Excellence In Jazz Playlist, August 29, 2018
Charlie Parker was born on this day in 1920. He was one of the most original and influential improvising soloists in jazz. We'll celebrate tonight with some of Bird's best bop as we also feature his music played by today's contemporary artists!
7:00 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Just Friends
Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
7:03 p.m.
Joe Williams
Just Friends
In Good Company
7:06 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Summertime
Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
7:09 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Star Eyes
Bird's Best Bop On Verve
7:15 p.m.
Dinah Washington
Don't Say Nothing At All
Back To The Blues
7:17 p.m.
Charlie Parker
If I Should Lose You
Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
7:20 p.m.
Dena DeRose
If I Should Lose You
I Can See Clearly Now
7:25 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Star Eyes
Bird's Best Bop On Verve
7:30 p.m.
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland
Segment
The Art Of Conversation
7:36 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Segment - Tune X
Swedish Schnapps
7:39 p.m.
Gil Evans
Bird Feathers
The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings
7:46 p.m.
Tommy Flanagan
Bluebird
Beyond The Bluebird
7:53 p.m.
Vivian Lee
Out Of Nowhere
Let's Talk About Love
7:56 p.m.
Greg Fishman
These Things
So You Say
8:02 p.m.
Camille Bertault
Apres Vous (The Apotheosis Of Charlie Parker) (Vocal Version Of "Au Privave")
The Passion Of Charlie Parker
8:05 p.m.
King Pleasure
Parker's Mood
Golden Days
8:08 p.m.
Supersax
Star Eyes
Supersax Plays Bird
8:11 p.m.
Charlie Parker
She Rote
Bird's Best Bop On Verve
8:20 p.m.
Cory Weeds Little Big Band
Canadian Sunset
Explosion
8:28 p.m.
Charlie Sepulveda
Nat's Blues
Songs For Nat
8:35 p.m.
Bob Dorough
Yardbird Suite
Devil May Care
8:40 p.m.
Warren Vache
Quasimodo
Dream Dancing
8:45 p.m.
Steve Kuhn
Confirmation
The Best Things
8:53 p.m.
Bruce Forman
Cheryl
Bootleg, Vol.1: Dedication
9:01 p.m.
Mike LeDonne
Rock With You
The Groover
9:08 p.m.
Joey DeFrancesco
Billie Jean
Never Can Say Goodbye
9:16 p.m.
Dinah Washington
Blue Gardenia
For Those In Love
9:22 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Laird Baird
Bird's Best Bop On Verve
9:24 p.m.
Dinah Washington
Duck Before You Drown
Back To The Blues
9:27 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Cool Blues
Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 1
9:30 p.m.
Dinah Washington
I Don't Know You
Drinking Again
9:33 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Mohawk
Bird & Diz
9:37 p.m.
Maurice Frank
Yellow Days
Mad Romance And Love
9:41 p.m.
Hendrik Meurkens
Miyako
Cabin in the Sky
9:45 p.m.
Dee Bell
Evolution
Lins, Lennox, & Life
9:50 p.m.
Ben Paterson
Edda
Live At Van Gelder's
9:59 p.m.
Eddie Jefferson
Ornithology
The Godfather Of Vocalese
10:07 p.m.
Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott
Quasimodo
Return Of The East-West Trumpet Summit
10:12 p.m.
Greg Abate & Phil Woods
Steeplechase
Kindred Spirits: Live At Chan's
10:16 p.m.
Sonny Rollins
Now's The Time
All The Things You Are
10:21 p.m.
Leo Sidran
Cool School
Cool School: Music Of Michael Franks
10:26 p.m.
Miles Davis
'Round Midnight
The Essential Miles Davis
10:32 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Somewhere
West Side Story
10:36 p.m.
Dave Bennett
Blood Moon
Blood Moon
10:42 p.m.
Pharoah Sanders
Moon Child
Timeless Finest Jazz
10:50 p.m.
Duke Pearson
The Phantom
The Phantom