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Life Goes On: And On - Celebrating the Music of Carla Bley

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
May 23, 2022
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This broadcast presents new releases from Marco Pignataro's Dream Alliance, flutist Andrea Brachfeld, vocalists Nancy Kelly and Rosemary Loar, with birthday shoutouts to Carla Bley, Betty Carter, Virginia Mayhew and Nadje Noordhuis, 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, comfort, inspire and provoke.

Playlist

Billy Preston "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" from Wildest Organ In Town (EMI) 00:00
Marco Pignataro's Dream Alliance "Send One Your Love" from Awakening (Zoho) 02:19
Host speaks 08:16
Andrea Brachfeld & Insight "What's Up" from Evolution (Origin) 09:27
Nancy Kelly "Move Over" from Jazz Woman, The Reel to Real Sessions (SubCat) 14:57
Host speaks 19:59
Ariane Racicot "Coffee and Cigarettes" from Envolée (Multiple Chord Music) 20:56
Rebecca Martin, Orquestra Jazz Matosinhos & Larry Grenadier "In the Nick of Time (State of the Union)" from After Midnight (CARA/OJM) 27:32
CeCe Gable "Next Year's Song" from Next Year's Song (Self Released) 33:11
Host speaks 37:39
Carla Bley "Life Goes On: And On" from Life Goes On (ECM) 38:57
Shannon Gunn "Carla's Blues" from On a Mountain (Cellar Live) 43:03
Kurt Elling "Endless Lawns" from SuperBlue (Edition) 48:30
Host speaks 55:07
Elsa Nilsson "Catching Droplets" from Coast Redwoods (ears&eyes) 56:10
Dave Bass "Vashkar" from The Trio Vol. 1 (Self Released) 1:00:00
Betty Carter "Open the Door '90" from Droppin' Things (Verve) 1:05:14
Catherine Russell "Make It Last" from Send For Me (Dot Time Records) 1:10:31
Host speaks 1:15:08
Lynne Arriale Trio "Sisters" from The Lights Are Always On (Challenge) 1:16:17
Somi (feat. Gregory Porter) "Strawberries" from Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makiba (Salon Afrikana) 1:21:16
Host speaks 1:24:50
Virginia Mayhew Quartet "N.M.E. (New Musical Express)" from Mary Lou Williams—The Next 100 Years (Renma Records) 1:25:58
Tierney Sutton "April In Paris-Free Man In Paris" from Paris Sessions II (BFM Jazz) 1:29:02
Deanne Matley "Merci Pour Ça! (Je Ne Sais Pas)" from The Alberta Lounge (Barbette Records) 1:35:04
Host speaks 1:38:44
Nadje Noordhuis "Gullfoss" from Gullfoss (Little Mystery Records) 1:39:52
Rosemary Loar "I Wanted The Lie More Than The Truth" from Sparkle and Fizz (Atlor Music) 1:44:30
San Gabriel 7 feat. Sinne Eeg "Under the Stars" from Under the Stars (Self Released) 1:48:58
Host speaks 1:55:26
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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