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From time to time, we hear from some of you lovely listeners out there asking about a particular bit of background music you heard during Morning Edition.
Here is a full listing of each day's selections that Michael Byars uses locally, including artist, title, and label. If you have any questions or comments that are not addressed here, feel free to drop him an e-mail anytime. Thanks for listening!
FRIDAY, JULY 4TH The String Quartet - Tribute to Jimi Hendrix - Vitamin Reverend Organdrum - Reverend Organdrum - Yep Roc Lazy Hammock - Lost In Dreams - L. Burns
THURSDAY, JULY 3RD Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Little Worlds - Columbia Nino Nardini - Rotonde Musique - Desco Honolulu Playboys - Between Drinks - Instinct
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Bandstand in the Park, vol. 2 - Guild Jeff Coffin Mutet - Mutopia - Compass Michael Occhipinti - Creation Dream - True North
TUESDAY, JULY 1ST Adrian Iaies Trio - Vals de la 81st and Columbus - Sunnyside Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham - The Best Of - Compass v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Stringin' Along - Guild
MONDAY, JUNE 30TH Chip Shelton and Peacetime - Imbued with Memories - Summit The Stephen Anderson Trio - Forget Not - Summit Gary Tole and Legends of Swing - One Kettle for Count - Summit
FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH Tal Bergman and Ron DeJesus - Grooove, vol. 1 - Tal Bergman Music Larry Vuckovich Trio - High Wall - Tetrachord The String Quartet - Strung Out on Kid A - Vitamin
THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH Wayne Benson - An Instrumental Anthology - Pinecastle Pat Martino - Remember - Blue Note Armik - Treasures - Bolero
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH Bebo Valdes - Bebo Rides Again - Messidor Ahn Trio - Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac - Sony BMG v/a - Ain't That America: The Bluegrass Tribute to John Cougar Mellencamp - CMH
TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH Pearl Django - Modern Times - Modern Hot Jeff Findl and the Acoustic Accomplices - Beach Buzz Instrumentals - Hippie Van Caribbean Jazz Project - Afro Bop Alliance - Heads Up
MONDAY, JUNE 23RD Ximo Tebar - Goes Blue - Sunnyside v/a - Blues 88's Boogie Woogie Piano Instrumentals - Easydisc Charlie Haden - The Best of Quartet West - Verve
FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH Zero 7 - Simple Things - Quango The Horace Silver Quartet - Live at Newport '58 - Blue Note R.E.M. - Instrumental Tracks - Warner Bros.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH Roy Rogers - Slideways - Evidence George Winston - Forest - Windham Hill v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Childhood Memories, vol. 2 - Guild
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH Laszlo Gardony - Dig Deep - Sunnyside Mike Wheeler - Mikey's Waltz - Blue Bamboo Taylor Eigsti - Let It Come To You - Concord Jazz
TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH Scott DuBois - Banshees - Sunnyside Lovano/Liebman/Coltrane - Saxophone Summit - Telarc Panthelion - Life After 339 - Dvorzak
MONDAY, JUNE 16TH Michael's Jazz Quartet - Woody-n-Me - Antones Kenny Wheeler - Other People - Jazz Cam George Kahn - Cover Up - Playing Records
FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH Dr. Michael White - Blue Crescent - Basin Street v/a - Ultra-Lounge - Capitol Japancakes - Waking Hours - Warm
THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH Willie and Lobo - Manana - Narada The Stephen Anderson Trio - Forget Not - Summit v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music for All Seasons - Guild
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH Claudio Roditi - Impressions - Sunnyside Ximo Tebar - Goes Blue - Sunnyside v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Scenic Grandeur - Guild
TUESDAY, JUNE 10TH Sam Barsh - I Forgot What You Taught Me - Razdaz Planisphere - Celestial Sliphorns - Sea Breeze v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Animal Antics - Guild
MONDAY, JUNE 9TH Jamie Baum Septet - Solace - Sunnyside Francesco Tristano - Not For Piano - Sunnyside Enrico Pieranunzi/Marc Johnson/Joey Baron - As Never Before - CamJazz
FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH v/a - Keepnews Collection - Riverside The Bennie Maupin Quartet - Early Reflections - Cryptogramophone Return to Forever - The Anthology - Concord
THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH The Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project - In the Middle - Cagoots Yellowjackets - Lifecycle - Heads Up Martial Solal Trio - Longitude - Cam Jazz
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH Bob Claire - Another Day - Whole Rest Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed - Razdaz Rented Mule - Rented Mule - Rented Mule Jazz
TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD Lanterna - Sands - Badman Dave Weckl Band - Multiplicity - Stretch Jamie Craig - The Lost Dream - Craig Sound
MONDAY, JUNE 2ND Eddie Allen Quintet - Summer Days - Enja Gonzales - Solo Piano - No Format Vic Juris - Blue Horizon - Zoho
FRIDAY, MAY 30TH Miles Davis - Muted Miles - Prestige v/a - Blue Cat Blues - Easydisc The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur - Ninja Tune
THURSDAY, MAY 29TH Jeff Findl and the Acoustic Accomplices - Beach Buzz Instrumentals - Hippie Van Paul Renz - ReBop - Gabwalk v/a - Cannon Re-Loaded: An All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley - Concord Jazz
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH Joey DeFrancesco - Organic Vibes - Concord Aurora Consort - Twelve Years in October - PeacePiper Westwind Brass - Jazztet - LMP
TUESDAY, MAY 27TH Ahn Trio - Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac - SonyBMG Roberta Piket Trio - Love and Beauty - Thirteenth Note v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Musical Kaleidoscope, vol. 1 - Guild
THURSDAY, MAY 22ND v/a - Blue 'n Groovy - Blue Note David Sanchez - Cultural Survival - Concord Ricardo Silveira - Noite Clara - Adventure
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST Floratone - Floratone - Blue Note v/a - Cinemaphonic: Soul Punch - Motel Bebo Valdez - Bebo - Calle 54
TUESDAY, MAY 20TH Michael Blake Sexter - Amor de Cosmos - Songlines Francesco Tristano - Not For Piano - Sunnyside v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Musical Kaleidoscope, vol. 1 - Guild
FRIDAY, MAY 16TH Out To Lunch - Excuse Me While I Do The Boogaloo - Accurate Brad Mehldau Trio - Live - Nonesuch Reverend OrganDrum - Reverend OrganDrum - Yep Roc
THURSDAY, MAY 15TH The Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project - In The Middle - Cagoots Eldar - Re-Imagination - Masterworks Jazz Martial Solal Trio - Longitude - Cam Jazz
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH Fernando Huergo - Provinciano - Sunnyside Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed - Razdaz Bruce Lofgren Jazz Trio - Bruce Lofgren Jazz Trio - Sea Breeze
TUESDAY, MAY 13TH Jamie Baum Septet - Solace - Sunnyside Yellowjackets - Lifecycle - Heads Up Bob Claire - Another Day - Whole Rest
MONDAY, MAY 12TH Charlie Haden - The Best of Quarter West - Verve Kei Akagi - Mirror Puzzle - Audioquest Bruce Katz Band - Transformation - Audioquest
FRIDAY, MAY 9TH The String Quartet - Strung Out on Kid A - Vitamin Chicago Underground Trio - Slon - Thrill Jockey Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Advance
THURSDAY, MAY 8TH Kenny Carr - Changing Tide - Zoozazz The Stephen Anderson Trio - Forget Not - Summit Woody Witt - A Conversation - Blue Bamboo
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH Mesa Community College Jazz Ensembles - Then and Now - Sea Breeze The Paul Renz Quintet - ReBop - Gabwalk Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis - Love Songs, Ballads and Standards - Basin Street
TUESDAY, MAY 6TH Ahn Trio - Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac - Sony BMG Medeski Martin & Wood - End of the World Party - Blue Note v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work, vol. 2 - Guild
MONDAY, MAY 5TH Johannes Linstead - Mediterranea - Earthscape v/a - Cuba L.A. - Narada Caribean Jazz Project - Afro Bop Alliance - Heads Up
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD Armen Donelian Trio - Oasis - Sunnyside Pieranunzi/Johnson/Baron - As Never Before - CamJazz v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Scenic Grandeur - Guild
TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND Claudio Roditi - Impressions - Sunnyside Adam Kolker - Flag Day - Sunnyside JD Allen Trio - I Am I Am - Sunnyside
MONDAY, APRIL 21ST Tom Stewart - First Time Over - self-produced Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Song for Chico - Zoho Rented Mule - Rented Mule - self-produced
FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH Keith Marks - Foreign Funk - self-produced Bill Prouten - Low-down, No-good ... - Keyano College The Paul Renz Quintet - ReBop - Gabwalk
THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH Turku - Nomads of the Silk Road - Hittite Sun Eric Kamen - Native Unit - E*Traxxx v/a - Light Music While You Work, vol. 2 - Guild
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH Ahn Trio - Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac - RCA Ryan Blotnick - Music Needs You - Songlines Edward Petersen - Upward Spiral - Delmark
TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH Caribbean Jazz Project - Afro Bop Alliance - Heads Up John Scofield - Bump - Verve Westwind Brass - Jazztet - LMP
MONDAY, APRIL 14TH Pat Martino - Remember - Blue Note Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis - Love Songs, Ballads and Standards - Basin Street Jamie Craig - The Lost Dream - Craig Sound
FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH Zero 7 - Simple Things - Quango Lazy Hammock - Lost in Dreams - L. Burns The Mersey Symphonia - Instrumental Hits of The Beatles, volume 1 - Musicbank
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND allMeadow - private demo - self-produced Zero 7 - Simple Things - Quango BroToeK - private demo - self-produced
TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST Willie and Lobo - Manana - Narada Joe Goldmark - All Hat, No Cattle - HMG v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Animal Antics - Guild
MONDAY, MARCH 31ST v/a - Gettin' High on Neil Young: a Bluegrass Tribute - CMH Bill Charlap - Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul - Blue Note v/a - Cannon Re-Loaded: an All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley - Concord Jazz
FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH Ahn Trio - Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac - LAMP Roberta Piket Trio - Love and Beauty - Thirteenth Note Brad Mehldau Trio - Live - Nonesuch
THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH v/a - The Lost Sessions - Blue Note BD Lenz - Straight Up - Apria Douglas Niedt - Pure Magic - self-produced
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH Charlie Haden - The Best of Quartet West - Verve Daniel and Amy Carwile - Col Arco - Carwile Music v/a - Cuba L.A. - Narada
TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH Brian Vanarsdale Quintet - From the Heart - Jazz Excursion Nick Vayenas - Synesthesia - Vayenas v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: The 1950s vol. 5 - Sunny Side Up - Guild
MONDAY, MARCH 24TH Kombo - Cookin' Out - GRP Ximo Tebar - Goes Blue - Omix Ernest Ranglin - Gotcha! - Telarc
FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis - Love Songs, Ballads and Standards - Basin Street Victor Wooten - Palmystery - Heads Up Tal Bertman and Ron DeJesus - Grooove, vol. 1 - Tal Bergman Music
THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH Bruce Katz Band - Transformation - Audioquest Nino Nardini and the Pop Riviera Group - Rotonde Musique - Desco Jamie Craig - The Lost Dream - Craig Sound
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH Los Straitjackets - The Velvet Touch of ... - Cavalcade Astor Piazzolla - Pulsacion - Circular Moves v/a - The Golden Age of Light Music: Musical Kaleidoscope, volume 1 - Guild
TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH Hector Martignon - Refugee - Zoho Jeff Findl & the Acoustic Accomplices - Beach Buzz Instrumentals - Hippie Van Grant Geissman - Say That! - Futurism
MONDAY, MARCH 17TH Natalie MacMaster - Blueprint - Rounder Aly Bain/Phil Cunningham - The Best Of - Compass Liz Carroll/John Doyle - In Play - Compass
FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH Jim Heath/Tim Alexander/Todd Soesbe - Reverend Organdrum - Yep Roc Lazy Hammock - Lost in Dreams - L. Burns R.E.M. - Instrumental Tracks - This Box
THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH Floratone - Floratone - Blue Note John Scofield Trio - EnRoute - Verve v/a - Light Music for All Seasons - Guild
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH Ryan Blotnick - Music Needs You - Songlines v/a - Cannon Re-Loaded - Concord Jazz Nick Vayenas - Synesthesia - World Culture
TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH Caribbean Jazz Project - Afro Bop Alliance - Heads Up Adam Kolker - Flag Day - Sunnyside Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band - Just One Of Those Things - Sea Breeze
MONDAY, MARCH 10TH Turku - Nomads of the Silk Road - Hittite Sun Sam Barsh - I Forgot what you Taught Me - Razdaz The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - Columbia
FRIDAY, MARCH 7TH Horace Silver - Live at Newport '58 - Blue Note The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur - Ninja Tune Conveniens - Clear - Convenience
THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH Armik - Treasures - Bolero Joey DeFrancesco - Organic Vibes - Concord Jazz v/a - Angel from Montgomery: Bluegrass Celebrates Bonnie Raitt - CMH
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH Yo-Yo Ma - Vivaldi's Cello - Sony Classical Bring Back Pluto - Nine - BMI David Doig - Solo Music for Acoustic Guitar - self-produced
TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH Don Ross - Robot Monster - Narada Joseph Akins - Masterpeace - Heart Song Ryan Haines Big Band - New Horizons - Sea Breeze
MONDAY, MARCH 3RD George Winston - Forest - Windham Hill v/a - Animal Antics - Guild
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH Heath/Alexander/Soesbe - Reverend Organdrum - Yep Roc Marian McPartland - Twilight World - Concord v/a - The 1950s, volume 5: Sunny Side Up - Guild
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH Ozzie Kotani - To Honor a Queen - Dancing Cat Willie and Lobo - Manana - Narada v/a - Ain't That America: the bluegrass tribute to John Cougar Mellencamp - CMH
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH Aurora Consort - Twelve Years in October - PeacePiper Laika and the Cosmonauts - The Amazing Colossal Band - Upstart Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham - The Best Of - Compass
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH Jamie Craig - The Lost Dream - Craig Sound Jeff Findl and the Acoustic Accomplices - Beach Buzz Instrumentals - Hippie Van v/a - Light Music While You Work, vol. 2 - Guild
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH David Cohen - Quantum Rainbow - Circadian Eric Alexander - Straight Up - Delmark Lanterna - Sands - Badman
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND Lazy Hammock - Lost in Dreams - L. Burns Pharoah Sanders - Priceless Jazz Collection - GRP Tal Bergman / Ron DeJesus - Grooove, vol. 1 - Tal Bergman Music
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST Charlie Haden - The Best of Quartet West - Verve Yo-Yo Ma - Obrigado Brazil - Sony Classical Nino Nardini - Rotonde Musique - Desco
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH Roy Rogers - Slideways - Evidence Incendio - Incendio - New World v/a - Marching and Waltzing - Gould
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH v/a - Blue Porter - Blue Note Floratone - Floratone - Blue Note v/a - Blues 88's - Easydisc
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH Pearl Django - Modern Times - Modern Hot Soulive - Turn It Out - Velour Gonzales - Solo Piano - No Format
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH v/a - The Lost Grooves - Blue Note Aaron Goldberg - Worlds - Sterling Sound Claremont Trio - Mendelssohn Trios op. 49 & 66 - Arabesque
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH The Gerry Beaudoin Trio - Minor Swing - North Star Michael Occhipinti - Creation Dream - True North Horace Silver - Live at Newport '58 - Blue Note (a true jazz classic - mb)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH Kenny Burrell - 75th Birthday Bash Live! - Blue Note v/a - Ultra-Lounge - Capitol Japancakes - Waking Hours - Warm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Little Worlds - Columbia Issi Rozen - Dark Beauty - New Step Sai Ghose Trio - Fingers and Toes - Summit
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH Natalie MacMaster - Blueprint - Rounder John Temmerman Quartet - The Power of Two - self-released Armik - Treasures - Bolero
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH Rhoda Scott - Encore, Encore, Encore - Universal Brian Rolland - Dreams of Brazil - On the Full Moon Necessity Brass Band - Necessity is a Mother! - self-released
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH Bebo Valdez - Bebo - Calle 54 Nino Nardini - Rotonde Musique - Desco v/a - Globetrotting - Guild
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30TH Grant Geissman - Say That! - Futurism Ernest Ranglin - Gotcha! - Telarc Tango No. 9 - Here Live No Fish - Spillhouse
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29TH Dom Minasi - Quick Response - CDM Giuliano Carmignola and Andrea Marcon - Bach Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Sony Classical v/a - Musical Kaleidoscope, vol. 1 - Guild
MONDAY, JANUARY 28TH Joe Goldmark - All Hat, No Cattle - HMG Lanterna - Highways - Badman Broken Things - Swim to the River - Son of Fire
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25TH Out to Lunch - Excuse Me While I Do the Boogaloo - Accurate Zero 7 - Simple Things - Quango The String Quartet - Tribute to Jimi Hendrix - Vitamin
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH Monty Alexander - Concrete Jungle: The Music of Bob Marley - Telarc Yeska - Skafrocubanjazz - Aztlan v/a - The Lost Sessions - Blue Note
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23RD The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Elgar/Walton Piano Quintets - CMS Liebman/Tarenzi/Benedettini/Arco - Dream of Nite - Verve Fernando Otero - Pagina de Buenos Aires - Nonesuch
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22ND Jonny Hepbir - Turkish Blend - Refined Joey DeFrancesco - Organic Vibes - Concord Vic Juris - Blue Horizon - Zoho
MONDAY, JANUARY 21ST v/a - Four Decades of Light Music, volume 1 - Guild The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - Columbia Michael Occhipinti - Creation Dream - True North
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