In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday November 23rd, 2011 with Ron Steeds
Jazz recorded November 23 between 1927 and 2004
| Drummer / bandleader Paul Motian died yesterday. We acknowledge his passing at the beginning of the show. |
| Kalypso Paul Motian - Dance - ECM |
| Our first set takes us through the 1920's and 1930's - 1927 - 1937 |
| CHANGES BIX BEIDERBECKE - BIX BEIDERBECKE STORY - PROPER |
| TIGHT LIKE THAT McKINNY'S COTTON PICKERS - McKINNY'S COTTON PICKERS 1926-1929 - CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS |
| I'LL NEVER TELL YOU, I LOVE YOU HUDSON-LELANGE ORCHESTRA - THE SOPHISTICATED SWING OF HUDSON-DELANGE - BANDSTAND RECORDS |
| SINGIN' THE BLUES (TILL MY DADDY COMES HOME) MIDGE WILLIAMS - MIDGE WILLIAMS 1937-1938 - CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS |
| Our next set - an extended set takes us through the 1940's and 1950's - 1946 to 1958 including two tracks featuring the tenor sax of Hank Mobley. |
| SULTRY SUNSET DUKE ELLINGTON - MAGENTA HAZE - MEMBRAN |
| ONE FOR PREZ WARDELL GRAY - EASY SWING - SWINGTIME |
| ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE WARNE MARSH - LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD - XANADU |
| HANK'S SYMPHONY ART BLAKEY - THE JAZZ MESSENGERS AT THE CAFÉ BOHEMIA VOL.2 - BLUE NOTE |
| WAILIN' WITH HANK ART FARMER - FARMER'S MARKET - PRESTIGE |
| A couple of tunes by iconic musicians of the 1960's - John Coltrane and Horace Silver. |
| SERENITY JOHN COLTRANE - MEDITATIONS - IMPULSE! |
| THE JODY GRIND HORACE SILVER - THE JODY GRIND - BLUE NOTE |
| Three selections that take us through the 1970's... |
| GEORGIA ON MY MIND IVAN BOOGALOO JOE JONES - NO WAY! - PRESTIGE |
| BISTRO WHITE ORANGE - WHITE ORANGE - CAPRIA |
| IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW DANNIE RICHMOND - ODE TO MINGUS - SOULNOTE |
| Three from 2 Cooks and a Bang...on an Italian, German and Swedish record label respectively... |
| RAINBOW GLADIATOR BILLY BANG - LIVE AT CARLOS 1 - BLACK SAINT |
| FACE THE NATION MARTY COOK GROUP - RED, WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE - TUTU |
| CEDAR'S BLUES JUNIOR COOK - THE PLACE TO BE - STEEPLECHASE |
| A live date from the Gypsy guitarist Christian Escoude recorded live in NYC in the 1994... |
| FLY US TO THE SKY CHRISTIAN ESCOUDE - COOKIN' AT HELL'S KITCHEN - GITANES |
| And we finish the show with two tunes from the first half of the 2000's... |
| BEAT DEGENERATION KENNY WERNER - BEAT DEGENERATION VOL.2 - SUNNYSIDE |
| IMAGINE VIJAY IYER - REIMAGINING - SAVOY |
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Enjoying this cross-section of Jazz through the ages.
9:37 PM, November 23rd, 2011