Tuesday Jazz With Aaron

An esoteric selection of jazz and world music. If you would like to contact me with comments and/or requests, please email me at the address below.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Playlist for Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Artist, Album, Track


  • Rented Mule - Rented Mule (2007)
    The Procrastinator (7:42)

  • Robert Irvine III - New Momentum (2007)
    Fire Flower (7:04)

  • Gene Harris Quartet - Live in London (2008)
    In a Mellow Tone (6:52)

  • Bill Prouten - Low-down, No-good...(2007)
    Low-down, No-good, Downright Nasty Blues (6:38)

  • Will Ackerman - The Opening of Doors (1992)
    The Opening of Doors (6:10)

  • Mr. B - My Sunday Best (2007)
    Blues For A Carpenter (5:40)

  • DK Ibomeka - I'm Your Man (2008)
    I Put A Spell on You (7:03)

  • Carol McCartney - A Night in Tunisia (2007)
    You Don' Know What Love Is (6:31)

  • Brian Lynch/ Eddie Palmieri Project - Putumayo Presents: Latin Jazz (2007)
    Guajira Dubois (8:50)

  • Luis Mario Ochoa Quintet - Momentos Cubanos (2007)
    El Carbonera

  • Paul Donat - Rio Bossa (2007)
    Breakfast Samba (4:49)

  • James Geralden - Tender and Blue (2008)
    What A Wonderful World (5:46)

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Playlist For Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Artist, Album, Track


  • Los Hombres Calientes: Bill Summers, Irvin Mayfield, Jason Marsalis (2000)
    Chameleon/We Want the Funk (6:37)

  • Patricia Barber - Companion (1999)
    The Beat Goes On (5:11)

  • Dr. John - Duke Elegant (2000)
    Mood Indigo (6:52)

  • The Brothers Creegan - Trunks (2000)
    Lila

  • Harry Manx and Friends - Live at the Glenn Gould Studio (2007)
    Voodoo Child (8:54)

  • Otis Taylor - Recapturing the Banjo (2007)
    Hey Joe

  • Chris Murphy - I'm a Happy Guy (2004)
    Soulful Strut (3:46)

  • Tom Lockwood - Point of View (2006)
    Steely Dan Medley (5:12)

  • Carole Allison - Distracted Vol. 1 (2007)
    I'm Still Here

  • David Buchbinder - Odessa/Havana (2007)
    Impresiones (6:42)

  • John Beasley - Letter to Herbie (2008)
    Bedtime (6:13)

  • Eric Byrd Trio - Brother Ray (2008)
    Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying (5:25)

  • Mel Torme - The Best of the Concord Years (1999)
    You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) (6:22)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Playlist For Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Artist, Album, Track


  • Bill Prouten - Low-down, No-good... (2007)
    Billy's Bossa (7:21)

  • Chris Robinson - ...Pleased to Meet You (2002)
    Soul Station (6:07)

  • Matt Savage Triio - Hot Ticket (2008)
    el Fuego (6:56)

  • Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (2006)
    My Baby Just Cares For Me (5:17)

  • Molly Johnson - Another Day (2002)
    Another Day (3:08)

  • Alec Richmond - Sings The Standards (

  • Emilie-Claire Barlow - Happy Feet (2003)
    Joy Spring (6:34)

  • Paul Donat - Rio Bossa (2007)
    Coo Coo (5:33)

  • David Buchbinder - Odessa/Havana (2007)
    Lailadance (5:43)

  • Pat Metheny - Day Trip (2008)
    Calvin's Keys (7:25)

  • Jean-Francois Groulx - Destinations (2002)
    Seven Up (6:38)

  • Stanley Jordan - State of Nature (2008)
    Song For My Father (7:09)

  • OUt To Lunch - Excuse Me While I Do the Boogaloo (2007)
    New Orleans Awaits, So Long Adds (& Thanks For All the Fish)

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Playlist For Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Artist, Album, Track


  • Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
    Give Me One Reason (4:31)

  • Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter (1995)
    I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (4:50)

  • Nina Simone - The Essential Nina Simone (1993)
    I Think It's Going to Rain (3:18)

  • The Puppini Sisters - Jazziz Sampler March 2008
    It don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (4:54))

  • The Ditty Bops - Moon Over The Freeway (2006)
    Your Head's Too Big (2:33)

  • Rosemary Clooney - At Long Last (1998)
  • If Swing Goes I Go Too (3:53)
  • Shirley Horn - When Love Goes Wrong (2003)
    I Fall In Love Too Easily (5:39)

  • Shirley Eikhard - Stay Open (2003)
    Surrendering (4:10)

  • Steve Tyrell - Standard Time (2001)
    Ain't Misbehavin' (3:54)

  • Out To Lunch - Excuse Me While I Do the Boogaloo (2007)
    Maudlin's Eleven (8:17)

  • Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen - Jon Cleary (2002)
    Too Damn Hot (5:11)

  • Ken Clark Organ Trio - Eternal Funk (2003)
    Eternal Funk (3:28)

  • Robert Glasper - 20/20 vision: The New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music
    Have You Met Miss Jones? (6:00)

  • Paul Donat - Rio Bossa (2007)
    the Beat of Brazil (3:50)

  • Sarah Jerrom - Illuminations (2996(
    Do It The Hard Way (3:31)

  • Joe Coughlin - Things Turn Out That Way (2007)
    Sweet Little Angel (3:27)

  • After Four - ...Takes Five (2007)
    Lullaby of Birdland (2:45)

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Playlist For Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Artist, Album, Track


  • Jack Teagarden - Muskrat Ramble (2003 - originally recorded, 1958)
    Tishomingo Blues (6:02)

  • Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band - Putumayo Presents: New Orleans Brass (2007)
    St. James Infirmary Blues (4:48)

  • Sir Charles Thompson - Takin' Off (1992)
    Takin' Off (3:05)

  • Billy Taylor - Ten Fingers-One Voice (1998)
    Joy Spring (5:30)

  • McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet (2007)
    Blues On The Corner (9:47)

  • McCoy Tyner - Nights of Ballads & Blues (1963)
    Groove Waltz (5:27)

  • Stanley Turrentine - Do You Have Any Sugar? (1999)
    Keep On Keepin' On (5:00)

  • Jessica Williams and Leroy Vinnegar Trio - Encounters II (1996)
    Talk of the Town (5:59)

  • Don Thompson Quartet - Winter Mist (1991)
    Nothin' Changes (7:33)

  • Tom Lockwood - Point of View (2007)
    black Orpheus (3:53)

  • Taylor/Grisman Jazz Quartet - I'm Beginning to see the Light (1999)
    I'm Beginning to See the Light (4:00)

  • Tom Dempsey an dTim Ferguson - What's Going On? (2007)
    Three and One (4:46)

  • Jake Bergevin - Holdling Back the Dawn (2007)>
    Devil May Care (3:01)

  • Paul donat - Rio Bossa (2007)
    Postcard (2:32)

  • Paul Donat - Rio Bossa (2007)
    Ipanema Breeze (3:56)

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Playlist For Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Artist, Album, Track


  • Joel Miller - Tantramar (2007)
    Chickadee's Other Song (6:48)

  • Cyrus Chestnut - Cyrus Chestnut (1998)
    Mother's Blues (5:03)

  • Bill Prouten - Low-down, No-good... (2007)
    Low-down, No-good, Downright Nasty Blues (6:38)

  • Micheal Herring's Vertigo - Coniferous Revenge (2006)
    The Mindtaker (

  • Harley Card - Non-Fiction (2007)
    Samadhi - (9:28)

  • Ron Blake - Shayari (2008)
    Waltz For Gwen (5:39)

  • Eddie Harris - New Cool Collective: More! (1998)
    Movin' On Out (3:44)

  • Christian McBride - A Family Affair
    Brown's Funk (For Ray)
    6:16)

  • L'Orkestre Des Pas Perdues - Maison Douce Maison (1998)
    Acetaminophene (5:03)

  • Robert Young and the Big Beat Band - In the Key of Frank (2008)
    Nancy (4:30)

  • Jake Bergevin - Holding Back the Dawn (2007)
    In the Wee Small Hours (2:45)

  • After Four - Takes Five (2007)
    You Must Believe in Spring (3:5))

  • Sarah Jerrom - Illuminations (2006)
    Lush Life (6:27)

  • Ray Santiago - the Rough Guide to Salsa Clandestine (2007)
    It's a Man's World (5:35)


Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Playlist For Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Artist, Album, Track


  • The Blue Cat Express - Spirit of New Orleans (2004)
    New Orleans Gettin' Too Hot (2:49)

  • Chantal Chamberland - Dripping Indigo (2005)
    Hot Night In Baton Rouge (4:40)

  • Kermit Ruffins - Putumayo Presents Kermit Ruffin (2005)
    Goodnight

  • Nina Simone - The Essential Nina Simone (1983)
    Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (4:48)

  • Robin McKelle - Introducing Robin McKelle (2006)
    Deep In a Dream

  • Kurt Elling - Flirting With Twilight (2001)
    Not While I'm Around (6:26)

  • Sarah Jerrom - Illuminations (2006)
    Illumination (6:16)

  • Elizabeth Shepherd Trio - Start To Move (2006)
    Melon (6:34)

  • Harley Card - Non-Fiction (2007)
    Right Arm (6:26)

  • Carol Welsman - The Language of Love (2002)
    You Take Me Away (3:42)

  • Marian McPartland - Hickory House Trio (1999)

  • Jake Bergevin - Holding Back The Dawn (2007)
    You Go To My Head (5:17)

  • Oliver Gannon Quartet - That's What (2005)
    Brooklyn (5:34)

  • Willis Jackson - After Hours (2004)
    After Hours (10:34)

  • After Four - ...Take Five (2007)
    Lullaby of Birdland (2:45)