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April In My Heart: Celebrating Spring With Carmen McRae and Billie Holiday
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Midway through Jazz Appreciation Month, this broadcast continues the Spring celebration with songs of April plus birthday shoutouts to
Carmen McRae
vocals1920 - 1994
Freddie Hubbard
trumpet1938 - 2008
Dorothy Donegan
piano1924 - 1998
Andre Previn
piano1929 - 2019
Marilyn Maye
vocalsb.1928
Billie Holiday
vocals1915 - 1959
Playlist
" data-original-title="" title="">Dr. Lonnie Smith "Up Jumped Spring" from All In My Mind (Blue Note) 00:00Dr. Lonnie Smith
organ, Hammond B3
1942 - 2021
" data-original-title="" title="">Suzanne Pittson "We're Having a Crisis (Crisis)" from Out of the Hub—the Music of Freddie Hubbard (Vineland Records) 05:55Suzanne Pittson
vocals- Host speaks 12:47
- Pamela Samhira Wise "Ode To Dorothy" from A New Message From the Tribe (Self released) 14:20
" data-original-title="" title="">Doris Day & Andre Previn "Control Yourself" from Duet (Columbia) 20:16Doris Day
vocals
1922 - 2019- Host speaks 23:11
- Dorothy Donegan "I Just Want to Sing" from The Explosive Dorothy Donegan (Audiophile) 24:00
" data-original-title="" title="">John Pizzarelli "Candy" from P.S. Mr. Cole (RCA Victor) 27:54John Pizzarelli
guitar
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Alyssa Allgood "Time Found" from What Tomorrow Brings (Cellar Music) 33:24Alyssa Allgood
vocals
b.1992- Host speaks 37:38
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Flocks "Dream of Life" from Mask of the Muse (West Cliff Records) 38:59Ben Flocks
saxophone
b.1989-
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Carter & Carmen McRae "Stolen Moments (You Belong To Her)" from The Carmen McRae/Betty Carter Duets (Verve) 43:34Betty Carter
vocals
1929 - 1998 - Carmen McRae "A Second Chance" from Bittersweet (Atlantic) 47:10
- Host speaks 50:46
" data-original-title="" title="">Stan Getz "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" from Getz At the Gate (Verve) 52:43Stan Getz
saxophone, tenor
1927 - 1991
" data-original-title="" title="">Jihye Lee "Revived Mind" from Daring Mind (Motema) 1:00:00Jihye Lee
composer / conductor
" data-original-title="" title="">Sarah Jerrom "Fergus" from Dream Logic (Three Pines Records) 1:06:41Sarah Jerrom
vocals
b.1979- Host speaks 1:09:58
" data-original-title="" title="">Miki Yamanaka "First Day of Spring" from Human Dust Suite (Outside In Music) 1:10:50Miki Yamanaka
piano- " data-original-title="" title="">Clare Foster "I Get Along Without You Very Well" from Kumbhaka (Self released) 1:16:24
Clare Foster
vocals 
" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Murphy "April Fooled Me" from Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields and Cy Coleman (Audiophile) 1:20:14Mark Murphy
vocals
1932 - 2015- Host speaks 1:22:26
" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Cunliffe,Bill Cunliffe
piano
b.1956
" data-original-title="" title="">John Patitucci,John Patitucci
bass
b.1959
" data-original-title="" title="">Vinnie Colaiuta "Just In Time" from Trio (Le Coq Records) 1:23:28Vinnie Colaiuta
drums
b.1956- Marilyn Maye "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Sounds of Maye (RCA) 1:31:48
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Feinstein &Michael Feinstein
piano and vocals
b.1956" data-original-title="" title="">Andre Previn "The Easy Way" from Change of Heart: the Songs of Andre Previn (Telarc ) 1:34:59Andre Previn
piano
1929 - 2019- Host speaks 1:37:52
" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Heath "Don't Explain" from Love Letter (Verve) 1:39:32Jimmy Heath
saxophone, tenor
1926 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">Dee Dee Bridgewater "Lady Sings the Blues" from Eleanora Fagan (1915—1959): To Billie with Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater (EmArcy) 1:46:41Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocals
b.1950- Billie Holiday "April In My Heart" from Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 Vol. 5 (Columbia) 1:50:09
- Billie Holiday "Them There Eyes" from The Complete Decca Recordings (Decca) 1:53:15
- Host speaks 1:56:05
- Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:57:08
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Carmen McRae
Freddie Hubbard
Dorothy Donegan
Andre Previn
Marilyn Maye
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Suzanne Pittson
Pamela Samhira Wise
Doris Day
John Pizzarelli
Alyssa Allgood
Ben Flocks
Betty Carter
Stan Getz
Jihye Lee
Sarah Jerrom
Miki Yamanaka
Clare Foster
Mark Murphy
Bill Cunliffe
John Patitucci
Vinnie Colaiuta
Michael Feinstein
Jimmy Heath
Dee Dee Bridgewater
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