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

OCTOBER 2008   (Grid: Monday-Friday)  

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Wednesday, October 1

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

JOHN HICKS QUARTET: Someday Soon, from Naima's Love Song (DIW 823)

TERUMASA HINO SEXTET: Be and Know, from Fuji (Catalyst CAT 7901)

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

BILL FRISELL: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, from East/West (Nonesuch 79863-2)

JOHN ABERCROMBIE: Soundtrack, from Cat 'n' Mouse (ECM 1770)

MARK HELIAS: Mudpie Anthem, from Attack the Future (Enja 7019 2)

MILES DAVIS: Masqualero, from Sorcerer (Columbia/Legacy CK 65680)

ERIC BARRET-ALDO ROMANO-HENRI TEXIER: Momotombo, from Barret-Romano-Texier (Carlyne 13)

HERBIE HANCOCK: A Tribute to Someone, from My Point of View (Blue Note CDP 7 84126 2)

Thursday, Oct.2

WILLIE NELSON/WYNTON MARSALIS: Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do, from Two Men With The Blues (Blue Note 5099 5 04454 2 4)

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

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

DAVE BRUBECK: Take Five, from Jazz Moods-Cool (Columbia CK 90964)

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: Brotherhood Of Man, from Oscar Peterson Trio plus Clark Terry (Verve B00009652 02)

RUSS FREEMAN: Lullaby In Rhythm, from Pacific Jazz Piano Trios (Mosaic Select MS 19)

RICHARD TWARDZIK: Round Midnight, from Pacific Jazz Piano Trios (Mosaic Select MS 19)

BILLIE HOLIDAY: Body And Soul, from The Ultimate Diva Collection (Verve 8000016-02)

JIMMY ROWLES: Serenade In Blue, from Pacific Jazz Piano Trios (Mosaic Select MS 19)

JIMMY WITHERSPOON: Until The Real Thing Comes Along, from Goin’ To Kansas City Blues (Mosaic MCD 1011)

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

THELONIOUS MONK: Nutty, from The Measure of Monk (Starbucks Entertainment)

DON FRIEDMAN TRIO: When It’s Time, from Straight Ahead (No Coast Jazz NCJR01)

JAVON JACKSON: Inner Glimpse, from Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto 2136)

WYCLIFFE GORDON AND ERIC REED: My Ship, from We 2 (WJ3 WJ31006)

JAVON JACKSON: Will You Still Be Mine, from Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto 2136)
WYCLIFFE GORDON AND ERIC REED: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?, from We 2 (WJ3 WJ31006)

STEPHEN POLLOCK: My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose, from So Near, So Far (Alanna Records)

Monday, October 6, 2008

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Ghetto Lights, from Dialogue (Blue Note 35586)

BENNY GOLSON: Killer Joe, from Terminal 1 (Concord Jazz CCD-2259-2)

TED NASH: Theme from Night Visitor, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto 53957)

CHARLIE HADEN/HANK JONES: Go Down Moses, from Steal Away (Verve 314 527 249-2)

DEXTER GORDON: Second Balcony Jump, from Go! (Blue Note 98794)

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Little Niles, from In the Vanguard (Landmark LLP-1513)

JAMES MOODY: I’m Gone, from Moody’s Mood for Blues (Prestige OJCCD-1837-2)

JAMES MOODY: Blues in the Closet (same as above)

BENNY GOLSON: Blues March (same as above)

DAVE HOLLAND SEXTET: Pass it On, from Pass it On (Dare 2 B0011860-02)

HOWARD WILEY: Rosie, from The Angola Project (HNIC Music)

HOT CLUB OF DETROIT: Blues Up and Down, from Night Town (Mack Avenue MAC 1041)

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Tin Tin Deo, from Ambos Mundos (Landmark LLP-1522)

TUESDAY OCT. 7, 2008

GRACE KELLY/LEE KONITZ: Subconscious Lee, from Gracefullee (Pazz 15-8)

BILL EVANS: I Should Care, from Bill Evans At Town Hall (Verve 831 271 2)

BEBO VALDES & JAVIER COLINA: Bebo’s Blues, from Live At the Village Vanguard (Norte 8869 721111 2)

KENNY DORHAM: My Ideal, from Quiet Kenny (Prestige PRCD 8108 2)

MONK’S MUSIC TRIO: Evidence, from Monk On Mondays (CMB CB 102843)

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

DONALD BYRD: Blackjack, from Blackjack (Blue Note TOCJ 4259)

HORACE PARLAN: The Other Part Of Town, from The Complete Horace Parlan Sessions (Mosaic 197)

BILL EVANS: Who Can I Turn To, from Bill Evans At Town Hall (Verve 831 271 2)

PAUL MOTION: Regarding A Person I knew, from Bill Evans (JMT 919 043 2)

BILL EVANS: Solo- In Memory Of His Father, from Bill Evans At Town Hall (Verve 831 271 2)

CHARLES MINGUS: Boogie Stop Shuffle, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CK 40648)

Wednesday, October 8

MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO: Diamonds and Pearls, from January (ECM 2019)

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

CHARLES BRACKEEN QUARTET: Prince of Night, from Attainment (Silkheart 110)

JAMIE SAFT TRIO: What Was It You Wanted, from Trouble (Tzadik TZ 8111)

JOE FIEDLER TRIO: The Crab, from The Crab (Clean Feed CF092)

CHARLES MINGUS: Folk Forms No. 1, from Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (Candid 9005)

RANDY WESTON: CW Blues, from African Rhythms (Comet 028)

HENRI TEXIER: Chebika Courage, from Remparts D'Argile (Label Bleu LBLC 6638)

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

LEE MORGAN: Miss Nettie B., from Infinity (Blue Note 97504)

THURSDAY, OCT. 9

CHARLES MINGUS: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CK 40648)

HORACE PARLAN: Kucheza Blues, from The Complete Horace Parlan Sessions (Mosaic 197)

GRACE KELLY/LEE KONITZ: Just Friends, from Gracefullee (Pazz 15-8)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Que Sera, Sera, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)

BEBO VALDES & JAVIER COLINA: Andulacia, from Live At the Village Vanguard (Norte 8869 721111 2)

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

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

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: I Love You For Sentimental Reasons, from For Sentimental Reasons (Kind of Blue KOB 10020)

HORACE SILVER: Cool Eyes, from Live At Newport ‘58 (EMI/Blue Note)

BEBO VALDES & JAVIER COLINA: Ritmando El Cha Cha Cha, from Live At the Village Vanguard (Norte 8869 721111 2)

MIRIAM ALTER: Still In Love, from Where Is There (Just In Time JENJ 3331-2)

GIL EVANS: Where Flamingos Fly, from The House That Trane Built (Impulse BOOO6680-02)

ZIM NGQAWANA: Amagoduka Part 3, from Knoxville Jazz For Justice (Alltru Music 2007)

JOE LOVANO: Emperor Jones, from Symphonica (EMI/Blue Note)

Monday, October 13, 2008

DIZZY GILLESPIE: Con Alma, from The Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt Sessions (Verve VE-2-2505)

MILT JACKSON: Come Sunday, from Mostly Duke (Pablo PACD-2310-944-2)

CHARLES MINGUS: Better Get Hit in Your Soul, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia/Legacy CK 40648)

TETE MONTOLIU: Por el Amor de una Mujer, from Boleros (Ensayo ENY-CD-9770)

BOB MOSES: Elegant Blue Ghosts, from Time Stood Still (Gramavision R2 79493)

BHEKI MSELEKU: Celebration, from Celebration (World Circuit WCD 028)

BEN WEBSTER/JOE ZAWINUL: Come Sunday, from Gentle Duke (Prestige PRCD-24195-2)

CHARLES MINGUS: Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, from Blues and Roots (Atlantic LP 1305)

BILL HARRIS: In a Mellotone, from Gentle Duke

TETE MONTOLIU: Sabor a Mi (same as above)

DIZZY GILLESPIE: After Hours (same as above)

TUESDAY OCT. 14

ART TATUM: Someone To Watch Over Me, from Piano Masters (Documents 22301)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, from The Columbia Years (Columbia C3K 92681)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Jeep’s Blues, from The Columbia Years (Columbia C3K 92681)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Stardust, from Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (Columbia C4K 85670)

BILL EVANS: Who Can I Turn To, from Bill Evans At Town Hall (Verve 831 271 2)

ALAN PASQUA, DAVE CARPENTER, PETER ERSKINE: I Could Have Danced All Night, from Standards (Pep CD 014)

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

UROS MARKOVIC: Holy Holy Holy, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)

UROS MARKOVIC: When The Gates Swing Open, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)

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

WYCLIFFE GORDON AND ERIC REED: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, from We 2 (WJ3 WJ31006)

KERMIT RUFFINS: Be Thankful For What You Got, from Kermit Ruffins Live At Vaughan’s (Basin Street Records BSR 0106)

UROS MARKKOVIC: Wade In The Water, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)

DAVE BRUBECK: Blue Rondo A La Turk, from The Essential Dave Brubeck (Columbia C2K 86993)

Wednesday, October 15

ORNETTE COLEMAN: Lonely Woman, from The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic 1317)

DON BYAS-BUD POWELL: I Remember Clifford, from A Tribute to Cannonball (Columbia/Legacy CK 65186)

OLIVER NELSON: Stolen Moments, from The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse IMPD 154)

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Verse, from Stick-Up! (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59378 2 8)

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

CARLA BLEY: Utviklingssang, from Social Studies (Watt 11)

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

BENNIE WALLACE: Big Jim Does The Tango For You, from Big Jim's Tango (Enja 4046-2)

JAMES BLOOD ULMER: Love Dance, from Odyssey (Sony/Japan 7186)

BILLY HARPER QUINTET: Destiny is Yours, from Destiny is Yours (Steeplechase SCCD 31260)

RAY ANDERSON: Cheek to Cheek, from Wishbone (Gramavision R2 79454

THURSDAY OCT 16

MILES DAVIS: Freddie The Freeloader, from Kind of Blue (Columbia 86829)

BILL EVANS: Solo- In Memory Of His Father, from Bill Evans At Town Hall (Verve 831 271 2)

RED GARLAND: Trouble In Mind, from Red In Bluesville (Prestige OJCDD 295-2)

DAVE BRUBECK: The Duke, from The Essential Dave Brubeck (Columbia C2K 86993)

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

UROS MARKOVIC: Hallelujah Is Done, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Solitude, from The Columbia Years (Columbia C3K 92681)

BILL FRISELL: Keep Your Eyes Open, from Nashville

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

DAVE BRUBECK: Theme From Mr. Broadway, from The Essential Dave Brubeck (Columbia C2K 86993)

JOHN COLTRANE: It’s Easy To Remember, from Ballads (Impulse! B00 10115 02)

UROS MARKOVIC: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)

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

October 20, 2008

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

ANAT COHEN: Hofim (Beaches), from Poetica (Anzic 1301)

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

RALPH PETERSON: Beautious B, from The Fo’tet Augmented (Criss Cross 1255)

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

JOE LOVANO: Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love, from Symphonica (Blue Note 26225)

JOE HENDERSON: My Man’s Gone Now, from Porgy and Bess (Verve 314 539 046-2)

CHARLIE HADEN AND LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA: Goin’ Home, from Not in Our Name (Verve B0004949-02)

PAUL ZAUNER’S BLUE BRASS: African Market Place, from Soil (PAO 10570)

BOB MOSES: African Violet, from Nishoma (Grapeshot GRR 9001)

RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: In Memory Of (same as above)

TUESDAY OCT. 21

DAVE BRUBECK: Since Love Had Its Way, from Vocal Encounters (COL CK 61551)

DAVE BRUBECK: Cultural Exchange, from Vocal Encounters (COL CK 61551)

DIZZY GILLESPIE: I Can’t Get Started, from Dizzy Gillespie- Ken Burns Jazz (Verve 314 549 086 2)

DAVE BRUBECK: Lonesome, from Time In (COL CK 85994)

STAN GETZ: Blood Count, from Anniversary (Emarcy 838 769-2)

ZOOT SIMS: They Can’t Take That Away From Me, from Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (Pablo OJCCD 4442)

COUNT BASIE: H.R.H. Her Royal Highness, from Chairman of the Board (Roulette 7243 5 81664 2 2)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Prelude To A Kiss, from Black, Brown & Beige (Bluebird 6641-2 RB)

DUKE ELLINGTON: I’m Beginning To See The Light, from Black, Brown & Beige (Bluebird 6641-2 RB)

WES MONTGOMERY: I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face, from Full House (OJCCD 106-2)

GRANT GREEN: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, from Feelin’ the Spirit (Blue Note 7243 8 64471 2 8)

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

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

KENNY DORHAM: I Had The Craziest Dream, from Quiet Kenny (Prestige PRCD 8108- 2)

UROS MARKOVIC: Holy Holy Holy, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)

DAVE BRUBECK: Pennies From Heaven, from Jazz Moods/Cool (Columbia Legacy CK 90694)

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

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

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: When The Saints Go Marching In, from Ken Burns Jazz (CR 81440)

Wednesday, October 22

MARTIN TAYLOR: Minor Swing, from Spirit of Django (Linn AKD 030)

HANK MOBLEY: Justine, from Thinking of Home (Blue Note 7243 40531 2 2)

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

ARCHIE SHEPP-HORACE PARLAN: How Long Blues, from Trouble in Mind (Steeplechase SCCD-31139)

SUN RA: Ancient Aiethopia, from Jazz in Silhouette (Evidence ECD 22012-2)

JOHN TCHICAI GROUP: Frisk Baglaens, from Timo's Message (Black Saint 20094-2)

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

ORCHESTRA JAZZ SICILIANA: Dreams So Real, from Plays The Music of Carla Bley (XtraWATT 4)

BILL FRISELL: Rambler, from Rambler (ECM 1287)

ARCHIE SHEPP-HORACE PARLAN: Backwater Blues, from Trouble in Mind (Steeplechase SCCD-31139)