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That Special Time of Year

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
December 15, 2018
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This broadcast gets into the swing of the season, which includes holiday releases by Duchess and Laura Dickinson plus a new recording by pianist Kelly Green, with birthday shout outs to Gloria Lynne, Etta Jones, Arthur Schwartz, Johnny Mandel, June Christy and Hoagy Carmichael, among others.

Playlist

Geri Allen "In Appreciation" from Geri Allen & Timeline Live (Motema) 00:00
Gloria Lynne "All Day Long" from Miss Gloria Lynne (Essential Media Group) 06:46
Phyllis Blanford "Blue Woman" from Edgewalker (Self released) 09:58
Host speaks 16:24
Mayu Saeki "Hope" from Hope (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records) 20:10
Andrew Distel "Into Each Life" from It Only Takes Time (Jeru Jazz) 27:28
Etta Jones "I Miss You So" from I'm Pulling Through (Chard) 31:31
Host speaks 34:53
Nadje Noordhuis & James Shipp "Wen Yora Way" from Indigo (Little Mystery Records) 38:05
Geoffrey Keezer "You Stay With Me" from On My Way to You (MarKeez Records) 43:33
Kendra Shank "I'm Movin' On" from Half Moon (Live) (Ride Symbol Records) 48:51
Host speaks 53:32
Anais Drago "Nazca Lines" from Anais Drago & the Jellyfish (Another Music Records) 54:30
Laura Dickinson "Happy Holidays_The Holiday Season" from Auld Lang Syne (Music and Mirror Records) 1:01:25
Jeannie Tanner "Wintery Sort of Feeling" from Joyful Season (Tanner Time) 1:05:28
Laurie Dapice "Winter Waltz" from Parting the Veil (Self released) 1:10:25
Host speaks 1:15:23
Musique Noire "She" from Reflections We Breathe (Self released) 1:17:50
Kelly Green "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" from Volume One (Self released) 1:22:13
Count Basie and Tony Bennett "Growing Pains" from Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (Blue Note) 1:25:08
Carol Sloane "I'll Buy You a Star" from I Never Went Away (HighNote) 1:28:44
Host speaks 1:33:54
Regina Carter "I'm Going Home" from Southern Comfort (Masterworks) 1:35:53
Karrin Allyson "Home" from Some of That Sunshine (kasrecords) 1:43:02
Jennifer Lee "Home" from My Shining Hour (SBE Records) 1:47:17
Host speaks 1:53:14
Cecilia Sanchietti "Which Way" from La Terza Via (Blujazz) 1:54:27
Lou Caputo "Cinnamon and Clove" from Lou Caputo (Not So Big Band) (Jazz Cat 47 Records) 2:00:03
Marieann Meringolo "The Way We Were/Where Do You Start?" from Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: the songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman (Blujazz) 2:05:06
Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield " A Waltz from Somewhere" from Solitary Moon (Self released) 2:08:55
Mary Stallings "Don't Look Back" from Don't Look Back (HighNote) 2:13:17
Host speaks 2:19:21
Linda Presgrave "That Special Time of Year" from A Jazz Christmas-That Special Time of Year (Metropolitan Records 2:22:03
June Christy "Seven Shades of Snow" from This Time of Year (Capitol) 2:27:20
June Christy "The Merriest" from This Time of Year (Capitol) 2:30:50
Host speaks 2:32:56
Warren Vache "April in My Heart" from Don't Look Back (Arbors) 2:36:00
Aimée Allen "Skylark" from Wings Uncaged (Azuline) 2:42:15
Bob Mintzer Big Band & New York Voices "I Get Along Without You Very Well" from Meeting of Minds (MCG Jazz) 2:47:47
Host speaks 2:52:17
Jamie Baum "Honoring Nepal—the Shiva Suite Pt. 3- Contemplation" from Bridges (Sunnyside) 2:54:24
The New Standards "Do You Hear What I Hear?" from Seven Songs of Comfort and Joy (Princess Records) 3:00:55
Duchess "A Christmas Compromise" from Harmony for the Holidays (Anzic) 3:05:55
Rondi Charleston "Scrapbook" from Resilience (Resilience Music) 3:09:29
Host speaks 3:13:26
Michika Fukumori "The Seasons: the Answer Is.. (Winter)" from Piano Images (Summit) 3:15:48
Susannah McCorkle "Haunted Heart" from Hearts and Minds (Concord) 3:19:42
Tony DeSare "I'm In the Mood for Love" from Want You (Telarc) 3:24:55
Ann Hampton Callaway "The Way You Look Tonight" from Jazz Goes to the Movies (Shanachie) 3:30:06
Host speaks 3:34:39
Way North "Inchworms" from Fearless and Kinde (Self released) 3:36:39
Carla Bley "Dining Alone" from Dinner Music (ECM) 3:42:36
Dr. John "Lazy Bones" from Mercernary (Parlophone) 3:47:11
Host speaks 3:50:51
Giorgia Hannoush "Winter Night" from Astoria Dreams (Map Classics) 3:53:04

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