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Salutes to Ma Rainey, Ella Fitzgerald and Blossom Dearie

by Mary Foster Conklin
Winding up Jazz Appreciation Month with special birthday shout outs to the Mother of the Blues Ma Rainey, pianist Dorothy Donegan, vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Barbara Streisand and Blossom Dearie, among others, with new concept recordings from Nancy Kelly (a tribute to Mark Murphy) , Christina Morrison (duets with five other women vocalists) and Ellynne Rey (a ...
Producer Barbara Brighton Awarded Jazz Hero 2019 By Jazz Journalists Association

In a ceremony taking place on Friday, May 3, 2019 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's (LACMA) Friday Night Jazz Series, Barbara Brighton will be presented with the Jazz Hero Award, given by the Jazz Journalists Association and presented by jazz journalist Kirk Silsbee and 2016 Jazz Hero Edythe Bronston. Barbara Brighton’s lifelong love ...
Wild Is Love - Celebrating Nat King Cole's Centennial

by Mary Foster Conklin
We take a brief detour in the middle of Women's History Month to celebrate the centennial of Nat “King" Cole in the second hour and play some of the songs he was famous for. The show also includes new releases from guitarist/vocalists Camila Meza, John Pizzarelli, and trumpeter Samantha Boshnack with more birthday shout outs to ...
Movie Songs and Remembering Ethel Ennis

by Mary Foster Conklin
The final day of station fundraising also included new releases from Mariel Austin, Emmet Cohen, Yelena Eckemoff and The Becoming Quintet with birthday shout outs to Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone, Warren Vache, Michel Legrand and Patti Wicks among others. Also women-penned movie songs to honor Oscar Night and remembering Ethel Ennis. Playlist Hal Schaefer ...
You've Got a Friend - Happy Birthday to Carole King!

by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast fell on the day of the Grammy awards and included new releases from vocalists Catherine Russell and Tierney Sutton respectively, composer Miho Hazama, pianist Beegie Adair and trombonist Jennifer Wharton, with birthday shout outs to Natalie Cole, Anne Marie Moss, plus a few jazz treatments of songs by Carole King in the fourth hour ...
Honoring Melba Liston

by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents a special tribute to trombonist, composer and arranger Melba Liston in the third hour in honor of her 93rd birthday and also includes cuts from new releases by vocalist Roberta Donnay and pianist/composer Carol Albert, with more birthday shout outs to Elvis Presley, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ruth Brown and Ingrid Jensen. Playlist ...
Ten Artists: January 2019

by C. Michael Bailey
I am adopting my Bailey's Bundle" format as sole vehicle for my music reportage. Moreover, I am sharpening my focus to three segments of the jazz universe, in this order: (1) Jazz Vocals, (2) Archival Releases, and (3) Everything Else. I have changed the title to the more inclusive Ten Artists," better reflecting how I have ...
Eastern Standard Time

By Mark Winkler
Label: Cafe Pacific Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. DEVIL MAY CARE (4:18)
2. RHODE ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR YOU (3:43)
3. LIKE JAZZ (3:38)
4. THE GENTLEMAN IS A DOPE (4:29)
5. I COULD GET USED TO THIS (BUMPIN’) (3:55)
6. THE BEST IS YET TO COME (4:23)
7. SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST (6:11)
8. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (4:15)
9. YOU SMELL SO GOOD (4:03)
10. THINGS ARE SWINGIN’ (3:29)
11. BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN /
LIES OF HANDSOME MEN (6:09)
Joni Mitchell Turns 75; Remembering Roy Hargrove

by Mary Foster Conklin
This post-election broadcast celebrates the new wave of women in the House and Senate -also remembering Roy Hargrove (1969-2018) in the second hour plus a special 75th birthday tribute to Joni Mitchell in the third hour. Playlist Roxy Coss Nevertheless She Persisted" from The Future Is Female (Posi-Tone) 00:00 Ethel Ennis If Women Ruled ...
Birthdays Make Strange Bedfellows

by Mary Foster Conklin
Many common birthdays in this broadcast. In the second hour, Laura Nyro shares her day with hipster Bobby Troup, who celebrates his centennial this month; followed by a shout-out to Dizzy Gillespie, born the same day as Beat poet Fran Landesman, whose songs will be highlighted in the final hour. Playlist Miggy Augmented Orchestra ...