| Melissa Aldana
11 Mar Ron E. Beck 29 Apr Pascal Bokar 07 Oct Shanna Carlson 18 Mar Sara Caswell 25 Mar Carlos D'l Puerto 22 Jul Kellye Gray 15 Jul David Hart 04 Nov Bruce Jenkins 09 Dec Ellen Johnson 17 Jun Steffen Kuehn 02 Dec | Paul McCandless
08 Jul Allison Miller 15 Apr Melissa Morgan 29 Jul Linda Oh 05 Aug Dafnis Prieto 24 Jun Jim Pugh 30 Sep Fred Randolph 05 Feb Harvie S 03 Jun Jake Shapiro 10 Jun Marcus Shelby 15 Jan Bria Skonberg 04 Mar | Paul Smith
16 Dec Mark Soskin 20 May Leslie Stoval 19 Aug John Stowell 08 Apr Toots Thielemans 02 Sep Roseanna Vitro 26 Feb Paul VornHagen 14 Oct Don Was 12 Aug Danielle Wertz 27 May Howard Wiley 28 Oct |
| Glen Pearson (2018) | |
|---|---|
| Oakland native pianist and educator Glen Pearson has brought sensitivity, expression—and a little bit of funk—to the widest possible variety of music.
Glen's performances on stage, TV, radio, and in the recording studio have included his well-known position as principal keyboardist for Regina Bell, as well as pianist and orchestra for Little Jimmy Scott, Ernestine Anderson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Bobby Hutcherson, Frank Morgan, and others too numerous to mention. Glen holds a BA from San Francisco State and an MA from NYU. He has feet in many camps: for almost a dozen years, he was music director and band director for the Boys' Choir of Harlem; he's served as head of music studies at the College of Alameda; and he's done work both on and off Broadway, too. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Hank Mobley | The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley | Cattin' | Savoy |
| # 2 | Ahmad Jamal | Jamal at the Penthouse | Never-Never Land | Argo |
| # 3 | Nat Cole | After Midnight | You're Looking at Me | Capitol |
| # 4 | The Temptations | In a Mellow Mood | Young at Heart | Tamla Motown |
| # 5 | Jaco Pastorius | Word of Mouth | Three Views of a Secret | Warner Bros |
| # 6 | Ahmad Jamal | Extensions | Dance to the Lady | Argo |
| # 7 | Ahmad Jamal | Extensions | Dance to the Lady | Argo |
| # 8 | McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman | Looking Out | In Search of My Heart | Columbia |
| # 9 | Ahmad Jamal | Jamal at the Penthouse | Ahmad's Blues | Argo |
| Book | Robin D.G. Kelley, "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original" | |||
| Luxury Item | "My vintage Hallicrafters short-wave radio" | |||