WUOT Jazz - "Improvisations"
Monday-Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Improvisations is produced and hosted locally by John Habel, Todd Steed, Paul Parris, and Cy Anders. 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 most recent years the host of Friday evening's Improvisations, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, March 17, in Gatlinburg. WUOT extends our sincere condolences to his family.
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."

 

 

FEBRUARY 2009   (Grid: Monday-Friday)  

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February 2, 2009

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Hesitating Blues, from Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy CK 64925)

BARNEY BIGARD: “C” Jam Blues, from The Jubilee Sessions, Nos. 56 & 61 (Jubilee 501 1010)

BARNEY BIGARD: I Got Rhythm (same as above)

DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: Tenderly, from Love Songs (Columbia/Legacy CK 85316)

BALLIN’ THE JACK: Echoes of Harlem, from Jungle (Knitting Factory KFR-250)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Aunt Hagar’s Blues (same as above)

PAUL ZAUNER’S BLUE BRASS: For Louis, from Soil (PA PA 10570)

RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS: Isabella, from Grateful Heart: Blues and Ballads (Bullseye Blues CD BB 9565)

DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: Happy Go Lucky Local, from Blues Masterpieces: Vol. 13, New York City Blues (Rhino R2 71131)

HOT LIPS PAGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Walkin’ in a Daze, from Blues Masterpieces: Vol. 13, New York City Blues

ARTIE SHAW/HOT LIPS PAGE: St. James Infirmary, from This is Artie Shaw, Vol. 2 (RCA VPM-6062)

SARAH VAUGHN/COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA: I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, from Harold Arlen Centennial 100 (Concord CCD2-2281-2)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Long Gone (same as above)

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3

RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA’S INDO-PAK COALITION: Looking Out, Looking In, from Apti (Innova 709)

MICHAEL WOLF: 74 Miles Away, from Joe’s Strut (Rongo 16-2)

MILES DAVIS:  Blue In Green, from Kind of Blue (Columbia 86829)

MARCO BENEVENTO:  Seems So Long Ago Nancy, from Me Not Me (RPE 1305)

JON HASSELL: Warm Shift, from Magic Realism 2 (Nyen 2201)

CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Things Are Getting Better, from Riverside Jazz Keynote Recordings 1953-1964 (Riverside/XM/Starbucks)

THE NECKS: Jazz Cancer, from Next (FOM 0001)

CLIFTON ANDERSON: We’ll Be Again Together, from Decade

WES MONTGOMERY: I’m Just A Lucky So And So, from Riverside Jazz Keynote Recordings 1953-1964 (Riverside/XM/Starbucks)

CHARLIE BYRD: Speak Low, from The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd (Riverside 9451)

MICHAEL WOLF: Harbour Island, from Joe’s Strut (Rongo 16-2)

RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA’S INDO-PAK COALITION: Adana, from Apti (Innova 709)

NED ROTHENBERG: Moment of Reloading, from Fell Clutch (Animul AN1105)

 

Wednesday, February 4

AARON LINGTON QUINTET: Diffusion, from Cape Breton (NohJoh Music 7205)

TERUMASA HINO: Black Daffodil, from Taro's Mood (Enja 2104-2)

DAVE HOLLAND TRIO: Blue, from Triplicate (ECM 1373)

MICHAEL MOORE: Ringtail, from Fragile (Ramboy 25)

KEPTORCHESTRA WITH STEVE LACY: Esteem, from Sweet Sixteen (Caligola 2001-2)

GARY PEACOCK: Bonsho, from Voices (Sony/Japan SICP 10046)

ALBERT MANGELSDORFF: Flower Dream, from Folk Mond and Flower Dream (Nektar 68.861)

WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET: West African Snap, from Dances and Ballads (Nonesuch 9 79164-2)

HOWARD RILEY TRIO: The Day Will Come, from The Day Will Come (Columbia 494434 2)

HENRY THREADGILL & MAKE A MOVE: 100 Year Old Game, from Where's Your Cup (Columbia CK 67617)

CHRIS POTTER: Morning Bell, from Underground (Sunnyside 3034)

AARON LINGTON QUINTET: The Black Widow, from Cape Breton (NohJoh Music 7205)

 

February 5

MILES DAVIS:  So What, from Kind of Blue (Columbia 86829)

MILES DAVIS:  Flamenco Sketches, from Kind of Blue (Columbia 86829)

MARIAH PARKER: Sangria, from Sangria (World Jazz, M2017)

JOHN HASSELL: Last Night The Moon, from Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes On The Street (ECM B00125179)

MARCO BENEVENTO:  Run Of The Mill, from Me Not Me (RPE 1305)

MICHAEL WOLF: If I Were A Bell, from Joe’s Strut (Rongo 16-2)

KIETH JARRETT: Standing Outside, from Introspection (Atlantic 7 81710 2)

THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET WITH JOHN COLTRANE: Ruby My Dear, from Riverside Jazz Keynote Recordings 1953-1964 (Riverside/XM/Starbucks)

MARIAH PARKER: 10th Journey, from Sangria (World Jazz, M2017)

NED ROTHENBERG: Life In Your Years, from The Fell Clutch (Animul AN1105)

JOE ZAWINUL: In A Silent Way, from Introspection (Atlantic 7 81710 2)

THE NECKS: Aquatic, from Aquatic (CARP 005)

Monday, February 9, 2009

MAL WALDRON: Dakar, from Dakar (OJCCD-393-2/Prestige 7280)

JENNY SCHEINMAN: Hard Sole Shoe, from Crossing the Field (Koch KOC-CD 4590)

SIDSEL ENDRESEN/BUGGE WESSELTOFT: Truth, from Out Here, In There (Jazzland 017 3682-2)

DON BYRON: Sad Twilight, from Romance with the Unseen (Blue Note 99545)

MAL WALDRON: Fire Waltz, from The Quest (OJCCD-082-2/New Jazz 8269)

SONNY ROLLINS: Some Enchanted Evening, from Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy B0012165-02)

SIDSEL ENDRESEN/BUGGE WESSELTOFT: Birds (same as above)

RICHARD GALLIANO: Aurore, from Love Day (Milan M2 36398)

MAL WALDRON QUINTET WITH STEVE LACY: The Seagulls of Kristiansund, from One-Upmanship (Inner City 3010)

PHAROAH SANDERS: Highlife, from Rejoice (Evidence ECD 22020-2)

JEAN-JACQUES AVENEL: Destin, from Waraba (Songlines SGL SA 1549-2)

TUESDAY, FEB. 10

JOHN COLTRANE: My Favorite Things, from My Favorite Things (Atlantic 13612)

MILES DAVIS: Stella By Starlight, from In Concert (Columbia CK 93593)

GRANT GREEN: Idle Moments, from Idle Moments (Blue Note 7243 4 99003 5)

MILT JACKSON: Ignunt Oil, from The Best Of Milt Jackson (Riverside RCD 5707 2)

BOBBY TIMMONS: Someone To Watch Over Me, from The Best Of Bobby Timmons (Riverside 0JCDD 104-2)

RED GARLAND: Please Send Me Someone To Love, from Best Of The Trios (Presitge PRCD 5716 2)

MILES DAVIS: I Thought About You, from In Concert (Columbia CK 93593)

JOHN COLTRANE: Blue Train, from Blue Train (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 53428 0 6)

Wednesday, February 11

GEORGE RUSSELL: Bent Eagle, from Stratusphunk (Riverside OJCCD-232-2)

WILLIAM PARKER QUARTET: Sun, from O'Neal's Porch (AUM Fidelity 022)

TRIPLEPLAY: Framinghammer, from Gambit (Clean Feed 019)

GREG OSBY: M, from Symbols of Light (Blue Note 7243 5 31395 2 0)

DAVID MURRAY TRIO: Chelsea Bridge, from The Hill (Black Saint 120110-2)

PAUL BLEY: Ida Lupino, from Plays Carla Bley (Steeplechase SCCD 31303)

BILL FRISELL: Egg Radio, from Quartet (Nonesuch 79401-2)

CHARLIE HADEN: The Ballad of the Fallen, from The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM 1248)

GARY BURTON QUINTET: Vox Humana, from Dreams So Real (ECM 1072)

ZENTRALQUARTETT: Careless Love, from Careless Love (Intakt 050)

DUKE ELLINGTON-CHARLES MINGUS-MAX ROACH: Warm Valley, from Money Jungle (Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9)

THURSDAY FEB. 12

MILES DAVIS: My Funny Valentine, from In Concert (Columbia CK 93593)

TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: At Home, from Being There (ECM 1892)

THE BAD PLUS: Comfortably Numb, from For All I Care (HUCD 3148)

ELIANE ELIAS: Desafinado, from Bossa Nova Stories (Blue Note 5099 2 28103 2)

CASSANDRA WILSON: St. James Infirmary, from Loverly (Blue Note/EMI 87699)

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND: Snowball, from Jazz Moods (Columbia CK 93652)

MILES DAVIS: All Blues, from Kind of Blue (Columbia 86829)

TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: Interlude, from Being There (ECM 1892)

AL HOOD: I Remember Clifford, from Just A Little Taste

THE BAD PLUS: Variation d’Apollon, from For All I Care (HUCD 3148)

MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: The Sad Bird, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)

THE BAD PLUS: How Deep Is Your Love, from For All I Care (HUCD 3148)

MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: Lee’s Dream, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)

IRVIN MAYFIELD AND ELLIS MARSALIS: Superstar, from Love Songs, Ballads and Standards (Basin Street Record)

February 16, 2009

WOODY SHAW: Sunshowers, from Rosewood (Columbia/Legacy CK 65519)

COOTIE WILLIAMS & HIS ORCHESTRA: Echoes of Harlem, from Things Ain’t What they Used to Be (Jukebox Lil Jb-623)

STEVE TURRE: Echoes of Harlem, from Right There (Antilles 560040)

PHIL WOODS/LEW TABACKIN: Limehouse Blues, from Phil Woods & Lew Tabackin (Evidence ECD 22209-2)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Tenderly, from Indigos (Columbia CK 44444)

SIDSEL ENDRESEN/BUGGE WESSELTOFT: The Lady is a Tramp, from Nightsong (ACT 9000-4)

COOTIE WILLIAMS & HIS ORCHESTRA: Soft Winds (same as above)

WOODY SHAW: Rosewood (same as above)

PHIL WOODS: Samba du Bois, from Musique du Bois (Muse 5037)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Prelude to a Kiss (same as above)

STEVE TURRE: Sanyas (same as above)

EITHER/ORCHESTRA: Breaktime for Dougo, from More Beautiful than Death (Accurate AC-3282)

SIDSEL ENDRESEN/BUGGE WESSELTOFT: I Think it’s Gonna Rain Today (same as above)

Tuesday, February 17

BABY FACE WILLETTE: Swingin’ At Sugar Rays, from Face To Face (Blue Note 0946 3 93180 2 8)

BOOGALOO JOE JONES: Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, from Right On Brother (Prestige 30659)

JAMES TATUM TRIO PLUS: Introduction, from Spiritual Jazz (Jazzman020)

DR. LONNIE SMITH: A Matterapat, from Rise Up (Palmetto)

JERRY COKER: We’ll Be Together Again, from We’ll Be Together Again

DON BYRON: Cleo’s Mood, from Do The Boomerang (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 4102 2 0)

SLIDE HAMPTON: Fump, from Drum Suite (Mosaic 1007)

JERRY COKER: Giant Steps, from Jerry Coker And Many Friends

FREDDY COLE: Harbor Lights, from In The Name Of Love (Telarc 44122)

DON BYRON: I Want To Be Happy, from Ivey-Divey (Blue Note 7243 5 78215 2 0)

LIBERATION PROPHECY: Lonely Lament, from Last Exit Angel (BFBR 004)

RICHARD BONA: Samaouma, from Makes You Sweat (Decca)

RICHARD BONA: Sen Sen Sen, from Makes You Sweat (Decca)

LIBERATION PROPHECY: Armed Ant War, from Last Exit Angel (BFBR 004)

Wednesday, February 18

HENRI TEXIER: Amazing, from Izlaz (Label Bleu LBLC 6515)

IKE QUEBEC: Heavy Soul, from Heavy Soul (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32090 2 6)

GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA: La Nevada, from Out of the Cool (Impulse MCAD-5653)

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Theme from 'Blow Up', from Oblique (Blue Note CDP 7 84444 2)

STEVE LACY TRIO: Longing, from Bye-Ya (Freelance 025)

FRANZ KOGLMANN & LEE KONITZ: Lament for Javanette, from We Thought About Duke (Hat Art 6163)

BRIGHT LIGHT GROUP: Bull Ring Road, from Bright Light Group (Sky Cap 015)

LARS SJOSTEN: Taste of Wood, from Swedish Jazz Piano Volume 1 (Dragon 179)

COUNT BASIE-DIZZY GILLESPIE: Constantinople, from The Gifted Ones (Pablo OJCCD-886-2)

MICHAEL BLAKE: Lady Red, from Drift (Intuition INT 3213 2)

ESBJORN SVENSSON: Selleritripp, from Swedish Jazz Piano Volume 1 (Dragon 179)

THURSDAY, FEB. 19

LIBERATION PROPHECY: Lonely Lament, from Last Exit Angel (BFBR 004)

RICHARD BONA: Indiscretions, from Makes You Sweat (Decca)

THE BAD PLUS: Barracuda, from For All I Care (HUCD 3148)

DR. LONNIE SMITH: Come Together, from Rise Up (Palmetto)

THE POSITIVE FORCE WITH ADE OLATUNJI: The Afrikan In Winter, from Spiritual Jazz (Jazzman020)

JERRY COKER: Affaire D’Amour, from Jerry Coker And Many Friends

DON BYRON: I Cover The Waterfront, from Ivey-Divey (Blue Note 7243 5 78215 2 0)

LIBERATION PROPHECY: Armed Ant War, from Last Exit Angel (BFBR 004)

DON BYRON: Shotgun, from Do The Boomerang (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 4102 2 0)

DR. LONNIE SMITH: Pilgrimage, from Rise Up (Palmetto)

CASEY DRIESSEN: Uncontinental Breakfast, from Oog (RSR 209 01)

RICHARD BONA: Please Don’t Stop, from Makes You Sweat (Decca)

CASEY DRIESSEN: Lunar Cages, from Oog (RSR 209 01)

February 23, 2009

DUKE ELLINGTON: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, from The Duke: The Columbia Years, 1927-1962 (Columbia/Legacy C3K 92684)

OLIVER NELSON: Yearning, from Black, Brown & Beautiful (RCA Bluebird 6993-1-RB)

OLIVER NELSON: Black, Brown & Beautiful (same as above)

EARL HINES: I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, from Earl Hines in New Orleans (Chiaroscuro CR (D) 200)

PIERRE DORGE & NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA: Suho Ning Samo, from Even the Moon is Dancing (SteepleChase SCS-1208)

DUKE ELLINGTON: The Mooche (same as above)

PIERRE DORGE & NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA: The Mooche (same as above)

MILT HINTON: Jumping at the Woodside, from The Judge at his Best (Chiaroscuro CR (D) 219)

JOHNNY HODGES: Little Rabbit Blues, from The Big Sound (Verve MGV-8271)

JELLY ROLL MORTON: The Pearls, from The Pearls (RCA 6588-1-RB)

WYNTON MARSALIS: Jungle Blues, from Mr. Jelly Lord (Columbia/Sony Classical CK 69872)

OLIVER NELSON: Blues for M. F., from Soul Battle (Prestige 7223)

EARL HINES & HIS ORCHESTRA: The Father Jumps, from The Father Jumps (RCA Bluebird AXM2-5508)

EARL HINES: Moten Swing, from Earl Hines at the Village Vanguard (Columbia CJ 44197)

TUESDAY FEB. 24

DONALD BROWN: Eminence, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826) (Donald Brown) (9.23)

BILL FRISELL: We’re Not From Around Here, from Nashville (Nonesuch 79415 2)
(Bill Frisell) (4.22)

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Pure And Simple, from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007) (John Taylor) (6.08)

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: All Of You (body), from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007) (Cole Porter) (9.20)

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Umray, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607) (Avishai Cohen) (5.42)

LORI MECHEM QUARTET: From Russia With Love, from Plays More Count Basie (Cognito) (Lionel Bart) (4.12)

DONALD BROWN: Don’t Forget To Tell Her You Love Her, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826) (Donald Brown) (6.59)

EDDIE DANIELS AND ROGER KELLAWAY: Slow Dance, from A Duet Of One (ODI) (Eddie Daniels) (7.33)

BILL FRISELL: Gone, from Nashville (Nonesuch 79415 2)
(Bill Frisell) (2.00)

EDDIE DANIELS AND ROGER KELLAWAY: Adagio Swing, from A Duet Of One (ODI) (Eddie Daniels) (7.33)

DAVE DOUGLAS: November, Freak In (Bluebird 09026 6408-2) (Douglas) 6:06

VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: Melos, from Melos (ECM 2048) (Vassilis Tsabropoulus) (5.25)

MATT CRISCUOLO: Pensivity, from Melancholia (Matt 1001) (Matt Criscuolo) (7.45)

VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: In Memory, from Melos (ECM 2048) (Vassilis Tsabropoulus) (3.16)

Wednesday, February 25

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET: Take Five, from Time Out (Columbia/Legacy CK 65122)[PM Parris]  6:30 pm, Paul Desmond

ART FARMER: Fairytale Countryside, from Blame It On My Youth (Contemporary CCD-14042-2)[PM Parris]  6:37 pm, Fritz Pauer

SONNY CRISS: The Isle of Celia, from Criss Craft (32 Jazz 32049)[PM Parris]  6:47 pm, Horace Tapscott

RICHARD BEIRACH-TERUMASA HINO: ZAL, from Beirach-Hino-Togashi (Konnex 5043)[PM Parris]  7:00 pm, Richard Beirach

KENNY BARRON: Passion Flower, from Spirit Song (Verve 314 543 180-2)[PM Parris]  7:08 pm, Billy Strayhorn

CHARLIE HADEN-PAUL MOTIAN-GONZALO RUBALCABA: Vignette, from The Montreal Tapes (Verve 314 537 670-2)[PM Parris]  7:18 pm, Gary Peacock

BILL FRISELL: Shenandoah, from Good Dog, Happy Man (Nonesuch 79536-2)[PM Parris]  7:29 pm, traditional

MARTY EHRLICH: Seeker's Delight, from News on the Rail (Palmetto PM 2113)[PM Parris]  7:37 pm, Marty Ehrlich

WOODY SHAW: Speak Low, from Dark Journey (32 Jazz 32039)[PM Parris]  7:45 pm, O. Nash/K. Weill

AHMAD JAMAL TRIO: This Can't Be Love, from Cross Country Tour (Chess GRD02-813

THURSDAY . FEB. 26

VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: In Memory, from Melos (ECM 2048) (Vassilis Tsabropoulus) (3.16)

MATT CRISCUOLO: Ethiopia, from Melancholia (Matt 1001) (Larry Willis) (6.54)

BILL FRISELL: Things Will Never Be The Same, from Blues Dream (Nonesuch 79615 2) (Bill Frisell) (4.46)

DONALD BROWN: Where Pelicans Fly, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826) (Donald Brown) (8.48)

BILL FRISELL: Where Do We Go?, from Blues Dream (Nonesuch 79615 2) (Bill Frisell) (5.20)

EDDIE DANIELS AND ROGER KELLAWAY: New Orleans, from A Duet Of One (ODI) (Hoagy Carmichael) (7.33)

MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Sky Blue, from Sky Blue (A50065) (Maria Schneider) (8.06)

DAVE DOUGLAS: Traveler There Is No Road, from Freak In (Bluebird 09026 6408-2) (Douglas) (9.52)

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Seattle, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607) (Avishai Cohen) (2.50)

KERMIT RUFFINS: Killing Me Softly, from The Barbecue Swingers Live (Basin Street Records BSR 0101-2) (Charles Fox/ Norman Gimbel) (10.22)

MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Cerulean Skies, from Sky Blue (A50065) (Maria Schneider)