love when the seasons turn…and while it’s a week or two more until autumn is officially here, today was overcast, cool & rainy here in New York.  So, I bring you music of the same mood…

Enjoy!

  • Charles Mingus
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Benny Goodman
  • Chick Webb
  • Billie Holiday
  • Carmen McCrae
  • George Gershwin
  • Lester Young
  • Charlie Parker
  • Duke Ellington
  • Bud Powell
  • Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
  • Clifford Brown & Max Roach
  • Bobby Darin
  • Johnny Hartman
  • Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet w/ Jimmy Rushing
  • Duke Ellington
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Nat King Cole

NY Standard – Episode 126 – Back To Basics…Mostly

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This week’s episode is a return to form – after a month of fun & games with this show.  I appreciate you indulging me with this over the last bit, but with the end of summer comes the end of fun & games…right? 🙂

Anyway, do enjoy this tour de force of swing, standards & Sondheim.

NY Standard – Episode 125 – The Soul of Soul Music

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This week’s show is a another special presentation of my favorite soul & R&B music.

Look at the artists below & tell me you’re not going to have a good time for the next few hours!

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 124 – My Roots In Pop Music

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This is a very special episode for me.  There’s little-to-no jazz in this show, there’s no Broadway, but there are standards of a different kind.  These are the songs I cut my teeth on as a kid.  These songs start with the late 1960s & run through to today.

If you’re looking for a musical Rosetta Stone for me, this is it.

Enjoy!