| Chris Amberger
23 Jun Gerald Beckett 01 Sep Buzz Brooks 28 Apr Jarrett Cherner 16 Jun Kev Choice 30 Jun Anat Cohen 28 Jul Natalie Cressman 10 Feb Matt Eakle 15 Dec Hershey Felder 07 Apr Mitchell Feldman 18 Aug | Mike Galisatus
03 Nov Aaron Germain 06 Jan Robin Gregory 17 Feb Tamir Hendelman 13 Oct Kasey Knudsen 17 Mar Matthew Montfort 26 May Dan Montgomery 06 Oct Andrea Motis 21 Jul Ray Obiedo 10 Mar Jayn Pettingill 17 Nov | John Pizzarelli
25 Aug Sandi Poindexter 24 Mar Don Randi 20 Oct David Rogers 24 Feb Eric Whittington 29 Sep George Winston 04 Aug Lizz Wright 09 Jun Jason Yeager 02 Jun |
| Joel Dorham (2018) | |
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| 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 | |||