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Just You, the Secret Service and Me - Celebrating Johnny Mercer
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1992
Margaret Whiting
vocals1924 - 2011
Karrin Allyson
vocals
Sonia Johnson
vocalsb.1974
Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965
Janet Lawson
vocals1940 - 2021
Holli Ross
vocals
LaVern Baker
vocals1929 - 1997
Ernestine Anderson
vocals1928 - 2016
Nioka Workman
cellob.2000
Ellen Rowe
piano
George Cables
pianob.1944
Diana Krall
piano and vocalsb.1964
Cynthia Hilts
pianoPlaylist
" data-original-title="" title="">Lauren Sevian "Blueishness" from Bliss (Posi-Tone) 00:00Lauren Sevian
saxophone, baritone
b.1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Carrie Wicks "A Love for Just Part" from Reverie (OA2) 05:34Carrie Wicks
vocals
b.1969
" data-original-title="" title="">Claire Martin,Claire Martin
vocals
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Jim Mullen "Road Song" from Bumpin'—Celebrating Wes Montgomery (Stunt Records) 09:04Jim Mullen
guitar
b.1945
" data-original-title="" title="">Joanna Wallfisch "Road Trip" from Far Away from Any Place Called Home (Self released) 13:32Joanna Wallfisch
vocals- Host speaks 16:51
" data-original-title="" title="">Leslie Pintchik "Your call will be answered by our next available representative, in the order in which it was received. Please stay on the line: your call is important to us" from Same Day Delivery (Pintch Hard Records) 19:38Leslie Pintchik
piano- Janet Lawson "Nothing Like You" from The Janet Lawson Quintet (BBE Music) 25:38
- Host speaks 32:09
- Andrea Petrity "Conversations In My Head" from What If I (Self released) 34:06
" data-original-title="" title="">Amy London,Amy London
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Darmon Meader,Darmon Meader
saxophone" data-original-title="" title="">Dylan Pramuk, Holli Ross "Just Step Right Up" from The Royal Bopsters Project (Motema) 38:07Dylan Pramuk
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Giacomo Gates "Be-Bop Lives (Boplicity)" from Miles Tones (Savant) 44:20Giacomo Gates
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Diane Hubka "New Cliches" from Haven't We Met? (A-Records) 48:16Diane Hubka
vocals- Host speaks 53:14
" data-original-title="" title="">Bria Skonberg "Villian Vanguard" from Nothing Never Happens (Self released) 55:16Bria Skonberg
trumpet
" data-original-title="" title="">Marian McPartland "Twilight World" from Twilight World (Concord Jazz) 1:00:04Marian McPartland
piano
1918 - 2013
" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Christian Miller "Twilight World" from Crazy Moon (Sliding Door Productions) 1:05:44Mark Christian Miller
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Nancy Marano,Nancy Marano
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Eddie Monteiro "I'm Shadowing You" from The Real Thing (Perfect Records) 1:11:27Eddie Monteiro
accordion
" data-original-title="" title="">Aretha Franklin "Drinking Again" from Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (Sony Music Distribution) 1:15:03Aretha Franklin
vocals
1942 - 2018- Host speaks 1:18:31
" data-original-title="" title="">T.K. Blue "Insomnia" from The Rhythms Continue (JAJA Records) 1:20:56T.K. Blue
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Rickie Lee Jones "Easy Money" from Rickie Lee Jones (Warner Brothers) 1:23:49Rickie Lee Jones
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Lili A?el "Take It from Me" from Better Days (Winding Way Records) 1:27:01Lili Añel
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Bonnie Raitt "Mighty Tight Woman" from Bonnie Raitt (Warner Brothers) 1:29:51Bonnie Raitt
guitar and vocals
b.1949- Host speaks 1:34:09
- " data-original-title="" title="">Lolly Allen "Coming Home" from Coming Home (OA2 Records) 1:36:42
" data-original-title="" title="">Sheila Jordan "Waltz for Debby" from Better Than Anything (HighNote) 1:42:42Sheila Jordan
vocals
1928 - 2025- Sheila Jordan "Don't Explain" from Sheila (Steeplechase) 1:47:07
- Host speaks 1:52:05
" data-original-title="" title="">Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba "There Is Here, Then Is Now" from Hallowed (Advance Dance Disque) 1:53:23Michele Rosewoman
piano
b.1953- Ellen Rowe "Rfp (Relentless Forward Progress) " from Momentum—Portraits of Women In Motion (Smokin' Sleddog Records) 2:00:15
- Ernestine Anderson "I Love Being Here with You" from Nightlife (HighNote) 2:07:58
- " data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra "Four On Six_Broken English" from I Shouldn't Be Telling You This (Decca (UMO)) 2:13:54
- Host speaks 2:18:02
"
data-original-title="" title="">Firey String Sistas! "Miss Lady" from That's What She Said (Self released) 2:20:41- Sonia Johnson "Storm" from Chrysalis (Self produced) 2:27:47
" data-original-title="" title="">Jane Bunnett & Maqueque "La Linea (The Line-Up)" from On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme (Linus) 2:32:15Jane Bunnett
saxophone, soprano
b.1955- Host speaks 2:36:04
- George Cables "Young at Heart" from I'm All Smiles (HighNote) 2:38:02
" data-original-title="" title="">Andrea Superstein "De Temps En Temps" from Worlds Apart (Self released) 2:44:21Andrea Superstein
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Julia Hulsmann Quartet (featuringJulia Hulsmann
piano
b.1968
" data-original-title="" title="">Theo Bleckmann) "Beat ! Beat ! Drums" from A Clear Midnight/Kurt Weill and America (ECM) 2:48:37Theo Bleckmann
vocals- Host speaks 2:52:50
- Julia Hulsmann Quartet "Streiflicht" from Not Far From Here (ECM) 2:55:44
- The Diva Jazz Orchestra "Slipped Disc" from Diva & the Boys (MCG Jazz) 3:00:09
" data-original-title="" title="">Champian Fulton &Champian Fulton
piano and vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Cory Weeds "I Thought About You" from Dream a Little... (Cellar Live) 3:05:42Cory Weeds
saxophone, alto
b.1973- LaVern Baker "Young Woman's Blues" from LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith (Atlantic) 3:14:39
- Host speaks 3:17:30
- Jen Hodge "Chocolate Magic Musrooms" from All's Fair in Love and Jazz (Self released) 3:19:34
- Margaret Whiting "I Dream of You" from Let's Fall in Love: The Lost Recordings Vol. 2 (My Ideal Music Inc.) 3:24:51
- Diana Krall "Amelia" from Joni 75_A Birthday Celebration (Verve) 3:27:59
- Host speaks 3:35:02
" data-original-title="" title="">Linda May Han Oh "Cancrizan" from Aventurine (Biophilia) 3:38:22Linda May Han Oh
bass, acoustic
b.1984- Karrin Allyson "The Great Convention" from Shoulder to Shoulder (eOne) 3:40:43
- Terri Lyne Carrington+Social Science "Love (feat. Debo Ray)" from The Waiting Game (Motema) 3:45:21
- Host speaks 3:51:24
- Cynthia Hilts "Teacher" from Lyric Fury (Blond Coyote Records) 3:53:10
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Ernestine Anderson
Mary Foster Conklin
Andrea Petrity
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra
Margaret Whiting
Karrin Allyson
Sonia Johnson
Terri Lyne Carrington
Jen Hodge
Janet Lawson
Holli Ross
LaVern Baker
Nioka Workman
Ellen Rowe
George Cables
Diana Krall
Cynthia Hilts
Lauren Sevian
Carrie Wicks
claire martin
Jim Mullen
Joanna Wallfisch
Leslie Pintchik
Amy London
Darmon Meader
Dylan Pramuk
Giacomo Gates
Diane Hubka
Bria Skonberg
Marian McPartland
Mark Christian Miller
Nancy Marano
Eddie Monteiro
Aretha Franklin
T.K. Blue
Rickie Lee Jones
Lili Anel
Bonnie Raitt
Lolly Allen
Sheila Jordan
Michele Rosewoman
Jeff Goldblum
Firey String Sistas
Jane Bunnett
Andrea Superstein
Julia Hulsmann
Theo Bleckmann
Champian Fulton
Cory Weeds
Linda May Han Oh
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