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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Play List

7:00p
7:00p	Greg Reitan: Giant Steps - from Some Other Time
7:01p	Danilo Perez: Across the Crystal Sea - from Across The Crystal Sea - Conducted and Arranged by Claus Ogerman
7:08p	Donald Harrison: The Right Touch - from The Chosen
7:13p	Hiromi: Place To Be - from Place to Be
7:20p	Mark Levine: Early Morning Love - from Off & On
7:26p	Mose Allison: Gettin' There - from Live In London, V.1
7:30p	Wayne Shorter: El Gaucho - from Adam's Apple
7:36p	Wes Montgomery: Goin' On To Detroit - from Down Here On The Ground
7:40p	Joe Gilman Trio: Send One Your Love - from View So Tender: Wonder Revisited
7:45p	Carmen McRae: Speak Low - from Heat Wave
7:52p	Roberta Gambarini: So In Love - from So In Love
7:55p	Scott Hamilton: In Your Own Sweet Way - from Jazz Signatures
8:00p
8:02p	Stan Getz: East Of The Sun - from Best Of The West Coast Sessions
8:08p	Ray Bryant: Golden Earings - from Ray Bryant Trio
8:15p	Grant Green: Wives And Lovers - from Solid
8:24p	Ron Carter: Eight - from Eight Plus
8:32p	Bobby Timmons: Dat Dere - from Moanin' Blues
8:39p	John Pizzarelli: Lost/Perdido - from Rockin in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington
8:43p	Lea Delaria: Kiko And The Lavender Moon - from Double Standards
8:49p	Ken Walker Sextet: Highlife - from Terra Firma
8:58p	John Swana And The Philadelphians: Three Of A Kind - from Philly Gumbo Vol. 2
9:00p
9:06p	Hiromi: Islands Azores - from Place to Be
9:11p	Jacques Loussier: Gymnopedie No. 1 - from Satie: Gymnopedies - Gnossiennes
9:16p	Jae Sinnett: Velas - from Off The Myopic Avenue
9:26p	James Moody: Into The Shadows - from Homage
9:33p	Kristin Korb: Wouldn't It Be Loverly - from Where You'll Find Me
9:39p	Marcin Wasilewski: K.T.C. - from Trio
9:45p	Carol Robbins: Buddy's Bite - from Jazz Play
9:52p	Lorraine Feather: How Did We End Up Here? - from Ages
9:57p	Orrin Evans: Don't Call Me Wally - from Faith In Action
10:00p
10:00p	Hiromi: BQE - from Place to Be
10:07p	Lorenzo Tucci: Olhos Negros - from Touch
10:12p	Wayne Shorter: De Pois Do Amour O Vazio (After Love, Emptiness) - from Odyssey Of Iska
10:24p	Mike Stern: 6th Street - from Big Neighborhood
10:33p	Wycliffe Gordon: Get It! Get It! - from United Soul Experience
10:41p	Jay D'Amico: Theme in Bb Minor - from Tuscan Prelude
10:45p	Jay D'Amico: Invention in E minor - from Nocturne
10:48p	Holly Hofmann: Farewell - from Three's Company
10:52p	Braden-Rapp: A Flower is a Lovesome Thing - from The Strayhorn Project
10:58p	Peter Sprague: Mahavishnu - from The Wild Blue

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