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ProgramIn A Mellow Tone: May 23 music
Hosted ByRon Steeds
Date9:00 PM on May. 23rd, 2012
Ron Steeds surveys the history of jazz and blues recorded on May 23 between 1925 and 2007

Artist Album Track Label
We start off with a pair from the 1920's featuring orchestras from Chicago and NYC.
Benson Orchestra of Chicago Chicago Hot Bands 1924-1928 Riverboat Shuffle Timeless 
Jean Goldkette Orchestra The Bix Beiderbecke Story In My Merry Oldsmobile Proper 
On to the 1940's for a trio of great jazz performances...
Una Mae Carlisle Una Mae Carlisle 1941-1944 You Gotta Take Your Time Chronicle Classics 
Art Hodes Complete Blue Note Sessions of Art Hodes Millenberg Joys Mosaic 
Lennie Tristano Complete Keynote Recordings Coolin' Off With Ulanov Mercury 
A pair of classic tracks from Miles Davis and John Coltrane...
Miles Davis Miles Ahead Springville Columbia 
John Coltrane Black Pearls Lover Come Back To Me OJC Prestige 
We start with John Coltrane recorded recorded three years later to the day and then on to two more tracks recorded the same day - May 23, 1962...
John Coltrane Africa / Brass Greensleeves Impulse! 
Jimmy Witherspoon Roots Please, Mr. Webster Atlantic 
Roy Haynes Out In The Afternoon Some Other Spring Impulse! 
Then on to a second set from the 1960's from sessions led by two of the greatest tenor sax players - Dexter Gordon and Joe Henderson...
Dexter Gordon Our Man In Paris Love Is Here To Stay Blue Note 
Joe Henderson Complete Milestone Recordings Afro-Centric Milestone 
One of the performances recorded on May 23, 1976 at Sam Rivers' Rivbea Studio...
Leo Smith New Delta Ahkri Wildflowers: The NEw York Loft Jazz Sessions Locomotif No.6 Knit Classics 
Two tracks recorded May 23 during the 1980's and one recorded May 23, 1994...
Jed Levy Good People The Zealots Reservoir 
Jerome Harris In Passing Embrace Muse 
Roscoe Mitchell Hey Donald Keep On Keeping On Delmark 
Three tracks from the 2000's featuring the horns of Assif Tsahar, Charles Lloyd and Odean Pope
Rashied Ali Deals, Ideas and Ideals Currents Hopscotch 
Charles Lloyd Sangam Lady Of The Harbour ECM 
Odean Pope To The Roach The Last Stop CIMP 
We'll close the show with a piano trio interpretation of an Iggy Pop / David Bowie composition.
Francois Ingold Fat Free Lust For Life Altisuoni