Here’s the Saturday June 9th, 2018 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)
Length
Artist Name
Album Title
Year
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Midnight Sun
3:58
Ella Fitzgerald
Like Someone In Love
1944
Cotton Tail
3:41
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald
Ella At Duke’s Place
1965
Saturday Night Blues
6:22
Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue (Remastered)
2012
Too Late Now
5:08
George Shearing & Carmen McRae
Two For The Road
1980
Satin Doll
4:31
Johnson-J.J.
The Trombone Master
1960
Solar
4:45
Miles Davis All Stars
Walkin’
1954
Dat Dere
5:32
Cannonball Adderley
Soul Motion
1955
Casa Forte
9:16
Rodofo Gonzalez, Ed Ulman, Amilcar Guevara, Maud Beenhouwer, Barrett Martin
Transit Latin Jazz Project
2008
Speak Low
4:18
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Midnight Sun (Remastered)
1976
Blues Du Jour
8:59
John Fedchock
New York Big Band
1995
If You Could See Me Now
4:50
Mel Torme
Velvet & Brass
1995
I Can’t Get Started
4:45
Bunny Berigan
Let’s Do It!
2005
Frank Speaking
3:14
Stan Kenton
New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm
1989
Circle
5:54
Miles Davis
Miles Smiles
1967
Down Home
5:54
Fred Hersch & Julian Lage
Free Flying
2013
Listen to Monk (Rhythm-a-ning)
3:05
Carmen McRae
Carmen Sings Monk
1988
Three O’Clock in the Morning
5:42
Dexter Gordon
Go
1962
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
6:49
Woody Herman featuring Stan Getz
The Concord Years
My Foolish Heart4:51
Tony Bennett & Bill Evans
The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album (Bonus Track Version)
1975
I Fall In Love Too Easily
3:23
Sarah Vaughan
The Roulette Years, Vol. 1/2
1962
Midnight Sun
8:46
Jessica Williams
Higher Standards
1997
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!
