Here’s the Saturday September, 30th 2017 edition of Midnight Sun Jazz, with host Ed Ulman. Playlists for previous shows can be found here.
Every other week Midnight Sun Jazz takes the listener on a musical exploration of the diverse sounds, known fondly, as the music of the Americas or as Dr. Billy Talor puts it, “America’s classical music.” A body of musical styles and improvised performances known as swing, bebop, hard bop, Latin jazz, salsa, jazz-rock fusion, to name a few. Midnight Sun Jazz presents the finest recorded performances by international, national, regional and local improvising musical artists committed to keeping the music of the Americas sounding throughout the world.
All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title (composer)
Artist Name
Album Title
Duration
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Midnight Sun – Lionel Hampton
Ella Fitzgerald
The Best of the Song Books
4:54
Sonic Anomaly
Chris Potter
The Dreamer is the Dream
5:34
Soaring
Bob Florence Limited Edition
Soaring
7:48
American Woman
Lynn Arriale Trio
Arise
6:29
Sweet Georgia Brown
Mel Torme w/the Marty Paich Dek-Tette Reunion
3:05
All About the Bass – Meghan Trainor
Kate Davis
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox
The Essentials
3:38
Java – Allen Toussaint
Stanton Moore
With You In Mind
4:56
Stolen Moments
Oliver Nelson
The Blues and the Abstract Truth
8:46
Work Song
Cannonball and Nat Adderley
Them Dirty Blues
5:08
You Go To My Head
Lee Konitz
Subconscious-Lee
2:38
Yesterdays
J.J. Johnson
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House
3:42
Willis – Bob Florence
Bob Florence Limited Edition
Earth
6:50
Once in a While
Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Jazz Orchestra
featuring Virginia Mayhew
Leave it to Diva
5:14
Liza – arr. By Neal Finn
Louie Bellson And His Big Band
Their Time Was the Greatest
3:43
Listen to Monk (Rhythm-A-Ning)
Carmen McRae
Carmen Sings Monk
3:05
Twilight World
Marian McPartland
Twilight World
5:42
Idol Gossip
Gerri Mulligan
Idol Gossip
5:04
Judy
J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding
The Great Kai and J.J.
4:06
Willow Weep for Me
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Jungle Soul
7:44
All The Things You Are
Joe Pass
Virtuoso
4:00
Kubis Shuffle
Andy Martin/Vic Lewis
The Project
6:56
Midnight Sun – Lionel Hampton
The Jeff Hamilton Trio
Symbiosis
7:46
Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
