Improvisations is produced and hosted locally by John Habel, Todd Steed, Paul Parris, and Cy Anders. Playlists, when they are available, are usually posted a day or so after air.
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MAY 2008 (Grid: Monday-Friday)
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JACKIE McLEAN: Blues in a Jiff, from Hipnosis (Blue Note BN-LA483-12)
JOAO PAULO/RICARDO DIAS/PETER EPSTEIN: Bilrou, from Nascer (MA Recordings M059A)
PEEWEE RUSSELL QUARTET: Some Other Blues, from Ask Me Now (Impulse A-96)
PEEWEE RUSSELL QUARTET: Turnaround (same as above)
BITE THE GNATZE: A Five to Twelve Tune, from Throw the Plates (Trytone 559-006
KENNY GARRETT: A Time for Love, from Triology (Warner Brothers 945731-2)
BENNIE GREEN: Soul Stirrin', from Soul Stirrin' (Blue Note CDP 72438 59381 2 2)
ZIM NGQAWANA: Unamaqhinga Na, from Vadzimu (Sheer Sound SSCD 096)
PIERRE FAVRE EUROPEAN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: Edelreh an der Bar, from Pierre Favre European Chamber Ensemble (Intakt CD 062)
JACKIE McLEAN: Back Home (same as above)
JAMES CARNEY: The Poetry Wall, from Green-Wood (Songlines SGL SAI566-2)
JEWELS & BINOCULARS: Gates of Eden, from Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot)
DEXTER GORDON: Cheese Cake, from Go! (Blue Note 98794 2 3)
THELONIOUS MONK: Four In One, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)
ALAN BAYLOCK JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Warm Valley, from Eastern Standard Time (HGN 4385)
HANK MOBLEY: Remember, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)
IRVIN MAYFIELD AND ELLIS MARSALIS: Round Midnight, from Love Songs, Ballads and Standards (Basin Street Record)
FREDDIE HUBBARD: Arietis, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)
BILL CHARLAP: Lonely Town, from Along With Me (CRD 326)
BILL EVANS: Polka Dots and Moonbeams, from California here I come (Verve VE 2-2545)
BILL EVANS: California Here I Come, from California here I come (Verve VE 2-2545)
BILL EVANS: Polka Dots and Moonbeams, from California here I come (Verve VE 2-2545)
BILL McHENDRY: Roses, from Roses (Sunnyside 1167)
CHARLES MINGUS: Self Portrait In 3 Colors, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CK 40648)
CHARLES MINGUS: Open Letter To Duke, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CK 40648)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Dear Prudence, from Largo (WB 9 43214-2)
JOHN SCOFIELD: House Of The Rising Sun, from This Meets That ( Booo 977402)
STANLEY JORDON: Mozart’s Piano Concerto #21, from State of Nature (Mac Avenue MAC 1040)
BRAD MEHLDAU: Paranoid Android, from Largo (WB 9 43214-2)
TOMMY FLANAGAN: It Never Entered My Mind, from Confirmation (Enja 4014 2)
STEVE COLEMAN: Sweet Dawn, from Rhythm In Mind (Novus 63125-2)
HERBIE HANCOCK-WAYNE SHORTER: Little One, from A Tribute to Miles (Qwest 9 45059-2)
NOSTALGIA 77: Everything Under the Sun, from Everything Under the Sun (Ubiquity URCD209)
DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET: Conference of the Birds, from Conference of the Birds (ECM 1027)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE: Gimme Five, from Open Land (ECM 1683)
PETER EPSTEIN QUARTET: The Leaf's Impression, from The Invisible (MA Recordings 050)
PAUL MOTIAN: Harmony, from I Have the Room Above Her (ECM 1902)
JOHN SCOFIELD: Down D, from This Meets That (Emarcy B0009774-02)
JOHN CARTER: Castles of Ghana, from Castles of Ghana (Gramavision R2 79423)
TOMMY FLANAGAN: Cup Bearers, from Confirmation (Enja 4014 2)
ALAN BAYLOCK JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Warm Valley, from Eastern Standard Time (HGN 4385)
RED GARLAND: M Squad Theme, from Red In Bluesville (Prestige OJCDD 295-2)
ELIANE ELIAS: Blue In Green, from Sings And Plays Bill Evans (EMI 50999 5 11796 2 6)
FRANK KIMBROUGH: Air, from Air (Palmetto 2127)
KENNY BURRELL, Midnight Blue, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)
KENNY BURRELL/JIMMY SMITH: Travelin’, from Blue Bash (Verve 557 453 2)
JOE HENDERSON: Mode For One, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)
JAKCIE McLEAN: Esoteric, from Out! (Blue Note 7243592424 2 2)
MILES DAVIS: Generique, The Best of Miles Davis (Columbia 86829)
FRANK KIMBROUGH: It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago, from Air (Palmetto 2127)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Warm Valley, from Money Jungle (Blue Note CDP 7 46398 2)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: Blues For Smedley, from Oscar Peterson Trip plus Clark Terry (Verve B00009652 02)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: They Didn’t Believe Me, from Oscar Peterson Trip plus Clark Terry (Verve B00009652 02)
ENRICO RAVA/ STEFANO BOLLANI: Birth Of A Butterfly, from The Third Man (ECM 2020)
MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: It Ain't Necessarily So, from Porgy and Bess (Sony B000002AH6)
JOEY CALDERAZZO: Midnight Voyage, from Amanecer (Marsalis Music/Rounder 7494600-052)
CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST: Haunted Heart, from Haunted Heart (Verve 314 513 078-2)
DONALD BROWN: Poinciana, from Memphis Piano Convention (DIW DIW-613)
MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: My Man's Gone Now (same as above)
PHAROAH SANDERS: Thembi, from Thembi (Impulse AS-9206)
CHARLIE HADEN/JAN GARBAREK/EGBERTO GISMONTI: Cego Alderado, from Folk Songs (ECM-1-1170)
RAY CHARLES/BETTY CARTER: Baby, It's Cold Outside, from Ray Charles and Betty Carter (DCC DZS-039)
MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS: The Time of the Barracudas, from Quiet Nights (Sony B000002AJC)
ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Jackie-ing, from An Open Letter to Thelonius Monk (ELM Records ELM 19787)
CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST: Deep Song (same as above)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Edith And The Kingpin, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)
STACEY KENT: Ces Petit Riens, from Breakfast On The Morning Tram (EMI Blue Note 601811 28)
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: Tears Transforming, from The Ground (ECM 1892)
ALMA MICIC: Oj Dejvojko Milijana, from The Hours (CTA 006)
PAUL BLEY: Closer, from Homage to Carla (Owl 013 427 2)
STAN GETZ AND CHARLIE BYRD: Desafinado, from Jazz Samba (Verve 314 521 413 2)
LEROY VINNEGAR: I’ll Walk Alone, from Leroy Walks! (Contemporary OJCCD 160 2)
THELONIOUS MONK: Blue Monk, from Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRCD 30164)
LEROY VINNEGAR: Walk On, from Leroy Walks! (Contemporary OJCCD 160 2)
THELONIOUS MONK: Reflections, from Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRCD 30164)
AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Seattle, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)
BRADH MEHLDAU: Wonderwall, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY: Moon Mist, from Thank You Uncle Edward (Renma 6400CD)
BRADH MEHLDAU: The Very Thought Of You, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
LUCKY FOUR: Valley Talk, from Lucky Four (Tutu 888 108)
DON GROLNICK: Nighttown, from Nighttown (Blue Note B2-98689)
FREDDIE HUBBARD: Blue Spirits, from New Colors (Hip Bop 8026)
GIGI GRYCE QUINTET: Back Breaker, from (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-1851-2)
ROSWELL RUDD: Almost Blue, from Broad Strokes (Knitting Factory Works 276)
JOHN HICKS QUARTET: Elementary My Dear Watson, from Naima's Love Song (DIW 823)
HORACE TAPSCOTT: Aiee! The Phantom, from Aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque Jazz AJ0119)
JOHN TAYLOR-MARC JOHNSON-JOEY BARON: Rosslyn, from Rosslyn (ECM 1751)
JOHNNY DYANI QUARTET: Year of the Child, from Angolian Cry (Steeplechase SCCD-31206)
FRANK KIMBROUGH: It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago, from Air (Palmetto PM 2127)
BRADH MEHLDAU: The Very Thought Of You, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
DAFNIS PRIETO SEXTET: Taking The Soul For A Walk, from Taking The Soul For A Walk (Dafnison Music 01)
LOUIE BELLSON AND CLARK TERRY: Two Guys And A Gal, from Louie & Clark Expedition 2 (Percussion Power)
AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Seattle, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)
DAFNIS PRIETO SEXTET: Commandante, from Taking The Soul For A Walk (Dafnison Music 01)
THE STEIN BROTHERS QUINTET: And I Love You So, form Quixotic (Jazzed Media JM1034)
AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Variations In Gminor, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)
BILL EVANS: Up With The Lark, from The Tokyo Concerts (Fantasty OJCCD 345 2)
THELONIOUS MONK: Locomotive, from Straight, No Chaser (Columbia CK 684886)
BILLIE HOLIDAY: Laughing At Life, from Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia 88697 13178 2)
STAN GETZ AND CHARLIE BYRD: O Pato, from Jazz Samba (Verve 314 521 413 2)
BRADH MEHLDAU: Buddha Realm, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
JOHN COLTRANE: Blue Train, from Blue Train (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 53428 0 6)
DON BYRON: Cleo’s Mood, from Do The Boomerang (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 4102 2 0)
RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Chalabati Blues, from Volcano Blues (Antilles 314 519 269-2)
JANE IRA BLOOM: Ready for Anything, from Mental Weather (Outline OTL139)
BOB BROOKMEYER: The Wrinkle, from And Friends (Columbia/Legacy 828 776322)
GONZALO RUBALCABA: Mi Gran Pasion, from Mi Gran Pasion (Messidor 15999-2)
RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Kucheza Blues (same as above)
ROSEANNA VITRO/KENNY WERNER: Everybody's Cryin' Mercy, from Delirium Blues Project: Serve or Suffer (Half Note 4534)
ARCHIE SHEPP/HORACE PARLAN: Sophisticated Lady, from Duo Reunion (Optimism LRCD-5003)
TRYGVE SEIM: Sen Kjellertango, from The Source and Different Cikadas (ECM 1764)
RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON: Mystery of Love (same as above)
ABDEL AZIZ EL MUBARAK: Tarig Ash-Shoag, from Abdel Aziz el Mubarak (GlobeStyle CDORB 023)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC: St. James Infirmary, from Follow Me (Dreyfus Jazz FDM 3665-2)
JANE IRA BLOOM: A More Beautiful Question (same as above)
CHICK COREA: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, from Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Blue Note 7243 538265 2 9)
BENNY GOLSON: My Blues House, from Groovin’ With Golson (Prestige OJCCD 226 2)
THE LUCKY THOMPSON QUARTET: In A Sentimental Mood, from Lucky Strikes (OJCCD 194 2)
JIMMY HEATH: Who Needs It?, from The Thumper (Riverside OJCCD 1828 2)
HAROLD LAND: Mirror-Mind Rose, from The Fox (Contemporary OJCCD 343 2)
MARCUS SHELBY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: North To Delaware, from Harriet Tubman (New Records NR 51)
CHARLES MINGUS: Mood Indigo, from Mingus Dynasty (Columbia CK 65513)
THE LUCKY THOMPSON QUARTET: Mumba Nuea, from Lucky Strikes (OJCCD 194 2)
GENE BERTONCINI: Prelude/How Insensitive, from Concerti (Ambient CD 007)
JIMMY HEATH: I Can Make You Love Me, from The Thumper (Riverside OJCCD 1828 2)
KEITH JARRETT/GARY PEACOCK/JACK DEJOHNETTE: My Foolish Heart, from My Foolish Heart (ECM 2021 22)
GENE BERTONCINI: Elenor Rigby, from Concerti (Ambient CD 007)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Gulf Coast Blues, from Sixth Floor Jazz (UTJ 004)
CHARLES MINGUS: Haitian Fight Song, from The Definitive Charles Mingus (Ken Burns Jazz) (Columbia CK 61448)
BOOKER ERVIN: The Lamp Is Low, from The Song Book (Prestige OJCCD-779-2)
EITHER/ORCHESTRA: Nutty/Ode to Billie Jo, from Radium (Accurate AC-3232)
LEE MORGAN: Search for the New Land, from Search for the New Land (Blue Note CDP 7 84169 2)
MICHAEL BLAKE: Careless Love, from Right Before Your Very Ears (Clean Feed 044)
DAVID MURRAY QUARTET: Lady in Black, from Ballads (DIW 840)
SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA: Enlightenment, from Jazz in Silhouette (Evidence ECD 22012-2)
YAYA 3: Slow Orbit, from Yaya 3 (Loma 9 48277 2)
MATHIAS LANDAEUS: Marianne's Waltz, from Fringe People (Moserobie MMP 019)
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUINTET: Varie, from Tension (Bellaphon CDLR 71002)
MAGNUS BROO QUARTET: Das Boot, from Painbody (Moserobie MMP 060)
CHARLIE HADEN-HAMPTON HAWES: Turnaround, from The Golden Number (A&M 025)
MILES DAVIS: Love For Sale, from Log Songs 2 (Columbia CK 90337)
ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Ruby My Dear, from An Open Letter To Thelonious (ELM 19787)
DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY: Mainstem, from Thank You Uncle Edward (Renma 6400CD)
VANCE THOMPSON: Among Friends, from Among Friends (SCD0051)
VANCE THOMPSON: Woody N You, from Among Friends (SCD0051)
KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: The Thing Harold Mabern, from The Music Of Donald Brown
KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Back Down In Lu Easy Anna, from The Music Of Donald Brown
KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Nancy And The Children’s Playground, from Blues Man From Memphis (Blue Canoe BC1040)
MILES DAVIS: Chez le Photograhe du Motel, from Ascenseur pour L'Échafaud (Verve B0009398-02)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC: Follow Me, from Follow Me (Dreyfus Jazz FDM 3665-2)
KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Theme for Malcom, from Bluesman from Memphis (Blue Canoe BC 1040)
MARTIAL SOLAL: La Ronde, from Encores (INA 596902)
MAX NAGL/OTTO LECHNER/BRADLEY JONES: Bad Hotel, from Flamingos (hatOLOGY 609)
MILES DAVIS: Generique (same as above)
JAMIE SAFT TRIO: What was it you Wanted, from Trouble (Tzadik TZ 8111)
JEWELS & BINOCULARS: It's Alright Ma (I'm only Bleeding), from Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot)
TED NASH: Premiere Rhapsody, from Sidewalk Meeting (Arabesque Jazz AJ 0156)
MILES DAVIS: Florence sur les Champs Elysees (same as above)
THAD JONES: Get out of Town, from Thad Jones (Debut OJCCD-625-2)
MAX NAGL/OTTO LECHNER/BRADLEY JONES: Work Song/Haitian Fight Song (same as above)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC: Les Amants d'un Jour (same as above)
ARCHIE SHEPP/HORACE PARLAN: Call Me, from Duo Reunion (Optimism LRCD-5003)
KERMIT RUFFINS: Ain’t Misbehavin’, from Kermit Ruffins (Putamayo PUT233-2)
KERMIT RUFFINS: Do The Fat Tuesday, from Kermit Ruffins (Putamayo PUT233-2)
ART BLAKEY QUINTET: Split Kick, from A Night At Birdland (Blue Note 7243 5 32146 2 3)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Watermelon Man, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)
PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Surrender, from Ballads (PEP CD 011)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Maiden Voyage, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)
BOBBY PREVITE & THE NEW BUMP: There Was Something In My Drink, from Set The Alarm For Monday (PM 2133)
JAMES CARTER: Song Of Delilah, from Present Tense (BOO 10985 2)
PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: To Love Again, from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007)
TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET: 1, from The Soul of Things (ECM 1788 440 16 374 2)
JOHN COLTRANE: Say It Over And Over Again, from Ballads (Impulse! B00 10115 02)
BILL EVANS: You And The Night And The Music, from Interplay (Riverside
OJCCD 308 2)
JAMES CARTER: Bro. Dolphy, from Present Tense (BOO 10985 2)
DAVID BERKMAN: Fairy Tale, from Handmade (Palmetto PM 2039)
KENNY BARRON: Solar, from Live At Bradley's (Sunnyside SSC 3002)
RAY BARRETTO SEXTET: Sleeping Dancer Sleep On, from Hommage to Art (Sunnyside SSC 1105)
GATO BARBIERI: Eclypse/Michellina, from Bolivia (Bluebird 82876 55615 2)
CHET BAKER: Peace, from Peace (Enja R2 79625)
JOHN COLTRANE: Greensleeves, from Africa/Brass (Impulse IMPD-2-168)
CHARLES MINGUS: Solo Dancer, from The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse IMPD-174)
BENNY CARTER: The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, from Further Definitions (Impulse IMPD-229)
JOHN SCOFIELD: Down D, from This Meets That (Emarcy B0009774-02)
DENNIS GONZALEZ: Bush Medicine, from Idle Wild (Clean Feed CF035)
ROBERT GLASPER TRIO: In Passing, from Mood (Fresh Sound New Talent 153)
PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Surrender, from Ballads (PEP CD 011)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Chameleon from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)
BILL FRISELL: Jackie-ing, from History, Mystery (Nonesuch 432412)
JOHN COLTRANE: You Don’t Know What Love Is, from Ballads (Impulse! B00 10115 02)
PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Caribe (intro), from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007)
BOBBY PREVITE & THE NEW BUMP: She Has Information, from Set The Alarm For Monday (PM 2133)
MIKE WHEELER: What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?, from Mikey’s Waltz (Blue Bamboo BB M010)
MIKE WHEELER: Mikey’s Waltz, from Mikey’s Waltz (Blue Bamboo BB M010)
BILL EVANS: When You Wish Upon A Star, from Interplay (Riverside
OJCCD 308 2)
RON MILES QUARTET: New Breed Leader, from Laughing Barrel (Sterling Circle SC1219)
SAXOPHONE SUMMIT: Cosmos, from Seraphic Light (Telarc 83673)
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