Jazz 1959 (with Natalie Weiner)

EPISODE 133

Charlie’s out on parental leave, which means no one is here to stop Nate from going off the rails. And you know what means… JAZZ! As soon as dad left the room, Nate enlisted his favorite journalist, jazz and sports writer Natalie Weiner, to come on the show and discuss her incredible 1959 Project — a day-by-day chronicle of jazz during one of its most pivotal years. We listen to classic 1959 albums Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue and Dave Brubeck’s Take Out, discuss the complex legacy of Billie Holiday, and dig into some of the year’s forgotten gems.

PLAYLIST

Check out the 1959 and 2019 jazz cuts we’re listening to.

SONGS DISCUSSED

Miles Davis – So What

Dave Brubeck – Take Five

Billie Holiday – Blue Moon

Billie Holiday – Billie’s Blues

Erykah Badu – On & On

Amy Winehouse – There Is No Greater Love

Muriel Roberts – Sleigh Ride

Terry Pollard – Laura

Willene Barton and her Trio – Rice Pudding