| 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 |
| Champian Fulton (2019) | |
|---|---|
| Pianist-vocalist Champian Fulton hails from Norman, OK. Having started on piano at age five, she later tried drums. She also experimented with trumpet, emulating her jazz-playing father, Stephen. Frequent visitors to chez Fulton included his friends Clark Terry and Major Holley, and when Stephen was hired to run the Clark Terry Institute for Jazz Studies, the family moved to Iowa.
A notable performance of Champian's came when she was barely 10 years old, at Clark Terry's 75th birthday party. Clark took notice of what an excellent singer and pianist she was becoming. Champian attended college at SUNY Purchase, studying with Jon Faddis. A decade or so ago, she was recognized as a Rising Jazz Star by the Down Beat Magazine Critic’s Poll. More recently, she was voted "Female Jazz Vocalist of the Year" at the 2017 Hot House Jazz Magazine Fans' Decision Award Ceremony. As a leader, Champian has recorded prolifically, and her album count is now in double figures. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Woody Shaw | Setting Standards | Spiderman Blues | Muse |
| # 2 | Red Garland | Red Garland's Piano | Almost Like Being in Love | OJC |
| # 3 | Freddie Hubbard | The Hub of Hubbard | The Things We Did Last Summer | MPS |
| # 4 | Dinah Washington | Sings the Blues | Show Time | Mercury |
| # 5 | Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes | Just Friends | Verve |
| # 6 | Dexter Gordon | Tangerine | Tangerine | OJC |
| # 7 | Erroll Garner | The Original Misty | I've Got the World on a String | Mercury |
| # 8 | Sphere | Bird Songs | Quasimodo | Verve |
| Book | The Complete Short Stories of John Cheever | |||
| Luxury Item | A Steinway grand piano | |||