Improvisations is produced and hosted locally by John Habel, Todd Steed, Paul Parris, and Chris Woodhull. Available playlists are posted a day or so after airdate.
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February 2012
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JULIAN PRIESTER: 24 Hour Leave, from Keep Swingin' (Riverside OJCCD-1863-2)
GATO BARBIERI: Eclypse/Michellina, from Bolivia (Bluebird 82876 55615 2)
STEVE COLEMAN: Sweet Dawn, from Rhythm In Mind (Novus 63125-2)
MAGNUS BROO: And Suddenly, from Swedish Wood (Moserobie 072)
DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET: Conference of the Birds, from Conference of the Birds (ECM 1027)
JIM HALL: Concierto de Aranjuez, from Concierto (CTI 65132)
PAUL BLEY-GARY BURTON: Ida Lupino, from Right Time, Right Place (GNP 2204)
STEVEN BERNSTEIN: Meyer Lansky, from Diaspora Hollywood (Tzadik 7191)
HENRY THREADGILL VERY VERY CIRCUS: Unrealistic Love, from Spirit of Nuff...Nuff (Black Saint 120134-2)
JIRI STIVIN-RUDOLF DASEK: Spinning Party, from System Tandem Reunion (Supraphon 11 1224-2)
CASSANDRA WILSON: Strange Fruit, from New Moon Daughter (Blue Note 7243 8 32861 2 6)
BRAD MEHLDAU: I’ll Be Seeing You, from Art Of the Trio, Volume 4 (Warners 47463-2)
NORAH JONES: My Dear Country, from Not Too Late (EMI/Blue Note 0946 3 7 74516 2 5)
MILES ESPANOL: El Swing, from New Sketches Of Spain (Eone)
WYNTON MARSALIS: D In The Key Of F, from The Music Of America (Masterworks Jazz)
WYNTON MARSALIS: Sweet Release, from The Music Of America (Masterworks Jazz)
MILES ESPANOL: Concierto De Aranuez, from New Sketches Of Spain (Eone)
WYNTON MARSALIS: Sunflower, from The Music Of America (Masterworks Jazz)
ENOCH SMITH JR.: Misfits Theme 2, from Misfits
BILL FRISELL: Painter, from Sign Of Life (Savoy Jazz 17818)
STACEY KENT: Raconte Moi, from Raconte Moi (EMI)
MILES ESPANOL: Teo/Neo, from New Sketches Of Spain (Eone)
BILL FRISELL: It’s A Long Story, from Sign Of Life (Savoy Jazz 17818)
WYNTON MARSALIS: Altar Call, from The Music Of America (Masterworks Jazz)
GERALD CLAYTON: Two Heads One Pillow, from Two Shade (Emarcy) 6:26
GERALD CLAYTON: Peace for Moment, from Two Shade (Emarcy) 7:31
TERENCE BLANCHARD: BYUS, from Choices (Concord) 6:46
ROBERT GLASPER: Silly Rabbit, from in my element (blue note) 7:20
STEFON HARRIS/DAVID SANCHEZ/CHRISTIAN SCOTT: And this too shall pass, from Ninety Miles (Concord) 9:28
HANCOCK/BRECKER/HARGROVE: So What/Impressions, from Directions in Music (Verve) 12:51
HOUSTON PERSON: How deep is the ocean, from Just Between Friends (Highnote) 5:04
TERENCE BLANCHARD: Choices, from Choices (Concord) 6:09
BRIAN BLADE: Mohave, from Brian Blade Fellowship (blue note) 9:08
STEFON HARRIS/DAVID SANCHEZ/CHRISTIAN SCOTT: city sunrise, from Ninety Miles (Concord) 6:45
GERALD CLAYTON: Scrimmage, from Two Shade (Emarcy) 6:34
February 6, 2012
STAN GETZ: La Fiesta, from Captain Marvel (Columbia KC 32706)RANDY WESTON: Ganawa (Blue Moses), from Blue Moses (CTI 6016)
SUN RA: Three Little Words, from St. Louis Blues: Solo Piano (IAI Records IAI 37.38.58)
STAN GETZ & CHET BAKER: Stella by Starlight,, from Line for Lyons (Storyville (SLP 4090)
DON CHERRY: Bemsha Swing, from Art Deco (A&M CD 5258)
MINGUS BIG BAND: Moanin’, from Live at Jazz Standard (Jazz Standard 84501 31654)
RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS: Alabama, from Blues & Ballads (Bullseye Blues CD BB 9565)
STAN GETZ & JIMMY ROWLES: Skylark, from The Peacocks (Koch B00000IWNZ)
RANDY WESTON: Ifrane (same as above)
DON CHERRY: Piano/Trumpet, from MultiKulti (A&M 75021 5323 2)
DON CHERRY: Rhumba MultiKulti, from MultiKulti
ESBJORN SWENSON TRIO (EST): Spam-Boo-Limbo, from Good Morning Susie Soho (Sony SICP 349)
STAN GETZ: For All We Know, from Stan Getz with Cal Tjader (Fantasy 8348)
ROCKY WYNDER: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, from Edwin & Catherine
ROCKY WYNDER: I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry, from Edwin & Catherine
KENNY DORHAM: Buffalo, from Whistle Stop (Blue Note 7243 5 25846 2 0)
BILLIE HOLIDAY: God Bless The Child, from Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia 88697 13178 2)
DUKE ELLINGTON AND BILLY STRAYHORN: Cottontail, from Modern Jazz Classics (Riverside)
ROCKY WYNDER: Good Morning Heartache, from Edwin & Catherine
SONNY ROLLINS: Cutie, from Modern Jazz Classics (Riverside)
CHARLIE PARKER: Ko-Ko, from A Studio Chronicle (JSP records)
CHARLIE PARKER: Scrapple From The Apple, from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music (C5K 61432)
CHARLIE PARKER: Embraceable You, from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music (C5K 61432)
COLEMAN HAWKINS: Chant, from Modern Jazz Classics (Riverside)
THE THREE TENORS: Tenors And Satin, from Tenors And Satin (No Label, Local Release)
THE THREE TENORS: Take The A Train, from Tenors And Satin (No Label, Local Release)
ROCKY WYNDER: Edwin & Catherine, from Edwin & Catherine
WES MONTGOMERY: Bud’s Beaux Arts, from Fingerpickin’ (Pacific Jazz 37987 2 8)
PAUL MOTIAN TRIO: Harmony, from I Have The Room Above Her (ECM 1902)
PETER EPSTEIN-BRAD SHEPIK-MATT KILMER: Two Door, from Lingua Franca (Songlines 1555-2)
CHRIS POTTER: Shadow, from Gratitude (Verve 314 549 433-2)
STAN GETZ: La Fiesta, from Captain Marvel (Columbia/Legacy CK 86086)
JACKIE MCLEAN: It Never Entered My Mind, from New Wine In Old Bottles (East Wind/Japan 9063)
HENRY THREADGILL: 100 Year Old Game, from Where's Your Cup (Columbia CK 67617)
SUN RA: Ancient Aiethopia, from Jazz In Silhouette (Evidence 22012-2)
STEVE KUHN: The Island, from Oceans In The Sky (Owl R2 79232)
DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET: Blues For C.M., from The Razor's Edge (ECM 1353)
DON CHERRY: Art Deco, from Art Deco (A&M 5258)
020912
LORRAINE FEATHER: Five, from Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media)
DAVID BENNETT THOMAS: Fleece Of Clouds, from Jazz Portrait (Vectordisc 22)
CARLA BLEY: End Of Vienna, from Selected Recordings (ECM B0001795 02)
DAVID BENNETT THOMAS: Wave Of Light, from Jazz Portrait (Vectordisc 22)
NEW WORLD JAZZ PROJECT: Ain’t No Sunshine, from Brave New World (Tahoe Blue Music)
CLIPPER ANDERSON: Twelve Tone Tune Two, from The Road Home (Origin 82605)
CHRISTABEL AND THE JONS: Losing Sleep, from Custom Made
PETER BERNSTEIN: Constant Conversation, from Heart’s Content (Criss 1233)
CARLA BLEY: Baseball, from Selected Recordings (ECM B0001795 02)
ETHAN IVERSON: All Of Me, from Deconstruction Zone (FSNT 047 CD)
PHIL POLLARD: Even Though, from Phil Pollard (PP Music)
ETHAN IVERSON: This Was Nearly Mine, from Deconstruction Zone (FSNT 047 CD)
LORRAINE FEATHER: This Hole In The Map, from Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media)
NELS CLINE: Dedication, from New Monastery (Cryptogramophone CG 130)
SUN RA MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA: Voice of Space, from Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy and Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow (Evidence 22036 2)
February 13, 2012
GREGORY TARDY: Power in Weakness, from Monuments (SteepleChase SCCD 31725
BUD POWELL: Un Poco Loco, from The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (Blue Note 7243 5 32136 2 6)
WYNTON MARSALIS: A Hundred and a Hundred, a Hundred and Twelve, from All Rise (Sony B00006EXIC)
GREG TABORN: This is How You Disappear, from Avenging Angel (ECM 2207)
GREGORY TARDY: The Oil of Gladness (same as above)
JASON MORAN: Crepuscule with Nellie, from Ten (Blue Note 57186 25)
HENRI TEXIER: Dezarwa, from Mad Nomads (Labee Bleu LBLC 6468)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Sky Blue, from Sky Blue (ArtistShare AS 0065)
WYNTON MARSALIS: Oh, But on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues), from The Music of America (Sony Masterworks Jazz 88697 92397 2)
OTIS TAYLOR: I’m Not Mysterious, from Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs (Telarc CD-83690)
BUD POWELL: Bouncing with Bud (same as above)
BUD POWELL: Parisian Thoroughfare (same as above)
JESSICA WILLIAMS: I Cover the Waterfront, from Trust (Origin 82566)
CHEAT BAKER: My Funny Valentine, The Best Of (Riverside)
TONY BENNETT: I Get A Kick Out Of You, from Jazz Moods/Cool (Columbia CR 94299)
JOHN COLTRANE AND DUKE ELLINGTON: In A Sentimental Mood, from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music (C5K 61432)
FATS WALLER: Hold My Hand, If You Got To Ask, You Ain’t Got it (Bluebird 82876 81125 2)
MILES DAVIS: When I Fall In Love, from Miles Davis Plays For Lovers (Prestige 6019 2)
HOLLY COLE: You’re My Thrill, from Holly Cole (Koch ROC CD 4404)
BLOSSOM DEARIE: Someone To Watch Over Me, from The Ultimate Diva Collection (Verve 8000016-02)
HELEN MERRILL: You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To, from The Ultimate Diva Collection (Verve 8000016-02)
ART TATUM: Sophisticated Lady, from Piano Starts Here (Sony)
BILLIE HOLIDAY: Fine And Mellow, from The Best of Ken Burns Jazz (Columbia/Legacy CK 61439)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Stardust, from Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (Columbia C4K 85670)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Our Love Is Here To Stay, from Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast (TJA 301542
ASTRUD GILBERTO: Fly Me To The Moon, from The Ultimate Diva Collection (Verve 8000016-02)
CHET BAKER: The More I See You, from The Best of Chet Baker (Riverside 57 13 2)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Prelude To A Kiss, from Indigos (Columbia CK 4444)
FATS WALLER: Crazy About My Baby, If You Got To Ask, You Ain’t Got it (Bluebird 82876 81125 2)
CARRIE WICKS: Everything I’ve Got, from I’ll Get Around To It (0A2 22065)
TONY BENNETT: Dancing In The Dark, from Jazz Moods/Cool (Columbia CR 94299)
JOHN COLTRANE: Soul Eyes, from Coltrane For Lovers (Impulse)
MILES DAVIS: My Funny Valentine, from In Concert (CK 93593)
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