Shark Jazz and Blues

Honoring David Sanborn, celebrating early September birthdays, and enjoying the last of summer.  Playlist 2024-09-03 David Sanborn – Bums Cathedral (4:40) David Sanborn – Bang Bang (4:38) David Bowie – Young Americans (3:10) Horace Silver – Que Pasa (Trio Version) (5:38) Cannonball Adderly – Dancing in the Dark (4:07)   Sonny Rollins Quartet – When Your Lover Has Gone (6:13) Louis Armstrong – Summer Song (3:14) Charlie Shavers Quartet – Good Old Summertime (2:02) Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (5:02) Zoot Sims – A Summer Thing (3:22) Blossom Dearie – Once Upon a Summertime (2:47) Chet Baker – Summer Sketch (4:39) Australian Jazz Quartet – The Things We Did Last Summer (3:09) Zoot Sims – Summerset (4:16)   Notes David Bowie, with David Sanborn on sax, performing Young Americans on the Dick Cavett Show in December 1974. Sandborn also played baritone sax on Bruce Springsteen’s “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” from the iconic Born to Run albu

Welcome back to a new season of Shark Jazz and Blues (and a little reggae)!  Playlist Ramsey Lewis Trio – A Hard Day’s Night (Live at the Lighthouse) [5:04] Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico [3:44] José James – Green Eyes [cut at 7:00] Laufey – From the Start [2:50] Jon Batiste – Round Midnight (Live) [8:44] Sublime Reggae Kings & Pinky Dread – Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of [4:04] Mama Terra – A Mind Supreme [4:49] Norah Jones & Questlove & Christian McBride – Why Am I Treated So Bad [5:24] Miles Davis – Blue in Green [5:38]

We will be back in August with new shows, more music, and fascinating stories.  In the meantime, we are looking into creating pre-recorded content for this summer. Check back in June for more details. 

  A celebration of summer and summer pursuits.   Louis Armstrong (with Dave Brubeck) – Summer Song (3:14) John Coltrane – Summertime (11:36) Blind Willie McTell – Statesboro Blues (2:31) Hurray for the Riff Raff (with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band) – Life On Earth (5:46) Ezra Collective – Victory Dance (4:55)   Notes “Summertime” – from My Favorite Things (LP), recorded in October 1960. John Coltrane (tenor sax); McCoy Tyner (piano); Steve Davis (double bass); Elvin Jones (drums).  

  Playlist 30 April 2024 A blues-heavy show, featuring Robert Johnson’s music.   The Butterfield Blues Band – Mystery Train (4:17) Canned Heat – Dust My Broom (5:02) Johnny Shines – Sweet Home Chicago (3:30) Keb’ Mo’ – Come On In My Kitchen (4:10) Louise Pheland and Octavio Herrero – Rambling On My Mind (4:26) Susan Tedeschi – 700 Houses (4:38) Nina Simone – I Put a Spell On You (2:36) B.B. King and Eric Clapton – Hold On I’m Coming (6:20) Ahmad Jamal – For My Daughter (3:35) The Poll Winners – So What (5:28) Jocelyn Gould – Lover Come Back To Me (6:51)   Notes: Robert Johnson – Recorded 29 distinctive songs in 1936 and 1937 that have served as inspiration for generations of blues and rock musicians. Eric Clapton said Johnson was “the most important blues singer that ever lived” (LeVere 23). [1] Johnny Shines – Traveled with Johnson, including places like Chicago, Texas, New York, Canada, Kentucky, and Indiana.   [1] Stephen LaVere, 199

  Playlist 16 April 2024 Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man (6:28) Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder – St. Louis Blues (5:52) Nina Simone – Feeling Good (2:54) Bonnie Raitt – The Road’s My Middle Name (3:31) The Clayton Brothers – Wild Man (7:50) Dave Brubeck – Unsquare Dance (2:00) Clifford Brown and Max Roach – A Night in Tunisia (8:18) Coleman Hawkins – Quintessence (4:47) The Danish Radio Big Band and Charlie Watts – Paint It Black (7:44)   Notes Herbie Hancock – b. 12 April 1940 (Chicago IL). Last week performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Quintessence – The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form. Unsquare Dance – written in 7/4-time signature and released in 1961.