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The Jazz Session No.337 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in November 2023, featuring the very stylish 1959 album “The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions, from the master arranger and band-leader Gil Evans. TRACK LISTING: I'm Going Straight to the Top - Tom Waits; Swingin' Down the Lane - Frank Sinatra; Bad Asteroid - The Aristocrats; Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa; Straight No Chaser - Gil Evans; Manteca - Gil Evans; The Impetus (To Be and Do Better) - Joel Ross; Like Someone in Love - Stan Getz; Oliloqui Valley [alt. take, ft. Freddie Hubbard] - Herbie Hancock; Donkey  - Jaco Pastorius, w. Metheny, Bruce Ditmas, Paul Bley; Well, Get It - Tommy Dorsey; Bu's Delight - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers; Cry Me a River - Julie London; Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) - Sarah Vaughan; St.Louis Blues - Gil Evans; Bird Feathers - Gil Evans; Liminality  - Let Spin; Aja, ft. Steve Gadd, Wayne Shorter - Steely Dan; Serenity - James Taylor Quartet; Burning Spear - Jimmy Smith.

The Jazz Session No.336 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in November 2023, featuring gypsy jazz from La Bouche Manouche, w. Irene Serra, and their 2023 album “Got a Little Rhythm”. TRACK LISTING: Misty - Sachal Studios Orchestra, Lahore; Visa Fran Utanmyra - Jan Johansson; Kentucky Oysters - George Russell Sextet; Hiba - John Pope Quintet; Joseph Joseph - La Bouche Manouche, ft. Irene Serra; He's A Tramp - La Bouche Manouche, ft. Irene Serra; Pussy Cat Dues - Charles Mingus; Blues for Yolande - Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster; You Tell Me Your Dream - Monty Sunshine's Jazzband; I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee - Eddie Condon's Hot Shots; Sweetie Cakes - Count Basie & His Orchestra; Ornithology (version 2) - Charlie Parker; The Changing World - George Benson; Rise Up - Pat Metheny Unity Group; Petite Fleur - La Bouche Manouche, ft. Irene Serra; Love Me or Leave Me - La Bouche Manouche, ft. Irene Serra; Seen - Courtney Pine; Tin Tin Deo - Tubby Hayes; I Want to be Happy - Ella Fitzgerald; I Am Loved - Judy Garland.

The Jazz Session No.335 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in November 2023, featuring lots of great pieces in tribute to the late, great, composer, band-leader, innovator and all-round superlative musician, Carla Bley. TRACK LISTING: Johnny Come Lately - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra; Dot's Groovy - Chet Baker; Wrong Key Donkey - Carla Bley; Drinking Music - Carla Bley; New St.Louis Blues - Ottilie Patterson, w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band; I'm A Stranger - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers; Copyright Royalties - Carla Bley; Floater - Carla Bley; Inner Space - Chick Corea; Three to Get Ready - Dave Brubeck Quartet; Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home - The Bud Powell Trio; Portrait of those Beautiful Ladies #2 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Blunt Object - Carla Bley; Talking Hearts - Carla Bley; When Lights Are Low - Lionel Hampton; The Chase - Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray; Beautiful Telephones, Pt.3 - Carla Bley; Copycat: After You - Carla Bley; Law Hill - Fergus McCreadie; Caretaker - Fat-Suit.

The Crossing No.57 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in November 2023, featuring the highly accomplished 2022 album from Sam Sweeney, “Escape That”. TRACK LISTING:; Love Song - Elton John; The Moonbeam Song - Harry Nilsson; Djiby - Amy Koita; Feira De Castro - Mariza; Want to Fly Want to Flee - Sam Sweeney; Don't Worry, Trains - Sam Sweeney; Eastern Rain - Fairport Convention; Last Chance Lost - Joni Mitchell; Rattlebag - Ben Ottewell; Bird of the Blizzard - Spell Songs [project]; Westering - Sam Sweeney; Under Gigantic Clouds - Sam Sweeney; I Courted a Sailor - Kate Rusby; That Was Your Mother - Paul Simon.

The Jazz Session No.334 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in October 2023, featuring the superb 2022 album “Long Gone” from the combined talents of Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade. TRACK LISTING: Blues for H.G. - Oscar Peterson; Four in One - Thelonius Monk; The Hustler - The Crusaders; Same Feeling, Different Song - Average White Band; Disco Ears - Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade; Long Gone - Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade; St Louis Blues - Gil Evans; Little One - Miles Davis; Creole Jazz - Acker Bilk, His Paramount Jazz Band; Bobcats Livery Stable Blues - Bobby Mickleburgh; Notwithstanding - Gilgamesh; All White - Soft Machine; What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holliday, w. Ben Webster, Teddy Wilson and Orchestra; Gone Fishin' - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong; Kite Song - Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade; Ship to Shore - Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade; Teki - Alfa Mist; Entre Cuerdas - Edmar Castaneda; Up A Step - Hank Mobley; Bweebida Bwobidda - Gerry Mulligan.

The Jazz Session No.332 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in October 2023, featuring a brand new album “Citrinitas”; the exciting improvisations of the John Pope Quintet. TRACK LISTING: BTB - Moses Boyd; Quadrant 4 - Billy Cobham; 1919 March - Kenny Ball; Creep Up Your Stairs - Whiskey Moon Face; Through the Earth - The John Pope Quintet; World Dancer - The John Pope Quintet; Fantasy in D - Freddie Hubbard; Blues for Mary Jane - Stan Getz; Boogie Stop Shuffle - Charles Mingus; Vilia - John Coltrane; Al Emadi - Yazz Ahmed; Long Way Gone - Mark Lockheart; The Golden Lady - Sun Ra; On Green Dolphin Street - Jimmy Heath Orchestra; A Procession of Heads - The John Pope Quintet; Shiryo - The John Pope Quintet; Softly, As In the Morning Sunrise - Artie Shaw; West End Blues - Earl "Fatha" Hines; Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa; Synovial Joints - Part IV - Head and Neck - Steve Coleman & The Council of Balance.

Re-publication of Jazz Session No.197 from RaidersBroadcast.com from back in March 2021, featuring jazz from the Abbie Finn Trio album “Northern Perspective”, along with Abbie in interview. TRACK LISTING: Hallelujah - The Tatum.Hampton.Rich Trio; Sih-Sah - Coleman Hawkins; Butch and Butch - Oliver Nelson; New Monstery [alternative take] - Andrew Hill, ft. Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson; Walkabout - Abbie Finn Trio; Interview 1  - Abbie Finn ; North Meets South - Abbie Finn Trio; Just a Little While to Stay Here - Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band; The Green Leaves of Summer - Kenny Ball; An Absence of Heart - Lewis Wright; My Ship - Chick Corea & Gary Burton; Northern Cross - Steps Ahead ; Havona - Weather Report; Our Delight - Dizzy Gillespie, w. Milt Jackson & Ted Brown; Up a Step - Donald Byrd, w. Hank Mobley; Windows - Abbie Finn Trio; Interview 2  - Abbie Finn; Umlazi Morning - Abbie Finn Trio; This is Always - Annie Ross, w. Gerry Mulligan; Deed I Do - Diana Krall; Silly Putty - Stanley Clarke; The Pleasant Pheasant - Billy Cobham.