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Birthday Celebrations for Shirley Horn and Judy Collins

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
June 10, 2019
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This broadcast celebrates songs about birds in the second hour plus birthday songbirds

Judy Collins

" data-original-title="" title="">Judy Collins (who just turned 80) and the legendary

Shirley Horn

piano
1934 - 2005

" data-original-title="" title="">Shirley Horn. New releases included vocalists

Kalya Ramu

vocals
b.1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Kalya Ramu,

Holly Cole

vocals
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Holly Cole,

Laurie Antonioli

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Laurie Antonioli,

Charles Ruggiero

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Ruggiero & Hilary Gardner, bassist

Anne Mette Iversen

bass
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Anne Mette Iversen, pianists

Amina Figarova

piano
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Amina Figarova and

Eric Reed

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Reed, with more birthday shout outs to

Bing Crosby

vocals
1903 - 1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Bing Crosby,

Connie Crothers

piano
1941 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Connie Crothers, and

Willie Nelson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Willie Nelson, among others.

Playlist

Ariel Pocock
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Ariel Pocock "Gonzalos Melody" from Living in Twilight (Justin Time ) 00:00
Kalya Ramu "It's A Good Day" from Living In a Dream (Self released) 03:55
Holly Cole "We've Got a World That Swings" from Holly (Shanachie Entertainment) 07:22
Host speaks 10:03
Lioness "Sunny Day Pal" from Pride & Joy (Posi-Tone) 13:04
Catherine Russell
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Catherine Russell "Early In the Morning" from Alone Together (Dot Time) 17:16
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters "Good, Good, Good" from Songs of Doris Fisher (Master Classics) 21:25
Duchess
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2014
" data-original-title="" title="">Duchess "On the Sunny Side of the Street" from Laughing At Life (Anzic) 23:40
Host speaks 27:24
Eric Reed "Up Jumped Spring" from Everybody Gets the Blues (Smoke Sessions Records) 30:04
Ronny Whyte
" data-original-title="" title="">Ronny Whyte "It's Nice Weather for Ducks" from Whyte Wolf (Audiophile) 38:38
Host speaks 41:18
Carmen McRae
vocals
1920 - 1994
" data-original-title="" title="">Carmen McRae "The Ballad of Thelonious Monk" from The Art of Carmen McRae: For Once In My Life (Collectibles) 43:00
Gabrielle Stravelli
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Gabrielle Stravelli "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" from Pick Up My Pieces (Self released) 47:48
Host speaks 52:48
Connie Crothers "Prez Says" from New York Night (Orchard) 53:29
Way North
various
" data-original-title="" title="">Way North "Birds For Free" from Fearless and Kind (Self released) 1:00:45
Charles Ruggiero & Hilary Gardner "Lovey Dovey" from Play the Bird & the Bee (Self released) 1:04:31
Joanna Wallfisch
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Joanna Wallfisch "Ballet of Birds" from Far Away from Any Place Called Home (Self released) 1:09:00
Ellynne Rey
" data-original-title="" title="">Ellynne Rey "Ornithology/Blujay & Cat" from The Birdsongs Project (Self released) 1:11:54
Host speaks 1:15:39
Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, soprano
" data-original-title="" title="">Jane Ira Bloom "One Note from One Bird" from Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline) 1:17:30
Lara Downes
piano
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Lara Downes "Albatross" from Holes in the Sky (Sony Mastreworks) 1:21:34
Herbie Hancock
piano
b.1940
" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock "Both Sides Now" from River: the Joni Letters (Verve) 1:27:02
Host speaks 1:34:34
Nina Simone
piano and vocals
1933 - 2003
" data-original-title="" title="">Nina Simone "My Father" from Baltimore (Legacy) 1:36:24
Tom Wopat
vocals
b.1951
" data-original-title="" title="">Tom Wopat "Since You Asked" from I've Got Your Number (LML Music) 1:41:17
Stephen Stills & Judy Collins "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" from Everybody Knows (Wildflower / Cleopatra Records, Inc.) 1:44:21
Host speaks 1:49:57
Miggy Augmented Orchestra "Find the White Line —Inspiration on Birds" from Colorful (ArtistShare) 1:52:12
Akua Dixon
cello
" data-original-title="" title="">Akua Dixon "The Sweetest Taboo" from Akua's Dance (Akua's Music) 2:00:02
Alicia Olatuja
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Alicia Olatuja "No Ordinary Love" from Intuition: Songs From the Minds of Women (Resilience) 2:05:44
Lincoln Briney "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" from Lincoln Briney's Contemporary Favorites (Visions (Indie (Japan))) 2:10:28
Host speaks 2:13:32
Johnny O'Neal
piano
b.1956
" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny O'Neal "People Make the World Go Round" from In the Moment (Smoke Sessions) 2:15:45
Shirley Horn "How Am I To Know" from Here's To Life (Verve ) 2:21:07
Joe Williams
vocals
1918 - 1999
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Williams "Love Without Money" from In Good Company (Polygram ) 2:24:28
Shirley Horn "Forget Me" from May the Music Never End (Universal Music) 2:27:50
Host speaks 2:31:16
Simona Premazzi
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Simona Premazzi "Peltlude" from Outspoken (Self released) 2:32:59
Claire Martin
vocals
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Claire Martin "Believin' It" from Believin' It (Linn) 2:38:57
Andy Bey
piano
1939 - 2025
" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Bey "Lonely Town" from American Song (Savoy) 2:42:22
Sarah McKenzie
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Sarah McKenzie "Till the End of Time" from Secrets of My Heart (Normandy Lane Music) 2:45:58
Host speaks 2:51:10
Anne Mette Iversen "Polychromatic Pictures" from Invincible Nimbus (BJURecords) 2:53:05
Plucky Strum
" data-original-title="" title="">Plucky Strum "Hissing of Summer Lawns" from Departure (Whaling City Sound) 3:00:00
Susana Raya
" data-original-title="" title="">Susana Raya "All I Want" from Wind Rose (Self released) 3:05:33
Laurie Antonioli "Harry's House/The Arrangement" from The Constant Passage of Time (Origin) 3:08:58
Host speaks 3:15:22
Amina Figarova "All We Dance" from Road to the Sky (Bartamina Music) 3:17:04
Ulysses Owens, Jr.
drums
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Ulysses Owens, Jr. (feat.
Theo Bleckmann
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Theo Bleckmann) "Balm In Gilead" from Songs of Freedom (Resilience) 3:22:35
Jody Sandhaus
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Jody Sandhaus "I Don't Know Where to Turn" from Afterglow (Self released) 3:28:29
Host speaks 3:33:15
Melissa Aldana
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Melissa Aldana "Visions" from Visions (Motema) 3:35:32
Ashley Pezzotti
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Ashley Pezzotti "Something I Dreamed Last Night" from We've Only Just Begun (Self released) 3:43:45
Willie Nelson
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Willie Nelson "Young At Heart" from My Way (Legacy) 3:47:29
Host speaks 3:50:15
Lynne Arriale
piano
b.1957
" data-original-title="" title="">Lynne Arriale "Woodstock" from Give Us These Days (Challenge) 3:53:36

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