Jazz With Marty Friedman

Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 5/24/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks .   Photo of Harvie S. and Joe Lovano by Mitch Bleier,  mb626rsd@gmail.com or @mitch.bleier on Instagram.      HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Kenny Barron-Songbook 2026-05 Illusion feat Ekep Nkwelle v. Josh Nelson  & Bob Bowman Collective-Tomorrow is Not Promised 2022-03 Sometime Ago Johnny Mathis-Isn't It Romantic-05 There's A Kind Of Hush 2005 Natalie Cole\Unforgettable- With Love\Smile Gabrielle Cavassa\Diavola 2026009  Could It Be Magic Alan Broadbent-Developing Story-07 Lady in the Lake 2917 Joe Lovano Mostly Coltrane 07 Central Part West 2009 Johnny Hartman-Songs From the Heart-18 September Song-1956 Kurt Elling-Dedicated To You- Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman-03 Dedicated To You 2009 Larry Willis-My Funny Valentine-06 Blood Count 1988 Leo Sidran-Cool School (Music of Michael Fra...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 5/17/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks . Photo: Patricia Barber National Jazzscene 2017 (213612).jpg by  Tore Sætre HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Paul Winter & Oscar Castro-Neves-Brazilian Days 1998-06 Tambem Quem Mandou Patricia Barber-The Cole Porter Mix-01 Easy to Love 2008 Peter Eldridge-10 Betty's Bossa (Chamego) (2011) Shirley Horn-You Won't Forget Me-14 All My Tomorrows 1990 Stacey Kent\A Time For Love 2026\08 What Goodbye Is For Stefano Di Battista-Round About Roma-03 Tartaruga 2002 Tessa Souter-Beyond the Blue-09 Beyond the Blue (Frederic Chopin’s Prelude in E minor, Opus 28, No. 4) 2012 Tanya Dennis-White Sails Blue Skies 2021-02 Till You The Lynne Arriale Trio-Come Together-02 Home 2004 The Tiki Collective-Muse-07 All Too Soon 2018 Lucy Wijnands & John Di Martino-Call Me Irresponsible 2022-04 Call Me Irresponsible  HOUR TW...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 5/10/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks . HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Chico Pinheiro-There's A Storm Inside-11 Valsa Nº 8-2010 Chester Thompson Trio\Simpler Times\A Remark You Made Chris Botti-Impressions-07 Setembro 2012 Corrine Bailey Rae-03 Been to the Moon (2016) Denise Donatelli-Whistling In The Dark- The Music Of Burt Bacharach 2021-01 Whistling In The Dark Craig Davis\Tone Paintings  2022\Opus #5 Denise Donatelli-Whistling In The Dark- The Music Of Burt Bacharach 2021-09 A House is Not a Home David Janeway\Distant Voices 2022\Waltz for Zweetie Jack Donahue-Strange Weather-02 Caramel 2004 Hélio Alves-Musica-06 Música Das Nuvens e Do Chão-2010 Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm Begin To Dance 15 Give Me Love  Joanne Tatham-out of my dream-03 Devil May Care 2015 HOUR TWO: New For You Stella Cole\My Funny Valentine 2026\The Nearness of You V...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 5/3/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks .   Photo of Toninho Horta by Mitch Bleier,  mb626rsd@gmail.com or @mitch.bleier on Instagram.   HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Bria Skonberg\Brass 2026\Somewhere Out There Hendrik Meurkens\Samba Tonto 2026\Chelsea Nocturne Johnny Mathis-How Do You Keep The Music Playing-01 How Do You Keep The Music Playing 1993 Tierney Sutton-Dancing In The Dark-10 Last Night When We Were Young 2004 Johnny Hartman-The Voice That Is!-06 The Day the World Stopped Turning-1994 Don Sebesky-I Remember Bill- Tribute to Bill Evans 1998-13 Epilogue Jacqui Naylor-Treasures of the Heart 2024-09 Love in Springtime George Benson-Bad Benson-02 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 1974 Harry Connick Jr.-25-07 Tangerine 1992 Jackie Ryan-This Heart of Mine-14 Seasons of the Heart 2003 Halie Loren-Simply Love-13 Simply Love 2013 Gretchen P...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 4/26/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks .   Photo of Imraan Khan by Mitch Bleier, mb626rsd@gmail.com or @mitch.bleier on Instagram.   HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Chico Pinheiro-There's A Storm Inside-11 Valsa Nº 8-2010 Chester Thompson Trio\Simpler Times\A Remark You Made Chris Botti-Impressions-07 Setembro 2012 Corrine Bailey Rae-03 Been to the Moon (2016) Denise Donatelli-Whistling In The Dark- The Music Of Burt Bacharach 2021-01 Whistling In The Dark Craig Davis\Tone Paintings  2022\Opus #5 Denise Donatelli-Whistling In The Dark- The Music Of Burt Bacharach 2021-09 A House is Not a Home David Janeway\Distant Voices 2022\Waltz for Zweetie Jack Donahue-Strange Weather-02 Caramel 2004 Hélio Alves-Musica-06 Música Das Nuvens e Do Chão-2010 Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm Begin To Dance 15 Give Me Love  Joanne Tatham-out of my dream...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 4/19/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks . HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Hendrik Meurkens\Samba Tonto 2026\The Summer Knows Peter Erskine\Peregrine 2026\On The Lake Stacey Kent-Tenderly-10 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 2015 Tierney Sutton-Dancing In The Dark-06 Where Or When 2004 April Varner\April 2024\Dear April Harvie S-Witchcraft 2013-08 Until Tomorrow feat Kenny Barron p. Stella Cole\It's Magic 2025 feat Alan Broadbent\Say It Paul Marinaro\Not Quite Yet 2022\12-12 Searching (É Luxo Só) Michael Franks-One Bad Habit-08 Still Life 1980 Michael Morreale-The Piano Album Vol VI 2023-10 Beautiful Love McCoy Tyner-What The World Needs Now - The Music of Burt Bacharach-07 (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me 1997 Michael Bublé-Call Me Irresponsible 2007-11 Always on My Mind HOUR TWO: New For You Bill Evans\Bill Evans at BBC 2026\Els...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Harvie S Air Date: 4/12/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks .   LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT HERE    Harvie S is a prolific, well-known, and very much in demand jazz bass player. He started out in Boston at Berklee College of Music, and then  played regularly at the Jazz Workshop and Lennie’s on the turnpike. In 1972 he moved to New York City, where he currenly resides.   Harvie has been on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music since 1984 and teaches Jazz Bass and ensembles there. He has performed or recorded with artists such as Thad Jones, Gil Evans, Lee Konitz, Steve Kuhn and Paul Motian. He also partnered with vocalist Sheila Jordan on a number of recordings.   Harvie changed his name from Harvie Swartz to Harvie S in 2001.     The new CD, Bright Dawn , is his 21st recording as a leader. We'll talk about two tracks on th...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Judy Wexler Air Date: 4/5/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: Click here for the archives for up to two weeks .   LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT HERE    LA-Based vocalist Judy Wexler has released seven CDs during the course of her twenty-year career. She is known for finding great songs that are often overlooked.    This was specifically the goal on one of her earlier CDs, Crowded Heart, released in 2019. I was thrilled to hear the songs on this CD, many of which were somewhat familiar but which I hadn't heard in quite some time. We'll hear a few songs from this CD during Sunday's show.   Her latest CD is called No Wonder, and here we are back to favorite Great American Songbook tunes, such as You Stepped Out of a Dream and That Sunday, That Summer  - with some exceptions.   Two of the exceptions will be the subject of our interview. Ms. Wexler will talk about the title track No...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 3/29/2026  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 Aubrey Johnson\The Lively Air 2026\007 I'll Never Need To Know Alan Pasqua\Day Dream 2020\Old Cape Cod Stella Cole\My Funny Valentine 2026\You Go To My Head Jamile with Miki Yamanaka\Pursuit of a Pulse 2025\Come With Me to the River Symbiosis\Tribute to Bill Evans 2026\Suite V Waltz for Debby reprise Sam Yahel\Quiet Flow 2026\I Wish I Knew Kenny Barron-Spirit Song-09 Cook's Bay 2000 Tierney Sutton\Spring 2026\Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most Dave Stryker\Blue Fire 2025\The Folks Who Live on the Hill Joe Magnarelli-Old New Borrowed Blue 2022-07 The Gypsy HOUR TWO: New For You Carolyn Trowbridge\Found Memories 2026\08 The Old Woman Who Never Grew Older  Melissa Aldana\Filin 2026\Ocaso Jon Gold\Anahi 2026\VANIANDO Affinity Trio\New-Outlook 2025\Shadow Catcher feat Eri...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 3/22/2026  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 Carlos Franzetti-The Jazz Kameratan-06 When Autumn Comes 2005 Chris Keefe\Opening 2023\Dream Claudio Roditi-Brazilliance x4-07 Song For Nana 2007 Clarence Penn\Behind the Voice 2024\Send One Your Love feat AARON MARCELLUS v. Dianne Reeves-Bridges-05 Bridges 1999 Eric Marienthal & Chuck Loeb-Bridges-02 Crossing (2015)  Diana Krall-The Look of Love-07 Dancing in the Dark 2001 Dmitri Matheny\Cascadia 2022\Dark Eyes Don Braden-Earth Wind And Wonder-03 Visions 2018 Emi Meyer-Monochrome-01 Odyssey 2017 HOUR TWO: New For You Stella Cole\My Funny Valentine 2026\The Nearness of You Mark Wade\New Stages 2026\Idyll Carl Schultz\The-Road-to-Trantor 2026\The Spirit of Adventure Rachael & Vilray-Rachael & Vilray (Disc 1)-04 Treat Me Better 2019 Carolyn Trowbridge\Found Mem...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Our Operators are Standing By Air Date: 3/15/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET Thankfully, our equipment is a bit more modern than what is pictured. But  do you see those happy smiles? That's how we look when a great song is playing on the air, which is most of the time.  I hope you can support our cause, which is jazz plus - the plus referring to our great evening lineup of folk, blues, and other types of music practically ignored by commercial media. And speaking of equipment, did you know that WICN continues to maintain and upgrade our equipment, such as our transmitter, which thankfully has been working well so far this year. Anyway, that's where the money goes when you call with your pledge of support to keep jazz plus going. On the next edition of the Sunday Jazz Brunch, I'll be asking for your support.  So call us between 9am and 12pm during the SJB to pledge. The number is: 508-752-0700. If you would like to pledge onlin...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 3/8/2026  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 Laura Taylor\Think I'm In Love 2025\Care for Me Leslie Pintchik-True North 2015-07 Falling In Love Again.wav Linda Calise-La Vie - My Life-06 Sunday Kind of Love 2015 Melody Gardot-The Absence-10 My Heart Won't Have It Any Other Way 2012 Michael Bublé-Call Me Irresponsible 2007-08 Wonderful Tonight Duet With Ivan Lins McCoy Tyner-What The World Needs Now - The Music of Burt Bacharach-05 One Less Bell to Answer 1997 AL Jarreau with Metropole Orchestra-Live-08 Midnight Sun 2012 Natalie Cole\Unforgettable- With Love\20 Non Dimenticar (1991) Judy Wexler\No Wonder 2024\The Summer Knows Franck Amsallem\The Summer Knows 2025\The Summer Knows  Fareed Haque\Deja Vu\Our House Freddy Cole-To the Ends of the Earth-13 I'll Be Seeing You 1997 HOUR TWO: New For You Carolyn Trowbridge\...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 3/1/2026  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 Chico Pinheiro-There's A Storm Inside-11 Valsa Nº 8-2010 Chester Thompson Trio\Simpler Times\A Remark You Made Chris Botti-Impressions-07 Setembro 2012 Corrine Bailey Rae-03 Been to the Moon (2016) Denise Donatelli-Whistling In The Dark- The Music Of Burt Bacharach 2021-01 Whistling In The Dark Craig Davis\Tone Paintings  2022\Opus #5 Denise Donatelli-Whistling In The Dark- The Music Of Burt Bacharach 2021-09 A House is Not a Home David Janeway\Distant Voices 2022\Waltz for Zweetie Jack Donahue-Strange Weather-02 Caramel 2004 Hélio Alves-Musica-06 Música Das Nuvens e Do Chão-2010 Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm Begin To Dance 15 Give Me Love Unknown Year Joanne Tatham-out of my dream-03 Devil May Care 2015 HOUR TWO: New For You Stella Cole\My Funny Valentine 2026\The Nearness of ...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 2/22/2026  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 Aaron Parks\By All Means 2025\A Way Alan Pasqua-My New Old Friend-05 My New Old Friend-2005 Angela Hagenbach\The Way They Make Me Feel\11 The Way He Makes Me Feel (2009) Cassandre McKinley-Dragonfly-02 All Alone Am I 2018 Chester Thompson Trio-10 New Life (2015) David Janeway\Distant Voices 2022\Brigitte Todd Zimberg\Not a Tango 2025\Not a Tango Ted Rosenthal Trio\Ted Rosenthal Songbook 2025\Nine Lives Affinity Trio\New-Outlook 2025\New Outloo HOUR TWO: New For You Stella Cole\My Funny Valentine 2026\You Go To My Head Julian Lage\Scenes from Above 2026\Opal Joe Magnarelli\Decidedly So 2026\Decidedly So Ted Rosenthal Trio-Out of This World 2011-03 Have You Met Miss Jones Alan Broadbent\Threads Of Time 2025\Clifford Notes Noah Haidu\Standards 2023\All The Way Rachael & Vilray-West...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 2/15/2026  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 Cyrus Chestnut Trio-Journeys-03 Eyes of an Angel 2010 05_All My Life (Quiet Is The Star, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Roomspin Records 2020)  Christopher Backriges-Surface to Air-08 Visa  1. The Journey Home (Broadbent_Mancio,Songbook album) Martin Wind\Turn Out the Stars 2025\Moments Ted Rosenthal\Ted Rosenthal Songbook 2025\6 Nine Lives Paul Marinaro/Mood Ellington 2025\All Too Soon Jamile with Miki Yamanaka\Pursuit of a Pulse 2025 \ Timeless Portraits and Dreams Jen Allen\Possibilitie 2025\Sweet Love Frank Amsallem\Last Night When We Were Young 009 Jason Forsythe - Sanctity 005 Christian McBride Big Band - All Through The Night HOUR TWO: New For You Bruce Gertz\Quintet - Octopus Dreams 2025\07. Opening Alan Broadbent-Threads Of Time 2025-07 The Long Goodbye 004 ...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 2/8/2026  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 Symbiosis\Tribute to Bill Evans 2026\Suite IV Interlude Treasures Paul McCandless\Live at Kimballs East 1992\Cloudy This Morning April Varner\April 2024\Sometimes It Snows in April Stella Cole\It's Magic 2025 feat Alan Broadbent\Imagination Aaron Parks\By All Means 2025\Dense Phantasy Freddy Cole-In the Name of Love-04 In the Name of Love 2003 George Kahn Quartet-DreamCatcher-10 EVA-2020 Goldings Bernstein Stewart-Perpetual Pendulum 2022-09 Perpetual Pendulum Eddie Gomez-Next Future-03 Dreaming of You 1993 Danilo Pérez & Claus Ogerman-Across The Crystal Sea-05 If I Forget You 2008 HOUR TWO: New For You Paul Marinaro\Mood Ellington 2025\A Flower is a Lovesome Thing Dave Stryker\Blue Fire 2025\Waiting for Ruby Patricia Barber-The Cole Porter Mix-04 You're the Top 2008 April...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 2/1/2026  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 Joe Magnarelli\Decidedly So 2026/10th Anniversary  Dave Stryker\Blue Fire 2025\Waiting for Ruby Carmen McRae-Carmen Sings Monk -11 Still We Dream 004 Bill Coon - But Beautiful Charles Lloyd\The Water Is Wide-06 Lotus Blossom 2000 Ted Rosenthal Trio\Classics Reimagined - Improp2 2025\ Je Te Veux Tessa Souter\Shadows and Silence 2025\009 Rayga s Song (Gymnopedie No. 1) The Tiki Collective-Muse-01 I've Never Left Your Arms 2018 Lee Morgan-The Procrastinator-03 Dear Sir 1967 The Steve Kuhn Trio-Years Later-08-Silvers Serenade Libby York-Here With You 2008-02 The Day the World Stopped Turning HOUR TWO: New For You Carl Schultz\The-Road-to-Trantor 2026\Unsettled Worlds Symbiosis\Tribute to Bill Evans 2026\WAV\Time Remembered Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\Heart of Hear...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Mafalda Minnozzi & Paul Ricci Air Date: 1/25/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks .   LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT HERE     Good friends of WICN-FM 90.5, vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi and her music director, producer, and guitarist Paul Ricci, will talk about their latest CD,  Riofonic,  on the next edition of the Sunday Jazz Brunch.    If you are a regular listener you might recall that  they have appeared a few times live in Studio 50, both times broadcast during the show. Now we have an audio piece produced by Mr. Ricci that will air between 10am and 11am ET during this Sunday's show.   Included will be a discussion of the different beats incorporated into some of the songs - not all of which use the famed and irresistable bossa nova beat that we all love. But here we have something that uses African rhythms, and I hope you...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Time Traveling: Best of 2024 Air Date: 1/18/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks   So we're still at the beginning of 2026 and we've heard the best of 2025. The tradition on the Sunday Jazz Brunch is to revisit previous BEST OF shows, as it is a shame to only play such a show once or twice. We always want the best and these will give it to us in spades. So on the next edition of SJB we'll travel back further, to 2024, which had a whole bunch of really great releases.      Click here  for the blog entry for this show. It gives you all the info you need.    One change, though. As SJB is now a three-hour show, I had to edit the original show to fit the format. The new playlist is below.   Best,   Marty    HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning Judy Whitmore\Come Fly With Me 2024\Moonlight In Vermont John Lee\Second Wind 2024\Why Was I Bor...

The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Best of 2025 Air Date: 1/11/2026  on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks   Another year rolls around, and another Best Of show comes your way. Three hours of the best CDs with the best tracks, where else can you hear such a surfeit of great jazz? Tune in to the Sunday Jazz Brunch this coming Sunday and plan to hang and relax for the whole show, because I doubt you'll be able to turn it off once you hear these great songs by today's jazz artists.   I don't want to say too much here because the music speaks for itself mostly. Sure, I will guide you through during the show and I will provide the backstories and artist notes where appropriate, but make no mistake, it's all about the music.   Certainly, this list is really the Marty Friedman Best Of 2025 show, because I did not get every new jazz CD released. In fact, there are a few that I discovered I had not yet listened to by ...