| 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 |
| 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 | |||