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Marlena Shaw

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She's known as a jazz artist, but some only knew her as a disco artist, while others yet think of her in an R&B mode. So who is Marlena Shaw? Well... she is all of these. Ask Marlena and she'll flat out tell you she's a jazz artist, yet there's no denying her R&B sides and her disco undertakings.

Born Marlina Burgess on September 22, 1942 in New Rochelle, New York, she inherited her love of music and jazz in particular from her uncle. After her uncle, Jimmy Burgess, introduced her to the recordings of Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, she caught the jazz bug, and purchased records by Al Hibbler, a vocalist who had a big influence on her singing style. When she was ten she performed at Harlem's Apollo Theater, and despite the enthusiastic reception she received in front of one of the world's toughest audiences, her mother refused to let her go on the road with her uncle, a trumpet player.

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Moon Songs, New Releases By Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy, Sarah Wilson & More

Read "Moon Songs, New Releases By Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy, Sarah Wilson & More" reviewed 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 ...

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Deborah Silver: Deborah Silver with the Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks!

Read "Deborah Silver with the Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Basie Rocks! A great idea? One best left on the cutting-room floor? Or perhaps a little of both? There are reasonable arguments to be made on all sides of the equation. On the one hand, this is the one and only Count Basie Orchestra, swinging in its own exceptional way. On the other, the orchestra has ...

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Massimiliano Cignitti, Marianne Solivan, Tim Berne, Martin Tétreault

Read "Massimiliano Cignitti, Marianne Solivan, Tim Berne, Martin Tétreault" reviewed by Cheryl K.


During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by bassist Massimiliano Cignitti, spoken word poet Don Paul, vocalist Marianne Solivan, saxophonist Tim Berne, free improvisation musician and visual artist Martin Tétreault, and pianist and composer Steve Sandberg. Playlist John Coltrane “Lush Life" from Lush Life (Impulse!) 13:54 Brent ...

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New Year, New Releases From Benjie Porecki, Brulez Les Meubles, Remembering Jay Clayton, Marlena Shaw, Angela Bofill & More

Read "New Year, New Releases From Benjie Porecki, Brulez Les Meubles, Remembering Jay Clayton, Marlena Shaw, Angela Bofill & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes includes new releases from Benjie Porecki and Brulez Les Meubles, with birthday shoutouts to Myra Melford, Naama Gheber, James Shipp, Susannah McCorkle, Carol Sudhalter, plus a remembrance of several artists who left us in 2024--Jay Clayton, Marlena Shaw, Angela Bofill and Sergio Mendes. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See ...

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Holiday Music with Donald Vega, Band Of Other Brothers, JD Allen, Nicole Henry and more

Read "Holiday Music with Donald Vega, Band Of Other Brothers, JD Allen, Nicole Henry and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Holiday Music by Donald Vega, Band Of Other Brothers, JD Allen, Scott Drier, Nicole Henry, Rosemary Clooney, Wynton Marsalis, Oscar Peterson, Kevin Mahogany, Etta James, Scott Hamilton, Vanessa Rubin, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, Kurt Elling, Eric Reed, Nnenna Freelon, Javon Jackson, Al Jarreau, Diana Krall, Nat King Cole, and more. Playlist ...

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Benjamin Boone, Bevan Manson, Julieta Eugenio, Ginetta's Vendetta, Music Soup Organ Trio and Miki Yamanaka

Read "Benjamin Boone, Bevan Manson, Julieta Eugenio, Ginetta's Vendetta, Music Soup Organ Trio and Miki Yamanaka" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Benjamin Boone, Bevan Manson, Julieta Eugenio, Ginetta's Vendetta, Music Soup Organ Trio and Miki Yamanaka, with birthday shoutouts to Emily Remler, Lovie Austin (Downhearted Blues), Marlena Shaw, Vi Redd, Margo Guryan, Catherine Russell, Kait Dunton and Jo Harrop, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See ...

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Nancy Reed & Spencer Reed: Happying

Read "Happying" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


The jazz world encompasses a multitude of local communities. Jazz came to Delaware Water Gap and the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania via the inns and summer resorts for which the region has been known since the second decade of the 19th century, attracting New Yorkers and Philadelphians seeking summer refuge and fresh woodland air. By ...

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New Releases Plus Birthday Shoutouts To Some Formidable Jazz Leos

Read "New Releases Plus Birthday Shoutouts To Some Formidable Jazz Leos" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Cyrille Aimee, Tony Guerrero & Jeremy Siskind, Melinda Rose plus singles from Kristin Korb and Carla Hassett, with birthday shoutouts to organist Trudy Pitts, composer Bernice Petkere (Close Your Eyes, Lullaby of the Leaves), harpist Dorothy Ashby, vocalists Jeri Southern, Abbey Lincoln, Cyrille Aimee, Sarah Moule, Roberta Donnay, pianist Roberta ...

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New Releases From Giorgia Hannoush, Yuhan Su, Amanda Gardier, Mary Halvorson, Eugenie Jones & More

Read "New Releases From Giorgia Hannoush, Yuhan Su, Amanda Gardier, Mary Halvorson, Eugenie Jones & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from guitarists Giorgia Hannoush and Mary Halvorson, vibraphonist Yuhan Su, saxophonist Amanda Gardier, pianist Myra Melford and vocalist Eugenie Jones, with birthday shoutouts to Marc Cary, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jutta Hipp, Jeanne Lee, Cindy Scott, and Caili O'Doherty, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by ...


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