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Nick Tipping checks out sultry ballads from Kurt Elling, Kenny Burrell, and Phil Woods; Benny Green and Red Garland swing hard; and the SFJazz Collective takes on Horace Silver.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Errol Garner | Penthouse Serenade | Burton / Jason | Long Ago and Far Away | CBS | 02:55 |
| 2 | Phil Woods & Space Jazz Trio | Blue Ballad | Pieranunzi | Phil's Mood | Philology | 06:35 |
| 3 | Red Garland | Almost Like Being In Love | Lerner / Loewe | Red Garland's Piano | Prestige | 04:50 |
| 4 | Wes Montgomery | Twisted Blues | Montgomery | So Much Guitar | Riverside | 05:34 |
| 5 | Benny Green | Don't be 'Shamed | Green | Testifyin' | Blue Note | 06:16 |
| 6 | Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto | Vivo Sonhando | Jobim | Getz / Gilberto | Verve | 02:57 |
| 7 | SFJazz Collective | Cape Verdean Blues | Silver | Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour | 07:56 | |
| 8 | Kurt Elling | In the Winelight | Eaton / Elling / Gladston | Man in the Air | Blue Note | 06:38 |
| 9 | Kenny Burrell | Midnight Blue | Burrell | Midnight Blue | Blue Note | 04:02 |