Jazz After Dark, Oct. 21, 2025

On tonight's show: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Contrasts Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, All of Me Artie Shaw, Begin the Beguine Fats Waller, Honeysuckle Rose Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators, Moonlight Fiesta (a/k/a "Swing Alero") Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators, Get It Southern Style Benny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra & Duke Ellington, Peckin' Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Jo-Jo Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, Swingin' On C Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra, Cherokee Sidney Bechet, Make Me A Pallet on The Floor Harry James, I Cover the Waterfront Billy Eckstine, I Love the Rhythm in A Riff Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, The Man I Love Frank Sinatra, I Get a Kick Out of You Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia on My Mind

On tonight's show: Lester Young, Lester Leaps In Count Basie & The Kansas City Seven, Dickie's Dream Billie Holiday, I Cover the Waterfront Betty Roché, Blue Moon Lester Young, Up 'N' Adam Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie and his Orchestra, Perdido Gerry Mulligan, Turnstile Vince Guaraldi, Corcovado John Lewis & Bill Perkins with Jim Hall, Skylark Ike Quebec, Buzzard Lope Ella Fitzgerald, Blues in the Night (1961 Version) Stanley Turrentine, I Wish I Knew Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Boogie Bumper

On tonight's show: Arnett Cobb with Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones, Art Taylor & Buck Clark, Walkin' Al Hirt, Tin Roof Blues Lou Donaldson, Polka Dots and Moonbeams Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, The Preacher Hank Mobley, Soul Station Gerry Mulligan, Venus de Milo Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria & The Eddie Cano Big Band, Key Largo Shirley Scott, 411 West Herbie Hancock, Watermelon Man Howard Roberts, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Boogaloo Joe Jones, The Beat Goes On

On tonight’s show: Griff Williams and His Orchestra, Saturday Night In Central Park Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Moten Swing Duke Ellington, Satin Doll Glenn Miller Sound, In the Mood Count Basie and His Orchestra, Taxi War Dance Nat King Cole, Baby, Baby All the Time Peggy Lee, Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra, Tuxedo Junction Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Annie's Dance Frank Sinatra, Come dance with me Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Exactly Like You Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, Stardust Sergio Mendes, Oba-la-la Billy Taylor, Capricious Zoot Sims, Someone to Watch Over Me Dorothy Donegan, Time After Time Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Maddest Kind of Love

On tonight's show: George Gershwin, Havanola Artie Shaw, I've Got a Crush on You Buddy Greco, How Long Has This Been Going On Frank Morgan with Gigi Gryce, Embraceable You Frank Sinatra, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' Hadda Brooks, Rhapsody in Blue Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, But Not for Me Aretha Franklin, It Ain't Necessarily So Stuff Smith, Somebody Loves Me Ella Fitzgerald, That Certain Feeling Pete Fountain, I Got Rhythm Pearl Bailey, Summertime Etta Jones, They Can't Take That Away from Me Stanley Turrentine, Someone to Watch Over Me

On tonight's show: George Gershwin, Havanola Artie Shaw, I've Got a Crush on You Buddy Greco, How Long Has This Been Going On Frank Morgan with Gigi Gryce, Embraceable You Frank Sinatra, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' Hadda Brooks, Rhapsody in Blue Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, But Not for Me Aretha Franklin, It Ain't Necessarily So Stuff Smith, Somebody Loves Me Ella Fitzgerald, That Certain Feeling Pete Fountain, I Got Rhythm Pearl Bailey, Summertime Etta Jones, They Can't Take That Away from Me Stanley Turrentine, Someone to Watch Over Me

On tonight's show: Ella Fitzgerald, Summertime Benny Goodman, Stompin' At The Savoy Count Basie and His Orchestra, Oh, Lady Be Good Earl Hines, Lightly and Politely Joe Sullivan, I Can't Give You Anything But Love Tal Farlow, Cherokee Claude Williamson Trio, Round Midnight Earl Bostic, East of the Sun Paul Desmond, Body and Soul Toots Thielemans, Flirt Hank Mobley, Soft Impressions McCoy Tyner, Days of Wine and Roses Al Jarreau, So Long Girl Lew Tabackin, Yesterdays Houston Person, Put It Right There

On tonight's show: Ella Fitzgerald, Summertime Benny Goodman, Stompin' At The Savoy Count Basie and His Orchestra, Oh, Lady Be Good Earl Hines, Lightly and Politely Joe Sullivan, I Can't Give You Anything But Love Tal Farlow, Cherokee Claude Williamson Trio, Round Midnight Earl Bostic, East of the Sun Paul Desmond, Body and Soul Toots Thielemans, Flirt Hank Mobley, Soft Impressions McCoy Tyner, Days of Wine and Roses Al Jarreau, So Long Girl Lew Tabackin, Yesterdays Houston Person, Put It Right There

On tonight’s show: Glenn Miller, Little Brown Jug Duke Ellington, Take The A Train Lester Young & His Band, These Foolish Things Art Tatum, Willow Weep For Me Count Basie, Cherokee Charlie Shavers and Maxine Sullivan, Dark Eyes Claude Williamson Trio, Stompin' at the Savoy Tony Scott, My Funny Valentine Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan, Let's Fall in Love Art Pepper, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Harry Carney & The Duke's Men, Jeepers Creepers McCoy Tyner, Satin Doll Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Tippin' In Zoot Sims, Somebody Loves Me  

West Coast cool jazz on tonight’s show: Buddy Tate, Vine Street Breakdown Shelly Manne & His Men, Summer Night Art Pepper, Everything Happens to Me Cy Touff, It's Sand'Man Miles Davis, Just Squeeze Me Shorty Rogers, Infinity promenade Gerry Mulligan, May-Reh Stan Getz, I Only Have Eyes for You Dave Brubeck Trio, Indiana Dave Brubeck, Zen is When Chet Baker, Star Eyes Cal Tjader, Morning Tito Puente, Take Five