spring is here
May 19, 2008 02:36 PM PDT
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Madeleine Peyroux – Careless Love
Nina Simone – Feeling Good
Cannonball - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Dizzy and Sonny Rollins – On the sunny side of the street
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane- Take the Coltrane
Jimmy Smith- The Sermon
Mojo Workers Blues Band- Pretty baby
Sidney Bechet - Shag

it's a long way
February 18, 2008 10:22 AM PST
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I've been dreaming of spring and warmer weather, new projects, new inspirations. But since we're still in February, nothing like these few tunes to remind me of the promise of future times. confusing? so am i.

here goes:

Blues Five Spot – Thelonious Monk
Come rain or come shine – art blakey and the jazz masters
Zoot – count basie
Something else – cannonball meets miles
Cool blues – Charlie parker
Take the A train – Duke Ellington
This train is bound for glory – big bill bronzy

There's no land like Dixieland
December 03, 2007 11:38 PM PST
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All new episode.
It snowed in New York, and this is what i wanted to listen to when i looked out my window in the morning
back to the roots of the dixieland jazz and old-fashioned blues.
(with a little touch of the Duke finesse)

Duke Ellington – The Feeling of Jazz
Oscar Peterson – Easy Does it
Jimmy Smith and Stanley Turrentine – prayer meetin
Nina Simone – Mood Indigo
Bessie Smith – My Sweety went away
Mc Kinney's cotton Pickers – I found a new baby
Muddy Waters – Blow, Wind, Blow
Bob Dylan Johnny Cash – Blues Yodel #1
Sippie Wallace: Mighty tight woman

Straight, No Chaser
September 02, 2007 12:17 PM PDT
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Time for the funk again. an ode to the organ grinder's swing, the trumpet toccatas and all that funk-inspired acid jazz and fusion. get ready to jazz it up.

Set List:
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island and Watermelon Man
Cannonball Adderley - Straight, no Chaser
Stanley Turrentine - Jubilee shout
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet Blues
Jimmy Smith - When the Saints go Marching in.

Sunny Side of The Street
August 06, 2007 09:51 PM PDT
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This one is dedicated to my friends at http://www.herejazz.blogspot.com
they make downloading good jazz easy! Enjoy!

set list:

Oscar Peterson – C-Jam Blues
Charles Mingus – Boogie Stop Shuffle
Miles Davis – Doxy
Charlie Parker – Funky Blues
Billie Holiday – Big Stuff
Sippie Wallace – Muhammed Ali
Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Down by the river

Anything Goes!
June 24, 2007 02:49 PM PDT
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"Anything goes" is just about going with the flow...the spirit of jazz flowing out from of a random selection of good music.

Set-List:

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Masters – Moanin’
Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nova
Johhny “Hammond” Smith – Black Coffee
Cannonball Adderley – Dat Dere
Weather Report– Birdland
Sarah Vaughan– Peter Gunn

Sing, Sing, Sing
June 03, 2007 07:38 PM PDT
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This Episode is a bit different from the others.
Vocal Jazz, Vocal Swing and Vocal Jive.

Set-List:

Ella Fitzgerald – A-Tisket A-tasket
Louis Armstrong – When the Saints come marching in
Billie Holiday – Swing! Brother, swing!
Harry Belafonte – Day -O
Nat King Cole – Route 66
Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares for me
Ella & Duke Ellington – It don’t mean a thing (if it Ain’t got that swing)
Frank Sinatra – That’s Life
Diana Krall – Hit that Jive, Jack
The Manhattan Transfer – The Boy From New York City

Easy Does It
May 27, 2007 12:34 AM PDT
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We're back to the basics. A medley of funk-inspired bebop, swing, and big band classics.

Set-List:
Charlie Parker - JATP Blues
Les Mccan & Eddie Harris – Compared to What
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five
Count Basie – N.H.O.P
Dizzy Gillespie & Parker – Groovin High'
Duke Ellington – Wig Wise

Hit That Jive, Jack!
May 12, 2007 06:08 PM PDT
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This episode is a mixture of jivy tunes that gets us out of the couch, dancing around the living room, bopping our heads and snapping our fingers. Whether you listen to it in a bar, on the street or at home, you'll always have a smile on your face.

Set List:

Yoko Kanno – Tank!
Les McCan & Eddie Harris – Cold Duck Time
Grant Green – Sookie, Sookie
Lee Morgan – Cornbread
Nat Adderley – Jive Samba
Louis Armstrong – The Bare Necessities

Lonesome Times
April 28, 2007 07:45 PM PDT
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this episode is all about melancholy and enjoying the cold breeze while walking the streets. A bit of that jazz perfect for the lonesome times.

set-list:
Billie Holliday: Good Morning Heartache
Cannonball Adderley – One for Daddy-O
Ella Fitzgerald – Stormy Weather
Charles Mingus – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Louis Armstrong – A kiss to build a dream on
Madeleine Peyroux – I’ll be Lonesome when you go

Sunday Afternoon
April 07, 2007 05:44 PM PDT
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This episode is dedicated to the lonesome sunday afternoons, those goddamn hangover afternoons.
We have a bit of the pusher-downers and the putter-uppers. From the dogome lonesome blues to the groovin' high.

Enjoy!

Set list:
Big Bill Broonzy – Black, Brown and White
Jimmy Smith – Organ Grinder’s Swing
Muddy Waters – I’ve got my Mojo Working
Cannonball Adderley – Work song
Booker T and the MGs – Green Onion
Sonny Boy Williamson – Baby Please don’t go
Nina Simone - Blacklash blues
US3 – Cantaloop

The Welcoming
Clean
April 02, 2007 08:49 PM PDT
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First podcast episode requires a clean cut of the best in blues, R&B and something from the Motown era.

SetList:
Change my luck blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson
You do me Any old way – Big Bill Broonzy
I am a Lonesome Hobo - Bob Dylan
Lovesick Blues – Johnny Cash and Jerry Lewis
Pushover- Etta James
I’ve got a Girl – Elvis Presley
Security – Otis Redding