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You Can Never Be Too Magical - Celebrating Esperanza Spalding

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
February 10, 2020
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This week we feature new releases from vocalists

Kat Edmonson

vocals
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Kat Edmonson,

Tamuz Nissim

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Tamuz Nissim,

Maria Schafer

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Schafer and

JD Walter

vocals
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">JD Walter with birthday shout outs to pianists

Lil Hardin Armstrong

piano
1898 - 1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Lil Hardin Armstrong,

Marc Cary

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Marc Cary and

Jutta Hipp

piano
1925 - 2003

" data-original-title="" title="">Jutta Hipp, bassist

Katie Thiroux

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Katie Thiroux, trumpeter

Jeannie Tanner

trumpet
b.1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeannie Tanner, and vocalist

Ed Reed

vocals
1929 - 2024

" data-original-title="" title="">Ed Reed, among others. In the first hour, a celebration of

Esperanza Spalding

bass
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Esperanza Spalding's latest Grammy win for Jazz Vocal Recording with a look back over the past decade of her career.

Playlist

Five Play
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Five Play "Struttin with Some Barbecue" from Live at the Deer Head Inn (Deer Head Records) 00:00
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1987
" data-original-title="" title="">Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis "I'm Not Rough" from United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine Records) 06:51
Host speaks 09:55
Mimi Jones
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Mimi Jones "Mr. Poo Poo" from Feet in the Mud (Hot Tone Music) 13:56
Kat Edmonson "Someone's in the House" from Dreamers Do (Spinnerette) 19:05
Host speaks 21:10
Fostina Dixon-Kilgoe
saxophone
b.1974
" data-original-title="" title="">Fostina Dixon-Kilgoe "He Is Risen" from Vertical Alignment (FossieBear Inc) 26:19
Terri Lyne Carrington
drums
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Terri Lyne Carrington "Crayola" from The Mosaic Project (Concord) 29:42
Esperanza Spalding "City of Roses" from Radio Music Society (Heads Up International) 34:09
Host speaks 38:43
Kris Davis
piano
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Kris Davis "The Very Thing" from Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic Records) 43:16
Esperanza Spalding "You Have to Dance (feet)" from 12 Little Spells (Concord) 48:04
Host speaks 51:24
Rachel Therrien
trumpet
b.1987
" data-original-title="" title="">Rachel Therrien "Hayde Santamaria" from Why Don't You Try (WDYT) (Free Run Artists) 54:03
Marina Albero
piano
b.1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Marina Albero "Unexpected You" from A Life Soundtrack-Volume 3: Music Is Love (Self released) 59:53
Tamuz Nissim "Rhapsody for Trane (I Hear a Rhapsody)" from Capturing Clouds (Self released) 1:03:51
Host speaks 1:08:32
Jutta Hipp "Horacio" from Live at the Hickory House Vol. 2 (Blue Note) 1:14:12
Brandi Disterheft
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Brandi Disterheft "Blue Canvas" from Blue Canvas (Justin Time) 1:17:31
Host speaks 1:21:58
Works for Me "Le'Var" from Reach Within (Posi-Tone) 1:27:48
Jessica Jones
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Jessica Jones (featuring Ed Reed) "Just as It Is" from Continuum (Reva Records) 1:32:48
Host speaks 1:37:29
Marc Cary "Throw it Away" from For the Love of Abbey (Motema) 1:42:32
Michelle Lordi
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Michelle Lordi "Poor Bird" from Break Up with the Sound (Cabinet of Wonder) 1:48:19
Host speaks 1:55:22
Rachel Z "Room of One's Own" from Room of One's Own (NYC Records) 1:56:11
Audrey Ochoa
trombone
" data-original-title="" title="">Audrey Ochoa "Groundhog Day" from Frankenhorn (Chronograph Records/Fontana North) 2:01:48
Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocals
b.1950
" data-original-title="" title="">Dee Dee Bridgewater "I Can't Stand the Rain" from Memphis...Yes I'm Ready (Okeh Records) 2:06:48
Host speaks 2:09:51
Katie Thiroux "Slow Dance with Me" from Off Beat (Capri Records) 2:12:06
Kristen Lee Sergeant
vocals
b.1984
" data-original-title="" title="">Kristen Lee Sergeant "Balm/Burn" from Smolder (Plastic Sax Records) 2:17:53
Host speaks 2:23:08
Jeannie Tanner (feat.
Abigail Riccards
vocals
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Abigail Riccards) "You'll Always Have My Heart" from Words & Music by Jeannie Tanner (Self released) 2:27:15
Maria Schafer "Love Is You" from No Broken Hearts (Self released) 2:31:20
Host speaks 2:36:15
Yelena Eckemoff
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Yelena Eckemoff "Fox" from Nocturnal Animals (L&H Productions) 2:40:12
Lili Añel
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Lili A?el "Better Days" from Better Days (Winding Way Records) 2:44:56
Host speaks 2:50:17
Diane Moser
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Diane Moser "Birdsongs For Eric" from Birdsongs (Planet Arts Records) 2:51:19
Lioness "Ida Lupino" from Pride & Joy (Posi-Tone) 3:00:50
Barbara Fasano
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Barbara Fasano "How Little We Know" from Busy Being Free (Harbinger) 3:04:52
Host speaks 3:09:49
Deanna Witkowski
piano
b.1972
" data-original-title="" title="">Deanna Witkowski "Wide Open Window" from Wide Open Window (Khaeon) 3:13:42
Mary Lou Williams
piano
1910 - 1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Lou Williams "Scorpio" from Zodiac Suite (Smithsonian Folkways) 3:22:35
Host speaks 3:25:37
JD Walter "All Through the Night" from Dressed In a Song (JWAL Records) 3:28:06
Andrea Brachfeld
flute
" data-original-title="" title="">Andrea Brachfeld "Espaco Aberto" from Brazilian Whispers (Origin) 3:32:44
Andy Bey
piano
1939 - 2025
" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Bey "Like a Lover (O Cantador)" from Shades of Bey (Evidence Music) 3:35:20
Host speaks 3:40:02
Kaisa's Machine "Turn & Return" from In the Key of K (Eclipse Music) 3:42:45
Deanna Kirk
" data-original-title="" title="">Deanna Kirk "Don't Look Back" from Lost In Languid Love Songs (Self released) 3:49:10
Host speaks 3:51:34
Brandee Younger
harp
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">Brandee Younger (feat.
Ravi Coltrane
saxophone, tenor
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Ravi Coltrane) "Love's Prayer" from Soul Awakening (Self released) 3:54:27

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