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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