Here is a recent play list from the broadcasts I host at KDVS. Most effective, I believe, was the sequence starting out with Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing, and concluding with Jayne Cortez, 3 Day New York Blues. The image presented here is of Gwendolyn Brooks.
| Fats Waller | I'm Crazy About My Baby | Fat's Plays, Sings, Alone & With Various Groups | CBS France | | |
| Fats Waller | Draggin' My Heart Around | Fats Plays, Sings, Alone & With Various Groups | CBS France | | |
| Fats Waller | Us On A Bus | Complete Recordings Volume 10 | RCA France | | |
| Alberta Hunter | Sugar | Women Of The Blues | RCA | | |
| Alberta Hunter | Beale Street Blues | Women Of The Blues | RCA | | |
| Duke Ellington featuring Baby Cox | The Mooche | The Music Of Duke Ellington | Columbia | | |
| Duke Ellington featuring Ivy Anderson | Mood Indigo | The Music Of Duke Ellington | Columbia | | |
| Duke Ellington featuring Marie Ellington, Joya Sherrill & Kay Davis | It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | Johnny Come Lately | RCA | | |
| Nellie Lutcher | My New Papa's Got To Have Everything | My New Papa's Got To Have Everything | Jukebox Lil' (Sweden) | | |
| Lil' Green | Now What Do You Think? | Chicago 1940-1947 | Rosetta Records | | |
| Margaret Walker | Kissie Lee | Anthology Of Negro Poetry | Folkways | | |
| 'Sippi Wallace | You Gonna Need My Help | Women Of The Blues | RCA | | |
| 'Sippi Wallace | I'm A Mighty Tight Woman | Women Of The Blues | RCA | | |
| Jayne Cortez featuring Richard Davis | 3 Day New York Blues | Celebrations & Solitudes | Strata-East | | |
| Carmen McRae | When Sunny Gets Blue | Bittersweet | Focus | | |
| Carmen McRae | How Did He Look? | Bittersweet | Focus | | |
| Carmen McRae | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry | Bittersweet | Focus | | |
| Carmen McRae | The Meaning Of The Blues | Bittersweet | Focus | | |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | The Preacher Ruminates | Antholgy Of Negro Poetry | Folkways | | |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | The Children Of The Poor, Sonnet #2 | Anthology Of Negro Poetry | Folkways | | |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | Old Laughter | Anthology Of Negro Poetry | Folkways | | |
| Duke Ellington | The New East St. Louis Toodle-Lo | The Music Of Duke Ellington | Columbia | | |
| Lil' Green | Romance In The Dark | Chicago 1940-1947 | Rosetta Records | | |
| Billie Holiday | Rocky Mountain Blues | Shades Of Blue | Sunset | | |
| Billie Holiday | Detour Ahead | Shades Of Blue | Sunset | | |
| Carmen McRae | Sometimes I'm Happy | Woman Talk | Mainstream | | |
| Carmen McRae | Woman Talk | Woman Talk | Mainstream | | |
| Ntozake Shange (read by Laurie Carlos) | Sorry | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf | Buddha | | |
| Monette Moore | Somebody's Been Loving My Baby | Women Of The Blues | RCA | | |
| Monette Moore | Hard Hearted Papa | Women Of The Blues | RCA | | |
| Duke Ellington | The New Black & Tan Fantasy | The Music Of Duke Ellington | Columbia | | |
| Duke Ellington | Johnny Come Lately | Johnny Come Lately | RCA | | |
| Lil' Green | What's The Matter With Love? | Chicago 1940-1947 | Rosetta Records | | |
| Lil' Green | Why Don't You Do Right? | Chicago 1940-1947 | Rosetta Records | | |
| Bud Powell Trio | Tempus Fugit | The Genius Of Bud Powell | Verve | | |
| Bud Powell Trio | Celia | The Genius Of Bud Powell | Verve | | |
| Bud Powell Trio | Cherokee | The Genius Of Bud Powell | Verve | | |
| Bud Powell Solo | Parisian Thouroughfare | The Genius Of Bud Powell | Verve | | |
| Bud Powell Solo | Oblivion | The Genius Of Bud Powell | Verve | | |
| Bud Powell Solo | Dusk In Sandi | The Genius Of Bud Powell | Verve | | |
| Jayne Cortez featuring Richard Davis | Making It | Celebrations & Solitudes | Strata-East | | |
| Jayne Cortez featuring Richard Davis | So Long | Celebrations & Solitudes | Strata-East |
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