“Sunday Night Swing Set with Linda Yohn” – Sundays 7p to 9p
To listen to an interview with Linda Yohn, conducted by Peter Whorf, click here.
Veteran jazz broadcaster Linda Yohn has joined 90.9 for a weekly program of swinging jazz standards. Swing is an elusive but essential jazz element. It is hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. Swing can be a sweet singer with a tasty small group, a blistering big band, a sublime piano trio, two tenor saxophones pursuing each other riff after riff, a highly syncopated Latin groove, a classic 1940s chestnut, a lusty blues-based vocalist rocking a gutsy big band, a crystalline vibraphone-based improvisation or a current elegant swing ensemble with inspirations and variations. The possibilities are endless!
WRCJ Swing Set playlist for July 31, 2022
With trees lushly leafed out, steamy temperatures, brilliant blue skies and spectacular sunsets, summer’s glory is upon us. We celebrated the season on the “Swing Set”. We also celebrated two important jazz musician birthdays – both who got their start in the Detroit area: Hank Jones, born, July 31st, 1918 and Kenny Burrell, born July 31st, 1931. Thank you for listening and being a part of the celebration. May your last six weeks of summer be filled with enjoyment of family and friends in the great outdoors and jazz!
Air Time – Artist/Group – Song Title – Album Title – Album Label – Song Length
7:00:00 – Coleman Hawkins – Under A Blanket Of Blue – The Hawk Relaxes – Prestige Moodsville/Concord Music Group – 4:35
7:07:00 – Cannonball Adderley – Love For Sale – Somethin’ Else – Blue Note RVG Edition – 7:01
7:14:01 – Miles Davis – Summer Night – Quiet Nights – Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music Entertainment – 6:06
7:22:00 – Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra – Summertime – Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 – Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music Entertainment – 2:56
7:24:56 – Sidney Bechet – Summertime – The Best Of Sidney Bechet On Blue Note – Blue Note – 4:12
7:29:08 – Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong – Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice Of Jazz, Disc 5 (I Wants To Stay Here) – Verve Music Group/Universal Music Group – 4:58
7:36:00 – NYO Jazz, Sean Jones Artistic Director – Cute – We’re Still Here – Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute – 3:33
7:39:33 – NYO Jazz, Sean Jones Artistic Director – Pleasingly Plump – Digital Exclusives – Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute – 4:34
7:45:07 – Paul Vornhagen, Larry Ochiltree, Terry Lower – Moanin’ – Summer of 2021: Live At Clara’s On The River – www.paulvornhagenjazz.com / www.terrylowermusic.com – 5:43
7:53:00 – The Mike Wahls Trio – Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – You Be The Judge – Equinox Mansion Records – 6:15
7:59:30 – Kenny Burrell With Rufus Reid – In A Mellow Tone – Ellington A La Carte – Muse Records – 5:28
8:04:58 – Kenny Burrell – Chitlins Con Carne – Midnight Blue – Blue Note RVG Edition – 5:25
8:13:00 – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – Mean What You Say – The Complete Solid State Recordings Of The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – Mosaic Records/CEMA Special Markets – 5:26
8:18:56 – Hank Jones & Frank Wess – The Very Thought Of You – Hank And Frank – Lineage Records – 4:21
8:22:47 – Charlie Haden, Hank Jones – It’s Me O Lord (Standin’ In The Need Of Prayer) – Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns And Folk Songs – Verve/PolyGram Records – 5:22
8:28:09 – Abbey Lincoln , Hank Jones – Can’t Help Singing – When There Is Love – Verve/PolyGram Records – 2:31
8:33:00 – Kevin Mahogany – Teach Me Tonight – My Romance – Warner Brothers Jazz – 4:26
8:37:26 – Shirley Horn Trio – A Lazy Afternoon – A Lazy Afternoon – Steeplechase Records – 4:52
8:42:18 – June Christy – Lost In A Summer Night – Gone For The Day And Fair And Warmer – Capitol Jazz – 4:10
8:46:28 – June Christy – Something Cool – The Jazz Sessions: The Best Of June Christy – Capitol Jazz – 4:20
8:50:48 – Frank Sinatra – Summer Wind – Selections From The Reprise Collection – Reprise Records/WEA International – 2:54
8:55:00 – Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers – Your Host – Jazzmen Detroit – Savoy/Nippon Columbia – 5:17