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Ekep Nkwelle, Janis Siegel, Rachel Spencer, Monika Ryan, Lizz Wright, Amy Winehouse & More

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This broadcast celebrates women composers and lyricists, with new music from Ekep Nkwelle, Janis Siegel, Rachel Spencer, Monika Ryan, Lizz Wright plus a single from Amy Winehouse, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz foremother Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Emily Remler, Amy Winehouse, Wesla Whitfield, Catherine Russell, Helen Sung, Leigh Pilzer, Lovie Austin and Honorable Men, Jon Hendricks, Bobby Short, Giacomo Gates, 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 for tuning in.

Playlist

  • Michael Dease "Blues For Herb" from City Life: Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) 00:00
  • Bobby Short "My Personal Property" from Songs Of New York (Telarc) 04:44
  • Ekep Nkwelle "See See Rider" from Caged Bird (Mack Avenue) 08:42
  • Host speaks 13:18
  • Kait Dunton "Studio 3" from Keyboards (Real & Imagined) 14:29
  • Vi Redd "Now's The Time" from Bird Call (Fresh Sound) 19:07
  • Janis Siegel "Barbados (Back To Barbados)" from The Art Of Vocalese (Origin) 24:10
  • Host speaks 29:10
  • Art Hodes "Too Sweet For Words" from The Music Of Lovie Austin (Pastels) 30:09
  • Alberta Hunter "Downhearted Blues" from Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Columbia) 34:52
  • Catherine Russell "You Ain't Livin' Right" from Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center (Dot Time) 40:34
  • Host speaks 43:30
  • Miki Yamanaka "Dandelion Puff" from Breathe (Cellar Music) 44:34
  • Giacomo Gates "Be-Bop Lives (Boplicity)" from Miles Tones (Savant) 4:30
  • Host speaks 53:24
  • Helen Sung "Pianism I-Barry Harris" from Oracles (Sunnyside) 54:27
  • Leigh Pilzer "East Coast Andy" from Keep Holding On (Strange Woman Records) 1:00:00
  • Nicholas Bearde "The Rules Of The Road" from I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole (Right Groove Rekkids) 1:06:53
  • Ruthie Foster "Yes" from Just Say Yes (Sun Records) 1:10:37
  • Host speaks 1:14:41
  • Rachel Spencer "The Next Right Thing" from The Next Right Thing (Self Released) 1:16:04
  • Monika Ryan "How About That" from Delightfully (Self Released) 1:19:26
  • Amy Winehouse "Tears Dry (Alternative Demo)" from Single (20th Anniversary Back To Black) (Republic Records/Ume) 1:23:15
  • Host speaks 1:27:51
  • Kelly Green "By The Way" from Eat Your Greens (La Reserve) 1:29:07
  • Michael Feinstein & Andre Previn "The Easy Way" from Change of Heart: The Songs of Andre Previn (Concord) 1:34:32
  • Lizz Wright & Kenny Banks Sr. "Hold Me" from Nearness (Candid) 1:37:25
  • Host speaks 1:41:19
  • Ali Ryerson "Before Today/Yesterdays" from The Ali Ryerson Quartet (ACR Music) 1:42:39
  • Meredith d'Ambrosio "Don't Take Your Love From Me/A Sky Full of Teardrops" from Silent Passion (Sunnyside) 1:43:42
  • Wesla Whitfield & Mike Greensill "Sleep Warm" from Some Nice 'N' Easy Songs By Lew Spence (Independent) 1:53:58
  • Host speaks 1:56:23
  • Ekep Nkwelle Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:57:11

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