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

Birthday tributes to Billie Holiday & Carmen McRae

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

1:00am Billie Holiday; Carl Drinkard/piano; Red Mitchell/bass; Elaine Leighton/drums: Blue Moon, Billie's Blues (Blue Note 748786-2) Billie Holiday; Carl Drinkard/piano; Red Mitchell/bass; Elaine Leighton/drums: All Of Me, Billie's Blues (Blue Note 748786-2) Billie Holiday; Carl Drinkard/piano; Red Mitchell/bass; Elaine Leighton/drums: My Man, Billie's Blues (Blue Note 748786-2) Billie Holiday; Carl Drinkard/piano; Red Mitchell/bass; Elaine Leighton/drums: Them There Eyes, Billie's Blues (Blue Note 7 98287-2) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Victor Sproles/bass; Stewart Martin/drums: Sunday, Live At Sugar Hill (TIME 2104) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Victor Sproles/bass; Stewart Martin/drums: What Kind Of Fool Am I, Live At Sugar Hill (TIME 2104) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Victor Sproles/bass; Stewart Martin/drums: A Foggy Day, Live At Sugar Hill (TIME 2104) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Victor Sproles/bass; Stewart Martin/drums: I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Live At Sugar Hill (TIME 2104) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Victor Sproles/bass; Stewart Martin/drums: I Didn't What Time It Was, Live At Sugar Hill (TIME 2104) Billie Holiday; Teddy Wilson/piano; Walter Page/bass; Jo Jones/drums; Freddie Green/guitar: Easy Living, Love Songs (Columbia 64853) Billie Holiday; Kenny Kersey/piano; John Williams/bass; Eddie Dougherty/drums: Them There Eyes, Love Songs (Columbia 64853) Billie Holiday; Joe Sullivan/piano; Walter Page/bass; Jo Jones/drums; Freddie Green/guitar: The Man I Love, Love Songs (Columbia 64853) Billie Holiday: If You Were Mine, Love Songs (Columbia 64853) Carmen McRae; Gerald Wilson/arranger & Orch.: Can't Hide Love, Can't Hide Love (Blue Note 789540) Carmen McRae; Arranger: Johnny Mandell: The Man I Love, Can't Hide Love (Blue Note 789540) Carmen McRae; Arranger & pianist: Larry Carlton: Only Woman Bleed, Can't Hide Love (Blue Note 789540) Carmen McRae; Arranger: Thad Jones: I Wish You Well, Can't Hide Love (Blue Note 789540) Carmen McRae ; Arranger: Dale Oehler: Music, Can't Hide Love (Blue Note 789540) 2:15am Billie Holiday; Ray Ellis Orchestra/arranger: I'm A Fool To Want You, Lady In Satin (Columbia) Billie Holiday; Ray Ellis Orchestra/arranger: For Heaven's Sake, Lady In Satin (Columbia) Billie Holiday; Ray Ellis Orchestra/arranger: You Don't Know What Love Is, Lady In Satin (Columbia) Billie Holiday; Ray Ellis Orchestra/arranger: I Get Along Without You Very Well, Lady In Satin (Columbia) Billie Holiday; Ray Ellis Orchestra/arranger: For All We Know, Lady In Satin (Columbia) Carmen McRae & Betty Carter; Eric Gunnison/piano; Jim Hughart/bass; Winard Harper/drums: Glad To Be Unhappy/Where or When, Duets: (Verve 314 529 579-2) Carmen McRae & Betty Carter; Eric Gunnison/piano; Jim Hughart/bass; Winard Harper/drums: Sometimes I'm Happy, Duets: (Verve 314 529 579-2) Carmen McRae & Betty Carter; Eric Gunnison/piano; Jim Hughart/bass; Winard Harper/drums: Love Dance, Duets: (Verve 314 513 752-2) Carmen McRae & Betty Carter; Eric Gunnison/piano; Jim Hughart/bass; Winard Harper/drums: That Old Devil Moon, Duets: (Verve 314 513 752-2) 3:00am Billie Holiday; Wynton Kelly/piano; Aaron Bell/bass; Lenny McBrowne/drums: Good Morning Heartache, The Billie Holiday Songbook (Verve 823 246-2) Billie Holiday; Oscar Peterson/piano: Ray Brown/bass, Freddie Green/guitar: Billie's Blues, The Billie Holiday Songbook (Verve 823246-2) Billie Holiday; Teddy Wilson Orchestra: Teddy Wilson/piano: John Truehart/guitar; John Kirby/bass; Cozy Cole/drums; Roy Eldrige/trumpet; Benny Goodman/clarinet; Ben Webster/tenor sax: What A Little Moonlight Can Do, The Very Best Of Billie Holiday (Signature Series 82876 81743-2) Billie Holiday; w/Orchestra: Don't Explain, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday; Wynton Kelly/piano; Kenny Burrell/guitar; Aaron Bell/bass; Don Lamond/drums: Lady Sings The Blues, Billy Holiday Songbook (Verve 823246-2) Billie Holiday; Mal Waldron/piano; Milt Hinton/bass; Don Lamond/drums: Lover Man, Billie Holiday SongBook (Verve 823246-2) Billie Holiday; Wynton Kelly/piano; Kenny Burrell/guitar; Aaron Bell/bass; Don Lamond/drums: God Bless The Child, Billie Holiday SongBook (Verve 823246-2) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Bob Cranshaw/bass; Walter Perkins/drums; soloist: Eddie " Lockjaw" Davis/tenor sax: Them There Eyes, Carmen McRae sings Lover Man (Columbia 65115) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Bob Cranshaw/bass; Walter Perkins/drums: Yesterdays, Carmen McRae sings Lover Man (Columbia 65115) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Bob Cranshaw/bass; Walter Perkins/drums: Miss Brown To You, Carmen McRae sings Lover Man (Columbia 65115) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Bob Cranshaw/bass; Walter Perkins/drums; soloists: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/tenor sax; Nat Adderley/cornet : I Cried For You, Carmen McRae sings Lover Man (Columbia 65115) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Bob Cranshaw/bass; Walter Perkins/drums: Lover Man, Carmen McRae sings Lover Man (Columbia 65115) Carmen McRae; Jack McDuff/organ; John Clayton/bass; Paul Humphrey/drums; Phil Upchurch/guitar; Red Holloway/tenor sax: My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More, Fine and Mellow (Concord 4342) Billie Holiday; w/Orchestra: Lover Man, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday; w/ Orchestra: : No More, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday; w/ Orchestra: : No More, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) 4:00am Billie Holiday; w/ Orchestra: : Don't Explain, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday; w/ Orchestra: : You Better Go Now, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Paul Breslin/bass; Frank Severino/drums: Sometimes I'm Happy, Alive! (Columbia 57887) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Paul Breslin/bass; Frank Severino/drums: Don't Explain, Alive! (Columbia 57887) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Paul Breslin/bass; Frank Severino/drums: Woman Talk, Alive! (Columbia 57887) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Paul Breslin/bass; Frank Severino/drums: Kick Off Your Shoes, Alive! (Columbia 57887) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Paul Breslin/bass; Frank Severino/drums: The Shadow Of Your Smile , Alive! (Columbia 57887) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Paul Breslin/bass; Frank Severino/drums: The Sweetest Sounds, Alive! (Columbia 57887) Billie Holiday; Bobby Tucker Orchestra: Deep Song, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday; Bobby Tucker Orchestra: There Is No Greater Love, Lady In Autumn (Verve 840 154-2) Billie Holiday; Bobby Tucker Orchestra: Solitude, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday; Mundell Lowe/guitar; George Duvivier/bass; Shadow Wilson/drms: I Loves You Porgy, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday: Them There Eyes, Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings (Decca 2601) Billie Holiday; Paul Whiteman Orchestra: Detour Ahead, Billie's Blues (Blue Note 748786-2) Billie Holiday; Paul Whiteman Orchestra: Trav'lin Light, Billie's Blues (Blue Note 748786-2) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Victor Sproles/bass; Stewart Martin/drums: Let There Be Love, Live At Sugar Hill (TIME 2104) Carmen McRae; Norman Simmons/piano; Paul Breslin/bass; Frank Severino/drums: Perdido, Alive! (Columbia 57887)

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 Sammons, Albert: Pensée capricieuse, Op. 9; Lullaby; Roumanian Air and Gipsy Dance Paul Barritt, violin; Catherine Edwards, piano (Hyperion 67096) Buy this CD 9:13am Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat, K.449 Steven Lubin, fortepiano; Mozartean Players Classical Orchestra/Steven Lubin (Claassical Soundings 1001) Buy this CD 9:38am Debussy, Claude: L'ombre des arbres, from Ariettes oubliées Sandrine Piau, soprano; Jos van Immerseel, piano (Naive 4932) Buy this CD 9:41am Respighi, Ottorino: The Pines of Rome Oslo Philharmonic/Mariss Jansons (EMI 55600) Buy this CD 10:06am Schumann, Robert: Faschingschwank aus Wien (Carnival Jest from Vienna) Op. 26 Jeremy Denk, piano Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 10:28am Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major, RV555 King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion 67073) Buy this CD 10:37am Dutilleux, Henri: Les Citations, Diptych for oboe, percussion, harpsichord and double bass Esbjerg Ensemble (Classico 362) Buy this CD 10:54am Françaix, Jean: "A Huit" Octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet (1972) Esbjerg Ensemble (Classico 362) Buy this CD 11:17am Mussorgsky, Modest: Khovantchina Suite Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (Cala 0546) Buy this CD 11:37am Liszt: Die Forelle (based on the Schubert song); Spanish Rhapsody Evgeny Kissin, piano (Philips 456 871) Buy this CD 11:56am Sir Hugh Roberton: All in the April evening Laudibus/Michael Brewer (Hyperion 67076) Buy this CD

Classical Performances noon–4pm, WGBH 89.7

12:04pm Bach: Siciliano, from Flute Sonata No. 2, BWV 1031 Phil Snendecor, trumpet; Paul Skevington, organ (Summit 494) Buy this CD 12:06pm Mahler: "Blumine", from Sympyony No. 1 Snendecor & Skevington, as above & friends; save as above Buy this CD 12:17pm Purcell: Suite from Amphitrion, or the Two Sosias Aradia Ensemble (Naxos 8.570149) Buy this CD Franck: Violin Sonata in A major Augustine Hadelich, violin; Philip Fisher, piano Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 1:06pm Ponce: Ferial Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz (Brilliant Classics 8771) Buy this CD 1:24pm Bach: Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 Murray Perahia, piano (Sony 22697) Buy this CD 1:52pm Charles Fussell: Right River: Variations for Cello and String Orchestra Emmanuel Feldman, cello; New England String Ensemble/Susan Davenny-Wyner Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 2:06pm C.P.E. Bach: Trio in G minor for viola da gamba & harpsichord obbligato, Wq 88 Paulo Pandolfo, gamba; Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord Buy this CD 2:29pm Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini: Overture London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (Andante 4100) Buy this CD 2:53pm Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703 Belcea Quartet (EMI 57419) Buy this CD 3:05pm Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 New Philharmonia Orchestra/George Szell (BBC 4155) Buy this CD 3:37am Stravinsky: Three Movements froom Petrouchka Alexis Weissenberg. piano (Philips 456 988) Buy this CD 3:53pm Rachmaninoff: Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10 Alexis Weissenberg, piano, as above 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 Marian McPartland: Groove Yard, In My Life (Concord 4561) 8:11pm Marian McPartland: Scratchin' The Gravel, Plays The Music Of Mary Lou Williams (Concord 4605) 8:16pm Marian McPartland; Dick Wellstood: 'Deed I Do, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Dick Wellstood (Jazz Alliance 12007) 8:25pm Marian McPartland: Twilight World, Live At Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord 4460) 8:29pm Marian McPartland: Key Largo, Plays The Benny Carter Songbook (Concord 4412) 8:33pm Marian McPartland: Windows, At The Festival (Concord 4118) 8:42pm Marian McPartland: There Is No Greater Love, Fujitsu-Concord 25th Jazz Festival (Concord 7002) 8:49pm Marian McPartland: I Can't Believe That Your In Love With Me, 85 Candles (Concord 2218) 8:59pm Marian McPartland: Turn Around, Twilight World (Concord 30528) 9:05pm Marian McPartland: Blues Minor, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Alice Coltrane (Jazz Alliance 12020) 9:09pm Marian McPartland: Take The Coltrane, The Single Petal Of A Rose (Concord 4895) 9:17pm Marian McPartland: Only Trust Your Heart, Plays The Benny Carter Songbook (Concord 4412) 9:24pm Marian McPartland: Moon And Sand, In My Life (Concord 4561) 9:29pm Marian McPartland: I'll Remember April, Fujitsu-Concord 25th Jazz Festival (Concord 7002) 9:40pm Marian McPartland: Willow Weep For Me, Live At Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord 4460) 9:45pm Marian McPartland & Willie Pickens: Ain't Misbehavin', Ain't Misbehavin' (Concord 4968) 9:53pm Marian McPartland; Oscar Peterson: Falling In Love With Love, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Oscar Peterson (Jazz Alliance 12028) 10:01pm Marian McPartland; Oscar Peterson: Cotton Tail, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Oscar Peterson (Jazz Alliance 12028) 10:06pm Marian McPartland: In The Land Of Oo Bla Dee, Plays The Music Of Mary Lou Williams (Concord 4605) 10:10pm Marian McPartland: Bemsha Swing, Live At Yoshi's Nitespot (Concord 4712) 10:16pm Marian McPartland; Dizzy Gillespie: In A Mellow Tone, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Dizzy Gillespie (Jazz Alliance 12005) 10:26pm Marian McPartland: We Kiss In A Shadow, The Richard Rodgers Centennial Jazz Piano Album (Broadway Cares 1001) Buy this CD 10:30pm Marian McPartland: Medley: I Let A Song/I Got It Bad/It Don't Mean A Thing/Satin Doll/Caravan, Concert In Argentina (Jazz Alliance 94522) 10:43pm Marian McPartland; Dave Brubeck: Gone With The Wind, Just Friends (Concord 4805) 10:53pm Marian McPartland: When Lights Are Low, Plays The Benny Carter Songbook (Concord 4412) 10:59pm Marian McPartland: Silent Pool, Silent Pool (Concord 4745) 11:05pm Marian McPartland: Naima, In My Life (Concord 4561) 11:13pm Marian McPartland: Alfie, Twilight World (Concord 30528) 11:22pm Marian McPartland; Shirley Horn: Love You Madly, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Shirley Horn (Jazz Alliance 12053) 11:27pm Marian McPartland; Geri Allen: Lullaby Of The Leaves, Just Friends (Cocord 4805) 11:33pm Marian McPartland: How Deep Is The Ocean, Twilight World (Concord 30528) 11:39pm Marian McPartland; Roy Hargrove: My Foolish Heart, 85 Candles (Concord 2218) 11:45pm Marian McPartland; Clark Terry: Come Sunday, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Clark Terry (Jazz Alliance 2009) 11:47pm Marian McPartland: I'll Be Around, Live At Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord 4460) 11:51pm Marian McPartland: Blue In Green, Twilight World (Concord 30528)

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