FJD Christmas Show Playlist

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Billy May Orchestra—Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo

Johnny Otis/Mel Walker/Little Esther—Faraway Christmas Blues—Savoy 1950

Jimmy Knepper Quintet—The Masher—Jimmy Knepper In L.A. —Inner City 1979

Jimmy Knepper Quintet—My Old Flame—Jimmy Knepper In L.A—Inner City 1979

Rene Marie—Winter Wonderland

Miles Davis—Lazy Susan—Blue Note 1954

Joe Negri—Silver Bells—Guitars For Christmas—MCGJazz 2003

Gerry Mulligain—Black Nightgown—I Want To Live Soundtrack—United Artists

Aaron Binder—Al’s Jowls—As Modern As Tomorrow—Binder Jazz 1998

Bruce Gertz Quintet—Proton—Blueprint—Evidence 1997

Pete Jolly—O Tannenbaum

George Melvin/Blue Indigo—Wessin’ It—Catwalk—Nighthawk 1996

Bing Crosby—Let It Snow, Let It Snow—I Wish You A Merry Christmas—Warner Brothers 1962

Aaron Parks Quintet—Planting Flowers—The Wizard—Keynote 2001

Frank Morgan—Ceola—Lament—Contemporary 1986

Julie London—I Want You For Christmas

Chet Baker—It Came Upon A Midnight Clear—Silent Nights—Varrick/Rounder 1986

John La Porta—Theme: Blues Chorale/3^rd Variation (Tribute To Bird)—Theme And Variations—Fantasy Reissue 1957

Emily Remler—Movin’ Along—Firefly—Concord 1981

Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Chet Baker & Christopher Mason

“We Three Kings”

Silent Nights: A Christmas Jazz Album

Varrick/Rounder 1986

Result: Trash! 2 Treasure Votes to 2 Undecided Votes to 4 Trash Votes

Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The composition “The Christmas Song”, composed by Mel Torme & R. Wells

Version 1:

Nat King Cole from The Nat King Cole Story, recorded in 1961

Version 2:

Dexter Gordon from The Panther!, recorded in 1970

FJD Playlist For December 7, 2007

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Joe Negri—Jingle Bells— Guitars For Christmas—MCG Jazz 2003

Joe Negri—Joy— Guitars For Christmas—MCG Jazz 2003

Bruce Gertz 5tet—SoulTrane— Discovery Zone—Ram 1996

Bill Charlap—Cool—Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein—Blue Note 2004

Dave Burns—Tali—Dave Burns—Vanguard early 60s

Tubby Hayes—No, I Woodyn’t—The Swinging Giant, Vol 1—Jazmine (reissue) recorded 1956

Bill Evans—Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town—Trio ‘64—Verve Records 1963

Ray Reed Quintet—Stealing Home—Once Upon A Reed—Sea Breeze 2004 (rec. 1999)

Roswell Rudd (with Steve Riddick)—Stokey—Broad Strokes—Knitting Factory 2000

Zoot Sims—Pies Danzantes (Tickle Toe)—New Beat Bossa Nova, Vol. 2—Colpix 19XX

Maria Schneider—Sky Blue—Sky Blue—ArtistShare 2007

Bill Coleman—I Ain’t Got Nobody—Three Generation Jam—77 Records 1969

Ornette Coleman—Alpha—Something Else!!—Contemporary 1958

Joe Lovano—Web Of Fire—Tenor Legacy—Blue Note 1994

Sonny Red—Bluesville—Out Of The Blue—Blue Note 1959

Vince Guaraldi—Skating—A Charlie Brown Christmas—Fantasy 1965

Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

“Orn”

Jimmy Stewart

An Engineer of Sounds

Cadence Jazz Records 1984

Result: Trash! 2 Treasure Votes to 6 Trash Votes

Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The composition “Thou Swell” composed by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart. Introduced in 1927 for the Mark Twain-inspired play A Connecticut Yankee.

Version 1: Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra, recorded in 1956, featured on the collection The Rogers & Hart Songbook on Verve Records

Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, trumpets; Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell, trombones; Bill Graham, Marshall Royal, alto saxes; Frank Foster, Frank Wess, tenor saxes; Charlie Fowlkes, bass; Count Basie, piano; Freddie Green, piano; Eddie Jones, bass; Sonny Payne, drums; Buddy Bregman, arranger.

Version 2: Sarah Vaughan, recorded in 1957 at the Famous Mister Kelly’s in Chicago

Sarah Vaughan, vocals; Ronnell Bright, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Roy Haynes, drums.

FJD Playlist For December 1, 2007

George Braith—Boop, Bip, Bing, Bash—Soul Stream—Blue Note 1964

McCoy Tyner—Hip-Toe—It’s About Time—Blue Note 1985

David Murray & Cassandra Wilson—Prophet of Doom—Sacred Ground—Justin Time 2007

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt—You Talk That Talk!—Fantasy 1971

Terence Blanchard—Levees—A Tale Of God’s Will—Blue Note 2007

Howard Alden & Ken Peplowski—Pow Wow!—Arbors/IODA 2005

Johnny Griffin—Comin’ On The Hudson—Jazz Masters: 100 Anos de Swing—Folio 1996

Kenny Burrell—A Little Walking Music—Up The Street, ‘Round The Corner, Down The Block—Fantasy 1974

Rex Richardson Interview

Learn all about this remarkable trumpeter, composer and educator at www.rextrumpet.com

Rex Richardson—The Tao of Heavy D—Jazz Upstairs: Live At The Bar Guru—Summit 2007

Rex Richardson—Three Etudes for Solo Trumpet: Karyokinesis, Farben & Evo-devolution—Masks—Summit 2005

Rex Richardson—Pandora’s Pocket—Igmod 1997

Rex Richardson—The Claim Of The Ideal—Jazz Upstairs: Live At The Bar Guru—Summit 2007