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I Like You Best Of All - A Look Back To Notable 2021 Recordings, Part One

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
January 10, 2022
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Happy New Year! This first broadcast of 2022 presents a final holiday recording from drummer

Jeff Hamilton

drums
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Hamilton with new releases from The Count Basie Orchestra,

Vijay Iyer

piano
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Vijay Iyer, Adonis Rose & The

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring

" data-original-title="" title="">Cyrille Aim��e plus a look back at some of the notable 2021 albums made despite the disruption of the pandemic and all of its difficulties. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic so they can continue to distract, comfort and inspire.

Playlist

Renee Rosnes
piano
b.1962
" data-original-title="" title="">Renee Rosnes "The Golden Triangle" from Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions Records) 00:00
Susannah McCorkle
vocals
1946 - 2001
" data-original-title="" title="">Susannah McCorkle "Blizzard of Lies" from How Do You Keep the Music Playing (Pausa) 06:26
Brianna Thomas
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Brianna Thomas "My Stove's In Good Condition" from Everybody Knows (Self Released) 09:51
Host speaks 12:36
Helen Sung
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Helen Sung "Feed the Fire" from Quartet+ (Sunnyside) 14:09
Jazzmeia Horn
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force "Nia" from Dear Love (Empress Legacy) 18:29
Host speaks 23:23
Jeff Hamilton Trio "Bright Bright the Holly Berries" from Merry And Bright (Capri) 24:18
Lucy Yeghiazaryan
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Lucy Yeghiazaryan &
Vanisha Gould
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Vanisha Gould "Trapped In This Room" from In Her Words (Self Released) 30:08
Georgia Mancio
vocals
b.1972
" data-original-title="" title="">Georgia Mancio &
Alan Broadbent
piano
b.1947
" data-original-title="" title="">Alan Broadbent "I Can See You Passing By" from Quiet Is The Star (Roomspin Records) 33:30
Host speaks 37:55
Jenny Klukken
" data-original-title="" title="">Jenny Klukken "Chapters" from Color In Motion (Self Released) 39:18
Peter Eldridge
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Eldridge "Out There Holding On" from Museum (Self Released) 43:48
Rosa Passos
guitar and vocals
b.1952
" data-original-title="" title="">Rosa Passos "Dunas" from Dunas -Live In Copenhagen (Storyville) 48:12
Host speaks 51:49
Vijay Iyer,
Linda May Han Oh
bass, acoustic
b.1984
" data-original-title="" title="">Linda May Han Oh,
Tyshawn Sorey
drums
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Tyshawn Sorey "Drummer's Song" from Uneasy (ECM ) 52:41
Altoizm (
Greg Ward
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Ward,
Sharel Cassity
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Sharel Cassity,
Rajiv Halim
clarinet
" data-original-title="" title="">Rajiv Halim) "Thoroughbred" from Altoizm (AFAR Music) 1:00:00
Nicki Parrott
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Nicki Parrott "Do That To Me One More Time" from If You Could Read My Mind (Arbors) 1:06:40
Host speaks 1:11:14
The Count Basie Orchestra "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" from Live At Birdland (Candid) 1:12:07
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals
1917 - 1996
" data-original-title="" title="">Ella Fitzgerald "I Won't Dance" from The Lost Berlin Tapes (Verve) 1:15:07
Maria Muldaur
vocals
b.1943
" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Muldaur &
Tuba Skinny
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2009
" data-original-title="" title="">Tuba Skinny "I Like You Best of All" from Let's Get Happy Together (Stony Plain) 1:18:04
Host speaks 1:21:52
Alchemy Sound Project
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Alchemy Sound Project "Dark Blue Residue" from Afrika Love (Artists Recording Collective) 1:23:07
Adonis Rose & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (feat. Cyrille Aimee) "Down" from Petite Fleur (Storyville) 1:30:46
Host speaks 1:35:00
Yoko Miwa
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Yoko Miwa "The Rainbirds" from Songs of Joy (Ubunto Music) 1:36:02
Kate McGarry
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Kate McGarry+
Keith Ganz
guitar
b.1972
" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Ganz Ensemble }} "Both Sides Now" from What To Wear In the Dark (Resilience Music) 1:42:27
Veronica Swift
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Veronica Swift "Sing" from This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue) 1:49:50
Host speaks 1:55:22
Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR ) 1:56:56

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