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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Laila Biali Air Date: 10/17/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT HERE Laila Biali is a Canadian vocalist, pianist, and radio host on Canada's version of NPR, the Canadian Broadcast System, or CBC. Her  self-titled 2018 release won a JUNO award, which is Canada's version of the Grammy awards. Ms. Biali's latest release is called Wintersongs , and here she translates into music the emotions that may accompany a cold, snowy winter day. As soon as I heard the first minute of the album, I knew it would be a great fit for your contemplative hour, as the music really does transport you to a great snowy wilderness. Have you ever stood outside just after a winter storm, when everything is quiet, the white snow blankets everything, and the air is cold and crisp? That's what you'll feel when you listen to this CD from Laila Biali. On the next edition of the Sunday Jazz Brunch, we'll hear two tracks from...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Taste of Worcester Air Date: 11/10/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET It's tempting to think that all the great jazz going on today originates in either New York or L.A., or maybe the big cities in Brazil, Italy, France, and so on. Those big urban centers are certainly where a good portion of it comes from, but there is also plenty to appreciate in other places as well. Like Worcester, Massachusetts. On the next edition of the Sunday Jazz Brunch, you'll hear from a number of artists from the Boston/Worcester area, who appear on three tracks that we'll listen to. Gerry Bluhm For our classic material, we have a CD from twenty years ago, We All Need a Warm Breeze, from the Emil Haddad/Dick Odgren Quintet. Mr. Haddad, who passed in 2004, was well known in the Worcester area for his warm personality and fine trumpet playing. He performed with his group The Notables for more than 30 years, then formed a duet with Dick Odgren on piano in 1982. The next ...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 11/3/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Laila Biali\Wintersongs 2024\Prelude to Outside Laila Biali\Wintersongs 2024\Rocky Mountain Lullaby Avishai Cohen\Brightlight 2024\Drabkin Shirley Horn-You're My Thrill-03 Solitary Moon 2001 Silvio Amato\Variations of Relevance 2020\Sonnet Melancholia Silva & Steini\More Than You Know 2023\I Wish I Knew Stan Hope\Pastels 1999\Pastels Charles Lloyd-The Water Is Wide-06 Lotus Blossom 2000 Cassandre McKinley-Dragonfly-09 Are You Lonesome Tonight 2018 Edy Forey\Culture Today 2024\Agape Earl Klugh-The Best Of Earl Klugh Vol. 1-07 Angelina 1991 Emily Bear-Diversity-03 Diversity 2013 Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner\Love & Peace\Korina HOUR TWO: New For You Laila Biali\Wintersongs 2024\Outside Miki Yamanaka\Chance 2024\Chance Tania Grubbs\The Sound of Love 2024\Something to Live For Tom Graf-Struttin' 2024-06 Enjoying The View Josie Falbo\Taylor Street 202...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 10/27/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Dave Stryker\As We Are 2021\As We Were Craig Davis\Tone Paintings  2022\Dodo's Lament David Sills\Down the Line\If You Never Come to Me Cyrus Chestnut-My Father's Hands 2022-10 Epilogue Chris Botti-To Love Again-07 To Love Again 2005 Chiara Civello-The Space Between-08 Seagulls 2007 Bill Mays Trio-Going Home-03 Shohola Song 2003 Dmitri Matheny\Cascadia 2022\Dark Eyes David Hazeltine, Peter Washington & Louis Hayes-The Classic Trio-05 Catherine's Fantasy 1997 Diana Krall-The Look of Love-06 The Night We Called It a Day 2001 HOUR TWO: New For You Avishai Cohen\Brightlight 2024\Hope Miki Yamanaka\Chance 2024\Unconditional Love Jay D'Amico-Melodia 2024-12 Giant Steps Tom Graf-Struttin' 2024-06 Enjoying The View Greg Johnson\The Naked Truth 2024\White Flower Christian Sands\Embracing Dawn 2024\Serenade of an Angel Portrait 2024 Samara Jo...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents The Jazz Pianists Air Date: 10/20/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET So many listeners have mentioned how much they like the jazz piano they hear on the Sunday Jazz Brunch. I am a big fan of piano trios in particular. I don't think this format gets much airtime, anywhere. I believe that enjoying jazz piano trios can be an acquired taste. Certainly, when you have a trio playing old favorites - well, everybody likes that. But stray just a little from the well-worn path, and most folks take the exit ramp.  In this show we'll cover a good slice of the spectrum, keeping it right where the educated jazz fan wants it to be. This is not a 'best of' show, as I am not trying to fit all of the greatest pianists into a few hours. I guess you could say it is a 'favorites show,' but not quite, since I didn't come up with a list of my favorites and then play them for you. Rather, I just looked through our music database, and when I found a piece ...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 10/13/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Christian Sands\Embracing Dawn 2024\008  Braises de Requiem I (The Embers Requiem, Mov. I) John Lee\Second Wind 2024\Second Wind Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra\Time Takes Odd Turns 2024\Ballad for the A1 Band Warren Wolf\History of the Vibraphone 2024\Saturn's Child Karen Mack\Catch & Keep 2024\From Now On Olivia Foschi\A Window Within 2024\Nona Mariah Parker with P McCandless\Windows Through Time 2024\Rendezvous John Coltrane-The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane-02 What's New-1974 Judy Whitmore\Come Fly With Me 2024\Come Fly With Me Kenny Burrell-Lotus Blossom 1995-06 The Night Has  a Thousand Eyes Larry Willis Trio The Big Push 07 Everything I Have Is Yours 2005 Linda Purl\This Could Be the Start 2023\Let Me Down Easy Patricia Barber-The Cole Porter Mix-07 C'est Magnifique 2008 HOUR TWO: New For You Tom Graf-Struttin' 2024-04 Hotel Goodbyes H...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Music Soup Organ Trio Air Date: 10/6/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT HERE Our guests on the next Musician's Corner are the two founding members of the Music Soup Organ Trio: Nestor Dimopoulos, guitar and Evgenia Karlafti, organ and keys. Hailing from Athens, Greece, and together since 2013, the trio has just released their new CD, Upbeat Mood . The CD contains all original songs, except for one Burt Bacharach number, My Little Red Book. ................................................................................................................................................. Tune in at 9:15 am ET  to hear this edition of Musician's Corner.        ................................................................................................................................................. Evgenia started her musical career as a classical pianist. However, when she met To...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 9/29/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET   HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Delia Fischer\Beyond-Bossa  2024\What Good is Summer John Lee\Second Wind 2024\Moonlight in Vermont Bevan Manson\Talking To Trees 2024\Dance of the Mangrove Trees Jared Hall\Influences 2024\Dream Steps The Crew\The Crew Our Love Is Here to Stay Leslie Pintchik\Prayer for What Remains 2024\Private Moment Wayne Escoffery\Alone 2024\Since I Fell For You April Varner\April 2024\April Give Me One More Day Neil Adler\Emi's Song 2024\Emi's Song Emmet Cohen\Balancing Act 2024\Everlasting George Benson\Dreams Do Come True 2024\Pretend Greg Skaff\ReUp 2024\ReUp HOUR TWO: New For You Danny Johokuchi Big Band\A Decade 2024\Voyage Peter Bernstein\Better Angels 2024\Better Angels Jon De Lucia\The Brubeck Octet Project 2024\Love Walked In Vanessa Perea\This is the Moment 2024\Something Happens to Me Jeff Rupert\It Gets Better 2024\Comanche Crush feat K Barron p ...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents The Pulsing Heart of Jazz Air Date: 9/22/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET Here's what you get every Sunday morning on WICN 90.5: Hour 1 - Your Contemplative Hour Take it slow in the morning. Some say that ballads are the most difficult jazz to play, but perhaps the easiest to listen to and feel. But ballads are only the beginning. On the Sunday Jazz Brunch you'll hear plenty of piano trios, one of the formats particularly well-liked by our early risers. Also favored are the sounds of beautiful string arrangements. For those of you who don't usually get up until past 9am ET, you might want to make a date for this special hour of contemplative jazz. (Tip: You can also listen to the show later from our archives .) Hour 2 - New For You The songs you'll hear during the second hour aren't just new, they are really new. Every week we get tons of new material, and I pick the best and put it right into the rotation. There's nothing wrong with...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Matt Booth Air Date: 9/15/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT HERE Firstly, I must state that bassist Matt Booth's new CD Sun Prints is fine work. It's really good jazz with lots of energy. I knew this from the first spin. Matt Booth is a bassist, composer and educator based in Durham North Carolina. On this release he plays both upright and electric bass as part of his quintet.  One thing I found out about Mr. Booth is that he uses the guitar instead of piano to try out compositional ideas. Maybe that is not the first time I've heard this, but typically jazz composers sit at the piano to write songs. ................................................................................................................................................. Tune in at 9:30 am ET  to hear this edition of Musician's Corner.        ...............................................................
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 9/8/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET It's pronounced "George!" HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Caity Gyorgy\How Are You 2024\Just My Luck Warren Wolf\History of the Vibraphone 2024\Sad Eyes Brian Landrus\Plays Ellington and Strayhorn 2024\Prelude to a Kiss George Benson\Dreams Do Come True 2024\Can We Be Friends Michael Dease\Grove's Groove 2024\Never Let Me Go feat  Joceyln Gould v. Bill Cunliffe p Emmet Cohen\Balancing Act 2024\Everlasting Jon Gordon\7th Ave South 2024\Spark Andy James\Let Me See Your Heart 2024\Bali Hai Josh Lawrence\Measured Response 2024\Stony Mountain Mist The Brubeck Octet Project 2024\Prelude HOUR TWO: New For You Matt Booth-Sun Prints 2024-09 You Came Along Michael Dease\Grove's Groove 2024\Decisions Caity Gyorgy\How Are You 2024\It Never Entered My Mind Alexis Cole\Jazz Republic 2024\Beyond the Sea Music Soup Organ Trio-Upbeat Mood 2024-07 Upbeat Mood Emmet Cohen\Balancing Act...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 9/1/2024 on 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Eric Jacobson\Heading-Home 2024\My Love for Amy feat Bruce Barth p Dave Stryker\As We Are 2021\Saudade David Janeway\Distant Voices 2022\Brigitte Will Caviness Sextet\A Walk-07 Trust In Me () Thom Rotella\Storyline\Besame Mucho Tim Ray-Excursions And Adventures-06 Unconditional Love-2020 Janis Siegel and Yaron Gershovsky\The Colors of My Life 2024\The Colors of My Life Emmet Cohen\Balancing Act 2024\Surry with the Fringe on Top Warren Wolf\History of the Vibraphone 2024\Midnight Sun Ella Fitzgerald\The Songbooks 1984\Manhattan HOUR TWO: New For You Brian Landrus\Plays Ellington and Strayhorn 2024\Isfahan Warren Wolf\History of the Vibraphone 2024\Sad Eyes George Benson\Dreams Do Come True 2024\My Romance Andy James\Let Me See Your Heart 2024\Photograph Eric Jacobson\Heading-Home 2024\Sunset Suite Emmet Cohen\Balancing Act 2024\Emmet's Blues Michael Dease...