The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents

Let's Be Careful Out There

Air Date: 8/3/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET

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 these other priorities can sometimes feel a little dangerous or stressful. That's why I ask you to be careful out there.

Then another week rolls around, and we have three more hours of bliss!

Anais Reno

Last week I got a message from Tom Nutile, my colleague on the air (Tuesday Standard Time). He wanted me to know about a performance by Anais Reno with the Compaq Big Band (formerly the DEC Big Band). He had heard me play a few songs from her new CD Lady of the Lavendar Mist and thought to tell me that he is playing (sax) in the band. Darn, I missed it, but if you get a chance to see this band with this vocalist, you should check it out. In today's show, you'll hear Ms Reno sing a jazz favorite, Round Midnight.

I hope you are enjoying the hot weather. If not, then think about how cold it will be in February. ⛄😀

Best,

Marty 

Photo: Michael Conrad on Hill Street Blues (public domain)

HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning

Kieran Brown\Loving You 2025\Emily
Bill Evans [piano]-Everybody Digs Bill Evans 1958-02 Young And Foolish
Lauren Henderson\Sonidos 2025\This Time the Dream's On Me
Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\When the Time Has Come to Part

Anaïs Reno\Lady of the Lavender Mist 2025\Round Midnight
Ted Rosenthal Trio\Ted Rosenthal Songbook 2025\Everything My Father Never Told Me
Jackson Potter\small things 2025\Everything I Love

Oscar Castro-Neves-Brazilian Scandals 1988-10 Tropical Dream
Rick Gallagher-Sweet Potato Eyebrows-09 My Heart Is With You 2002
Joshua Redman\Words Fall Short 2025\Words Fall Short
Tessa Souter\Shadows and Silence 2025\001 A Song for You (Gnossienne No. 1)

HOUR TWO: New For You

Benny Benack III\This is The Life 2025\Some Enchanted Evening
Marcello Carelli - The Era 2022-08 What Makes Me Smile
Ted Rosenthal Trio\Out of This World\Have You Met Miss Jones

Kieran Brown\Loving You 2025\Loving You
Franck Amsallem\The Summer Knows 2025/Unforgettable
Tania Grubbs\The Sound of Love 2024\Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
Kandace Springs\Lady in Satin 2025\For All We Know

Anna Laura Quinn\Just 2025\Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Ted Rosenthal Trio\Ted Rosenthal Songbook 2025\Crossing the Rubicon
Marilyn Kleinberg-Let Your Heart Lead the Way 2025-08 Say It (Over and Over Again)
Dee Dee Bridgewater\Elemental with Bill Charlap 2025\S'wonderful

HOUR THREE: Brazil/World/Groove

Antonio Adolfo-Carnaval- The Songs Were So Beautiful 2025-01 E Com Esse Que Eu Vou
Brad Turner Quartet\It's All So 2025\It's All So
Masha Campagne\Alegre Menina 2025\Bahia Com H
Brian Simpson-Midnight Groove 2025-06 In Search of My Dream

Antonio Adolfo-Carnaval- The Songs Were So Beautiful 2025-09 Agora E Cinza
Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD
Ivan Lins\My Heart Speaks 2023\The Heart Speaks (Antes e Depois)
Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm Begin To Dance 15 Give Me Love 

Maysa-Feel the Fire-01 I Can't Help It 2007
Mark O'Connor-Mirage-03 Three Up One Down 2003
Michael Franks-05 Don't Be Blue (1987)
Roberto Menescal-Nos Eo Mar 2023-02 Rio

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