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New Releases Plus Holiday Music, Birthday Shoutouts, Grammy Nominees & More

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
December 11, 2023
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This broadcast begins the holidays with music of the season from John Paul McGee and Hendrik Meurkens new releases from Karen Hammack, The Airmen of Note, Russ Lorenson and Margot Sergent, more nods to Grammy nominees plus birthday shoutouts to Judy Carmichael, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Ethel Ennis, Sylvia Syms, Melissa Aldana, June Christy, Maria Schneider and Tina Turner, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.

Playlist

John Paul McGee "Little Drummer Boy" from A GospeJazzical Christmas (Jazz Urbane Recordings) 00:00
Judy Carmichael and Harry Allen "The One For You" from Can You Love Once More? (Independent) 04:10
Host speaks 10:34
Elsa Nilsson "Sankta Lucia" from Dark Is Light Is (Self Released) 11:51
Russ Lorenson "The Party Upstairs" from Standard Time: Live in New York (Self Released) 16:41
Bria Skonberg "All I Want For Christmas" from Single (Self Released) 20:51
Host speaks 24:29
Rebecca Coupe Franks "Jupiter" from Planets (RCF Records) 25:33
Libby York "It's Love" from Dreamland (Origin) 29:36
Ethel Ennis "Like Love" from Once Again... (RCA) 34:00
Host speaks 36:49
Karen Hammack "Dusk" from Love In the Dawn (Self Released) 37:44
Sylvia Syms "Can't We Be Friends" from Songs of Love (Decca) 43:41
Lorraine Feather "Can I Call You Sugar" from Such Sweet Thunder: Music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra (Sanctuary Records) 46:41
Host speaks 50:44
Airmen of Note "M&M" from 2023 Jazz Heritage Series (U.S. Air Force) 51:52
Hendrik Meurkens "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" from Christmas Vibes (Independent) 1:00:00
Duchess "A Christmas Compromise" from Harmony for the Holidays (Anzic) 1:05:26
June Christy "Seven Shades of Snow" from This Time of Year (Capitol) 1:08:58
Host speaks 1:12:27
Maria Schneider Orchestra "Sputnik" from Data Lords (ArtistShare) 1:13:39
Cecile McLorin Salvant "Fenestra" from Mésuline (Nonesuch) 1:21:43
Host speaks 1:26:57
Kristen Agresta-Copely "Surfacing" from Aquamarine (Self Released) 1:27:52
Margot Sergent "Keep the Moon In Mind" from Douce France Sweet France (Zoho) 1:32:28
Brandee Younger (feat. MeShell NdegeOcello) "Dust" from Brand New Life (Impulse!) 1:36:14
Host speaks 1:40:45
Allison Miller "Two Rivers Part 2" from Rivers In Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) 1:41:53
Herbie Hancock (featuring Tina Turner) "Edith and the Kingpin" from River: The Joni Letters (Verve) 1:49:09
Host speaks 1:55:33
Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:56:39

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