| 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 |
| 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" | |||