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This week’s episode is again a mostly up affair…and brought to you by jazz & joy!

ENJOY!

• Billie Holiday
• Duncan Sheik
• Sinéad O’Connor
• The Roots & Bobby Womack
• Bobby Womack
• Nat “King” Cole Trio
• Bud Powell
• Clifford Brown & Max Roach
• Charlie Parker
• Charles Mingus
• Holly Cole Trio
• Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane
• John Coltrane
• Louis Prima
• Grant Green
• Big John Patton
• Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

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This week’s episode is dedicated to the swing music that made the era around WWII so wonderful. I’d had a thought earlier this week about how “VC Day” (Victory Over COVID) will be like “VE” or “VJ Day” and that made me think of swing music…so, here you are…a toast to COVID being being gone soon!

• Louis Armstrong
• Lionel Hampton
• Nat “King” Cole
• Dinah Washington
• Dinah Shore
• Sarah Vaughan
• Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
• Duke Ellington
• The Andrews Sisters
• Benny Goodman
• Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
• Tommy Dorsey ft. Frank Sinatra
• The Dorsey Brothers
• Fletcher Henderson
• Bing Crosby
• Count Basie
• Artie Shaw
• Johnny Hartman

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This week’s episode is a tribute to love…no matter how or what or who…the good, the bad, the rest…it’s also a tribute to my friend’s wife, who died earlier today. Allison Sandlin Feldman struggled with cystic fibrosis for decades…may she rest in peace.

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Ann Hampton Callaway
• Nat “King” Cole
• Al Hibbler with Leroy Lovett & His Orchestra
• The Valentines
• Johnny Hartman
• Van Morrison
• Marc Jordan
• Sharon Van Etten
• The Cinematic Orchestra
• Damien Rice
• Declan O’Rourke
• Carole King
• Eric Dolphy
• Yusef Lateef
• Frank Sinatra
• Van Morrison & Chet Baker
• Patty Larkin
• Kate Bush
• Foo Fighters w/ Chick Corea

“It’s times like these you learn to live again
It’s times like these you give and give again
It’s times like these you learn to love again
It’s times like these time and time again…”

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This week’s show is a mostly uptempo affair that brings you a bounce in your step & a feeling of gaze…looking out upon our remaining days…with vim…and with vigor!

ENJOY!

• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Nat “King” Cole
• Louis Prima
• Johnny Hartman
• Fletcher Henderson
• Louis Armstrong
• Coleman Hawkins
• John Coltrane
• Helen Merrill
• Nancy Wilson
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Magic Sam
• Jimmy Rushing
• Ann Margaret
• Anita O’Day
• Cannonball Adderley
• Woody Herman & His Thundering Herd

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This episode is dedicated to NYC…I am finally feeling at home after nearly 2 months back in Manhattan. There’s a range of acts here…including The Bee Gees…who are a part of my youth years around NYC…for sure.

ENJOY!

• Nancy Wilson
• Frank Sinatra
• Sidney Bechet
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Louis Armstrong
• Same Cooke
• Lloyd Price
• Guitar Slim
• Frank Sinatra
• Bing Crosby
• Miles Davis Quintet
• Thelonious Monk
• Carole King
• James Taylor
• Bee Gees
• Sammy Davis Jr.
• Johnny Hartman
• Charlie Parker
• Freddie Roach
• Nat “King” Cole
• Sarah Vaughan

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This year’s NYE episode is shorter & sweeter than the last many. It’s jubilant & reverent…and maybe a little irreverent, too. Some jazz, some swing, some standards & some soul music…and gospel, too!

Happy New Year, everyone!

• Bobby Darin
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Johnny Hartman
• Dave Brubeck with Jimmy Rushing
• Nat “King” Cole
• Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing
• Walter Jackson
• Aretha Franklin
• Peter Gabriel
• Duke Ellington
• Glenn Miller
• Benny Goodman
• Frank Sinatra
• Helen Merrill
• Chet Baker
• Clifford Brown
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Louis Armstrong
• Bobby Womack
• Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
• Stevie Wonder
• Sly & The Family Stone
• The Spinners
• Walter Jackson
• Bruce Cockburn
• Frank Sinatra

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This year’s Christmas episode is chock full of gems, as ever…some jazz, some big band, some standards…and some Texas twang, too.

Enjoy!!!

• Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
• Frank Wallace
• Perry Como
• Andy Williams
• Bing Crosby
• Frank Sinatra
• Nat “King” Cole
• The Hedge Schools
• Walking On Cars
• Lisa Hannigan
• Kate Bush
• Bono
• U2
• Chris Rea
• George Winston
• Bessie Smith
• Otis Redding
• Sharon Jones
• Bill Monroe
• Burl Ives
• Gene Autry
• Willie Nelson
• Kelly Willis
• Lyle Lovett
• Kathy Mattea
• John Gorka
• Frank Wallace
• Vince Guaraldi
• Andy Williams
• Doris Day
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Lena Horne
• Julie Andrews
• David Bowie & Bing Crosby
• Frank Wallace
• Elvis Presley
• Judy Garland
• Bing Crosby
• Robert Shaw Chorale
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Cathy Davey
• John Pizzarelli
• Guy Lombardo

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Given the way this year has panned out for most everyone, I wanted to bring a good few hours of mostly just beautiful music for you. We’re clocking in at almost 5 hours on this one, too!

ENJOY!

• John Barry
• Aaron Zigman
• Duke Ellington
• Quincy Jones
• Cal Tjader
• Anita O’Day
• The Pied Pipers
• The Ink Spots
• Bing Crosby
• Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
• The Andrews Sisters
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Billy Eckstine
• Nat “King” Cole
• Lester Young
• Frank Sinatra
• Mel Tormé
• Bobby Darin
• Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
• Benny Goodman
• The Dorsey Brothers
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Nat “King” Cole
• Billy Eckstine
• Johnny Hartman
• Bud Powell
• Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
• Ray Charles
• Nina Simone
• Ramsey Lewis
• Wes Montgomery
• John Patton
• Ben Webster
• Sheena Easton
• George Gershwin
• The Gil Evans Orchestra
• Clifford Brown
• Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
• Miles Davis
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• John Coltrane
• Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama
• The Blind Boys of Alabama
• Grant Green
• Mel Tormé
• Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
• Vince Guaraldi
• Loreena McKennitt

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The time I’ve spent in Texas is coming to an end…so, I felt the need to share this with you…as a friend.

• Jim Croce
• John Denver
• Meat Loaf
• Bruce Springsteen
• Stevie Wonder
• Sly & The Family Stone
• The Five Stairsteps
• Johnny Nash
• Frank Sinatra
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Garth Brooks with Don McLean
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
• Lyle Lovett
• Bruce Robison
• Kelly Willis
• Bob Mould
• A Perfect Circle
• Tool
• Johnny Hartman
• Nat “King” Cole
• Carole King
• Ellis Paul
• Mark Eitzel
• Greg Dulli
• The Afghan Whigs
• Kate Bush
• U2
• Fairport Convention
• Jose Gonzalez

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This week’s episode is a tribute to my father…hell, this entire 8 years of shows has been a tribute to him. ENJOY!

• Laura Nyro
• Mandy Patinkin
• The Five Stairsteps
• Carole King
• John Gorka
• Hothouse Flowers
• Mark Eitzel
• Jerry Orbach
• Selections from the Original Broadway Cast of Les Misérables
• Nat King Cole
• Chet Baker
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
• Mandy Patinkin
• Frank Sinatra