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01/06/1972
Muddy Waters
Set 1Back At The Chicken Shack
Watermelon Man
Instrumental
I Am The Blues
Hoochie Coochie Man
Strange Women
Still A Fool
Stormy Monday
Blow, Wind, Blow
Hoochie Coochie Man
Honey Bee
Walkin' Through The Park
Trouble No More
Going Down Slow
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05/01/1972
Marvin Gaye
Set 1Medley
Right On'
Wholy Holy
Inner City Blues
What's Going On
What's Happening Brother
Flying High
Save the Children
God is Love
Inner City Blues [Reprise]
What's Going On [Reprise]
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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11/05/1972
The Kinks
Set 1You're Looking Fine>
Little Queenie
A Well Respected Man
Lola
Here Comes Yet Another Day
Brainwashed
Mr. Wonderful
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
Alcohol
Skin & Bone
Good Golly Miss Molly
CommentIncomplete
Date is suspect. Ray say's "Tomorrow" is Mick's birthday.
Mick was born 15 February 1944.
Ray could just be jiving however, as he so often does.
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01/28/1973
Neil Young & The Stray Gators
Set 1On The Way Home
Here We Are In The Years (false start)
Here We Are In The Years
After The Gold Rush
Out On The Weekend
Harvest
Old Man
Heart Of Gold
The Loner
Time Fades Away (Fades out)
Lookout Joe
New Mama
Alabama
Don't Be Denied
Cinnamon Girl
Southern Man
Are You Ready For The Country?
CommentNeil Young - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
Ben Keith - pedal steel guitar, vocals
Jack Nitzsche - keyboards
Tim Drummond - bass
Kenny Buttrey - drums
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10/13/1973
Bruce Springsteen
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
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04/13/1974
Legion of Mary
Set 1LATE SHOW
I'll Take A Melody, Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
CommentThis setlist is incomplete
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04/13/1974
Garcia
Set 1LATE SHOW
Incomplete: I'll Take A Melody, Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
CommentThis setlist is incomplete because the whole show does not exist.
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06/08/1974
Grin
Set 1I Had Too Much (Miss Dazi)
Beggar's Day
If I Were A Song
Keith Don't Go
Outlaw
White Lies
Slippery Fingers
Goin' Back
18 Faced Lover
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06/27/1974
King Crimson
Set 1Lament
Improv I
Exiles
Easy Money
Improv II
Fracture
Starless
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04/13/1975
Legion of Mary
Set 1The Harder They Come, Freedom Jazz Dance, You Can Leave Your Hat On, Tough Mama, Mississippi Moon, I'll Take A Melody, Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
CommentLate show. Garcia & Saunders/Legion Of Mary: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, Martin Fierro, Ron Tutt.
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04/13/1975
Legion of Mary
Set 1Let It Rock-> I Feel Like Dynamite, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Wondering Why, Mystery Train
Set 2
Set 3
CommentEarly show. Garcia & Saunders/Legion Of Mary: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, Martin Fierro, Ron Tutt.
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04/13/1975
Garcia
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Set 1Harder They Come
Freedom Jazz Dance
You Can Leave Your Hat On
Tough Mama
Mississippi Moon
I'll Take A Melody
Mystery Train
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
CommentLate show. Legion of Mary
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04/13/1975
Garcia
Set 1Let It Rock, I Feel Like Dynamite, That's What Love Will, Wonderin' Why, Mystery Train
CommentEarly show. Legion of Mary
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08/??/1982
Johnny Cash & Friends
Set 1INTRO > Doin' My Time
Leavin' Louisiana In The Broad Daylight (Rodney Crowell)
Remember The Alamo
(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (dedicated to Russian Ambassador)
You Never Even Call Me By My Name (Steve Goodman)
God Bless Robert E. Lee
Ballad Of Ira Hayes
Paradise (John Prine)
Ben Dewberry's Final Run
Folsom Prison Blues
City Of New Orleans (Steve Goodman)
I Walk The Line
Jackson (w/June Carter Cash)
I Believe That Jesus Loves Me (Rodney Crowell)
Darling Companion (w/June Carter Cash)
The Fourth Man In The Fire
Man In Black
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Orange Blossom Special (dedicated to Senator Byrd)
OUTRO (fade-out)
CommentHBO TV Special. Mono soundtrack.

With Rodney Crowell, Steve Goodman and John Prine.
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08/??/1982
Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Steve Goodman & John Prine
Set 1Intro/Doin' My Time
Leavin' Louisiana In Broad Daylight(R.C.)
Remember The Alamo
Ghost Riders In The Sky
You Never Even Called Me By My Name(S.G.)
God Bless Robert E. Lee
Ballad Of Ira Hayes
Paradise(J.P.)
Ben Dewberry's Final Run
Folsom Prison Blues
City Of New Orleans(S.G.)
I Walk The Line
Jackson(w/June)
I Believe That Jesus Loves Me(R.C.)
Darling Companion
The Fourth Man In The Fire
Man In Black
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Orange Blossom Special
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04/18/1983
Frank Sinatra
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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11/10/1986
Seldom Scene
Comment15th Anniversary Celebration
W/ Linda R., EmmyLou H., R. Skaggs, J. Edwards, T. Rice....
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08/22/1988
Merle Haggard
Set 1They Call Me A Playboy
I'll Take Haggard And Jones
Air Mail Special
Honky Tonk Night Time Man >
Old Man From The Mountain
Stay Here And Drink
Kern River
Ramblin Fever
If Could Only Fly
Make No Difference Now
If You Got The Time
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
Big City
Blues Like Midnight
Footlights
Brain Cloudy Blues
Make Up And Faded Blue Jeans
Under The Bridge
Sing Me Back Home
Workin Man Blues >
Always Late
TB Blues
Okie From Muskogee
Set 2
Set 3
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??/??/1995
Billy Taylor Trio
Set 1Keyhole Blues
Billy Taylor talks with Joe Williams
You Can Depend on Me
Billy Taylor talks with Joe Williams
Hold It Right There
Billy Taylor talks with Joe Williams
Take the A Train/I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Billy Taylor talks with Joe Williams
Trio Theme
Audience Questions to Billy Taylor & Joe Williams
Everyday I Have the Blues
Billy Taylor talks with Joe Williams
What a Diff'rence a Day Made
CommentBilly Taylor-p
Joe Williams-v
Chip Jackson-b
Steve Johns-d
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??/??/1995
Billy Taylor Trio
Set 1Free and Oozy
Billy Taylor Talks with Clark Terry
Lester Leaps In
Billy Taylor Talks with Clark Terry
Just Squeeze Me
Trio Theme
Audience Questions to Clark Terry & Billy Taylor
Lover
Audience Questions to Clark Terry
Mumbles
Billy Taylor Talks with Clark Terry
I Can't Get Started
Donna Lee
CommentBilly Taylor-p
Clark Terry-tpt, flug, vcl
Chip Jackson-b
Steve Johns-d
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10/11/1997
Muddy Waters Tribute
Set 11. I'm Ready - Koko Taylor
2. Hoochie Coochie Man - Big Bill Morganfield
3. I Can't Be Satisified - Keb' Mo'
4. Still A Fool - Keb' Mo'
5. Mannish Boy - Bo Diddley
6. Just to Be With You - Phoebe Snow
7. Same Thing - John Hiatt
8. Gypsy Woman - Mem Shannon
9. She's Nineteen Years Old - Buddy Guy
10. Mean Black Spider - Robert Lockwood Jr.
11. Forty Days & Forty Nights - Nick Gravenites
12. Rollin' & Tumblin' - Peter Wolf
13. Long Distance Call - Koko Taylor
14. Trouble No More - Gregg Allman
15. Got My Mojo Workin' - Big Bill Morganfield & others
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??/??/1997
Billy Taylor Trio
Set 1It All Depends On You
Goodbye
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Cherokee
CommentBill Watrous, tb
Billy Taylor, p
Chip Jackson, b
Steve Johns, ds
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03/01/1999
Randy Newman
Set 1Last Night I Had a Dream
Birmingham
Marie
The World Isn't Fair
Short People
The Girls In My Life pt.1
You Can Leave Your Hat On
Burn On
Feels Like Home
You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Louisiana 1927
I Love L.A.
I Miss You
Baltimore
A Wedding In Cherokee County
Sail Away
The Great Nations of Europe
I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
Political Science
Set 2
Set 3
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09/13/1999
Jane Bunnett
Set 1Joy Spring
In A Sentimental Mood
Capricious
Song For Argentina
Barbados
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJane Bunnett - Soprano Sax, Flute
Billy Taylor - Piano
Chip Jackson - Bass
Steve Johns - Drums
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03/10/2000
Billy Taylor Trio
Set 1Chasin' The Carrot
Wise One
I Got Rythym
You Don't Know What Love Is
I'll Be Seeing You
CommentLew Tabackin - Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Billy Taylor - Grand Piano
Chip Jackson - Double Bass
Steve Johns - Drums
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03/20/2000
Geno Delafose
CommentLong Tracks
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06/18/2001
Holmes Brothers
Set 1Jesus Will Roll All of My Burdons Away
Glory Hallelujah
Love train
Man of Peace
Sleeping in Jones
Virginia
Baby What You Want Me to Do
Jesus is on the Mainline
2-22-04 Amzing Grace
2-22-04 Jesus is on the Mainline
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11/05/2001
Curtis Fuller
CommentLive on NPR (Billy Taylor's JAZZ show)
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11/05/2001
Billy Taylor Trio
Set 1Cheek To Cheek (Trio)
Lester Leaps In
God Bless The Child
All Blues
The Court
Caravan
CommentCurtis Fuller, tb
Billy Taylor, p
Chip Jackson, b
Winard Harper, ds
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11/11/2001
Philip Glass
Set 1Before The Creation
Creation Of The Cosmos
Creation Of Sentient Beings
Creation Of Human Beings
Love And Joy
Evil And Ignorance
Suffering
Compassion
Death
Judgement And Apocalypse
Paradise
Dedication To The Merit
Set 2
Set 3
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01/20/2002
Various Artists: Billy Taylor's 81st Birthday
Set 1Capricious
A Bientot
If You Really Are Concerned
Diz
Cherokee
Lady Be Good
All of Me
All My Tomorrows
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
CommentMarian McPartland-p
Regina Carter-vln
Dee Dee Bridgewater-vcl
Nancy Wilson-vcl
Phil Woods-as
Arturo Sandoval-tpt
Steve Turre-tbn
Stefon Harris-vb
Frank Wess Orchestra
Luther Henderson-vocal chorus arranger
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08/28/2002
Campbell Brothers
CommentLonger Tracks
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09/08/2002
Eddie From Ohio
Set 1Old Dominion
Number Six Driver
Quick
Jerusalem
Great Day
Irish Dream
One
Eddie's Concubine
Do You Hear The People Sing?
America The Beautiful
Set 2
Set 3
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02/14/2003
Cephas & Wiggins
CommentSeveral Long Tracks
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07/01/2003
Brian McNeill
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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06/04/2004
Peter Cincotti
Set 1Ain’t Misbehavin’ *
The Girl I Knew *
There Will Never Be Another You – Piano Duet
The Clothed Woman - Marian Piano Solo
A Night In Tunisia – Piano Duet
He’s Watching *
You Don’t Know Me *
A Portrait Of Peter Cincotti – Marian Piano Solo – Original Composition
After You’ve Gone – Piano Duet
CommentAmazing match : McPartland and Cincotti!
* Cincotti : Piano and vocals
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09/??/2004
Tierney Sutton
Set 1Blue in Green
Early Autumn
Without a Song
Old Devil Moon
The Lady is a Tramp
I Fall in Love Too Easily
Alone Together
'S Wonderful
I'll Be Around
Blue Skies
CommentTierney Sutton-v
Christian Jacob-p
Trey Henry-b
Ray Brinker-d
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10/04/2004
Randy Weston & Billy Harper
Set 1
CommentRandy Weston-p
Benny Powell-tbn
TK Blue-sop sax, fl
Neil Clarke/African perc
Alex Blake-b
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01/22/2005
Dave Holland Big Band
Set 1"What Goes Around" by Dave Holland, featuring Chris Potter on
saxophone and Robin Eubanks on trombone -- the title selection of
the first album

"Last Minute Man" by Dave Holland, featuring Josh Roseman on
trombone and Duane Eubanks on trumpet -- inspired by funky rhythms
in the spirit of Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg

"Blues for CM" by Dave Holland, inspired by bassist Charles Mingus --
solos by Steve Nelson on vibes, Antonio Hart on alto

"Mental Images" by Robin Eubanks -- solos by Duane and Robin Eubanks

PERSONNEL
Dave Holland, leader & bass
Antonio Hart & Mark Gross, alto saxophones
Chris Potter, tenor
Gary Smulyan, baritone
Steve Nelson, vibes & marimba
Taylor Haskins, Duane Eubanks & Alex "Sasha" Sipiagin, trumpets
Robin Eubanks, Jonathan Arons, Josh Roseman, trombones
Nate Smith, drums
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03/31/2005
Billy Taylor Trio
Set 1The Man I Love*
Diz
Woody 'N You
A Night In Tunisia
Con Alma
Take The A Train
CommentBilly Taylor-p (all songs)
Victor Gaskin-b*
Bobby Thomas-d
Chip Jackson-b
Winard Harper-d
Jon Faddis-tpt

* recorded in mid-1980s at WBGO-FM
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05/21/2005
Rene Marie
Set 1Red Shoes
Disconnect
Send in the Clowns
Ballad of the Runaway Horse
Nina
When You're Smiling/Smile/Make Someone Happy
Some Other Time
CommentRene Marie-v
Kevin Bales-p
Herman Burney-b
Quentin Baxter-d
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12/10/2005
James Moody
Set 1Sweet Music
Dizzy's Business
Con Alma
Hot House
Manteca
I Mean You
Stardust
Moody's Groove
Happy Birthday
CommentJames Moody - Vocals, Saxophones
Slide Hampton - Musical Director, Trombone
Jimmy Heath - Saxophone
Paquito D'rivera - Sax And Clarinet
Roy Hargrove - Trumpet
John Lee - Bass
Randy Brecker, Greg Gisbert, Frank Greene, Claudio Roditi - Trumpets
Andres Boiarsky, Antonio Hart, Justin Robinson, Gary Smulyan - Saxophones
Jay Ashby, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson, Douglas Purviance - Trombones
Roberta Gambarini - Vocals
Marty Ashby - Guitar
Mulgrew Miller - Piano
Dennis Mackrel - Drums
Roger Squitero - Percussion
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01/30/2006
Preston Reed
Set 1Ladies Night
Blasting Cap
Night Ride
False Spring
Overture
Slap Funk
Signal Path
Love in the Old Country
Shinkansen
Rain Maker
Franzl's Saw
Twang Thang
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02/10/2006
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Set 1Georgia On My Mind
Lullaby of the Leaves
Like a Lover
Imagine My Frustration
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Reverence
Come Sunday
CommentCharles Owens-sax
Rickey Woodard-sax
Jeff Clayton-sax
Keith Fiddmont-sax
Lee Callet-sax
Ryan Porter-tbn
Ira Nepus-tbn
George Bohanon-tbn
Maurice Spears-tbn
Gilbert Castellanos-tpt
Clay Jenkins-tpt
Snooky Young-tpt
Bijon Watson-tpt
Sal Cracchiolo-tpt
Tamir Hendelman-p
Christoph Luty-b
Jeff Hamilton-d
Regina Carter-vln
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10/25/2006
Dead Men's Hollow
Set 1Wayfaring Stranger
Southbound Train
Grandma Was A Cropduster
Sittin' On Top Of The World
The Blackest Crow
Same Old Day
Red Eye Home
The Seventh Day
Down In The Valley To Pray
Yellow Barber
A Tale Of The Week
But You Don't love Me
Angel On Horseback
Goin' Home
Darlin' Corey
Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
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11/07/2008
Allen Toussaint
Set 1Allen Toussaint – Henry Butler – Jon Cleary
“NPR Jazz Set”



Jon Cleary - Chartres Street Boogie (Cleary)
Jon Cleary - Just Telephone Me (Barrett)
Jon Cleary - Been and Gone (Cleary)
Jon Cleary - Farewell to Storyville (C. Williams)
Jon Cleary - Pop’s Dilemma (J. Booker)

Henry Butler - Orleans Inspiration (Butler)
Henry Butler - Dock of the Bay (Redding)
Henry Butler - Working in a Coal Mine (Toussaint)

Intro to Allen Toussaint’s set >
Allen Toussaint - We Are America
Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can (Toussaint)
Allen Toussaint - Mama You Been On My Mind (Dylan)
Allen Toussaint - Mr. Mardi Gras > Radio Announcer
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (Toussaint)

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11/07/2008
Keys to New Orleans
Set 1JON CLEARY
Chartres Street Boogie
Just Telephone Me
Been and Gone
Farewell to Storyville
Pop’s Dilemma

HENRY BUTLER
Orleans Inspiration
Dock of the Bay
Working in a Coal Mine

ALLEN TOUSSAINT
We Are America
Yes We Can
Mama You Been On My Mind
Mr. Mardi Gras
Southern Nights
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12/04/2008
Various Artists: A Jazz Piano Christmas
Set 1Angels We Have Heard on High
O' Tannenbaum
Abreme La Puerta
Mi Burrito Sabanero
La Comparsa
Christmastime is Here>
Linus and Lucy
I'll Be Home For Christmas>
I Love My Wife
Sleigh Ride
Silent Night
Jingle Bells w/voiceover, incomplete

CommentDave Samuels-vb (1)
Pete Escovedo-perc (1)
Arturo O'Farrill-p (2, 3, 11)
Angel Echevarria-p (4, 11)
Rebeca Mauleon-p (5, 6, 11)
Eliane Elias-p (7-9)
Marc Johnson-b (9)
Ellis Marsalis-p (10, 11)


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12/07/2008
Various Artists
Set 1Morgan Freeman Tribute:
I'm A Woman - Koko Taylor: Vocals, Pinetop Perkins: Piano, Honey Boy Edwards: Guitar
Let The Good Times Roll - B.B. King
Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey Tribute:
My Generation - Joss Stone
Who Are You - Dave Grohl
Love, Reign O'er Me - Bettye Lavette
Baba O'Riley - Rob Thomas
George Jones Tribute:
Four Walls - Brad Paisley
One Woman Man - Randy Travis
He Stopped Loving Her Today - Alan Jackson
White Lightnin' > The Grand Tour > The Race Is On - Garth Brooks
Barbra Streisand Tribute:
Don't Rain On My Parade - Idina Menzel
The Way We Were - Beyonce
Lover Come Back - Ne-Yo
Caroline Kennedy's Closing Remarks
Somewhere - Kelli O'Hara & Nathan Gunn
Set 2
Set 3
CommentKennedy Center Honors
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01/24/2009
Benny Golson
Set 1Along Came Betty *
Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere **
Five Spot After Dark **
Grove's Groove ***
Uptown Afterburn ***
Blues March ****
I Remember Clifford *
Stablemates *
Comment80th-Birthday Concert
Benny Golson, ts
w/ The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra *

All-Stars **
Curtis Fuller, tb
Cedar Walton, p
Ron Carter, b
Al Harewood, ds

New Jazztet ***
Eddie Henderson, tp
Steve Davis, tb
Mike LeDonne, p
Buster Williams, b
Carl Allen, ds

w/ Uptown String Quartet ****
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10/22/2009
Kenny Barron
CommentKenny Barron (p)
Kiyoshi Kitagawa (b)
Jonathan Blake (dr)
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02/13/2010
Groovelily
Set 1No Room In Your Bag
Snow Song (It's Coming Down)
Screwed-Up People Make Great Art
Only A King
Uninvited
It Happens In A Moment
There She Goes
Still Love
One Toy
Make A Little Noise
If You Believe
I Dare Say I'm In Love
Set 2
Set 3
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08/19/2010
Erin McKeown
Set 1Every Day
Aspera
Santa Cruz
The Funeral
To A Hammer
The Rascal
The Lions
James!
Did We Really Crash?
The Little Cowboy
You Were Right About Everything
Set 2
Set 3
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10/02/2010
They Might Be Giants
Set 1(Intro)
She's An Angel
Clap Your Hands4. The Guitar
Nonagon
Birdhouse In Your Soul
Fingertips
I Never Go To Work
Particle Man
Your Racist Friend
Canajoharie
I Am A Paleontologist
Pirate Girls Nine
James K. Polk
Older
Doctor Worm
"Dang" Good Times
(Band Intros)
The Mesopotamians
Alphabet of Nations
Free Ride
What Is A Shooting Star?
Free Ride
Miller Time
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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01/05/2011
Darcy James Argue
Set 1Transit
Phobos
Induction Effect
Obsidian Flow
CommentCO-CONSPIRATORS:

Darcy James Argue : Agent in Charge
Sebastian Noelle : guitar
Red Wierenga : piano, keyboard
Matt Clohesy : bass
Jon Wikan : drums
Seneca Black : trumpet
Tom Goehring : trumpet
Matt Holman : trumpet
Nadje Noordhuis : trumpet
David Smith : trumpet
Noah Bless : trombone
Tim Sessions : trombone
Kevin Moehringer : trombone
Jennifer Wharton : trombone
David DeJesus : winds
Rob Wilkerson : winds
Sam Sadigursky : winds
Mark Small : winds
Josh Sinton : winds
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10/23/2011
Green Day
Set 1Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)*
Comment* Billy Joe Armstrong

Mark Twain Prize Ceremony
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11/11/2011
Billy Taylor
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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09/28/2012
Brian Settles
Set 1Mc Intro > Band Intro
Zui Quan
Soulnimsky
Bison
Anti-war March >
Set 2
Set 3
CommentBrian Settles & Central Union

Brian Settles - Tenor Saxophone
Neil Podgurski - Piano
Corcoran Holt - Contrabass
Jeremy Carlstedt - Drums
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10/05/2012
Mulgrew Miller
Set 1Jordu
The Sequel
So In Love
Monk's Dream
My Foolish Heart
Relaxing At Camarillo
Set 2
Set 3
CommentMulgrew Miller: Piano
Ivan Taylor: Bass
Rodney Green: Drums
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11/02/2012
Lionel Loueke
Set 1Ife
Hope
Farafina
Bayyinah
Set 2
Set 3
CommentLionel Loueke: guitar, vocals
Michael Olatuja: electric bass
Mark Giuliana: drums
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05/11/2014
Wayne Shorter
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentBlue Note at 75
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01/14/2018
Sara Bareilles
Set 1Used To Be Mine
If I Dare (with Ben Folds)
Love Song (with Caroline Shaw)
Love Song (with Caroline Shaw) [soundboard]
Once Upon Another Time (with Ben Folds & Caroline Shaw)
Once Upon Another Time (with Ben Folds & Caroline Shaw) [soundboard]
Brave (with Caroline Shaw)
Brave (with Caroline Shaw) [soundboard]
Set 2
Set 3
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