New Releases From Alison Shearer, Quentin Angus, Chiara Izzi, The Grace Fox Big Band and More

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
March 21, 2022
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This broadcast presents new releases from saxophonist Alison Shearer, guitarist Quentin Bryan Angus featuring Michael Mayo, the Grace Fox Big Band, vocalists Chiara Izzi, Angela Verbrugge and Carol Lipnik with birthday shoutouts to Bobby McFerrin, Billy Childs, Shirley Scott, Carole Bayer Sager, Keely Smith, Marilyn Harris, Nicki Parrott and Judy Niemack, 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, provoke, comfort and inspire.

Playlist

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque "Café Pilon" from Oddara (Linus Entertainment) 00:00
Somi (feat. Gregory Porter) "Strawberries" from Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makiba (Salon Afrikana) 04:39
Bobby McFerrin "Dance With Me" from Bobby McFerrin (Elektra/Musician) 08:14
Host speaks 12:17
Alison Shearer "Dawn to Dusk" from View From Above (Self Released) 13:53
Quentin Angus (feat. Michael Mayo) "New Beginnings" from The State of Things (Outside In Music) 18:35
Host speaks 25:01
Shirley Scott "How Am I To Know?" from A Walkin' Thing (Candid) 26:02
Chiara Izzi "Miradas" from Live in Bremen (Dot Time) 34:30
Host speaks 38:55
Billy Childs "The Windmills of Your Mind" from Rebirth (Mack Avenue) 40:10
Carmen McRae "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love" from I'm Coming Home Again (Unidisc) 47:13
Host speaks 51:44
Deanna Witkowski "Dirge Blues" from Force of Nature (MCG Jazz) 52:47
The Grace Fox Big Band "Right On Red" from Eleven O'Seven (Next Level) 1:00:00
Keely Smith "Young At Heart" from CheroKeely Swings (Jasmine Records) 1:07:15
Angela Verbrugge "Maybe Now's The Time" from Love For Connoisseurs (Gut String Records) 1:09:42
Host speaks 1:13:27
Anat Fort & Mark Winkler "Afternoon In Harlem" from The Company I Keep (Café Pacific) 1:22:42
Host speaks 1:28:22
La Lucha "Lullaby Of The Leaves/Lullaby of Birdland" from Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Arbors) 1:29:44
Nicki Parrott "You Belong To Me" from If You Could Read My Mind (Arbors) 1:34:43
Host speaks 1:39:00
Melissa Aldana "Intuition" from 12 Stars (Blue Note) 1:39:52
Judy Niemack, Wolfgang Köhler "My Old Man" from Sing Your Song (Contemplate) 1:47:11
Carol Lipnik "Aeolian Tower Lullaby" from Goddess of Imperfection (Mermaid Alley Music) 1:52:23
Host speaks 1:56:17
Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR ) 1:57:10

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About Alison Shearer

Instrument: Saxophone, alto

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