RIP Bassist Anthony Jackson. Honoring His Contributions to Pop, R&B, and Jazz

Remembering Anthony Jackson with an opening montage of familiar pop and R&B songs where he contributed bass, then going into his fusion work with Lee Ritenour, Hiromi, and more. New music from Phil Bancroft, Adam Blackstone, and more. Music from jazz musicians with birthdays this week including Dianne Reeves, Sonny Criss, Steve Lukather, and more. Continuing with Monktober—Thelonious Monk tunes played by David Kikoski, Fred Hersch, and more.

Playlist

• Host "Intro and Anthony Jackson Pop and R&B Montage" from 00:00
• Quincy Jones "Tell Me A Bedtime Story" from Sounds... And Stuff Like That!! (A & M) 8:19
• Harvey Mason "Phantazia" from Funk In A Mason Jar (Arista) 14:58
• Lee Ritenour "The Captain's Journey: Pt. 1—The Calm, Pt. 2—The Storm" from The Captain's Journey (Elektra) 19:19
• Steve Khan "Butane Elvin" from Public Access (GRP) 30:35
• Tania Maria "Made In New York" from Made In New York (Manhattan) 35:49
• Mike Stern "Odds Or Evens" from Odds Or Evens (Atlantic Jazz) 39:57
• Hiromi "Now Or Never" from Voice (Telarc) 47:00
• Michel Petrucciani "So What" from Trio In Tokyo (Dreyfus Jazz) 53:11
• Phil Bancroft "All The Things You Are" from No Need For Silence (Myriad Streams) 1:03:38
• Baltimore Jazz Collective "Gary Bartz Medley" from Baltimore Jazz Collective (Stricker Street) 1:10:06
• David Kikoski "Straight No Chaser" from Weekend At Smalls (Cellar Music) 1:15:06
• Lori Williams "Here We Are" from Here We Are (Double Moon) 1:33:49
• Adam Blackstone Round Midnight" from Humble Magic, Vol. 1 (BASSic Black Entertainment) 1:38:18
• Jerry Weldon "Sunny V" from The Summit (Cellar Music) 1:42:27
• Nat Adderley, Jr. "People Make The World Go Round" from Took So Long (Independent) 1:49:17
• Sarah Elizabeth Charles "Mother" from Dawn (Ropeadope) 1:53:29
• Soulive and Eric Krasno "Baby Jupiter" from Flowers (Floki Studios) 1:59:00
• Dianne Reeves "Reflections" from A Little Moonlight (Blue Note) 2:07:14
• Ernie Watts "Tributary" from Four Plus Four (Flying Dolphin) 2:12:17
• Sonny Criss "Confusion" from Saturday Morning (Xanadu) 2:20:16
• Eddie Harris "Listen Here" from The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (Mutt And Jeff) 2:24:16
• Fred Hersch "In Walked Bud" from Thelonious: Fred Hersch Plays Monk (Nonesuch) 2:31:16
• Dizzy Gillespie "Bebop" from 1961—1964 The Classic Philips Albums (Compilation) (Enlightenment) 2:36:01
• Jimmy Heath "The Thumper" from The Thumper (Riverside) 2:42:16
• Russell Gunn & Blackhawk "Neo (a.k.a. Teo)" from Origin Story (Live At The Velvet Note) (Vanglorious Arts) 2:46:15
• Steve Lukather and Mitchel Forman and Vinnie Colaiuta "Birds Of Fire" from Visions Of An Inner Mounting Apocalypse: A Fusion Guitar Tribute (Tone Center) 2:59:39