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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THELONIOUS MONK ORCHESTRA: Off Minor, from Live at Town Hall (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-135-2)
DONALD BYRD: Christo Redentor, from A New Perspective (Blue Note 99006)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Sky Blue, from Sky Blue (Artist Share AS0065)
INTERNATIONAL SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM: Don’t Get it Twisted, from The Women: 1939-1952 (RCA Bluebird 6755-2-RB)
MILES DAVIS: Flamenco Sketches, from Kind of Blue (Columbia/Legacy CK 64935)
THELONIOUS MONK: Brilliant Corners, from Brilliant Corners (Original Jazz Classics (OJCCD-026-2)
MARY LOU WILLIAMS’ GIRL STARS: Harmony Grits, from The Women: 1939-1952
MARY LOU WILLIAMS’ GIRL STARS: Boogie Misterioso (same as above)
RICHARD GALLIANO: Aurore, from Love Day (Milan M2-36398)
THELONIOUS MONK ORCHESTRA: Little Rootie Tootie (same as above)
ANAT COHEN: La Casa del Llano, from Poetica (Anzic 1301)
THELONIOUS MONK: Functional, from . . . with John Coltrane (Jazzland OJC-039)
BILLIE HOLIDAY: Falling In Love Again, from Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia 88697 13178 2)
OFER ASSAF: Blues for MB, from Tangible Reality (Summit DCD 508)
BILL EVANS: Round Midnight, from Trio 65 (Verve 314 519 808 2)
BILL FRISELL: Where Do We Go?, from Blues Dream (Nonesuch 79615 2)
BILL EVANS: Our Love Is Here To Stay, from Trio 65 (Verve 314 519 808 2)
BILL FRISELL: Blues Dream, from Blues Dream (Nonesuch 79615 2)
JAMES MOODY/HANK JONES: Eternal Triangle, from Our Delight (IPO)
THELONIOUS MONK: Pannonica, from Criss-Cross (Columbia CK 63537)
WYNTON MARSALIS: Ugly Beauty, from Marsalis Plays Monk (Columbia CK 67503)
WYNTON MARSALIS: These Are The Soulful Days, From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (Blue Note 0946 3 73675 2 0)
MACEO PARKER: Hit The Road Jack, from Roots & Grooves (HUCD 3134)
MACEO PARKER: Margie, from Roots & Grooves (HUCD 3134)
DUKE PEARSON: Make It Good, from The Right Touch (Blue Note 0946 86022 2-4)
ROGER KELLAWAY: Cottontail, from Live At The Jazz Standard (IPO)
DON HALES: Louie The Greek, from Unified String Theory (CCP 7011)
.MARK HELIAS: Parousia, from Desert Blue (Enja R2 79631)
MILES DAVIS: Flamenco Sketches, from Kind of Blue (Columbia CK 64403)
DIZZY REECE: The Story of Love, from Comin' On (Blue Note 7243 5 22019 2 1)
FRANK KIMBROUGH: Wig Wise, from Air (Palmetto PM 2127)
BARBARA DENNERLEIN: Open and Free, from Straight Ahead! (Enja R2 79608)
ALVIN QUEEN: Resolution of Love, from Jammin' Uptown (Just A Memory JAM 9164-2)
TERENCE BLANCHARD: Luna Viajera, from Wandering Moon (Sony Classical SK 89111)
KENNY DORHAM: El Matador, from Matador (United Artists UAJ 15007)
WALT DICKERSON: To My Queen, from To My Queen (New Jazz OJCCD-1880-2)
FRANK KIMBROUGH: It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago, from Air (Palmetto PM 2127)
BENNY GOODMAN: St. James Infirmary, from Volume 5 (Music Masters 5040-2-C)
ILLINOIS JACQUET: ‘Round Midnight, from The Blues: That’s Me (Prestige OJCCD-614-2)
DONALD BYRD: Elijah, from A New Perspective (Blue Note 99006)
ENRICO PIERANUNZI: I Vitelloni, from Fellini Jazz (Cam Jazz CAM 5002)
ALVIN BATISTE: Bumps, from Marsalis Music Honors Alvin Batiste (Marsalis Music/Rounder 74946-0007-2)
BENNY GOODMAN: Sing, Sing, Sing, from Live at Carnegie Hall (Columbia J2C 40244)
CYRUS CHESTNUT: Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child, from Blessed Quietness (Atlantic 82948-2)
ANAT COHEN: Agada Yapinait, from Poetica (Anzic 1301)
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS: Blues Forever, from Blues Forever (Black Saint (BSR 0061)
CYRUS CHESTNUT: Proverbial Lament, from Revelation (Atlantic 82518-2)
BENNY GOODMAN: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, from Volume 5
TED NASH: Dreamsville, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
TED HOWE: Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, from Ellington (DCD 472)
MIRIAM ALTER: September 11, from Where Is There (Just In Time JENJ 3331-2)
LESLIE PINTCHIK: Somewhere, from Quartets (Ambient CD 0006)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Dancers In Love, from At The Piano (Calm CABI 525)
BRUBECK, BROWN & RUTH: Take Five, from Triple Play Live (Blue Forest Records)
ROY HARGROVE QUARTET: Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked, from Earfood (BOO 10997 42)
KEITH JARRETT/GARY PEACOCK/JACK DEJOHNETTE: My Foolish Heart, from My Foolish Heart (ECM 2021 22)
OSCAR PETERSON: Blues For Basie, from Plays Count Basie (Verve B00796)
PAUL MOTION BAND: Etude, from Garden of Eden (ECM 1917 B0006065-2)
PAUL MOTION BAND: Goodbye Porkpie Hat, from Garden of Eden (ECM 1917 B0006065-2)
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: Tears Transforming, from The Ground (ECM 1892)
BAD PLUS: My Funny Valentine, from Blunt Object, Live In Tokyo (82876811242)
NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET: Once, from The Turning Gate (Motema 00019)
KEITH JARRETT/GARY PEACOCK/JACK DEJOHNETTE: Oleo, from My Foolish Heart (ECM 2021 22)
THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO: Wave, from At The Village Vanguard Again (Test of Time 8)
RICARDO FASSI TRIO WITH STEVE LACY: Esteem, from Dummy (Splasch CDH 843.2)
I COMPANI: Asa Nisi Masa, from Luna Triste (BvHaast 9012)
BRYN ROBERTS: Ludlow, from Ludlow (Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT 212)
OMER AVITAL GROUP: Kentucky Girl, from Asking No Permission (Smalls Records 0011)
TIM HAGANS-MARCUS PRINTUP: Lament for Booker, from Hub Songs (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59509 2 6)
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF: Triplicity, from Triplicity (Skip 9052-2)
TERUMASA HINO QUINTET: Like Miles, from Hi-Nology (Takt/Japan COCB-50495)
ANAT FORT: Not A Dream?, from A Long Story (ECM 1994)
NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET: Once, from The Turning Gate (Motema 00019)
DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND: Snowball, from Jazz Moods (Columbia CK 93652)
BRUBECK, BROWN & RUTH: Polly, from Triple Play Live (Blue Forest Records)
CASANDRA WILSON: Black Orpheus, from Loverly (Blue Note 07699)
ROY HARGROVE QUARTET: Brown, from Earfood (BOO 10997 42)
NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET: In The Beginning, from The Turning Gate (Motema 00019)
NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET: Twilight, from The Turning Gate (Motema 00019)
TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET: 1, from The Soul of Things (ECM 1788 440 16 374 2)
TINY GRIMES AND CHARLIE PARKER: Red Cross, from Progressions, 100 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia/Legacy C4K 86462)
HECTOR QIRKO: Pernie, from Old School (Qirko Music)
DJANGO REINHART: Honeysuckle Rose, from Progressions, 100 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia/Legacy C4K 86462)
GEORGE VAN EPS: What Is This Thing Called Love, from Progressions, 100 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia/Legacy C4K 86462)
DAVID BUCHBINDER: Lailadance, from Odessa/Havanna (Tzadik TZ 8121)
DAVID BUCHBINDER: Impresiones, from Odessa/Havanna (Tzadik TZ 8121)
FRANK KIMBROUGH: It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago, from Air (Palmetto 2127)
RANDY WESTON: Beef Blues Stew, from Mosaic Select Randy Weston (Mosaic MS 004)
BAD PLUS: Guilty, from Blunt Object, Live In Tokyo (82876811242)
MILES DAVIS: Chez le Photographe du Motel, from Lift to the Scaffold (Verve B0009398-02)
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: Oscalypso, from Drum Suite (Columia/Legacy CK 82876)
JOHN COLTRANE: Syeeda’s Song Flute, from Giant Steps (Rhino R2 75203)
DON WILKERSON: Camp Meeting, from Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox (Blue Note 94030)
MILES DAVIS: Seven Steps to Heaven, from Seven Steps to Heaven (Columbia/Legacy CK 48827)
DOLLAR BRAND: Sathima, from African Herbs (AS Shams CDSRK (WL) 786135)
ROSARIO GUILIANI: Bianco e Negro, from More than Ever (Dreyfus Jazz FDM 36669-2)
PATRICIA BARBER: Get Out of Town, from The Cole Porter Mix (Blue Note 01468)
MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: Solea, from Sketches of Spain (Columbia/Legacy CK 65142)
LEE MORGAN: God Bless the Child, from Standards (Blue Note CDP-23213)
MILES DAVIS: Generique, from Lift to the Scaffold
BILL FRISELL: Twenty Years, from Quartet (Nonesuch 79401 2)
DAVID BUCHBINDER: Cadiz, from Odessa/Havanna (Tzadik TZ 8121)
AHMAD JAMAL: Appreciation, from Live in Paris 1992 (Birdology FDM 370192)
CARLA BLEY AND HER REMARKABLE BIG BAND: Someone To Watch, from Appearing Nightly (WATT 33)
BEBO VALDES & JAVIER COLINA: Andalucia, from Live At the Village Vanguard (Norte 8869 721111 2)
DONALD BROWN: Eminence, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826)
DONALD BROWN: Vera Cruz, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826)
CARLA BLEY AND HER REMARKABLE BIG BAND: Greasy Gravy, from Appearing Nightly (WATT 33)
VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: Gratitude, from Melos (ECM 2048)
VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: Melos, from Melos (ECM 2048)
DAVID BUCHBINDER: Prayer, from Odessa/Havanna (Tzadik TZ 8121)
STANLEY JORDON: A Song For My Father, from State of Nature (Mac Avenue MAC 1040)
TRYGVE SEIM/FRODE HALTLI: Redemption Song, from Yeraz (ECM 2044 BOO11996 2)
AHMAD JAMAL: Autumn Leaves, from A L’Olympia (FDM 36629 2)
MAL WALDRON TRIO: Champs Elysses, from Impressions (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-132-2)
DONALD BYRD: Ghana, from Byrd in Flight (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3)
SUN RA: Ancient Aiethopia, from Jazz in Silhouette (Evidence ECD 22012-2)
HENRY THREADGILL & MAKE A MOVE: Platinum Inside Straight, from Everybody's Mouth's A Book (PI 01)
STEVE KUHN: Chalet, from Countdown (Reservoir 157)
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ: Artefact Pt. II, from Charmediterraneen (ECM 1828)
TETHERED MOON: Fais Comme Si, from Chansons d'Edith Piaf (Winter & Winter 910 048-2)
BASSDRUMBONE: Rainbow, from The Line Up (Clean Feed 065)
DAVID MURRAY: Valley Talk, from Ballads (DIW 840)
COUNT BASIE-DIZZY GILLESPIE: Constantinople, from The Gifted Ones (Pablo OJCCD-886-2)
STEVE KUHN: When Lights Are Low, from Countdown (Reservoir 157)
VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: Melos, from Melos (ECM 2048)
BEBO VALDES & JAVIER COLINA: Waltz For Debby, from Live At the Village Vanguard (Norte 8869 721111 2)
WOLFERT BREDERODE QUARTET: Empty Room, from Currents (ECM 2004 B0011581 02)
WES MONTGOMERY: Impressions, from Finest Hour (Verve 0694906682)
COUNT BASIE: Corner Pocket, from Corner Pocket (Laserlight 15 789)
STAN GETZ: Stella By Starlight, from Anniversary (Emarcy 838 769-2)
MILES DAVIS: Walkin’, from The Essential Miles Davis (Columbia CK 85475)
BILL FRISELL: Probability Cloud Part 2, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
BILL FRISELL: Heal, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: The Sad Bird, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)
CARLA BLEY AND HER REMARKABLE BIG BAND: I Hadn’t Anyone Till You, from Appearing Nightly (WATT 33)
AMINA FIGAROVA: Above The Clouds, from Above The Clouds (BMCD 503)
WILL BERNARD: Baby Goats, from Blue Plate Special (PM 2137)
BILL EVANS: Elsa, from Trio 65 (Verve 314 519 808 2)
PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: On The Lake, from Ballads (PEP CD 011)
CARLA BLEY BIG BAND: Someone to Watch, from Appearing Nightly (WATT/33 B0011815-02)
McCOY TYNER: Search for Peace, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note 97807)
NEW YORK COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA: Fever, from New York Composers Orchestra (New World/Crosscurrents NW 397-2)
THELONIOUS MONK/GERRY MULLIGAN: I Mean You, from Mulligan Meets Monk (OJC-301/RLP-1106)
MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: Blues for Pablo, from Miles Ahead (Sony B000002AGM)
MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA: All You Need is Love, from We are MTO (Mowo 3204)
CARLA BLEY: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, from Big Band Theory (WATT/25 78118-23125)
STEVEN BERNSTEIN/HAL WILNER: Blues in the Dark, from the Kansas City Motion Picture Soundtrack (Verve 314 529 554-2)
CHARLIE HADEN/LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA: Amazing Grace, from Not in Our Name (Verve B0004949-02)
FRED KATZ: Mate’ka, from Folk Songs for Far Out Folks (Reboot Stereophonic RSR 007)
TED NASH: Theme from the Night Visitor, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto PM 2134)
COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA: One O’Clock Jump, from Happy Birthday Newport (C3K 89076)
DONALD BROWN: Vera Cruz, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Cantaloupe Island, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (Columbia 82796 94593 2)
OLIVER NELSON: Stolen Moments, from The Blues And Abstract Truth (Impulse IMP 154)
GIL EVANS: Where Flamingos Fly, from Out Of The Cool (Impulse IMP 186)
BILL FRISELL: Onward, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
BILL FRISELL: Probability Cloud Reprise, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
PAUL GONSALVES/SONNY STITT: Salt And Pepper, from The House That Trane Built (Impulse BOOO6680-02)
BEN WEBSTER: Someone To Watch Over Me, from Today and Tomorrow (Impulse GRD 121)
AHMAD JAMAL: Appreciation, from A L’Olympia (FDM 36629 2)
EARL HINES: Black And Tan Fantasy, from Once Upon A Time (Impulse AS 9018)
JORIS ROELOFS KWARTET: A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing, from Jazz At The Concertgebouw 2 (RNW MJCQ 42)
SONNY ROLLINS: Alfie’s Theme, from Once Upon A Time (Impulse AS 90108)
JORIS ROELOFS KWARTET: A Beautiful Friendship, from Jazz At The Concertgebouw 2 (RNW MJCQ 42)
AVISHAI COHEN: Dear Lord, from The Trumpet Player (Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT 161CD)
PAT METHENY: Question and Answer, from Question and Answer (Geffen 9 24293-2)
JOHN SCOFIELD: Golden Daze, from Hand Jive (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 27327 2 3)
CUONG VU: It's Mostly Residual, from It's Mostly Residual (Auand 9010)
MICHAEL BLAKE: Maria, from Drift (Intuition INT 3213 2)
STEVEN BERNSTEIN: Meyer Lansky, from Diaspora Hollywood (Tzadik 7191)
GIGI GRYCE: Blues in Bloom, from The Rat Race Blues (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-081-2)
WAYNE SHORTER: House of Jade, from Juju (Blue Note 7243 4 99005 2 3)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Verse, from Stick Up! (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59378 2 8)
DAVID BERKMAN: Forever Astor, from Leaving Home (Palmetto 2078)
GARY BARTZ: Nusia's Poem, from The Red and Orange Poem (Atlantic 82720-2)
DAVID MURRAY: Lady in Black, from Ballads (DIW 840)
JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: Say It (Over and Over Again), from Ballads (Impulse 314-589-548-2)
CHARLIE PARKER/DIZZY GILLESPIE: Salt Peanuts, from The Quintet (Debut OJCCD-044-2)
BUDDY DeFRANCO: Kush, from Blues Bag (Koch Jazz KOC-DD-8545)
McCOY TYNER: Blues on the Corner, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note 97807)
JOHN COLTRANE: Alabama, from Live at Birdland (MCA/Impulse MCAD-33109)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Schwiphti, from Three Suites (Columbia CK 46825)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Zweet Zurzday (same as above)
LEE KONITZ/ALAN BROADBENT: Easy Living, from Live-Lee (Milestone 9329-2)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Fats, Duke, and the Monk, from Fats, Duke, and the Monk (Sackville SKCD 2-3048)
JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: You Don’t Know What Love Is (same as above)
TRYGE SEIM: The Aftermath/African Sunrise, from Different Rivers (ECM 1744)
JOHN COLTRANE: Afro-Blue (same as above)
JIM PEPPER/MAL WALDRON: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, from Art of the Duo (Tutu CD 888 106)
BOBBY TIMMONS: Soul Time, from The Best of Bobby Timmons (Riverside RCD 3719-2)
RED GARLAND: Billie Bounce, from The Best Of The Red Garland Quintets (Prestige PRCD 5702)
THE LESTER YOUNG – TEDDY WILSON QUARTET, Louise, from Pres and Teddy (Verve 831 270 2)
PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: To Love Again, from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007)
CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Sack Of Woes, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)
CANNONBALL ADDERLY: The Jive Samba, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Unrequited, from Songs (The Art Of The Trio Volume 3) (WB 9 47051 2)
DAVE DOUGLAS: October Surprise, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf KOC CD 5574)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, from Songs (The Art Of The Trio Volume 3) (WB 9 47051 2)
DAVE DOUGLAS: Tree And Shrub, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf KOC CD 5574)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Maiden Voyage, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)
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