| 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 |
| Joel Dorham (2018) | |
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| 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 | |||