| Paul Anastasio
25 Sep Macy Blackman 19 Jun George Cole 21 Aug Alex Condé 06 Mar Kit Eakle 04 Sep Phillip Greenlief 13 Feb Noah Griffin 06 Nov Tammy Hall 27 Feb Alan Hall 22 May | Christian Howes
27 Mar Kymberly Jackson 03 Apr Julie Kelly 20 Feb Maya Kronfeld and Valerie Troutt 29 May Jennifer Lee 17 Apr Steven Lugerner 24 Jul Steve McQuarry 05 Jun Jacqui Naylor 13 Nov Dave Newhouse 14 Aug | Zack Rogow
24 Apr Holli Ross 17 Jul Ellen Seeling 02 Oct Richard Seidel 09 Oct Edward Simon 31 Jul Tessa Souter 23 Oct Steve Turré 07 Aug Donna Viscuso 20 Nov Patrick Wolff 16 Jan |
| Stacey Hoffman (2019) | |
|---|---|
(Photo by Rosaura Studios) | Stacey Hoffman has nurtured the Bay Area music scene for decades. It's impossible to talk about her and not to concentrate on Living Jazz, of which she's executive director. And who would want to?
Living Jazz got its start in 1984 in a—successful!—attempt to rescue a faltering summer music camp for teens and adults. Relocated to La Honda, Jazz Camp West is now a week-long program of music, dance and vocals for that same audience of teens and adults, and has developed into one of the world’s leading jazz immersion programs, with hundreds of participants coached by dozens of all-star jazz faculty. Under Stacey's direction, Living Jazz has spun off successful offspring. Over 30 years ago, they launched the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, which became independent five years later; and another few years later, the Oakland Jazz Choir followed the same path. Stacey's fount of projects seems inexhaustible. In 2002, Living Jazz launched "In the Name of Love", the annual musical tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. And every few years there's another new progeny: recent ones include Jam Camp West for 5th-10th graders from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds, and Jazz Search West, an annual talent search for pre-professional vocalists and instrumentalists. With all these balls to juggle, it's no surprise that Stacey no longer has time (or perhaps even the inclination) to pursue older interests such as guitar or piano or dance or painting or ceramics. Somehow, though, she does manage to squeeze in her "day job" as a psychotherapist with a small private practice. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Marcus Shelby | Soul of the Movement | Take My Hand, Precious Lord | Porto Franco |
| # 2 | Donny Hathaway | A Donny Hathaway Collection | A Song for You | Atlantic |
| # 3 | Omar Sosa and Sekou Keita | Transparent Water | Fatiliku | Otá |
| # 4 | Otis Redding | Platinum Collection | Try a Little Tenderness | Warner |
| # 5 | Nina Simone | Little Girl Blue | Little Girl Blue | Bethlehem |
| # 6 | Chet Baker | This Is Jazz #2 | Autumn Leaves | Columbia |
| # 7 | Kurt Elling | This Time It's Love | My Foolish Heart | Blue Note |
| # 8 | Joni Mitchell | Both Sides Now | A Case of You | Reprise |
| # 9 | Aretha Franklin | 20 Greatest Hits | A Natural Woman | Atlantic |
| Book | Michelle Obama, "Becoming" | |||
| Luxury Item | Peet's coffee and a coffee maker | |||