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

MAY 2008   (Grid: Monday-Friday)  

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May 5, 2008

JACKIE McLEAN: Blues in a Jiff, from Hipnosis (Blue Note BN-LA483-12)

JOAO PAULO/RICARDO DIAS/PETER EPSTEIN: Bilrou, from Nascer (MA Recordings M059A)

PEEWEE RUSSELL QUARTET: Some Other Blues, from Ask Me Now (Impulse A-96)

PEEWEE RUSSELL QUARTET: Turnaround (same as above)

BITE THE GNATZE: A Five to Twelve Tune, from Throw the Plates (Trytone 559-006

KENNY GARRETT: A Time for Love, from Triology (Warner Brothers 945731-2)

BENNIE GREEN: Soul Stirrin', from Soul Stirrin' (Blue Note CDP 72438 59381 2 2)

ZIM NGQAWANA: Unamaqhinga Na, from Vadzimu (Sheer Sound SSCD 096)

PIERRE FAVRE EUROPEAN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: Edelreh an der Bar, from Pierre Favre European Chamber Ensemble (Intakt CD 062)

JACKIE McLEAN: Back Home (same as above)

JAMES CARNEY: The Poetry Wall, from Green-Wood (Songlines SGL SAI566-2)

JEWELS & BINOCULARS: Gates of Eden, from Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot)

DEXTER GORDON: Cheese Cake, from Go! (Blue Note 98794 2 3)

TUESDAY May 6

THELONIOUS MONK: Four In One, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)

ALAN BAYLOCK JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Warm Valley, from Eastern Standard Time (HGN 4385)

HANK MOBLEY: Remember, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)

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

FREDDIE HUBBARD: Arietis, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)

BILL CHARLAP: Lonely Town, from Along With Me (CRD 326)

BILL EVANS: Polka Dots and Moonbeams, from California here I come (Verve VE 2-2545)

BILL EVANS: California Here I Come, from California here I come (Verve VE 2-2545)

BILL EVANS: Polka Dots and Moonbeams, from California here I come (Verve VE 2-2545)

BILL McHENDRY: Roses, from Roses (Sunnyside 1167)

CHARLES MINGUS: Self Portrait In 3 Colors, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CK 40648)

CHARLES MINGUS: Open Letter To Duke, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CK 40648)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Dear Prudence, from Largo (WB 9 43214-2)

JOHN SCOFIELD: House Of The Rising Sun, from This Meets That ( Booo 977402)

STANLEY JORDON: Mozart’s Piano Concerto #21, from State of Nature (Mac Avenue MAC 1040)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Paranoid Android, from Largo (WB 9 43214-2)

Wednesday, May 7

TOMMY FLANAGAN: It Never Entered My Mind, from Confirmation (Enja 4014 2)

STEVE COLEMAN: Sweet Dawn, from Rhythm In Mind (Novus 63125-2)

HERBIE HANCOCK-WAYNE SHORTER: Little One, from A Tribute to Miles (Qwest 9 45059-2)

NOSTALGIA 77: Everything Under the Sun, from Everything Under the Sun (Ubiquity URCD209)

DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET: Conference of the Birds, from Conference of the Birds (ECM 1027)

JOHN ABERCROMBIE: Gimme Five, from Open Land (ECM 1683)

PETER EPSTEIN QUARTET: The Leaf's Impression, from The Invisible (MA Recordings 050)

PAUL MOTIAN: Harmony, from I Have the Room Above Her (ECM 1902)

JOHN SCOFIELD: Down D, from This Meets That (Emarcy B0009774-02)

JOHN CARTER: Castles of Ghana, from Castles of Ghana (Gramavision R2 79423)

TOMMY FLANAGAN: Cup Bearers, from Confirmation (Enja 4014 2)

THURSDAY MAY 8

ALAN BAYLOCK JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Warm Valley, from Eastern Standard Time (HGN 4385)

RED GARLAND: M Squad Theme, from Red In Bluesville (Prestige OJCDD 295-2)

ELIANE ELIAS: Blue In Green, from Sings And Plays Bill Evans (EMI 50999 5 11796 2 6)

FRANK KIMBROUGH: Air, from Air (Palmetto 2127)

KENNY BURRELL, Midnight Blue, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)

KENNY BURRELL/JIMMY SMITH: Travelin’, from Blue Bash (Verve 557 453 2)

JOE HENDERSON: Mode For One, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)

JAKCIE McLEAN: Esoteric, from Out! (Blue Note 7243592424 2 2)

MILES DAVIS: Generique, The Best of Miles Davis (Columbia 86829)

FRANK KIMBROUGH: It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago, from Air (Palmetto 2127)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Warm Valley, from Money Jungle (Blue Note CDP 7 46398 2)

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: Blues For Smedley, from Oscar Peterson Trip plus Clark Terry (Verve B00009652 02)

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: They Didn’t Believe Me, from Oscar Peterson Trip plus Clark Terry (Verve B00009652 02)

ENRICO RAVA/ STEFANO BOLLANI: Birth Of A Butterfly, from The Third Man (ECM 2020)

May 12, 2008

MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: It Ain't Necessarily So, from Porgy and Bess (Sony B000002AH6)

JOEY CALDERAZZO: Midnight Voyage, from Amanecer (Marsalis Music/Rounder 7494600-052)

CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST: Haunted Heart, from Haunted Heart (Verve 314 513 078-2)

DONALD BROWN: Poinciana, from Memphis Piano Convention (DIW DIW-613)

MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: My Man's Gone Now (same as above)

PHAROAH SANDERS: Thembi, from Thembi (Impulse AS-9206)

CHARLIE HADEN/JAN GARBAREK/EGBERTO GISMONTI: Cego Alderado, from Folk Songs (ECM-1-1170)

RAY CHARLES/BETTY CARTER: Baby, It's Cold Outside, from Ray Charles and Betty Carter (DCC DZS-039)

MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: The Time of the Barracudas, from Quiet Nights (Sony B000002AJC)

ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Jackie-ing, from An Open Letter to Thelonius Monk (ELM Records ELM 19787)

CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST: Deep Song (same as above)

TUESDAY MAY 13

HERBIE HANCOCK: Edith And The Kingpin, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)

STACEY KENT: Ces Petit Riens, from Breakfast On The Morning Tram (EMI Blue Note 601811 28)

TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: Tears Transforming, from The Ground (ECM 1892)

ALMA MICIC: Oj Dejvojko Milijana, from The Hours (CTA 006)

PAUL BLEY: Closer, from Homage to Carla (Owl 013 427 2)

STAN GETZ AND CHARLIE BYRD: Desafinado, from Jazz Samba (Verve 314 521 413 2)

LEROY VINNEGAR: I’ll Walk Alone, from Leroy Walks! (Contemporary OJCCD 160 2)

THELONIOUS MONK: Blue Monk, from Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRCD 30164)

LEROY VINNEGAR: Walk On, from Leroy Walks! (Contemporary OJCCD 160 2)

THELONIOUS MONK: Reflections, from Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRCD 30164)

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

BRADH MEHLDAU: Wonderwall, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)

DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY: Moon Mist, from Thank You Uncle Edward (Renma 6400CD)

BRADH MEHLDAU: The Very Thought Of You, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)

Wednesday, May 14

LUCKY FOUR: Valley Talk, from Lucky Four (Tutu 888 108)

DON GROLNICK: Nighttown, from Nighttown (Blue Note B2-98689)

FREDDIE HUBBARD: Blue Spirits, from New Colors (Hip Bop 8026)

GIGI GRYCE QUINTET: Back Breaker, from (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-1851-2)

ROSWELL RUDD: Almost Blue, from Broad Strokes (Knitting Factory Works 276)

JOHN HICKS QUARTET: Elementary My Dear Watson, from Naima's Love Song (DIW 823)

HORACE TAPSCOTT: Aiee! The Phantom, from Aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque Jazz AJ0119)

JOHN TAYLOR-MARC JOHNSON-JOEY BARON: Rosslyn, from Rosslyn (ECM 1751)

JOHNNY DYANI QUARTET: Year of the Child, from Angolian Cry (Steeplechase SCCD-31206)

FRANK KIMBROUGH: It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago, from Air (Palmetto PM 2127)

Thursday, May 15

BRADH MEHLDAU: The Very Thought Of You, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)

DAFNIS PRIETO SEXTET: Taking The Soul For A Walk, from Taking The Soul For A Walk (Dafnison Music 01)

LOUIE BELLSON AND CLARK TERRY: Two Guys And A Gal, from Louie & Clark Expedition 2 (Percussion Power)

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

DAFNIS PRIETO SEXTET: Commandante, from Taking The Soul For A Walk (Dafnison Music 01)

THE STEIN BROTHERS QUINTET: And I Love You So, form Quixotic (Jazzed Media JM1034)

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Variations In Gminor, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)

BILL EVANS: Up With The Lark, from The Tokyo Concerts (Fantasty OJCCD 345 2)

THELONIOUS MONK: Locomotive, from Straight, No Chaser (Columbia CK 684886)

BILLIE HOLIDAY: Laughing At Life, from Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia 88697 13178 2)

STAN GETZ AND CHARLIE BYRD: O Pato, from Jazz Samba (Verve 314 521 413 2)

BRADH MEHLDAU: Buddha Realm, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)

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

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

May 19, 2008

RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Chalabati Blues, from Volcano Blues (Antilles 314 519 269-2)

JANE IRA BLOOM: Ready for Anything, from Mental Weather (Outline OTL139)

BOB BROOKMEYER: The Wrinkle, from And Friends (Columbia/Legacy 828 776322)

GONZALO RUBALCABA: Mi Gran Pasion, from Mi Gran Pasion (Messidor 15999-2)

RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Kucheza Blues (same as above)

ROSEANNA VITRO/KENNY WERNER: Everybody's Cryin' Mercy, from Delirium Blues Project: Serve or Suffer (Half Note 4534)

ARCHIE SHEPP/HORACE PARLAN: Sophisticated Lady, from Duo Reunion (Optimism LRCD-5003)

TRYGVE SEIM: Sen Kjellertango, from The Source and Different Cikadas (ECM 1764)

RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Mystery of Love (same as above)

ABDEL AZIZ EL MUBARAK: Tarig Ash-Shoag, from Abdel Aziz el Mubarak (GlobeStyle CDORB 023)

JEAN-MICHEL PILC: St. James Infirmary, from Follow Me (Dreyfus Jazz FDM 3665-2)

JANE IRA BLOOM: A More Beautiful Question (same as above)

TUESDAY MAY 20

CHICK COREA: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, from Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Blue Note 7243 538265 2 9)

BENNY GOLSON: My Blues House, from Groovin’ With Golson (Prestige OJCCD 226 2)

THE LUCKY THOMPSON QUARTET: In A Sentimental Mood, from Lucky Strikes (OJCCD 194 2)

JIMMY HEATH: Who Needs It?, from The Thumper (Riverside OJCCD 1828 2)

HAROLD LAND: Mirror-Mind Rose, from The Fox (Contemporary OJCCD 343 2)

MARCUS SHELBY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: North To Delaware, from Harriet Tubman (New Records NR 51)

CHARLES MINGUS: Mood Indigo, from Mingus Dynasty (Columbia CK 65513)

THE LUCKY THOMPSON QUARTET: Mumba Nuea, from Lucky Strikes (OJCCD 194 2)

GENE BERTONCINI: Prelude/How Insensitive, from Concerti (Ambient CD 007)

JIMMY HEATH: I Can Make You Love Me, from The Thumper (Riverside OJCCD 1828 2)

KEITH JARRETT/GARY PEACOCK/JACK DEJOHNETTE: My Foolish Heart, from My Foolish Heart (ECM 2021 22)

GENE BERTONCINI: Elenor Rigby, from Concerti (Ambient CD 007)

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Gulf Coast Blues, from Sixth Floor Jazz (UTJ 004)

CHARLES MINGUS: Haitian Fight Song, from The Definitive Charles Mingus (Ken Burns Jazz) (Columbia CK 61448)

Wednesday, May 21

BOOKER ERVIN: The Lamp Is Low, from The Song Book (Prestige OJCCD-779-2)

EITHER/ORCHESTRA: Nutty/Ode to Billie Jo, from Radium (Accurate AC-3232)

LEE MORGAN: Search for the New Land, from Search for the New Land (Blue Note CDP 7 84169 2)

MICHAEL BLAKE: Careless Love, from Right Before Your Very Ears (Clean Feed 044)

DAVID MURRAY QUARTET: Lady in Black, from Ballads (DIW 840)

SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA: Enlightenment, from Jazz in Silhouette (Evidence ECD 22012-2)

YAYA 3: Slow Orbit, from Yaya 3 (Loma 9 48277 2)

MATHIAS LANDAEUS: Marianne's Waltz, from Fringe People (Moserobie MMP 019)

ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUINTET: Varie, from Tension (Bellaphon CDLR 71002)

MAGNUS BROO QUARTET: Das Boot, from Painbody (Moserobie MMP 060)

CHARLIE HADEN-HAMPTON HAWES: Turnaround, from The Golden Number (A&M 025)

Thursday, May 22

MILES DAVIS: Love For Sale, from Log Songs 2 (Columbia CK 90337)

ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Ruby My Dear, from An Open Letter To Thelonious (ELM 19787)

DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY: Mainstem, from Thank You Uncle Edward (Renma 6400CD)

VANCE THOMPSON: Among Friends, from Among Friends (SCD0051)

VANCE THOMPSON: Woody N You, from Among Friends (SCD0051)

KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: The Thing Harold Mabern, from The Music Of Donald Brown

KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Back Down In Lu Easy Anna, from The Music Of Donald Brown

KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Nancy And The Children’s Playground, from Blues Man From Memphis (Blue Canoe BC1040)

May 26, 2008

MILES DAVIS: Chez le Photograhe du Motel, from Ascenseur pour L'Échafaud (Verve B0009398-02)

JEAN-MICHEL PILC: Follow Me, from Follow Me (Dreyfus Jazz FDM 3665-2)

KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Theme for Malcom, from Bluesman from Memphis (Blue Canoe BC 1040)

MARTIAL SOLAL: La Ronde, from Encores (INA 596902)

MAX NAGL/OTTO LECHNER/BRADLEY JONES: Bad Hotel, from Flamingos (hatOLOGY 609)

MILES DAVIS: Generique (same as above)

JAMIE SAFT TRIO: What was it you Wanted, from Trouble (Tzadik TZ 8111)

JEWELS & BINOCULARS: It's Alright Ma (I'm only Bleeding), from Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot)

TED NASH: Premiere Rhapsody, from Sidewalk Meeting (Arabesque Jazz AJ 0156)

MILES DAVIS: Florence sur les Champs Elysees (same as above)

THAD JONES: Get out of Town, from Thad Jones (Debut OJCCD-625-2)

MAX NAGL/OTTO LECHNER/BRADLEY JONES: Work Song/Haitian Fight Song (same as above)

JEAN-MICHEL PILC: Les Amants d'un Jour (same as above)

ARCHIE SHEPP/HORACE PARLAN: Call Me, from Duo Reunion (Optimism LRCD-5003)

Tuesday, May 27

KERMIT RUFFINS: Ain’t Misbehavin’, from Kermit Ruffins (Putamayo PUT233-2)

KERMIT RUFFINS: Do The Fat Tuesday, from Kermit Ruffins (Putamayo PUT233-2)

ART BLAKEY QUINTET: Split Kick, from A Night At Birdland (Blue Note 7243 5 32146 2 3)

HERBIE HANCOCK: Watermelon Man, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Surrender, from Ballads (PEP CD 011)

HERBIE HANCOCK: Maiden Voyage, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)

BOBBY PREVITE & THE NEW BUMP: There Was Something In My Drink, from Set The Alarm For Monday (PM 2133)

JAMES CARTER: Song Of Delilah, from Present Tense (BOO 10985 2)

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: To Love Again, from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007)

TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET: 1, from The Soul of Things (ECM 1788 440 16 374 2)

JOHN COLTRANE: Say It Over And Over Again, from Ballads (Impulse! B00 10115 02)

BILL EVANS: You And The Night And The Music, from Interplay (Riverside
OJCCD 308 2)

JAMES CARTER: Bro. Dolphy, from Present Tense (BOO 10985 2)

Wednesday, May 28

DAVID BERKMAN: Fairy Tale, from Handmade (Palmetto PM 2039)

KENNY BARRON: Solar, from Live At Bradley's (Sunnyside SSC 3002)

RAY BARRETTO SEXTET: Sleeping Dancer Sleep On, from Hommage to Art (Sunnyside SSC 1105)

GATO BARBIERI: Eclypse/Michellina, from Bolivia (Bluebird 82876 55615 2)

CHET BAKER: Peace, from Peace (Enja R2 79625)

JOHN COLTRANE: Greensleeves, from Africa/Brass (Impulse IMPD-2-168)

CHARLES MINGUS: Solo Dancer, from The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse IMPD-174)

BENNY CARTER: The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, from Further Definitions (Impulse IMPD-229)

JOHN SCOFIELD: Down D, from This Meets That (Emarcy B0009774-02)

DENNIS GONZALEZ: Bush Medicine, from Idle Wild (Clean Feed CF035)

ROBERT GLASPER TRIO: In Passing, from Mood (Fresh Sound New Talent 153)

Thursday, May 29

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Surrender, from Ballads (PEP CD 011)

HERBIE HANCOCK: Chameleon from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)

BILL FRISELL: Jackie-ing, from History, Mystery (Nonesuch 432412)

JOHN COLTRANE: You Don’t Know What Love Is, from Ballads (Impulse! B00 10115 02)

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Caribe (intro), from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007)

BOBBY PREVITE & THE NEW BUMP: She Has Information, from Set The Alarm For Monday (PM 2133)

MIKE WHEELER: What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?, from Mikey’s Waltz (Blue Bamboo BB M010)

MIKE WHEELER: Mikey’s Waltz, from Mikey’s Waltz (Blue Bamboo BB M010)

BILL EVANS: When You Wish Upon A Star, from Interplay (Riverside
OJCCD 308 2)

RON MILES QUARTET: New Breed Leader, from Laughing Barrel (Sterling Circle SC1219)

SAXOPHONE SUMMIT: Cosmos, from Seraphic Light (Telarc 83673)