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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August 2010 Click here for July's playlist
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August 2, 2010
DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, from The OKeh Ellington (Columbia CK 46177)
CAB CALLOWAY & HIS ORCHESTRA: The Man from Harlem, from 1930s Big Bands (Columbia CK 40651)
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: Jungle Blues, from The Fire of the Fundamentals (Columbia CK 57592)
THE VERY BIG CARLA BLEY BAND: Strange Arrangement, from The Very Big Carla Bley Band (Watt/23 847 942-2)
ANAT COHEN & THE ANZIC ORCHESTRA: Cry Me a River, from Noir (Anzic 1201)
DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: The Mooche (same as above)
CHARLIE JOHNSON’S PARADISE TEN: The Boy in the Boat (The Rock), from Early Black Swing: The Birth of Big Band Jazz, 1927-1934 (RCA Bluebird 9583-2-RB)
DAVID MURRAY/DOC CHEATHAM/LOREN SCHOENBERG: Black and Blue, from Mental Strain at Dawn (Stash ST-CD-563)
PIERRE DORGE AND NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA: St. Louis Blues, from Brikama (SteepleChase SCS 1188)
BENNY GOODMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA: Topsy, from Wicked Swing (RCA Victor 09026-63342-2)
DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Stormy Weather, from Cotton Club Stars (Milan RND-CD-1302)
BENNY GOODMAN: Sing Sing Sing, from Live at Carnegie Hall (Columbia J2C 40244)
DAVID MURRAY/DOC CHEATHAM/LOREN SCHOENBERG: Mamanita (same as above)
LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Happy Go Lucky Local, from Live in Swing City (Columbia CK 69898)
STEFANO BATTAGLIA AND MICHELE RABBIA: Antifona Libera, from Pastorlae (ECM 2120)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET: Sad Song, from Wait Til You See Her (ECM 2101)
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: Tears Transforming, from The Ground (ECM 1892)
UROS MARKOVIC: Wade In The Water, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)
BILLIE HOLIDAY: Body And Soul, from The Ultimate Diva Collection (Verve 8000016-02)
KENNY BURRELL: Phinupi, from Best Of (Blue Note 7243)
HELEN MERRELL: You’d Be So Nice To Come To, from The Ultimate Diva Collection (Verve 8000016-02)
LEE MORGAN: Just By Myself, from City Lights (Blue Note 0946 62676 2 3)
MCOY TYNER AND BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Blue Monk, from Manhattan Moods (Blue Note D 1065002)
THE STEPHEN ANDERSON TRIO: December 2008, from Nation Degeneration (Summit 540)
CYRUS CHESTNUT: Wellll, from Soul Food (Division One/Atlantic)
UROS MARKOVIC: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, from Jesus Saves (C78 007)
DINO SALUZZI: Cite de la Musique, from Cite de la Musique (ECM 1616)
HENRI TEXIER: Cap Esparance, from Mosaic Man (Label Bleu 6608)
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF: Never Let It End, from Never Let It End (MPS 15.274)
BENGT BERGER: Kora Song, from Thums Up (Caprice 21361)
STAN GETZ: Captain Marvel, from Captain Marvel (Columbia/Legacy 86086)
GIL EVANS: Las Vegas Tango, from The Individualism Of (Verve 833 804-2)
DAVE DOUGLAS: November, from Freak In (Bluebird 09026-64008-2)
MICHAEL MOORE: Mundo Sem Fim, from Bering (Ramboy 11)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Ungano, from Medina (Blue Note 7243 4 97508 2 1)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE: Soundtrack, from Cat 'N Mouse (ECM 1770)
NILS PETTER MOLVAER: Khmer, from Khmer (ECM 1560)
PAUL BLEY: Tango Palace, from Tango Palace (Soul Note 1090)
THE BAD PLUS: How Deep Is Your Love, from For All I Care (HUCD 3148)
PAUL MOTION: Casino, from Lost In A Dream (ECM 2128)
SLOW POKE: Harvest, from At Home (Palmetto PM 2156)
DAVE DOUGLAS: October Surprise, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf KOC CD 5574)
JEFF ‘TAIN’ WATTS: Rotation, from Folk’s Song (Dark Key 37101)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Round Midnight, from Jazz Moods/Round Midnight (Columbia CK90691)
THE BAD PLUS: Comfortably Numb, from For All I Care (HUCD 3148)
SLOW POKE: Listen Here, from At Home (Palmetto PM 2156)
HERBIE HANCOCK: The Socerer, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)
AMINA FIGAROVA: Four Steps To, from Sketches (BUCD 507)
DAVE DOUGLAS: Meaning And Mystery, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf KOC CD 5574)
August 9, 2010
WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET: Sunflowers, from The Marciac Suite (Columbia CK 69877)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ALL-STARS: All that Meat and No Potatoes, from Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller (Columbia/Legacy CK 64927)
ARTIE SHAW ORCHESTRA WITH HOT LIPS PAGE: Take Your Shoes Off Baby, from The Jazz Singers: Vocals by Great Instrumentalists (RCA Bluebird 3137-2-RB)
TOM HARRELL: I Don’t Know, from Visions (Contemporary CCD-14063-2)
WYNTON MARSALIS QUINTET WITH RICHARD GALLIANO: La Foule, from From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live at Marciac (WME 19457-2)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Mannenberg, from Voice of Africa, (BMG CDN 1007)
FREDDIE HUBBARD: Cunga Black, from Blue Spirits (Blue Note 94317)
VIJAY IYER TRIO: Mystic Brew, from Historicity (ACT 9489-2)
WYNTON MARSALIS QUINTET WITH RICHARD GALLIANO: Strange Fruit (same as above)
MIGUEL ZENON: Santo, from Awake (Marsalis Music 74746 0009-2)
HANK JONES-DAVE HOLLAND-BILLY HIGGINS: The Oracle, from The Oracle (Emarcy 846 376-2)
CHARLES MINGUS: Mood Indigo, from Mingus Dynasty (Columbia/Legacy CK 65513)
MISHA MENGELBERG-STEVE LACY-GEORGE LEWIS-ARJEN GORTER-HAN BENNINK: House Party Starting, from Change of Season (Soul Note 1104)
GIGI GRYCE: Boxer's Blues, from The Rat Race Blues (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-081-2)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Succotash, from Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note 7 84147 2)
ENRICO RAVA: By The Sea, from The Pilgrim and The Stars (ECM 1063)
DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET: The Oracle, from The Oracle (ECM 1410)
STRING TRIO OF NEW YORK: Peggy's Blue Skylight, from Time Never Lies (Stash 544)
AZIMUTH: How It Was Then, from How It Was Then...Never Again (ECM 1538)
RAY ANDERSON-MARK HELIAS-GERRY HEMINGWAY: You Be, from You Be (Minor Music 8007)
BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO: Nearness of You, from Anything Goes (Warner Bros 9362 48608 2)
August 16, 2010
WOODY SHAW: Sunshowers, from Rosewood (Columbia JC 35309)
MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: My Man’s Gone Now, from Porgy and Bess (Sony B000002AH6)
MARTIAL SOLAL: Coming Yesterday, from Just Friends (Dreyfus Jazz 36592-2)
EITHER/ORCHESTRA: Caravan, from Across the Omniverse (Accurate AC03272)
WOODY SHAW: Rosewood (same as above)
JIMMY SMITH: Blue Room, from The Sermon (Jazz Heritage 512793Y)
MARTIAL SOLAL AND THE DODECABAND: Take the “A” Train, from Plays Ellington (Dreyfus Jazz FDM-36613-2)
JENNY SCHEINMAN: The Buoy Song, from 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone CG125)
SONNY ROLLINS: Some Enchanted Evening, from Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy B0012165-02)
WOODY SHAW: Isabel The Liberator, from For Sure! (Columbia JC 36383)
JENNY SCHEINMAN: Hard Sole Shoe, from Crossing the Field (Koch KOC-CD-4590)
MOODY: Hot House, from 4B (ipo)
MOODY: Polka Dot And Moonbeams, from 4B (ipo)
DAVE DOUGLAS: Bury Me Standing, from A Single Sky (Green Leaf)
DAVE DOUGLAS: A Single Sky ,from A Single Sky (Green Leaf)
JOHN COLTRANE: My Favorite Things, from The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Atlantic R2 71984)
WAITIKI7: Ruby, from New Sounds Of Exotica (P0R 702)
DAVE DOUGLAS: The Presidents, from A Single Sky (Green Leaf)
MILES DAVIS: Yesternow, from Jack Johnson (Columbia 5188756)
STEFANO BATTAGLIA: Re: Person I Knew, from Bill Evans Compositions Vol. 1 (Splasch 400.2)
CHRIS MCGREGOR'S BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH: Thunder In The Mountain, from Country Cooking (Virgin 7 90998-2)
DENNIS GONZALEZ: Hymn for Louis Moholo, from Hymn for the Perfect Heart of a Pearl (Konnex 5026)
DAVE BRUBECK: Take Five, from Time Out (Columbia/Legacy CK 65122)
WAYNE HORVITZ: Sweeter Than the Day, from From A Window (AVAN 080)
STEVE LACY-RICCARDO FASSI: Compassion, from Dummy (Splasch 843.2)
ANDY STATMAN: You Were Revealed, from Between Heaven and Earth (Shanachie 64079)
HANK JONES-DAVE HOLLAND-BILLY HIGGINS: Jacob's Ladder, from The Oracle (Emarcy 846 376-2)
ANTHONY COX: In A Way, from Dark Metals (Minor Music 314 510 853-2)
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE: Starbeam, from Kind of Brown (Mack Avenue 1047)
DUKE ELLINGTON-CHARLES MINGUS-MAX ROACH: Caravan, from Money Jungle (Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9)
PAOLINO DALLA PORTA: Night Breath, from Tales (Soul Note 121244 2)
Monday, August 23, 2010
DON PULLEN: Jana’s Delight, from New Beginnings (Blue Note B2-91785)
WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Suffering with the Blues, from Breath of Life (Elektra Nonesuch 7309-2)
JOE HENDERSON: Punjab, from In ‘n Out (Blue Note 96507 2 2)
FRED HERSCH: Get Out of Town, from Songs without Words, Vol Three: Cole Porter (Nonesuch 79612-2)
DON PULLEN: Ode to Life, from Random Thoughts (Blue Note B2-94347)
NINA SIMONE: Trouble in Mind, from Bittersweet: The Very Best of Nina Simone (BMG 66748-77010-2)
NINA SIMONE: My Man’s Gone Now (same as above)
JOE HENDERSON: Pfrancing, from So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) (Verve 314 517 674-2)
DAVID MURRAY: At the Café Central, from Shakill’s Warrior (Columbia CK 48963)
GIANLUGI TROVESI: Hercab, from Dedalo (Enja ENJ-9419-2)
VIJAY IYER TRIO: Segment for Sentiment #2, from Historicity (ACT 9489-2)
VIJAY IYER TRIO: Galang (same as above)
FRED HERSCH: Let’s Do It (same as above)
HENRI TEXIER: Amazing, from Izlaz (Label Bleu 6515)
JOHN TAYLOR: Rosslyn, from Rosslyn (ECM 1751)
WAYNE SHORTER: After Love, Emptiness, from Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note CDP 777 84363 2)
CHARLES LLOYD: Dorotea's Studio, from Voice In The Night (ECM 1674)
DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET: Bedouin Trail, from Points of View (ECM 1663)
MILES DAVIS: Masqualero, from Sorcerer (Columbia/Legacy CK 65680)
JULIEN LOURAU: The Rise, from The Rise (Label Bleu 6640)
GARY BURTON: Vox Humana, from Dreams So Real (ECM 1072)
LENNART ABERG-PETER ERSKINE: Amarone, from Free Spirit (Amigo 912)
HENK DE JONGE: Baby's Brother, from Jumping Shark (BvHaast 9103)
Monday, August 30, 2010
THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO: All Blues, from Kindness, Joy, Love & Happiness (Inner City IC 6023)
ABBEY LINCOLN: Afro-Blue, from Abbey is Blue (Riverside OJC-069)
ABBEY LINCOLN: Brother Where are You? (same as above)
SONNY ROLLINS: Tenor Madness, from Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy B0012165-02)
GIANLUIGI TROVESI: Dance for a Fat Arlecchino, from Dances (Red RR 123181-2 CD)
THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO: Moanin’, from ‘S Wonderful (441 Records FFO-0030)
ORNETTE COLEMAN: Peace, from The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic 1317-2)
ABBEY LINCOLN: What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life, from Golden Lady (Inner City 1117)
THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO: Naima, from At the Village Vanguard (Inner City 6013)
MAX ROACH: Driva’ Man, from We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Candid CCD 9002)
WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Try a Little Tenderness, from Rhythm and Blues (Elektra/Musician E2 60864)
ANAT COHEN: A Change is Gonna Come, from Notes from the Village (Anzic ANZ-1302)
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