Cubana Be, Cubana Bop - Play Misty for Me

This week, we start things off with some Afro-Cuban sounds from Bud Powell, Zaccai Curtis and Dizzy Gillespie. Next, a celebration of the birth of pianist Erroll Garner who would have been 103 today. Large band orchestral works from Toshiko Akiyoshi, Jihye Lee and Count Basie will follow before we check out some African sounds from Nduduzo Makhathini and Randy Weston. A set of recordings featuring bassist Reggie Workman will be the next feature, including a date recorded on this day at Philadelphia's Painted Bride Art Center. The show will wrap up playing some Misty for you. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective.

Playlist

• Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:30
• Bud Powell "Un Poco Loco" from The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note) 02:30
• Zaccai Curtis "Cuban Fantasy" from Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) 07:02
• Dizzy Gillespie "Cubana Be" from The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird) 11:51
• Dizzy Gillespie "Cubana Bop" from The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird) 14:39
• Erroll Garner "Mambo Garner" from Mambo Moves (Mercury Records) 18:20
• Erroll Garner "Paris Mist (Bossa Nova)" from A New Kind of Love (Mercury Records) 24:53
• Erroll Garner "The Loving Touch" from Feeling is Believing (Mercury Records) 28:48
• Jessica Williams "Toshiko" from All Alone (MaxJazz) 45:29
• Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band "Kogun" from ROAD TIME (RCA) 39:21
• Jihye Lee Orchestra "You are My Universe" from Infinite Connections (Motéma) 51:01
• Count Basie and his Orchestra "Bundle O'Funk" from Prime Time (Pablo) 0:58:33
• Eyal Vilner Big Band "Is You Is or Is You Ain't" from Swingin' Uptown (Self Released) 1:03:49
• Nduduzo Makhathini "KwaKhangelamankengana" from uNomkhubulwane (Blue Note) 1:09:15
• Randy Weston "Niger Mambo" from African Cookbook (Atlantic) 1:15:42
• Reggie Workman Ensemble "Martyrs Hymn" from Synthesis (Leo Records) 1:22:01
• Freddie Hubbard "You're My Everything" from Hub-Tones (Blue Note) 1:27:57
• David Murray Quartet "Jitterbug Waltz" from Morning Song (Black Saint) 1:34:30
• Rufus Reid, Sullivan Fortner "I Can't Explain" from It's The Nights I Like (Sunnyside Records) 1:53:52