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Honoring Aretha & Timeless Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
September 15, 2018
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This week we remember the legendary Queen of Soul

Aretha Franklin

vocals
1942 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Aretha Franklin in the second hour and enjoy a sampling of standards with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh plus songs by women who wrote with pianist

Jimmy Rowles

piano
1918 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Rowles whose centennial is being celebrated this year.

Playlist

Lynne Arriale
piano
b.1957
" data-original-title="" title="">Lynne Arriale "Woodstock" from Give Us These Days (Challenge) 00:00
Debra Mann
" data-original-title="" title="">Debra Mann "Woodstock" from Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell (Whaling City Sound) 06:13
Katie Bull
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Katie Bull "The Drive to Woodstock" from All Hot Bodies Radiate (Ashokan Indie) 12:48
Host speaks 16:52
Jason Miles
keyboards
" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Miles &
Ingrid Jensen
trumpet
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ingrid Jensen "The Faction of Cool (from Kind of New)" from Calm Waters Rolling Swells and Roiling Seas (Whaling City Sound) 19:34
Kurt Elling
vocals
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling "Lonely Town" from The Questions (Okeh / Sony Masterworks) 25:52
Marieann Meringolo "Nice 'N Easy/That Face" from Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman (Blujazz) 32:18
Host speaks 37:07
Lauren Sevian
saxophone, baritone
b.1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Lauren Sevian "Square One" from Bliss (Posi- Tone) 39:50
Karrin Allyson
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Karrin Allyson "Shake It Up" from Some of That Sunshine (kasrecords) 44:23
Kandace Springs
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Kandace Springs "People Make the World Go Round" from Black Orchid (Blue Note) 48:38
Host speaks 53:11
Lorraine Desmarais
b.1956
" data-original-title="" title="">Lorraine Desmarais "Tango" from Danses, Danzas, Dances (Self released) 54:20
Mary Stallings
vocals
b.1939
" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Stallings "A Timeless Place (The Peacocks)Song Title" from Dream (HighNote) 59:05
Carmen McRae
vocals
1920 - 1994
" data-original-title="" title="">Carmen McRae "Ballad of Thelonious Monk" from The Art of Carmen McRae (Atlantic) 1:06:38
Susan Krebs
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Susan Krebs "Looking Back" from Simple Gifts (Green Gig Music) 1:11:24
Host speaks 1:16:40
Syrinx Effect
" data-original-title="" title="">Syrinx Effect "Super Soaker" from A Sky You Could Strike a Match On (Self released) 1:19:18
Bob Mintzer
saxophone
b.1953
" data-original-title="" title="">Bob Mintzer Big Band and
New York Voices
vocals
b.1989
" data-original-title="" title="">New York Voices "I Get Along Without You Very Well" from Meeting of Minds (MCG Jazz) 1:24:36
Dolores Scozzesi
" data-original-title="" title="">Dolores Scozzesi "I'm In the Mood For Love" from Here Comes the Sun (Caf�� Pacific) 1:29:07
Host speaks 1:31:40
Adison Evans
saxophone, baritone
b.1990
" data-original-title="" title="">Adison Evans "Meridian" from Meridian (AdiTone Music) 1:34:50
Aretha Franklin "Moody's Mood for Love" from Aretha's Jazz (Atlantic UK) 1:37:20
Aretha Franklin "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" from Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (Sony) 1:40:15
Aretha Franklin "Today I Love Everybody" from Yeah!! (Columbia/Legacy) 1:45:25
Host speaks 1:48:50
Trudy Pitts
organ, Hammond B3
1932 - 2010
" data-original-title="" title="">Trudy Pitts "Mean Perspective" from Live at the Great American Music Hall (Doodlin' Records) 1:50:40
Amina Claudine Myers
piano
b.1942
" data-original-title="" title="">Amina Claudine Myers "Soul Funk No. 1" from Augmented Variations (Blue Music Group) 1:59:15
Brianna Thomas
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Brianna Thomas "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" from You Must Believe In Love (Sound on Purpose) 2:06:56
Catherine Russell
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Catherine Russell "You Got to Swing and Sway" from Bring It Back (Jazz Village) 2:13:29
Host speaks 2:16:36
Mary Lou Williams
piano
1910 - 1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Lou Williams "Play It Momma" from Zoning (Smithsonian Folkways) 2:19:50
Abbey Lincoln
vocals
1930 - 2010
" data-original-title="" title="">Abbey Lincoln "Left Alone" from Straight Ahead (Candid Productions) 2:24:15
Peggy Lee
vocals
1920 - 2002
" data-original-title="" title="">Peggy Lee "Bad for Each Other" from Love Held Lightly (Harbinger) 2:31:02
Host speaks 2:34:28
Peter Eldridge
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Eldridge "Witchcraft" from Disappearing Day (Sunnyside) 2:36:28
Sara Zahn "Come Summer/Killing Time Song Title" from Witch Craft (Harbinger) 2:39:00
Ian Shaw
vocals
b.1962
" data-original-title="" title="">Ian Shaw "How Little We Know" from Shine Sister Shine (Jazz Village) 2:43:02
Mark Winkler
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Winkler and
Cheryl Bentyne
vocals
b.1954
" data-original-title="" title="">Cheryl Bentyne "The Best Is Yet To Come" from Eastern Standard Time (Caf�� Pacific) 2:45:45
Host speaks 2:50:07
Amanda Gardier
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Amanda Gardier "Revolving Door" from Empathy (Green Mind) 2:51:58
Brandee Younger
harp
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">Brandee Younger "Wax and Wane" from Wax & Wane (Self released) 2:58:52
Noa Fort
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Noa Fort "The Guest House" from No World Between Us (Fortisima Music) 3:0
Roseanna Vitro
vocals
b.1954
" data-original-title="" title="">Roseanna Vitro "Epilogue" from Live at the Kennedy Center (Challenge) 3:06:28
Tony Bennett
vocals
1926 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Bennett &
Bill Evans
piano
1929 - 1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans "Lucky to Be Me" from Together Again (Rhino) 3:11:51
Host speaks 3:15:32
Michika Fukumori
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Michika Fukumori "The Seasons: The Answer Is...(Winter)" from Piano Images (Summit) 3:17:48
Susan Tobocman
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Susan Tobocman "I Never Meant to Dream of You" from Watercolor Dream (Consolidated Artist Productions) 3:21:37
Amy Engelhardt "Idaho" from Not Gonna Be Pretty (Coldfoot Records) 3:25:25
Barb Jungr
vocals
b.1954
" data-original-title="" title="">Barb Jungr "Heartbreak Hotel" from Love Me Tender (Linn) 3:29:24
Host speaks 3:33:17
Carmen Staaf
piano
b.1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Carmen Staaf "Dog Park" from Reflection (FractaModi) 3:37:15
Christine Hitt
vocals
b.1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Christine Hitt "Shine On Harvest Moon" from Magical Kite (Self released) 3:42:54
Host speaks 3:49:10
Meg Okura
violin
" data-original-title="" title="">Meg Okura "Birth of Shakyamuni" from Ima Ima (New Music USA) 3:50:45

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