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• Quincy Jones
• Ramsey Lewis
• Nat “King” Cole
• Willie “The Lion” Smith
• Fletcher Henderson
• Duke Ellington
• Louis Armstrong
• John Coltrane
• Carmen McRae
• Les Paul
• The Ink Spots
• Johnny Hartman
• Nancy Wilson
• Grant Green
• Booker T. & The MG’s
• Beastie Boys
• Quincy Jones

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This week’s show is soft…somber, even.  I use the word ‘somber’ probably 40 times in the show, alone.  The music is somber, because I am too.

There’s little else better in this world than a warm & wonderful ballad.  This show features some of the best ballads ever made.

Enjoy!

• Grant Green
• Bill Evans
• Duke Ellington
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Fletcher Henderson
• Bessie Smith
• George Shearing
• Johnny Hartman
• Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
• The Ink Spots
• Duke Ellington
• Carmen McRae
• Billie Holiday
• The Ben Webster Quintet
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Nina Simone
• Frank Sinatra
• Nat “King” Cole
• Helen Merrill
• Sammy Davis Jr. & Paula Wayne from the Original Cast Album of ‘Golden Boy’
• Selections from ‘Pal Joey’
• Mandy Patinkin
• “Big” Joe Turner
• David Gray
• Kate Bush
• Johnny Nash
• Hothouse Flowers

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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