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Bending Towards the Light
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This week's episode includes a smattering of old and new holiday songs penned by women, a boatload of new releases from vocalists
Alex Pangman
vocals
Billy Stritch
piano
Hyuna Park
pianob.1984
Simone Baron
accordion
"
data-original-title="" title="">Carmen Sandim, trombonist 
Aubrey Logan
tromboneb.1988
Ethel Ennis
vocals1932 - 2019
Judy Carmichael
pianob.1957
Roberta Gambarini
vocalsb.1972
Holly Cole
vocalsb.1963
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Leigh Pilzer
saxophone, baritone
Fay Claassen
vocalsb.1969
Playlist
- Lioness "You Don't Say" from Pride & Joy (Posi-Tone) 00:00
- Holly Cole "We've Got a World That Swings" from Holly (Shanachie Records) 06:47
" data-original-title="" title="">Grady Tate "Bending Towards the Light" from Bending Towards the Light—A Jazz Nativity (Self released) 09:30Grady Tate
drums
1932 - 2017- "
data-original-title="" title="">Jim Caruso, Klea Blackhurst, " data-original-title="" title="">Billy Stritch "Manhattan in December" from Christmas At Birdland (Club44 Records) 13:20
Billy Stritch
piano - Host speaks 16:20
- Leslie Pintchik "There You Go" from Same Day Delivery (Pintch Hard Records) 19:22
- Alla Ray "Coffee & Cake" from Coffee & Cake (Self released) 27:34
" data-original-title="" title="">Margaret Whiting "My Silent Love" from Let's Fall in Love: The Lost Recordings Vol. 2 (My Ideal Music Inc.) 30:38Margaret Whiting
vocals
1924 - 2011- Alex Pangman "If I Didn't Mean It" from Single (self released) 33:34
- Host speaks 36:40
" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Wallace "Take Five" from The Rhythm of Invention (Patois Records) 38:39Wayne Wallace
trombone
b.1952
" data-original-title="" title="">Jessica Jones (feat.Jessica Jones
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Ed Reed) "Just As It Is (Ed's Song)" from Continuum (Reva) 44:13Ed Reed
vocals
1929 - 2024- Alison Wedding "What Could Be" from On the Brink (Flood Music) 48:55
- Host speaks 53:40
- Hyuna Park "Driving in New York" from Her Morning Waltz (Internova) 55:07
- " data-original-title="" title="">Andrea Petrity "Falling Out of Love with Love" from What If I (Self released) 59:57
- Judy Barnett "Ice House" from Lust Loss Love: Judy Barnett Sings Barnett/Kooshian (Self released) 1:05:03
" data-original-title="" title="">New York Voices "Cold" from Live with the WDR Big Band Cologne (Palmetto) 1:08:19New York Voices
vocals
b.1989- Host speaks 1:15:26
" data-original-title="" title="">Geri Allen "Red Velvet in Winter" from Flying Toward the Sound (Motema) 1:18:22Geri Allen
piano
1957 - 2017
" data-original-title="" title="">Carrie Wicks "Paginas En Blanco" from Reverie (Self released) 1:24:01Carrie Wicks
vocals
b.1969- Ethel Ennis "If Women Ruled the World" from If Women Ruled the World (Savoy Jazz) 1:28:42
" data-original-title="" title="">Karrin Allyson Sextet "Columbia's Daughters" from Shoulder to Shoulder (eOne) 1:33:41Karrin Allyson
vocals- Host speaks 1:37:25
" data-original-title="" title="">The New Standards "Do You Hear What I Hear?" from Seven Songs of Comfort and Joy (Princess Records) 1:40:07The New Standards
various
" data-original-title="" title="">Nicolas Bearde "Funny (Not Much)" from I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole (Right Groove Records ) 1:45:08Nicolas Bearde
vocals
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Audrey Silver "The Cold Wind's Embrace" from Very Early (Self released) 1:49:58Audrey Silver
vocals
b.1964- Host speaks 1:54:21
" data-original-title="" title="">Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba "Mountain Sky, Healthy High" from Hallowed (Advance Dance Disque) 1:55:44Michele Rosewoman
piano
b.1953
" data-original-title="" title="">Julia Hulsmann Quartet "Weit Weg" from Not Far From Here (ECM) 2:00:01Julia Hulsmann
piano
b.1968- Fay Claassen "Wild Is Love" from Rhythms & Rhymes (Jazz N Pulz) 2:03:20
" data-original-title="" title="">Nat King Cole "Beggar for the Blues" from Wild Is Love (Capitol) 2:08:17Nat King Cole
piano and vocals
1919 - 1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Marianne Solivan "Spark" from Spark (Self released) 2:11:48Marianne Solivan
vocals
b.1976- Host speaks 2:15:48
- Maria Schneider Orchestra "Home" from The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare) 2:18:40
" data-original-title="" title="">Sonia Johnson "Darkness and Light" from Chrysalis (Self released) 2:26:23Sonia Johnson
vocals
b.1974- Beverley Church Hogan "Take My Breath Away" from Can't Get Out of This Mood (Café Pacific) 2:30:02
- Host speaks 2:34:57
- Simone Baron & Arco Belo "Who Cares" from The Space Between Disguises (Self released) 2:36:48
- Judy Carmichael,
" data-original-title="" title="">Harry Allen "There Was Once a Time" from Can You Love Once More? (GAC Records) 2:39:05Harry Allen
saxophone
b.1966 - Aubrey Logan "Airport Codes" from Where the Sunshine Is Expensive (Resonance) 2:44:14
- Host speaks 2:50:15
" data-original-title="" title="">Terri Lyne Carrington+Social Science "Dreams and Desperate Measures (Part 2)" from The Waiting Game (Motema) 2:53:20Terri Lyne Carrington
drums
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Carla Bley "Drinking Music" from European Tour 1977 (Watt) 3:00:05Carla Bley
piano
1938 - 2023- Kristen Korb "Santa Baby" from That Time Of Year (Storyville Records) 3:04:24
" data-original-title="" title="">James Taylor "River" from Joni 75—A Birthday Celebration (Verve) 3:09:17James Taylor
guitar and vocals
b.1948
" data-original-title="" title="">Lili A?el "George Bailey's Lament" from Better Days (Winding Way Records) 3:12:45Lili Añel
vocals- Host speaks 3:15:54
- Leigh Pilzer "Look Before You Lerp" from Strunkin (Self released) 3:19:57
" data-original-title="" title="">Elisabeth Lohninger "I Remember Christmas" from Ballads in Blues (JAZZsick Records) 3:25:31Elisabeth Lohninger
vocals
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Cyrille Aimée "Marry Me A Little" from Move On: A Sondheim Adventure (Mack Avenue) 3:30:37Cyrille Aimée
vocals
b.1984- Host speaks 3:33:43
" data-original-title="" title="">Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School "Love Is On the Line" from Aftermath (Browntasaurus Records) 3:35:53Chelsea McBride
saxophone
b.1992- Roberta Gambarini "You Must Believe In Spring" from So In Love (EmArcy Records) 3:45:32
- Host speaks 3:51:51
- Carmen Sandim "Aruru, Juju" from Play-Doh (Pathways to Jazz) 3:52:45
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Ethel Ennis
Mary Foster Conklin
Alex Pangman
Jim Caruso
Billy Stritch
Alison Wedding
Hyuna Park
Simone Baron
Carmen Sandim
Aubrey Logan
Kristen Korb
Judy Barnett
Judy Carmichael
Roberta Gambarini
Holly Cole
Maria Schneider
Leigh Pilzer
Fay Claassan
Grady Tate
Margaret Whiting
Wayne Wallace
Jessica Jones
Ed Reed
Andrea Petrity
New York Voices
Geri Allen
Carrie Wicks
Karrin Allyson
The New Standards
Nicolas Bearde
Audrey Silver
Michele Rosewoman
Julia Hulsmann
Nat King Cole
Marianne Solivan
Sonia Johnson
Beverley Church Hogan
Harry Allen
Terri Lyne Carrington
carla bley
James Taylor
Lili Anel
Elisabeth Lohninger
Cyrille Aimee
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