Shark Jazz and Blues

On today’s show we will celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s new rocket, Artemis, with a melody of songs referencing outer space and space travel. The second half of the show we listen to jazz artists who were born in Pennsylvania and have a birthday in either November or December.   Hiroshima – One World (5:15) Minnie Driver – Fly Me to the Moon (2:57) Modern Jazz Quartet – Visitor From Venus (5:43) Scott Trixier – Beam Me to Mars (5:58) Artemis – The Sidewinder (5:05) Brubeck Brothers – Prime Directive (7:00) Kevin Eubanks – Urban Heat (7:59) Art Blakey Quartet – Café (5:37) Jimmy Smith – The Cat (3:22) Tommy Dorsey – Song of India (3:09) Charles Mingus – Stormy Weather (13:27)     Join us next week, during finals week here on campus, for our annual Christmas Holiday show.

 On today’s show we open the show with one of the classic songs of the season, even though the weather here is Shippensburg does not quite match the season. Three themes for today: We will sample some jazz fusion with three of the big names in the sub-genre’s history. Next, we hear a couple of song from Louis Armstrong who is featured in a new documentary airing on AppleTV. Finally, one of the best things about fall weather is taking walks. We end the show with a collection of jazz and blues songs about walking.   Wynton Marsalis – Autumn Leaves (6:27) Pat Metheny Group – Are We There Yet (7:55) Jean-Luc Ponty – Is Once Enough? (4:59) Spyro Gyra – Shanghai Gumbo (4:33) Louis Armstrong – Black and Blue (4:38) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five – Heebie Jeebies (2:53) Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Louis Armstrong (5:35) Fat Domino – Walking to New Orleans (3:08) Snqamu Jazz Band – Walk to Dube (2:46) Robert Johnson – Walkin’ Blues (2:33) Chet Baker and Gerry M

  Philly Joe Jones – Blues for Dracula (8:18) Louis Armstrong – When the Saints Go Marching In (2:40) Red Garland Trio – ‘Tis Autumn (9:08) Lou Donaldson – Callin All Cats (5:14) Illinois Jacquet – Port of Rico (2:44) Fats Waller – Your Feet’s Too Big (3:07) Pat Bianchi – Four in One (4:30) Dexter Gordon – Tanya (7:26) African Jazz Pioneers – Yeka Yeka (4:08) Randy Johnston – Shockwave (8:31) Jay Thomas – Valse (4:32)