| Betto Arcos
10 Aug Tiffany Austin 29 Jun Amy Cervini 13 Jul George Cotsirilos 09 Feb Steve Dalachinsky 13 Apr Roberta Donnay 12 Oct Joel Dorham 16 Nov | Kait Dunton
25 May Nick Finzer 20 Apr Sameer Gupta 17 Aug Ed Klitsch 05 Jan Will Magid 09 Nov Sarah McKenzie 03 Aug Arianna Neikrug 24 Aug | Terry Robb
19 Oct Nick Rossi 28 Sep Lynn Speakman 27 Jul Andy Stein 30 Mar Tate Swindell 27 Apr |
| 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 | |||