Excellence In Jazz Playlist, March 31, 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 vocalist and jazz legend Billie Holiday!
- She got her famous nickname "Lady Day" from friend and saxophonist Lester Young.
- Holiday sang for the nightclubs of Harlem before meeting commercial success.
- She won 4 Grammy awards, all of them posthumously.
We will also feature Cheryl Bentyne, Ariel Pocock, Brandee Younger and Roxy Coss!
6:45 p.m.
Clipper Anderson
Poinciana
The Road Home
6:51 p.m.
Aliquo/Adair
Isfahan
Too Marvelous For Words
7:00 p.m.
Herbie Hancock
Speak Like A Child
Speak Like A Child
7:08 p.m.
Brandee Younger
Tickled Pink
Somewhere Different
7:11 p.m.
Ariel Pocock
Mother Stands For Comfort
Touchstone
7:19 p.m.
Billie Holiday
Everything I Have Is Yours
Billie's Best
7:23 p.m.
Billy Eckstine
Imagination
Jazz Masters 22
7:27 p.m.
Scott Hamilton
Black Velvet
After Hours
7:36 p.m.
Julian Lage
Everything Helps
The Layers
7:40 p.m.
Joe Locke
Interwoven Hues
Makram
7:48 p.m.
Eric Reed
Lean On Me (feat. Calvin Rhone)
Black, Brown & Blue
7:52 p.m.
Elio Villafranca
Song For Freedom
Standing By The Crossroads
8:00 p.m.
George Cables
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
I'm All Smiles
8:07 p.m.
Cheryl Bentyne
The Very Thought Of You
Talk Of The Town
8:12 p.m.
Billie Holiday
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Jazz Masters 12
8:17 p.m.
Lester Young
Up 'N' Adam
Lester Swings
8:21 p.m.
Supersax
If I Should Lose You
Stone Bird
8:24 p.m.
Veronica Swift
Forget About The Boy
Confessions
8:29 p.m.
Art Pepper
These Foolish Things
Today
8:35 p.m.
Till Bronner
Bumpin'
Oceana
8:43 p.m.
Billie Holiday
Comes Love
Billie's Best
8:47 p.m.
Bill Evans
How My Heart Sings
How My Heart Sings!
8:52 p.m.
Bill Evans
Young And Foolish
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
9:00 p.m.
Leo Sidran
What's Trending
What's Trending
9:05 p.m.
Jim Snidero
Obsession
Far Far Away
9:13 p.m.
Kendrick Scott
What Day Is It?
Corridors
9:18 p.m.
Jessica Williams
Freedom Trane
Freedom Trane
9:24 p.m.
Eddie Harris
Freedom Jazz Dance
The Best Of Eddie Harris
9:37 p.m.
Ariel Pocock
All The Things You Are
Touchstone
9:42 p.m.
Hiroe Sekine
Minority
A-me
9:49 p.m.
Roxy Coss
A Shade Of Jade
Chasing The Unicorn
9:54 p.m.
Joe Henderson
Canyon Lady
Canyon Lady
10:05 p.m.
Brandee Younger
Olivia Benson
Somewhere Different
10:09 p.m.
Brandee Younger
Reclamation
Somewhere Different
10:16 p.m.
Luciana Souza
Love Is For Strangers
The New Bossa Nova
10:22 p.m.
Joe Locasio
Lost River Waltz
November
10:27 p.m.
Melissa Aldana
Ask Me Now
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
10:32 p.m.
Diego Rivera
Alabama
Love & Peace
10:42 p.m.
John Coltrane
Vilia - Take 5
Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
10:46 p.m.
Eddie Harris
Chicago Serenade
A Tale Of Two Cities