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Swing Is In The Air
Sunday March 1st, 2015 with Bill Krause
With Strings Attached

Throughout Jazz history artist have recorded with string orchestras (Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Clifford Brown, Ben Webster, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn...). There have been experiments as well incorporating string quartets, cellos, and harps. Today we'll explore this tradition with an edition of "Jazz with Strings Attached". Featured artists include Dave Holland, Kenny Barron, Ralph Towner, Max Roach and the Uptown String Quartet, Clifford Brown, Jeremy Pelt and other jazz greats.
In Walked Bud
Kenny Barron/ Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation - Impulse New
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Dave Holland - Ones All - Intuition
You Don't Know What Love Is
Mark Whitfield - Forever Love - Verve
Weird Nightmare
Jeremy Pelt - Close To My Heart - MaxJazz
It's a Beautiful Evening
Jeremy Pelt - Close To My Heart - MaxJazz
Come Rain or Come Shine
Ralph Towner - Time Line - ECM
My Man's Gone Now
Ralph Towner - Time Line - ECM
Hi-Fly
Max Roach - Bright Moments - Soul Note
Tribute to Duke and Mingus
Max Roach - Bright Moments - Soul Note
Moonlighter
John Surman - The Spaces in Between - ECM
When I Look in your Eyes
Diana Krall - When I Look in Your Eyes - ECM Canadian
You Are There
Jackie Ryan - You and the Night and the Music - Open Art
Laura
Clifford Brown - Clifford Brown with Strings - Emarcy
You Go to My Head
Roy Hargrove - Moment to Moment - Verve
The Thrill is Gone
Phil Woods - The Thrill is Gone - Venus