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New Releases from Claire Daly, Grace McLean, Angie Wells & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Claire Daly & George Garzone, Douyé, Kait Dunton, Hazel Mitchell-Bell, Angie Wells, with singles from Grace McLean and Jessy J, plus birthday shoutouts to Della Reese, Maureen Kennedy, Caroline Davis, Rhoda Scott, Lezlie Harrison, Natalie Cressman and Brianna Thomas, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.Playlist Claire Daly ...
read moreNice 'n' Easy Does It - A Celebration on the Centennial of Lew Spence
by Mary Foster Conklin
In the first hour, a celebration of the centennial of Lew Spence, best known for his hit Nice 'n' Easy," plus new releases from trumpeters Rebecca Coupe Franks and Carol Morgan with birthday shoutouts to Joan Whitney, Della Reese (pictured), Mavis Staples and Caroline Davis. In the second hour there is a tribute to Johnny Mandel. Thanks for listening and please continue to support all of these fine musicians, buy their recordings in this time of lockdown. Playlist ...
read moreDella Reese (1931-2017)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Della Reese, best known as the boss of a band of divine messengers on the 1990s TV series Touched By an Angel but started her career decades earlier as an earthy pop singer, died on Nov. 19. She was 86. Reese's deep and often rousing gospel-fueled voice was powerful and rested somewhere between Dinah Washington, Pearl Bailey and Eartha Kitt on the pop spectrum, depending on the song. Yet her talk-sing approach was an acquired taste. Only two of her ...
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Jazz This Week: Ronnie Burrage, Musica Slesa, All That Tap, Della Reese, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's another week of extreme heat here in St. Louis, and yet the work of presenting jazz and creative music goes on unabated, with a homecoming gig for drummer and U City native Ronnie Burrage; the annual All That Tap festival; and several other noteworthy events. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, trumpeter Kasimu Taylor debuts a new quintet in the subterranean confines of the Cigar Inn, featuring Montez Coleman on drums, Bob DeBoo on bass, Eric Slaughter on guitar ...
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