• I´ll start my program with Charlie Ventura on tenor and baritone sax, track from the lp “Ventura at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, California 1949” Conte Condoli: trumpet, Benny Green: trombone, Boots Mussulli: Alto sax, Roy Kral: piano, Kenny O’ Brien: bass, Ed Shaughnessy: drums (Body and Soul)
• The Jazz Couriers,  track from the lp “The Couriers of Jazz” recorded april 1960 Tubby Hayes & Ronnie Scott: tenor sax, Terry Shannon: piano, Jeff Clyne: bass, Bill Eyden: drums( After Tea)
• Drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers track from his lp “First Flight to Tokyo-The Lost 1961  Recordings” recorded January 14^th 1961 Lee Morgan; trumpet, Wayne Shorter: tenor sax, Bobby Timmons: piano, Jimmy Merritt: bass ( Moanin”)
• The Greatest Swing Band in the World………..is British lp on PYE records, recorded September 1975 drums: Bobby Orr, Bass: Lenny Bush, Guitar: Ernie Shear, Piano: Stan Butcher, Saxophones: Ronnie Ross, Ronnie Chamberlain, Danny Moss, Henry McKenzie, Dennis Walton,Trumpets: Duncan Campbell,Derek Healy, Leon Calvert,Alan Downey, Trombones: Wally Smith, Bill Geldard, David Horler ( Bugle Call Rag)
• Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, track from his lp “The Montmartre Collection, vol.2” recorded in Copenhagen 20^th july 1967 with Kenny Drew: piano, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen: bass, Albert “Tootie” Heath: drums ( Body and Soul )
• The Ben Webster special  track 170/520 this week the lp “Steen Vig’s Jazz Orchestra” recorded at Padborg Jazzclub march 19^th 1966 with Steen Vig: saxes, Valdemar Rasmussen: trumpet, Bjorn Jensen: banjo & guitar, Jens Solund: bass, Leif Johansson: drums ( Mop Mop)
• Alto saxophonist Arne Domnerus, track from his lp “Swedish Modern Jazz” recorded in 1956/57 with Gunnar Svensson: piano, Georg Riedel: bass, Egil Johansen: drums ( Topsy Theme)
• Two Swedes in New York—Arne Domnerus: alto sax & Bengt Hallberg: piano, track from the lp “Downtown Meeting”  recorded septmber 5^th 1978 with Clark Terry: trumpet, George Mraz: bass, Oliver Jackson: drums ( Gone with the Wind)
• Composer/Arranger Harry Arnold track from his lp “This is Harry and the Mystery Band” recorded February 1957 with Bengt-Arne Wallin, Ake Persson, Arne Domnerus, Rolf Lindell, Carl Hendrik Norin,  Bengt Hallberg, Simon Brehm, Egil Johansen ( Our love is here to stay)
• On trumpet/flugelhorn you’ll hear Ack van Rooyen, track from his lp “Then and Now” the Artistry of Ack and Jerry van Rooyen recordings from 1975/2020 Van Rooyen with the Metropole Orchestra ( Ballad of the Sad Young Man)
• Vibraphonist Cal Tjader, track from his lp “A Night at the Blackhawk” recorded in 1958 with Jose “Chombo” Silva: tenor sax, Vince Guaraldi: piano, Al McKibbon: bass, Willie Bobo: drums & timbales, Mongo Santamaria: percussion ( A Night in Tunesia)
• Tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis track from the lp “Tenors Wild and Mild” recorded in 1951 ( But Beautiful)

• This week you’ll hear a “Christmas Special”  a non- stop program just as I did the last 24 years 

• Chet Baker—Winter wonderland
• John Hart—O Tannenbaum
• Count Basie—Jingle Bells
• Dexter Gordon—Have yourself a merry little Christmas
• Mark Shane—Silent Night
• Mark Shane—Jingle Bells
• Mark Shane—Merry Christmas Baby
• Scott Hamilton—I’ll be home for Christmas
• Scott Hamilton—White Christmas
• Lionel Hampton—Ring Them Bells
• Manhattan Transfer—Happy Holidays
• B.B. King—Merry Christmas Baby
• Arturo Sandoval—O Come all ye Faithful
• Jimmy Smith—White Christmas
• Roomful of Blues—Run Rudolph Run
• Raphael Wressnig—Stille Nacht

Wish you all a merry Christmas and a wonderful and healthy 2022!!!!! ENJOY!!!!

• I’ll start my program with  baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin, track from his lp “Danny’s  Dream” recorded february 12^th 1953 with Ake Persson: trombone, Simon Brehm: bass, Jack Noren: drums (Brasil)
• Clarinetist Putte Wickman & Buddy DeFranco track from the cd “The Champs”  recorded in 1999 with Claes Crona: piano, Hans Backenroth: bass, Petur Ostlund: drums (Makin’Whoopie)
• Pianist Bill Evans, track from his lp “Quintessence” recorded may 1976 with Ray Brown: bass, Philly Joe Jones: drums, Kenny Burrell: guitar, Harold Land: tenor sax (Bass Face)
• Bassist Hans Backenroth track from his cd “Parker’s Mood” recorded October 2020 with Klas Lindquist: alto sax and clarinet, Erik Soderlindt: guitar, Karl-Hendrik Ousback: drums (Loverman)
• Alto & Baritone saxophonist Boots Mussulli, track from his lp “Little Man” recorded November 7^th 1954 with Max Bennett: bass, Shelly Manne: drums, Ray Santisi: piano ( Tico Tico)
• Baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin, track from his lp “L.G. with Strings” featuring the alto saxophone of Rolf Billberg, recorded march 30^th 1964 with Nils Lindberg: piano, Bjorn Alke: bass, Jan Carlsson: drums + strings ( Prima Vera)
• Drummer Alex Riel, track from his new cd “Our Songs” recorded in 2020 with Bo Stief: bass, Carsten Dahl: piano (Stella by Starlight)
• The Ben Webster special, track 169/520, now Ben’s lp “At Ease” recorded January 12^th 1969 with Frans Wieringa: piano, Gerard Holdgrefe: bass, Tom van Steenderen: drums (Ben’s  Blues)
• Arranger/Conductor Harry Arnold track from his lp “Harry Arnold & Quincy Jones and the Swedish Radio Studio Orchestra” recorded November 21^st 1958 with Rolf Larsson: piano, Georg Riedel: bass, Jack Noren : drums,Rolf Berg: guitar and special guest and soloist Coleman Hawkins (On the sunny side of the street)
• Pianist Harold Mabern track from the cd “Mabern plays Coltrane”  with Vincent Herring:a alto sax, Eric Alexander: tenor sax, Steve Davis: trombone, John Webber: bass, Joe Farnsworth: drums release date December 3^rd 2021 (Blue Train)
• Arranger/Conductor Quincy Jones, track from his lp “Jazz Abroad” recorded November 10^th 1953 with Art Farmer: trumpet, Jimmy Cleveland & Ake Persson: trombones, Arne Domnerus: alto sax, Lars Gullin: baritone sax, Bengt Hallberg: piano, Simon Brehm: bass, Alan Dawson: drums ( Pogo Stick)

• I’ll start my program with  two tenor saxophonists Eddie Harris & Wendell Harrison, track from “The Battle of the Tenors” recorded September 4^th 1994with Alex Rigowski: guitar, Ralph Armstrong: electric bass, Tom Starr: drums ( Tenor Madness)
• Tenor and alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt , track from Stitt’s It” recorded October  8^th 1950 with Bill Massey: trumpet, Matthew McGhee:trombone, Gene Ammons: baritone sax, Junior Mance: piano, Gene Wright: bass, Wesley Landers: drums (After you’ve Gone)
• Tenor saxophonist James Moody, track from” Moody 4B”  recorded july 2008 with Kenny Barron: piano, Todd Coolman: bass, Lewis Nash: drums (Hot House)
• Vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, track from “Flying Home, vol.3” recorded in Hollywood at the Seville march 19^th 1959 with Richie Kamuca,Pete Jolly, Max Bennett, Buddy Clark,Med Flory, Bill Holman, Frank Rosolino(I’m getting sentimental over you)
• Alto saxophonist Rolf Billberg, track from “Rare Danish Recordings” recorded January 1^st 1961 with Bent Axen: piano, Niels H. O. Pedersen: bass,Finn Fredriksen: drums, Lars Gullin: baritone sax (Yesterdays)
• Hammond organist Richard “Groove” Holmes track from “After Hours” recorded in 1961 with Joe Pass: guitar, Lawrence Marable: drums (Sweatin”)
• The Ben Webster special, track 168/520, this week “Live at Pio’s” Pio’s Lodge-Rhode Island February 18^th 1964 with Junior Mance: piano, Bob Cranshaw: bass, Mickey Roker: drums ( Pennies from Heaven)
• Tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris track from his album “There was a time-Echo of Harlem” recorded may 9^th 1990 with Kenny Barron: piano, Cecil McBee; bass, Ben Riley: drums ( Lover come back to me)
• The Great Jazz Trio, track from the lp “Direct from L.A.” recorded October 6^th 1977 Hank Jones: piano, Ron Carter: bass, Tony Williams: drums ( A Night in Tunesia)
• Drummer Bernard Purdie, track from “Coolin’and Groovin” recorded in 1995 with Mr. Alligator Boogaloo(Lou Donaldson) on alto sax,Chuck Rainey: bass, David T. Walker: guitar, Sonny Phillips: organ, Bill Bivens: tenor sax,Virgil Jones: trumpet, Pancho Morales: percussion (Misty)
• Tenor saxophonist Spike Robinson, track from his album “London Reprise” recorded in 1984 with Martin Taylor: guitar, Dave Green: bass, Spike Wells: drums ( There’s no greater love)

• I’ll start my program with  Ack van Rooyen on trumpet and flugelhorn, track from his lp “Homeward” recorded November 1952 with Bart van Lier: trombone, Ferdinand Povel: tenor sax, Rob Franken: fender Rhodes, Theo de Jong: bass, Bruno Castellucci: drums(track: Homeward)
• The Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination and Brass, track from “Big Band BeBop” (track: On The Scene)  with solos from Rob Franken: keyboards, Ack van  Rooyen: flugelhorn
• Drummer Charlie Antolini track from “Jazz Power Live in Stuttgart” recorded October 28^th 1977 with Sal Nistico: tenor sax, Ack van Rooyen: flugelhorn, Bob Burgess: trombone, Rob Franken: fender rhodes, Gary Todd: bass (Loose and Easy)
• Tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson track from his lp “Lucky and Gerard Pochonet”  recorded march 12^th 1956 with Martial Solal: piano, Pierre Michelot: bass, Gerard Pochonet: drums, Jean Pierre Sasson: guitar, Michel Hausser: vibes ( My Funny Valentine)
• Composer/Arranger Jerry van Rooyen & Ack van Rooyen on trumpet/flugelhorn, track from the lp “Didn’t we” recorded in 1970 with Rob Franken: keyboards,  Herb Geller: alto sax ( Her name is Barbara)
• The Ben Webster special, track 167/520, his lp “Music for Loving” recorded in N.Y.C. march 30^th 1954 (Until Tonight)
• On trumpet you’ll hear Kenny Dorham, track from his lp “The Jazz Prophets vol.” recorded april 4^th 1956 with Dick Katz: piano, Sam Jones; bass, Arthur Edgehill: drums, J.R. Monterose: tenor sax ( The Prophet)
• Tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris, track from his lp “Smokin” recorded in Chicago 1961 with Willie Pickens:  piano, Donald Garrett: bass, Earl Thomas: drums (It never entered my Mind)
• Alto & tenor saxophonist Lee Konitz, track from “In Europe 1956—The Paris and Koln Sessions” recorded January 16^th 1956 with Lars Gullin: tenor sax, Rene Urtreger: piano, Pierre Michelott: bass, Christian Garros: drums, Bobby Jasper: tenor sax, Sacha Distel: guitar ( Now’s the Time)
• Pianist Stan Tracey , track from “Jazz Suite-Under Milk Wood” recorded in 1965 with Bobby Wellins: tenor sax, Jeff Clyne: bass, Jackie Dougan: drums ( Cockle Row)
• The Manhattan Jazz Quintet—Reunion  track from “Manhattan  Blues” recorded February 27^th 1990 with Lew Soloff: trumpet, George Young: tenor sax, David Matthews: piano, Eddie Gomez: bass,  John Scofield: guitar ( The Blues March)
• The Metropole Orchestra, track from “Then and Now” the artistry of Ack & Jerry van Rooyen” with solists Ack van Rooyen on flugelhorn and Erno Olah: violin recorded December 11^th 1984 ( It never entered my Mind)

• I’ll start my program with tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen, track from his lp “Jazz sur Seine” recorded February 14^th 1958 in Paris with Milt Jackson: piano, Percy Heath: bass, Kenny Clarke: drums, Gana M’Bow: percussion
• Tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson, track from the lp “Goodbye Yesterday” recorded in 1972 with Cedar  Walton: piano, Larry Ridley: bass, Billy Higgins: drums
• On flute and tenor sax( 2 tracks in this program)Herbie Mann “Herbie Mann and the Wessel Ilcken trio” recorded in Hilversum November 8^th 1956, Pim Jacobs: piano, Ruud Jacobs: bass, Ado Broodboom: trumpet and Ilcken on drums
• The Bill Charlap trio, track from this new cd “Street of Dreams” recorded may 24^th 2021 Bill Charlap: piano, Peter Washington: bass, Kenny Washington: drums
• The Stan Kenton Big Band, track from his lp “Cuban Fire” recorded may 24^th 1956, Kenton: piano, Curtis Counce: bass, Mel Lewis: drums, Bill Perkins & Lucky Thompson: tenor sax
• The Ben Webster special, track 166/520 this week “Ben meets Piet Noordijk live in Groningen” recorded February 2^nd 1973 at the Koffer with Irv Rochlin: piano, Rob Langereis: bass, Tony Inzalaco: drums
• Pianist Wynton Kelly, track from the lp “Interpretations” recorded in 1967 with Hank Mobley: tenor sax, Cecil McBee; bass, Jimmy  Cobb: drums
• Guitarist O”Donel Levy, track from the lp “Simba” recorded july 2^nd 1973 with Tony Levin: bass, Steve Gadd: drums, Warren Bernhardt: keyboards
• Vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, track from ”Hootenanny my way”  recorded in 1963 with Al Epstein: tenor sax, Alice McLeod: piano, Jimmy Raney: guitar, Williams Wood: bass, Al Belding: drums
• On trumpet & flugelhorn you’ll hear Clark Terry track from the lp “The Happy Horns of Clark Terry” recorded in 1964 with Phil Woods: alto sax, Ben Webster: tenor sax, Roger Kellaway: piano, Milt Hinton: bass, Walter Perkins: drums
• Drummer & vocals Wessel Ilcken, track from the EP “His Voice His Drums His Combo” recorded in 1957 Toon van Vliet: saxes, Ado Broodboom: trumpet, Pim Jacobs: piano, Ruud Jacobs: bass(this is the last recording of Wessel before he died on july 13^th 1957)
• Tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis track from his album “Lock, The Fox” recorded in 1966 with Les Spann: electric guitar, Ross Tompkins: piano, Russell George: bass, Chuck Lampkin: drums, Ray Barretto: congas

• I’ll start my program with pianist Rene Urtreger, track from “The Amsterdam Concert” recorded December 8^th 1957 with Miles Davis: trumpet, Barney Wilen: tenor sax, Pierre Michelot: bass, Kenny Clarke: drums
• Pianist Elmo Hope, track from “Informal Jazz” recorded may 7^th 1956 with Paul Chambers: bass, Philly Joe Jones: drums, Donald Byrd: trumpet, Hank Mobley & John Coltrane: tenor sax
• Baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin, track from his lp “Lars on EmArcy” recorded November 6^th 1953 with Alan Dawson: drums, Georg Riedel: bass, Rolf Berg: guitar, Carl Henrik Norin: tenor sax
• Drummer Bernard Purdie, track from “Soul Drums” recorded in 1968 with Richard Tee:keyboards, Bob Bushnell: bass, Eric Gale: guitar, Seldon Powell & Buddy Lucas: tenor sax
• STUFF, track from the lp “More Stuff” recorded in 1977 with Cornell Dupree & Eric Gale: guitars, Richard Tee: fender Rhodes, Gordon Edwards: bass, Steve Gadd; drums, Gene Orloff: violin
• The Ben Webster special, track 165/520, Ben with a track from the lp(s) “The Complete Ben Webster on EmArcy” recorded December 26^th 1951
• The Quartet, 4 legends  at the Tokyo Jazz Festival  September 7^th 2014 Benny Golson: tenor sax, Kenny Barron: piano, Ron Carter: bass, Lenny White: drums
• Alto saxophonist Yano Saori, track from her cd “Confirmation” recorded in 2003 with Eric Alexander: tenor sax, Peter Bernstein: guitar, Harold Mabern: piano, John Webber: bass, Joe Farnsworth: drums
• Tenor saxophonist Brew Moore track from “West Coast Brew” recorded at the University of California, San Francisco august 1955, John Marabuto: piano, Eddie Duran: guitar, Max Hartstein: bass, Gus Gustafson: drums, Dick Mills: trumpet, Cal Tjader: vibes
• Tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen, track from his cd “Live In Tokyo”91” with Oliver Hutman: piano,  Gilles Naturel: bass, Peter Gritz: drums
• On the vibes Mike Mainieri, track from “Piazza Della Riforma”recorded  july 4^th 1991 with Bendik Hofseth: tenor sax, James Tunnell: guitar, Jeff Andrews: bass, Rachel Nicolazzo: keyboards, Steve Smith: drums