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After he took up residence in the lounge of New York's elegant Hotel Carlyle in the late 1960s, vocalist and pianist Bobby Short became an icon of New York and American cultural life. Short called himself a saloon singer, but actually he roosted at the top of the hierarchy of entertainers who perform in cocktail lounges, and indeed he did much to define the modern categories of lounge singer and cabaret singer. New York visitors stopped in at the Café Carlyle for decades to hear Bobby Short, to glimpse the lifestyles of the city's well-heeled residents, and to take a tour through the classics of American popular song with one of its most knowledgeable curators for a guide
Moon Songs, New Releases By Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy, Sarah Wilson & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates the 56th anniversary of the moon landing with celestial songs and new releases from Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy and Sarah Wilson||, plus birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dorothy Fields, {{m: Akua Dixon, Jimmy Scott, Mary Osborne, Luciana Souza, Cynthia Scott, Lauren Sevian, Carmen Bradford, Julia Hulsmann and Phoebe Snow, among others. Happy ...
Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Ize Trio, Jack Wood, & Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Darius Jones, Tommy Smith and John Taylor
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, two selections from two releases by the late Japanese pianist and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto; the Boston, MA-based collective The Ize Trio; vocalists Jack Wood & Nichaud Fitzgibbon; composer & alto saxophonist Darius Jones; and saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist John Taylor. Playlist Ryuichi Sakamoto ...
Marie Goudy's Paloma Sky, Gino Amato, Caroline Davis, The Danish Radio Big Band and Kurt Elling New Releases
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Marie Goudy's Paloma Sky, Gino Amato, Caroline Davis, April Aloisio & Joanie Pallatto, The Danish Radio Big Band and Kurt Elling, with birthday shoutouts to composer Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes, Drinkin Again), Helen Sung, Bobby Short (100), Wesla Whitfield, Amy Winehouse, Lorraine Feather, Champian Fulton and Maria Muldaur, among ...
More Fall Releases Plus Birthday Shoutouts To Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Emily Remler & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Audrey Ochoa, Shuteen Erdenebaatar, Maddie Vogler, Teri Parker, Brandon Sanders featuring Jazzmeia Horn, vocalists Darden Purcell, plus a single from Samara Joy, with birthday shoutouts to Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Emily Remler, Bobby Short, Catherine Russell, Kait Dunton, Norma Winstone and Ingrid Laubrock, among others. Thanks for listening and please ...
Lee Wiley
by Carol Sloane
I was singing in the Big Room of an elegant club in New York City called The Blue Angel. One night after the show, I joined some friends in the Art Deco lounge and saw a sight I'll never forget: a woman, draped in sable, seated at one of the black leather upholstered banquettes, surrounded by ...
Allan Harris: Live At The Blue LLama
by Dave Linn
Allan Harris has had a varied musical journey. Brooklyn-born, he grew up surrounded by the sounds of jazz, blues, and R&B. His mother often played records by artists like Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. These influences shaped his musical sensibilities and inspired him to pursue a music career. He recorded his ...
New Releases Plus Birthday Celebrations For Dorothy Fields, Phoebe Snow & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from pannist Joy Lapps, a Carla Bley tribute by Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison & Ted Nash, the WJ3 All Stars, saxophonist Jean Fineberg, vocalist Sylvia Brooks plus a single from pianist Lauren Lee, with birthday shoutouts to Mary Osborne, lyricist Dorothy Fields, Phoebe Snow, Gayelynn McKinney, Akua Dixon, Lauren Sevian and ...
New Releases By Nadje Noordhuis, Lisa Hilton, Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Vanisha Gould, säje And More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents a bounty harvest of new releases from trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis, pianist Lisa Hilton, vocalists Staci Griesbach, Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Vanisha Gould plus a single by säje (Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, Erin Bentlage) with Gerald Clayton, with birthday shoutouts to Lovie Austin (Downhearted Blues), Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes), Emily Remler, Helen ...
Jazz Virgos Lovie Austin, Emily Remler and More Welcome the Equinox
by Mary Foster Conklin
This week the show features new releases from pianists Marcin Wasilewski with Joe Lovano, Miki Yamanaka, saxophonists Sharel Cassity and Harry Allen with birthday shoutouts to guitarist Emily Remler (pictured), pianists Lovie Austin, Kait Dunton, Helen Sung, Bobby Short, vocalists Wesla Whitfield, Nicolas Bearde, Catherine Russell, Giacomo Gates, saxophonist Vi Redd and more. Thanks for listening ...
