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Jazz After Dark

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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.

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United States

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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.

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English


Episodes
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Jazz After Dark, May 7, 2024

5/7/2024
On this episode: Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (Beiderbecke), Singin' The BluesDizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Red Norvo, Hank Jones, Sleepwalker BoogieArt Pepper, Jazz Me BluesMilt Jackson, SermonetteRon Carter, Eric Dolphy And Mal Waldron, Bass DuetMachito with Cannonball Adderley, Congo MulenceDave Brubeck/Tony Bennett, That Old Black MagicRay Bryant(p), Walter Booker Jr.(b) & Freddie Waits(ds), Gotta Travel OnRay Charles, SidewinderJoni James, Just One Of Those ThingsHerbie Mann, Never Ending Song of Love (LP Version)Earl "Fatha" Hines, Pretty BabyThe Crusaders, Double BubbleWynton Marsalis, New Orleans Bump

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, April 30, 2024

4/30/2024
Classic jazz tonight: Erskine Hawkins, After HoursCount Basie, One O'Clock JumpBenny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), You Turned the Tables On MeMiles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, JeruDoris Day with Les Brown, Sentimental JourneyDoris Day, Makin' WhoopeeCal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet, MambluesElla Fitzgerald, Love For SaleArt Pepper with Conte Candoli, Old Devil MoonLouis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Duke's PlaceEarl "Fatha" Hines, Black CoffeeEarl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, I'm Beginning to See the LightAbbey Lincoln, Brother Can You Spare A DimeStephane Grappelli & Barney Kessel, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Duration:00:57:57

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Jazz After Dark, April 23, 2024

4/23/2024
On this episode: we’ve got some '30s jazz first, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, and Lester Young. Then samba and bossa nova, with Stan Getz our featured artist, working with Gary McFarland, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and we’ll hear Paul Desmond and Walter Wanderley. For the rest of the program, it’s Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, The Rosenberg Trio, Dianne Reeves with Fabrizio Bosso, Allen Toussaint, and Jim Hall.

Duration:00:57:58

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Jazz After Dark, April 16, 2024

4/16/2024
On tonight’s show: Gene Krupa, Opus One (Anita O'Day vocals)Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom WhiteElla Fitzgerald, I Loves You PorgyChet Baker, Extra MildHelen Merrill, Night And DayBenny Carter, CherryJoni James, Dream A Little Dream Of MeGrover Washington, Jr., Lover ManDon Ellis, 8 NicoleDorothy Donegan, These Foolish ThingsCal Tjader/Carmen McRae, Besame MuchoOscar Peterson with Joe Pass, A-Tisket, A-TasketBoogaloo Joe Jones, Brown Bag

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, April 9, 2024

4/9/2024
On tonight’s show: Peggy Lee, I Don't Know Enough About YouErroll Garner, I Cover the WaterfrontArt Pepper, NutmegJulie London, Blue MoonJimmy Smith, Embraceable YouElla Fitzgerald & Frank Devol's Orchestra, Goody, GoodyLouis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, I'm Beginning To See The LightGene Krupa (Anita O'Day vocals), Georgia On My MindOscar Peterson & Ray Brown, You Are My Sunshine (Live)Cal Tjader, Linda ChicanaAbdullah Ibrahim, Just You, Just MeJune Katz, Smooth Sailin'Stan Getz, Kenny Barron, Soul Eyes

Duration:00:58:01

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Jazz After Dark, April 2, 2024

4/2/2024
On tonight’s show: Glenn Miller, Chattanooga Choo ChooArtie Shaw, Back Bay ShuffleQuintetto Ritmico di Milano, L'Uccellin volo' volo'Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, Il Ritmo dell'amoreSidney Bechet, Sweet LorraineArthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith , Here Comes The Boogie Man - 20 - Benny Goodman, Wholly CatsErroll Garner, Somebody Loves MeErroll Garner, StardustIllinois Jacquet, Memories Of YouTommy Dorsey, I'll Never Smile Again/Tico TicoElla Fitzgerald (with The Delta Rhythm Boys), For Sentimental ReasonsMary Lou Williams' Girl Stars, Harmony GritsThe Mills Brothers, I'll Be AroundThe Mills Brothers, Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)

Duration:00:58:01

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Jazz After Dark, March 26, 2024

3/26/2024
Tonight we’ll hear: Billie Holiday, Good Morning HeartacheBenny Goodman, Oh! BabyElla Fitzgerald, My Funny Valentine (Live)Django Reinhardt, NuagesChet Baker, How Long Has This Been Going OnAhmad Jamal, Poinciana (Live)Cannonball Adderley, Straight No ChaserYusef Lateef, KongsbergRamsey Lewis Trio, You Don't Know MeGerry Mulligan, Walk On The WaterAhmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef, Trouble In Mind (Live)Charlie Byrd and the Washington Guitar Quintet, Correnteza

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, March 19, 2024

3/19/2024
On tonight’s show: Nat King Cole Trio, Honeysuckle RoseThelonious Monk, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Gerry Mulligan, The PreacherMiles Davis, Will O' the WispSergio Mendes, On Green Dolphin StreetHerbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio, NirvanaEd Thigpen, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Rosa & Tommy Flanagan, Old Devil MoonDon Ellis, Quiet LongingMilcho Leviev & Multiple Personalities, InvincibleRamsey Lewis, Do What You WannaRahsaan Roland Kirk, Echoes of Primitive Ohio and Chili DogsCount Basie, (We Ain't Got) No Special ThingThe Crusaders, Stomp and Buck Dance

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, March 12, 2024

3/12/2024
It’s mostly blues, funk, and soul jazz tonight. Dave Brubeck Quintet, Alan Dawson’s drum solo from Take FiveArt Tatum, Blues In CLou Donaldson, Grits And GravyBenny Carter, Cotton TailHorace Silver, The Skunky Funky BluesHorace Silver Quintet, The PreacherJames Rivers, Smokey the Funky SopranoChico O'Farrill, GuaguasiBenny Golson Funky Quintet, Blues MarchHouston Person, Please Send Me Someone to Love

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, March 5, 2024

3/5/2024
On tonight’s show: Erroll Garner, All of MeArtie Shaw, Too Marvelous for WordsEarl Bostic, AlwaysDuke Ellington/Johnny Hodges, Sentimental LadyElla Fitzgerald, Sweet Georgia BrownPaul Gonsalves & Enrique Villegas - i can't get startedDave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan, Unfinished WomanBoogaloo Joe Jones, Jamaica FarewellDianne Reeves, I Concentrate On YouJim Hall, Two's BluesCharlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, CorrentezaDavid Benoit, Charlie Brown ThemeBiréli Lagrène, Come Fly with Me

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, Feb. 27, 2024

2/27/2024
We have jazz classics tonight: Louis Armstrong, West End BluesBenny Goodman, Sing Sing SingBillie Holiday, I Wished On the MoonColeman Hawkins & Stanley Black, Honeysuckle RoseCount Basie (Jimmy Rushing vocals), Exactly Like YouFats Waller, Georgia On My MindDjango Reinhardt, Swing GuitarElla Fitzgerald and the Ray Charles Singers, Smooth SailingSonny Rollins, St. ThomasVince Guaraldi Trio, Fenwyck's FarfelVince Guaraldi Trio, Cast Your Fate to the WindDave Brubeck, Kathy's WaltzThelonious Monk, 01 - Round Midnight (Take 2)Duke Ellington, C Jam BluesErroll Garner, Misty

Duration:00:57:59

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Jazz After Dark, Feb. 20, 2024

2/20/2024
On tonight’s show: Will Bradley Trio (Don Raye vocals), Down The Road A PieceBillie Holiday, Baby, I Don't Cry Over YouMiles Davis, Baby Won't You Please Come HomeJohnny Hodges, Blues-A-PlentyMary Lou Williams, It Ain't Necessarily SoMary Lou Williams, OlingaSarah Vaughan, Gloomy SundaySarah Vaughan, Have You Met Miss Jones?Sarah Vaughan live concert, Rainy Days and MondayTommy Flanagan, Beyond The BluebirdGerry Mulligan with Dave Brubeck, These Foolish ThingsJunior Mance, Stormy Weather

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark February 13 2024

2/13/2024
Jazz for Valentine’s Day: Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli, I've Got My Love to Keep Me WarmJimmy Yancey, State Street SpecialNat King Cole, L-O-V-E Jimmy Hamilton, I Can't Give You Anything But LoveHal McKusick, What's NewPérez Prado & His Orchestra, Besame MuchoBobby Timmons, Chet Baker and His Crew, Lucious LuThe Ella Fitzgerald Quarter, My Funny ValentineLee Morgan, P.S. I Love YouPete Fountain, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?Pete Fountain, Poor ButterflyStan Getz, Love Is Here to StayToots Thielemans, Please send me someone to loveEtta Jones, You Better Go NowJoe Pass, Blues for Alican

Duration:00:57:59

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 30, 2024

1/30/2024
Classics tonight on Jazz After Dark: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, I'm Alabama Bound Teddy Wilson, How High the Moon Art Tatum, Makin' Whoopee Winifred Atwell, Boogie in the Groove Winifred Atwell, The Charleston Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You? Les McCann, The Truth Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls, (They Call It) Stormy Monday Ray Charles, Birth of the Blues Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Star Song Ramsey Lewis Trio/Eldee Young, My Babe (Live) Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Caves (Live) Claude Bolling Big Band, Clap In Five Claude Bolling, Coup de Chapeau

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 23, 2024

1/23/2024
Some of the great female vocalists on Jazz After Dark tonight: Etta Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Ennis, Helen Humes, Lena Horne, Carmen McRae, Helen Merrill, Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan & Jane Duboc, Lena Horne, Jo Stafford, Nara Leão, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday.

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 16, 2024

1/16/2024
Our featured performers tonight: Art Tatum And His Band, Thelonious Monk & Clark Terry Quartet, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald in concert, Mel Tormé, and Gerry Mulligan.

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 9, 2024

1/9/2024
Tonight’s show: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra, Barney Kessel, Annie Ross & Zoot Sims (Russ Freeman piano), Lee Morgan & Clifford Jordan, Clifford Jordan, Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith, Ella Fitzgerald & The Marty Paich Orchestra, Dorothy Donegan, and Deodato.

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 2, 2024

1/2/2024
On tonight’s show: Earl Bostic, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Jefferson, Horace Parlan, Ray Bryan with Walter Booker Jr. & Freddie Waits, WDR Big Band Köln with Joe Williams and Milt Jackson, George Robert, Dal Richards & His Orchestra, and Ximo Tebar & the Ivam Jazz Ensemble.

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, Dec. 26, 2023

12/26/2023
Upbeat jazz for the New Year: Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Oscar Aleman, Harry Roy & His Orchestra, Earl Bostic, Heritage Hall Jazz Band, Pete Fountain, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sam Butera, Louis Prima, Claude Bolling, Jean-Luc Dayan & Steve La Spina, James Rivers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Boots Randolph.

Duration:00:58:00

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Jazz After Dark, Dec. 19, 2023

12/19/2023
Seasonal music tonight: Toms Mucenieks with his minor key version of Silent Night Sad Christmas. Then Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington live on Ed Sullivan in December 1961, Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, Ella Fitzgerald, Vince Guaraldi Trio and Vince Guaraldi in a live performance, Art Pepper, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cyrus Chestnut, Dave Brubeck, Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson, Al Di Meola, and Enrico Pieranunzi. Then we’ll take it out with Mahalia Jackson’s rendition of "Silent Night."

Duration:00:57:59