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More Holiday Releases, Grammy Nominations and a Peek into 2021

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
December 22, 2020
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This broadcast features more nods to Grammy nominees as well as new holiday releases from the 3D Jazz Trio, vocalists Amber Weekes, Jonathan Karrant, Carla Hassett and bassist Brian Bromberg, with other new recordings by Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger, Laura Fernandez, Tom Keenlyside plus a single from Yoko Miwa's upcoming 2021 release. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown.

Playlist

Tom Keenlyside "The Summer Knows" from Fortune Teller (Cellar Live) 00:00
Sue Maskaleris "The Meaning (Peace & Love)" from Bring Nothing But Your Heart (Self released) 07:03
Host speaks 11:22
Geri Allen and the Mary Lou Williams Collective "Sagittarius" from The Zodiac Suite: Revisited (Mary Records) 12:26
Amber Weekes "Some Children See Him" from The Gathering (Amber Inn Productions) 15:39
Bob Dorough "Blue Xmas" from Yule Be Boppin' (Blue Note) 21:29
Host speaks 27:06
3D Jazz Trio "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" from Christmas in 3D (DIVA Jazz) 28:20
Deanna Witkowski "Love Came Down" from Single (Self released) 32:10
Jonathan Karrent "All I Want For Christmas Is You" from Single (Self released) 36:23
Host speaks 40:01
Terri Lyne Carrington "Dreams and Desperate Measures (Part 2)" from The Waiting Game (Motema) 41:24
Somi "Black Enough" from Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper With Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Salon Africana) 48:09
Host speaks 53:42
Carla Bley "Hell's Bells" from Carla's Christmas Carols (Watt/EMI) 54:31
Brian Bromberg "This Christmas" from Celebrate Me Home: The Holiday Sessions (Artistry Music) 1:00:00
Grady Tate "Bending Towards the Light" from Bending Towards the Light-A Jazz Nativity (Self released) 1:04:32
Warren Wolf "Oh Christmas Tree" from Christmas Vibes (Mack Avenue) 1:08:22
Laura Fernandez "Thirty Year Winter" from Alright, Okay (Sonic Peach Music) 1:11:50
Host speaks 1:15:39
Elsa Nilsson "Lucia" from Salt Wind (Self released) 1:17:22
Carla Hassett "Won't Be Home For Christmas" from Single (Self released) 1:23:36
Host speaks 1:26:55
Yoko Miwa "The Lonely Hours" from Single (Songs Of Joy) (Self released) 1:27:52
Duchess "A Christmas Compromise" from Harmony For the Holidays (Anzic) 1:33:02
Norah Jones & Mavis Staples "I'll Be Gone" from Single (Sony/ATV Music) 1:36:37
Host speaks 1:41:02
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger "Toilet Paper Romance" from Force Majeure (Self released) 1:42:34
Säje "The Desert Song" from Single (Self Released) 1:47:28
Pat Metheny "From This Place" from From This Place (Nonesuch) 1:51:22
Host speaks 1:55:54
Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:57:08

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About Yoko Miwa

Instrument: Piano

Concerts

May 16 Thu

Yoko Miwa Trio

Blues Alley
Washington, DC

May 16 Thu

Yoko Miwa Trio

Blues Alley
Washington, DC

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