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A Look Back at Notable Recordings Composed by Women in 2020

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
January 11, 2021
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Happy New Year! The broadcast begins 2021 with a look back at some of the notable 2020 releases made despite the disruption of the pandemic and all of its difficulties. Thanks for listening and please continue your support of the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown.

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Anne Sajdera

piano
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Anne Sajdera "New Year" from New Year (Bijuri) 00:00

Kenny Washington

drums
b.1958

Andrea Brachfeld

flute

" data-original-title="" title="">Andrea Brachfeld "Sonhos E Cores" from Brazilian Whispers (Origin) 09:40

Carolina Calvache

piano
b.1985

" data-original-title="" title="">Carolina Calvache (featuring

Sara Serpa

vocals
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Sara Serpa) "Hope" from Vida Profunda (Self released) 15:00

Allegra Levy

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Allegra Levy "Samba de Beach" from Lose My Number (Steeplechase Records) 18:40

Works For Me

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Works For Me "Le'Var" from Reach Within (Posi-Tone) 24:17

Tania Grubbs

vocals
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Tania Grubbs "Hope Is the Thing With Feathers" from Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar (Self released) 29:14

Monika Herzig

piano
b.1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Monika Herzig "Seas of Change" from Eternal Dance (Savant Records) 34:16

Catherine Russell

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Catherine Russell "You Reap Just What You Sow" from Single (Dot Time Records) 42:01

Lynne Arriale

piano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Lynne Arriale Trio "The Dreamers" from Chimes of Freedom (Challenge) 45:11

LP And The Vinyl

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">LP And The Vinyl "I Can't Help It" from Heard and Seen (OA2 Records) 49:25

Alexa Tarantino

saxophone, alto
b.1992

" data-original-title="" title="">Alexa Tarantino "A Race Against Yourself" from Clarity (Posi-Tone) 55:44

Kenny Barron

piano
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Barron/

Dave Holland

bass
b.1946

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Holland Trio "Secret Places" from Without Deception (Dare2) 1:00:00

Adrian Cunningham

clarinet

" data-original-title="" title="">Adrian Cunningham &

La Lucha

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">La Lucha (featuring

Clairdee

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Clairdee) "New Years Day" from New Holiday Classics (Arbors) 1:06:51

Carla Bley

piano
1938 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Carla Bley "Life Goes On: And On" from Life Goes On (ECM) 1:12:17

Kandace Springs

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Kandace Springs "Ex Factor" from The Women Who Raised Me (Blue Note) 1:16:24

Lakecia Benjamin

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Lakecia Benjamin "Prema" from Pursuance-The Coltranes (Ropedope Records) 1:21:49

Paulette McWilliams

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Paulette McWilliams "At Seventeen" from A Woman's Story (Blujazz) 1:29:05

Fred Hersch

piano
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Hersch "All I Want" from Songs From Home (Palmetto Records) 1:34:33

Kat Edmonson

vocals
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Kat Edmonson (feat.

Duchess

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Duchess) "In a World of My Own" from Dreamers Do (Spinnerette) 1:41:43

Artemis

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Artemis "Big Top" from Artemis (Blue Note) 1:46:32

The Royal Bopsters

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">The Royal Bopsters "Our Spring Song" from Party of Four (Motema) 1:51:27

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