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The First Instrument Jazz Show – Two Episodes (April 2 & 6, 2024 and April 9 & 13, 2024)
April 2 & 6, 2024
Artist – Song – Album – Label – Year
Rene’ Marie – Tired – Black Lace Freudian Slip – Motema – 2011
Lynne Fiddmont – Holiday – Flow – MidLife – 2006
Billy Eckstine – Sunday Kind of Love – Billy’s Best – Mercury – 1958
Kandace Springs – Chasing Shadows – Run Your Race – SRP – 2024
Nikos Chatzitsakos’ Tiny Big Band feat. Alexandria DeWalt – Get Out of Town – Tiny Big Band 2 – Self Released – 2024
Benny Benack III – Thank You for the Heartbreak – Third Time’s the Charm – La Reserve / Bandstand – 2023
Veronica Swift – I Am What I Am – Veronica Swift – Mack Avenue – 2023
Ray Charles – Ruby – Standards – Rhino – 1998
Melanie Charles – Jazz (Ain’t Nothing But Soul) Reimagined – Ya’ll Don’t (Care) About Black Women – Verve – 2021
Dee Dee Bridgewater – Prelude to A Kiss – Prelude to a Kiss, The Duke Ellington Album – Philips – 1996
Chantae Cann – Free Your Dreams – Journey to Golden – Atlanta Records – 2016
Pharoah Sanders feat. Phyllis Hyman – As You Are – Love Will Find A Way – Arista – 1978
Abena Koomson-Davis – Easy – Where is Love – WJ3 Records – 2024
John Beasley and Dwight Trible – Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Dwight Trible Sings / John Beasley Swings:Duality – Self released – 2011
Emilie-Claire Barlow – Over the Rainbow – Spark Bird – Empress Music Group – 2023
Lezlie Harrison – Embraceable You – Let Them Talk – Self Released – 2023
Carmen McRae – The Lamp is Low – Sarah: Dedicated to You – BMG – 1991
Donny Hathaway – Flying Easy – These Songs for You, Live! – Rhino Records – 2004
Freddy Cole – I Loved You For a Minute – This Is the Life – Muse – 1995
Anita Baker – Fairy Tales – Compositions – Elektra – 1990
April 9 & 13, 2024
Artist – Song – Album – Label – Year
Mary Stallings – Goodbye Medley – Don’t Look Back – HighNote – 2012
Sachal Vasandani – Naked As We Came – Eyes Wide Open – Mack Avenue – 2007
Sarah Elizabeth Charles – Choucoune – Inner Dialogue – Truth Revolution – 2015
Terrence Blanchard feat. Diana Krall – Let’s Get Lost – Let’s Get Lost – Sony Classical – 2001
Camila Meza – You’re My Thrill – Prisma – CD Baby – 2013
Deelee Dube’ – Unity – Trying Times – Self Released – 2020
Eddie Jefferson – Body and Soul – Body and Soul – Prestige – 1968
Jacques Kuba Seguin feat. Elizabeth Shepherd – Je suis la’ – Parfum No.1 – Odd Sound – 2023
Shirley Scott feat. Ernie Andrews – Blues – Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank – Reel to Real – 2023
Dan Wilson feat. Jessica Yafanaro – Things Eternal – Things Eternal – Mack Avenue – 2023
Dena DeRose – Nothing Like You – Ode to the Road – HighNote Records – 2020
Chantae Cann – The Sound – Sol Empowered – Atlanta Records – 2017
Christie Dashiell – How to Love – Time All Mine – Self Released – 2016
Marianne Solivan – Prisoner of Love – Prisoner of Love – HiPNOTIC Records – 2012
Michael Mayo – Bones – Bones – Mack Avenue – 2021
Chaka Khan – Hire Wire (The Aerialist) – Echoes of an Era – Elektra – 1982
Gabrielle Cavassa – 19th and Judah – Gabrielle Cavassa – Jazz Fest Records – 2020
Wayne Escoffery feat. Gregory Porter – Rivers of Babylon – Like Minds – Smoke Sessions – 2023
Maysa – Friendly Pressure – Out of the Blue – N-Coded Music – 2002
Shirley Horn – May the Music Never End – May the Music Never End – Verve – 2003
The Jazz Disturbance – 4/13/2024, 4/15/2024
PLAYLIST
ARTIST/SONG/TITLE/LABEL
Marian McPartland/A Kiss from You/Marian McPartland Plays the Benny Carter Songbook/Concord [4:50]
Roberto Magris/In the Days of Our Love/Love is Passing Thru/JMood [4:32]
Daniel Janke Winter Trio/Available Light/Available Light/Chronograph [6:27]
Larnell Lewis/Hiding Place/Slice of Life/Larnell Lewis [4:47]
Vijay Iyer/Ghostrumental/Compassion/ECM [6:38]
Eddie Barbash/Baby Mine/For Murray and Lillian/Eddie Barbash [3:54]
Joris Teepe/Shoe Shine/The American Dream Today/Planet Arts [5:21]
Turboprop/The Inertia of Complacency/A Canadian Songbook/TRP [6:14]
Sonny Rollins/John S/The Bridge/RCA Victor [7:46]
Makaya McCraven/Coppin the Haven/Deciphering the Message/Blue Note [2:35]
Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri/El Sonido Nuevo/El Sonido Nuevo: The New Soul Sound/Verve [5:50]
Ron Rieder/From Dawn to Dusk/Latin Jazz Sessions/Ron Rieder [6:46]
Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini/Lavagem de Conceição (feat. Guinga)/GUINGA/GroundUp [2:42]
Bruno Berle/Margem Do Céu/No Reino Dos Afetos 2/Far Out Recordings [2:02]
Ghost-Note/Move with a Purpose/Mustard n’ Onions/ Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group [3:30]
Kendall Carter/Punjab Affair/Introducing Kendall Carter/Lladnek Music [4:45]
Edy Forey/Nature Boy/Culture Today/So Soul [4:13]
Maeter/Love Lifts Me/Love Dub and The Abstract One Drop/Ropeadope [13:24]
Jacob Collier/Down the Line/In My Room/Membran [6:39]
Opium Moon/Back to the Beginning/When We Were Gathered/Hearts of Space [9:24]
Situation Fluxus – 4/11/2024, 4/15/2024 – bassist Mike Downes
PLAYLIST
ARTIST/SONG/TITLE/LABEL
Rodney Sharman and Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa/Wounded – Opera Transcription Bk 3/Known and Unknown/Redshift [4:47]
Glazbene Staze/Parafraza na Daquinovu Kukavicu [Tomislav Uhlik]/Pierrot Project, Op.1/ Glazbene Staze [3:03]
[excerpt] Mike Downes/Disbelief/The Way In/Mike Downes [5:04]
[excerpt] Mike Downes/Crimson/The Way In/Mike Downes [5:09]
[excerpt] Mike Downes/Gratitude/The Way In/Mike Downes [4:56]
The Brenan Brothers/Valley of Silence/Valley of Silence/Death Defying [5:52]
Mark Lipson/Nigerian Love Call/Launch Control/DCC [6:33]
Eric Dolphy/G.W./Outward Bound/New Jazz [7:59]
The Jazz Disturbance – 4/6/2024, 4/8/2024
PLAYLIST
ARTIST/SONG/TITLE/LABEL
Bill Evans/When I Fall In Love/Portraits in Jazz: Bill Evans Trio/Riverside [4:57]
Brian Bromberg/Scotty’s Song/LaFaro/Be Squared Productions [6:49]
Ephemeris/The First Dragon/Ephemeris/Marsken [8:59]
Ineke Vandoorn, Jasper Van t’Hof/Dance On the Water/Dance on Water/Baixim [5:57]
The Manhattan Transfer/Sugar (That Sugar Baby O’Mine)/The Spirit of St. Louis/Atlantic [3:28]
Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet /The Very Thought of You/Standards Deluxe /Rob Dixon and Steve Allee [5:31]
Mike Downes/Sirilessly/The Way In/Mike Downes [4:10]
Queen Esther/Paris on The Moon/Things Are Looking Up/El Recordings [4:27]
Jimmy McGriff/The Worm/The Worm/Solid State [3:20]
Tony Monaco/Da Daddy/Over and Over/Chicken Coup [5:14]
Gil Scott-Heron/Fell Together/From South Africa to South Carolina/Arista [4:30]
Fay Victor/Descent into Madness/Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life is Funny That Way/Tao Forms [10:02]
Nick Dunston/A Rolling Wave of Everything/Colla Voce/Out of Your Head [6:29]
Sara Serpa and Emmanuel Iduma/Bamako/Intimate Strangers/Biophilia [2:30]
Spike Wilner Trio/Kinetic Neurosis/Contrafactus/Cellar Music Group [3:28]
Melissa Aldana/The Solitary Seeker/Echoes of the Inner ProphetBlue Note [6:08]
Mike Clement/Hittin’ It/Hittin’ It/Cellar Music Group [6:22]
Hard Rubber Orchestra/Source Code/Iguana/Redshift [10:43]
Derrick Hodge/19/Color of Noize/Blue Note [4:59]
The Jazz Disturbance – 3/30/2024, 4/1/2024
PLAYLIST
ARTIST/SONG/TITLE/LABEL
Thad Jones/I’ve Got a Crush On You/The Magnificent Thad Jones/Blue Note [10:31]
Allen Dennard/Dusk/Flashback/Allen Dennard Music LLC [9:31]
Willie Rodriguez/Beyond the Struggle/Seeing Sounds/Coucs Music [4:07]
Sammy Davis, Jr./Why Try to Change Me Now/Our Shining Hour/Verve [3:25]
Lois Deloatch/Where We Find Ourselves/Love Always: Live at Overdub Lane Studio/Lois Deloatch [5:09]
Duke Ellington/The Tattooed Bride/Masterpieces by Ellington/Columbia [11:43]
Alexis Valet/Ups and Downs/Following the Sun/jazz&people [8:00]
Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra and Friends/Day in the Life of a Fool/Flying Colors/Summit [6:06]
Farah Kaddour/Taraddud/Badā/ Asadun Alay [6:26]
Nada El Shazly/Mausoleum/Les Damnés Ne Pleurent Pas (The Damned Don’t Cry/Asadun Alay [3:18]
Juanma Trujillo/La Unión/Ímpetu/Falcon Gumba [9:51]
Charles Pillow/ Shhh/Peaceful /Electric Miles 2/Summit [12:59]
Sarah Vaughan/Vanity/16 Most Requested Songs/Columbia [2:37]
Stacy Kent/Thinkin’ About the Rain/Summer Me, Winter Me/Naïve [5:08]
[SINGLE] Max Light/Vals Quartzite/Chaotic Neutral/AGS Recordings [5:29]
Daniel Freedman/The Sisters Dance/Imagine That/Anzic [8:49]
Kris Davis/Kingfisher/Live at the Village Vanguard/Pyroclastic [11:36]