Friday Night Jazz

Friday from 8:00pm - 11:00pm

Reuben takes you on a new adventure every Friday night, exploring the great American invention called jazz.

You'll explore the back roads and alleys of the genre, the musicians and standards you love, and experience that essential element of surprise.

Reuben also shares his in-depth knowledge of the stories behind the music.

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Playlist

May 17, 2013

8:00 PM
Chinoiserie
Artist : Duke Ellington
Album : The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Catalog : 645
ReleaseYear : 1975
Label : Fantasy
8:08 PM
Didjeridoo
Artist : Duke Ellington
Album : The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Catalog : 645
ReleaseYear : 1975
Label : Fantasy
8:11 PM
Gong
Artist : Duke Ellington
Album : The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Catalog : 645
ReleaseYear : 1975
Label : Fantasy
8:16 PM
Tivoli
Artist : Dexter Gordon
Album : The Other Side of Round Midnight
Catalog : 46397
ReleaseYear : 1986
Label : Bluenote
8:21 PM
Dreamsville
Artist : Quincy Jones
Album : Pure Delight: The Essence of Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
Catalog : 2088
Label : Razor and Tie
8:24 PM
Yaphet (Nov 19, 1969)
Artist : Miles Davis
Album : The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (Aug 1969-Feb 1970) (Disc 2)
Catalog : 65570
ReleaseYear : 1998
Label : Columbia
8:34 PM
Island Letter
Artist : Shuggie Otis
Album : Inspiration Information [Reissued 2001]
Catalog : 50473
ReleaseYear : 1974
Label : Luaka Bop
8:39 PM
Rainy Day
Artist : Shuggie Otis
Album : Inspiration Information [Reissued 2001]
Catalog : 50473
ReleaseYear : 1974
Label : Luaka Bop
8:41 PM
(You Caught Me) Smilin’
Artist : Sly & The Family Stone
Album : There's A Riot Going On
Catalog : 88697 26953
ReleaseYear : 1971
Label : Epic
8:44 PM
Stretto From The Ghetto
Artist : Branford Marsalis
Album : I Heard You Twice The First Time
Catalog : 46083
ReleaseYear : 1992
Label : Columbia
8:52 PM
Waiting
Artist : Boom Tic Boom
Album : No Morphine, No Lillies
Catalog : 21331
Label : Foxhaven
8:58 PM
The Straight Man
Artist : Hashem Assadullahi
Album : Pieces
Catalog : 22097
Label : OA2
9:00 PM
Mr. Big Falls His J.G. Hand
Artist : Art Pepper
Album : One September Afternoon
Catalog : 678
ReleaseYear : 1980
Label : Galaxy
9:06 PM
Joann’s Green Satin Dress
Artist : David Murray
Album : Flowers for Albert
Catalog : 2039
Label : West Wind
9:22 PM
Jumping the Creek
Artist : Charles Lloyd
Album : Jumping The Creek
Catalog : 4121
ReleaseYear : 2005
Label : ECM
9:28 PM
Messin’ Around
Artist : Max Roach & Dizzy Gillespie
Album : Max + Dizzy - Paris 1989 (Disc 1 of 2)
Catalog : 6404
ReleaseYear : 1989
Label : A&M
9:34 PM
Jupiter
Artist : John Coltrane
Album : Interstellar Space
Catalog : GRD-110
ReleaseYear : 1967
Label : Impulse
9:39 PM
He’s Younger Than You Are
Artist : Sonny Rollins
Album : Alfie
Catalog : 224
Label : Impulse
9:44 PM
Alfie
Artist : Ronald Isley and Burt Bacharach
Album : Here I Am Isley Meets Bacharach
Catalog : 1005
Label : Dreamworks
9:48 PM
Will You Still Be Mine?
Artist : Dave Brubeck Quartet
Album : Angel Eyes
Catalog : 9368
ReleaseYear : 1965
Label : Sony
10:00 PM
Stand !
Artist : Bobby Broom
Album : Stand !
Catalog : 90754
Label : Premonition
10:06 PM
Is That Jazz
Artist : Giacomo Gates
Album : The Revolution Will Be Jazz - The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron
Catalog : 2116
ReleaseYear : 2011
Label : Savant
10:10 PM
Eric Dolphy
Artist : Michael Lally
Album : Jazz Speak
Catalog : 254
ReleaseYear : 1991
Label : New Alliance
10:12 PM
You Don’t Know What Love Is
Artist : Eric Dolphy
Album : Last Date
Catalog : 822226
ReleaseYear : 1964
Label : Fontana
10:23 PM
You Stepped Out Of A Dream (D)
Artist : Anthony Braxton
Album : The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton - Disc II
Catalog : 242
Label : Mosaic
10:30 PM
I Want To Talk About You
Artist : Charles Tolliver Big Band
Album : Emperor March - Live At The Blue Note
Catalog : 4539
ReleaseYear : 2008
Label : Halfnote
10:37 PM
Hopeful Encounter
Artist : John Lewis
Album : Original Sin Essence
Catalog : 6605
ReleaseYear : 1964
Label : Essence
10:42 PM
I Want To Talk About You
Artist : John Coltrane
Album : The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane
Catalog : GRD-107
Label : Impulse

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Friday Night Jazz
6:12 am
Mon April 29, 2013

Reuben Jackson On Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington was the composer of American jazz standards such as Mood Indigo, sumptuous extended works like The Afro Eurasian Eclipse, The Far East Suite and three Sacred Concerts. He was also the consummate multitasker.

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Friday Jazz
3:51 pm
Wed April 17, 2013

Friday Night Jazz: Clark Terry Special

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Jazzman Clark Terry lets his enthusiasm shine through as he conducts Trenton State College students in a band clinic on the southern New Jersey campus in February 1973.

Clark Terry is a versatile and swinging 93 year-old trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and bandleader whose resume includes stints with Quincy Jones, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He was the first African American musician in The Tonight Show Band. In 2010, Terry received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Friday Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

Swinging Sequel

Tonight we continue our survey of Big Band Jazz (and jazz-related ensembles)in the first hour, then continue with new releases by Jason Marsalis, Mark Egan, Next Collective, Mimi Fox, and others.

Friday Night Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri April 5, 2013

April Blossoms

Hour One

-Duke Ellington And His Orchestra-Plays Music From Mary Poppins- Spoonful Of Sugar
-Rahsaan Roland Kirk-Kirkatron- Sugar
-Ben Webster- At The Renaissance- Ole Miss Blues
-Kyle Eastwood-The View From Here-The View From Here
-Roberta Martin-Twain- The Early Winter Trees
-Jill Sobule- Stone Soul Picnic
-Leni Stern-Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp
-Gato Barbieri- Last Tango In Paris- Jeanne
-Juliet Greco-The Moment For A Song- One Day You'll See
-John Carisi- Springsville

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Friday Night Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

Swingin' Into Spring

Tonight we'll walk March home with recordings from Etta James, Pink Martini-Charles Lloyd,
Gato Barbieri, Jimmy Scott and others.

Hour One

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Friday Night Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Mellow (Late)March Music

Friday Night Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Music For Mid March

Hour One

-Larry Coryell- Offering- Foreplay
-Wes Montgomery- A Day In The Life, Windy
-Emily Remler-East To Wes
-George Benson- Gotham City
-Sonny Sharrock- Hi Life- Chumpy
-Mary Halvorson-Bending Bridges- That Old Sound
-Pat Metheny- 80/81
-Trey Anastasio- Surrender To The Air-And Furthermore

Hour Two

-Charles Mingus- Me Myself An Eye- Devil Woman
-Hal Willner Presents Meditations On Mingus- Oh Lord- Don't Let Them Drop That Bomb On Me
-Tim Ries- The Rolling Stones Project-Wild Horses, Street Fighting Man

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Friday Night Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri March 1, 2013

March Melodies

Hour One

-Arthur Blythe- Lenox Avenue Breakdown-Down San Diego Way
-Kevin Eubanks-The Mesesnger- Ghost Dog Blues
-Wayne Shorter Quartet- Without A Net- Plaza Real
-Weather Report- Live And Unreleased- Plaza Real
-Mark O'Conner Quintet- Suspended Reality- Johnny Griffin
-Enrico Rava- On The Dance Floor- Thriller
-Mimi Fox- Kicks-Loves Me Like A Rock
-Buddy Miles- Them Changes- Paul B. Allen, Omaha, Nebraska
-Ron Holloway-Groove Update-Chameleon


Hour Two

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Friday Night Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

February Flowers

Spend this final Friday in the month of love (or seemingly endless grey skies)with spirit- lifting recordings from Terri Lynne Carrington, Alice Coltrane, Mimi Fox, Patricia Barber, Marvin Gaye, Branford Marsalis, among other aural delights!

Hour One

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Friday Night Jazz
8:00 pm
Fri February 8, 2013

Mid-winter Melodies

Stiff arm that post-Super Bowl, mid-winter malaise with sounds from Oliver Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Enrico Rava, Frank Sinatra and others (Dancing shoes sold separately).


Hour One

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