Jazz After Dark

On tonight’s show: a retrospective on the career of Vince Guaraldi. Some remastered early works by the Vince Guaraldi Trio: Fenwyck's Farfel, and Django, and Ossobucco (featuring Eddie Duran on guitar), from 1956. Guaraldi playing with the Cal Tjader Quartet in 1957, Live at the Blackhawk: Lover Come Back to Me. Two from his 1957 release, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing: Like a Mighty Rose and Autumn Leaves From The Definitive Vince Guaraldi, a compilation of his work from 1955-66 at Fantasy Records, two of the popular songs from the TV specials: Charlie Brown Theme from 1964 and Skating from 1965. Two from Guaraldi’s last recordings, done with the Warner label: Red Baron, from the Oh Good Grief album from 1968, and Alma-Ville, from the album of the same name, released in 1969. A new release of Linus and Lucy by the Vince Guaraldi Quintet, from the 50th Anniversary edition of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, 2023. Newly released songs from the soundtrack to You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, the television special from 1972, with Guaraldi on vocals on Joe Cool, and then African Sleigh Ride.

Programming note: the Tuesday 8 p.m. broadcast is pre-empted by election coverage. This program will play at the Friday 11 p.m. rebroadcast time. Upbeat jazz favorites tonight:  Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Nat King Cole, Route 66 Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Vince Guaraldi, Skating Jacy Parker, Here Comes Trouble Again Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Oscar Peterson, Take the "A" Train Antônio Carlos Jobim, Takatanga Gerry Mulligan, One to Ten in Ohio Don Ellis, Sidonie Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The Entertainer (Done in the style of The Blues) Hubert Laws, Passacaglia, guitar solo Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela, Kalahari Nights Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola, Manha de Carnaval

On tonight's show: Teddy Wilson, Stompin' at the Savoy Art Tatum, Where or When Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Dream a Little Dream of Me Artie Shaw, Monsoon Artie Shaw, Cream Puff Peggy Lee, Love Me or Leave Me Buddy DeFranco, Funky's Oncle Johnny Hodges, Jeep Bounces Back Don Ellis, Quiet Longing Duke Ellington (Betty Roché vocals), I Love My Lovin' Lover Boots Randolph, Billy's Bounce Chet Baker, Crazy She Calls Me Chet Baker with Paul Desmond, You Can't Go Home Again Eiji Kitamura, I Wanna Go Home

On tonight’s show: Count Basie, Pennies from Heaven Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Ad Lib Blues Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Almost Like Being in Love Vince Guaraldi Trio, Fascinating Rhythm Blossom Dearie, Just in Time Yusef Lateef, The Plum Blossom Stan Getz, Melancolico Teddy Edwards, Heart and Soul Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train Dave Brubeck, Tokyo Traffic Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Trav'lin' Light Zoot Sims, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You Zoot Sims, I've Got a Crush on You Zoot Sims, Embraceable You

Tonight's show: Count Basie, Jumpin' At The Woodside Jelly Roll Morton, Don't You Leave Me Here Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Skylark Cab Calloway, 06 - Special Delivery Vince Guaraldi Trio, Never Never Land Ruby Braff, Barbary Coast Arnett Cobb with Ray Bryant, Cocktails for Two and Blues in the Closet Arnett Cobb with Tommy Flanagan, Blue Lou Arnett Cobb with Bobby Timmons, Down by the Riverside Ella Fitzgerald & Tommy Flanagan, Little White Lies (Live) Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and His Orchestra, The Count Basie Orchestra & Tommy Flanagan, Indian Summer (Live) Jaki Byard with Tommy Flanagan, Satin Doll Claude Bolling Big Band, Duke's Beat  

Jazz classics tonight. Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald, A-Tisket A-Tasket Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, In the Mood Sidney Bechet, Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen, When The Saints Go Marching In Earl Bostic, Flamingo Lester Young, Stardust Stan Kenton, The Creep Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, Nuages Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues Gerry Mulligan, Bags' Groove Blossom Dearie, 'Deed I Do Dave Brubeck, Blue Rondo a La Turk Miles Davis, Summertime Stan Getz, Manhã de Carnaval Paul Desmond, Take Te

Tonight’s playlist was suggested by a listener, and it tells a story. Peggy Lee, Please Send Me Someone To Love Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & His Orchestra, Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) Etta James, The Man I Love Mel Tormé, All I Need Is A Girl Louis Armstrong, Love Walked In Helen Forrest, Make Love To Me Lena Horne, Come on Strong The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bésame Mucho Billie Holiday, Stars Fell on Alabama Peggy Lee, Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? Frank Sinatra, Day By Day Billie Holiday, Comes Love Frank Sinatra, Hey! Jealous Lover Louis Jordan, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Helen Humes, He Don't Love Me Anymore Esther Phillips, I Wish You Love

Farewell to summer on tonight’s show: Billie Holiday, I Cover The Waterfront Cal Tjader, Summertime (Vince Guaraldi piano solo) Paul Gonsalves, Yesterdays Stan Getz, Balanço No Samba Teddy Edwards, Smokin' Dave Brubeck & Tony Bennett, That Old Black Magic Dave Brubeck, Lonesome Buddy Rich, Lament For Lester Count Basie, Blues For Joe Turner James Moody, Moody's Mood Ella Fitzgerald, Teach Me Tonight (Live) Ron Carter, Take Ten Gerald Wiggins, Summertime

Jazz from the 1930s and 40s tonight. We’ll hear: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, The Last Time Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Clyde McCoy, Sugar Blues Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, The Big Noise from Winnetka Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Lulu's Back In Town Jimmie Lunceford, For Dancers Only Duke Ellington, New East ST. Louis Toodle-Oo Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle, Viper Mad Fats Waller, Keepin' Out of Mischief Now Benny Carter, Beale Street Blues Benny Goodman, One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald, Stairway To The Stars Glenn Miller, Rhapsody in Blue Erskine Hawkins, After Hours (Digitally Remastered) Charlie Christian, Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Am I Blue? Bunny Berigan, Skylark Thelonious Monk, 'Round Midnight Les Brown, Leap Frog

On tonight’s show: Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing vocals), You Can Depend On Me Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Ball Of Fire Erskine Hawkins, Tippin' In Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, When a Man Loves a Woman Miles Davis Quartet, When I Fall In Love Gigi Gryce Octet, Purple Shades Art Pepper, You're Driving Me Crazy Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Lullaby Of The Leaves Jimmy Witherspoon, Trouble In Mind Ella Fitzgerald, Them There Eyes (Live Chicago Opera House) Kenny Burrell, Wavy Gravy Pete Fountain, Bye Bye, Bill Bailey Horace Silver, Sighin' and Cryin' The Taylor Eigsti Trio, They Can't Take That Away From Me

New Orleans jazz, and more tonight: Louis Armstrong, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons, Boogie Woogie Man Will Bradley, Basin Street Boogie Tommy Dorsey, 11.Swing Low, Swing Chariot Ella Fitzgerald w Sy Oliver, Basin Street Blues Artie Shaw, Imagination Woody Herman Sextet, Princess M Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band, Ice Cream Pete Fountain, Lazy River Louis Armstrong, Bourbon Street Parade Billie & DeDe Pierce, Algiers Hoodoo Blues Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Rip 'Em Up, Joe, and We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Just a Little While to Stay Here Piano Connection, Hit That Nail

1950s jazz tonight: Pearl Bailey, They Didn't Believe Me Earl Bostic, Bostic's Boogie Blues Don Elliott and the Cool Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble Terry Pollard, Where or When (2015 - Remaster) Ethel Ennis, Blue Prelude Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Social Call Art Pepper/Sonny Redd, Deep Purple Earl "Fatha" Hines, 'S Wonderful Cal Tjader, Summertime1Clarinet Ruby Braff, But Not For Me Helen Humes, When I Grow Too Old To Dream Ella Fitzgerald, All of Me Mose Allison, Creek Bank Wynton Kelly, Softly As In a Morning Sunrise

We have a Duke Ellington retrospective tonight on Jazz After Dark with selections from 1928 to 1964, accompanied by Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and more. The song list: Stevedore Stomp Diga Diga Doo Watchin' Stormy Weather A Sailboat In The Moonlight Sponge Cake And Spinach Harmony in Harlem Tulip or Turnip (Live at Newport) Night and Day Drop Me Off In Harlem The Swingers Get the Blues, Too In A Sentimental Mood One O'Clock Jump Tuxedo Junction Caravan Isfahan

On tonight's show: Glenn Miller, Johnson Rag Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, Georgia On My Mind Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Solitude (78 RPM Version) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Bobby Darin, Mack The Knife Nat King Cole, Let There Be Love Erroll Garner, Misty Miles Davis, Blue In Green Ramsey Lewis, The Tennessee Waltz (Live) Ramsey Lewis, I'll Wait For You Budd Johnson, Bill Pemberton, Oliver Jackson & Earl "Fatha" Hines, Summertime Astrud Gilberto, Agua De Beber (feat. Antônio Carlos Jobim) Kenny Burrell, The Preacher Paul Desmond, Modern Jazz Quartet, You Go to My Head Ray Charles, Oh Bess, Where's My Bess  

On tonight’s show: King Cole Trio, Baby, Baby, All the Time Django Reinhardt, Manoir de mes Rêves Django Reinhardt, Brazil Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Daylight Express Sonny Clark, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Fajista (Master Take) Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Blues in B Flat Vince Guaraldi, Blues for Peanuts Vince Guaraldi, Jitterbug Waltz Ella Fitzgerald, Sweet and Slow Dianne Reeves, Who's Minding the Store? Dianne Reeves, When I Fall In Love (Instrumental) Diana Krall, 'Deed I Do

On tonight's show: Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Grandpa's Spells King Cole Trio, I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) Don Ewell  with Sidney Bechet, Careless Love Earl Bostic, What, No Pearls Duke Ellington (Ray Nance vocals), Tulip or Turnip Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Perdido Sarah Vaughan, They Can't Take That Away From Me Gerry Mulligan, Good Bait Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Manteca Dinah Washington, Time After Time Henry Mancini, The Pink Panther Theme Boots Randolph, Crazy Rhythm Eddie Jefferson, Sister Sadie Claude Bolling, Begin The Beguine Tony Bennett, Steppin' Out With My Baby Ennio Morricone, The Crave The Spencer Wyatt Big Band, Blue Note Boogie

Summertime sounds tonight: Luiz Bonfá, Manha de Carnaval Sexteto de Sergio Mendes, Samba de uma nota só Vince Guaraldi, On Green Dolphin Street Clare Fischer, So Danco Samba Chet Baker, Sausalito Gabor Szabo, Corcovado Gabor Szabo, Concerto de Aranjuez Yusef Lateef, Sun Dog Antônio Carlos Jobim, Joe Farrell, and Hubert Laws, Stone Flower The Charlie Byrd Trio, Wave (Live) The Charlie Byrd Trio, Trouble In Mind (Live) Ana Caram, Só Tinha de Ser Com Você Francisco Aguabella, Tumbaito Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Summertime

On tonight’s show: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Summertime Benny Goodman, Jersey Bounce Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Knock Me A Kiss Lena Horne, The Lady Is A Tramp Edmond Hall and the Hot Jazz Stars, Indiana Jimmy McPartland's Hot Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Mamblues Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Cat Meets Chick Tony Bennett, Firefly Ben Webster & Gerry Mulligan, Sunday Bobby Darin, Beyond The Sea Cal Tjader, Soul Burst (Guajera) Duke Ellington, Take The "A" Train (Vocal) Count Basie and His Orchestra, It's Only A Paper Moon Ray Charles, It Ain't Necessarily So (instrumental)

Longer sets on tonight's show: Erroll Garner, Farewell To Paris Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, The Rev Earl "Fatha" Hines, Lonesome Road Sarah Vaughan, Wave Toots Thielemans, Tenor Madness Gerry Mulligan, Sun on the Stairs Milcho Leviev & Friends, Take the 'A' Train

On tonight's show: Billie Holiday, You're My Thrill Stan Getz & J. J. Johnson with the Oscar Peterson Trio, My Funny Valentine Sidney Bechet, Struttin' With Some Barbecue Sidney Bechet, American Rhythm Duke Ellington, Solitude John Coltrane, After The Rain Boots Randolph, Body and Soul Billy Taylor, Capricious Eddie Jefferson, A Crazy Romance (The Preacher) Ella Fitzgerald & The Jimmy Jones Trio, It's Only a Paper Moon Paul Gonsalves & Enrique Villegas, 05 - a. gone with the wind - b. tenderly - c. ramona Dorothy Donegan, Makin' Whoopee I Ramsey Lewis, Baby What You Want Me To Do Helen Merrill, Anyplace I hang my hat is home