IMPROVISATIONS
Monday-Friday, 6:30-8 p.m.

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

 

JULY 2010   
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July 5, 2010

BENNIE WALLACE: Tennessee Waltz, from Twilight Time (Blue Note 85107-1)

DONALD BROWN: Give Me the Simple Life, from Piano Short Stories (Space Time BG 9601)

PIERRE DORGE & NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA: Cheek to Cheek, from Dancing Cheek to Cheek (Stunt STUCD 04062)

JIM PEPPER: Witchi Tia To, from Comin’ and Goin’ (Europa JP 2014)

BESSIE SMITH: St. Louis Blues, from Red, White & Blues: Women Sing of America (Rosetta RR 1302)

BILLIE HOLIDAY: Do You Know what it Means to Miss New Orleans, from Red, White & Blues: Women Sing of America

PAUL DESMOND/GERRY MULLIGAN: Stardust, from Two of a Mind (RCA Bluebird 9654-2-RB)

ANAT COHEN & THE ANZIC ORCHESTRA: Cry Me a River, from Noir (Anzic 1201)

KEITH JARRETT: Shenandoah, from The Melody at Night, with You (ECM 1675)

CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST/JO STAFFORD: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye, from Haunted Heart (Verve 314 503 078-2)

MALACHI THOMPSON FREEBOP BAND: If I Only Had a Brain, from New Standards (Delmark DE-473)

EITHER/ORCHESTRA: Stormy Weather, from Over the Rainbow (Accurate AC-4204)

ART PEPPER/GEORGE CABLES: Over the Rainbow, from Tete-a-Tete (Galaxy GXY-5747)

BOOKER ERVIN: Baltimore Oriole, from Booker ‘n’ Brass (Pacific Jazz 94509 2 9)

Tuesday, July 6

WYNTON MARSALIS: A Train, A Banjo and A Chicken Wing, from He and She (EMI 5099 5 5 10331 3 5)

MADELEINE PEYROUX: Bare Bones, from Bare Bones (Rounder 3272-2)

FATS WALLER: Grandad, from If You Got To Ask, You Ain’t Got it (Bluebird 82876 81125 2)

HORACE SLIVER: Doodlin, from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music (C5K 61432)

SONNY ROLLINS: St. Thomas, from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music (C5K 61432)

STANLEY JORDON: A Place In Space, from State of Nature (Mac Avenue MAC 1040)

CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH: I Get A Kick Out Of You, from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music (C5K 61432)

ALICE COLTRANE: The Sun, from The Impulse Story (Impulse 8006562 02)

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: The Ever Evolving Etude, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)

JOHN COLTRANE: Nancy With The Laughing Face, from Ballads (Impulse! B00 10115 02)

SUNNA GUNNLAUGS: Holding Ground, from The Dream (Sunny Sky 725)

VIJAY IYER TRIO: Segment For Sentiment Two, from Historicity (ACT 9489 2)

STANLEY JORDON: All Blues, from State of Nature (Mac Avenue MAC 1040)

CASSANDRA WILSON: Death Letter, from New Moon Daughter (Blue Note)

WYNTON MARSALIS: Soon, All Will Know, from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music (C5K 61432)

Wednesday, July 7

MAL WALDRON-STEVE LACY: Smada, from Sempre Amore (Soul Note 1170)

CHARLIE HADEN: Art Deco, from The Montreal Tapes (Verve 314 523 260-2)

HERBIE HANCOCK: Speak Like A Child, from Speak Like A Child (Blue Note CDP 7 46136 2)

TOM HARRELL: Majesty, from Labyrinth (RCA 090926-68512-2)

RAY ANDERSON: Let's Fall In Love, from What Because (Gramavision R2 79453)

FREDDIE HUBBARD: Summertime, from The Artistry Of (Impulse 179)

DONALD BYRD: Witchcraft, from Byrd In Hand (Blue Note CDP 7 84019 2)

ALLAN CHASE: Close Your Eyes, from Dark Clouds With Silver Linings (Accurate 5013)

RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK: If I Loved You, from Bright Moments (Rhino 71409)

TED NASH: Kensington High, from In The Loop (Palmetto 2120)

BEN ALLISON: Peace Pipe, from Peace Pipe (Palmetto 2086)

 

Thursday, July 8

BRAD MEHLDAU: Sky Turning Grey (For Elliot Smith), from Highway Rider (Nonesuch 518665 2)

KEITH JARRETT & CHARLIE HADEN: For All We Know, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

STACEY KENT: Is Etang, from Raconte Moi (EMI)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Into The City, from Highway Rider (Nonesuch 518665 2)

KEITH JARRETT & CHARLIE HADEN: Where Can I Go Without You?, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

DAVE HOLLAND: How’s Never, from Pathways (DR2 004)

ALAN PASQUA, DAVE CARPENTER, PETER ERSKINE: I’m Glad There Is A You, from Standards (Pep CD 014)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Prelude To A Kiss, from Indigos (Columbia CK 4444)

ALAN PASQUA, DAVE CARPENTER, PETER ERSKINE: The Way You Look Tonight, from Standards (Pep CD 014)

ELLA FITZGERALD: St. Louis Blues, from The Of Twelve Nights In Hollywood (Verve)

JIMMY SMITH:  Squeeze Me, from Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note)

SANDA ALLYSON: The Nearness Of You, from As Is (Local Release)

July 12, 2010

CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST/JO STAFFORD: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye, from Haunted Heart (Verve 314 503 078-2)

FREDDIE HUBBARD: Soul Surge, from Blue Spirits (Blue Note 94317)

BILL FRISELL: No Moe, from Have a Little Faith (Elektra Nonesuch 9 79301-2)

BILL FRISELL: When I Fall in Love (same as above)

KEITH JARRETT/CHARLIE HADEN: Goodbye, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Shrimp Boats, from Shrimp Boats (Kaz LP 103)

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

ARCHIE SHEPP/HORACE PARLAN: When Lights are Low, from Duo Reunion (Optimism LR CD-5003)

REGINA CARTER: Day Dreaming on the Niger, from Reverse Thread (E1 Entertainment E1E-CD-2090)

PIERRE DORGE & NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA: Zulu Dance, from Dancing Cheek to Cheek (Stunt STUCD 04062)

CARLA BLEY BIG BAND: Who Will Rescue You?, from Goes to Church (Watt 27 78118-23127-2)

Tuesday, July 13

JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET: Sad Song, from Wait Til You See Her (ECM 2101)

MILES DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE: Dear Old Stockholm,  from The Best Of Miles Davis And John Coltrane (CK 61090)

THELONIOUS MONK: Think Of One, from The Columbia Years (Columbia C3K 92683)

WYNTON MARSALIS: Sometimes It Goes Like That, from Blue Interlude (Columbia CK 48729)

CHARLIE HADEN: Night Of Wandering, from Nocturne (Verve 440 013 611 2)

BOOKER ERVIN: Eerie Dearie, from The Blues Book (Riverside 780 2)

THELONIOUS MONK: April In Paris, from The Columbia Years (Columbia C3K 92683)

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

DEVON SPROULE: Stop By Anytime, from Keep Your Silver Shined (City Salvage Records)

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

MILES DAVIS: Bye Bye Blackbird, from Super Hits (Columbia 8516)

FRANK VIGNOLA: Our Love Is Here To Stay, from Vignola Plays Gershwin (Mel Bay MB10122CD)

CRISTABEL AND THE JONS: Galaxy Song, from Custom Made (local)

FRANK VIGNOLA: Our Love Is Here To Stay, from Vignola Plays Gershwin (Mel Bay MB10122CD)

Wednesday, July 14

LESLIE PINTCHIK: Too Close For Comfort, from Quartets (Ambient 006)

LENNART ABERG-PETER ERSKINE: Amarone, from Free Spirit (Amigo 912)

DAVID MURRAY QUARTET: Common Ground, from Long Goodbye (DIW 930)

JOSHUA REDMAN: East of the Sun, from Back East (Nonesuch 104252-2)

JIMMY GIUFFRE 3: Jesus Maria, from Fusion (ECM 1438/39)

JOHN COLTRANE: Wise One, from Crescent (Impulse 200)

JIM HOBBS & THE FULLY CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA: Lord of Creatures, from Lapis Exilis (Sky Cap 014)

BOBO STENSON TRIO: T., from Serenity (ECM 1740/41)

GERRY HEMINGWAY QUARTET: Back Again Some Time, from Down To The Wire (Hat Art 6121)

SEAN BERGIN & M.O.B.: Thoko's Tune, from Kids Mysteries (Nimbus 502)

PAUL BLEY: Monica Jane, from Fragments (ECM 1320)

Thursday, July 15

CRAIG RUSSO: Ugetsu, from Mambo Influenciado (CFM 01)

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

DONALD BYRD: Say You’re Mine, from The Cat Walk (Blue Note 0946 3 74226 2 5)

STEVE KUHN TRIO: Living Space, from Mostly Coltrane (ECM 2099)

BABY FACE WILLETTE: Whatever Lola Wants, from Face To Face (Blue Note 0946 3 93180 2 8)

GRANT GREEN: Street Of Dreams, from Street Of Dreams (Blue Note CDP 7243821290 2 8)

FATS WALLER: It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie, from The Essence Of Jazz Vocals (Delta Music)

BILLIE HOLIDAY: Who Loves You, from The Essence Of Jazz Vocals (Delta Music)

BABY FACE WILLETTE: High And Low, from Face To Face (Blue Note 0946 3 93180 2 8)

CRAIG RUSSO: Highway One, from Mambo Influenciado (CFM 01)

STEVE KUHN TRIO: Welcome, from Mostly Coltrane (ECM 2099)

CLIFFORD JORDON QUARTET: Last Night When We Were Young, from Spellbound (Riverside 766-2)

BENNY GOLSON: Blue Streak, from Gettin’ With It (New Jazz OJCDD 1873 2)

GRANT GREEN: Lazy Afternoon, from Street Of Dreams (Blue Note CDP 7243821290 2 8)

Monday, July 19, 2010

CARLA BLEY BIG BAND: Who Will Rescue You?, from Goes to Church (Watt 27 78118-23127-2)

BILL CHARLAP/RENEE ROSNES: My Man’s Gone Now, from Double Portrait (Blue Note 27560-2)

REGINA CARTER: Day Dreaming on the Niger, from Reverse Thread (E1 Entertainment E1E-CD-2090)

SONNY ROLLINS: No Moe, from Sonny Rollins: Jazz Showcase (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-6016-2)

CHARLIE HADEN/CARLA BLEY: La Santa Espina, from The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM 1248)

KEITH JARRETT/CHARLIE HADEN: For All We Know, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

GIANLUIGI TROVESI: Dance from the East N 2, from Dances and Variations (Musica Jazz MJCD 1097)

ARCHIE SHEPP/DOLLAR BRAND: Ubu-Suku, from Duet (Denon MJ 7008)

SONNY ROLLINS: Tenor Madness, from Sonny Rollins: Jazz Showcase (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-6016-2)

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

CARLA BLEY BIG BAND: One Way (same as above)

Tuesday, July 20

COUNT BASIE: I Can’t Stop Loving You, from Count Basie Live at the Sands (Reprise 9 45946-2)

CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Limehouse Blues, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)

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

KERMIT RUFFINS: I Can See Clearly Now, from Livin’ A Treme’ Life (Basin Street Record BSR 0107 2)

KERMIT RUFFINS: High Heel Sneakers, from Livin’ A Treme’ Life (Basin Street Record BSR 0107 2)

CARRIE WICKS: Almost Blue, from I’ll Get Around To It (0A2 22065)

PETER BERNSTEIN: Blood Count, from Heart’s Content (Criss 1233)

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

WES MONTGOMERY: Bud’s Beaux Arts, from Fingerpickin’ (Pacific Jazz 37987 2 8)

BILL EVANS:  Time Remembered, from Time Remembered (Milestone 4803 2)

CARRIE WICKS: Baby Get Lost, from I’ll Get Around To It (0A2 22065)

COUNT BASIE: Satin Doll, from Count Basie Live at the Sands (Reprise 9 45946-2)

WILLIAM BREUKER KOLLEKTIEF: Serenade For A Wealthy Widow, from Bob’s Gallery (BVNATT)

THE STEPHEN ANDERSON TRIO: Serenity, from Nation Degeneration (Summit 540)

PETER BERNSTEIN: Heart’s Content, from Heart’s Content (Criss 1233)

Wednesday, July 21

 DUKE ELLINGTON: Blood Count, from And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA 6287-RB)

 LEE KONITZ-DON FRIEDMAN-ATTILA ZOLLER: Thingin', from Thingin' (Hat Art 6174)

 BOBO STENSON: My Man's Gone Now, from Reflections (ECM 1516)

 EITHER-ORCHESTRA: The Half Life of Desire, from The Half Life of Desire (Accurate 3242)

 JAN GARBAREK-BOBO STENSON: Witchi-Tai-To, from Witchi-Tai-To (ECM 1041)

 WAYNE SHORTER: Oriental Folk Song, from Night Dreamer (Blue Note CDP 7 84173 2)

 ROY HAYNES QUARTET: Moon Ray, from Out of the Afternoon (Impulse 180)

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE: Starbeam, from Kind of Brown (Mack Avenue 1047)

STEVE KUHN: The Rain Forest, from Remembering Tomorrow (ECM 1573)

 DAVE HOLLAND BIG BAND: Blues for C.M., from What Goes Around (ECM 1777)

 VANDERMARK 5: Stranger Blues, from Acoustic Machine (Atavistic 128)

BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO: Nearness of You, from Anything Goes (Warner Bros. 9362 48608 2)

THURSDAY, JULY 22

KEITH JARRETT & CHARLIE HADEN: Where Can I Go Without You?, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

LENNIE TRISTANO AND WAYNE MARSH: Smog Eyes, from Intuition (Capitol CDP 743 8 52771 2 2)

WYNTON KELLY: Dark Eyes, from Piano (Riverside OJCCD 401 2)

BRIAN LYNCH: Guajira Dubais, from Latin Jazz (Putumayo)

DUKE ELLINGTON: A Little Max, from Money Jungle (Blue Note CDP 7 46398 2)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Ad Lib On Nippon, from Far East Suite (Bluebird 7640 2)

WACHITA WITH CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Guajira Dubais, from Latin Jazz (Putumayo)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Tourist Point Of View, from Far East Suite (Bluebird 7640 2)

PONCHO SANCHEZ: El Sabroson, from Latin Jazz (Putumayo)

KEITH JARRETT & CHARLIE HADEN: I’m Going To Laugh You Right Out Of My Life, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

THE DUTCH JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Lament For An Orchid, from Portrait Of A Silk Thread (Challenge 20079)

 

Monday, July 26, 2010

THOMAS “FATS” WALLER: Black Raspberry Jam, from The Complete, Vol. 4 (RCA 5905-1-RB)

TOM HARRELL: Buffalo Wings, from Sail Away (Contemporary OJCCD-1095-2)

MYRIAM ALTER: An Intrigant Melody, from If (Enja JENJ 3303-2)

ENRICO PIERANUNZI & HORNS: Passing Shadows, from Evans Remembered (Via Veneto Jazz VVJ 031)

THOMAS “FATS” WALLER: Lounging at the Waldorf (same as above)

THOMAS “FATS” WALLER: Latch On (same as above)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Black Lightning, from Voice of Africa, BMG CDN 1007)

ENRICO RAVA: Spleen, from Rava, Galliano, Marcotulli, Pietropaoli (Platinum PLCD 026)

THOMAS “FATS” WALLER: Spreadin’ Rhythm Around, from The Complete, Vol. 3 (RCA AXM2-5583)

THE JACK WALRATH GROUP: Blues in the Guts, from Hi Jinx (Stash ST-CD-576)

TOM HARRELL: Hope St. (same as above)

ANDY HAMILTON & THE BLUE NOTES: Silvershine, from Silvershine (World Circuit 025)

TUESDAY, JULY 27

CHARLES MINGUS:  Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, from Passions of A Man (Atlantic R2 72871)

VICTOR WOOTEN: Us 2, from Palmystery (HUCD 3135)

DR. LONNIE SMITH:  And The World Weeps, from Rise Up (Palmetto)

DR. LONNIE SMITH:  People Make The World Go Round, from Rise Up (Palmetto)

CURTIS COUNCE: Landslide, from The Curtis Counce Group, Vol. 1 (Contemporary S 526)

VICTOR WOOTEN: Happy Song, from Palmystery (HUCD 3135)

MILES DAVIS: Someday My Prince Will Come, The Best of Miles Davis (Columbia 86829)

THIRD WORLD LOVE: Hareshut, from Sketch Of Tel Aviv (Smalls Record SRCD 0018

HELEN MERRILL: You’re My Thrill, from The Dick Katz Sessions (1019)

CURTIS COUNCE: Sonar, from The Curtis Counce Group, Vol. 1 (Contemporary S 526)

CHARLES MINGUS:  Moanin’, from Blues And Roots (Atlantic 1305 2)

JASON MORAN: Arizona Landscape, from Artist In Residence (Blue Note 0948 3 52711 2 5)

JASON MORAN: Rain, from Artist In Residence (Blue Note 0948 3 52711 2 5)

Wednesday, July 28

SPIRITS TRIO: Blame It On My Youth, from Jazz (Venus 79057)

DONALD BYRD: Ghana, from Byrd In Flight (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3)

STEVE TURRE: The Lotus Flower, from Lotus Flower (Verve 314 559 787-2)

DAVID MURRAY: For Cynthia, from Shakill's II (DIW 884)

PAUL MOTIAN-BILL FRISELL-JOE LOVANO: Harmony, from I Have The Room Above Her (ECM 1902)

CHARLES BRACKEEN: Story, from Bannar (Silkheart 105)

KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA: Svantetic, from Astigmatic (Power Bros 00163)

JEWELS AND BINOCULARS: One More Cup of Coffee, from Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot 16892 8896 2)

GERRY HEMINGWAY: Back Again Some Time, from Down To The Wire (Hat Art 6121)

STEVE LACY-ERIC WATSON: Peggy's Blue Skylight, from Spirit of Mingus (Freelance 016)

Thursday, July 29

ELIANE ELIAS: The Girl From Ipanema, from Bossa Nova Stories (Blue Note 5099 2 28103 2)

RANDY BRECKER: No Words, from Nostalgic Journey (DCD 527)

TENORS AND SATIN: Sranky, from Tenors And Satin (No Label, Local Release)

DONALD BROWN TRIO: Autumn In New York, from Autumn in New York (Space Time Records BG 2219)

DONALD BROWN TRIO: Strange, from Autumn in New York (Space Time Records BG 2219)

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

WAYNE SHORTER: Footprints, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)

WAYNE SHORTER: Teru, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)

ANDY SHEPPARD: May Song, from Movements in Colour (ECM 2062)

RANDY BRECKER: Nostalgic Journey, from Nostalgic Journey (DCD 527)

RANDY BRECKER: Let’s All Go To Heaven, from Nostalgic Journey (DCD 527)

DAVE HOLLAND: Not For Nothin’,  from Not For Nothin’(ECM 1758)