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This week’s show is a special one in that we get to hear the first new John Coltrane material in many, many years…but, I do save that for the end.

The bulk of the show is ‘Sunday’ songs…some sort of Sunday reference in them…with a few exceptions.

I close with the new track from Trane…and the masterpiece recorded the day AFTER this newly-released session was recorded in ‘They Say It’s Wonderful’ from the legendary record “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman.”

Enjoy!

• Johnny Hartman
• Count Basie
• Oscar Peterson
• Abbey Lincoln
• Grant Green
• Cannonball Adderley
• Billy Eckstine
• Bing Crosby
• Nat “King” Cole
• Ella Fitzgerald
• John Coltrane
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

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This week’s episode is dedicated to this rainy Saturday…blues & ballads take the day.  My heat is on…on May 12th!

Enjoy!

• Amy Rome
• Bill Evans
• The Benson Orchestra of Chicago
• The Ink Spots
• Johnny Hartman
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Frank Sinatra
• Bud Powell
• Sarah Vaughan
• Mandy Patinkin
• John Coltrane
• Nat “King” Cole
• “Big” Joe Turner

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This week’s show is quick & lively…with brilliant tunes from amazing artists.

Enjoy!

• Thelonious Monk
• Nat “King” Cole
• Frank Sinatra
• Billie Holiday
• Benny Goodman
• Nancy Wilson
• Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney
• Bob Wills
• Bill Evans
• Wes Montgomery
• Yusef Lateef
• Sonny Rollins
• The Ben Webster Quintet
• Big Joe Turner
• Billy Eckstine
• Count Basie
• Johnny Hartman
• Count Basie & His Orchestra

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This is a VERY special 200th show!

I throw a little of everything in there with cabaret, jazz, Broadway & Standards.  This is a special show…but, it may be my last for a while.  Time & will…will tell.

Thank you for your ears, people.  It means the world to me!

Enjoy!

• Louis Armstrong
• Sidney Bechet
• Fletcher Henderson
• Glenn Miller
• Benny Goodman
• Duke Ellington
• Count Basie
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Miles Davis
• John Coltrane
• Miles Davis
• Charles Mingus
• “Big” John Patton
• Grant Green
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Johnny Hartman
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Les Paul
• Ann Hampton Callaway
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• George Gershwin
• Songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Evita’
• Songs from Les Misérables
• Songs from ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
• Bessie Smith
• Nancy Wilson
• Helen Merrill
• Anita O’Day
• Billie Holiday
• Bernadette Peters
• Bing Crosby
• George Shearing
• Johnny Hartman
• Nat “King” Cole
• Hoagy Carmichael
• Frank Sinatra
• Mandy Patinkin

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This week’s show is a touchstone to Spring & the Spring holidays & the lovely changes that happen this time of year!

In addition to some lovely Spring Swingers, we also have a good handful of songs from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” too.

Enjoy!

• The Andrews Sisters
• Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
• The Pied Pipers
• Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
• Tony Bennett
• The Nat “King” Cole Trio
• Nat “King” Cole
• Johnny Hartman
• Dinah Shore
• Charlie Parker
• The Nat “King” Cole Trio
• Grant Green
• Billy Eckstine
• Erroll Garner
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Billie Holiday
• Frank Sinatra
• Benny Goodman
• Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
• Selections from Jesus Christ Superstar (including a cover from The Afghan Whigs)
• Chris Cornell

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I’ve had a mad, mad holiday season this year & very nearly was unable to get this show in, but decided to make sure to do so.

So, I give you the 6th Annual Christmas special from New York Standard!

If you dig the artists below, you’ll enjoy this year’s show!

Happy / Merry & much love to all!

• Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops
• Perry Como
• Any Williams
• Frank Wallace
• Andy Williams
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Doris Day
• Bing Crosby
• Affinití
• Ashley MacIsaac
• Altan
• Anúna
• Loreena McKennit
• Charlie Parker
• Burl Ives
• Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
• John Gorka
• Nat “King Cole – the entire Christmas album
• Dean Martin
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Lena Horne
• Gene Autry
• Elvis Presley
• Judy Garland
• Mario Lanza
• Harry Simeone Chorale
• Julie Andrews
• The Hedge Schools
• Lisa Hannigan
• Walking On Cars
• George Winston
• Vince Guaraldi
• Bing Crosby & David Bowie
• Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
• Otis Redding
• The Robert Shaw Chorale
• The Philadelphia Orchestra

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This week’s show is a mostly uptempo affair & closes with 3 live recordings from Newport Jazz Festival in the 1950s & 60s.

I think you’ll enjoy this one if you dig true jazz.

• Art Blakey
• Art Tatum
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Chick Webb
• Big Joe Turner
• Bessie Smith
• Johnny Hartman
• Bing Crosby
• The Nat “King” Cole Trio
• Bobby Darin
• Ramsey Lewis
• Charlie Parker
• Charles Mingus
• Oscar Peterson Trio
• Count Basie
• Duke Ellington
• John Coltrane

 

 

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This week’s show is a mostly uptempo jazz show, but I finish it off with a tribute to Grant Hart & Hüsker Dü.

• Fletcher Henderson
• Coleman Hawkins
• Count Basie
• Jimmy Rushing with Dave Brubeck
• Count Basie with Joe Williams
• Édith Piaf
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Thelonious Monk
• Charles Mingus
• Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
• Johnny Hartman
• Nat “King” Cole
• Hüsker Dü w/ Grant Hart
• Bob Mould
• Frank Sinatra

 

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This week’s show is an uptempo affair of swingin’ & singin’!  You’ll also hear one or two beautiful ballads!

Enjoy!

• Mel Tormé
• Johnny Hartman
• Billy Eckstine
• Count Basie & Jimmy Rushing
• Dave Brubeck & Jimmy Rushing
• Dinah Washington
• Nat “King” Cole
• Art Tatum
• Betty Carter & Ray Bryant
• Anita O’Day
• Helen Merrill
• Big Joe Turner
• Billie Holiday
• Bud Powell
• Cannonball Adderley
• Charlie Parker

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This week’s show is unique.  It’s mostly quiet…and pensive, as am I today.

But, it also rocks & rolls with emotion.  There’s even some Velvet Underground!

Enjoy!

• Abbey Lincoln
• Dinah Washington
• Dinah Shore
• The Velvet Underground
• Duke Ellington
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Helen Merrill
• Holly Cole Trio
• June Christy
• Lee Wiley
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Nancy Wilson
• Nat “King” Cole
• Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
• Johnny Hartman
• Mandy Patinkin
• John Coltrane