Erroll Garner | Cheek to Cheek | Nightconcert |
Johnaye Kendrick | I’ve Got No Strings | Flying |
Justin Kauflin | Strawberry Fields | Coming Home |
Lorraine Feather | Random Activity | Math Camp |
Buster Williams | Song of the Outcasts | Audacity |
Pearl Django | Night of the Dolphin | With Friends Like These |
Orrin Evans | Flip the Script | The Captain Black Big Band |
Bobby Sanabria | Maria | West Side Story Reimagined |
Miki Yamanaka | Book | Miki |
Grace Kelly | Fish and Chips | Go Time Brooklyn 2 |
Trio Kait | J&J | Trio Kait 2 |
Rachel Caswell | Tell Me a Bedtime Story | We’re All in the Dance |
Kandace Springs | Piece of Me | Indigo |
Enrique Haneine | The Seventh Layer | The Mind’s Mural |
Trinom3 | Just a Bit Further | Just a Bit Further |
Patrick Zimmerli | Windup | Clockworks |
12/5/18 — Original Compositions
Hello! Every song played today was an original composition from the artist.
Sherman Irby | Willie’s Beat | Cerylean Canvas |
Alex Goodman | Losing Cool | Second Act |
Tina Schouw | Life is a Joy | Jazzing and Jiving: The Cape Town Sessions |
Rebecca Coupe Franks | Lost in the Stone Ridge | Two Oceans |
Anat Cohen | Happy Song | Happy Song |
McClenty Hunter Jr. | Autumn | The Groove Hunter |
Bob Lark : Phil Woods Quintet | Winter’s Touch | Thick as Thieves |
Miki Yamanaka | Something about Food | Miki |
Bill Evans | Here’s That Rainy Day | Alone |
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | Twisted | The Hottest New Group In Jazz |
Takahiro Kaneko | BBQ | Megane (Original Soundtrack) |
Oscar Peterson Trio | D. & E | We Get Requests |
Lisa Ono | Bolero Cancão | Esperança |
The Modern Jazz Sextet | Mean to Me | The Modern Jazz Sextet |
The Wynton Kelly Trio | On Green Dolphin Street | Kelly Blue |
The Manhattan Transfer | Four Brothers | The Very Best of The Manhattan Transfer |
Orrin Evans The Captain Black Big Band | Question | Presence |
Serge Delaite Trio | Three and one | French Cookin’ |
Art Blakey | Confirmation | A Night in Birdland |
Oliver Nelson | Butch And Butch | The Blues and the Abstract Truth |
Jeff Denson Quartet | Wishing Well | Concentric Circles |
11/28/2018 — Follow the Leader
Hello! Today’s theme was follow the leader where each following song contains a musician from the previous song.
Amy Cervini | God Will | No One Ever Tells You |
Duchess feat. Anat Cohen | Everybody Loves My Baby | Laughing at Life |
Anat Cohen | Ternura | Luminosa |
Diva Jazz Orchestra | Darkness of the Matter | Diva: 25th Anniversary Project |
Wynton Marsalis | Swingdown, Swingtown | Citi Movement |
McCoy Tyner | New Orleans Stomp | Illuminations |
Christian McBride | The Shade of the Cedar Tree | Gettin’ To It |
Steve Turre | Carolyn (in the Morning) | The Very Thought of You |
Stefon Harris | Song of the Whispering Banshee | The Grand Unification Theory |
Stefon Harris | The Single Petal of a Rose | From the Queen Suite |
Nancy Harms | Lost in Meditation | Ellington at Night |
Duke Ellington & Orchestra | Night Creatures (1,2,3) | The Symphonic Ellington |
Ed Neumeister | Come Sunday | Suite Ellington |
Eddie Daniels | Tango | Heart of Brazil |
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra | Lover Man (Oh Where Can you Be?) | All my Yesterdays |
11/20/2018 — Random
Steve Gadd Band | Way Back Home | Way Back Home |
Steve Feierabend | Blue Skies | Converging Paths |
Shawn Maxwell | Saturday Morning Dance | New Tomorrow |
Bill Evans | In a Sentimental Mood | Some Other Time |
Australian Jazz Quintet | In a Sentimental Mood | Australian Jazz Quintet Plus One |
John Coliani Quintet | Can’t Help Falling in Love | After Hours |
Joey DeFrancesco | Puttin’ On the Ritz | The Street of Dreams |
Bag of Bones | Amazing Grace | Stomp |
Eric Essix | Watching Over Me | First Impressions |
Chip Stephens Trio | This Funny World | This Funny World |
Aurora | Daddy Trane & Cousin Wayne | Aurora |
Bob Nell | Why I Like Coffee | Why I like Coffe |
Blue Mitchell | Scrapple From the Apple | Blue’s Mood |
Hello Young Lovers | Curtis Fuller | Four on the Outside |
Someday my Prince Will Come | Bill Evans | Portrait in Jazz |
Cherokee | Clifford Brown & Max Roach | Study in Brown |
Intima | The Modern Jazz Quarter | Jazz Dialogue |
Lulu’s Back in Town | Thelonious Monk | Its Monk Time |
On The Sunny Side of the Street | Sonny Rollins | Sonny Side Up |
11/14/18 – Nostalgia
Today was all the songs that reminded me of my childhood. I hope y’all enjoy!
Wayne Tucker | A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes | When I Was a Child |
Alexis Cole | So in Love | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To |
Duchess | A Doodlin’ Song | Duchess |
Ken Peplowski Big Band | If I were a Bell | Sunrise |
Elaine Elias | They Can’t Take that Away from Me | Bossa Nova Stories |
A Bu | Forever Suite (1,2) | Butterflies in Paris |
Miki Yamanaka | Mr. Pancake | Miki |
Lou Donaldson | Soul Meetin’ | A Man with a Horn |
Teddy Edwards | (Under) The Southern Moon and Sky | Back to Avalon |
Polly Gibbons | Ability to Swing | Is it Me? |
Cory Henry | All is Fair in Love | The Revival |
McCoy Tyner Big Band | In a Sentimental Mood | The Turning Point |
Steve Turre | The Very Thought of You | The Very Thought of You |
John Colianni Quintet | This Side Up | On Target |
Francois Moutin & Kavita Shah Duo | La Vie En Rose | Interplay |
Rachel Caswell | I Didn’t Know What Time it Was | We’re all in the Dance |
Tom Collier | God Only Knows/Here, There, Everywhere | Alone in the Studio |
Bill Charlap Trio | Uptown, Downtown | Autumn Leaves |
Justin Gray and Synthesis | Reflections | New Horizons |
The Cunninghams | I Remember Bird | Strings n Swing |
11/7/18 – Princess Day
Hey y’all! All the songs today were based on a Disney Princess.
Imany | Some Day My Prince Will Come | Jazz Loves Disney 2 |
Miggy Augmented Orchestra | Find the White Line | Colorful |
Chick Corea Akoustic Band | Round Midnight | Alive |
Tim Warfield | Sleeping Dancer, Sleep On | Jazzland |
As/Is | La Belle Dame Sans Regrets | Here’s to Life |
Ed Neumeister | The Single Petal of a Rose | Suite Ellington |
Rebecca Coupe Franks | Afternoon in Paris | Suit of Armor |
Rachel Caswell | Two for the Road | We’re all in the Dance |
A Bu | Let Me Catch You | Butterflies in Paris |
Hoagy Charmichael | Rockin’ Chair | A Hoagy Charmichael Songbook |
Alexis Cole & Bucky Pizzarelli | Honeysuckle Rose | A Beautiful Friendship |
Melody Gardot | Morning Sun | Live in Europe |
Marty Elkins | That’s All There is to That | Fat Daddy |
Grace Kelly | Feels Like Home (7) | Go Time Brooklyn 2 |
Richard Galliano | The Island | Sentimentale |
Grace Kelly | Fish & Chips | Go Time Brooklyn 2 |
10/31/18 – Halloween!!
Artist – Song – Album
Trio Kait | Thematic | Trio Kait 2 |
Sun Ra | The All of Everything | The Night of the Purple Moon |
Sun Ra | Love in Outer Space (alt. take) | The Night of the Purple Moon |
Cathy Segal – Garcia | Ruby My Dear | Intuition |
Ugly Beauties | Broken Glass | Strange Attractors |
Mark Egan, Arjun Bruggeman | Dreaming Spirits | Dreaming Spirits |
Jeff Lerder’s | Silver Spade | Swing n Dix |
Bongwool Lee | How’s Up There | My Singing Fingers |
Bill Frisell | When You Wish Upon a Star | When You Wish Upon a Star |
Various | Touch of Evil Theme | Crime Jazz |
Various | Harold’s Way | Crime Jazz |
Christian Sands | Frankenstein | Facing Dragons |
John Stowell/ULF Bandgren Quartet | Night Visitor | Night Visitor |
Shai Maestro | The Dream Theif | The Dream Theif |
Ben Markelt Quartet | Autumn Air | Basic Economy |
Yelena Eckemoff Quintet | Sleeping in the Tent | Blooming Tall Phlox |
Duchess | Stars Fell on Alabama | Laughing at Life |
Electric Squeezebox Orchestra | People Music | Cheap Rent |
10/24/18 – Big Band Tribute
Artist – Song – Album
Glenn Miller | String of Pearls | The Essential Glenn Miller |
Paquito D’Rivera | To Brenda with Love | Big Band Time |
Toshiko Akiyoshi | Hangin’ Loose | Desertlady/Fantasy |
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra | Ah, that’s freedom | All my Yesterdays |
Steve Washington | The Lamp is Low | Right to Love |
Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band | Stardust | Dizzy’s Business |
Clare Fisher Latin Jazz Big Band | Renacimiento | Intenso |
Glenn Miller | Tuxedo Junction | The Essential Glenn Miller |
Lionel Hampton | Twentieth Century Boogie | The Legendary Decca Recordings of Lionel Hampton |
Bobby Sanabria | Prologue | West Side Story Reimagined |
Ken Peplowski Big Band | If I were a Bell | Sunrise |
Christian McBride Big Band | Optimism | Bringin’ It |
Dirty Brass Band | Flyin’ High | What’s Going On |
Mingus Big Band | Fables of Faubus | Gunslinging Birds |
Orrin Evans | Answer | Presence |
Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band | Without You – No Me (To Dizzy) | Dizzy’s Business |
Michael Gibbs and the NDR Big Band | Throughout | Michael Gibbs and the NDR Big Band play a Bill Frissell Playlist |
Tim Davies Big Band | The Expensive Train Set | The Expensive Train Set |
Bobby Sanabria | Tonight | West Side Story Reimagined |
June 13, 2019 – New Releases Pt. 1
Hi everyone! Thanks for continuing to listen to my show! I’m going to use this summer to update all of my playlists on my website and maybe even start to compile some Spotify playlists!
The list goes: Artist – Song – Album
Herlin Riley | Rush Hour | Perpetual Optimism |
Herlin Riley | Wings and Roots | Perpetual Optimism |
Mary Stallings | When I close my eyes | Songs were made to sing |
Mary Stallings | Prelude to a Kiss | Songs were made to sing |
Logan Richardson | Hunter of the Soul | Blues People |
Logan Richardson | Is that So | Blues People |
Kait Dunton | Sarah’s Bracelet | Planet d’Earth |
Karin Plato | Insomnia | This Could Be the One |
Four | RBG | Bad Luck |
John Baptiste | Mr. Buddy | Hollywood Africans |
John Baptiste | Kenner Boogie | Hollywood Africans |
Alison Au Quartet | Future Self | Wander Wonder |
Beegie Adair | Grover’s Hat Project | That’s My Desire |
Five Play | Nancy With the Laughing Face | Firehouse Stage |
3/14/19 — Female New Releases
Hello!
Today’s theme was female musicians that came directly from KUCI’s new releases shelves!
Judith Lorick | I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life | The Second Time Around |
Lena Prima | Darktown Strutters Ball | Prima La Famiglia |
Catherine Russell | Is You Is Or Is Ain’t Baby | Alone Together |
Vivian Sessoms | No Greater Love (&Loves Refrain Reprise) | Life |
Abagail Rockell | So In Love | Autumn Noir |
Miki Yamanaka | Book | Miki |
Beverly Church Hogan | You’re Looking At Me | Can’t Get Out of this Mood |
Joyce Didonato | (In My) Solitude | Songplay |
Connie Han | Gruvy | Crime Zone |
Connie Han | A Shade of Jade | Crime Zone |
Kait Dunton | Thread Suite 1, 2, &3 | Planet D’earth |
Alison Au Quartet | Future Self | Wander, Wonder |
Magela Hererra | Ahora | Explicaciones |
Britanny Anjou | Olive You | Enamigo Reciprokataj |
Jessica Jones Quartet | Higher Than | Continuum |
Alice Coltrane | Spring Rounds | Spiritual Eternal |
Addison Evans | Meridian | Monkey Mind |
Lynn Veronnueau | September Moon | Love & Surrender |