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Steven Feifke
pianob.1991
Nicki Parrott
bass
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
Chien Chien Lu
vibraphone
Norah Jones
pianob.1979
Ma Rainey
vocals1886 - 1939
Blossom Dearie
piano and vocals1926 - 2009
Shirley Horn
piano1934 - 2005
Connie Crothers
piano1941 - 2016
Playlist
" data-original-title="" title="">Nora Germain "Candy" from Nora Germain and Friends (Self released) 00:00Nora Germain
violin- Blossom Dearie "Hey John" from Blossom's Own Treasures (Daffodil) 03:13
" data-original-title="" title="">Ed Reed "Inside A Silent Tear" from Born To Be Blue (Blue Shorts Records) 06:19Ed Reed
vocals
1929 - 2024
" data-original-title="" title="">Nancy Marano &Nancy Marano
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Eddie Monteiro "I'm Shadowing You" from The Real Thing (Allegro) 11:51Eddie Monteiro
accordion- Host speaks 15:28
" data-original-title="" title="">Toots Thielemans "Strutting With Some Barbecue" from Smooth and Easy (Smith & Co.) 16:56Toots Thielemans
harmonica
1922 - 2016- Shirley Horn "Just For a Thrill" from Live at the 4 Queens (Resonance Records) 21:29
- Host speaks 26:39
- Connie Crothers & the Lenny Popkin Quartet "Prez Says" from New York Night (New Artists) 27:26
- Steven Feifke Big Band (feat.
" data-original-title="" title="">Veronica Swift) "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" from Kinetic (Outside In Music) 34:38Veronica Swift
vocals - Host speaks 39:27
" data-original-title="" title="">Mel Torme "I'm Gonna Go Fishin" from The Great American Songbook-Live At Michael's Pub (Telarc) 41:19Mel Torme
vocals
1925 - 1999
" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Campbell "Forget Me" from Loving You: Celebrating Shirley Horn (Self Released) 44:21Peter Campbell
vocals- Alpha Rhythm Kings "Snatch & Grab It (Opportunity Knocks But Once)" from Sharp Dressed Men (Dehlinger Productions) 48:02
- Host speaks 51:02
" data-original-title="" title="">Susan Alcorn Quintet "Northeast Rising Sun" from Pedernal (Relative Pitch) 53:02Susan Alcorn
guitar, steel
1953 - 2025
" data-original-title="" title="">Regina Carter "See See Rider" from Southern Comfort (Masterworks) 1:00:00Regina Carter
violin
b.1966- Ma Rainey "Countin' The Blues" from Blues Masters Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women (Rhino) 1:05:10
" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis "Hear Me Talking To You" from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Music from the Netflix Film) (Milan Records) 1:08:29Branford Marsalis
saxophone
b.1960- Branford Marsalis (feat.
" data-original-title="" title="">Maxayn Lewis) "Deep Moaning Blues" from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Music from the Netflix Film) (Milan Records) 1:12:58Maxayn Lewis
vocals - Host speaks 1:17:48
-
" data-original-title="" title="">Berta Moreno "Dance" from Tumaini (Tiger Turn) 1:19:52Berta Moreno
saxophone, tenor 
" data-original-title="" title="">Cleo Laine "Since You've Asked" from Woman To Woman (RCA Victor) 1:29:12Cleo Laine
vocals
1927 - 2025- Nicki Parrott "You Belong To Me" from If You Could Read My Mind (Arbors) 1:24:47
- Host speaks 1:31:38
- Mary Ann McSweeney "Urban Fado" from Urban Fado (Self released) 1:32:37
- Esperanza Spalding "Formwela 1" from Triangle Suite (Songwrights Apothecary Lab) 1:36:56
- Host speaks 1:40:30
- Chien Chien Lu "Blind Faith" from The Path (Self Released) 1:41:37
- Norah Jones "Begin Again" from Til We Meet Again (Blue Note) 1:46:59
- Art of Time Ensemble (feat. Gregory Hoskins) "After Mardi Gras" from Ain't Got Long (Self Released) 1:51:15
- Host speaks 1:56:13
- Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:57:08
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Blossom Dearie
Shirley Horn
Connie Crothers
Mary Ann McSweeney
Nora Germain
Ed Reed
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Eddie Monteiro
Toots Thielemans
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