Jack Webb Returns as Pat Novak For Hire

Hosted by: 
Matthew Clark
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
The Monday Sampler
Air date: 
Mon, 03/16/2026 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Hardboiled Mystery from the San Francisco Waterfront.

Fortunato hosts another line up of music and drama. Featured today, an episode of Pat Novak For Hire. A pinup model hires Pat to deliever some money to her brother who is in debt to a gambler named Joe Cordona. Sounds easy enough, until he's worked over by some hoods and wakes up next to a corpse.  Raymond Burr costars as Detective Helman. Among the featured musicians will be guitarist Johnny Smith, Yuesef Latiff, Cannonball Adderly, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Rushing and more.

Topic tags: 
Arts/Culture, Fiction, Radio Theater, Music, Humor
Genre(s): 
Arts and Culture, Eclectic, Jazz, Blues, Rock and Roll, Radio Theatre

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    2:02
    Artist
    Joe Venuti
    Song
    Beale Street Blues (10-22-31)
    Album
    Complete Jazz Series 1930 - 1933
    Label
    Past Perfect
  • Time
    2:04
    Artist
    Les Coyns
    Song
    Ball N Chain
    Album
    Come Home
    Label
    HookBoost Records
  • Time
    2:05
    Artist
    John Lennon
    Song
    Nobody Told Me - 2010 - Remaster
    Album
    Gimme Some Truth
    Label
    Capitol Records
  • Time
    2:09
    Artist
    Cannonball Adderley
    Song
    Jive Samba
    Album
    Riverside Profiles: Cannonball Adderley
    Label
    Bee Recordings
  • Time
    2:20
    Artist
    Sarah Vaughan
    Song
    Detour Ahead - Live At The London House, Chicago, 1958
    Album
    After Hours At The London House
    Label
    Verve Reissues
  • Time
    2:26
    Artist
    Stan Getz
    Song
    Stars Fell On Alabama - 2004 Remastered Version
    Album
    Music For Lovers
    Label
    Mon patrimoine musical
  • Time
    2:38
    Artist
    Jay McShann
    Song
    Vine Street Boogie
    Album
    Vine Street Boogie
    Label
    1201 MUSIC
  • Time
    2:42
    Artist
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    Song
    Summit Ridge Drive - Live
    Album
    Encore
    Label
    EMI Music Nashville (ERN)
  • Time
    2:49
    Artist
    Jimmy Rushing
    Song
    Blues After Dark
    Album
    Trouble in Mind
    Label
    Universal Digital Enterprises
  • Time
    2:55
    Artist
    Benny Goodman Sextet
    Song
    Six Appeal
    Album
    Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Jazz Guitar - Chapter 1
    Label
  • Time
    2:58
    Artist
    Movie Sounds Unlimited
    Song
    Minor Swing - From "Chocolat"
    Album
    Music from Johnny Depp Movies
    Label
    Period Records
  • Time
    3:06
    Artist
    Yusef Lateef
    Song
    Blues in Maude's Flat
    Album
    Every Village Has a Song, The Yusef Lateef Anthology (HD Remastered)
    Label
  • Time
    3:21
    Artist
    Wynton Kelly Trio
    Song
    Not a Tear - Live
    Album
    Smokin’ in Seattle (Live at the Penthouse, 1966)
    Label
    Resonance Records
  • Time
    3:46
    Artist
    Fleetwood Mac
    Song
    Black Magic Woman
    Album
    Boston
    Label
    Snapper Music
  • Time
    3:52
    Artist
    Santana
    Song
    Soul Sacrifice
    Album
    Tanglewood 1970
    Label
    tGreen Records

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