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| Michael Zilber (2006) | |
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| Michael Zilber, whom jazz legend Dave Liebman calls “one of the best composers and players around anywhere, period!” was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He moved to Boston in his late teens and to New York City in his early twenties. He has performed and/or recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Liebman, Miroslav Vitous, Bob Berg, Eddie Henderson, Fareed Haque, Geoff Keezer, Donald Harrison, John Handy, Dave Douglas, Rachel Z, James Genus, Rodney Holmes, Narada Michael Walden and Barry Finnerty, among many others. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Pursuance | (Impulse) |
| # 2 | Aretha Franklin | Jazz to Soul | Today I Sing the Blues | (Columbia) |
| # 3 | Wayne Shorter | Native Dancer | Ponta de Areia | (Columbia) |
| # 4 | Frank Sinatra | In the Wee Small Hours | I Get Along without You Very Well | (Capitol) |
| # 5 | Joe Henderson | Big Band | Without a Song | (Verve) |
| # 6 | The Beatles | Abbey Road | Because | (Capitol) |
| # 7 | Miles Davis | Miles Ahead | Springsville | (Columbia) |
| # 8 | Duke Ellington and John Coltrane | Duke Ellington and John Coltrane | My Little Brown Book | (Impulse) |
| # 9 | James Taylor | Live | Secret o' Life | (Sony) |
| Book | The complete works of William Shakespeare | |||
| Luxury Item | A solar-powered coffee grinder, and an air drop of Peet's beans | |||
| Alternate Picks/Not Broadcast | ||||
| Alt 1 | Ray Charles | His Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | You Don't Know Me | (DCC) |
| Alt 2 | John Coltrane | Crescent | Bessie's Blues | (Impulse) |
| Alt 3 | John Coltrane | Coltrane's Sound | Satellite | (Atlantic) |
| Alt 4 | Miles Davis and Gil Evans | The Best of Miles Davis and Gil Evans | My Man's Gone Now | (Columbia) |
| Alt 5 | Dexter Gordon | The Best of Dexter Gordon: The Blue Note Years | It's You or No One | (Blue Note) |
| Alt 6 | Paul McCartney | McCartney | Maybe I'm Amazed | (Capitol) |
| Alt 7 | Charles Mingus | Let My Children Hear Music | The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers | (Columbia) |
| Alt 8 | Oregon | 45th Parallel | Pageant | (Portrait) |
| Alt 9 | Jaco Pastorius | Word of Mouth | 3 Views of a Secret | (Warner Bros) |
| Alt 10 | Wayne Shorter | Alegria | Bachianas Brasileras No. 5 | (Verve) |
| Alt 11 | Toots Thielemans | "The Brasil Project, Vol. 2 | Cê | (Private Music) |
| Alt 12 | Stevie Wonder | Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection | Overjoyed | (Motown) |
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