Jazz Articles about Alberta Hunter

About Alberta Hunter

Radio & Podcasts

Dominic Walker, Tierney Sutton, Jenny Klukken, Bria Skonberg, Ulysses Owens Jr., Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston, Lori Nicely, Marilyn Crispell & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 13, 2026

This broadcast makes the graceful morph from Women's History Month to Jazz Appreciation Month with new music from Dominic Walker, Tierney Sutton, Jenny Klukken, Bria Skonberg, Ulysses Owens Jr., Fuller Sound (Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston), Lori Nicely, Marilyn Crispell, plus birthday shoutouts to Alberta Hunter, Tina May, Doris Day, Paula West, Karen Mason, Allan Harris, Christine Jensen, Tessa Souter, Ben Cassara and Marilyn Crispell, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their ...

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Jazz Foremothers, Women Who Impact West Coast Latin Jazz by Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble, Ashley Jackson Usher In Jazz Appreciation Month

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 14, 2025

This broadcast morphs gracefully from Women's History to Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble and Ashley Jackson, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Jean Fineberg, Vanessa Perica, Allan Harris, Evgenia Karlafti, Christine Jensen and Tessa Souter, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the ...

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Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month With New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts to Pearl Bailey, Sarah Vaughan, Alberta Hunter And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 10, 2023

This broadcast celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from the Erica Seguine Shon Baker Orchestra, Diego Rivera, the Saturn Quartet, Jeremy Pelt, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and a single from the Lisa Markley Nonet, plus birthday shoutouts to Pearl Bailey, Sarah Vaughan, Alberta Hunter, Tracy Chapman, Ledisi, Jean Fineberg and Norah Jones, 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, ...

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Having A Good Time With Alberta Hunter

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 12, 2021

This broadcast celebrates the birthday of legendary pianist and songwriter Alberta Hunter, who returned to the NYC clubs after a twenty year nursing career. Also featured are new releases from composer/arranger Jihye Lee, and vocalists Clare Foster, Aubrey Logan, Alyssa Allgood and Veronica Swift. Other birthday shoutouts include Norah Jones, Tessa Souter, Tina May, Aimee Allen and Jocelyn Medina, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown. ...