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Final Holiday Releases Plus A New Recording From Brianna Thomas

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
December 28, 2020
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This broadcast features new holiday releases from The Moore-McColl Jazz Society,

Adrian Cunningham

clarinet

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

La Lucha

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">La Lucha,

Elsa Nilsson

flute
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Elsa Nilsson,

Simone Kopmajer

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Simone Kopmajer,

Sarah McKenzie

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sarah McKenzie and Robert Prester & Adriana Samargia plus a new recording by

" data-original-title="" title="">Brianna Thomas, more Grammy nominees and a special birthday shoutout to Gladys Shelley (best known for penning "How Did He Look?" and "Come On Over," the theme for Palisades Amusement Park). Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown.

Playlist

Gordon Goodwin
composer / conductor
b.1954
" data-original-title="" title="">Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band "Little Drummer Boy" from Wrap This!-A Big Phat Christmas (Music of Content) 00:00
Brianna Thomas "My Stove's In Good Condition" from Everybody Knows (Breathline Records) 06:47
The Baylor Project
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">The Baylor Project "Sit On Down" from Single (Self released) 09:36
Host speaks 12:53
The New Standards
various
" data-original-title="" title="">The New Standards "Do You Hear What I Hear?" from Seven Songs of Comfort and Joy (Princess Records) 14:29
The Moore-McColl Jazz Society "Jingle Jangle" from It's Christmas Time (Self released) 19:30
Host speaks 23:30
Brandi Disterheft
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Brandi Disterheft "Portrait of Porto" from Surfboard (Justin Time) 24:26
Adrian Cunningham & La Lucha (feat.
Camila Meza
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Camila Meza) "Nochebuena" from New Holiday Classics (Arbors) 29:30
Host speaks 33:38
Rina "Journey" from RINA (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings) 34:53
Dakota Staton
vocals
1932 - 2007
" data-original-title="" title="">Dakota Staton "He Will Call Again" from Ms. Soul (Groove Merchant) 39:40
Nat King Cole
piano and vocals
1919 - 1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Nat King Cole "Make It Last" from Thank You Pretty Baby (Capitol) 44:02
Kevin Mahogany
vocals
1958 - 2017
" data-original-title="" title="">Kevin Mahogany "How Did She Look?" from My Romance (Warner Brothers) 45:49
Host speaks 49:47
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Schneider "Sputnik" from Data Lords (ArtistShare) 51:44
Elsa Nilsson "Julpolska" from Dark Is Light Is (Self released) 1:00:00
The Roches "Star of Wonder" from We Three Kings (MCA Records) 1:05:36
Kurt Elling
vocals
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling "We Three Kings" from The Beautiful Day (Okeh/Sony Music Masterworks) 1:07:23
Host speaks 1:13:45
Simone Kopmajer "My Grown Up Christmas List" from Christmas (Lucky Mojo) 1:15:48
B3 Kings "What Child Is This?" from Laughing All the Way (Cellar Live) 1:19:17
Sarah McKenzie "You Me & the Christmas Tree" from Single (Self released) 1:22:42
Host speaks 1:27:01
Dezron Douglas
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Dezron Douglas &
Brandee Younger
harp
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">Brandee Younger "You Make Me Feel Brand New" from Force Majeure (Self released) 1:28:09
Susie Arioli
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Susie Arioli "Can't Say No" from Spring (Spectra Musique) 1:34:39
Tish Oney
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Tish Oney "Most of All-I Love You" from The Best Part (BluJazz) 1:37:59
Host speaks 1:42:14
Javon Jackson
saxophone
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Javon Jackson "Santa Baby" from Yule Be Boppin (Blue Note) 1:43:27
Robert Prester & Adriana Samargia "In the Bleak Midwinter" from First Snow (Self released) 1:47:45
Ian Shaw
vocals
b.1962
" data-original-title="" title="">Ian Shaw "River" from Drawn To All Things (Linn) 1:52:12
Host speaks 1:56:11
Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:57:09

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