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Nick checks out hard bop from lesser known artists Lorez Alexandria and Etta Jones, classics from Sarah Vaughan and Art Pepper, and an epic NZ track from the Rodger Fox Big Band.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Benny Golson | Blues on My Mind | Golson | Benny Golson and the Philadelphians | Blue Note | 07:30 |
| 2 | Sonny Clark | News for Lulu | Clark | Sonny's Crib | Blue Note | 08:35 |
| 3 | Lorez Alexandria | Give Me The Simple Life | Bloom / Ruby | Alexandria the Great | Impulse! | 02:21 |
| 4 | Etta Jones | Don't Go To Strangers | Evans / Kent / Mann | Don't Go To Strangers | Prestige | 03:48 |
| 5 | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Don't Think Twice, It's Alright | Dylan | The Beat Goes On | Empress Music Group | 04:41 |
| 6 | Sarah Vaughan | Tenderly | Gross / Lawrence | Sassy Swings The Tivoli, Live At The Famous Tivoli In Copenhagen 1963 | Emarcy | 02:31 |
| 7 | Art Pepper | You Go to my Head | Coots / Gillespie | The Return of Art Pepper | Capitol | 04:18 |
| 8 | Rodger Fox Big Band | North of the Apricots | Rae | X (The Rodger Fox Big Band Plays New Zealand) | Rattle Jazz | 09:53 |
| 9 | Dexter Gordon | It's You Or No One | Cahn / Styne | Doin' Allright | Blue Note | 06:14 |
| 10 | Red Garland | Almost Like Being In Love | Lerner / Loewe | Red Garland's Piano | Prestige | 04:50 |
