I always enjoyed choosing two hours of music for my "Jazz Odyssey" shows. This was my KCOU playlist on this day in 1993:
1. C Jam Blues-Oscar Peterson Trio
(Among the most well-known jazz standards on the playlist; the piano serves as a cool anchor of this famous track. The saxophonists in the high school jazz band had fun with this one.)
2. Lo Joe-James Williams
(A great workout for brass players that brings to mind Doc Severinsen & The Tonight Show Band's theme played during Johnny Carson's era.)
3. Zec-Steve Coleman
4. Swing Spring-Joe Henderson
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5. Milestones-Roy Hargrove
(As I mentioned in a previous post, this is a proud, pulsating rendition of a Miles Davis classic...)
6. Take Off-Miles Davis
(...And, when you have a setup like that, it just makes sense to segue it with Miles himself.)
7. El Gringo-Charlie Sepulveda
8. There Will Never Be Another You-Sala Brothers
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9. Urban Heat-Kevin Eubanks
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10. Cool Lou-M-Base Collective
(The recurring vocal punctuation makes the song...)
11. Blues For Anne-Straight Ahead
(...And there's even more effective vocal punctuation on this track.)
12. Blue Skies-Al Jarreau
(One of the coolest versions of "Blue Skies," sung at a breakneck pace. Short of pairing this with a frantic piece, such as "Sabre Dance," it seemed best, at the time, to return to a more sedate tempo in the next track.)
13. I Wished On The Moon-Billie Holiday
(One of Holiday's best vocals, to my ears.)
14. I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over-Sarah Vaughan
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15. Just Do It-Richard Elliot
16. Run For Cover-David Sanborn
17. Good And Plenty-Jon Faddis
(The intro could have served as a movie theater chain's theme in the early '80s; a fun trumpet piece.)
18. Hicks Time-David Murray & Friends
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19. What Is Happening Here (Now)?-Wynton Marsalis
20. City Beat-Wynton Marsalis Septet
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21. Cool T-The Leaders
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