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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Kim Nazarian: Three Bands Air Date: 9/14/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . Kim Nazarian Three bands: The New York Voices, El Eco, and Gabriel Espinosa's band. What do they have in common? Vocalist Kim Nazarian. Members of all three bands appeared together recently at the Jazz Forum in Tarrytown New York. Featured on the date, besides Ms. Nazarian, were Darmon Meader voice, tenor sax (NY Voices); Guillermo Nojechowicz drums (El Eco); Gabriel Espinosa bass, composer, and Misha Tsiganov piano (Gabriel Espinosa's band).  New York Voices  Let's start with the New York Voices. This is probably Ms. Nazarian's most visible and well-known project. She is a founding member of the group, which formed in 1987. Ms Nazarian was nominated for a Grammy award in 2008 for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists, for the song In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning.  The ban...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents George Coleman with Strings Air Date: 9/7/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . My first experience of tenor saxophonist George Coleman was with the Miles Davis Quintet. I was listening to their release  Seven Step s to Heaven and wondering who the great sax player was, noting that it was not the fellow that I was used to hearing, John Coltrane. Mr. Coleman had joined the quintet after Mr. Coltrane and then Hank Mobley, but just before Wayne Shorter.    Looking back on the period I just covered, 1955-1968, you have to admit this was a peak period for jazz. It's my favorite era for Miles and the various incarnations of his quintet.   The new recording, George Coleman with Strings , is Mr. Coleman's first with the backing of a string orchestra. Not only that, but in the last 25 years, this is only his third time as the lead on a recording. I find that to be an amazing...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents T.K. Blue Air Date: 8/31/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks .   T.K. Blue Born in the Bronx, growing up on Long Island, T.K. Blue is a New Yorker through and through. He's traveled the world, though, even living in Paris for nearly a decade during the eighties. Mr. Blue has toured Africa, once with  Abdullah Ibrahim (also known as Dollar Brand), and a second time with his mentor, Randy Weston. He became Mr. Weston's musical director, which lasted for almost three decades.   One could think of the itinerant Mr. Blue as an international ambassador for New York City. Home since the 1990's, he has become embedded in the jazz scene not only by performing, but also through his work as an educator at several area colleges.   However, it is as a fixture in the free Jazzmobile and NYC Parks summer concerts where so many have been able to hear this accomplished artist. This su...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents It's (Still) Summer Air Date: 8/24/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . Let's hold on to that delicious summer feeling, even though, for some of us, the air lately has a distinct chill to it. To help you along with this effort, I have programmed a set during hour two, containing several songs that represent different aspects of  (almost) everybody's favorite season. Firstly, we have Michael Franks. If you are familiar with his work, you'll know that summer is a frequent topic of his songs. So, we have titles like Dragonfly Summer,  Barefoot on the Beach, Summer in New York , and the one we'll hear to open the set, Now That Summer's Here . Mr. Franks always draws compelling aural images of the season. Bill Mays also channels his feeling about summer through his music. His CD Going Home has on its cover a picture of him hitchhiking, during the summer of course, a...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 8/17/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Something Blue\In The Beginning 2025\Undercurrents Kenny Barron & Dave Holland-The Art Of Conversation-05 Waltz For Wheeler 2014 Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\A Story Left Untold Laila Biali\Wintersongs 2024\Prelude to Outside Earl Klugh-Sounds And Visions Vol. 2-01 Prelude 1993 Norma Winstone-Stories yet to tell-01 Just Sometimes 2010 Noah Haidu\Standards 2023\Beautiful Friendship Robert Glasper\Canvas\Portrait of an Angel Wesla Whitfield-In My Life-05 Where Is Love 2005 Yvonne Flores\Sheer Bliss 2022\Til There Was You Tom Ranier\This Way\Rhapsody Zoe Carter-Fitzgerald-Waterlines 2021-06 These Words The Tiki Collective\Muse\Dreaming feat Avery Raquel v. HOUR TWO: New For You Mark Winkler\Hold On! 2025\My Future's Just a Memory Noah Haidu\Standards III 2025\Teach ...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Nicole Zuraitis Air Date: 8/10/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . Connecticut native, vocalist, pianist, and composer Nicole Zuraitis won a Grammy in 2024 for Best Jazz Vocal Album, for her CD How Love Begins.  I have to admit I didn't know about this until recently, when I discovered that Samara Joy didn't win three in a row!  Let's have a listen to a song from that Grammy-winning CD:   The word is that she is quite an entertainer when performing live. Fittingly, her new CD is Live at Vic's . Near the end of the second hour you'll hear Jimmy Webb's famous tune from the CD, the song that Bob Dylan called 'the greatest song ever written,' the song that musicians love for its unusual, complicated harmony: Witchita Lineman . Speaking of hearing a live performance, you'll be able to do just that on Friday August 22, by joining WICN for our 8th Annual  ...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Let's Be Careful Out There Air Date: 8/3/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . When I am doing the Sunday Jazz Brunch, I feel like I'm in another world, one where the most important thing is finding and listening to great jazz. It's a zone, and I very much enjoy being in that zone. When you listen to the show, I am hoping that you feel the same way. The music should transport you. If it's groove, you should feel the groove. If it is contemplative, you should feel thoughtful and mellow. And so on. I hope The Sunday Jazz Brunch achieves this to some extent.   When I say 'Let's Be Careful Out There' at the end of the show, I am thinking about the zone I'm in and how it is ending - therefore I am leaving that zone, together with you. And going back to the real world, where there are  priorities other than finding and listening to great jazz. Dealing with thes...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 7/27/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD  Charles Chen\Building Characters 2025\Kismet Naama\Dream With Me 2025\Dreamsville Joshua Redman\Words Fall Short 2025\A Message to Unsend Anna Laura Quinn\Just 2025\A Flower is a Lovesome Thing Dave Bass-The Trio Vol. 1 2021-02 June 03 Behn Gillece - Pivot Point - Beyond The Veil 1644 Kandace Springs\Lady in Satin 2025\I Get Along Without You Very Well Tessa Souter\Shadows and Silence 2025\Rayga s Song (Gymnopedie No. 1) Tyler Henderson\Love Endures 2025\The Good Life Anaïs Reno\Lady of the Lavender Mist 2025\When Lights Are Low Geoffrey Dean Quartet\Conceptions 2025\Song for Hannah HOUR TWO: New For You Kristina Koller\Walk On By 2025\Loving is a Way of Living Jon Gold\Chasing Echos 2025\Pegasus Jamie Shew\Spicy Classy a...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Jimmy Greene Air Date: 7/20/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . I got into Jimmy Greene back in 1999 when he released his debut studio album, Brand New World. I played it a ton, both on the air and at home and in the car and, well, you get the picture. His sound on tenor sax is as straight ahead as it comes. The new CD is titled As We Are Now , and we'll hear a couple of tracks from this CD during the show. But the thing to know about Mr. Greene is that he has suffered the unimaginable: his daughter Ana's life was taken at Sandy Hook more than twelve years ago. His music since then reflects the many emotions that such a tragedy engenders.  Joining Mr. Greene in the current project are Aaron Goldberg piano, Mike Moreno guitar, Dezron Douglas bass, and Jonathan Barber drums.  Song Pairs Sometimes it is very interesting to put two songs together if they share one or more charact...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 7/13/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Marina Pacowski-New Jazz Standards, Vol. 7- The Music of Carl Saunders 2025-04 Feels Like Home Franck Amsallem\The Summer Knows 2025\It Never Was You Joshua Redman\Words Fall Short 2025\Era's End feat Gabrielle Cavassa v. Judy Whitmore\Come Fly With Me 2024\Moonlight in Vermont Meltem Ege\Solitude\We Must Not Say Yes Dave Bass\Nuevo Vol 2. 2025\Heart Above My Head Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\04_The Love I Left Behind (L'Amore Che Lasciai).Lyrics Georgia Mancio, Music Alan Broadbent Eric Reed\For Such a Time as This\Paradox Peace Kandace Springs\Lady in Satin 2025\For All We Know Cliff Korman Trio\Urban Tracks 2025\Francisca Jeffrey Gimble\Brand New Key 2025\The Nearness of You Nnenna Freelon\Beneath The Skin 2025\Journey of the Heart HOUR TWO: New For You Nanami...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Happy Independence Day! Air Date: 7/6/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . I hope you are enjoying your Independence Day weekend. Top it off Sunday morning with the Sunday Jazz Brunch before taking to the road.  Best, Marty HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\Heart of Hearts Dave Bass\Nuevo Vol 2. 2025\Heart Above My Head Kristina Koller\Walk On By 2025\A House is Not A Home Eric Reed\For Such a Time as This\Paradox Peace Kandace Springs\Lady in Satin 2025\The End of a Love Affair Wes Montgomery-Wes Montgomery with Melvin Rhyne-03 For Heaven's Sake 1959 Veronica Swift-This Bitter Earth-04 Getting To Know You-2021 Vivian Sessoms-Life II-12 Remembrance - (Featuring Mary Lynn & Eds Chimes) (For Sybil) 2019 Tierney Sutton-Dancing In The Dark-07 Without A Song 2004 Tom Ranier\This Way\Trio Vision Tanya Dennis-White Sails Blue Skies 2021-08 Desolat...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Tessa Souter Air Date: 6/29/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . Back in 2012, vocalist Tessa Souter released Beyond the Blue, a CD that celebrated great classical melodies by turning them into jazz standards, if they had not already been. So for example, we hear The Lamp is Low, which is based on a work by Ravel.  Now Ms. Souter releases her sixth CD, Shadows and Silence, the Erik Satie Project . This project features pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, drummer Billy Drummond, trumpeter Nadje Nordhuis and saxophonist Steve Wilson. In the new release, we hear Ms. Souter's lyrics integrated into the music of Erik Satie. Many listeners will know the Trois Gymnopédies  from an old Blood, Sweat, and Tears album. Here we have the beautiful melody with lyrics.  In fact, the entire CD is a collection of one beautiful melody after another, with the crystalline voice...
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