The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents

Don't Miss These Delicious Tracks

Air Date: 2/4/2024 streaming at 90.5 WICN 8am-12pm ET

Look at all the songs released in 2024 in the playlist below for Sunday! 

I'm particularly enjoying vocalists Stella Bass and Judy Whitmore. Both releases have superb accompaniment and really good sound engineering to match the excellent vocals. 

Jun Iida is an interesting trumpeter hailing from the west coast. 

I always like getting Danilo Perez with Claus Ogerman on the air; their CD Across The Crystal Sea is just gorgeous! Not new, but more than worthy.

Dan Dean's Vocalise is unique, interesting, and a joy to experience.

You'll hear a song with Gregory Porter during the second hour. You may not have heard it because it is on Wayne Escoffery's new album.

How about some Bill Evans with Jim Hall?

Also I have a very good youth orchestra, the JM Jazz World Orchestra. The kids these days seem to know their stuff, jazzwise that is.

The new Incognito release grooves on and on during the final hour. Don't miss Joey DeFrancesco and Joe Magnarelli for your straight-ahead groove in the final set.

Looking forward, I have several really interesting Musician's Corner segments coming up!

Yours in jazz,

Marty

HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning

Brian Melvin\Transformation 2024\It's Easy To Remember (Brian Melvin d- Soren Lee g- Mads Sondergaard o)
Neal Caine b Trio\Skip to My Lou 2024\Shiny Stockings
Jun Iida\Evergreen 2024\Evergreen 

Ulysses Owen Jr\A New Beat 2024\008 Ulysses Owens Jr. And Generation Y - Helen's Song.wav
Judy Whitmore\Come Fly With Me 2024\There's a Small Hotel
Peter Erskine\Bernstein in Vienna 2024 - Viennese Summer
Stella Bass\Look for the Silver Lining 2024/Look for the Silver Lining

Cyrus Chestnut-The Dark Before The Dawn-10 Lovers' Paradise 1995
Dan Dean\Vocalise 2024\Couperin The Mystic Barricades
Danilo Pérez & Claus Ogerman-Across The Crystal Sea-02 Rays And Shadows 2008
Freddy Cole-In the Name of Love-01 Harbor Lights 2003

HOUR TWO: New For You

Francesco Crosara p\Circular Motion 2024\
Stella Bass\Look for the Silver Lining 2024\04 All The Colours Of My Love
Charles Chen p\Play 2024\Golson
Pierre Chambers\Shining Moments 2023\Dear Anne

Michael Morreale-The Piano Album Vol VI 2023-10 Beautiful Love
Wayne Escoffery\Like Minds 2023\Rivers of Babylon feat G Porter
Marc Jordan\Waiting for the Sun to Rise 2023\Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Benny Benack III\Third Time's The Charm 2023\Jade

Thomas Fonnesbaek Justin Kauflin\Danish Rain 2023\Everything I Love
Bob Mintzer Big Band,NY Voices-Meeting of Minds-02 I Concentrate on You
Bill Evans & Jim Hall-Intermodulation-01 I've Got You Under My Skin-1990
João Gilberto-João-07 You Do Something to Me 1991

HOUR THREE: Brazil/World

Roberto Menescal-Nosd Eo Mar 2023-06 Vagamente
Mafalda Minnozzi\Natural Impression 2023\Useless Landscape
Sarah McKenzie\Without You 2023\Fotographia
Ivan Lins\My Heart Speaks 2023\Renata Maria
 
Gabriel Espinosa\Bossas and Boleros 2023Pa Eugenio
Mark Masters\CT! 2024\Argentia feat Baritone saxophonist Adam Schroeder
Dave Solazzo p\Locrian Sky 2024\Gentle Rain
JM Jazz World Orchestra-Jazz Pops,Jazz Swings 2020-07 Where is the Love

Diego Figueiredo-Antarctica-07 Caribbean Gonzaga-2021
Gaea Schell\In Your Own Sweet Way 10 Un Sueño De La Noche
Roberto Menescal-Nosd Eo Mar 2023-09 Copacabana de Sempre
Diego Figueiredo\My World 2023\Tiramissu

HOUR FOUR: Groove, Baby

Incognito-Into You 2023-15 Back on the Beach
Ian Shaw-In a New York Minute-01 In a New York Minute 1999
Jazz Funk Soul\Forecast 2022\Keep Holding On
Incognito-In Search of Better Days-02 Just Say Nothing 2016

Jazz Holdouts-Jazz Holdouts-02 Summer Nights 2018
Jamie Cullum-Catching Tales-12 Our Day Will Come 2005
Jeff Lorber Fusion-The Drop 2023-04 On the Bus
Jack Brandfield\I'll Never Be The Same 2021\Vignette
Jenna Mammina-Under the Influence-02 Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 1999

Joe Magnarelli-Lookin' Up-02 Third Set 2014
Jenny Davis-Rearranged-07 Saying Yes-2019
Joey DeFrancesco-In The Key Of The Universe-08 Soul Perspective 2019
Earl Klugh-HandPicked-02 Lullaby Of Birdland 2013

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