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Ledisi, The Manhattan Transfer, Tony Bennett, Lady Blackbird and Many More

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Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the First Instrument Jazz Show. I've got a lot of new music to share including music from Ledisi, Sachal Vasandani, Juliet Ewing, Whitney Ross-Barris; and a lot of other timeless music including from The Manhattan Transfer, Lady Blackbird, Tony Bennett, Patti Austin, Olatuja and many more. Come get lost in the music with me.

Playlist

  • Intro 00:00
  • Ledisi "If I Never Get to Heaven" from For Dinah (Candid) 3:16
  • Gregory Porter "Magic Cup" from Water (Motema) 9:25
  • Juliet Ewing "I've Got a Crush on You" from Simply S'Wonderful: The Magic of Gershwin (HoneyDiva Music/Lexicon Classics) 15:38
  • Host Speaks 19:18
  • Olatuja "Bright Side" from Olatuja (Whirlwind) 15:38
  • Tony Bennett "I Remember You" from The Art of Romance (RPM / Columbia) 26:04
  • Also, RH Factor "On the One" from Distractions (Verve) 31:12
  • Patti Austin "Funny Face" from Avant Gershwin (Rendezvous Entertainment) 36:16
  • Host Speaks 40:05
  • Sachal Vasandani "Sometimes I Miss" from Best Life Now (Patron Saint International) 43:49
  • Sarah Vaughan "Three Little Words (Live)" from After Hours at the London House (Mercury) 47:46
  • Tierney Sutton "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" from The Sting Variations (BFM Jazz) 51:31
  • Ivan Lins feat. Dianne Reeves "The Heart Speaks" from My Heart Speaks (Resonance) 57:29
  • Host Speaks 1:02:22
  • Will Clements "Seaglider" from Compass (Self Produced) 1:06:01
  • Helen Merrill "When the Sun Comes Out" from The Nearness of You (Mercury) 1:10:51
  • Christie Dashiell and Terri Lyne Carrington "Driva'man" from We Insist 2025! (Candid) 1:15:43
  • Host Speaks 1:23:56
  • Diana Krall "Peel Me a Grape" from Love Scenes (Impulse) 1:26:36
  • Robert Glasper feat. Laura Mvula "Silence is the Way" from Everything's Beautiful (Columbia/Legacy) 1:32:31
  • Tony Hightower "All to the Good" from Legacy (Hightower Legacy Records) 1:37:52
  • Lady Blackbird "It'll Never Happen Again" from Black Acid Soul (Foundation Music) 1:44:26
  • Host Speaks 1:48:00
  • The Manhattan Transfer "Mystery" from Bodies and Souls (Atlantic) 1:51:49
  • Kalil Wilson "All That I See is You" from Time Stops (DoubleOOne) 1:56:54
  • Whitney Ross-Barris "Stranger" from Curtains of Light (Self Produced) 1:55:24
  • Billy Childs feat. Lisa Fischer "Map to the Treasure" from Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Masterworks Jazz) 2:04:08
  • Host Speaks 2:11:23
  • Show Ends 2:15:24

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