| Lincoln Adler
29 Aug Laurie Antonioli 29 Feb Jeff Ballard 08 Aug David Belove 20 Jun Ken Berman 15 Aug Lee Bloom 14 Mar Maxwell Chandler 05 Dec Jeff Cressman 04 Jan Sylvia Cuenca 01 Aug | Terry Disley
02 May Taylor Eigsti 18 Jan Kathleen Grace 21 Nov Craig Handy 18 Apr Tootie Heath 25 Jul John Lee 17 Oct Seward McCain 24 Oct Myra Melford 04 Apr Brian Melvin 27 Jun | Debbie Poryes
19 Sep Ali Ryerson 08 Feb Antonio Sanchez 14 Nov Jaz Sawyer 10 Oct Wally Schnalle 11 Apr Dred Scott 21 Mar Scott Sorkin 08 Nov Dayna Stephens 18 Jul Al Young 26 Sep |
| Joel Dorham (2018) | |
|---|---|
| Joel Dorham is one of the most prolific and electrifying Latin percussionists and bandleaders around.
Long a pivotal force in Latin Jazz in the Bay Area, Joel was an outspoken critic of mass media's lack of coverage of jazz, leading protests against the major networks in the Congressional Black Caucus and elsewhere. In 1977, together with Nancy Wilson, John Handy, Freddie Hubbard and Jackie McLean, he was written into American history after testifying in front of the Congressional Committee addressing the future of jazz in media. (John Conyers was right there with them. President Jimmy Carter took note, too.) Joel was nominated for a Pulitzer prize in 1981, as is only fitting for a man with his musical and educational passion. Joel has been an Oakland native since his transplanting from Texas in the early 1940s. His older brother was the great jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Kenny Dorham | Una Mas | If Ever I Would Leave You | Blue Note |
| # 2 | Kenny Dorham | Quiet Kenny | I Had the Craziest Dream | OJC |
| # 3 | Joe Henderson | Page One | La Mesha | Blue Note |
| # 4 | Kenny Dorham | Jazz Contrasts | I'll Remember April | OJC |
| # 5 | Chet Baker | Dexter Gordon "'Round Midnight" | Fair Weather | Columbia |
| # 6 | Kenny Dorham | Una Mas | São Paolo | Blue Note |
| # 7 | Kenny Dorham | Whistle Stop | Dorham's Epitaph | Blue Note |
| # 8 | Jerry Rivera | Cara de Niño | Cara de Niño | Columbia |
| Book | Ronald V. Dellums, "Lying Down with the Lions" | |||
| Luxury Item | Alexa | |||