| 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 |
| Kait Dunton (2018) | |
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(Photo by Peter Figen) | Jazz critic Don Heckman described composer, pianist and educator Kait Dunton as "an extraordinary talent on the rise". Don uses the term "extraordinary" sparingly, so you know that she is the real deal.
Following language studies at the University of Virginia with the intention of becoming a Spanish translator, Kait changed direction, getting a Master of Music degree in Jazz Piano Performance from the University of North Texas—in fact she was a member of the group Snarky Puppy during their formative years. Kait is also an honored alumna from the USC's Thornton School of Music, where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree, and she is now an active professor, heading the piano performance program at the Los Angeles College of Music in her native Pasadena. Kait just issued her fifth recording, TrioKAIT 2. She is excellent at cultivating the art of the trio, with great compositions, crisp and solid piano chops, and some nice telepathy with bassist Cooper Appelt and drummer Jake Reed, with whom she's been playing for quite some time. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Brad Mehldau | Largo | When It Rains | Warner Bros |
| # 2 | McCoy Tyner | Supertrios | Wave | Milestone |
| # 3 | Shirley Horn | I Thought About You | Nice 'n' Easy | Verve |
| # 4 | Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | Speak No Evil | Blue Note |
| # 5 | E.S.T. | Seven Days of Falling | Elevation of Love | ACT |
| # 6 | Herbie Hancock | Thrust | Actual Proof | Columbia |
| Book | Marilynne Robinson, "Housekeeping" | |||
| Luxury Item | An exit strategy: either a private jet or a chartered helicopter | |||