Jazz After Dark, Dec. 23, 2025

On tonight's show, West Coast cool and some seasonal jazz: The Dave Brubeck Trio, Indiana Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Nights at the Turntable Shorty Rogers & Teddy Charles, Margo Stan Getz, You Turned the Tables on Me Art Pepper, Begin the Beguine Zoot Sims, You're Driving Me Crazy Zoot Sims, Slingin Hash Bud Shank, New Groove Cal Tjader, The Bilbao Song Vince Guaraldi Quintet, Linus and Lucy Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Is Coming Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Balcony Rock Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Blue Dove The Modern Jazz Quartet, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

On tonight's show, West Coast cool and some seasonal jazz: The Dave Brubeck Trio, Indiana Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Nights at the Turntable Shorty Rogers & Teddy Charles, Margo Stan Getz, You Turned the Tables on Me Art Pepper, Begin the Beguine Zoot Sims, You're Driving Me Crazy Zoot Sims, Slingin Hash Bud Shank, New Groove Cal Tjader, The Bilbao Song Vince Guaraldi Quintet, Linus and Lucy Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Is Coming Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Balcony Rock Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Blue Dove The Modern Jazz Quartet, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That

On tonight's show: Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday in Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) Joe Holiday, Blue Holiday Louis Armstrong & Benny Carter and His Orchestra, Christmas in New Orleans Benny Carter, Roses in December Duke Ellington, December Blues Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Time Is Here Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves Wes Montgomery, Snowfall Toshiko Akiyoshi, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Art Pepper, Winter Moon Chet Baker, Silent Night Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, Concierto De Aranjuez Al Di Meola, Etude

On tonight's show: Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday in Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) Joe Holiday, Blue Holiday Louis Armstrong & Benny Carter and His Orchestra, Christmas in New Orleans Benny Carter, Roses in December Duke Ellington, December Blues Vince Guaraldi Trio, Christmas Time Is Here Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves Wes Montgomery, Snowfall Toshiko Akiyoshi, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Art Pepper, Winter Moon Chet Baker, Silent Night Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, Concierto De Aranjuez Al Di Meola, Etude

On tonight's show: Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust The Little Red Blount Quartet & Helen O'Connell, Tangerine Miles Davis Nonet, Boplicity John Lewis, Easy Living Anita O'Day, A Lover Is Blue Kai Winding, Black Coffee Kai Winding, Sidewinder The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet, Body and Soul Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith, This Can't Be Love Urbie Green, Please Send Me Someone to Love Toots Thielemans, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedesen, Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Maids of Cadiz

On tonight's show: Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust The Little Red Blount Quartet & Helen O'Connell, Tangerine Miles Davis Nonet, Boplicity John Lewis, Easy Living Anita O'Day, A Lover Is Blue Kai Winding, Black Coffee Kai Winding, Sidewinder The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet, Body and Soul Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith, This Can't Be Love Urbie Green, Please Send Me Someone to Love Toots Thielemans, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedesen, Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Maids of Cadiz

Jazz from 1928 - 1941 tonight: Louis Armstrong, West End Blues The Mills Brothers, Tiger Rag Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Moonglow Ozzie Nelson, Dream a Little Dream of Me Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, You Are My Lucky Star Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, Carelessly Billie Holiday, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Ivie Anderson, It Don't Mean a Thing if It ain't Got That Swing Fred Astaire & Johnny Green and His Orchestra, A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song) Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington, Sugar Hill Shim Sham Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Music, Maestro Please Fats Waller, Two Sleepy People Sidney Bechet with Trixie Smith, Freight Train Blues Sidney Bechet, Muskrat Ramble Coleman Hawkins, One O'Clock Jump Coleman Hawkins, Bugle Call Rag Anita O'Day, Let Me Off Uptown Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Amour  

Jazz from 1928 to 1941 tonight: Louis Armstrong, West End Blues The Mills Brothers, Tiger Rag Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Moonglow Ozzie Nelson, Dream a Little Dream of Me Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, You Are My Lucky Star Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, Carelessly Billie Holiday, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Ivie Anderson, It Don't Mean a Thing if It ain't Got That Swing Fred Astaire & Johnny Green and His Orchestra, A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song) Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington, Sugar Hill Shim Sham Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Music, Maestro Please Fats Waller, Two Sleepy People Sidney Bechet with Trixie Smith, Freight Train Blues Sidney Bechet, Muskrat Ramble Coleman Hawkins, One O'Clock Jump Coleman Hawkins, Bugle Call Rag Anita O'Day, Let Me Off Uptown Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Amour  

All Cole Porter songs tonight: Coleman Hawkins, I Love Paris Major Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force, Begin The Beguine King Cole Trio, 'Deed I Do Frank Sinatra, Don't Fence Me In Charlie Parker, Easy To Love Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, I Get A Kick Out Of You Ella Fitzgerald, Anything Goes Oscar Peterson, Just One Of Those Things Peggy Lee, I've Got You Under My Skin Anita O'Day, Night and Day Tony Bennett, Time After Time Tony Bennett And The Count Basie Orchestra, Anything Goes Erroll Garner, I Love Paris Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, I Get A Kick Out Of You Boots Randolph, Dream Dancing Houston Person, You Do Something to Me

All Cole Porter songs tonight: Coleman Hawkins, I Love Paris Maj. Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force, Begin The Beguine King Cole Trio, 'Deed I Do Frank Sinatra, Don't Fence Me In Charlie Parker, Easy To Love Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, I Get A Kick Out Of You Ella Fitzgerald, Anything Goes Oscar Peterson, Just One Of Those Things Peggy Lee, I've Got You Under My Skin Anita O'Day, Night and Day Tony Bennett, Time After Time Tony Bennett And The Count Basie Orchestra, Anything Goes Erroll Garner, I Love Paris Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, I Get A Kick Out Of You Boots Randolph, Dream Dancing Houston Person, You Do Something to Me