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Trilogy, Jose Luiz Martins, Jeff Libman, Medler Sextet, Nancy Kelly Plus Celebrations For Carline Ray, Bessie Smith & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast continues the celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Trilogy, Jose Luiz Martins, Jeff Libman, Medler Sextet and Nancy Kelly, with birthday shoutouts to Carline Ray (100!), Bessie Smith, Madeleine Peyroux, Judy Wexler, Roxy Coss and Tia Fuller, 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 Groove. Many thanks ...
Continue ReadingNew Releases From Nicole Glover, Alyssa Allgood, Cory Weeds Meets Champian Fulton, A Celebration For Bessie Smith's 130th Birthday & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
Jazz Appreciation Month continues with new releases from Nicole Glover, Alyssa Allgood, Cory Weeds Meets Champian Fulton, Mahogany L. Browne & Sean Mason and a single from Madeleine Peyroux, with birthday shoutouts to Bessie Smith, Michelle Lordi, Wendy Kirkland, Judy Wexler, Carol Fredette, Roxy Coss and Madeleine Peyroux, 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.
Continue ReadingQueer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music
by Ian Patterson
Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music Darryl W. Bullock 352 Pages ISBN: 978-1-9131-7252-7 Omnibus Press 2023 The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history that has not got its due. Until now. In his telling, many of the blues pioneers were ...
Continue ReadingNew Releases, Bistro Awards, Birthday Shoutouts To Bessie Smith & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Allegra Levy, Champian Fulton and John Pizzarelli, with singles from Nicky Schrire and Nicole Zuraitis, plus birthday shoutouts to Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith, Haruna Fukazawa, Nancy Winston, Michele Brourman and Herbie Hancock, among others with a salute to some of this year's Bistro Award winners. 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 ...
Continue ReadingBirthday Celebrations for Bessie Smith and Herbie Hancock Plus New Releases From Rosalyn McClore and Yulia Musayelyan
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast features new releases from vocalist Rosalyn McClore and flutist Yulia Musayelyan with birthday shoutouts to Bessie Smith, Wendy Kirkland, Tia Fuller, Judy Wexler, Vanessa Perica, Herbie Hancock, Haruna Fukazawa, Pete Malinverni and Michelle Lordi, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown.Playlist Wendy Kirkland “Haven't We Met" from The Music's On Me (Blue Quaver Records) 00:00 3D Jazz Trio “Besame Mucho" from I ...
Continue ReadingNobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Celebrating Bessie Smith
by Mary Foster Conklin
Halfway through April, which is also Jazz Appreciation Month, the broadcast includes new releases from vocalist Nanette Frank, composer Wayne Alpern, trumpeter Johnny Summers and pianist Monika Herzig, with birthday shoutouts to the Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith, pianist Herbie Hancock, plus vocalists Marilyn Maye and Dusty Springfield. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music. Playlist Lisa Hilton “Rush Hour Rhapsody" from Chalkboard Destiny (Ruby Slippers) 00:00 Nanette Frank “How ...
Continue ReadingThe Empress of the Blues
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast opens with a celebration of the music of Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues, in honor of her birthday, with new releases from saxophonist Melissa Aldana, vocalists Emma Larsson, Marc Jordan, Joanna Wallfisch and Claire Martin, plus more birthday shout outs to Dusty Springfield and Carline Ray (member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm and mother of Catherine Russell). Playlist Jen Hodge “Chocolate Magic Mushrooms" from All's Fair in Love and Jazz (Self released) 00:00 ...
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