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A Pride of Jazz Leos - Louis Armstrong, Abbey Lincoln, Dorothy Ashby & More

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
August 17, 2020
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Lots of Jazz Leos to celebrate on today's broadcast. Included are new releases from Beth Duncan, Regina Carter, Ken Steele plus a special pandemic single from Lauren Lee, with birthday shoutouts to Abbey Lincoln, Louis Armstrong, KJ Denhert, Hendrik Meurkens, Kat Gang, Dorothy Ashby, Kat Edmonson, Roberta Piket, Terri Lyne Carrington and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown.

Playlist

Louis Armstrong "Hotter Than That" from West End Blues (1926-1933) (Epm Musique) 00:00
Wynton Marsalis Septet "I'm Not Rough" from United We Swing (Blue Engine Records) 03:05Time Marker
Beth Duncan "I'm All Yours" from I'm All Yours (Saccat Records) 06:06
KJ Denhert "Sorry" from Destiny (Mother Cyclone Records) 11:09
Host speaks 15:06
Linda Dachtyl "A Late One" from A Late One (Summit) 16:13
Paulette McWilliams "Ruby" from A Woman's Story (Blujazz) 20:23
Host speaks 27:07
Hendrik Meurkens, Bill Cunliffe "Ode to Billy Joe" from Cabin in the Sky (Height Advantage) 28:04
Kat Gang "Come Closer" from Come Closer (NKR Records) 33:06
Host speaks 37:56
Roberta Piket "Mentor" from West Coast Trio (Thirteenth Note) 39:00
Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science (feat. Maimouna Youssef) "If Not Now, When" from The Waiting Game (Motema) 45:22
Host speaks 50:48
Deanna Witkowski "New August Tune" from Wide Open Window (Khaeon World Music) 51:52
Dorothy Ashby "Back Talk" from The Jazz Harpist (Regent Records) 1:00:00
Rebecca Coupe Franks "Will I Survive the Night" from Every Little Thing Counts (RDF Records) 1:05:03
Host speaks 1:08:05
Marc Cary "Throw It Away" from For the Love of Abbey (Motema) 1:09:16
Abbey Lincoln "Retribution" from Straight Ahead (Candid) 1:15:06
Claudia Acuna "The Music Is the Magic" from Home Gift of Music-Japanese Earthquake & Tsunami Relief (Sunnyside) 1:18:53
Carmen McRae "Monkery's the Blues" from Carmen Sings Monk (RCA Records) 1:22:52
Host speaks 1:27:38
Regina Carter "Georgia on My Mind" from Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground (Tiger Turn) 1:29:04
Ken Steele, Peter Curtis "Firefly" from Steele in Love (Bella Barktalk Records) 1:33:02
Kat Edmonson "Too Late to Dream" from Dreamers Do (Spinnerette Records) 1:35:42
Host speaks 1:39:21
Geri Allen & the Mary Lou Williams Collective "Leo" from Zodiac Suite: Revisited (Mary Records ) 1:41:04
Brenda Nicole Moorer "Return to Sender" from Marrow (Ropedope) 1:43:51
Lauren Lee "Fine and Good" from Single (Self released) 1:47:24
Host speaks 1:51:12
Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble "Black Rain" from Ima Ima (Self released) 1:52:47

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