This Week: They Were Collaborators

This week's theme on Miles to Go Before I Sleep: "They Were Collaborators," so I made sure to lay down the tracks featuring partnerships from some of the best jazz cats and blues-hounds, known and unknown, around (such as two of the greatest, Davis and Coltrane, pictured, in the studio, on the right). And, as if that weren't enough, Miles to Go enjoyed a visit from the beautiful and talented Lili Martinez. Thanks again to all of those who listened in, and for your comments and requests. Here's the rundown for all of you who may have missed it, or want a reminder of I what I played tonight:

1. San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation) - Jack Keroauc & Tom Waits
2. Pent-Up House  - Clifford Brown & Sonny Rollins
3. Big Nick - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
4. Afternoon in Paris - Sonny Rollins & Dave Brubeck
5. St. James' Infirmary - Eric Clapton & Dr. John
6. Help the Poor - Doc Dalton & The Healing
7. Worried Life Blues - Eric Clapton & BB King
8. Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
9. Misty - Stan Getz & Dave Brubeck
10. Moten Swing - The Oscar Peterson Trio
11. So What [Live] - Miles Davis & John Coltrane
12. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins
13. In a Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane, Miles Davis, & Duke Ellington
14. Corcavado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) - Stan Getz & João Gilberto
15. See You Space Cowboy... - Mai Yamane w/ Yoko Kanno & The SeatBelts
16. Off Minor - Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane
17. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, & Sonny Rollins
18. In Case the World Changes Its Mind - Medeski, Martin & Wood feat. John Scofield
19. Three O'Clock Blues - Eric Clapton & BB King
20. 'Round Midnight - Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins

Talk-over music came courtesy of Medeski, Martin & Wood, Mulatu Astatke, The Swingle Sisters, and Yoko Kanno & The SeatBelts.

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