Improvisations is produced and hosted locally by John Habel, Todd Steed, Paul Parris, and Chris Woodlhull. Playlists, when they are available, are usually posted a day or so after air.
Questions? Email improv@utk.edu
Cy Anders, longtime WUOT jazz host, and in most recent years the host of Friday evening's Improvisations, passed away unexpectedly on March 17.
WUOT extends our sincere condolences to his family.
Cy will be greatly missed by everyone at WUOT - he was indeed a kind and good soul. As one of our staff members said "Cy cannot be replaced."
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DUKE ELLINGTON: Prelude To A Kiss, from At The Piano (Calm CABI 525)
THELONIOUS MONK: Blue Monk, from The Composer (Columbia CK 44297)
JOHN COLTRANE: The Night We Called It A Day, from The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Atlantic R2 71984)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: Blues For Smedley, from Oscar Peterson Trip plus Clark Terry (Verve B00009652 02)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: Roundalay, from Oscar Peterson Trip plus Clark Terry (Verve B00009652 02)
KENNY MACKENZIE TRIO: Sarabande, from There You Are (KMT 1213)
KENNY GARRETT: Sketches Of MD, from Live At The Iridium (Mac 1042)
JOHN COLTRANE: My Favorite Things, from The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Atlantic R2 71984)
CARL ALLEN AND RODNEY WHITAKER: A Time For Love, from What To Do (Mack Avenue)
CARL ALLEN AND RODNEY WHITAKER: Eleanor Rigby, from What To Do (Mack Avenue)
CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Sack Of Woes, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Reflections In D, from At The Piano (Calm CABI 525)
CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Limehouse Blues, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)
BOOGALOO JOE JONES: Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, from Right On Brother (Prestige 30659)
J. J. JOHNSON: Stolen Moments, from Say When (RCA Bluebird 6277-2-RB)
HERBIE NICHOLS PROJECT: Karna Kangi, from Strange City (Palmetto PM-2077)
TED NASH: Jump Line, from Sidewalk Meeting (Arabesque Jazz AJ 0156)
CHARLIE PARKER: Just Friends, from Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes (Verve 314 523 984-2)
CHARLIE PARKER: East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) (same as above)
J. J. JOHNSON: See See Rider, from Standards (Antilles 314-510-059-2)
JOHN COLTRANE: Greensleeves, from Ballads: Deluxe Edition (Impulse IM 314-589-548-2)
HERBIE NICHOLS: House Party Starting, from The Third World (Blue Note BN-LA-485-H2)
JOHNNY GRIFFIN SEXTET: Johnny G. G., from Johnny Griffin Sextet (Riverside OJCCD-1827-2)
ERROL GARNER: Is You is or is You ain’t My Baby?, from Erroll Garner’s Finest Hour (Verve 314-589-775-2)
ERROL GARNER: Russian Lullaby (same as above)
ERROL GARNER: Part-Time Blues (same as above)
SLIDE HAMPTON: Drum Suite, from Drum Suite (Mosaic MCD-1007)
J. J. JOHNSON/STAN GETZ: Billie’s Bounce, from Live at the Opera House (Verve V6-8490)
GRANT GEISSMAN: Cool Man Cool, from Cool Man Cool (Futurism 2054)
CARL ALLEN AND RODNEY WHITAKER: A Time For Love, from What To Do (Mack Avenue)
CARL ALLEN AND RODNEY WHITAKER: Relativity, from What To Do (Mack Avenue)
GRANT GEISSMAN: Ya Think?, from Cool Man Cool (Futurism 2054)
WYNTON MARSALIS: First Slow Dance, from He and She (EMI 5099 5 5 10331 3 5)
KERMIT RUFFINS: Song For My Father, from Livin’ A Treme’ Life (Basin Street Record BSR 0107 2)
WYNTON MARSALIS: The Sun And The Moon, from He and She (EMI 5099 5 5 10331 3 5)
GRACE KELLY: Tender Madness, from Mood Changes (Pazz 16-9)
HOLLY COLE: Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, from Holly Cole (Koch ROC CD 4404)
THELONIOUS MONK: Blues Five Spot, from The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside Box Set, RCD 022 2)
JOE LOVANO: Emperor Jones, from Symphonica (EMI/Blue Note)
JOE LOVANO: Duke Ellington’s Sound Of Love, from Symphonica (EMI/Blue Note)
LOU DONALDSON: Sweet Slumber, from Lush Life (Blue Note 0946 86022 2-4)
HOLLY COLE: Reaching For the Moon, from Holly Cole (Koch ROC CD 4404)
KERMIT RUFFINS: Treme Mardi Gras, from Livin’ A Treme’ Life (Basin Street Record BSR 0107 2)
YAYA 3: Slow Orbit, from Yaya 3 (Loma 9 48277-2)
MCCOY TYNER: Contemplation, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note D 103734)
MILES DAVIS: Footprints, from Miles Smiles (Columbia/Legacy CK 65682)
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN: Afro Blue, from After the Rain (Verve 314 527 467-2)
DAVE HOLLAND SEXTET: Lazy Snake, from Pass It On (Decca B0011860-02)
BILL FRISELL: What Do We Do?, from Blues Dream (Nonesuch 79615-2)
JENNY SCHEINMAN: Seating of the Bride, from The Rabbi's Lover (Tzadik 7165)
MICHAEL MOORE: I Pity the Poor Immigrant, from Jewels and Binoculars (Ramboy 15)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Day Is Done, from Day Is Done (Nonesuch 79910-2)
GARY BURTON QUINTET: Vox Humana, from Dreams So Real (ECM 1072)
LEO CUYPERS: No Plooi At All Blues, from Songbook (BvHaast 9502)
KERMIT RUFFINS: For The Love Of You, from Livin’ A Treme’ Life (Basin Street Record BSR 0107 2)
LOU DONALDSON: The Good Life, from Lush Life (Blue Note 0946 86022 2-4)
CARL ALLEN AND RODNEY WHITAKER: Giving Thanks, from What To Do (Mack Avenue)
WYCLIFFE GORDON AND ERIC REED: My Ship, from We 2 (WJ3 WJ31006)
THELONIOUS MONK: Evidence, from The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside Box Set, RCD 022 2)
GRACE KELLY: Ain’t No Sunshine, from Mood Changes (Pazz 16-9)
MILES DAVIS: Freddie The Freeloader, from Kind of Blue (50th Anniversary Edition) (Columbia 86829)
ELLA FITZGERALD: I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good, from Best of the Songbooks (Verve 314 519 8042 2)
THE LESTER YOUNG – TEDDY WILSON QUARTET: Our Love Is Here To Stay, from Pres and Teddy (Verve 831 270 2)
MONK’S MUSIC TRIO: Let’s Call This, from Monk On Mondays (CB 102843)
YUSEF LATEEF: Lateef Minor 7th, from Riverside Jazz Keynote Recordings 1953-1964 (Riverside/XM/Starbucks)
CHARLIE BYRD: Speak Low, from Riverside Jazz Keynote Recordings 1953-1964 (Riverside/XM/Starbucks)
KENNY BURRELL/JIMMY SMITH: Blue Bash, from Blue Bash (Verve 557 453 2)
GERI ALLEN/ DAVE HOLLAND/ JACK DEJOHNETTE: Lush Life, from The Life Of A Song (TELARC 83598)
BILL EVANS: Who Can I Turn To, from Bill Evans At Town Hall (Verve 831 271 2)
WES MONTGOMERY: Milestones, from Finest Hour (Verve 0694906682)
LEE MORGAN: Just By Myself, from City Lights (Blue Note 0946 62676 2 3)
RON CARTER: Gone, from Dear Miles (Blue Note 0946 3 92457 2)
KENNY DORHAM: Afrodisia, from Afro-Cuban (Blue Note CDP 7 46815 2)
DONALD BYRD: Blackjack, from Blackjack (Blue Note TOCJ 4259)
BRANFORD MARSALIS: Hope, from Braggtown (Marsalis Music)
WAYNE SHORTER: Infant Eyes, from Speak No Evil (Blue Note CDP 546509)
BRANFORD MARSALIS: O Solitude, from Braggtown (Marsalis Music)
ANHTONY COX: Samba Je Hed, from Dark Metals (314 510 853 2)
TOUGH YOUNG TENORS: You Go To My Head, from Alone Together (422 848 767 2)
CUMBIA DEL NORTE: Cumbia Loca, from The International Conspiracy (Cathexis GRCD 40)
ANAT COHEN: A Change is Gonna Come, from Notes from the Village (Anzic-1302)
JENNY SCHEINMMANN: Hard Sole Shoe, from Crossing the Field (Koch KOC-CD-4590)
RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Chalabati Blues, from Volcano Blues (Antilles 314 519 269-2)
CHARLES MINGUS: Cumbia & Jazz Fusion, from Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (Rhino R2 71785)
BEN ALLISON: Peace Pipe, from Peace Pipe (Palmetto PM-2086)
ROSWELL RUDD: Jackie-ing, from MaliCool (Soundscape SSC 3008)
DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER: Afro Blue, from Red Earth (DDB Records B0009091-02)
RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Penny Packer Blues (same as above)
RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: The Mystery of Love (same as above)
STEVE LACY: Let's Call This, from Reflections (New Jazz OJCCD-063-2)
JAMIE SAFT TRIO: What Was It You Wanted, from Trouble (Tzadik TZ 8111)
CASSANDRA WILSON: Skylark, from New Moon Daughter (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32861 2 6)
RAY ANDERSON: Brother Can You Spare A Dime?, from Every One of Us (Gramavision R2 79471)
PRINCE LASHA-SONNY SIMMONS: Congo Call, from The Cry! (Contemporary OJCCD-1945-2)
GIL EVANS: The Barbara Song, from The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve 833 804-2)
JOHN COLTRANE: Blue Train, from Blue Train (Blue Note D 103164)
BRUCE BARTH: April in Paris, from Morning Call (Enja 8084-2)
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF: Flower Dream, from Folk Mond and Flower Dream (Nektar 68.861)
RALPH PETERSON: Iris, from Ornettology (Blue Note CDP 7 98290 2)
BILLY BANG QUARTET: Improvisation For Four, from Valve No. 10 (Soul Note 121186-2)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Star Crossed Lovers, from Duke's Memories (String 233853)
WILLIE NELSON/WYNTON MARSALIS: Bright Lights Big City, from Two Men With The Blues (Blue Note 5099 5 04454 2 4)
DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY: Perdido, from Thank You Uncle Edward (Renma 6400CD)
KERMIT RUFFINS: I Can See Clearly Now, from Livin’ A Treme’ Life (Basin Street Record BSR 0107 2)
IRVIN MAYFIELD AND ELLIS MARSALIS: Round Midnight, from Love Songs, Ballads and Standards (Basin Street Record)
IRVIN MAYFIELD AND ELLIS MARSALIS: Romeo And Juliet, from Love Songs, Ballads and Standards (Basin Street Record)
KENNY DORHAM: My Ideal, from Quiet Kenny (Prestige PRCD 8108 2)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Blackbird, from The Art of the Trio, Volume 1 (Warner Brothers 9 468280-2)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Resignation, from The Art of the Trio, Volume 5 (Warner Brothers 9 468280-2)
DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY: Mainstem, from Thank You Uncle Edward (Renma 6400CD)
BENNY GOLSON: Tippin On Through, from Gettin’ With It (New Jazz OJCDD 1873 2)
BABY FACE WILLETTE: Goin’ Down, from Face To Face (Blue Note 0946 3 93180 2 8)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Lament For Linus, from The Art of the Trio, Volume 1 (Warner Brothers 9 468280-2)
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: Draw Near, from Being There (ECM 2017)
BARRY HARRIS TRIO: These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You), from Magnificent! (Prestige OJCDD 1026-2)
MILT JACKSON/JOHN COLTRANE: Bags & Trane, from Bags & Trane (Atlantic Jazz 1368-2)
OLIVER NELSON: Creole Love Call, from Black, Brown and Beautiful (RCA Bluebird 6993-1-RB)
OLIVER NELSON: Rockin’ in Rhythm (same as above)
SIDSEL ENDRESEN/BUGGE WESSELTOFT: Truth, from Out Here, In There (Jazzland 017-368-2)
JOHN COLTRANE: After the Rain, from Impressions (Impulse 314 543 416-2)
MILT JACKSON/JOHN COLTRANE: The Late Late Blues (same as above)
ANAT COHEN: After the Rain, from Notes from the Village (Anzic-1302)
GRANT GREEN: Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho, from Feelin’ the Spirit (Blue Note 46822 2)
MILT JACKSON: Opus de Funk, from Opus de Funk (Prestige P-24048)
LENA HORNE: Stormy Weather, from Stormy Weather (Heritage Jazz 513000Z)
LENA HORNE: I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (same as above)
LENA HORNE: Moanin’ Low (same as above)
SONNY ROLLINS: Some Enchanted Evening, from Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy 80012165-02)
OLIVER NELSON: Hoe-Down, from Blues and the Abstract Truth (MCA/Impulse MCA-29063)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Maiden Voyage, from Happenings (Blue Note CDP 7 46530 2)
PHIL WOODS: Willow Weep For Me, from Musique Du Bois (Muse 5037)
RAY BARRETTO SEXTET: Sleeping Dancer Sleep On, from Homage to Art (Sunnyside 1105)
CHARLIE HADEN: Turnaround, from The Golden Number (A&M 0825)
DUKE ELLINGTON-CHARLES MINGUS-MAX ROACH: African Flower, from Money Jungle (Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9)
MAL WALDRON: Blues for F. P., from Plays the Blues (Enja 2002-2)
JOE HENDERSON: Loose Change, from The State of the Tenor Volume 1 (Blue Note CDP 7 46296 2)
DUKE ELLINGTON-CHARLES MINGUS-MAX ROACH: Caravan, from Money Jungle (Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9)
LESLIE PINTCHIK: Happy Days Are Here Again, from Quartets (Ambient 006)
KENNY WHEELER: Mai We Go Round, from Around 6 (ECM 1156)
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF: Ballad for Jessica Rose, from Tension (Bellaphon 71002)
MATTHEW SHIPP: The Key, from Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear THI 57127.2)
THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: Stella By Starlight, from Hard Bop (Mosaic 1005)
HELEN MERRILL: The Winter Of My Discontent, from The Dick Katz Sessions (1019)
GERI ALLEN TRIP: In The Morning, from Twenty One (Blue Note D 106397)
GERI ALLEN TRIP: Lullaby of the Leaves, from Twenty One (Blue Note D 106397)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Cuban Pete, from The Complete Decca Sessions (Mosaic 243)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: I Double Dare You, from The Complete Decca Sessions (Mosaic 243)
SARAH VAUGHN: Can’t Get Out Of This Mood, from Ken Burns Jazz, The Definitive Sarah Vaughn (Verve 314 549 0882)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Prelude To A Kiss, from Black, Brown & Beige (Bluebird 6641-2 RB)
ELLA FITZGERALD: If You Can’t Sing It, You’ll Have To Swing It, from Love, Ella (Verve BOO08952 02)
HORACE PARLAN: Happy Frame Of Mind, from The Complete Horace Parlan Sessions (Mosaic 197)
KYLE EASTWOOD: Black Light, from Metropolitan (Rens141)
KYLE EASTWOOD: Song For You, from Metropolitan (Rens141)
FRANK FOSTER: Simone, from Well Water (Piadrum 0701)
NELS CLINE: The Divine Homegirl, from Coward (CG 141)
GERI ALLEN: Blue, from Twylight (Verve 841 152 2)
GERI ALLEN: Shadow Series, from Twylight (Verve 841 152 2)
NELS CLINE: X Change(s), from Coward (CG 141)
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Cyclops, from Domination (Capitol Jazz 7243-4-77560-2)
ANAT COHEN: Agada Yapanit, from Poetica (Anzic-1301)
JEWELS & BINOCULARS: Gates of Eden, from Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot)
JEWELS & BINOCULARS: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (same as above)
ROSSWELL RUDD QUARTET: Suh Blah Blah Buh Sibi, from Keep Your Heart Right (Soundscape SSC 1188)
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Ndo Lima, from Accent on Africa (Capitol ST-2987)
JOSEFINE CRONHOLM: In Your Wild Garden, from Wild Garden (Stunt STUCD 01232)
SIDSEL ENDRESEN/BUGGE WESSELTOFT: Birds, from Out Here, In There (Jazzland 017-368-2)
BUGGE WESSELTOFT: Hands, from Playing (Jazzland 0602517961678)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Blue Bolero, from Senzo (Intuition INT 3428 2)
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: African Waltz, from African Waltz (Fantasy OJC-258)
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Blue Brass Groove (same as above)
ROSSWELL RUDD/YOMO TORO: Poochie & the Bird, from El Espirito Jibaro (Soundscape 1174)
GUILLERMO GONZALEZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Lupita, from Cumbia Cumbia 2 (World Circuit WCD 033)
LITO BARRIENTOS: Cumbia en dor Menor, from Cumbia Cumbia 2 (same as above)
GEOFF KEEZER: Venus as a Boy, from Zero One (Dreyfus FDM 36703-2)
GRACE KELLY: Happy Theme Song, from Mood Changes (Pazz 16-9)
GRACE KELLY: Comes Love, from Mood Changes (Pazz 16-9)
FREDDIE HUBBARD: Body And Soul, from Without A Song (EMI Blue Note 5099 2 36957 2 6)
KENNY MACKENZIE TRIO: To A Wild Rose, from There You Are (KMT 1213)
FREDDIE HUBBARD: Things We Did Last Summer, from Without A Song (EMI Blue Note 5099 2 36957 2 6)
WAYNE SHORTER: Children Of The Night, from Footprints, the Life and Music of Wayne Shorter (Columbia C2K 89150)
KYLE EASTWOOD: Metropolitan, from Metropolitan (Rens141)
KYLE EASTWOOD: Black Light, from Metropolitan (Rens141)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Avalon, from The Cosmic Scene (Mosaic 1001)
NELS CLINE: The Divine Homegirl, from Coward (CG 141)
BILL FRISELL: A Change Is Gonna Come, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
ALEX CLINE: Nourishing Our Roots, from Continuation (CG 140)
TOMMY FLANAGAN: Cousin Mary, from Giant Steps (Enja 4022-41)
JOE LOVANO: Fort Worth, from From the Soul (Blue Note CDP 7 986362)
TEDDY CHARLES-SHORTY ROGERS: Bobalob, from Collaboration: West (Prestige OJCCD-122-2)
JOE CHAMBERS: Medina, from The Almoravid (32 Jazz 32099)
RANDY WESTON: Berkshire Blues, from Berkshire Blues (Black Lion 760205)
DON CHERRY-ED BLACKWELL: Mutron-Bemsha Swing-Solidarity-Arabian Nightingale, from El Corazon (ECM 1230)
SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA: Ancient Aiethopia, from Jazz in Silhouette (Evidence 22012-2)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE: Gimme Five, from Open Land (ECM 1683)
JULIEN LOURAU: The Rise, from The Rise (Label Bleu LBLC 6640)
RAY BARRETTO: Acid, from Acid (Fania 773 130 022-2)
TOMMY FLANAGAN: Naima, from Giant Steps (Enja 4022-41)
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