Sun, 10 March 2019
In this episode, we feature the Derek Smith Trio, vocalist Dee Dee |
Sat, 9 March 2019
In this episode, we feature the Conte Candoli Quartet, David |
Fri, 8 March 2019
In this episode, we feature alto sax player Charles Mcpherson, |
Thu, 7 March 2019
In this episode, we feature saxophonist Al Cohn, guitarist Barney |
Wed, 6 March 2019
In this episode, we feature what may possibly be the most recorded |
Fri, 22 February 2019
In this episode, we feature songs that all have an animal in the |
Wed, 30 January 2019
In this episode we feature three great pianists: Marcus Roberts; Horace Parlan; and Cedar Walton. |
Tue, 29 January 2019
In this episode, we salute live broadcasts of Louis Armstrong from |
Thu, 24 January 2019
In this episode, we feature three versions of song with each cycle |
Sun, 20 January 2019
In this episode, we feature a variety of songs that all contain |
Fri, 18 January 2019
In this episode, we feature three great musicians: Tenor Sax |
Thu, 17 January 2019
In this episode, we feature two working St. Louis musicians and |
Wed, 19 December 2018
In this episode, we feature another evening concert put on by Don |
Fri, 14 December 2018
In this episode, we feature tenor saxophonist Don Byas playing a |
Thu, 13 December 2018
In this episode, we feature some of the great hard bop with Lee |
Mon, 10 December 2018
In this episode, we feature guitarist Doug McDonald, singer Paula |
Sun, 9 December 2018
In this episode, we feature pianists Ray Kennedy with his trio, |
Sat, 8 December 2018
In this episode, we present songs in pairs: one vocal, and the |
Fri, 7 September 2018
In this episode, we feature pianists as well as other great musicians. Pianists include Red Garland, Horace Silver, Bill Evans and Cedar Walton among others. |
Wed, 5 September 2018
In this episode, we feature bop and postbop saxophones including |
Tue, 4 September 2018
In this episode, we feature songs all having the word "blue" in the title. Artists range from Johnny Dodds to John Coltrane. |
Tue, 7 August 2018
In this episode we feature great music by Chick Webb, Nat King Cole and Stan Kenton. |
Fri, 9 March 2018
In this episode, we feature great saxophonists from Coleman Hawkins to Gerry Mulligan. More coming soon! |
Tue, 6 March 2018
In this episode, we feature a whole show of Count Basie on Decca, Columbia, and beyond. |
Fri, 16 February 2018
In this episode, we feature the arranger Gil Evans, things he did on his own, rather than Miles Davis or others. |
Wed, 14 February 2018
In this episode, we feature Hoagy Carmichael for much of the show and then swing era composer Edgar Sampson. |
Fri, 15 September 2017
In this episode we feature two pianists, Ray Bryant and John Campbell. Then we have a tenor man, Ricky Ford. |
Thu, 14 September 2017
In this episode, we feature three key jazz musicians: Art Blakey; Wynton Marsalis; and and Chris Potter. |
Wed, 13 September 2017
In this episode we play Ellington songs starting with an instrumental and following with a vocal version. |
Tue, 12 September 2017
In this episode, we hear more of Chris' favorite sax players from more modern times. |
Mon, 11 September 2017
In this episode, we hear excerpts of a concert Don recently organized featuring Doug MacDonald and others. |
Sun, 10 September 2017
In this episode, Chris chooses some of his favorite sax players from the early years of jazz. |
Fri, 11 August 2017
In this episode, we return to the Classic Savoy Bee-BOP sessions, recently re-issued. |
Tue, 8 August 2017
This episode features Lucky Thompson on tenor sax, singer Sarah Vaughn, and alto sax player Paul Desmond. |
Fri, 16 June 2017
In this episode we feature newly remastered savoy Records bee-bop artists such as Dexter Gordon and J. J. Johnson. |
Wed, 14 June 2017
In this episode we feature hard bop from the '50s and '60s from fourteen different artists. |
Sat, 10 June 2017
In this episode, we feature Oscar Peterson with Herb Ellis, Gerry Mulligan on the 1963 Nightlights, and Cedar Walton in an All-Star band. |
Wed, 7 June 2017
In this episode, we choose songs with the word "love" in the title. This helps us find things you might never hear otherwise. |
Mon, 5 June 2017
In this episode we feature Cal Collins on guitar, the vocalist Blossom Dearie and the valve trombone player (among other things) Bob Brookmeyer. |
Sat, 22 April 2017
Three artists again; guitarist Barney Kessel, vocalist Catherine Russell, and tenor man Bill Perkins
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Mon, 3 April 2017
This show features three more groups; two from the Sixties, and a more recent one. Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Buddy Rich, and Vaughn Wiester.
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Thu, 30 March 2017
In this episode, we interview local pianist Dwayne Estes, play key pianists for him, and feature him performing as well. |
Tue, 28 March 2017
In this episode, we feature early Roy Eldridge, drummer Sid Catlett, and tenor sax player Wardell Gray. |
Mon, 9 January 2017
In this episode, we present great old-time jazz between 1935 and 1938. |
Tue, 27 December 2016
In this episode, we feature alto sax player Frank Strozier, pianist Sir Roland Hanna, and a duo of pianist Duke Jordan and baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne. |
Mon, 26 December 2016
In this episode, we feature trumpeter Conte Candoli, tenor sax Frank Morgan, alto sax Ricky Ford and trumpeter Johnny Coles. |
Sun, 25 December 2016
In this episode, we feature trumpeter Fats Navarro, pianist Bud Powell and wind up with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. |
Sat, 24 December 2016
In this episode, we feature a little-known composer Ray Henderson but with well-known songs, the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser and Leonard Bernstein. |
Tue, 20 December 2016
In this episode, we feature baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. |
Tue, 6 December 2016
In this episode we feature music by the Tony Scott Quartet, Lee Konitz, and Chet Baker. |
Mon, 19 September 2016
In this episode, we feature British pianist Victor Feldman, guitarist Wes Montgomery and drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. |
Mon, 12 September 2016
In this episode, we discover more versions of songs containing the word "blue" in the title. There will be some surprises for you here. |
Mon, 22 August 2016
In this episode, we present material from the Just for Fun album, a live show presented by our own Don Thomson, featuring Doug McDonald. |
Sun, 21 August 2016
In this episode, we present three artists: tenor sax player Pete Christlieb and his small big band; singer Ernestine Anderson; and Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. |
Sat, 20 August 2016
In this episode, we present Part 2 of a comprehensive listen to Benny Goodman from 1933-1946. |
Fri, 19 August 2016
In this episode, we present Part 1 of a comprehensive listen to Benny Goodman from 1933-1946. |
Mon, 25 July 2016
In this episode, we feature Joe Sullivan on piano, Peewee Russell on clarinet, and Bud Freeman on tenor sax. |
Sun, 24 July 2016
In this episode, we begin a 2-part series on trumpeter Miles Davis, spanning his work from approximately 1949-1959. |
Sat, 23 July 2016
In this episode, we go a bit modern with Cannonball Adderley, Charles Mingus and Don Ellis. |
Thu, 21 July 2016
In this episode, we conclude a 2-part series on trumpeter Miles Davis, spanning his work from approximately 1959-1968. |
Fri, 3 June 2016
In this episode, we bring you saxophonist Harry Allen, boogie-woogie pianist Freddie Slack and saxophonist Gene Ammons. |
Thu, 2 June 2016
In this episode, we bring you saxophonist Al Cohn, singers Julie London, Karrin Allyson and Tierney Sutton and the guitarist Jimmy Raney. |
Wed, 1 June 2016
In this episode, we feature the Johnny Griffin Quartet, the George Shearing Quintet and Kenny Dorham. |
Fri, 29 April 2016
In this episode, we feature Dexter Gordon, Roberta Gambarini, and Milt Jackson for your listening enjoyment. |
Thu, 28 April 2016
Now it's Don's turn. He will play some of his favorite jazz for you from the 30s on up. |
Mon, 18 April 2016
This show features some of Chris's favorites including Billie Holiday, Oscar Peterson and Chet Baker. |
Fri, 1 April 2016
In this episode, we head back to the early days of jazz, featuring Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith and Sidney Bechet. |
Thu, 31 March 2016
In this episode, we concentrate on pianos via Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, Red Garland and Wynton Kelly. |
Wed, 30 March 2016
In this episode, we begin with a lengthy feature on the alto sax player, Charlie Parker, and then move on to other alto sax players such as Phil Woods. |
Tue, 29 March 2016
In this episode, we feature songs written by, and sometimes played by, Thelonious Monk, all with his contemporaries. |
Thu, 3 March 2016
In this show, we feature a number of famous and not-so-famous composers including Fred Allard, Harold Arlin and Harry Warren. |
Fri, 26 February 2016
In this episode, we feature Thelonious Monk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and wind up with some Charles Mingus. |
Wed, 24 February 2016
In this episode, we feature Rickey Woodard, the Bill Cunliffe Trio, and Pete Christlieb, all musicians Don has featured at events. |
Mon, 15 February 2016
In this episode, all songs presented contain the word "moon" in the title of the song. |
Sat, 6 February 2016
In this episode, we feature the music of trumpeter Harry Edison, pianist Wynton Kelly with trio, and tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson. |
Mon, 1 February 2016
In this episode, we feature beginning influences in modern jazz like Dave Brubeck and Jimmy Heath. |
Fri, 22 January 2016
In this episode, we bring you Bee Hive Artists, Part 2 including Curtis Fuller, Ronnie Mathews and Dizzy Reece. |
Thu, 21 January 2016
In this episode, we feature artists recorded on the Bee Hive label from the late 70s/early 80s like Pepper Adams, Sal Nistico and Johnny Hartman. |
Thu, 14 January 2016
In this episode, we feature only songs with women's names in them, like Hard-Hearted Hannah and Lulu's Back in Town. |
Mon, 11 January 2016
In this episode, we feature the vibraphonist Terry Gibbs and his dream band, vocalist Ann Richards, and wind up with saxophonist Harold Land. |
Thu, 7 January 2016
In this episode and as played on our new, opening theme, hear Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. |
Mon, 4 January 2016
In this episode, we feature Zoot Sims, Hank Jones and Blue Mitchell, a little something for everybody. |
Sun, 3 January 2016
In this episode, we feature more jazz greats featuring the word "blue" in the song title. |
Sat, 2 January 2016
In this episode we feature Johnny Hodges with Earl Hines, vocalist Stephanie Nakasian, and Ben Webster. |
Wed, 30 December 2015
Features many recently departed jazz masters including Phil Woods, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing and so many others. |
Sat, 31 October 2015
In this episode, we feature Erroll Garner on piano, Grant Green on guitar and Bobby Hutcherson on vibes. |
Fri, 30 October 2015
In this episode, we feature the clarinet as played by Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet and two others. |
Thu, 29 October 2015
In this episode, we feature three jazz greats: Charlie Barnet; Ahmad Jamal; and Duke Ellington. |
Wed, 28 October 2015
In this episode, we feature revived big bands featuring Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Thad Jones/Mel Louis. |
Tue, 27 October 2015
In this episode, we feature Gerry Mulligan, and then present Johnny Hartman and various musicians in the second hour. |
Sat, 26 September 2015
In this episode, we begin with songs of Jerome Kern in pairs, Stephane Grappelli/Oscar Peterson. Then, Miles Davis brings songs from Porgy and Bess. |
Fri, 25 September 2015
In this episode, we feature Lou Donaldson on alto sax, the Ahmad Jamal Trio, and tenor sax player Sonny Rollins with Brown/Roach |
Thu, 24 September 2015
In this episode, we feature "Body and Soul" from its first jazz version through many other great ones. Plus trombonist Carl Fontana to close out the session. |
Wed, 23 September 2015
In this episode, we feature geographical tunes about places around the world from St. Louis, to Hawaii to Panama. |
Sun, 20 September 2015
In this episode, we feature a diverse set of music of Jazz renditions from Showboat, vocalist Karin Allyson, and Cannonball Adderley. |
Thu, 20 August 2015
In this episode, we feature songs that use the word Moon like "Paper Moon" or "Mama, That Moon is Here Again." |
Wed, 19 August 2015
In this episode, we feature vocalists Barbara Morrison, Stephanie Haynes and Jackie Ryan from Don's recent live L.A. show. |
Tue, 18 August 2015
In this episode, we feature pairs of songs: one vocal; the other instrumental. |
Mon, 17 August 2015
In this episode, we feature composers played by other jazz artists including Fats Waller, Jimmy McHugh and three others. |
Mon, 3 August 2015
In this episode, we feature pairs of songs: one vocal and one instrumental. All feature great jazz artists. |