Excellence In Jazz Playlist, March 16, 2023
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Excellence in Jazz is celebrating the women of jazz all month during Women's History Month. Tonight we shine the spotlight on singer and pianist Carmen McRae!
- She began studying the piano at age 8 and was influenced early on by the music of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
- McRae got her first major gig playing in Benny Carter's big band in 1944.
- She also played a starring role in Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong's 1961 opera, The Real Ambassadors.
Tonight we'll feature music from Carmen McRae as well as Jenny Klukken and Lolly Allen!
7:00 p.m.
Caili O'Doherty
Quarantine Dream
Quarantine Dream
7:04 p.m.
Eric Reed
Cheryl Ann
Black, Brown & Blue
7:11 p.m.
Lolly Allen
If You Could See Me Now
Coming Home
7:18 p.m.
Catherine Russell
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Send For Me
7:21 p.m.
Jenny Klukken
Cafe Marcel
Color In Motion
7:28 p.m.
Tommy Flanagan
Something To Live For
The Tokyo Recital
7:31 p.m.
Tommy Flanagan
Chelsea Bridge
The Tokyo Recital
7:37 p.m.
Tommy Flanagan
Voce Abuso
Jazz Poet
7:44 p.m.
Carmen McRae
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Bittersweet
7:50 p.m.
Lafayette Harris, Jr.
The Nearness Of You
Swingin' Up In Harlem
7:57 p.m.
Jeremy Pelt
Blues In Sophistication
The Art Of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse
8:05 p.m.
Lolly Allen
The Hippest Cat In Hollywood
Coming Home
8:10 p.m.
Louis Hayes
Summer In Central Park
Serenade For Horace
8:17 p.m.
Denise Donatelli
Toledo
Whistling In The Dark
8:22 p.m.
Roland Tempelaar
Roland's Song
New York Chapter
8:27 p.m.
Joe Locke
Raise Heaven (For Roy)
Makram
8:44 p.m.
Miles Davis
Bye Bye Blackbird
Friday Night At The Blackhawk, Vol. 1
8:54 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Travelin' Blues (feat. Carmen McRae)
Vocal Encounters
8:57 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Take Five (feat. Carmen McRae)
Vocal Encounters
9:01 p.m.
Sara Caswell
South Shore
The Way To You
9:07 p.m.
Joe Chambers
Dance Kobina
Dance Kobina
9:14 p.m.
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
Daniela's Theme
Playing With Fire
9:17 p.m.
India
Mi Primera Rumba
Llego La India Via Eddie Palmieri
9:23 p.m.
Eddie Palmieri
No Me Hagas Sufrir
Latin Lounge Jazz San Juan
9:31 p.m.
Artemis
The Sidewinder
Artemis
9:36 p.m.
Leo Sidran
What's Trending
What's Trending
9:40 p.m.
Dave Stryker
As We Were
Prime
9:46 p.m.
Pasquale Grasso
Warm Valley
Pasquale Plays Duke
9:51 p.m.
Lafayette Harris, Jr.
Solitude
Swingin' Up In Harlem
9:56 p.m.
Greg Skaff
Lady Of The Lavender Mist
Polaris
10:00 p.m.
Delfeayo Marsalis
Midnight At The Zulu Ball
Uptown On Mardi Gras Day
10:06 p.m.
Lakecia Benjamin
New Mornings
Phoenix
10:13 p.m.
Jenny Klukken
Chapters
Color In Motion
10:19 p.m.
Charles Lloyd
Sam Song
Notes From Big Sur
10:26 p.m.
Fareed Haque
Line Games
Honoring Pat Martino
10:34 p.m.
Eric Reed
Lean On Me (feat. Calvin Rhone)
Black, Brown & Blue
10:37 p.m.
Shamie Royston
Lovely Day
Beautiful Liar
10:43 p.m.
Diego Rivera
Alabama
Love & Peace
10:53 p.m.
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Sakeena's Vision
The Big Beat