| Steve Adams
30 May Cheryl Bentyne 17 Oct Will Bernard 11 Apr Barbara Borden 21 Mar Jim Butler 13 Jun Ian Carey 21 Feb Judy Chaikin 17 Jan Mike Clark 10 Oct Freddy Cole 21 Nov Beth Custer 01 Aug | Harry Duncan
03 Oct Kai Eckhardt 03 Jan Lisa Engelken 26 Sep Don Friedman 07 Nov Roger Glenn 05 Dec Kimberly Gordon 28 Mar Marty Grosz 29 Aug Alex Hahn 08 Aug Bill Holman 28 Feb Tommy Igoe 07 Mar | Namita Kapoor
22 Aug Meklit 27 Jun Lisa Mezzacappa 24 Oct Najee 25 Jul Glenn Richman 15 Aug Alfredo Rodriguez 25 Apr Dan Sabanovich 02 May Grant Stewart 12 Dec Judy Wexler 04 Apr |
| Darryl Jones (2019) | |
|---|---|
| Bassist Darryl Jones was born into a musical family on the south side of Chicago. As a boy, he wanted to play drums—a proposal his father accepted with the proviso that Darryl also learn vibes, xylophone, piano, and so forth. When he saw a neighbor playing bass in a high school talent show, Darryl switched to bass, and within a year he was gigging. Guitarist Phil Upchurch was a big influence,
Darryl went through the challenging Chicago Vocational High School, and attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Then, though aged only 21, but with the help of his long-time friend Vincent Wilburn Jr—Miles Davis's nephew—Darryl landed a life-changing gig: he would play and record and tour with Miles for five years. In 1985, he was a member of Sting's band with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland and Omar Hakim. Since then, Darryl has toured and recorded sessions with Herbie Hancock, Madonna, Eric Clapton, and dozens of jazz, blues and funk outfits. He became a touring member of the Rolling Stones in 1993 on the retirement of Bill Wyman, and a quarter century later he's still with them. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Virginia Tichenor | Virgina's Favorites | Maple Leaf Rag | Piano Mania |
| # 2 | Jelly Roll Morton | Last Sessions | The Crave | Commodore |
| # 3 | Louis Armstrong | Ken Burns Jazz | Black and Blue | Columbia Legacy |
| # 4 | Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | So What | Columbia |
| # 5 | Thelonious Monk | Monk's Dream | Monk's Dream | Columbia |
| # 6 | Carmen Bradford with the Count Basie Orchestra | All About That Basie | Honeysuckle Rose | Concord |
| # 7 | Wynton Marsalis | Black Codes (from the Underground) | Phryzzinian Man | Columbia |
| # 8 | Weather Report | Mysterious Traveller | American Tango | Columbia |
| Book | Hermann Hesse, "Siddhartha" | |||
| Luxury Item | A slow cooker | |||