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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!



Don't forget to e-mail your questions, comments, and requests to me at nolan [at] ksmu [dot] org

Needing a fix of a unique array of jazz music this week? WNJE has it for you! This week's program is chock-full of music from Kurt Elling, Ravi Coltrane, The Gerald Wilson Orchestra, and more.



Please e-mail me your questions, comments, and requests at nolan [at] ksmu [dot] org

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.

Please e-mail me if you have any requests, comments, or questions at nolan [at] ksmu [dot] org

This beautiful weather will hopefully last just a little bit longer...so while you're enjoying it, enjoy it with the sounds of Donald Brown, Duke Ellington, new music from Larry Vukovich, and more on WNJE!

You can always e-mail me if you have any questions, comments, or request at nolan [at] kmsu [dot] org

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

Please feel free to e-mail me at nolan [at] ksmu [dot] org if you have any requests, comments, or questions.

On this first September edition of WNJE, we'll hear from Denny Zeitlin, Steve Herberman Trio, and of course the new music of the week!

You can always email me your questions, comments, or requests at nolan [at] ksmu [dot] org

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

Please contact me if you have any requests, questions, or comments at nolan [at] ksmu [dot] org

New host Matt Evans' first Jazz Excursions included tracks from Chet Baker, Tom Harrell, Artie Shaw, John Pizzarelli, and many others.

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

Scotty Barnhart, ' Say It Plain', 2009 Unity Records LLC

Donald Bailey, 'Blueprints of Jazz Volume 3', 2008 Talking House Records

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

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

Larry Gelb'America is Free' -2008 Imagine Music

Scott Reves Quntet, ' Shape Shifter' March 14&15th Reebone Music, BMI

Joe Lovano Ensemble, 'Streams of Expression' - 2006 Blue Note Records

Big "Phat" Band, 'Act your age' - 2008 Label Group, L.L.C

Sonny Rollins, 'Road Shows Vol I' - 2008 Doxy Records

Carol Robbins, 'Jazz Play' - Jazz Cats

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.

Tonight on the show we heard a Wynton Marsalis cd called He and She and a John Patitucci cd called Another World.

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'.

Tonight! The Oranj Symphonette's 'Oranj Album', Anglo-Turkish guitar playing on Jonny Hepbir's 'Turkish Blend', and the Ed Palermo Big Band with 'Ping Pong'.

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

Tonight, a compilation titled 'Jazz in Switzerland' and John Pizzarelli's 'Bossa Nova'.

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.

Tonight, we played Kenny G's greatest hits... twice!

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.

Tonight's show unintentionally ended up with a latin vibe in all three albums.

We heard the Portinho Trio's Vinho do Porto, a compilation titled Roots of Afro-Cuban Jazz, and the album Lagrimas Negras by Bebe & Cigala.