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Jazz: Kenny Werner Thursday, 11/19/09 9pm Pianist and keyboardist Kenny Werner's birthday gives us an opportunity to hear the progression of his recordings from fairly straight-ahead solo piano on standards to his recent more experimental compositions and ensembles.
Jazz: Johnny Mercer & Young Jazz Wednesday, 11/18/09 9pm
Part two of our celebration of the 100th anniversary of Johnny Mercer's birthday gives us versions of his lyrics & songs by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and a vocal duet with Nat King Cole & Johnny Mercer. We finish the evening with jazz by a younger generation, represented by 19 year old alto sax player Hailey Niswanger and 20-something vocalist/composer Melody Gardot.
Jazz: Johnny Mercer & Roswell Rudd Tuesday, 11/17/09 9pm First, we celebrate the Centenary of the birth of lyricist & vocalist Johnny Mercer and the birthday of jazz and world music trombonist Roswell Rudd. Then former VPR Jazz Host Bill Barton guest DJ's for the 2nd hour.
Jazz: Diana Krall Monday, 11/16/09 9pm One of Canada's greatest exports, vocalist and pianist Diana Krall, turns 45 today. We hear some of her early recordings and from one of her piano heros, Nat King Cole, as part of the Lester Young Trio.
Jazz: Friday The 13th Friday, 11/13/09 10pm We finish right before midnight with the Sonny Rollins/Thelonious Monk classic "Friday The 13th" We fill several requests for John Coltrane and the Dafnis Prieto Sextet.
Jazz: Buck Clayton Thursday, 11/12/09 9pm We celebrate the birthday of trumpeter Buck Clayton with some classic sides with Count Basie & Lester Young. Also jazz with world vocals from David Murray and Miguel Zenon.
Jazz: Hoagy Carmichael Wednesday, 11/11/09 9pm Well, sometimes it happens. We celebrated Hoagy Carmichael's birthday tonight only to find out it really falls on November 22, not the 11. Still we got to hear some classic songs including, Skylark, Stardust, The Nearness Of You and others.
Jazz: Andrew Cyrille & Paul Bley Tuesday, 11/10/09 9pm We celebrate the birthdays of drummer Andrew Cyrille and pianist/composer Paul Bley. Local concerts include music by Christopher & David Bakriges, Jason Lindner and Edward Simon.
Jazz: Edward Simon & New Releases Monday, 11/09/09 9pm Pianist Edward Simon brings a trio to the Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro this coming Saturday, November 14 and we hear two selections from his 2006 release "Unicity" A selection of New Releases fill out the show.
Jazz: Gus Kahn Friday, 11/06/09 10pm We sample some of the many song lyrics written by Gus Kahn on his birthday, including "I'll Never Be The Same" and "Makin' Whopee." We also celebrate the birthday of trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
Jazz: Blues & Hues Thursday, 11/05/09 9pm We hear the theme of Blues & Hues with Jimmy Witherspoon's blues vocals, Jay McShann's piano and Nina Simone's blues piano and vocals.
Jazz: Ralph Sutton Wednesday, 11/04/09 9pm
We celebrate the birthday of stride pianist Ralph Sutton and feature some recent favorites including the duet album with trumpeter Mark Isham and Australian vocalist Kate Ceberano.

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