Jazz After Dark

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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 27, 2026 Oct 27, 2026

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On tonight’s show: Count Basie, Sonny Stitt, Sacha Distel, Stan Getz, Phineas Newborn Jr. and All Stars, Duke Ellington (Peggy Lee vocals), Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Chico Hamilton, Zoot Sims, Joe Pass, Pat Longo Super Big Band, Winston Walls & Brother Jack McDuff, and Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson.

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 20, 2026 Oct 20, 2026

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On tonight’s show: Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberley and Helen O'Connell, vocals), Cat Anderson and His Orchestra & Ray Nance, Joe Sullivan, Betty Carter & Ray Bryant, Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims, Sonny Clark Trio, Ethel Ennis, Stanley Turrentine, Betty Roché, Ella Fitzgerald, Kevin Mahogany, and Houston Person.

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 13, 2026 Oct 13, 2026

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On tonight's show: Duke Ellington, Sonny Stitt, Al Cohn & Zoot Sims Quintet, Tal Farlow, Oscar Peterson & Ben Webster, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, The Ray Bryant Trio, Clare Fischer, Joe Williams, Dinah Washington, Eddie Jefferson, Oliver Nelson, and Jim Hall.

Jazz After Dark, Oct. 6, 2026 Oct 06, 2026

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On tonight's show: the Kansas City Six, Mose Allison, Duke Ellington, Paul Desmond with Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, Vince Guaraldi, Ella Fitzgerald, Claude Bolling & Jean-Luc Dayan, Shirley Horn, and Perico Sambeat.

Jazz After Dark, Sept. 29 2026 Sep 29, 2026

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On this episode: Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Miles Davis, Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans, Bud Shank & Clare Fischer, Paul Desmond, and Art Pepper.

Jazz After Dark, Sept. 22, 2026 Sep 22, 2026

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On tonight's show: Charlie Christian, Artie Shaw, Erroll Garner, Miles Davis, Dinah Washington, Lee Morgan, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Vince Guaraldi, Ben Webster, Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, James Rivers, and Stanley Turrentine.

Jazz After Dark, Sept. 15, 2026 Sep 15, 2026

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Commemorating pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, who died June 2026 at age of 91. A native of Cape Town, South Africa, his unique style of jazz was infused with the folk music of his childhood. Duke Ellington arranged his early recording sessions. Early albums were released as Dollar Brand. Ibrahim recorded and performed for decades, with his last album released in 2024. Tonight we'll hear selections from the 1960s to 2014.

Jazz After Dark, Sept. 8, 2026 Sep 08, 2026

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On tonight's show: Miles Davis with Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, and Thelonious Monk; then Gerry Mulligan, Coleman Hawkins, and John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman. Bossa nova from Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto with João Gilberto & Stan Getz, Nara Leao, Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician Jorge Ben, Charlie Byrd, and the George Shearing Quintet.

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