Jazz After Dark

Some upbeat jazz tonight: Pete Fountain, Peggy Lee, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Ahmad Jamal, Louis Armstrong, Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Joe Morello, Cannonball Adderley, Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington, Jo Jones, Bobby Hackett, Big Miller with the  Bob Florence Big Band, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, and the Claude Bolling Big Band.

On tonight’s show: Count Basie, Sonny Stitt, Sacha Distel, Stan Getz, Phineas Newborn Jr. and All Stars, Duke Ellington (Peggy Lee vocals), Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Chico Hamilton, Zoot Sims, Joe Pass, Pat Longo Super Big Band, Winston Walls & Brother Jack McDuff, and Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson.

On tonight’s show: Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberley and Helen O'Connell, vocals), Cat Anderson and His Orchestra & Ray Nance, Joe Sullivan, Betty Carter & Ray Bryant, Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims, Sonny Clark Trio, Ethel Ennis, Stanley Turrentine, Betty Roché, Ella Fitzgerald, Kevin Mahogany, and Houston Person.

On tonight's show: Duke Ellington, Sonny Stitt, Al Cohn & Zoot Sims Quintet, Tal Farlow, Oscar Peterson & Ben Webster, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, The Ray Bryant Trio, Clare Fischer, Joe Williams, Dinah Washington, Eddie Jefferson, Oliver Nelson, and Jim Hall.

On tonight's show: the Kansas City Six, Mose Allison, Duke Ellington, Paul Desmond with Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, Vince Guaraldi, Ella Fitzgerald, Claude Bolling & Jean-Luc Dayan, Shirley Horn, and Perico Sambeat.

On this episode: Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Miles Davis, Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans, Bud Shank & Clare Fischer, Paul Desmond, and Art Pepper.

On tonight's show: Charlie Christian, Artie Shaw, Erroll Garner, Miles Davis, Dinah Washington, Lee Morgan, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Vince Guaraldi, Ben Webster, Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, James Rivers, and Stanley Turrentine.

Commemorating pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, who died June 2026 at age of 91. A native of Cape Town, South Africa, his unique style of jazz was infused with the folk music of his childhood. Duke Ellington arranged his early recording sessions. Early albums were released as Dollar Brand.  Ibrahim recorded and performed for decades, with his last album released in 2024. Tonight we'll hear selections from...

Longer sets tonight from Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver, Clark Terry, Ahmad Jamal, Ben Webster, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Gerry Mulligan, and Sonny Rollins.

On tonight's show: George Gershwin, Cleo Brown, Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Buddy DeFranco, Billy Eckstine, Dinah Washington, Clark Terry, Charlie Singleton, Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli, Cal Tjader with Mongo Santamaria & Willie Bobo, and Bobby Hackett (Teresa Brewer vocals).