FJD Playlist for the 2008 Holiday Show

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Show Theme: Ramsey Lewis Trio―Christmas Blues―Sounds Of Christmas―Verve 1960

Art Carney―Twas The Night Before Christmas

Dexter Gordon―Soy Califa―Jazz At High School―Storyville 1967 (reissue 2003)

Ella Fitzgerald―Sleigh Ride―Ella Wishes You A Swingin’ Christmas

Joe Puma & Dick Garcia―Time Was―The Fourmost Guitars―ABC Paramount 1956

The Marquees―Santa Done Got Hip

J.R. Monterose―The Third―Blue Note 1956

Joe Negri―Winter Wonderland―Guitars For Christmas―MCG 2003

Wynton Marsalis―J Mood―Columbia 1986

Lionel Hampton―Swingle Jingle

The Trumpet Summit Meets The Oscar Peterson Big 4―The Champ―Pablo 1980

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

George Benson―Serbian Blue―Bad Benson―CTI 1974

Dianne Reeves―Let It Snow―Christmas Time Is Here―Blue Note 2004

Talib Kibwe―Hi Fly―Introducing Talib Kibwe―Evidence 1996

Duke Ellington Orchestra―Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies―The Nutcracker Suite―1960

Dexter Gordon―The Christmas Song―The Panther―Prestige 1970

Ramsey Lewis Trio―Sleigh Ride―Sounds Of Christmas―Verve 1960


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Paul Revere And The Raiders

“Wear A Smile For Christmas”

A Christmas Present…And Past

Columbia 1967

Result: Treasure! 5 Treasure Votes to 1 Trash Votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The composition “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” composed by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie

Version 1: Ella Fitzgerald from the record Ella Wishes You A Swingin’ Christmas

Version 2: Christine Hitt from the record MaxJazz Holiday

FJD Playlist for December 14, 2008

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John McNeil Quartet―Blewbo―The Glass Room―Steeplechase 1979

John McNeil Quartet―Cheyda ―The Glass Room―Steeplechase 1979

John McNeil Quartet―Hank’s Shuffle―The Glass Room―Steeplechase 1979

Joe Negri―Joy―Guitars For Christmas―MCG 2003

Joe Negri― God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen―Guitars For Christmas―MCG 2003

Gerry Mulligan― The Ant Hill―Butterfly With Hiccups ―Limelight 1963

Bobby Watson & Horizon― Blues Of Hope―Midwest Shuffle―Columbia 1994

Art Pepper― Mambo Koyama―Art Pepper Today―Galaxy 1978

Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman― Blues In The Night

Chico Hamilton― El Chico―El Chico ―Impulse 1965

Grant Green― My Favorite Things―Matador―Blue Note 1965

Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Keith Jarrett

“Too Young To Go Steady”

Standards Live

ECM 1986

Result: Treasure! 6 Treasure Votes to 2 Trash Votes

Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The composition “Falling In Love With Love” composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Version 1: Helen Merrill from the record Helen Merrill on Emarcy Records 1954

Personnel: Helen Marrill, vocals; Clifford Brown, trumpet; Danny Bank, flute; Jimmy Jones, piano; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Bobby Donaldson, drums; Quincy Jones, arranger.

Version 2: Kenny Dorham from the record Jazz Contrasts on Riverside Records 1957

Personnel: Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Sonny Rollins, tenor sax; Hank Jones, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Max Roach, drums.

FJD Playlist For December 7, 2008

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Art Farmer & His Orchestra—Five Spot After Dark—Brass Shout—United Artists/Blue Note 1959

Art Farmer & His Orchestra—Aztec Suite—United Artists/Blue Note 1959

Scat Man Cruthers—Mean Dog Blues—Snooky & Marshal’s Album—Concord 1978

Scott Hamilton & Warren Vache—Love You Madly—Skyscraper—Concord 1979

Bruce Gertz Quintet—While You Were Out—Blueprint—Evidence 1997

John Jenkins & Kenny Burrell—Motif—Blue Note 1957

Dexter Gordon—The Christmas Song—The Panther—Prestige 1970

Fight The Big Bull—Dying Will Be Easy—Clean Feed 2008

Lem Winchester—The Meetin’—Another Opus—Prestige 1960

Etta Jones—Reverse The Charge—Hollar!—Prestige 1962

Cedar Walton—Blue Train—Second Set—Steeplechase 1979


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

The East Thirteenth Street Band featuring Phoebe Legere on vocals

“Georgia On My Mind”

Rizzoli Records 1984

Result: Trash! 2 Treasure Votes to 4 Trash Votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The composition “Everything Happens To Me” written by Matt Dennis & Tom Adair

Version 1: Chet Baker from the record Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen To You 1958 Riverside

Personnel: Chet Baker, trumpet and vocals; pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Philly Joe Jones.

Version 2: Thelonious Monk from the record Solo Monk on Columbia Records 1964

Personnel: Thelonious Monk, piano.