Shark Jazz and Blues

  Playlist 30 January 2024 Winters in Pennsylvania can be dark and gloomy. Let’s take a virtual trip around the world of jazz to brighten our moods.   Caribbean and Latin America Alune Wade and Harold Lopez-Nuzza – Ya Rayah (3:16) Amanda Martinez – Diciembre (5:06) Rosa Passos – Desafinado (4:45) Sherele – Polka Dot Blues (2:20) Agustín Pereyra Lucena – O Astronauta (2:53)   Europe Quadro Nuevo – Mocca Swing (5:18) Black Flower – Magma (6:34) Ezra Collective – Live Strong (7:37)   Lebanon Ibrahim Maalouf – Maeva in the Wonderland (6:47)   New Zealand Katharaina Pipi – Te Reo o Papatuanuku (2:11)   Africa Kora Jazz Trio – Chan-Chan (4:44) Hugh Masekela with Malaika – Open the Door (5:11)    

  Playlist: 23 January 2024 On today’s show: Welcome back, January birthdays, and a blues’ lament on cold weather.   Miles Davis – So What (9:25) [featuring Jimmy Cobb on drums] Sonny Boy Williams – Nine Below Zero (3:27) Albert Collins – Cold, Cold Feeling (5:19) Norah Jones – Cold Cold Heart (3:39) Ahmad Jamal – A Gal in Calico (2:32) [featuring Israel Crosby on bass] Cedar Walton – One Flight Down (5:40) Christian McBride and Inside Straight – The Shade of the Cedar Tree (Live) (8:16) Django Reinhardt and Coleman Hawkins – Blue Moon (3:14) Django Reinhardt – Nuages (3:16) Stéphane Grappelli – Medley Wonderful / Someone to Watch Over Me / I Got Rhythm (Live) (7:07)   Notes: So What – From one of the most influential albums of all time, Kind of Blue , “So What” was the first song. On the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the album, the U.S. House of Representatives in 2009 passed a resolution “reaffirming jazz as a national treasure.” Personnel: Mile