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Get Out of Town

The best in easy listening sounds and timeless standards performed by the greatest artists from the past 60 years, including Aretha Franklin and Chet Baker.

Music 'til Midnight - the best in easy listening sounds and timeless standards performed by the greatest artists from the past 60 years including Aretha Franklin, Astrud Gilberto, Gregory Porter and Eddie Jefferson plus instrumental classics from saxophonist Paul Desmond and Henry Mancini. This week's featured album is The Real Ambassadors. Written by the husband and wife team of Dave and Iola Brubeck, this was the soundtrack for a musical developed in the late 1950's and based on the experiences of jazz musicians who had visited far flung parts of the world at the behest of the US State Department. Now regarded as a classic the featured performers include Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae and vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Apr 2015 23:00

Music Played

  • Aretha Franklin

    Won't Be Long

    • Aretha.
    • Soul Jam 600807.
  • Eddie Jefferson

    Night In Tunisia

    • Things Are Getting Better.
    • Muse MCD 5043.
  • Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

    Cultural Exchange

    • The Real Ambassadors.
    • Columbia CK 57663.
  • Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae

    Good Reviews

    • The Real Ambassadors.
    • Columbia CK 57663.
  • Gregory Porter

    I Fall In Love Too Easily

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note 06020602537417346.
  • AntΓ΄nio Carlos Jobim

    Stone Flower

    • Stone Flower.
    • SONY Masterworks 5099750517420.
  • Astrud Gilberto

    Ponteio

    • Gilberto with Turrentine.
    • Epic 5127892.
  • Chet Baker

    With A Song In My Heart

    • She Was Too Good To Me.
    • Epic 4509542.
  • Paul Desmond

    I'm Old Fashioned

    • Pure Desmond.
    • CBS ZK 40806.
  • Louis Armstrong

    They Say I Look Like God

    • The Real Ambassadors.
    • Columbia CK 57663.
  • Julie London

    Get Out Of Town

    • All Through The Night: Julie London Sings The Choicest Cole Porter.
    • Jasmine JASCD 308.
  • Henry Mancini

    Dreamsville

    • Our Man In Hollywood.
    • RCA 82876625912.

The Real Ambassadors

The Real Ambassadors

Things Are Getting Better: Muse 1974

Things Are Getting Better: Muse 1974

Aretha Franklin In Person

Aretha Franklin In Person

Stone Flower: CTI 1970

Stone Flower: CTI 1970

Gilberto With Turrentine

Gilberto With Turrentine

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Apr 2015 23:00