12th Street Jump
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Charlie Musselwhite
This week on 12 th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Charlie Musselwhite with our special guests Bill Dye and Trashmouth Baker. The gang sings
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Stephane Grappelli
On this week’s archive edition of 12 th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Stephane Grappelli with our special guest Marvin Gruenbaum. The gang
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Billy Strayhorn
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Billy Strayhorn with our special guest Todd Wilkinson.Dr. Pearl does some charity work in trying to help Karl Rove, and the Sax Therapist helps a hungry couple get some Thanksgiving dessert.Playlist:Satin DollJohnny Come LatelyWendyUpper Manhattan Medical GroupChelsea BridgeThe Duke
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Happy Birthday To Coleman Hawkins
On this weeks archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Coleman Hawkins with our very special guest Bobby Watson.On the funny side, Dr. Pearl does her best to advise the un-advise-able and later the Sax Therapist helps a Manhattan couple monkey around during Madoff’s money madness.Playlist:On The Sunny Side Of The StreetBody And SoulAll The Things You AreSpeak LowMake Someone HappyPerdido
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Happy Birthday Hubert Laws
On this week’s archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Hubert Laws with our special guest Horace Washington.On the funny side, we improvise a blues jam about our special guest and then we use song parody to TRY and explain political primaries.Playlist:But Not For MeMoments NoticeStardustDat DereThe Nearness of YouKiller Joe
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Happy Birthday, Arturo Sandoval
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Arturo Sandoval with our special guest Stan Kessler.We play “Who’s Got the Blues?” with the Saxman in Alabama and improvise a blues jam just to help him get by. And later in the show, we sing the “Election Day Blues” for a breakdown on the campaign build-up to get started on the next four years.Playlist:Confessin’ the BluesHot HouseBlue MonkSpeak LowJorduParisian ThoroughfareThe Blues Walk
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Happy Birthday, Zoot Simms
On this week’s archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Zoot Simms with our special guest Horace Washington.It gets funny when we improvise a blues jam about an audience member from Iowa and later the Sax Therapist helps a couple get their groove back.Playlist:Frankie JohnnyI Got RhythmCold Duck TimeWillow Weep For MeBird of StoneToo Close For Comfort
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Dizzie Gillespie
On this week’s archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Dizzy Gillespie with our special guest Stan Kessler.John Birks"Dizzy"Gillespie; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an Americanjazztrumpeter,bandleader,composerand occasionalsinger.[1]Allmusic'sScott Yanowwrote, "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time (some would say the best), Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up...
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Thelonious Monk
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Thelonious Monk with our special guest Dave Chael.Thelonious Sphere Monk[2](October 10, 1917[3]– February 17, 1982) was an Americanjazzpianistandcomposerconsidered one of the giants of American music.[4]Monk had a uniqueimprovisationalstyle and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most...
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Celebrating The Birthday of Cannonball Adderley
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Cannonball Adderley with our special guest Kim Park.Cannonball AdderleyJulian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley(September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975)[2]was ajazzalto saxophonistof thehard bopera of the 1950s and 1960s.Adderley is remembered for his 1966 single "Mercy Mercy Mercy", a crossover hit on the pop charts, and for his work with trumpeterMiles Davis, including on the epochal albumKind of Blue(1959). He was the brother of...
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Jimmy Reed
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Jimmy Reed with our special guests, Grammy nominated Karrin Allyson and Sheila Bey.Jimmy ReedMathis James "Jimmy" Reed(September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976)[1]was an Americanbluesmusician and songwriter, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field ofelectric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries. His lazy, slack-jawed...
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Celebrating The Birthdays Of Dorothy Ashby And Tony...
On this weeks archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Dorothy Ashby and Tony Bennett with our special guest Michael Oshiver.Dorothy Ashby (August 6, 1932 April 13, 1986) was an American jazz harpist and composer.[1] Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone. Her albums were of the jazz genre, but often moved into R&B, world...
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Celebrating The Birthdays of Hank Jones & Eddie Jefferson
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthdays of Hank Jones and Eddie Jefferson.Hank JonesHenry"Hank"Jones(July 31, 1918 May 16, 2010)[1]was anAmericanjazzpianist,bandleader, arranger, andcomposer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable.[2]In 1989, TheNational Endowment for the Artshonored him with theNEA Jazz MastersAward.[3]He was also honored in 2003 with theAmerican Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers(ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend...
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Sonny Boy Williamson
On this weeks archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Sonny Boy Williamson with our special guests Tom Trashmouth Baker and Sheila Bey.Sonny Boy WilliamsonAleck "Sonny Boy Williamson" Miller(possibly December 5, 1912[2] May 25, 1965)[5][3]was anAmericanbluesharmonicaplayer, singer and songwriter, fromMississippi.[6]He is acknowledged as one of the most charismatic and influential blues musicians, with considerable prowess on the harmonica and highly creative...
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Celebrating the Birthday of Philly Joe Jones
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Philly Joe Jones with our special guest Tommy Ruskin.Philly Joe JonesJoseph Rudolph (Philly Joe) Jones(July 15, 1923 August 30, 1985) was aPhiladelphia-born Americanjazz drummer, known as the drummer for theMiles Davis Quintet.-Wikipediahttp://youtu.be/fIPIc3bkYochttp://youtu.be/yJkE6yoi57wTommy RuskinDrummer Tommy Ruskin has enjoyed a distinguished career, having played with jazz greats Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, Scott...
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Celebrating the Birthday of Louis Jordan
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Louis Jordan with our special guest Bryan Redmond.Louis JordanLouis Thomas Jordan(July 8, 1908 February 4, 1975[1]) was a pioneeringAmericanjazz,bluesandrhythm & bluesmusician,songwriterandbandleaderwho enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of theswingera. In 2004,Rolling Stone...
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Celebrating The Birthdays of Lena Horne and Dave Grusin
On this weeks archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthdays of Lena Horne and Dave Grusin.Lena Horne
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Celebrating the Birthday of Cootie Williams
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Cootie Williams with our special guest Stan Kessler.Cootie Williams
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Celebrating The Birthdays of Cole Porter and Kenny Barron
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthdays of Cole Porter and Kenny Barron.
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Celebrating The Birthday Of T-Bone Walker
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of T-Bone Walker with our special guest Bill Dye.
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Celebrating the Birthday of Miles Davis
This week 12th Street Jump celebrates the birthday of Miles Davis.http://youtu.be/IHeYG9SNaS0
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Celebrating the Birthday of Big Joe Turner
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Celebrating The Birthdays Of Irving Berlin & Mary Lou...
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate two birthdays American composer and lyricist Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - Sep. 22, 1989)http://youtu.be/B5UsQslkZQgand American Jazz pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams (May 8, 1910 - May 28, 1981)http://youtu.be/4o8EycCaMIMAlso Grammy nominated vocalist Karrin Allyson stops by.http://youtu.be/HpqhMLV79N0
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Richard 'Groove' Holmes
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Richard Groove Holmes with our special guest Everett DeVan.http://youtu.be/q08ai3rl61kRichard Arnold "Groove" Holmes is considered a precursor of acid jazz for his hard bob and soul jazz organ performances. His best known work is "Misty"http://youtu.be/c8Vsc3ws_6Q
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Celebrating The Birthday Of Charles Mingus
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Charles Mingus with our special guests Steve Lambert and Clint Ashlock. On the funny side of things, Dr. Pearl prescribes some straight advice to some crooked thinking and we attend Serenas School For Scat, an established institution of the jazz language.
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Happy Birthday To Mr. Lionel Hampton
This week on 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the April 20 birthday of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton with special guest Peter Schlamb.http://youtu.be/YIL7-C9PCZsWe have a surprise appearance from a acclaimed jazz award winner, and on the funny side of things, Dr. Pearl prescribes some straight advice to some crooked thinking and we play So, Whats Your Question? with Princess Kate.
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Happy B-day, Freddie Hubbard
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Freddie Hubbard with our special guest Stan Kessler.On the funny side of things, Dr. Pearl takes a phone call from Dubya himself and we all discover how Jazzmark cards will help you say just the right thing at the right time.Song List: 52nd and Broadway / Up Jumped Spring / Stolen Moments / Skydive / Bolivia / Byrdlike
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