I've wanted to do a program on EC myself, but Stevebop has beaten me to it with what will be, I'm sure, a thoroughly prepared and enjoyable program about Mr. Costa:

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This Friday night at 7.

Dear Ghost..
Thanks for noticing my Eddie Costa Special coming up. A few words of warning. We are in the middle of a Pledge Drive so Costa won't get on until 11pm and only for an hour, until midnight. But it will be a solid hour uninterrupted by fund raising. Tune in if you can

Steve,
I'll still try to catch it... I'm usually up at that hour (10 in Indiana). Any chance to hear more Eddie Costa is worth it! Are you going to be playing any of the material with Farlow from the new Mosaic? Three straight CDs on that set including Costa--a real treat for fans.

Ghost: I do not have the Mosaic set but I do have the Feurst and Second Sets on CD. Great extended improvisations by Tal and Eddie. Similar to the Verve studio dates but really stretching out on long takes. Do you know this material? Also have a nice copy of "House of Blue Lights" and a few out of print things. email me if you are listening: steve_schwartz@wgbh.org

Will you be plaing a cut from that Raymond Scott Secret 7 disc? There's a (brief) moment or two on that one where Costa sounds like Walt Dickerson!

Too bad I don't still live in Brookline, MA.

Here is last night's playlist

Friday, Aug 13, 7pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7
About this broadcast
REMEMBERING EDDIE COSTA (b. 8/14/30) FUNDRAISING/PLEDGE DRIVE
Listed by artist: selection, album (label)
7:00pm
THEME: Horace Parlan: Wadin, Speakin My Piece (Blue Note)
7:05pm
Thelonious Monk: Sweet And Lovely, Mulligan Meets Monk (Riverside)
George Shearing: When Lights Are Low, Like Fine Wine (Mack Avenue)
7:25pm
Eddie Costa: Get Happy, Eddie Costa Trio (Fresh Sounds)
Eddie Costa: Blues Plus Eight, Quintet (Mode/VSOP)
Eddie Costa: When I Fall In Love, House of Blue Lights (Dot Records)
7:50pm
Ben Webster: Chelsea Bridge, Happy Birthday Newport (Columbia)
Dinah Washington: Back Water Blues, Happy Birthday Newport (Columbia)
Mark Murphy: My Ship, Bop For Miles (HighNote)
8:09pm
TheBeBop Guitars: Freddie Freeloader, Live From Studio One
(WGBH Recording Not Commercially available)
Mark Greel: Stardust, Live From Studio One
(WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available)
Illinois Jacquet: Jumpin at The Woodsisde, Live At Lulu White's
(WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available)
8:34pm
Eddie Costa: Guys And Dolls, Guys And Dolls Love Vibes (Verve)
Gigi Gryce: Caravan, Reminicin' (Mercury)
Eddie Costa: Sweet And Lovely, Eddie Costa Trio (Fresh Sounds)
8:56pm
Joe Lovano: Early Autumn, I'm All For You (Blue Note)
Kenny Barron: Footprints, Images (Sunnyside)
9:18pm
Frank Morgan: Georgia On My mind, City night (HighNote)
Vincent Herring: You Leave Me Breathless, Mr Wizard (HighNote)
9:37pm
Roseanna Vitro: In Search of My Heart, Tropical Postcards (A Records)
McCoy Tyner: Angelina, Illuminations (Telarc)
10:06pm
Maria Schneider: Pas de Deux, Concert in The Garden (Maria Schneider Music)
10:25pm
Curtis Brothers: Sunday Morning, Live from Studio One
(WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available)
Art Farmer: Sad To Say, Live At The DeCordova Museum
(WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available)
Daniel Ian Smith: Blues in B Flat, Live from Studio One
(WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available)
10:45pm
Bobby Watson: Permanoon, Horizon Reassembled (Palmetto)
John Stetch: Evidence, Exponentially Monk (Justin Time)
11:01pm
Eddie Costa: House of Blue Lights, House of Blue Lights (Dot)
Hal McKusick: Con Alma, Bird Feathers (Prestige)
11:22pm
Tal Farlow: All The Things You Are, 1956 Private Recordings (Definitive Records)
11:33pm
Bobby Jaspar: Flute Bass Blues, Flute Flight (Prestige)
Betty Roche: Time After Time, Take The "A" Train (Bethleham)
Eddie Costa: Pile Driver, Eddie Costa Trio (Fresh Sounds)
11:50pm
Eddie Costa: What's To Ya, House of Blue Lights (Dot Records)