Wednesday Jazz

We head back in time just a bit this week with the sounds of Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra, Jerome Harris, and Harry Edison with Buddy Tate. Of course, new music of the week as well!



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On this final November edition of WNJE, I break out some real foot-tapping tunes! Featured on the program -- Jeff Hackworth, The Dan Loomis Quartet, and new music of the week from Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway.

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Greetings, all! And welcome to October. This week on WNJE -- Mike Holober, Jesse Jones Jr., The Bobby Shew Quintet, and more!

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Greetings, jazz fans! Tonight on WNJE, I'm featuring Mark Kleinhaut Trio, The Jazzhearts, and some new stuff from Rogers Humphries!

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Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Milt Jackson, 'What's Up? The Very Tall Band', 2007 Telarc

Russell Malone, 'Live At Jazz Standard Volume One', 2006 Max Jazz

Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker, 'Work To Do', 2009 Mack Avenue Records

Jennifer Lee, 'Quiet', 2008 Jennifer Lee

Dee Daniels, 'Jazz In It', 2007 Origin Records

Pirouet Jazz Complication Volume 1, 'The Best Is Yet To Come', 2009 Pirouet Records

Madeleine Peyroux, 'The Perfect World', 2006 Rounder Records Corp

Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, 'Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola', 2008 DIVE Jazz Orchestra

Kenny Burrell, '75th Birthday Bash Live' , 2007 The Blue Note Label Group

Monty Alexander, 'Concret Jungle: The Music Of Bob Marley', 2006 Telarc

Southwest Missouri State University Jazz Band, 'Rides The 9:20 Special', Pride Bands 2002

Stanley Jordan, 'State Of Nature' 2008 Mack Avenue Records Inc

1st Swing Masters, 'Vol. 2...King of Swing' 2008 Dare Records a divison of VM Entertainment Group

2nd Joe Lovano & Hank Jones,'Kids, live at Dizzy's Club' 2007 The Blue Note Label Group.

The Heads Up Super Band starts tonight's show with a live concert from 1997. Then a collection of Miles Davis and Stan Getz songs on 'Tune Up', and finally another live recording, Art Pepper's 'Laurie's Choice'.

Charlie Hunter & Pound For Pound (of which Stefon Harris is a member) and pianist Hal Galper round out tonight's show.

Three albums tonight, a nice variety of sounds without getting too crazy. We heard a bit of the compilation 'Best of Arturo Sandoval', the album '33 1/3' by The Frank & Joe Show, and a self titled album by the Doky Brothers.

Two pretty recent albums tonight, Geoffrey Keezer's Aurea, and the second album by Bob Sneider and Joe Locke's Film Noir Project, Nocturne For Ava.