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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Goodbye 2025 Air Date: 12/28/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks It's the final show of the year.  In the weeks ahead, there will be time for reflection and also for putting together the 'best of' show, something I always look forward to. Meanwhile, for Sunday's show, I have  chosen some of the most beautiful music I could find. You'll hear extraordinary jazz with strings during the first hour. Steve Kuhn, one of my favorite pianists of all time, opens the show with a wonderful string orchestra. Then wait until you hear the string arrangement by Alan Broadbent for Georgia Mancio's 2025 release A Story Left Untold, listening to the title track. Then we have the young Montreal guitarist Sam Kirmayer, perhaps my favorite unsung artist. He has a fabulous tone. Paul McCandless plays oboe and I can't think of any other jazz oboists off the top of my head. His work...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 12/21/2025 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 Brandon Sanders\Lasting Impression 2025\Soul Eyes Ted Rosenthal Trio\Ted Rosenthal Songbook 2025\Always Believe Paul Marinaro\Not Quite Yet 2022\That's All La Tanya Hall\If Not Now, When 2025\Pretty Eyes Andrew Carroll\Speaking of Gravity 2025\07 Audrey's Arabesque April Varner\Winter Songs Vol 2 2025\Sleigh Ride Rufus Wainwright Pacific Jazz Orchestra\Stranger Here Myself 2025\014 Lost In The Stars (Feat. Metropole Orkest) Vanisha Gould\Life's a Gig 2024\Aisha Noah Haidu\Standards 2023\Old Folks Samara Joy\Portrait 2024\You Stepped Out of A Dream Michael Pallas\Gateway 2024\11 Beyond(The Gateway) HOUR TWO: New For You Stella Cole\It's Magic 2025 feat Alan Broadbent\Stairway to the Stars Aaron Parks\By All Means 2025\003 For Maria Jose April Varner\Winter Songs Vol 2...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 12/14/2025 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 Alan Pasqua-Northern Lights 2017-06 Hope  Michael Ragonese-Stracci 2023-07 I'll be Seeing You Kenny Burrell-Love Is the Answer 1998-11 Love Suite- First Movement, Love Is the Answer, Pt. 1 (Reprise) Linda Purl\This Could Be the Start 2023\Dream Dancing Ivan Lins\My Heart Speaks 2023\Rio De Maio Don Braden-Earth Wind And Wonder Volume 2 2023-05 Send One Your Love Chris Keefe\Opening 2023- Along Came Betty  Chiara Civello-The Space Between-06 Without Him 2007 Jackie Allen-Rose Fingered Dawn-10 Steal The Night 2017 Jacky Terrasson-Smile-04 Sous le ciel de Paris 2002 Jamie Cullum-Twentysomething-01 These Are The Days 2004 Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm-Spark-03 Talk To Me 2015 HOUR TWO: New For You Stella Cole\It's Magic 2025 feat Alan Broadbent\As Time Goes By Franck Amsallem\G...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Support Public Radio Air Date: 12/7/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . This Sunday we'll be taking your pledge during the Sunday Jazz Brunch, to support this kind of music. I hope you value what we do here at 90.5 WICN and I look forward to hearing from you during our pledge drive. Call this Sunday,  12/7 , between 9am - 12pm: 508-752-0700. Alternatively, during that time you can visit our website and pledge online by clicking here . Thanks for your support. Without you, our valued listeners, we would not exist. Best, Marty 
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 11/30/2025 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 Susan Krebs With Mixed Remotions-Daybreak 2021-04 Inside A Silent Tear Ted Rosenthal Trio\Classics Reimagined - Improp2 2025\09. Salut D'Amour - Elgar feat Sara Caswell v. Stella Cole\It's Magic 2025 feat Alan Broadbent\Fools Rush In Lauren Henderson-Conjuring 2023-10 I Wish You Love (Featuring Joel Ross, Sean Mason, Eric Wheeler & Joe Dyson) Joshua Redman\where are we 2023\007 Joshua Redman Featuring Gabrielle Cavassa - Manhattan Brad Turner Quartet\It's All So 2025\It's All So Judy Whitmore\Come Fly With Me 2024\Autumn in New York Peter Bernstein\Better Angels 2024\Hazel Eyes Affinity Trio\New-Outlook 2025\Shadow Catcher feat Eric Jacobson tpt. Alberto Pibiri Trio\Stardust 2022\Moomlight in Vermont Tania Grubbs\The Sound of Love 2024\Duke Ellington's Soun...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Ted Rosenthal Air Date: 11/16/2025 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   Regular listeners of the Sunday Jazz Brunch know how much I like a good piano trio. There something very elegant and pure about these three instruments playing together.  This year we have a bounty of material from pianist Ted Rosenthal and his trio. It is not often that we encounter an artist who has four simultaneous releases. I must admit that I was confused initially when I heard about his follow-on project to a CD released in 2010 called Impromptu , in which Mr. Rosenthal arranges classical works for jazz piano trio. The new CD, titled Impromp2 , continues the work crossing over between classical and jazz.  However, when I got his 'new CD,' it had a different title! So here are the four releases: Classics Reimagined: Impromp2 The Ted Rosenthal Son...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Carmen Bradford And The Music of Carmen McRae Air Date: 11/9/2025 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   You wouldn't be surprised to learn that prior to writing this blog I have not listened extensively to the Count Basie Orchestra. Oh yes, I am familiar with their big hits and heard them many times, like Shiny Stockings , April in Paris , and, of course, Corner Pocket . But I never dug very deep beyond my love of the guitar playing of Freddie Green.   But last year I heard a singer with whom I was not familiar, on an album from Champian Fulton, called Flying High, Jazz at the Ballroom . On that recording was a great song that you don't hear too often, Lullaby of the Leaves , sung by Carmen Bradford. I was entranced. Such a powerful voice, great phrasing, even a little bit of mystery in her voice. How did I miss this artist?...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 11/2/2025 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 Scott and Grant\Horizon Song 2024\Beautiful Shira Tyler Henderson\Love Endures 2025\On A Clear Day Anna Laura Quinn\Just 2025\A Flower is a Lovesome Thing Tessa Souter\Shadows and Silence 2025\If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas) Franck Amsallem\The Summer Knows 2025\Unforgettable Nat King Cole-The Classic Singles 2003-09 When I Fall In Love Rachael & Vilray-Rachael & Vilray (Disc 1)-12 There's No True Love 2019 Kristina Koller\Walk On By 2025\Don't Make Me Over Tom Graf-Struttin' 2024-06 Enjoying The View Laila Biali\Wintersongs 2024\Prelude to Outside Laila Biali\Wintersongs 2024\Outside Johnny Hartman-Songs From the Heart-08 When Your Lover Has Gone-1956 HOUR TWO: New For You Marcello Carelli\First Impressions 2025\Ahead of the Curve Tyler Henderson\Love Endures...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Franck Amsallem And The Music of Michel Legrand   Air Date: 10/26/2025 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   A very long time ago, when I was a young man coming of age, I saw a film about a young man coming of age. It is a touching story - a gawky teen falls in love with a beautiful woman whose heart has been broken by tragedy. Such a story calls for a special soundtrack.   As pianist Franck Amsallem tells it, this quintessentially American movie, The Summer of '42, released in 1971, is graced with a masterful score by French composer Michel Legrand.  On the next edition of the Sunday Jazz Brunch, I am honored to talk with Mr. Amsallem about his new album, The Summer Knows , in which he performs the title song from this movie, with David Wong on bass and Kush Abadey on drums.   The Summer Knows is not a song ...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Sunday's Playlist Air Date: 10/19/2025 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 Georgia Mancio\A STORY LEFT UNTOLD 2025\Heart of Hearts Dave Bass\Nuevo Vol 2. 2025\Heart Above My Head Kristina Koller\Walk On By 2025\A House is Not A Home Eric Reed\For Such a Time as This\Paradox Peace Kandace Springs\Lady in Satin 2025\The End of a Love Affair Wes Montgomery-Wes Montgomery with Melvin Rhyne-03 For Heaven's Sake 1959 Veronica Swift-This Bitter Earth-04 Getting To Know You-2021 Vivian Sessoms-Life II-12 Remembrance - (Featuring Mary Lynn & Eds Chimes) (For Sybil) 2019 Tierney Sutton-Dancing In The Dark-07 Without A Song 2004 Tom Ranier\This Way\Trio Vision Tanya Dennis-White Sails Blue Skies 2021-08 Desolation Sound Stella Bass\Look for the Silver Lining 2024\Look for the Silver Lining HOUR TWO: New For You Marina Pacowski-New Jazz Standards, Vol. 7- Th...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Mark Morganelli Air Date: 10/12/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . The Jazz Forum Arts in Tarrytown, NY CLICK HERE TO LISTEN   Sometime in the 1980s, when Apple and Microsoft were building software and growing like crazy, the term Tech Evangelist was born. This was and is a person who has the goal of inspiring others to adopt a technology or idea.    Now I would like to coin a new use of this phrase: Jazz Evangelist ! Because that is how I would describe my next guest on Musician's Corner, Mark Morganelli.    You see, Mr. Morganelli doesn't just play jazz. Not that there is any 'just' in playing jazz, and certainly not in playing it well, as Mr. Morganelli does.   More than that, what he does is inspire people to love jazz, to want to listen to it, to want to play it. To be involved in the best of the genre.    And how does h...
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The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Jamile and Miki Yamanaka Air Date: 10/5/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . Like many jazz artists from Brasil, vocalist and educator Jamile has made New York City her home. Because, "if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere!" And she is well on her way, if not already having made it there. Miki Yamanaka For example, in 2023 she opened for Rosa Passos, Ron Carter, and Kenny Barron in a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center.  And, when in New York, you might catch her at one of the popular jazz clubs such as  Birdland, Mezzrow, Smalls Jazz Club, or Dizzy’s. I've been playing her new CD Pursuit of a Pulse , for a few weeks now, and it is truly original. The CD features the very talented Miki Yamanaka on piano, with her trio, plus saxophonist Steve Wilson. On today's show you'll hear two tracks from the new recording, one to open the second hour and one to op...
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