| Gilad Atzmon
12 Jun Carolyn Brandy 19 Jun Stuart Brinin 16 Oct Ralph Carney 04 Sep India Cooke 20 Feb Ronald Davis 23 Oct Mark Feldman 27 Mar Herb Gibson 06 Mar Nancy Gilliland 29 May | Jon Hendricks
16 Jan Laurence Hobgood 10 Jul Bill Horvitz 13 Nov Nat Johnson 01 May Tom Madden 13 Mar Charlie McCarthy 06 Nov Don Neely 25 Sep Nathan Oliveira 28 Aug Ed Reed 24 Jul | Walter Savage
14 Aug Mike Stern 12 Dec Adam Theis 21 Aug Mads Tolling 17 Apr Hristo Vitchev 22 May Paul van Wageningen 10 Apr Nancy Wright 20 Nov Jim Zimmerman 06 Feb |
| Glen Pearson (2018) | |
|---|---|
| Oakland native pianist and educator Glen Pearson has brought sensitivity, expression—and a little bit of funk—to the widest possible variety of music.
Glen's performances on stage, TV, radio, and in the recording studio have included his well-known position as principal keyboardist for Regina Bell, as well as pianist and orchestra for Little Jimmy Scott, Ernestine Anderson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Bobby Hutcherson, Frank Morgan, and others too numerous to mention. Glen holds a BA from San Francisco State and an MA from NYU. He has feet in many camps: for almost a dozen years, he was music director and band director for the Boys' Choir of Harlem; he's served as head of music studies at the College of Alameda; and he's done work both on and off Broadway, too. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Hank Mobley | The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley | Cattin' | Savoy |
| # 2 | Ahmad Jamal | Jamal at the Penthouse | Never-Never Land | Argo |
| # 3 | Nat Cole | After Midnight | You're Looking at Me | Capitol |
| # 4 | The Temptations | In a Mellow Mood | Young at Heart | Tamla Motown |
| # 5 | Jaco Pastorius | Word of Mouth | Three Views of a Secret | Warner Bros |
| # 6 | Ahmad Jamal | Extensions | Dance to the Lady | Argo |
| # 7 | Ahmad Jamal | Extensions | Dance to the Lady | Argo |
| # 8 | McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman | Looking Out | In Search of My Heart | Columbia |
| # 9 | Ahmad Jamal | Jamal at the Penthouse | Ahmad's Blues | Argo |
| Book | Robin D.G. Kelley, "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original" | |||
| Luxury Item | "My vintage Hallicrafters short-wave radio" | |||