Home » Jazz Articles » Radio & Podcasts » Ledisi, The Manhattan Transfer, Tony Bennett, Lady Black...

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

Click the play button to listen

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

Tags

Comments


PREVIOUS / NEXT




Support All About Jazz

Get the Jazz Near You newsletter All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.

Go Ad Free!

To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by making a donation today.

Radio & Podcasts

SITUATION FLUXUS
Meet John O'Gallagher


Tune in daily to hear the internet's top jazz programs including Mondo Jazz, Jazz Bastard, The Tonearm, Liner Notes, World of Jazz, Allston Boylston, One Man's Jazz, The Outer View, Neon Jazz, A Broad Spectrum, Bitches Brew and more. View our program schedule and check this week's JazzWeek Radio Chart.

Popular

Read Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Releases
Read Joel Frahm Trio At Magy's Farm
Read Remembering Jack DeJohnette: Unlimited Imagination
Read Bruce Hornsby: Camp Meeting
Read Joni Jazz, Part 1
Read Baku Jazz Festival 2025: Part 1
Read Claude Debussy on So What
The Blue Note Portal
Claude Debussy on So What

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.