
Jazz After Dark
Music Podcasts
Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Music Podcasts
Description:
Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more.
Language:
English
Website:
http://kdrt.org/node/3978
Episodes
Jazz After Dark January 20 2026
1/20/2026
On tonight's show:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Me, Myself and IFrank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, The One I LoveDoris Day with John Rarig & The Mellomen, Bewitched, Bothered and BewilderedClaude Williamson Trio, Just One of Those ThingsRed Garland, I Know Why (feat. Paul Chambers & Art Taylor)Louie Bellson & Pearl Bailey, Zing Went the Strings of My HeartSonny Clark, I'm Just a Lucky So and SoThe Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bossa Nova U.S.A. (Live)Art Farmer Quartet, Sing Me Softly of The BluesHorace Parlan, Oh So BluePoncho Sanchez, Bésame MamáBernardo Sassetti with Borja Barrueta, Javier Colina & Perico Sambeat, Please Tell Me Now
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark January 06 2026
1/14/2026
On tonight's show:
Benny Goodman, Oh! Look At Me Now (feat. Helen Forrest)The Mills Brothers, Paper Doll (Single)Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Blue LightsPérez Prado & His Orchestra, Maria BonitaTeddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan with Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans, Airmail SpecialChet Baker, Moonlight Becomes YouStan Getz, 'Tis AutumnClark Terry (Mary Osborne, guitar), Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)Chico O'Farrill & Clark Terry, Spanish RiceClark Terry, Jam Session & Oscar Peterson, MistyPaul Gonsalves, Clark's BarsPaul Gonsalves, It's Something That You Ought To KnowClaude Bolling & Alexandre Lagoya, AfriçaineDiana Krall, Only Trust Your HeartCharlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Samba Triste
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark December 30 2025
12/30/2025
On tonight's show:
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Milenberg JoysWingy Manone and His Orchestra, Black CoffeeAndy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams, Walkin' And Swingin'Casa Loma Orchestra, Smoke RingsArtie Shaw and His Orchestra, Softly, As In a Morning SunriseErskine Hawkins and His Orchestra, After HoursElla Fitzgerald, Undecided (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Moonlight SerenadeBenny Goodman Orchestra, Sing, Sing, SingCharlie Spivak and His Orchestra, Charlie HorsePeanuts Holland, It's WonderfulMarty Paich, Easy Listnin'George Lewis, Doctor JazzGeorge Lewis, Lou-Easy-an-i-aHeritage Hall Jazz Band, Bill Bailey (Featuring Blanche Thomas)Boots Randolph, Take The "A" Train
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark December 23 2025
12/23/2025
On tonight's show, West Coast cool and some seasonal jazz:
The Dave Brubeck Trio, IndianaGerry Mulligan Quartet, Nights at the TurntableShorty Rogers & Teddy Charles, MargoStan Getz, You Turned the Tables on MeArt Pepper, Begin the BeguineZoot Sims, You're Driving Me Crazy Zoot Sims, Slingin Hash Bud Shank, New GrooveCal Tjader, The Bilbao SongVince Guaraldi Quintet, Linus and LucyVince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Is ComingDave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Balcony RockDave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Blue DoveThe Modern Jazz Quartet, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark December 16 2025
12/16/2025
On tonight's show:
Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday in Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)Joe Holiday, Blue HolidayLouis Armstrong & Benny Carter and His Orchestra, Christmas in New OrleansBenny Carter, Roses in DecemberDuke Ellington, December BluesVince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Time Is HereVince Guaraldi Trio, GreensleevesWes Montgomery, SnowfallToshiko Akiyoshi, Santa Claus Is Coming to TownArt Pepper, Winter MoonChet Baker, Silent NightCharlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, Concierto De AranjuezAl Di Meola, Etude
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark December 09 2025
12/9/2025
On tonight's show:
Hoagy Carmichael, StardustThe Little Red Blount Quartet & Helen O'Connell, TangerineMiles Davis Nonet, BoplicityJohn Lewis, Easy LivingAnita O'Day, A Lover Is BlueKai Winding, Black CoffeeKai Winding, SidewinderThe Ella Fitzgerald Quartet, Body and SoulStéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith, This Can't Be LoveUrbie Green, Please Send Me Someone to LoveToots Thielemans, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedesen, Someday My Prince Will ComeMiles Davis and Quincy Jones, Maids of Cadiz
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark December 02 2025
12/2/2025
Jazz from 1928 - 1941 tonight:
Louis Armstrong, West End BluesThe Mills Brothers, Tiger RagBenny Goodman and His Orchestra, MoonglowOzzie Nelson, Dream a Little Dream of MeTommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, You Are My Lucky StarBillie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, CarelesslyBillie Holiday, I Gotta Right to Sing the BluesIvie Anderson, It Don't Mean a Thing if It ain't Got That SwingFred Astaire & Johnny Green and His Orchestra, A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington, Sugar Hill Shim Sham Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Music, Maestro PleaseFats Waller, Two Sleepy PeopleSidney Bechet with Trixie Smith, Freight Train BluesSidney Bechet, Muskrat RambleColeman Hawkins, One O'Clock JumpColeman Hawkins, Bugle Call RagAnita O'Day, Let Me Off UptownGene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Amour
Duration:00:57:59
Jazz After Dark November 25 2025
11/25/2025
All Cole Porter songs tonight:
Coleman Hawkins, I Love ParisMajor Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force, Begin The BeguineKing Cole Trio, 'Deed I DoFrank Sinatra, Don't Fence Me InCharlie Parker, Easy To LoveBenny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, I Get A Kick Out Of YouElla Fitzgerald, Anything GoesOscar Peterson, Just One Of Those ThingsPeggy Lee, I've Got You Under My SkinAnita O'Day, Night and DayTony Bennett, Time After TimeTony Bennett And The Count Basie Orchestra, Anything GoesErroll Garner, I Love ParisPaul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, I Get A Kick Out Of YouBoots Randolph, Dream DancingHouston Person, You Do Something to Me
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark November 18 2025
11/18/2025
On tonight's show, four longer sets:
Red Garland, Soul JunctionPaul Gonsalves/Earl Hines, It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing!Charlie Rouse, Round MidnightThe Modern Jazz Quartet, Three Little Feelings, Pt. I, II & III (Remastered)
Duration:00:57:59
Jazz After Dark November 11 2025
11/11/2025
On tonight's show:
Louis Jordan, Doug the JitterbugQuintette du Hot Club de France, Minor SwingBillie Holiday, Mean to MeLionel Hampton, When Lights Are LowMontana Taylor, Detroit RocksElla Fitzgerald The Delta Rhythm Boys, It's Only a Paper MoonWoody Herman and His Orchestra, Four BrothersWynonie Mr Blues Harris, Earl Bostic, Earl Bostic - FlamingoGerry Mulligan Quartet, SwinghouseBilly Eckstine, Oop Bop Sh'bamStan Getz, I Hadn't Anyone Till YouRosemary Clooney With Duke Ellington, Blue RoseMose Allison, Don't Get Around Much AnymoreHarry Carney & The Duke's Men, Baby BlueCarmen McRae, Oh, So Blue (with Dave Brubeck) [Live]Dave Brubeck, Take the "A" Train (Live)New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Petite FleurPerico Sambeat, Cuando me vaya
Duration:00:57:59
Jazz After Dark November 02 2025
11/4/2025
On tonight's show:
Lester Young Quartet, I Never KnewBillie Holiday, Fine and MellowLester Young, Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich, I Want to Be HappyLester Young, I Cover the Waterfront (feat. Ray Brown, J.C. Heard, Herb Ellis & Oscar PetersonCharlie Singleton, Lester Leaps InBenny Goodman Sextet, Rose RoomNat King Cole, Let There Be LoveJohnny Richards, For All We KnowGerry Mulligan, Disc Jockey JumpBenny Carter, One Morning in MayLouis Armstrong, Sweet Georgia BrownElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Comes LoveDave Brubeck, Take FivePepper Adams Quintet with Thad Jones, Little Waltz
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark October 28 2025
10/28/2025
On tonight's show, lots of live concert performances:
Red Norvo, All of Me (Live) [feat. Frank Sinatra]Frank Sinatra, One for My Baby (And One More For the Road)Ramsey Lewis Trio, Fly Me to the Moon (Live)Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and His Orchestra & Tommy Flanagan, L.O.V.E. (Live)Dave Brubeck, Rotterdam BluesPaul Desmond Quartet, Take FiveStan Getz, Infant EyesGerry Mulligan, Mel Tormé & George Shearing, Jeru (Live)Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi, How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?Shirley Horn, Once I Loved (Live)Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie, I Remember Jimmy YanceyBucky Pizzarelli, Jersey Bounce
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark October 21 2025
10/21/2025
On tonight's show:
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, ContrastsJimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, All of MeArtie Shaw, Begin the BeguineFats Waller, Honeysuckle RoseBarney Bigard & His Jazzopators, Moonlight Fiesta (a/k/a "Swing Alero")Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators, Get It Southern StyleBenny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra & Duke Ellington, Peckin'Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Jo-JoJimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, Swingin' On CCharlie Barnet & His Orchestra, CherokeeSidney Bechet, Make Me A Pallet on The FloorHarry James, I Cover the WaterfrontBilly Eckstine, I Love the Rhythm in A RiffDjango Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, The Man I LoveFrank Sinatra, I Get a Kick Out of YouElla Fitzgerald, Georgia on My Mind
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark October 14 2025
10/14/2025
On tonight's show:
Lester Young, Lester Leaps InCount Basie & The Kansas City Seven, Dickie's DreamBillie Holiday, I Cover the WaterfrontBetty Roché, Blue MoonLester Young, Up 'N' AdamSarah Vaughan with Count Basie and his Orchestra, PerdidoGerry Mulligan, TurnstileVince Guaraldi, CorcovadoJohn Lewis & Bill Perkins with Jim Hall, SkylarkIke Quebec, Buzzard LopeElla Fitzgerald, Blues in the Night (1961 Version)Stanley Turrentine, I Wish I KnewBig Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Boogie Bumper
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark October 07 2025
10/7/2025
On tonight's show:
Arnett Cobb with Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones, Art Taylor & Buck Clark, Walkin'Al Hirt, Tin Roof BluesLou Donaldson, Polka Dots and MoonbeamsHorace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, The PreacherHank Mobley, Soul StationGerry Mulligan, Venus de MiloCal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria & The Eddie Cano Big Band, Key LargoShirley Scott, 411 WestHerbie Hancock, Watermelon ManHoward Roberts, Mercy, Mercy, MercyBoogaloo Joe Jones, The Beat Goes On
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark September 30 2025
9/30/2025
On tonight’s show:
Griff Williams and His Orchestra, Saturday Night In Central ParkBenny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Moten SwingDuke Ellington, Satin DollGlenn Miller Sound, In the MoodCount Basie and His Orchestra, Taxi War DanceNat King Cole, Baby, Baby All the TimePeggy Lee, Somebody Else Is Taking My PlaceErskine Hawkins & His Orchestra, Tuxedo JunctionDizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Annie's DanceFrank Sinatra, Come dance with meBen Webster & Johnny Hodges, Exactly Like YouHoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, StardustSergio Mendes, Oba-la-laBilly Taylor, CapriciousZoot Sims, Someone to Watch Over MeDorothy Donegan, Time After TimeBig Bad Voodoo Daddy, Maddest Kind of Love
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark September 23 2025
9/23/2025
On tonight's show:
George Gershwin, HavanolaArtie Shaw, I've Got a Crush on YouBuddy Greco, How Long Has This Been Going OnFrank Morgan with Gigi Gryce, Embraceable YouFrank Sinatra, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'Hadda Brooks, Rhapsody in BlueEddie "Lockjaw" Davis, But Not for MeAretha Franklin, It Ain't Necessarily SoStuff Smith, Somebody Loves MeElla Fitzgerald, That Certain FeelingPete Fountain, I Got RhythmPearl Bailey, SummertimeEtta Jones, They Can't Take That Away from MeStanley Turrentine, Someone to Watch Over Me
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark, Sept. 16, 2025
9/16/2025
On tonight's show:
Ella Fitzgerald, SummertimeBenny Goodman, Stompin' At The SavoyCount Basie and His Orchestra, Oh, Lady Be GoodEarl Hines, Lightly and PolitelyJoe Sullivan, I Can't Give You Anything But LoveTal Farlow, CherokeeClaude Williamson Trio, Round MidnightEarl Bostic, East of the SunPaul Desmond, Body and SoulToots Thielemans, FlirtHank Mobley, Soft ImpressionsMcCoy Tyner, Days of Wine and RosesAl Jarreau, So Long GirlLew Tabackin, YesterdaysHouston Person, Put It Right There
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark September 09 2025
9/9/2025
On tonight’s show:
Glenn Miller, Little Brown JugDuke Ellington, Take The A TrainLester Young & His Band, These Foolish ThingsArt Tatum, Willow Weep For MeCount Basie, CherokeeCharlie Shavers and Maxine Sullivan, Dark EyesClaude Williamson Trio, Stompin' at the SavoyTony Scott, My Funny ValentineStan Getz with Gerry Mulligan, Let's Fall in LoveArt Pepper, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home ToElla Fitzgerald, MistyHarry Carney & The Duke's Men, Jeepers CreepersMcCoy Tyner, Satin DollEarl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Tippin' InZoot Sims, Somebody Loves Me
Duration:00:58:00
Jazz After Dark September 02 2025
9/2/2025
West Coast cool jazz on tonight’s show:
Buddy Tate, Vine Street BreakdownShelly Manne & His Men, Summer NightArt Pepper, Everything Happens to MeCy Touff, It's Sand'Man Miles Davis, Just Squeeze MeShorty Rogers, Infinity promenadeGerry Mulligan, May-RehStan Getz, I Only Have Eyes for YouDave Brubeck Trio, IndianaDave Brubeck, Zen is WhenChet Baker, Star EyesCal Tjader, MorningTito Puente, Take Five
Duration:00:57:56