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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STEVEN BERNSTEIN & THE MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA: The Boy in the Boat, from MTO, Vol. 1 (Sunnyside SSC 1158)
ENRICO RAVA QUINTET: Echoes of Duke, from The Words and the Days (ECM 1982)
DON PULLEN/GEORGE ADAMS QUARTET: Sing Me a Song Everlasting, from Song Everlasting (Blue Note B2-46907)
CASSANDRA WILSON: St. James Infirmary, from Loverly (Blue Note 07699)
JOE HENDERSON: Blue Bossa, from Page One (Blue Note BST-84140)
FRED KATZ: Mate’ka, from Folk Songs for Far Out Folk (Reboot Stereophonic RSR007)
ERIC DOLPHY: Tenderly, from Far Cry (New Jazz OJCCD-400)
STEVEN BERNSTEIN & THE MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA: Darling Nikki (same as above)
WAYNE SHORTER: Speak No Evil, from Speak No Evil (Blue Note BST-84194)
DON PULLEN: Ode to Life, from Random Thoughts (Blue Note B2-94347)
CASSANDRA WILSON: Dust My Broom (same as above)
ERIC DOLPHY: Something Sweet, Something Tender, from Out to Lunch (Blue Note CDP 7 46524 2)
BRADH MEHLDAU: Wonderwall, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
TED HOWE: Prelude To A Kiss, from Ellington (Summit DCD 420)
DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY: Isfahan, from Thank You Uncle Edward (Renma 6400CD)
KENNY BURRELL, Midnight Blue, from Perfect Takes (Blue Note 7243 875438 0 5)
JIMMY SMITH: Jumpin’ The Blues, from Midnight Special (Blue Note 50999 5 06947 2 3)
GRANT GREEN: My Little Suede Shoes, The Latin Bit (Blue Note 50999 5 0697 2 3)
DAVE BRUBECK: Take Five, from Jazz Moods/Cool (Columbia Legacy CK 90694)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Watermelon Man, from Takin’ Off (Blue Note 50999 5 0697 2 3)
BILLIE HOLIDAY: My, Myself And I, from Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia 88697 13178 2)
WALTER DAVIS: Loodle Lot, from Davis Cup (Blue Note 50999 5 0697 2 3)
LEE MORGAN: Little T, from Indeed (Blue Note)
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: Moanin’, from Moanin’ (Blue Note CDP 7 46516 2)
MILES DAVIS: So What, from Kind of Blue (Columbia 86829)
BRADH MEHLDAU: The Very Thought Of You, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
JOHN PATTON: Latona, from Let 'Em Roll (Blue Note CDP 0777 789795 2 4)
MAL WALDRON: Japanese Island, from Tokyo Bound (JVC/Japan VICJ-23002)
ANDREW HILL: Siete Ocho, from Judgment (Blue Note BST 84159)
KIP HANRAHAN: Nocturnal Heart, from Desire Develops An Edge (American Clave 1008/9)
LARRY YOUNG: I Wish You Love, from The Complete Blue Note Recordings (Mosaic 137)
MATTHEW SHIPP: The Key, from Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear THI57127.2)
JENNY SCHEINMAN: The Frog Threw Back His Head and Laughed (Cryptogramophone 125)
ALAN SKIDMORE QUARTET: Once Upon a Time, from Once Upon a Time (Vocalion CDSML 8406)
MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO: Vignette, from January (ECM 2019)
NICHOLAS PAYTON-LEW SOLOFF-TOM HARRELL-EDDIE HENDERSON: Lotus Blossom, from Trumpet Legacy (Milestone 9286-2)
MARTY EHRLICH-MICHAEL FORMANEK-PETER ERSKINE: Eloi Lament, from Relativity (Enja 9341)
LEO CUYPERS: Joplin, from Songbook (BvHaast 9502)
MILES DAVIS: Someday My Prince Will Come, The Best of Miles Davis (Columbia 86829)
BRADH MEHLDAU: The Very Thought Of You, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: The Sad Bird, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)
JOEY CALDERAZZO: Waltz For Debby, from Amanecer (Marsalis Music/Rounder 7494600 052)
FRANK ZAPPA: Big Swifty, from Wazoo (Barking Pumpkin)
SERGIO MENDES AND BRASIL ’66: Mas Que Nada, from Herb Albert Presents.
TERRY ADAMS: Everything I Do, from Love Letter To Andromeda (CL 123)
MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: Spirit Of 76, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)
BRADH MEHLDAU: O Que Sera, from Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch 1 376252 2)
MILES FROM INDIA: Ife, from Miles From India (TSQ CD 1808)
BILL FRISELL: A Change Is Going To Come, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Township one more Time, from Township one more Time (EMI SA CDEMCJ (WA 5758))
MICHAEL MOORE & FRED HERSCH: Sandwiches & Brandy, from This We Know (Palmetto PM 3900)
RAY CHARLES & BETTY CARTER: Baby, It’s Cold Outside, from Ray Charles & Betty Carter (DCC Compact DZS-039)
BHEKI MSELEKU: Celebration, from Celebration (World Circuit WCD 028)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Our Son Tsakwe, from Memories (Westwind 2029)
GRANT GREEN: Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child, from Feelin’ the Spirit (Blue Note CDP7 468222)
URI CAINE: The Midnight Variation, from The Classical Variations (Winter & Winter 910 145-2)
FRANK MORGAN: Come Sunday, from You Must Believe in Spring (Antilles 314 512 570-2)
DAVE BRUBECK OCTET: The Way You Look Tonight, from Dave Brubeck Octet (Fantasy OJCCD-101-2)
DAVE BRUBECK OCTET: Playland at the Beach (same as above)
DAVE BRUBECK OCTET: Schizophrenic Scherzo (same as above)
HAL WILNER/STEVEN BERNSTEIN: Moten Swing, from Kansas City Soundtrack (Verve 314 529 54-2)
HAL WILNER/STEVEN BERNSTEIN: Lafayette (same as above)
HENRI TEXIER “AZUR” QUARTET: Laguna Laita, from An Indians Week (Label Bleu LBLC 6558)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Our Son Gafsa, from Memories
STANLEY JORDAN: A Place In Space, from State of Nature (MAC 1040)
ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Jackie-ing, from An Open Letter To Thelonious (ELM 19787)
STANLEY JORDAN: All Blues, from State of Nature (MAC 1040)
TED NASH: Dreamsville, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
TED NASH: Theme From Night Visitor, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Ruby My Dear, from An Open Letter To Thelonious (ELM 19787)
MACEO PARKER: What I’d Say, from Roots & Grooves (HUCD 3134)
MACEO PARKER: Hallelujah I Love Her So, from Roots & Grooves (HUCD 3134)
TED NASH: Breakfast At Tiffany’s, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
ANAT FORT: Morning: Good, from A Long Story (ECM 1994)
BILL FRISELL: A Change Is Gonna Come, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
WAYNE HORVITZ: Waltz from the Oven, from Sweeter than the Day (Songlines SGL 1536-5)
DAVID MURRAY QUARTET: Lady in Black, from Ballads (DIW 840)
MAL WALDRON: Minoat, from Moods (Enja R2 79629)
HENRI TEXIER STRADA SEXTET: Lady Bertrand, from Vivre (Label Bleu LBLC 6668)
JEWELS AND BINOCULARS: Farewell Angelina/What Can I Do For You (Ramboy 20)
HENRY THREADGILL'S VERY VERY CIRCUS: Hope A Hope A, from Spirit of Nuff...Nuff (Black Saint 120134-2)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON; Ungano, from Medina (Blue Note 7243 4 97508 2 1)
GRANT GREEN: Motherless Child, from Iron City (32 Jazz 32048)
ANTHONY WILSON: Maxine, from Adult Themes (Mama MMF 1026)
MAL WALDRON-ROBERTO OTTAVIANO: Soul Eyes, from Black Spirits Are Here Again (DIW 917)
DINO BETTI VAN DER NOOT: Insieme, from They Cannot Know (Soul Note 1199)
ANTHONY WILSON: Barry's Tune, from Adult Themes (Mama MMF 1026)
CARLA BLEY: One Bannana, from The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt/34)
TED HOWE: Caravan, from Ellington (Summit DCD 420)
CARLA BLEY: Two Bannana, from The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt/34)
CARLA BLEY: Three Bannana, from The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt/34)
MILES FROM INDIA: Spanish Key, from Miles From India (TSQ CD 1808)
SLOW POKE: Listen Here, from At Home (Palmetto PM 2156)
MILES FROM INDIA: Jean Pierre, from Miles From India (TSQ CD 1808)
ANAT COHEN: No Moon At All, from Noir (Anzic 1201)
CARLA BLEY: Ad Infinitum, from The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt/34)
SLOW POKE: Afro Blake, from At Home (Palmetto PM 2156)
LENNIE TRISTANO: Turkish Mambo, from Lennie Tristano (Atlantic 1224)
MACEO PARKER: Them that’s Got, from Roots & Grooves (Heads Up UNCD 3134)
TED NASH: Theme from Night Visitor, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto 53957)
GIANLUIGI TROVESI OCTET: Hercab, from From G to G (Soul Note 121231-1)
DONALD BROWN: Clermont at Night, from Piano Short Stories (Space Time BG 9601)
GERALD WILSON: Lighthouse Blues, from The Artist Selects (Pacific Jazz 946 331439 2)
LENNIE TRISTANO: Requiem (same as above)
SHIRLEY HORN: Once I Loved, from Viva La Tristeza (Milan M2-36015)
LENNIE TRISTANO: If I had You (same as above)
SIMONE GUIDUCCI GRAMELOT ENSEMBLE: Gramelot in 6/8, from Chorale (Felmay 7023)
BOBBY TIMMONS: Bags Groove, from Moanin’ Blues (Prestige PRCD-11016-2)
DONALD BROWN: Self-Portrait (same as above)
MACEO PARKER: Hallelujah I Love Her So, from Roots & Grooves (HUCD 3134)
BILL FRISELL: Probability Cloud, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
SLOW POKE: Afro Blake, from At Home (Palmetto PM 2156)
BILL FRISELL: Question #1, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
BILL FRISELL: Answer #1, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
BILL FRISELL: Answer #2, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
CARLA BLEY: Five Bannana, from The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt/34)
STANLEY JORDAN: Song For My Father, from State of Nature (MAC 1040)
ANAT COHEN: Cry Me A River, from Noir (Anzic 1201)
TED HOWE: Solitude, from Ellington (Summit DCD 420)
ANAT FORT: Lullaby, from A Long Story (ECM 1994)
TED NASH: Shot In The Dark, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: The Sad Bird, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)
TED NASH: Lujon, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
JOHN COLTRANE: Naima from Giant Steps (Atlantic R2 75203)
MILES DAVIS: Summertime, from Super Hits (Columbia 8516)
JESSICA JONES QUARTET: Miss Kelly’s, from Word (NA 1045)
JESSICA JONES QUARTET: Saratoga Avenue, from Word (NA 1045)
CARLA BLEY: Four, from The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt/34)
GIGI GRYCE QUINTET: Back Breaker, from Saying Somethin' (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-1851-2)
BARNEY WILEN-PHILIPPE PETIT: Round Midnight, from Flashback (PJCP 222012)
KENNY BARRON: Passion Flower, from Spirit Song (Verve 314 543 180 2)
GREAT JAZZ TRIO: Wave, from Milestones (Test of Time 14)
JAMES CARTER: Hour of Parting, from JC On The Set (DIW/Columbia CK 66149)
AARON LINGTON QUINTET: The Black Widow, from Cape Breton (NohJoh Music 7205)
PAUL BLEY: Ida Lupino, from Plays Carla Bley (Steeplechase SCCD 31303)
LESLIE PINTCHIK: Happy Days Are Here Again, from Quartets (Ambient Records 006)
BUCK HILL QUARTET: I'm Aquarius, from This is Buck Hill (Steeplechase SCCD 31095)
BENNY GOLSON: Autumn Leaves, from Gone with Golson (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-1850-2)
DUKE ELLINGTON-JOHNNY HODGES: Loveless Love, from Back to Back (Verve 314 521 404 2)
TED NASH: Shot In The Dark, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
MILES DAVIS: Bye Bye Blackbird, from Super Hits (Columbia 8516)
DON BYRON: Cleo’s Mood, from Do The Boomerang (EMI Blue Note 0946 3 4102 2 0)
CHARLES MINGUS: I X Love, from Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse MCAD 39119)
JESSICA JONES QUARTET: End, from Word (NA 1045)
TED NASH: The Baby Elephant Walk, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
JESSICA JONES QUARTET: Everything Is, from Word (NA 1045)
ETHAN IVERSON: This Nearly Was Mine, from Deconstruction Zone (FSNT 047 CD)
BILL EVANS TRIO: I Will Say Goodbye, from I Will Say Goodbye (Fantasy OJCCD 761 2)
BILL EVANS TRIO: Haunted Heart, from Explorations (Riverside OJCCD 037 2)
HERBIE HANCOCK: Both Sides Now, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)
BILL FRISELL: Probability Cloud 2, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
BILL FRISELL: Onward, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)
ETHAN IVERSON: All Of Me, from Deconstruction Zone (FSNT 047 CD)
JOHN COLTRANE: Blue Train, from Blue Train (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 53428 0 6)
MONK’S MUSIC TRIO: Let’s Call This, from Monk On Mondays (CB 102843)
AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Gently Disturbed, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)
MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: The Sad Bird, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, from The OKeh Ellington (Columbia CK 46177)
JACK WALRATH/LARRY WILLIS: Bess, You is my Woman, from Portraits in Ivory and Brass (Mapleshade MS 02032)
THE DANDRIDGE SISTERS: Ain’t Gonna Study War no More, from Cotton Club Stars (Milan RND CD-1302)
McCOY TYNER: Search for Peace, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note 97807)
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: Black, Brown & Beige, Part 2, from Black, Brown & Beige (Columbia/Legacy Ck 65566)
CHARLIE JOHNSON’S PARADISE TEN: The Boy in the Boat, from Early Black Swing, 1927-1934 (RCA Bluebird 9383-2-RB)
ARTIE SHAW ORCHESTRA: St. James Infirmary, from This is Artie Shaw, Vol. 2 (RCA VPM-6062)
CASSANDRA WILSON: St. James Infirmary, from Loverly (Blue Note 97699)
VALAIDA SNOW: Minnie the Moocher, from Valaida, Vol. 2: 1935-1940 (Harlequin HQ CD 18)
VALAIDA SNOW: St. Louis Blues (same as above)
VALAIDA SNOW: Some of these Days (same as above)
HOT CLUB OF DETROIT: Blues Up and Down, from Night Town (Mack Avenue MAC 1041)
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: “Night at the Cotton Club” Medley, from Cotton Club Stars)
ARTIE SHAW ORCHESTRA: Concerto for Clarinet (same as above)
McCOY TYNER: Blues on the Corner (same as above)
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: The Mooche, from The OKeh Ellington
6:30-7 Improvisations with Todd Steed
7 - 8 Newport Jazz Festival - Hot Summer Jams
GREAT JAZZ TRIO: Milestones, from Milestones (Test of Time 14)
GARY BURTON QUINTET: Vox Humana, from Dreams So Real (ECM 1072)
BARNEY WILEN: Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours, from The Osaka Concert (RTE 710604)
LESLIE PINTCHIK: A Simpler Time, from Quartets (Ambient Records 006)
CHARLES MINGUS: Fables of Faubus, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia/Legacy CK 65512)
CHARLES BRACKEEN QUARTET: Bannar, from Worshippers Come Nigh (Silkheart 111)
JIM HOBBS AND THE FULLY CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA: Lord of Creatures, from Lapis Exilis (Sky Cap 014)
NICHOLAS PAYTON-LEW SOLOFF-TOM HARRELL-EDDIE HENDERSON: Lotus Blossom, from Trumpet Legacy (Milestone 9286-2)
ANTHONY COX: The Juggla, from Factor of Faces (Minor Music 801035)
LINDSEY HORNER: I'll Never Let It Rain Again, from Never No More (Open Minds 2401)
GREAT JAZZ TRIO: Doom, from Kindness Joy Love Happiness (Test of Time 14)
JOHN COLTRANE: Lonely Eyes, from Coltrane For Lovers (Impulse 314 549 361 2)
MILES DAVIS: Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio), from Sketches Of Spain (Columbia CK 651 142)
TED NASH: Solider In The Rain, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
TED NASH: A Quiet Happening, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
7p.m. - 8p.m. Newport Jazz Festival - Hot Summer Jams
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET: Work Song, from Paris 1960 (Pablo PACD-5303-2)
EITHER/ORCHESTRA: The Jeep is Jumpin’, from Across the Omniverse (Accurate AC-3272)
EITHER/ORCHESTRA: In a Sentimental Mood (same as above)
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Somethin’ Else, from Somethin’ Else (Blue Note CDP 7 46388 2)
JAMES CARTER: Moten Swing, from Conversin’ with the Elders (Atlantic 82908-2)
VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS: Achirana, from Achirana (ECM 1728)
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Ndo Lima, from Accent on Africa (Capitol ST-2987)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO WITH MILT JACKSON: Work Song, from Very Tall (Verve 314 559 830-2)
EITHER/ORCHESTRA: Caravan (same as above)
CONTINUUM: The Vibe at Hub’s Place, from Act One (Blue Geodesics B0001MQP7Y)
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Things are getting Better, from Things are getting Better (Milestone MCD-9275-2)
MACEO PARKER: Hallelujah I Love Her So, from Roots & Grooves (HUCD 3134)
TED NASH: The Baby Elephant Walk, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)
HECTOR QIRKO: Pernie, from Old School (Qirko Music)
WILLIE NELSON/WYNTON MARSALIS: Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do, from Two Men With The Blues (Blue Note 5099 5 04454 2 4)
KERMIT RUFFINS: Drop Me Off In New Orleans, from Kermit Ruffins Live At Vaughan’s (Basin Street Records BSR 0106)
KERMIT RUFFINS: Can’t Take My Baby Nowhere, from Kermit Ruffins Live At Vaughan’s (Basin Street Records BSR 0106)
CHARLES MINGUS: Better Get Hit In Your Soul, from Charles Mingus: Ken Burns Jazz (Columbia CK 61488)
MINGUS BIG BAND AND MINGUS DYNASTY: Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, from I Am Three (Mingus Music SSC 3029)
MACEO PARKER: Advanced Funk, from Roots & Grooves (HUCD 3134)
MILES DAVIS: Nuit Sur Les Champ-Elisees, from Ascenseur Pour L’echafaud (Fontanna Universal 836 305-2)
THE LESTER YOUNG – TEDDY WILSON QUARTET, Prisoner of Love, from Pres and Teddy (Verve 831 270 2)
JIMMY HEATH: For Minors Only, from The Thumper (Riverside OJCCD 1828 2)
LISA HILTON: So Blue, from Sunny Day Theory (Ruby Slippers 1011)
JOE LOVANO: Emperor Jones, from Symphonica (EMI/Blue Note)
LISA HILTON: Ladies Of The Canyon, from Sunny Day Theory (Ruby Slippers 1011)
GRANT GREEN: Go Down Moses, from Feelin' The Spirit (Blue Note CDP 777 46822 2)
WAYNE SHORTER: Penelope, from Etcetera (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 33581 2 0)
SONNY CRISS: The Isle of Celia, from Criss Craft (32 Jazz 32049)
BENNY GOLSON: Sock-Cha, from Free (Chess GRD-816)
DEXTER GORDON: Skylark, from Biting the Apple (Steeplechase SCCD-31080)
CHET BAKER TRIO: Love for Sale, from Chet's Choice (Criss Cross 1016)
ANDRE JAUME-CHARLIE HADEN-OLIVIER CLERC: Anouman, from Peace (CELP 19)
FRED HERSCH TRIO: Iris, from Plays (Chesky JD116)
MILES DAVIS: Flamenco Sketches, from Kind of Blue (Columbia/Legacy CK 64935)
GREG OSBY: Diary of the Same Dream, from Inner Circle (Blue Note 7243 4 99871 2 8)
FRED HERSCH TRIO: Speak Like A Child, from Plays (Chesky JD116)
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