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Mothers Day with Birthday Celebrations for Mary Lou Williams and Carla Bley

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
May 18, 2020
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The Mothers Day broadcast included new releases from the Posi-Tone Swingtet, bassist Anne Mette Iversen, vocalists Joan Watson-Jones2, Rachelle Garniez, and Diane Schuur plus the Charles Pillow Ensemble, with birthday shout-outs to Carla Bley and Mary Lou Williams as well as a nod to a few Jazz Mothers and their children. Thanks for your continued support and please support these artists and their music.

Playlist

Posi-Tone Swingtet "Dry Clean Only" from One For 25 (Posi-Tone) 00:00
Rebecca Kilgore and Rebecca Kilgore "In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee" from Not a Care in the World (Arbors Records) 06:03
Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge "Pretty Eyed Baby" from Roy and Diz (Polygram) 08:39
Host speaks 14:10
Mary Lou Williams "Taurus" from Zodiac Suite (Smithsonian Folkways) 16:08
Ella Fitzgerald "What's Your Story Morning Glory?" from Ella Swings Lightly (Polygram) 18:41
Lynn Cardona "Mother Earth" from Ophelia (Self Released) 21:20
Rhiannon Giddens "My Baby Likes Bacon" from Hopes and Dreams—The Lullaby Project (UMC-Decca Gold) 25:43
Host speaks 28:24
Anne Mette Iversen "Dancing Butterflies" from Racing a Butterfly (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) 29:55
Joan Watson-Jones "Here's to Life" from Choices (Eye of Samantha Productions) 35:22
Host speaks 39:35
Lakecia Benjamin "Affinity" from Pursuance-The Coltranes (Ropedope) 40:51
Michelle Coltrane "Same Ole Love" from Awakenings (Blujazz) 47:54
Host speaks 51:32
Connie Han "For the O.G" from Iron Starlet (Mack Avenue) 52:50
Cory Weeds "The Shining Sea" from Day by Day (Cellar Music) 59:50
Rachelle Garniez "My Sister and I" from Gone to Glory (Storysound Records) 1:05:31
Host speaks 1:09:57
Monika Herzig "Dear Geri" from Eternal Dance (Savant) 1:11:30
Jessica Molaskey "Big Yellow Taxi" from Portraits of Joni (Ghostlight Records) 1:18:30
Diane Schuur "Way Over Yonder" from Running on Faith (Jazzheads)
1:21:20
Host speaks 1:25:35
Charles Pillow Ensemble "Don't Explain" from Chamber Jazz (Summit) 1:26:58
Stephanie Nakasian "Control Yourself" from Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World (Capri Records) 1:34:47
Veronica Swift "I Hope She Makes You Happy" from Confessions (Mack Avenue) 1:37:53
Host speaks 1:42:10
John Scofield "Ida Lupino" from East Meets West (3D) 1:44:03
Carla Bley "Dining Alone" from Dinner Music (Watt/ECM) 1:48:42
Host speaks 1:53:14
Carla Bley "Beautiful Telephones" from Life Goes On (ECM) 1:54:50

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