“Sunday Night Swing Set with Linda Yohn” – Sundays 7p to 9p
To listen to an interview with Linda Yohn, conducted by Peter Whorf, click here.
Veteran jazz broadcaster Linda Yohn has joined 90.9 for a weekly program of swinging jazz standards. Swing is an elusive but essential jazz element. It is hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. Swing can be a sweet singer with a tasty small group, a blistering big band, a sublime piano trio, two tenor saxophones pursuing each other riff after riff, a highly syncopated Latin groove, a classic 1940s chestnut, a lusty blues-based vocalist rocking a gutsy big band, a crystalline vibraphone-based improvisation or a current elegant swing ensemble with inspirations and variations. The possibilities are endless!
WRCJ “Swing Set” May 22, 2022
Jazz, swing and blues came together in tonight’s “Swing Set”. The inspiration for this musical mix came from Detroit’s Planet D Nonet and the swinging new CD in tribute to early R&B legend Buddy Johnson. It was recorded live at The Scarab Club in May 2018 and is finally released. It is a true delight featuring singers Tbone Paxton, Camille Price and Leonard King. We celebrated important swing era birthdays: Fats Waller, Artie Shaw and Helen O’Connell who sang with Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra. Thanks for listening and for loving jazz…with a little blues and boogie woogie tonight…on WRCJ.
Start Time Duration Artist Title Album Label
5/22/2022 19:00:00 8:06 Ben Webster Soulville Soulville Verve/PolyGram Records
5/22/2022 19:10:00 3:23 Fats Waller The Jitterbug Waltz The Very Best Of Fats Waller RCA Victor/BMG Music
5/22/2022 19:13:23 3:39 Fats Waller When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful Fats Waller And His Rhythm: I’m Gonna Sit Right Down…The Early Years, Part 2 (1935-36) RCA/Bluebird/BMG Music
5/22/2022 19:17:02 3:31 Various Artists/Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra Green Eyes Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955 Columbia/Legacy
5/22/2022 19:20:33 3:11 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Tabu The Essential Artie Shaw Bluebird/Legacy/Sony BMG Music Entertainment
5/22/2022 19:26:00 3:08 Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra Featuring Ella Johnson That’s The Stuff You Got To Watch Rock On! – The 100th Anniversary Collection Jasmine MCPS
5/22/2022 19:29:08 3:11 The Planet D Nonet Since I Fell For You Tribute To Buddy Johnson Live At The Scarab Club Eastlawn Records
5/22/2022 19:33:19 4:11 Etta Jones When My Man Comes Home My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings The Songs Of Buddy Johnson HighNote Records
5/22/2022 19:37:30 5:23 Kim Nalley Band With Houston Person Crazy He Calls Me I Want A Little Boy Kim Nalley Jazz Productions
5/22/2022 19:45:00 5:47 Joe Alterman The Smudge The Upside Of Down: Live At Birdland Ropeadope/Birdland Records
5/22/2022 19:50:47 3:11 Pete Siers Duo Featuring Luca Filastro Handful Of Keys Flea Circus, Vol. 2 PKO Records
5/22/2022 19:53:58 4:53 Ben Sidran Ain’t Misbehavin’ Swing State Nardis/Unlimited Media Ltd.
5/22/2022 20:01:00 4:45 Catherine Russell Send For Me Send For Me Dot Time Records
5/22/2022 20:05:45 2:46 Nat King Cole The Song Is Ended Nat King Cole: The Billy May Sessions Capitol Jazz
5/22/2022 20:08:31 3:39 Albert Ammons Boogie Woogie Stomp Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis: The First Day – Blue Note’s First Recording Session Of January 6, 1939 Blue Note/Capitol Records
5/22/2022 20:12:10 2:56 Various Artists/Meade Lux Lewis Medium Blues Classic Piano Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
5/22/2022 20:17:00 2:51 Count Basie And His Orchestra Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) Count Basie: The Complete Decca Recordings Decca Jazz/GRP Records/MCA Records
5/22/2022 20:19:51 2:55 Joe Turner And His Fly Cats Piney Brown Blues Joe Turner, Volume 1: I’ve Been To Kansas City Decca Jazz/MCA Records
5/22/2022 20:22:46 3:03 Jay McShann Orchestra Jumpin’ The Blues Blues From Kansas City Featuring Charlie Parker & Walter Brown: The Original Decca Recordings – Decca Jazz/GRP Records/MCA Records
5/22/2022 20:25:49 3:27 Charlie Parker Quintet K.C. Blues Confirmation: The Best Of The Verve Years Verve/PolyGram Records
5/22/2022 20:31:00 3:18 The Planet D Nonet South Main Tribute To Buddy Johnson Live At The Scarab Club Eastlawn Records
5/22/2022 20:34:18 4:26 Nikos Chatzitsakos Willow Weep For Me Tiny Big Band Nikos Chatzitsakos Music
5/22/2022 20:39:44 3:29 Tia Brazda Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall When I Get Low Flatcar Records/Fontana North
5/22/2022 20:43:13 4:02 The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel Lulu’s Back In Town The Pugilist Dig.It Recordings/ www.berniedresel.com
5/22/2022 20:49:00 3:22 Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra After Hours The Original Tuxedo Junction RCA Bluebird/BMG Music
5/22/2022 20:52:22 2:58 Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying The Best Of Louis Jordan MCA Records
5/22/2022 20:55:20 4:40 Vincent York Hymn 427 Blending Forces New York Force Records
