| Claudia Acuña
08 Jul Bruce Barth 12 Aug Dave Bass 06 May Ray Brown 25 Feb John Calloway 28 Oct Ndugu Chancler 29 Jul Rana Farhan 30 Sep Marque Gilmore 04 Nov Scott Hamilton 18 Feb Charles Hamilton 24 Jun | Jimmy Heath
22 Jul Dave LeFebvre 08 Apr Ivan Lins 02 Sep Bruno Louchouarn 21 Oct Joe Lovano 05 Aug George Mesterhazy 11 Mar Jason Moran 04 Mar Bodil Niska 01 Apr Jeff Oster 21 Jan Eddie Palmieri 02 Dec | Kat Parra
26 Aug Gene Perla 03 Jun Rudy Ramirez 29 Apr Putter Smith 10 Jun Rory Snyder 25 Mar Zan Stewart 19 Aug Keith Terry 18 Nov Kenny Washington 09 Dec Bruce Williamson 18 Mar Deanna Witkowski 01 Jul |
| Amy Cervini (2018) | |
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(Photo by Shervin Lainez) | Canada-born, New York City-resident Amy Cervini vocalist and songwriter Amy Cervini first came to the attention of many listeners as a member—together with fellow vocalists Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou—of a great little trio called Duchess, which featured nice arrangements and close harmony à la Boswell Sisters, but with a wholly contemporary bent.
Amy has performed around the world, from Jerusalem to Monterey, California, in clubs and concert halls—including Carnegie Hall. She's just released her fifth recording (her third on Anzic), "No One Ever Tells You". The New York Times enthused, calling her "a thoughtful and broad-minded jazz singer", and AllMusic calls her "a stand-out of her generation". |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Blossom Dearie | Once upon a Summertime | Once upon a Summertime | Verve |
| # 2 | Paul Desmond | Like Someone in Love | Just Squeeze Me | Telarchive |
| # 3 | Nancy King and Glenn Moore | Potato Radio | St Thomas | Justice |
| # 4 | Holly Cole Trio | Don't Smoke in Bed | I Can See Clearly Now | Manhattan |
| # 5 | Peter Eldridge | Decorum | Difficult | Self-released |
| # 6 | Cannonball Adderley | Nippon Soul | Easy to Love | OJC |
| # 7 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Complete Ella in Berlin | Mack the Knife | Verve |
| # 8 | Mel Tormé | Swings Shubert Alley | Once in Love with Amy | Verve |
| # 9 | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Let Me Get By | Don't Know What It Means | Concord |
| Book | Louise Penny, the complete Chief Inspector Gamache mysteries | |||
| Luxury Item | Coffee | |||