IMPROVISATIONS
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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.
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October 2010      
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Fall Pledge Drive 2010 Nov. 1-6

 

Monday, October 4, 2010

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

JOHN COLTRANE: Mr. Syms, from Plays the Blues (Atlantic Jazz 1382-2)

JOHN BLAKE: A City Called Heaven, from Motherless Child (Arc 2123)

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

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Lawd, You Made the Night too Long, from The Genius of Louis Armstrong, Vol. 1923-1933

ALLEN TOUSSAINT: Blue Drag, from Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch 480380-2)

ALLEN TOUSSAINT: St. James Infirmary (same as above)

JOHN COLTRANE: After the Rain, from Dear Old Stockholm (Impulse GRD-120)

DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY: Jacobin Club, from Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam NWAM 017)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: West End Blues, from Louis Armstrong, Vol. IV Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines

WYNTON MARSALIS QUINTET WITH RICHARD GALLIANO: Strange Fruit, from From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live at Marciac (WME 19457-2)

JOHN COLTRANE: Mr. Knight, from Plays the Blues

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: St. Louis Blues, from Plays W. C. Handy

TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 2010

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

CARL FISCHER: Tutu, from Adverse Times (Fischmusic)

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

MILES DAVIS: New Rhumba, from The Essential Miles Davis (Columbia CK 85475)

CARL ALLEN AND RODNEY WHITAKER: Eleanor Rigby, from What To Do (Mack Avenue)

CHRIS DONNELLY: For The Drifters, from Solo (ACD 92382)

ROLF STURM: Alone Together, from Balance (Walter Street MusicWSM 125)

THE BAD PLUS:  People Like You, from Never Stop (e One CD 2112)

CARL ALLEN AND RODNEY WHITAKER: What’s Going On, from What To Do (Mack Avenue)

MILES DAVIS: New Rhumba, from The Essential Miles Davis (Columbia CK 85475)

KEITH JARRETT & CHARLIE HADEN: Don’t Ever Leave, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

CHRIS DONNELLY: Song In Bminor-Satie, from Solo (ACD 92382)

MICHAEL ZSOLDOS QUARTET: Stardust, from Off The Cuff (NBJ Music 0001)

MICHAEL ZSOLDOS QUARTET: Lullaby Of Leaves, from Off The Cuff (NBJ Music 0001)

CHRIS LIGHTCAP QUARTET: Dig A Pony, from Big Mouth (Fresh Sound New Talen FSNT 148 CD)

Wednesday, October 6

BARNEY WILEN: My Ideal, from Inside Nitty Gritty (Venus 79021)

KEITH JARRETT TRIO: Little Girl Blue, from Standards In Norway (ECM 1542)

ROB WARING-CARL MORTEN IVERSEN-FRANK JAKOBSEN: Prayer, from Secret Red Thread (Odin 4042-2)

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Same Shame, from Total Eclipse (Blue Note CDP 7 84291 2)

PAT METHENY: Lonely Woman, from Rejoicing (ECM 1271)

TIM HAGANS: Blues In My Neighborhood, from Audible Architecture (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 31808 2 0)

TOM VARNER:  Fool's Oasis, The Mystery of Compassion (Soul Note 121217-2)

BILLY BANG QUARTET: Improvisation for Four, from Valve No. 10 (Soul Note 121186-2)

DAVID MURRAY: Sweet Lovely, from Murray's Steps (Black Saint 120065-2)

MILES DAVIS: So What, from Kind of Blue (Columbia/Legacy CK 64935)

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

THURSDAY, OCT. 7

CANNONBALL ADDERLY ALLSTARS: Sack O Woe, from Reloaded (Concord CCD 32108)

CHET BAKER: Autumn Leaves, from CTI Records: The Cool Revolution (CTI)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Reflections In D, from At The Piano (Calm CABI 525)

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

HANK MOBLEY: This I Dig of You, from Soul Station (Blue Note 7243 95343 2 2)

BILL EVANS:  Come Rain Or Shine, from Portrait In Jazz (Riverside 088 2)

JIM HALL AND BILL FRISELL: Chelsea Bridge, from Hemispheres (Artist Share AS0079)

BILL FRISELL: Billy In Prison, from Have A Little Faith (Nonesuch 7559 79301 2)

BILL FRISELL: I Can’t Be Satisfied, from Have A Little Faith (Nonesuch 7559 79301 2)

CHRIS LIGHTCAP QUARTET: Dig A Pony, from Big Mouth (Fresh Sound New Talen FSNT 148 CD)

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

DUKE ELLINGTON: Who Knows, from At The Piano (Calm CABI 525)

JIM HALL AND BILL FRISELL: In A Sentimental Mood, from Hemispheres (Artist Share AS0079)

BILL FRISELL: Live To Tell, from Have A Little Faith (Nonesuch 7559 79301 2)

FRANK ZAPPA: Put A Motor In Yourself, from Civilization Phase 3 (Barking Pumpkin)

Friday, Oct. 8

ENRICO RAVA: Outsider (Rava), from New York Days (ECM) 6:10

ANAT FORT: Something ‘Bout Camels (Fort), from And If (ECM) 9:51

HOUSTON PERSON: Darn that Dream (E. de Lange/J. Van Huesen) from Just Betweeen Friends (HighNote) 6:23

MISS TESS: A Flower is a Lovesome Thing (Strayhorn) from When Tomorrow Comes (Patuxent Music) 5:13

DON CHERRY: Bemsha Swing (Monk) from Art Deco (A&M) 9:39

ANAT FORT: Minnesota (Fort), from And If (ECM) 7:34

CHARLES LLOYD: The Water is Wide (traditional) from Mirror (ECM) 7:20

DON CHERRY: Passing (Billy Higgins) from Art Deco (A&M) 3:04

MISS TESS: Riding Home (Miss Tess) from Darling, oh Darling (Miss Tess Music) 4:23

HOUSTON PERSON: Alone Together (H. Dietz/A. Schwartz) from Just Betweeen Friends (HighNote) 5:43

MISS TESS: Saving All My Love (Miss Tess) from Darling, oh Darling (Miss Tess Music) 3:27

GENE AMMONS: Hittin’ the Jug (Ammons) from Boss Tenor (Prestige) 8:31

DON CHERRY: Maffy (Don Cherry) from Art Deco (A&M) 0:39

DON CHERRY: Folk Medley (Charlie Haden) from Art Deco (A&M) 2:42

MISS TESS:That oo oo oo  (Miss Tess) from Darling, oh Darling (Miss Tess Music) 3:27

 

Monday, October 11, 2010

MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: Blues for Pablo, from Miles Ahead: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings  (Columbia/Legacy 2 67397)

McCOY TYNER: Contemplation, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note 97807 2 9)

CYRUS CHESTNUT: Blues for Nita, from Revelation (Atlantic 82518-2)

CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET: Go Down Moses, from Mirror (ECM 2176) MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: My Man’s Gone Now, from Porgy and Bess: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings  (Columbia/Legacy 2 67397)

HORACE PARLAN: Fugee, from Up & Down (Blue Note 65137 2 0)

JOEL FRAHM & BRUCE KATZ: Spirit in the Dark, from Project A (Anzic ANZ-6101)

KEITH JARRETT/CHARLIE: No Moon at All, from Jasmine (ECM 2165) MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: Solea, from Sketches of Spain: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings  (Columbia/Legacy 2 67397)

DON PULLEN: El Matador, from Ode to Life (Blue Note 89233 2 9)

McCOY TYNER: Blues on the Corner (same as above)

MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: Lament, from Miles Ahead: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings  (Columbia/Legacy 2 67397)

 

Tuesday, Oct. 12

MATTHIAS LUPRI: After Hours, from After Hours (Summit DCD 549)

VINCE GUARALDI: O Nosso Amor, from Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus (Fantasy OJC 3238)

MONK’S MUSIC TRIO: Little Rootie Tootie, from Monk’s Bones (CMB 102842)

JOE PASS: Here’s That Rainy Day, from Virtuoso (Pablo  OJC 31990 02)

SUNNA GUNNLAUGS: The Dawn Of A New Beginning, from Mindful (Sunny Sky 720)

ANTHONY BROWN’S ASIAN AMERICAN ORCHESTRA: Pannonica, from Monk’s Moods (WBR 1001)

MATTHIAS LUPRI: Abstraction, from After Hours (Summit DCD 549)

SUNNA GUNNLAUGS: Spin 1, from The Dream (Sunny Sky 726)

MONK’S MUSIC TRIO: Ugly Beauty, from Monk’s Bones (CMB 102842)

VINCE GUARALDI: Cast Your Fate To The Wind, from Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus (Fantasy OJC 3238)

JIMMY SMITH: Let’s Stay Together, from Root Down (Verve 314 559 805 2)

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

JULIE LONDON: S’wonderful, from The Essence Of Jazz Vocals (Delta Music)

MAXINE SULLIVAN: This Heart Of Mine, from The Essence Of Jazz Vocals (Delta Music)

ANTHONY BROWN’S ASIAN AMERICAN ORCHESTRA: Misterioso, from Monk’s Moods (WBR 1001)

JOE PASS: Blues For Alican, from Virtuoso (Pablo  OJC 31990 02)

JIMMY SMITH: Root Down (And Get It), from Root Down (Verve 314 559 805 2)

Wednesday, October 13

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

HERBIE HANCOCK: Succotash, from Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note CDP 7 84147 2)

JOHN COLTRANE:  India, from Impressions (Impulse 314 543 416 2)

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

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

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

HENRI TEXIER: Lady Bertrand, from Vivre (Label Bleu 6668)

PHIL WOODS: The Last Page, from Musique Du Bois (Muse 5037)

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

DAVID BERKMAN: Forever Astor, from Leaving Home (Palmetto 2078)

October 18, 2010

BILL CHARLAP/RENEE ROSNES: Double Rainbow, from Double Portrait (Blue Note 27560-2)

DAVE LIEBMAN BIG BAND: A Bright Piece, from Live as Always (Mama Records MAA 1039)

PAUL BLEY: Open, To Love, from Open, To Love (ECM 1023)

DANILLO PEREZ: Galactic Panama, from Providencia (Mack Avenue MAC 1052)

BILL CHARLAP/RENEE ROSNES: My Man’s Gone Now (same as above)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: African Market Place, from Mindif, (Enja, ENJ-5073 2))

McCOY TYNER: Search for Peace, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note 97807 2 9)

ROSWELL RUDD: Elton Dean, from Trombone Tribe (Soundscape (SSC 1207)

ALLEN TOUSSAINT/BRAD MEHLDAU: Winin’ Boy Blues, from Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch 480380-2)

CHARLES LLOYD: The Water is Wide, from Mirrors (ECM 2176)

MATTHIAS LUPRI GROUP: Dream Nocturne, from Metalix (Summit DCD 445)

BILL CHARLAP/RENEE ROSNES: Little Glory (same as above)

TUESDAY, OCT. 19

THELONIOUS MONK: Locomotive, from Straight No Chaser (CK 64886)

MONK’S MUSIC TRIO: Ugly Beauty, from Harmony Of Odd Numbers (CB 102840)

PAUL MOTION: Casino, from Lost In A Dream (ECM 2128)

McCOY TYNER: T ‘n’ A Blues, from Today And Tomorrow (Impulse AS 63)

BEN WEBSTER: Someone To Watch Over Me, from See You At the Fair (Impulse GRD 121)

PAUL MOTION: Lost In A Dream, from Lost In A Dream (ECM 2128)

NAT ADDERLEY QUINTET: Soul Eyes, from We Remember Cannon (In+Out 7012 2)

NAT ADDERLEY QUINTET: Unit 7, from We Remember Cannon (In+Out 7012 2)

MARK WHITFIELD:  Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are, from True Blue (Verve 3145235912)

GERI ALLEN: Black Bottom, from The Life Of A Song (Telarc Jazz CD 83598)

CHICO HAMILTON: Forest Flower Sunrise, Forest Flower Sunset, from Man From Two Worlds (IMP AS 59)

SONNY ROLLINS: Alfie’s Theme, from Once Upon A Time (Impulse AS 90108)

STANLEY CLARKE BAND: Here’s Why Tears Dry, from Heads Up (Heads Up  HUCD 3161)

Wednesday, October 20

JASON MORAN: Joga, from Facing Left (Blue Note 7243 5 23884 2 4)

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

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

RAY BARRETTO: Sleeping Dancer Sleep On, from Homage To Art (Sunnyside 1105)

HENRI TEXIER: Idemo, from Blue Wind Story (Label Bleu 6700/01)

JIM HALL: Concierto, from Concierto (CTI 65132)

GARY PEACOCK: Vignette, from Tales of Another (ECM 1101)

BILL EVANS: RE: Person I Knew, from The Paris Concert Edition Two (Blue Note 7243 5 28673 2)

BOBO STENSON TRIO: Kora Song, from Cantando (ECM 2023)

DAVE HOLLAND: Homecoming, from Seeds of Time (ECM 1292)

CHET BAKER-PAUL BLEY: How Deep Is The Ocean, from Diane (Steeplechase 31207)

THURSDAY, NOV. 21

ROGER DAVIDSON: Fabiana, from Bom Dia (Soundbrush)

FAREED HAQUE AND THE FLAT EARTH ENSEMBLE: Big Bhanga, from Flat Planet (DWL)

BILL HEID: Always Larry, from Wylie Ave (DR011)

THE SHOOK/RUSSO 4TET: Mr. Twister, from So Far From Home (Summit Records DCD 526)

CHUCK OWEN AND THE JAZZ SURGE: How Long Til The Sun, from The Comet’s Tail (MAA 1038)

DON FRIEDMAN VIP TRIO: Alone Together, from Timeless (441  Records)

WADE HIVE PLAYERS: Luminous life, from Players 2 Guitar (Wide Hive)

WADE HIVE PLAYERS: Sworn Statement, from Players 2 Guitar (Wide Hive)

GROUP LOS SANTOS: Rumba In the Bronx, from Lo Que Somos Lo Que Sea (DT 002)

VIRGINIA MAYHEW: Good Morning Heartache, from Nini Green (CRD 1351)

JIM CUTLER JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Dear Lord, from In Progress (PONY BOY 50152 2)

October 25, 2010

THELONIOUS MONK ORCHESTRA: Friday the 13th, from The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (Riverside OJCCD-135-2)

EARL “FATHA” HINES: A Stanley Steamer, from Spontaneous Explorations (Red Baron J2K57331)

CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET: The Water is Wide, from Mirror (ECM 2176)

THELONIOUS MONK: Ruby, My Dear, from Solo Monk (Columbia/Legacy CK 47854)

VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA: Afro Blue, from Swing & Affairs (Universal Music 0602498738498)

JASON MORAN: Blue Blocks, from Ten (Blue Note 57186)

THELONIOUS MONK ORCHESTRA: Monk’s Mood (same as above)

EARL HINES/JONAH JONES/BUDDY TATE/COZY COLE: A Very Slow Blues, from Back on the Street (Chiaroscuro CR(D) 118)

KAMIKAZE GROUND CREW: Cowboys, from Madam Marie’s Temple of Knowledge (New World 80438-2)

EARL “FATHA” HINES: Black Coffee (same as above)

VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA: Hobo Ho (same as above)

THELONIOUS MONK: Monk’s Point (same as above)

TUESDAY, OCT. 26

CHARLES MINGUS: Cryin’ Blues, from Passions of a Man (Atlantic R2 72871)

KERMIT RUFFINS: La Vie En Rose, from Happy Talk (Basin Street 0111 2)

MARK WHITFIELD:  Berkshire Blues, from True Blue (Verve 3145235912)

THELONIOUS MONK: Blue Monk, from The Essential Thelonious Monk (CK Colubmia Legacy)

KERMIT RUFFINS: Shine, from Happy Talk (Basin Street 0111 2)

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

LESLIE PINTCHIK: In The Wrong Place At The Right Time, from We’re Here To Listen (Pintch Hard)

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

BILL O’CONNELL: Monk’s Cha Cha, from Rhapsody In Blue (Twinz)

MARK WHITFIELD:  John And Mamie, from True Blue (Verve 3145235912)

KEITH JARRETT & CHARLIE HADEN: Don’t Ever Leave Me, from Jasmine (ECM 2165)

MIKE REED: Third Option, from People, Places and Things (482 Music 482 1070)

LESLIE PINTCHIK: I Can’t Make You Love Me, from We’re Here To Listen (Pintch Hard)

WADE HIVE PLAYERS: Preacher’s Pistol, from Players 2 Guitar (Wide Hive)

WADE HIVE PLAYERS: Sky Switch, from Players 2 Guitar (Wide Hive)

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

Wednesday, October 27

DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET: First Snow, from Jumpin' In (ECM 25001-2)

FREDDIE HUBBARD: Red Clay, from New Colors (Hip Bop 8026)

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

HENRI TEXIER: The Lost Kids of Nairobi, from Blue Wind Story (Label Bleu 6700/01)

PAT METHENY: Question and Answer, from Question and Answer (Geffen 24293-2)

BILLY HARPER: Destiny Is Yours, from Destiny Is Yours (Steeplechase 31260)

JACKIE MCLEAN: Nature Boy, from Nature Boy (Blue Note 7243 5 23273 2 4)

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

CHARLIE HADEN-GONZALO RUBALCABA-PAUL MOTIAN: Vignette, from The Montreal Tapes (Verve 314 537 670-2)

THURSDAY, OCT. 28

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

WADE HIVE PLAYERS: Find A Way, from Players 2 Guitar (Wide Hive)

JOVINO SANTOS NETO: February 1, from See The Sound (Adventure Music)

JOVINO SANTOS NETO: All Those Things, from See The Sound (Adventure Music)

CHRIS DONNELLY: Song In Bminor-Satie, from Solo (ACD 92382)

THE BAD PLUS: You Are, from Never Stop (e One CD 2112)

CHRIS DONNELLY: Very Early, from Solo (ACD 92382)

MIKE REED: Third Option, from People, Places and Things (482 Music 482 1070)

LESLIE PINTCHIK: Wabi-Sabi, from We’re Here To Listen (Pintch Hard)

MILES DAVIS: Autumn Leaves, from Miles Davis In Europe (Columbia CK 93583)

SUNNA GUNNLAUGS: The Dream, from The Dream (Sunny Sky 726)

WAITIKI7: China Fan, from New Sounds Of Exotica (P0R 702)