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