Chris Larkin's Classical Jazz

    Hi All! Back up and running this week.  Had Noelle come in and train with me, so you’ll hear from her on this podcast as well too.  Here is the set list.  Enjoy! Clarence Williams–Wild Cat Blues Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang–Doin’ Things Red and His Big Ten–At Last I’m Happy Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra–As You Like It Buster Bailey–Sensation Kid Ory–Gatemouth The Rythmmakers–Bugle Call Rag Bobby Hackett–At the Jazz Band Ball Sidney Bechet–Down in Honky Tonk Town Wilbur De Paris and New Orleans Band–Tres Moutarde The Original Memphis Five–St. Louis Gal King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band–I Ain’t Gonna Tell Nobody Jelly Roll Morton–Winin’ Boy Blues Bix Biederbecke and the Chicago Hornets–Tiger Rag Original Dixieland Jazz Band–Look At ‘Em Doing It Louis Armstrong and the Hot Fives–Sunset Café Stomp Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto–Aguas de Marco Dizzy Gillespie–Doodlin’ Artie Shaw–Begin the Beguine Dave Brubeck Quartet–Blue Shadows in the Street Bennie Moten–Now Goofy Dust Rag Miles Davis–Bess, You Is My Woman Now Billie Holiday–Swing Brother Swing Dizzy Gillespie–The Conquerers Thelonius Monk–Well, You Needn’t Clifford Brown–Delilah Count Basie and the Kansas City 7–Oh, Lady Be Good Wes Montgomery–Hymn for Carl

  Hi Everyone!  Nina Simone was born on February 21st, so I am starting of the show with a few tracks from her.  Enjoy the show!  Thoughts, comments and suggestions are always welcomed.  Here is the setlist.   I used a couple of my mom’s old records for this one.  Thanks Mom! Nina Simone–My Baby Just Cares For Me Nina Simone–Love Me or Leave Me Nina Simone–Why (The King of Love Is Dead) Nina Simone–The Ballad of Hollis Brown Charlie Parker–Embraceable You Duke Ellington with Coleman Hawkins–The Jeep is Jumpin’ John McGlaughlin and the 4th Dimension–Kiki Dave Stryker–In a Sentimental Mood Kamasi Washington–The Rhythm Changes Dizzy Gillespie–Billie’s Bounce Zoot Sims–Howdy Podner Herbie Hancock–Maiden Voyage Bill Evans–On Green Dolphin Street Dexter Gordon–Don’t Explain Cannonball Adderly–Arriving Soon Lee Morgan–Candy Stan Getz–Pennies from Heaven      

  Hi all!  Here it is!  Sorry but it looks like I will be consistently uploading these shows on Saturday now.  With management team meetings and other things going on in the week, it is hard to get around to editing the broadcasts from Monday night until Saturday.  Nevertheless, I will still be consistent about it.  I did a vocal hour for the first part of the show.  Hope you enjoy! Louis Armstrong and the Hot Fives–Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa Jelly Roll Morton–Doctor Jazz Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven–Nice Work If You Can Get It Billie Holiday–What A Little Moonlight Can Do Dizzy Gillespie–He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped Fats Waller–Stop Beatin’ Around the Mulberry Bush Ella Fitzgerald–I Found My Yellow Basket Benny Goodman and His Orchestra–Sing Me Swing Song Sarah Vaughn–You Go to My Head Benny Goodman and His Orchestra–Bewitched The Glenn Miller Orchestra–I’ve Got a Girl in Kalamazoo Nina Simone–Mood Indigo Jose James–Body and Soul Cassandra Wilson–Death Letter Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto–Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) Katie Thiroux–Shiny Stockings Horace Silver–Filthy McNasty The Modern Jazz Quartet–Medley John Fedchock–Hair of the Dog Chick Korea Elektric Band–Alan Corday Weather Report–Boogie Woogie Waltz

  Howdy!  Ok, I finally uploaded the show!  This week, we had are tribute to African American jazz musicians as it is black history month!  Hope you enjoy! Charles Mingus–Original Faubus Fables Miles Davis–All Blues Lee Morgan–Totem Pole Kamasi Washington–Change of the Guard Thelonius Monk–Evidence Dizzy Gillespie–All the Things You Are Charlie Parker–Now’s the Time Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers–Sincerely Diana Clifford Brown–Philly J J Ornette Coleman–Focus on Sanity Eric Dolphy–Something Sweet, Something Tender Cecil Taylor–Rick Kick Shaw John Coltrane– Locomotion Dexter Gordon–Modal Mood Count Basie–Jumpin’ At the Woodside Duke Ellington–Cotton Tail Fletcher Henderson–Stealing Apples

    Hi All!  This is it!  Sorry it was late again, but your Ops Director is trying to clean up the mess at KEOS with logs, downloading and automation.  Plus, I’m starting a new job and trying to get used to things there as well.  No excuses, I’m just saying.  Anyway, enjoy the show!   Dexter Gordon–You Can Depend on Me Cannonball Adderly–Well, You Needn’t Lee Morgan–I Remember Clifford Sonny Criss–Crisscraft Ornette Coleman–Turnabout Dave Brubeck–Cassandra Dave Stryker–Let It Go Miles Davis–Joshua Wynton and Ellis Marsalis–Snoopy and Woodstock Wes Montgomery–Summertime Bill Evans–My Man’s Come Home Now Oscar Peterson–Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) Coleman Hawkins–Body and Soul Stan Getz–Body and Soul Zoot Sims–Swim, Jim Chet Baker–Polka Dots and Moonbeams Benny Goodman Sextet–Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Arturo Sandoval–Speak Low

  Sorry this was so late, but here it is!  Yours truly is now the Operations Director, so I had meetings to attend to this week that delayed the editing and uploading of the show.  Nevertheless, here it is with the set list.   Cannonball Adderly–Nancy With the Laughing Face John Coltrane–Naima Dexter Gordon–Clear the Dex John Fedchock–Havana Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis–Comin’ Home Baby Lee Morgan–Midtown Blues Ornette Coleman–Kaleidoscope Clifford Brown and Max Roach–What Is This Thing Called Love? Duke Ellington–Ray Charles’ Place Katie Thiroux–There’s A Small Hotel Dizzy Gillespie–Salt Peanuts Miles Davis–So What Dave Stryker–Salt Song Kamasi Washington–Isabelle Dave Brubeck–Twelfth Street Rag Herbie Hancock–Survival of the Fittest

This week, we did all recordings before 1942!  Dixieland, New Orleans and early Swing style were all covered in this gem of a show!  Please be sure to donate to KEOS at keos.org or my show directly at gofundme.com/chrisjazzfunding if you enjoy the program.  Thank you so much for listening, and enjoy!  Here was tonight’s setlist:   J. Neal Montgomery and his Orchestra– Auburn Ave. Stomp New Orleans Owls–That’s Plenty Monk Hazel and His Bienville Roof Orchestra–High Society McKinney’s Cotton Pickers–Milenberg Joys Johnny Dodds–Memphis Shake Luis Russell’s Hot Six–Sweet Muntaz Jack Teagarden–Nobody’s Sweetheart Now Pee Wee Russell–Georgia Grind Sidney Bechet–Limehouse Blues George Wetling’s Dixielanders–AfterYou’re Gone Bix Beiderbecke–Humpty Dumpty King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band–Froggie Moore King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band–Chattanooga Stomp Louis Armstrong and His Hot Fives and Sevens–Don’t’ Forget to Mess Around Louis Armstrong and His Hot Fives and Sevens–Twelfth Street Rag Louis Armstrong and His Hot Fives and Sevens–S.O.L. Blues Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra–Red Hot Pepper The Original Memphis Five–Sioux City Sue Original Dixieland Jazz Band–Sensation Rag Original Dixieland Jazz Band–Jazz Me Blues Fats Waller and his Rhythm–I’m Growing Fond of You Henderson Stomp–Fletcher Henderson Earl Hines–Ridin’ A Rift Django Reinhardt–Charleston Django Reinhardt–Djangology Duke Ellington–Sophisticated Lady Benny Goodman–Sing, Sing, Sing Helen Ward–But Not For Me Count Basie–One O’Clock Jump Bennie Moten–Terrific Stomp Lester Young–Polka Dots and Moonbeams The Glenn Miller Orchestra–The Man with the Mandolin The Glenn Miller Orchestra–Rug Cutter’s Swing  

Today was John McLaughlin’s birthday!  Born January 4th, 1942.  Happy Birthday John!  We also had some contemporary Jazz from the fusion era until now.  Set list is below.  More boss for your sauce! SET LIST Mahavishnu Orchestra –Lila’s Dance John McLaughlin–Do You Hear the Voices You Left Behind John McLaughlin–El Hombre Que Sabia Miles Davis –John McClaughlin Mahavishnu Orchestra–Vision is a Naked Sword Weather Report–Brown Street Herbie Hancock–Sun Touch Chick Korea Electric Band–Johnny’s Landing Keith Jarret–Inflight Kamasi Washington –Leroy and Lanisha John Fedchock New York Big Band –You and the Night and the Music Dave Stryker–Impressions Cassandra Wilson–Billie’s Blues

Classical Jazz on KEOS!  This week, Andy took over for me while I am out of town and did an amazing job!  We have some Dixieland and modern standard jazz on this episode.  Enjoy, and Happy New Year!

Jazz for the holiday season!