Desert Island Discs!
Now that Winter seems to have finally arrived, we thought it would be fun for our hosts to pick 5 of their personal favorite jazz albums to take along if they were lucky enough to be stranded on a desert island. Miles Davis proved to be the most popular, making appearances on five out of the seven lists here. John Coltrane and Grant Green scored multiple mentions too. We didn’t specify the rules too carefully, so some of these lists may be more strictly jazz-centric than others, but we thought you’d have fun perusing the choices.
And while we’re at it… What 5 jazz albums would YOU pick to accompany your extended stay on a desert island? Send your lists to fridayrequests@WDCB.org and we’ll play tunes from your desert island picks on WDCB this Friday between 9-10am during our weekly “Friday Request Hour.”
Paul Abella – Music Director, DCB Jazz Mornings, M-F, Notes from the Jazz Underground
Eddie Harris & Les McCann – Swiss Movement
Dave Douglas – Marching Music
Grant Green – Alive
Ray Barretto – Acid
Charles Mingus – Blues & Roots
Leslie Keros – DCB Jazz Midday Host, M-F
Dinah Washington – Dinah Jams
Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue
John Coltrane – Giant Steps
Miles Davis – Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues
Matthew Hermes – DCB Jazz Overnights, M-F
Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Dave Brubeck – Time Out
Chick Corea – Return to Forever
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays – As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Ella Fitzgerald – 30 by Ella
The Red Garland Quintet – High Pressure
Grant Green – Standards
Milt Jackson – Centerpiece
Joe Alterman – Give Me the Simple Life
Jay Greene – DCB Jazz Saturday Mornings
Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Merle Haggard – Greatest Hits
Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Jeanne Franks – DCB Jazz Sunday Mornings
Gene Ammons – Boss Tenor
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce
Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery – The Dynamic Duo
Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Dan Bindert – WDCB General Manager
John Coltrane Quartet – Live at Birdland
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Grant Green – Idle Moments
Tony Bennett & Bill Evans – The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
B.B. King – Live in Cook County Jail
