Once you’ve heard Marlena Shaw, you’ll never forget her. This lady has a definite style that will stay with you.
(P.S. Today happens to be her birthday.)


Dangerous (the title track on Dangerous)

You’ve Changed/ Oo Wee, Baby (You’ve Changed is on Jimmy Smith’s Sum Serious Blues; Oo Wee is on Dangerous)

Love Is In Flight/ Mercy Mercy Mercy (the title track on Love Is In Flight; Mercy is on Lookin’ For Love)

Go Away, Little Boy/Here’s To Life (Go Away is on Spice of Life; Here’s to Life is on Lookin’ For Love)

Y o u (on Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?)

Whisper Not (on Dangerous)

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Riley B. King, known by the stage name B.B. King, was born September 16, 1925. We salute B.B. King, the undisputed King Of the Blues. Happy Birthday B.B.!

Every Day I Have The Blues (on Live at the Regal and on The Complete Collection)

I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water/ Having My Say (Drink Muddy Water is on Confessin’ the Blues and Having My Say is on Blues On Top of Blues. Both tunes are also on Great Moments with B.B. King)

I’m Gonna Do What They Do To Me/Don’t Answer The Door (Don’t Answer is on Blues Is King and on The Complete Collection. I’m Gonna Do is on Blues On Top of Blues)

Dance With Me/Sweet Little Angel (Dance With Me is on Blues On Top of Blues and Great Moments, and Sweet Little Angel is on Live at the Regal. Both are also on The Complete Collection)

Tired Of Your Jive (on on Blues is King, Great Moments, and on The Complete Collection)

Stormy Monday (on GRP All-Star Big Band’s All Blues)

That’s Wrong Little Mama/Paying The Cost (both tunes are on Blues On Top of Blues; Paying the Cost is also on The Complete Collection)

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One of the few artists with a truly unique style!

St. Thomas on Heat Wave, a 1996 album from the Cadet label that does not appear to have been reissued
(Theme from) Valley Of The Dolls on At The Top: Poinciana Revisited

But Not For Me on At His Very Best, and also on disc 2 of The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62*
Pavanne on Complete Recordings (Import), and also on disc 4 of The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62

*Note: The link to The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62 takes you to 9 CDs worth of songs, almost all of which are available as individual downloads.

New Rhumba on Miles Davis’ Miles Ahead
Appreciation on Live In Paris ’92
The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top on At His Very Best, and on disc 2 of The Complete Recordings (Import), and also on disc 2 of The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62

Poinciana on Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 and also on The Complete Recordings (Import)
Moonlight In Vermont on At His Very Best, and also on disc 2 of The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62

Ahmad’s Blues on Natalie Cole’s Stardust
The Girl Next Door, originally on the now out of print vinyl Standard Eyes, can be found on disc 3 of The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62
How Insensitive on At The Top: Poinciana Revisited

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On this edition of Pate’s Place we welcome the talents of a brilliant arranger/orchestrator, Don Sebesky.

Theme from “Deadly Affairs” and Maybe September both on Earl Klugh’s Sounds & Visions

Con Alma and A Quiet Thing both on Wes Montgomery’s Bumpin’

Moment to Moment and Yesterday’s Dreams both on Freddie Hubbard’s First Light

Theme from “The Cincinnati Kid” and Now We’re One both on Earl Klugh’s Sounds & Visions

Joyful Noise Suite (Gladly, Sadly, and Madly) on Sebesky’s Joyful Noise: A Tribute to Duke Ellington

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Pate’s Place brings you a ‘young’ pianist who will swing you into ‘bad health’ … Monty Alexander. Happy Birthday, my friend.

Glory, Glory Hallelujah on Taste of Freedom
That’s the Way It Is on Live at the Iridium

Mount Zanda on Live at the Iridium

What A Friend on The River

Someone You’ve Loved was originally titled Have You Tried To Forget and recorded on Taste of Freedom
Slappin’ on Live at the Iridium

Stand Up on The River
Lauren on 80th Birthday Celebration

Seven Come Eleven on Triple Treat, vol. 2
Smile on Reunion in Europe

My Man Monty on 80th Birthday Celebration

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John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968)

My good friend, John Levy, was Wes’ personal manager. In one of his books he wrote that “Wes Montgomery’s style of playing, his block chord voicing, put him on top. No one has come along since with such a unique and innovative sound.” I couldn’t agree more!


Caravan on Movin’ Wes and Quiet Thing on Bumpin’

There’ll Never Be Another You on Wes Montgomery & Billy Taylor Trio followed by Born To Be Blue and Moca Flora both on Movin’ Wes

I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face on Full House and Tear It Down on Bumpin’

Matchmaker, Matchmaker and People both on Movin’ Wes

Blue & Boogie on Full House and West Coast Blues on Movin’ Wes

S. O. S.
on Full House
and
Phoenix Love Theme
on Movin’ Wes

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This edition of Pate’s Place takes us back to the early days in Chicago. We salute Johnny Griffin who was called the “Little Giant” and was known for his amazing technique on the Tenor Sax. (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008)

The Way You Look Tonight on Introducing Johnny Griffin and You Must Believe In Spring on Chicago, New York, Paris

Mil Dew on Introducing Johnny Griffin and When We Were One on Roy Hargrove’s With The Tenors Of Our Times

The Jamfs Are Coming on Chicago, New York, Paris and It’s All Right With Me on Introducing Johnny Griffin

Greens At The Chicken Shack on Roy Hargrove’s With The Tenors Of Our Times, To Love on Chicago, New York, Paris, and Chicago Calling on Introducing Johnny Griffin

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Three High Priestesses of the Jazz Vocal Tradition, all born during the month of April: Billie Holliday on April 7th, Carmen McRae on April 8th, and Ella Fitzgerald on April 25th — here’s to the Ladies.



Lover, Come Back To Me on Billie’s Fine and Mellow: Golden Classics, followed by Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered on Ella’s First Lady Of Song , and Suddenly In Walked Bud on Carmen’s Dream Of Life

God Bless The Child on Billie’s Complete American Decca Recordings, followed by Blue Skies on Pure Ella, and Miss Brown To You on Carmen’s Dream of Life

What A Little Moonlight Can Do on Billie’s Fine and Mellow: Golden Classics, followed by Love You Madly on Ella’s Love Songs, and Sunday on Carmen’s Dream of Life

Fine and Mellow on Ken Burn’s Jazz Collection: Billie Holiday, followed by a change in pace with Party Blues on Joe Williams’ Finest Hour, and I Didn’t Know What Time on Carmen’s Dream of Life

We close out with Darn That Dream on Jazz ‘Round Midnight: Billie Holiday

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Thad Jones left us way too soon (he was only 63 when he died) but he gave us a recorded legacy of wonderful music, some with him as a player, and more by others who recorded his unique arrangements — the sound of a Thad Jones arrangement is unmistakable.

Tip Toe on Consummation and H. R. H. on Count Basie’s Chairman Of The Board

Consummation and Us both on Consummation and Little Pumpkin on The Great One

Evil Man Blues on Joe Williams and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra’s One More For My Baby and Little J on The Great One

A Child Is Born and It Only Happens Every Time both on Consummation

Hallelujah, I Love Her So on Joe Williams and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra’s One More For My Baby and To You on First Time: Count Meets the Duke

Ah, Henry on The Great One and Speaking Of Sounds on Count Basie’s Chairman Of The Board

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Bob James, Nathan East, Chuck Loeb, and Harvey Mason

These four gentlemen are serious about making GOOD MUSIC. As phenomenal sidemen they’ve done it for so many artists and now they’re doing it for themselves and you.

101 Eastbound and After The Dance both on their self-titled recording Fourplay

Monterey on Between The Sheets and Lil’ Darling on Between The Sheets

Chant on Between The Sheets and Midnight Stroll on Fourplay

Bali Run on Fourplay and Between The Sheets on Between The Sheets

Fourplay on Fourplay

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