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21 Standards on Tap

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What makes a song a standard? How does a tune enter the commonly shared repertoire that jazz musicians have been expected to know at any moment? Tonight, we spin a variety of well-worn standards for your listening pleasure. Sonny Rollins once said, "Jazz and standards are forever locked in loving embrace." Some commentary in this episode is inspired by Ted Gioia's Book, The Jazz Standards, A Guide to the Repertoire.

Playlist

  • The Delfonics "La-La-Means I love You" from single (Philly Groove Records) 00:00
  • Thelonious Monk "Epistrophe (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 03:36
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Sweet Georgia Brown" from The Return of the 5000 lb. Man (Warner Bros. Records) 05:36
  • Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra "Stardust" from History of Jazz (Verve Records) 10:37
  • Johnny Hodges "The Sheik of Araby" from single (Norgran Records) 14:16
  • Cecile McLorin Salvant "Jitterbug Waltz" from Woman Child (Mack Avenue) 17:34
  • Anthony Braxton "Why Shouldn't I" from Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House) 25:57
  • Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins "Yesterdays" from Sonny Meets Hawk) (RCA Victor) 35:38
  • Thumbscrew "East of the Sun" from Theirs (Cuneiform Records) 40:50
  • Keef Jackson, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Joshua Abrams, Mikel Patrick Avery "Epistrophe" from These Things Happen (Astral Spirits) 45:41
  • Dorothy Donegan "Prelude To A Kiss—Mood Indigo—Perdido and Take The A Train" from Live at the Widder Bar (Timeless Records) 1:02:48
  • Yusef Lateef "I Remember Clifford" from Live at Pep's Volume Two (Impulse!) 1:16:54
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis "Misty" from single (Prestige) 1:30:20
  • Sarah Vaughan, Clifford Brown "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from single (EmArcy) 1:40:00
  • Helen Sung Trio "Autumn Leaves" from Helenistique (Fresh Sound New Talent) 1:45:46
  • Tyshawn Sorey Trio "Willow Weep for Me" from Mesmerism (Self Released) 1:52:12
  • Kahil El'Zabar Quartet "Summertime" from A Time For Healing (Spirit Muse Records) 2:00:57

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