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Celebrate Women's History Month With New Releases From Melissa Aldana, Somi, Birthday Shoutouts and More

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
March 14, 2022
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Happy Women's History Month! This broadcast celebrates with new releases from saxophonist Melissa Aldana, vocalist Somi's tribute to the great Miriam Makeba, pianist Yuko Mabuchi plus singles from Tierney Sutton and Natalie Cressman with birthday shoutouts to Carol Sloane, Flora Purim, Rachelle Garniez, Tomoko Ohno and Eric Comstock, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic so they can continue to distract, provoke, comfort and inspire.

Playlist

Roxy Coss "Little Did She Know" from The Future Is Female (Posi-Tone) 00:00
Carol Sloane "Can't We Be Friends" from Something Cool (Candid) 04:03
Pearl Bailey "Tired" from Songs of Doris Fisher (Master Classics) 07:54
Host speaks 11:10
Five Play "Sambe De Sorvete" from Five Play Live At The Firehouse (5Play) 12:23
Flora Purim "Light As A Feather" from Butterfly Dreams (Milestone) 18:24
Grace McLean & Them Apples "Natural Disaster" from Natural Disaster EP (Self Released) 24:03
Host speaks 27:45
Melissa Aldana "Los Ojos de Chile" from 12 Stars (Blue Note) 28:47
Somi "House of the Rising Sun" from Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makiba (Salon Africana) 34:19
Host speaks 38:03
Yuko Mabuchi "Moment's Notice" from The Caribbean Canvas (Blujazz) 39:14
Eric Comstock & Randy Napoleon "Living On Dreams (Vivo Sonhando)" from Bitter Sweet (Harbinger) 44:12
Rachelle Garniez "Swimming Pool Blue" from Swimming Pool Blue (Stand Clear Music) 46:47
Host speaks 51:13
Miki Yamanaka "March" from Human Dust Suite (Outside In Music) 52:17
Deanna Witkowski "Aries (from Zodiac Suite)" from Force of Nature (MCG Jazz) 1:00:00
Liz Terrell "Blue Monk" from It's All Right With Me (Westmont Records) 1:03:11
Host speaks 1:09:25
Marlene Rosenberg "And Still We Rise" from MLK Convergence (Origin) 1:10:38
Eugenie Jones "One More Night To Burn" from Players (Open Mic Records) 1:15:17
Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch "Lovin' At Birdland" from The Sunday Set—Live At Birdland (Club44) 1:19:33
Host speaks 1:24: 21
Maria Schneider Orchestra "Sanzenin" from Data Lords—The Natural World (ArtistShare) 1:25:37
Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini "Auburn Whisper" from Single (Auburn Whisper) (Ground Up) 1:31:13
Kristen Lee Sergeant "Sisyphus" from Falling (Tiger Turn) 1:35:51
Host speaks 1:40:03
Brandee Younger "Unrest I " from Unrest (Impulse) 1:40:58
Shirley Horn "Solitary Moon" from You're My Thrill (Verve) 1:45:53
Tierney Sutton "I Knew I Loved You" from Single (Paris Sessions II) (BFM Jazz) 1:50:52
Host speaks 1:55:22
Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:56:39

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