| Ravi Abcarian
24 Aug Nicolas Bearde 19 Oct Dee Bell 23 Mar Dave Bendigkeit 06 Jul Steven Bernstein 30 Mar Wil Blades 25 May Terence Blanchard 10 Aug Larry Coryell 22 Jun William Dement 14 Dec Pete Escovedo 21 Dec Kenny G 20 Apr | Sunna Gunnlaugs
29 Jun Lorca Hart 16 Mar Hiromi 06 Apr Veronica Klaus 17 Aug Julian Lage 27 Jul Hubert Laws 24 Feb Delfeayo Marsalis 12 Oct Roy McCurdy 13 Apr Nika Rejto 16 Nov Renee Rosnes 26 Oct Poncho Sanchez 09 Nov | Judi Silvano
13 Jul Lonnie Liston Smith 02 Nov Tyshawn Sorey 02 Mar Terell Stafford 03 Aug Victoria Theodore 07 Dec Emil Viklický 15 Jun Cedar Walton 27 Apr Peter Williams 01 Jun Victor Wooten 20 Jul Peter Zak 08 Jun |
| Arianna Neikrug (2018) | |
|---|---|
| Singer-songwriter Arianna Neikrug was born and raised in Los Angeles, and now makes New York City her home base.
2015 was a big year for Arianna: she graduated from the Frost School at the University of Miami with a bachelor of music degree in Studio Music and Jazz Vocal Performance; she took home some awards from the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival; and she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (the "Sassy" Awards), impressing judges such as Cyrille Aimée, Christian McBride, and Dianne Reeves. Arianna has been on stage at some of the hottest clubs around, including SFJAZZ's Joe Henderson lab, where, by coincidence, she appeared on the evening of her desert island show. By further coincidence, Arianna's debut album, "Changes" on Concord Records was released that same day. On it, she's accompanied by pianist, arranger, producer and Grammy-winner Laurence Hobgood, who knows a thing or two about singers! |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Sarah Vaughan | The Divine One | Jump for Joy | Roulette |
| # 2 | Lionel Richie | 20th Century Masters | All Night Long | Motown |
| # 3 | Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley | Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley | Save Your Love for Me | Capitol |
| # 4 | Roy Hargrove | Earfood | I'm Not So Sure | EmArcy |
| # 5 | Carmen McRae | I'll Be Seeing You | Exactly Like You | GRP |
| # 6 | Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | Knocks Me Off My Feet | Tamla |
| # 7 | Stan Getz | Best of Two Worlds | Aguas de Março | Columbia |
| # 8 | Eva Cassidy | Eva by Heart | Wade in the Water | Blix |
| # 9 | Simon and Garfunkel | Bridge over Troubled Water | Bridge over Troubled Water | Columbia |
| # 10 | Joni Mitchell | Blue | California | Reprise |
| Book | Eckhart Tolle, "The Power of Now" | |||
| Luxury Item | "My yoga mat" | |||