Improvisations is produced and hosted locally by John Habel, Todd Steed, Paul Parris, and Chris Woodhull. Playlists, when they are available, are usually posted a day or so after air.
Questions? Email improv@utk.edu
Cy Anders, longtime WUOT jazz host, and in recent years the host of Friday evening's Improvisations, passed away unexpectedly on March 17.
Cy will be greatly missed by everyone at WUOT - he was indeed a kind and good soul. As one of our staff members said "Cy cannot be replaced."
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JOHN COLTRANE: Alabama, from Live at Birdland (MCA/Impulse MCAD-33109)
GIANLUIGI TROVESI: From G to G, from Dedalo (Enja ENJ-949 2)
ELLA FITZGERALD: Trouble in Mind, from These are the Blues (Verve 829-536-2)
ELLA FITZGERALD: How Long, How Long Blues (same as above)
TETE MONTOLIU: Por el Amor du una Mujer, from Boleros (Ensayo ENY-CD-9770)
JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: Greensleeves, from Ballads, (Deluxe Edition) (Impulse 314 589 548-2)
DINAH WASHINGTON: After You’ve Gone, from The Bessie Smith Songbook (PolyGram 826 663-2)
DINAH WASHINGTON: Back Water Blues (same as above)
KEITH JARRETT: Shenandoah, from The Melody at Night, with You (ECM 1675)
ENRICO PIERANUNZI: La Strada, from Fellini Jazz (CamJazz CAM 5002)
JOHN COLTRANE: Afro-Blue (same as above)
GRACHAN MONCUR III: Thandiwa, from Some Other Stuff (Blue Note 32092 24)
E.S.T. (ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIO): Dodge the Dodo, from Somewhere Else Before (Columbia CK 85834)
JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: It’s Easy to Remember (same as above)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET: Anniversary Waltz, from Wait Til You See her (ECM 2101)
MIGUEL ZENON: Calle Calma, from Esta Plena (Marsalis Music 74946 00120)
MIGUEL ZENON: Despedida, from Esta Plena (Marsalis Music 74946 00120)
ETHAN IVERSON: This Song Is You, from Deconstruction Zone (FSNT 047 CD)
BILL EVANS TRIO: Sugar Plum, from Live In Switzerland 1975 (69232 Gambit Records)
CYRUS CHESTNUT: Peace, from Spirit (JLP901001)
GRANT GREEN: My Funny Valentine, from Grandstand (Blue Note 80913)
HAROLD LAND: On A Little Street In Singapore, from In New York/ Eastward Ho! (Jazzland 933)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Cerulean Skies, from Sky Blue (A50065) (Maria Schneider) (8.06)
CYRUS CHESTNUT: Lift Every Voice And Sing, from Spirit (JLP901001)
BENGT BERGER: Kora Song, from Thums Up (Caprice 21361)
BRAD SHEPIK: Asilah, from The Well (Songlines 1531)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE: Line Up, from Wait Till You See Her (ECM 2102)
AZIMUTH: How It Was Then, from How It Was Then Never Again (ECM 1538)
CHARLES LLOYD: Dorotea's Studio, from Voice in the Night (ECM 1674)
DAVID MURRAY TRIO: Chelsea Bridge, from The Hill (Black Saint 120110-2)
STEVE LACY TRIO: Clichés, from The Holy La (Freelance 0201)
JAN GARBAREK-BOBO STENSON QUARTET: Witchi-Tai-To, from Witchi-Tai-To (ECM 1041)
BOBO STENSON TRIO: My Man's Gone Now, from Reflections (ECM 1516)
MILES DAVIS: Fall, from Nefertiti (Columbia/Legacy CK 65681)
ANTHONY COLEMAN: Quando El Rey Nimrod, from Sephardic Tinge (Tzadik TZ 7102)
JOHN ZORN: Mala Suerte, from Filmworks XXIII (Tzadik 7373)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Cerulean Skies, from Sky Blue (A50065) (Maria Schneider) (8.06)
BILL EVANS TRIO: Up With the Lark, from Live In Switzerland 1975 (69232 Gambit Records)
BILL EVANS TRIO: Midnight Mood, from Live In Switzerland 1975 (69232 Gambit Records)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: The Pretty Road, from Sky Blue (A50065) (Maria Schneider)
JFJO: Julia, from One Day In Brooklyn (KIN 00001)
JFJO: Black And Crazy Blues, from One Day In Brooklyn (KIN 00001)
GRANT GREEN: Blues In Maude’s Flat, from Grandstand (Blue Note 80913)
HAROLD LAND: Okay Blues, from In New York/ Eastward Ho! (Jazzland 933)
LIONEL HAMPTON AND STAN GETZ: Gladys, from Hamp and Getz (Verve 831-672-2)
ART TATUM—BEN WEBSTER QUARTET: My Ideal, from The Art Tatum—Ben Webster Quartet (Verve MGV-8220 Vinyl)
McCOY TYNER: Sweet and Lovely, from Jazz Roots (Telarc CD-83507)
GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRA: Cass Tech, from Detroit (Mack Avenue MAC 1049)
LIONEL HAMPTON AND STAN GETZ: Ballad Medley (same as above)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Mantra Mode, from Mantra Mode (Enja R2 79671)
DONALD BROWN: Theme for Malcolm, from The Classic Introvert (Space Time BG 2422)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC: Follow Me, from Follow Me, (Dreyfus Jazz B0002OOUU0)
MACEO PARKER: Children’s World, from Roots Revisited (Verve 843 751-2)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC: same as above
DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND: John the Revelator, from Funeral for a Friend (Ropeadope)
HORACE PARLAN: Fugee, from Up & Down (Blue Note 65137 2 0)
OSCAR PETERSON: Caravan, from Perfect Peterson (Pablo Pr10)
THELONIOUS MONK: Blue Monk, from The Columbia Years (Columbia CK 44297)
THELONIOUS MONK: Well You Needn’t, from The Complete Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note Box Set, RCD 7243 2 30363 2 5)
METHENY/MEHLDAU: Unrequited, from Metheny/Mehldau (Nonesuch 79964-2)
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY: Autumnal, from Lil Tae Rides Again (Hyena)
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY: Car Pool, from Lil Tae Rides Again (Hyena)
METHENY/MEHLDAU: Ring Of Life, from Metheny/Mehldau (Nonesuch 79964-2)
JOHNNY SMITH: I’ll Remember April, from Walk Don’t Run (EMI)
JOHNNY SMITH: Sophisticated Lady, from Walk Don’t Run (EMI)
THELONIOUS MONK: Nutty, from The Columbia Years (Columbia CK 44297)
OSCAR PETERSON: Tenderly, from Perfect Peterson (Pablo Pr10)
THELONIOUS MONK: Trinkle Tinkle, from The Complete Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note Box Set, RCD 7243 2 30363 2 5)
WAYNE ESCOFFERY: No Desert, from Uptown (PR Postione 8056)
WAYNE ESCOFFERY: Maya’s Waltz, from Uptown (PR Postione 8056)
WYCLIFFE GORDON-ERIC REED: Embraceable You, from We (Nagel Heyer 2023)
JOHN HICKS QUARTET: Someday Soon, from Naima's Love Song (DIW 823)
BRANFORD MARSALIS: Love Stone, from Renaissance (Columbia CK 40711)
BUD POWELL-DON BYAS: I Remember Clifford, from A Tribute to Cannonball (Columbia/Legacy CK 65186)
LEE KONITZ: 5th Avenue, from Some New Stuff (DIW 939)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET: Soundtrack, from Cat 'N Mouse (ECM 1770)
JEWELS AND BINOCULARS: It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), from Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot 16892 88962)
PETER EPSTEIN-BRAD SHEPIK-MATT KILMER: Monsaraz, from Lingua Franca (Songlines 1555-2)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Catta, from Dialogue (Blue Note 7243 5 35586 2 8)
DENNIS GONZALEZ: Bush Medicine, from Idle Wild (Clean Feed 035)
BENNIE WALLACE: Big Jim Does The Tango For You, from Big Jim's Tango (Enja 4046-2)
MILES DAVIS: There Is No Greater Love, from Four And More, Recorded Live In Concert (Columbia CK 93595)
MILES DAVIS: Walkin’, from Four And More, Recorded Live In Concert (Columbia CK 93595)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Solar, from Art Of The Trio, Volume 4 (Warner Bros. 9466842-2)
KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Blues For Brother Jerome, from Blues Man From Memphis (BC 1040) (Brown) 8:56
BRAD MEHLDAU: Nice Pass, from Art Of The Trio, Volume 4 (Warner Bros. 9466842-2)
STEVE KUHN TRIO: Jitterbug Waltz, from Live At Birdland (EMI 0946 3 729992 7)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Cerulean Skies, from Sky Blue (A50065) (Maria Schneider)
STEVE KUHN TRIO: Jitterbug Waltz, from Live At Birdland (EMI 0946 3 729992 7)
FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Grand Terrace Swing, from The Definitive Fletcher Henderson (Columbia/Legacy CK 61447)
MILE DAVIS/GIL EVANS: Blues for Pablo, from Miles Ahead (Columbia/Legacy 65121)
MALACHI THOMPSON: If I Only Had a Brain, from New Standards (Delmark DE-473)
HANK MOBLEY: Soul Station, from Soul Station (Blue Note 95343 2 2)
FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Kitty on Toast (same as above)
STUFF SMITH/DIZZY GILLESPIE: Purple Sounds, from Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson (Verve 314521 673-2)
DAVE HOLLAND BIG BAND: Mental Images, from Overtime (Dare2 SSC 3028)
DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET: Conference of the Birds, from Conference of the Birds (ECM 1027)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG/DUKE ELLINGTON: Duke’s Place, from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Complete Sessions (Roulette Jazz CDP 7938442)
THE LOUNGE LIZARDS: It could have been Very, Very Beautiful, from Live in Tokyo—Big Heart (Antilles 314-510 089-2)
MINGUS BIG BAND: Orange is the Color of Her Dress, from I am Three (Mingus Music SCC 3029)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG/DUKE ELLINGTON: Just Squeeze Me (same as above)
CHRIS POTTER: Shadow, from Gratitude (Verve 314 549 433-2)
MCCOY TYNER: Contemplation, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note D 103734)
CHARLES MINGUS: Diane, from Mingus Dynasty (Columbia/Legacy CK 65513)
DUKE ELLINGTON-CHARLES MINGUS-MAX ROACH: Very Special, from Money Jungle (Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9)
STEVE LACY 6: Misterioso, from We See (Hat Art 6127)
MAL WALDRON: Blues for F. P., from Plays the Blues (Enja 2002-2)
DAVID MURRAY BIG BAND: Crystal, from Now Is Another Time (Justin Time 161-2)
PAUL MOTIAN TRIO: Harmony, from I Have The Room Above Her (ECM 1902)
RON MILES: Grown Folks, from Stone-Blossom (Sterling Circle 1220)
DAVE HOLLAND SEXTET: Pass It On, from Pass It On (Dare2 B0011860-02)
LEO CUYPERS: Romance, from Songbook (BvHaast 9502)
RANDY BRECKER: No Words, from Nostalgic Journey (DCD 527)
ENRICO RAVA/ STEFANO BOLLANI: Estate, from The Third Man (ECM 2020)
RANDY BRECKER: Movement 1, from Nostalgic Journey (DCD 527)
THELONIOUS MONK: Rhythm-A-Ning, from The Columbia Years (Columbia CK 44297)
BILL EVANS: Turn Out The Stars, from The Last Waltz (Milestone MMCD 44302)
THELONIOUS MONK: Ba-Lue Bolivar Blues-Are, from The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside Box Set, RCD 022 2)
CYRUS CHESTNUT: Brother With The Mint Green Vine, from Soul Food (Division One/Atlantic)
ERIC JOHNSON: My Cherie Amour, from Supahighway (Clarion CJ080808)
JEFF TAIN WATTS: Pools Of Amber , from Citzen Tain (Columbia CK 69551)
THELONIOUS MONK: Pannonica, from The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside Box Set, RCD 022 2)
CYRUS CHESTNUT: Swing Low Sweet Chariot, from Soul Food (Division One/Atlantic)
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