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Jazz Gallery with Ron Gill 1am–5am, WGBH 89.7

Third installment: Black Composers, celebrating Black History Month.

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

1:00am Horace Silver; Gene Taylor/bass; Louis Hayes/drums; Junior Cook/tenor sax: Tippin', Live at Newport 1958 (Blue Note 98070) Horace Silver; Gene Taylor/bass; Louis Hayes/drums; Junior Cook/tenor sax: The Outlaw, Live At Newport: 1958 (Blue Note 98070) Horace Silver; Gene Taylor/bass; Louis Hayes/drums; Junior Cook/tenor sax: Senor Blues, Live At Newport: 1958 (Blue Note 98070) Frank Capp/Nat Pierce Orchestra: All Heart, A Billy Strayhorn Songbook (Concord 45202) Kenny Burrell/guitar: Lotus Blossom, A Billy Strayhorn Songbook (Concord 45202) The Dutch Jazz Orchestra; Director: Jerry Van Rooijen: Portrait Of A Slik Thread, Portrait Of A Silk Thread: Newly Discovered Works Of Billy Strayhorn (Kokopelli Records 1310) The Dutch Jazz Orchestra; Director: Jerry Van Rooijen: Tonk, Portrait Of A Silk Thread: Newly Discovered Works Of Billy Strayhorn (Kokopelli Records 1310) 2:00am Billy Strayhorn/piano: Lush Life, Billy Strayhorn Lush Life: Big Band/Small Band/Piano solos (Red Baron 52760) Billy Strayhorn/piano; Wendell Marshall/bass; Dave Bailey/drums: Day Dream, Billy Strayhorn Lush Life: Big Band/Small Band/Piano solos (Red Baron 52760) Billy Strayhorn/piano; Ozzie Bailey: vocals: Love Came, Billy Strayhorn Lush Life: Big Band/Small Band/Piano solos (Red Baron 52760) Billy Strayhorn/piano; Ozzie Bailey: vocals: Something To Live For, Billy Strayhorn Lush Life: Big Band/Small Band/Piano solos (Red Baron 52760) Ella Fitzgerald; Duke Ellington Orchestra: Something To Live For, Lush Life: The Billy Strayhorn Songbook (Verve 314 528 908-2) Billy Eckstine; Bobby Tucker Orchestra: Satin Doll, Lush Life: The Billy Strayhorn Songbook (Verve 314 529 908-2) Billy Strayhorn/piano: Love Came, Billy Strayhorn Lush Life: Big Band/Small Band/Piano solos (Red Baron 52760) Sarah Vaughan; Hal Mooney Orchestra: Lush Life, Lush Life: The Billy Strayhorn Songbook (Verve 314 529 908-2) Herbie Hancock; Ron Carter/bass; Tony Williams/drums; Freddie Hubbard/trumpet: Cantaloupe Island, The Essential Herbie Hancock (Columbia 82796) Herbie Hancock; Ron Carter/bass; Tony Williams/drums; Freddie Hubbard/trumpet; George Coleman/tenor sax: Maiden Voyage, The Essential Herbie Hancock (Columbia 82796) Herbie Hancock; Ron Carter/bass; Tony Williams/drums; George Coleman/tenor sax; Freddie Hubbard/trumpet: Dolphin Dance, Maiden Voyage (Blue Note 46339-2) 3:00am Herbie Hancock/keyboards; Jaco Pastorious/bass; Harvey Mason/drums; Bennie Maupin/bass clarinet/alto flute: People Music, The Essential Herbie Hancock (Columbia 82796) Herbie Hancock; Jaco Pastorious/bass; Harvey Mason/drums; Bill Summers/percussion: 4 A.M., The Essential Herbie Hancock (Columbia 82796) Herbie Hancock; Ron Carter/bass; Tony Williams/drums; Freddie Hubbard/trumpet; Wayne Shorter/tenor sax: Finger Painting, The Essential Herbie Hancock (Columbia 82796) Maynard Feguson & His Big Bop Nouveau Band: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), A Duke Ellington Songbook (Concord 45112) Native Colours; Renee Rosnes/piano; Larry Grenadier/bass; Billy Drummond/drums; Ralph Moore/tenor sax: Reflections In "D", A Duke Ellington Songbook (Concord 45112) Gene Harris & The Phillip Morris Superband; Gene Harris/piano: Don't Get Around Much Anymore, A Duke Ellington Songbook (Concord 45112) Carmen McRae; Cal Tjader/vibes; Marshall Otwell/piano; Rob Fisher/bass; Vince Lateano/drums; Sancho Sanchez/percussion: Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me, A Duke Ellington Songbook (Concord) Duke Ellington Orchestra: Mood Indigo, Duke Ellington: The Centennial Collection (BMG) Duke Ellington Orchestra: Rockin' In Rhythm, Duke Ellington: The Centennial Collection (BMG) Duke Ellington Orchestra: Solitude, Duke Ellington: The Centennial Collection (BMG) Duke Ellington Orchestra: Take The "A" Train, Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits (Columbia 65419) Duke Ellington Orchestra: C Jam Blues, Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits (Columbia 65419) Duke Ellington Orchestra; Al Hibbler: vocals: Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits (Columbia 65419) 4:00am Erroll Garner Trio: I've Got To Be a Rug Cutter, Jazz Masters 7 (Verve 105734) Erroll Garner Trio; Wyatt Ruther; Candido Camero, Eugene Heard: Misty, Jazz Masters 7 (Verve 108734) Erroll Garner Trio; Wyatt Ruther; Candido Camero, Eugene Heard: 7/11 Jump, Jazz Masters 7 (Verve 105734) Erroll Garner/solo piano: Fandango, Jazz Masters 7 (Verve 105734) Erroll Garner/solo piano: Solitaire, Solitaire (Mercury 314 518 279-2) Roberta Flack; John Pizzarelli/guitar; Ron Carter/bass; Ray Lucas/drums: Compared To What, First Take (Atlantic 82792-2) Roberta Flack; John Pizzarelli/guitar; Ron Carter/bass; Ray Lucas/drums: Our Ages Or Our Hearts, First Take (Atlantic 82792-2) Roberta Flack; John Pizzarelli/guitar; Ron Carter/bass; Ray Lucas/drums: Tryin' Times, First Take (Atlantic 82792-2) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway: Be Real Black For Me, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 111608) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway: Where Is The Love, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 111608) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway: When Love Has Grown, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 111608) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway: Come Ye Disconsolate, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 111608)

Classics in the Morning 9am–noon, WGBH 89.7

Cathy Fuller, host. This program can be heard again at 4:00pm on our new all-classical HD radio channel, online at wgbh.org/classical, or find it though iTunes by clicking on Radio and then All-Classical WGBH. The playlist is the same, just add 7 hours to the times listed here.

Listed by composer: title of the piece, performers (label)

9:00am Rorem, Ned: Berceuse, from the String Symphony Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Louis Lane (New World 80353) Buy this CD 9:04am Ives, Charles: Ragtime Dances Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrüken /Michael Stern (Col Legno 20225) Buy this CD 9:18am Copland: Lincoln Portrait James Earl Jones, speaker; Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz (Delos 3140) Buy this CD 9:35am Bach, J.S.: Preludes and Fugues from Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier: No. 14 in F-sharp minor; No. 15 in G Major; No. 16 in G minor Buy this CD 9:48am Norman Dello Joio: Exaltation of Larks Atlantic Sinfonietta/Edvard Tchivzhel (Koch 7600) Buy this CD 10:00am Paine, John Knowles: Symphony No. 2 in A Op. 34 "Im Frühling" (In Spring) New York Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta (New World 80350) Buy this CD 10:53am Spiritual, arranged by Betty Jackson King: It's Me, O Lord Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Vivian Taylor, piano (Koch 7247) Buy this CD 10:58am Spiritual, arr. Betty Jackson King: Calvary Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Vivian Taylor, piano (Koch 7247) Buy this CD 11:02am Price, Florence: My Dream Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Vivan Taylor, piano (Koch 7247) Buy this CD 11:05am Bonds, Margaret: The Negro Speaks of Rivers Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Vivian Taylor, piano (koch 7247) Buy this CD 11:10am Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore: Come Down Angels Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Vivian Taylor, piano (Koch 7247) Buy this CD 11:12am spiritual, arr. Julia Perry: Free at Last Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Vivian Taylor, piano (Koch 7247) Buy this CD 11:15am Bolcom, William: Pastorale (1962) Philip Ficsor, violin; Constantine Finehouse, piano (Albany 959/60) Buy this CD 11:24am Bolcom: Graceful Ghost: Concert Variation Philip Ficsor, violin; Constantine Finehouse, piano; American Double (Albany 959/60) Buy this CD 11:30am Dan Emmett, arr. Morton Gould: Dixie Morton Gould and his Symphonic Band/Morton Gould (RCA 61255) Buy this CD 11:33am Morton Gould: Parade Morton Gould and his Symphonic Band (RCA 61255) Buy this CD 11:39am Walker, George: Lilacs for voice and orchestra Buy this CD

Classical Performances noon–4pm, WGBH 89.7

12:01pm C. L. Barnhouse: George Washington's Birthday Pahty [sic] The New Columbian Brass Band/George Foreman (Dorian 93165) Buy this CD 12:07pm Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Quintet for winds No. 1 in B major Avalon Wind Quintet (Naxos 8.553410) Buy this CD 12:26pm Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F# Major, op. 30 Wu Han (ArtistLed 10701) Buy this CD 12:36pm Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 Belgian National Symphony Orchestra/Oku Kammu; recorded live at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (European Broadcasting Union concert recording) Buy this CD 1:06pm Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, op. 73 André Moisan, clarinet; Jean Saulnier, piano (Atma 2516) Buy this CD 1:18pm Johan Halvorsen: Norway's Greeting To Theodore Roosevelt, op. 31 Latvian National Symphony Orchestra/Terje Mikkelsen (Simax 1207) Buy this CD 1:27pm Chopin: Polonaise in A major, op. 40, no. 1 "Military" Eugène Mursky, piano (Profil 4069) Buy this CD 1:36pm Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A major, Op. 36 Paolo Pugliese, guitar; Ensemble Ottocento (Brilliant Classics 92621) Buy this CD 2:08pm André Previn: A Wedding Waltz for two oboes and piano; Peaches for flute and piano André Previn, piano Buy this CD 2:20pm David Diamond: This Sacred Ground (text: the Gettysburg Address) Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos 3141) Buy this CD 3:01pm Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux" Garrick Ohlssen; Celebrity Series of Boston Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 3:19pm Thomas Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn of Justin Morgan Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesus Lopez-Cobos (Telarc 80462) Buy this CD 3:31pm Roy Harris: Symphony No. 9 Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller (Albany 350) Buy this CD

Jazz with Eric in the Evening 8pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

8:00pm Tommy Flanagan: Peace, Something Borrowed Something Blue (Galaxy) 8:07pm Joe Williams: Every Day I Have The Blues, Every Day I Have The Blues (Verve 314519813) 8:12pm Jimmy Witherspoon: Good Rockin' Tonight, Jazz Me Blues (Prestige 11008) 8:17pm Ella Fitzgerald: How High The Moon, Jazz Masters 6 (Verve 314519822) 8:27pm Nat King Cole: Intro/Little Girl/Repeat After Me/ True Love/Too Marvelous For Words/Too Young, Nat King Cole Shows Vol 2 (OTA 101903) 8:42pm Louis Armstrong: Just A Gigolo, You're Drivin' Me Crazy (Columbia 48828) 8:45pm Louis Armstrong: I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Louis In New York (Columbia 46148) 8:48pm Louis Armstrong: How Do You Do It That Way?, Louis In New York (Columbia 46148) 8:52pm Louis Armstrong: Ain't Misbehavin', Louis In New York (Columbia 46148) 8:59am Dinah Washington: Unforgettable, Unforgettab;e (Mercury 3145106002) 9:02pm Bill Henderson: Never Kiss And Run, His Complete Vee-Jay Recordings Vol 1 (Vee-Jay 209) 9:05pm Sarah Vaughan: Jim, Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (Emarcy 814641) 9:13pm Abbey Lincoln: The Musc Is The Magic, Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve 00008900) 9:17pm Abbey Lincoln: Mr. Tamborine Man, Who Used To Dance (Verve 314533559) 9:24pm Abbey Lincoln: Throw It Away, A Turtle's Dream (Verve 314527382) 9:30pm Abbey Lincoln: They Call It Jazz, It's Me (Verve 0001268) 9:38pm Billy Eckstine: Everything I Have Is Yours, Everything I Have Is Yours (Verve 819442) 9:41pm Billy Eckstine: Dedicated To You, Everything I Have Is Yours (Verve 819442) 9:44pm Billy Eckstine: I Apologize, Everything I Have Is Yours (Verve 819442) 9:47pm Billy Eckstine: Don't Get Around Much Anymore/I'm Just A Lucky So And So/Caravan/Sophisticated Lady, At Basin Street At East (Mercury 832-592) 10:01pm Mamie Smith: Crazy Blues, Blues Masters Classic Blues Women (Rhino 71134) 10:09pm George W. Johnson: The Whistling Coon, Lost Sounds (Archeophone 1005) 10:12pm George W. Johnson: The Laughing Song, Lost Sounds (Archeophone 1005) 10:16pm Williams And Walker: My Little Zulu Babe, Lost Sounds (Archeophone 1005) 10:18pm Bert Williams: Nobody, Lost Sounds (Archeophone 1005) 10:23pm Sarah Vaughan: Black Coffee/Sometimes I'm Happy/Poor Buterfly, Linger Awhile (Pablo 2312-144) 10:33pm Sarah Vaughan: Love Story, Live In Japan (Mainstream 57123) 10:48pm Bessie Smith: St. Louis Blues, The Collection (Columbia 44441) 10:51pm Bessie Smith: I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle, The Collection (Columbia 44441) 10:55pm Bessie Smith: Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan), The Collection (Columbia 44441) 11:00pm Dianh Washington: Send Me To The "Lectric Chair/Me And My Gin/Back Water Blues, The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol 5 (Mercury 838952) 11:13pm Dee Dee Bridgewater: Afro Blue, Red Earth (DDB 0009091) 11:18pm Ella Fitzgerald: Mack The Knife, Jazz Masters 6 (Verve 314519822) 11:23pm Ella Fitzgerald: Oh Lady Be Good, First Lady Of Song (Verve 314517898) 11:29pm Nina Simone: Wild Is The Wind, The Best Of Nina Simone (Phillips 822846) 11:36pm Shirley Horn: Estate, Here's To Life (Verve 314511879) 11:44pm Nancy Wilson: You Can Have Him, The Nancy Wilson Show (Capitol 01571) 11:51pm Billie Holiday: Don't Explain, V-Disc (Collector's Choice) 11:54pm Joe Williams: Every Night, Every Day I Have The Blues (Verve 314519813)

Airtimes are approximate.

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