Sittin' In with Orbert Davis

About The Real Deal

Orbert Davis

Host

Airing Fridays on WDCB 90.9FM Chicago, “The Real Deal with Orbert Davis” is a
3-hour, straight ahead jazz, tour de force hosted by Orbert Davis. This musical journey includes the traditions of our jazz heritage… where jazz is now, and where it’s going!

This Week's Real Deal Playlist

Friday

May 8, 2026

Hour 1

Luck Of The Draw – Brian Lynch & Charles McPherson

Freedom Water March (At lgbo Landing) – Anthony Branker & Other Ways Of Knowing

Dolly Jones – Bria Skonberg

Blues For Hiroshi – Anthony Wonsey

The Mover – Bernie Senensky & Pat LaBarbera

Just One Of Those Things – Sam Yahel

Dooty Baby – Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound

My Secret Love – Bob Ferrel

Unit 7 – Barry Greene

Groundwork – Ben Markley Big Band

Hour 2

Select Your Racer – Chris Aschman & Warren Wolf

There And Back Again – Zachary Bartholomew

Room 111 – Jared Hall

Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) – Joel Ross

First Trip – Herbie Hancock

Minor Vamp – Blue Mitchell Sextet

I Feel So Smoochie – Kurt Elling

You And The Night And The Music – Anna Kolchina

Carrying You (From “Castle In The Sky”) – Owen Chen & Eternal Wind

Tell Me A Bedtime Story – Dan West

Hour 3

Project Freedom – Joey DeFrancesco

Mountain Drive – Hendrik Meurkens, The WDR Big Band & Michael Philip Mossman

St. James Infirmary – James Suggs

Textures (For Carmen) – Julian Davis Reid

Besame Mucho – Veronica Kott

Cry Me A River – Ella Fitzgerald

Flying Home – The Benny Goodman Sextet

N.M.E. (New Musical Express) – Virginia Mayhew Quartet

Jacuípe – Guilherme Dias Gomes

dB-lemma – Darren Barrett

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