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.
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OCTOBER 2007   (Grid: Monday-Friday)  
(Week of Oct. 15 - Fund Drive Week, no playlists)

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October 1, 2007

MILES DAVIS: Night on the Champs-Élysées, from Lift to the Scaffold (Fontana 836305-1)

MALACHI THOMPSON & AFRICA BRASS: The Chaser in Brasil, from Buddy Bolden's Rag (Delmark DE 481)

JACKIE BYARD: Mood Indigo/Chelsea Bridge (Medley), from Family Man (32 Jazz 32171)

TED NASH: Jump Line, from Sidewalk Meeting (Arabesque Jazz AJ 0156)

MILES DAVIS: Final (same as above)

CLAUDE THORNHILL BIG BAND: Portrait of a Guinea Farm, from The Best of . . . (Columbia CK 46152)

CLAUDE THORNHILL BIG BAND: Arab Dance (same as above)

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

THELONIOUS MONK: Caravan, from Plays Duke Ellington (Riverside OJCCD-024-2)

LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Cottontail, from Live in Swing City (Columbia CK 69898)

PABLO ASLAN: Bahia Blanca, from Buenos Aires Tango Standards (Zoho ZM 200702)

BOOKER ERVIN: A Day to Mourn, from Freedom Book (Prestige OJCCD-845-2)

MILES DAVIS: At the Photographer's House (same as above)

TUESDAY OCT. 2

COUNT BASIE: Basie Boogie, from The War, A Ken Burns Film (Legacy 88697 10203)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Solitude, from The War, A Ken Burns Film (Legacy 88697 10203)

BENNY GOODMAN: The Wang Wang Blues, from The War, A Ken Burns Film (Legacy 88697 10203)

ZOOT SIMS: Summertime, from Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (Pablo OJCCD 4442)

LESTER YOUNG: Ad Lib Blues, from Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve 314 521 451-2)

LESTER YOUNG: Tea For Two, from Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve 314 521 451-2)

HERBIE HANCOCK: A Case Of You, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)

JONATHAN KREISBERG: Funeral For The Ants, from The South Of Everywhere (Mel Bay MB 10452)

CLARK TERRY QUINTET: Stardust, from Serenade to a Bus Seat (Riverside OJCCD 066-2)

BLUE MITCHELL: Mona’s Mood, from The Thing To Do (Blue Note 7243 5 94319 2 5)

CLARK TERRY QUINTET: That Old Black Magic, from Serenade to a Bus Seat (Riverside OJCCD 066-2)

BILL EVANS: Wonder Why, from Bill Evans Trio at Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Hollywood, California (Riverside OJC20 263-2)

HERBIE HANCOCK: Both Sides Now, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)

KENNY DORHAM: Night Watch, from Trompeta Toccata (Blue Note 0946 3 62635 2 6)

HERBIE HANCOCK: The Jungle Line, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)

Wednesday, October 3

BRUCE BARTH: April In Paris, from Morning Call (Enja 8084-2)

MILES DAVIS: Flamenco Sketches, from Kind Of Blue (Columbia CK 64403)

BARNEY WILEN: Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours, from Osaka Concert (RTE 710604)

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

SONNY CRISS: The Isle of Celia, from Criss Craft (32 Jazz 32049)

SONNY CLARK: Blue Minor, from Cool Struttin' (Blue Note CDP 7 46513 2)

ENRICO PIERANUNZI: Amarcord, from Fellini Jazz (CAM Jazz 5002)

HENRI TEXIER: Barth's Groove, from Strings Spirit (Label Blue LBLC 6648/49)

KENNY WHEELER: Nonetheless, from All The More (Soul Note 121236-2)

PAUL BLEY: What A Difference A Day Makes, from The Nearness Of You (Steeplechase SCCD-31246)

Thursday, October 4

MILES DAVIS: So What, from Kind of Blue (Columbia CN 90887)

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

HERBIE HANCOCK: Court And Spark, from River, The Joni Letters (Verve B0010063 02)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Blame it on My Youth, from The Art of the Trio, Volume 1 (Warner Brothers 9 468280-2)

TERENCE BLANCHARD: Levees from A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina) (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 91532 2 0)

GEORGE KONTRAFOURIS: Little Teenie’s World, from Little Daddy’s Blues (Chicken Coup Records CCP 7005)

DAVE DOUGLAS: Tree And Shrub, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf CD 5574)

SONNY CLARK: Cool Struttin’, from Cool Struttin’ (Blue Note 7243 4 95327 24)

ZIMOLOGY QUARTET: Afro Blue, from Live At Bird’s Eye (Zimcd01)

ZIMOLOGY QUARTET: Qula Kwedini, from Live At Bird’s Eye (Zimcd01)

 

Monday, October 8, 2007

EITHER/ORCHESTRA: Caravan, from Across the Omniverse (Accurate AC-3272)

SONNY ROLLINS: Blue Seven, from Saxophone Colossus (Prestige 7079)

TED NASH & ODEON: Night in Tunisia, from La Espada de la Noche (Palmetto PM 2108)

BENNIE GREEN QUINTET: Glidin' Along, from Glidin' Along (Jazzland OJCCD-1869-2)

BILLIE HOLIDAY: Do Nothing 'til you Hear from Me/I'll get By, from The Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy CK 87070)

BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET: Bullworth, from Requiem (Columbia CK 69655)

VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS: Achirana, from Achirana (ECM 1728)

BILLIE HOLIDAY: I Cover the Waterfront (same as above)

BILLIE HOLIDAY: Love me or Leave me (same as above)

SONNY ROLLINS/JOHN COLTRANE: Tenor Madness, from Tenor Madness (Prestige 7047/OJCCD-124-2)

DAVE DOUGLAS: Twelve Degrees Proof, from Mountain Passages (Koch KOC-CD-5802)

PIERRE DORGE & NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA: Variation on Black Beauty, from Karawane (Olufsen DOCD 5141)

TUESDAY OCTOBER 9

BILL EVANS TRIO: Quiet Light, from I Will Say Goodbye (Fantasy OJCCD 761 2)

RON CARTER: Bye Bye Blackbird, from Dear Miles (Blue Note 0946 3 92457 2)

CHARLIE PARKER: Bluebird, from A Studio Chronicle (JSP 915)

JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND: I’m Glad There’s You, from Turn Up The Heath (Planet Arts 100560)

RADAM SCHWARTZ: You’ll Always Be My Baby, from Magic Tales (AJ0182)

PAUL BLEY: Mondsee Variations 2, from Solo In Mondsee (ECM 1786)

ZIM NGQAWANA: Amagoduka Part 3, from Vadzimu (RiSA SSCD 096)

ZIMOLOGY QUARTET: Qula Kwedini, from Live At Bird’s Eye (Zimcd01)

CHALRES EARLAND: Black Talk, from Black Talk (Prestige OJCCD 335 2)

BIG JOHN PATTON: Jakey, from Let ‘Em Roll (Blue Note CDP 0777 7 89795 2 4)

TERENCE BLANCHARD: Wading Through, from A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina) (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 91532 2 0)

JOSH NELSON: Julia from Let It Go (Native Language NLM 0969 2)

BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET: O Solitude, from Braggtown (Rounder 87494600=042-0)

HERBIE HANCOCK: A Case Of You, from River, The Joni Letters (Verve B0010063 02)

Wednesday, October 10

J. T. MEIRELLES AND THE COPA 5: Contemplacao, from O Som (Universal 325912001362)

JEWELS AND BINOCULARS: I Pity The Poor Immigrant, from Jewels and Binoculars (Ramboy 15)

HENRI TEXIER AZUR QUINTET: Cap Esparance, from Mosaic Man (Label Bleu LBLC 6608)

ORLANDO CACHAITO LOPEZ: Tumbanga, from Orlando Cachaito Lopez (World Circuit/Nonesuch 79630-2)

DAVE BRUBECK: Take Five, from Time Out (Columbia/Legacy CK 65122)

JAN GARBAREK-BOBO STENSON QUARTET: Hasta Siempre, Witchi-Tai-To (ECM 1041)

CHARLIE HADEN-CARLA BLEY: Ballad Of The Fallen, from Ballad Of The Fallen (ECM 1248)

LARRY YOUNG: I Wish You Love, from The Complete Blue Note Recordings (Mosaic MD-137)

HENRI TEXIER AZUR QUINTET: Mr. Freeman, from Mosaic Man (Label Bleu LBLC 6608)

CHRIS POTTER: Shadow, from Gratitude (Verve 314 549 433-2)

BILL FRISELL: I Heard It Through The Grapevine, from East-West (Nonesuch 79863-2)

STEVE KUHN TRIO: Stella By Starlight, from Live At Birdland (Blue Note 0946 3 72992 2 7)

Thursday, Oct. 11

MILES DAVIS: Walkin’, from The Essential Miles Davis (Columbia CK 85475)

LOU DONALDSON: Autumn Nocturne, from Blues Walk (7 46525 2)

ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: Moanin’, from Moanin’ (Blue Note CDP 7 46516 2)

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

LEE MORGAN: Who Do You Love, I Hope, from Candy (Blue Note CD7 46508 2)

WES MONTGOMERY: Blues N’ Boogie, from Full House (OJCCD 106-2)

HORACE SILVER: It Ain’t Supposed To Be Like That, from Doin’ The Thing- At The Village Gate (Blue Note 0946 3 62682 2 4)

REBECCA MARTIN: Lead Us, from People Behave Like Ballads (Max Jazz MXJ 119)

CARLA BLEY: Sing Me Softly Of The Blues, from Dinner Music (Watt 6 825 815 2)

JEFF ‘TAIN’ WATTS: Laura Elizabeth, from Folk’s Song (Dark Key 37101)

BILL CHARLAP: I’ll Be Around, from Along With Me (CRD 326)

BRUCE HORNSBY/CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE/JACK DEJOHNETTE: Camp Meeting, from Camp Meeting (Legacy 88697 09663 2)

October 15-19 - Fall Membership Drive - No playlists posted

October 22, 2007

LEE MORGAN: Hocus-Pocus, from The Sidewinder (Blue Note 84157)

ERIC DOLPHY: God Bless the Child, from In Europe, Vol. 1 (Prestige/OJCCD-413-2)

ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIO (EST): Somewhere Else Before, from Good Morning Susie Soho (Sony SIC 349)

GIANLUIGI TROVESI: Hercab, from Dedalo (Enja ENJ-9419 2)

STUFF SMITH/DIZZY GILLESPIE: Purple Sounds, from Stuff Smith/Dizzy Gillespie/ Oscar Peterson (Verve 314 51 676-2)

LEE MORGAN: The Sidewinder (same as above)

ERIC DOLPHY: Something Sweet, Something Tender, from Out to Lunch (Blue Note CDP 746524 2)

ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIO (EST): Dodge the Dodo, from Somewhere Else Before (Columbia CK 85834)

JOHN LEWIS: Sumadija, from Dedicated to Eric Dolphy (Cambridge CRS 1820)

GUY KLUCEVSEK/ALAN BERN: Final Quartet, from Notefalls (Winter & Winter 910-131-2)

LEE MORGAN: Ceora, from Memorial Album (Blue Note NC LA 224-G)

Tuesday October 23

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

CHARLIE ROUSE QUINTET: Pretty Strange, from Takin’ Care of Business (Jazzland OJCDD 491 2)

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

RADAM SCHWARTZ: You’ll Always Be My Baby, from Magic Tales (AJ0182)

TERENCE BLANCHARD: Levees, from A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina) (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 91532 2 0)

JAMIE FOX: Five One And A Half, from When I Get Home (Rare Cat R011)

STACEY KENT: La Saison Des Pluies, from Breakfast On The Morning Tram (EMI Blue Note 601811 28)

KENNY DORHAM: Mamacita, from Trompeta Toccata (Blue Note 0946 3 62635 2 6)

BIG JOHN PATTON: La Tona, from Let ‘Em Roll (Blue Note CDP 0777 7 89795 2 4)

DIZZY GILLESPIE: No More Blues (Chega De Saudade), from Dizzy Gillespie- Ken Burns Jazz (Verve 314 549 086 2)

DIZZY GILLESPIE: Manteca from Dizzy Gillespie- Ken Burns Jazz (Verve 314 549 086 2)

BARRY HARRIS TRIO: These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You), from Magnificent! (Prestige OJCDD 1026-2)

Wednesday, October 24

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

JOHN COLTRANE: Blue Train, from Blue Train (Blue Note D 103164)

JOE LOVANO: Central Park West, from From The Soul (Blue Note CDP 7 986362)

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

BILLY HARPER: Soul Of An Angel, from Soul Of An Angel (Metropolitan Records MR1120)

ART FARMER: Fairytale Countryside, from Blame It On My Youth (Contemporary CCD-14042-2)

ALLAN CHASE QUARTET: Comin' Up, from Dark Clouds With Silver Linings (Accurate AC-5013)

FLY: JJ, from Fly (Savoy SVY 17325)

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

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

October 29, 2007

ANAT COHEN & THE ANZIC ORCHESTRA: Carnival de Sao Vicente, from Noir (Anzic 1201)

DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER: Afro Blue, from Red Earth (DDB Records B0009091-02)

CYRUS CHESTNUT: Grandmama's Blues, from Earth Stories (Atlantic Jazz 82876-2)

GIANLUIGI TROVESI: From G to G, from Dedalo (Enja ENJ-9419 2)

ANAT COHEN & THE ANZIC ORCHESTRA: Cry Me a River (same as above)

CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET: Orange was the Color of her Dress then Blue Silk, from Cornell 1964 (Blue Note 92210 2 8)

RICHARD GALLIANO: Gnossienne No. 3, from Luz Negra (Milan M2-36289)

MARIA SCHNEIDER JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Love Theme from Spartacus (Enja ENJ-9069 2)

MOMO "WANDEL" SOUMAH: Afro Blue, from Matchowé (Melodie 82814-2)

ANAT COHEN & THE ANZIC ORCHESTRA: Bebé (same as above)

DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER: Long Time Ago (same as above)

October 30

KERMIT RUFFINS: Skokiaan, from Kermit Ruffins Live At Vaughan’s (Basin Street Records BSR 0106)

TERENCE BLANCHARD: Ashe, from A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina) (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 91532 2 0)

JOHN SCOFIELD: Heck Of A Job, from This Meets That ( Booo 977402)

JOSH NELSON: Introspection on 401, from Let It Go (Native Language NLM 0969 2)

NORAH JONES: My Dear Country, from Not Too Late (EMI/Blue Note 0946 3 7 74516 2 5)

TILL BRONNER: Love Theme From Chinatown, from Oceana (Emarcy B0008546-02)

ANJANI: Blue Alert, from Blue Alert (Columbia 88697 07280 2)

DAVE DOUGLAS: Leaving Autumn, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf KOC CD 5574)

TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: Token Of Tango, from The Ground (ECM 1892)

HERBIE HANCOCK: Tea Leaf Prophecy, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)

LESLIE PINTCHIK: Too Close For Comfort, from Quartets (Ambient CD 0006)

Wednesday, October 31 (repeat of Jan. 24 pgm.)

ANTHONY WILSON NONET: I and Thou, from Power of Nine (Groove Note SRV1035-2)

JOHN CARTER-BOBBY BRADFORD QUARTET: Song For the Unsung, from Seeking (Hat Art 6085)

DENNIS GONZALEZ INSPIRATION BAND: The Nile Runs Through My Heart, from Nile River Suite (Daagnim CD9)

ALDO ROMANO-LOUIS SCLAVIS-HENRI TEXIER: Annobon, from Carnet Des Routes (Label Bleu LBLC 6569)

STEVEN BERNSTEIN: Shalom Bimramov, from Diaspora Soul (Tzadik TZ 7137)

ENRICO RAVA QUARTET: Lavori Casalinghi, from Enrico Rava Quartet (ECM 1122)

CHARLES TOLLIVER AND MUSIC INC.: Plight, from The Ringer (Arista Freedom 1017)

JOHN MARSHALL-THEO TRAVIS-MARK WOOD: Eyes Like The Sun, from Bodywork (33 Jazz 036)

DAVE DOUGLAS: Invocation, from Meaning and Mystery (Greenleaf GRE-04)

HENRI TEXIER STRADA SEXTET: Dance Revolt, from Vivre (Label Bleu LBLC 6668)

BRAD SHEPIK: The Well, from The Well (Songlines SGL1531-2)

Thursday, Nov. 1

KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Peace For Zim, from Blues Man From Memphis (BC 1040)

JEFF COFFIN: --Weird Beard, from Mu’tet Bloom (Compass 74395 2)

ZIMOLOGY QUARTET: Qula Kwedini, from Live At Bird’s Eye (Zimcd01)

ZIMOLOGY QUARTET: Afro Blue, from Live At Bird’s Eye (Zimcd01)

MITCH RUTMAN GROUP: Peace In Quiet, from Knoxville Jazz For Justice (Altru Music 2007)

JEFF COFFIN: --As Light Through Leaves, from Mu’tet Bloom (Compass 74395 2)

JEFF COFFIN: --My Dog Chunks, from Mu’tet Bloom (Compass 74395 2)

November 5, 2007

GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA: Las Vegas Tango, from The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve 833 804-2)

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Ghetto Lights, from Dialogue (Blue Note BST 84198)

CYRUS CHESTNUT: Blues from the East, from Earth Stories (Atlantic Jazz 82876-2)

GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA: The Barbara Song (same as above)

TREVOR WATTS & THE CELEBRATION BAND: Alone with You, from Trevor Watts & the Celebration Band (ARC DC 010)

MILES DAVIS: Seven Steps to Heaven, from Steps to Heaven (Columbia/Legacy CK 48827)

CYRUS CHESTNUT: Decisions, Decisions (same as above)

STUFF SMITH: Calypso, from Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson (Verve 314 521 676-2)

MILES DAVIS QUINTET/GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA: So What, from At Carnegie Hall (Columbia/Legacy C2K 650270

GRACELAND McCOLLOUGH TIGERS: Heaven, from Heaven (Fire Ant FACD

CHARLIE HADEN'S QUARTET WEST: Our Spanish Love Song, from Always Say Goodbye (Verve/Gitanes 314 521 501 2)

JIMMY GIUFFRE-PAUL BLEY-STEVE SWALLOW: Jesus Maria, from Fusion (ECM 1438/39)

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

EUROPEAN MUSIC ORCHESTRA: Horizons, from Guest (Soul Note 121299-2)

MAL WALDRON QUINTET: The Seagulls of Kristiansund, from One Upmanship (Enja 2092)

MICHAEL MOORE: Playboy, from Osiris (Ramboy 22)

JACKIE MCLEAN QUINTET: Drew's Blues, from Bluesnik (Blue Note CDP 7 84067 2)

MARCUS PRINTUP-TIM HAGANS: Crisis, from Hub Songs (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59509 2 6)

FLY: Child's Play, from Fly (Savoy SVY 17325)

LEE KONITZ: Thingin', from Sound of Surprise (RCA 74321-69309-2)