What's (been) on WDCB - Best of 2021 Part 1

This week and next, Paul is sharing the stage with his fellow DCB Jazz hosts to bring you two installments featuring our favorite discs from 2021.

Matthew Hermes – Overnight host, DCB Jazz

Emmet Cohen: Future Stride (Mack Avenue)
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
John Moulder: Metamorphosis (Origin)
Benito Gonzalez: Sing To The World (Rainy Days)
Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra: Lockdown (CH.ILL.JAZZ)

Jay Greene – Saturday Morning host, DCB Jazz

Ian Charleston Big Band: A Fresh Perspective (self-produced)
Marques Carroll: The Ancestors’ Call (JMARQ)
Alan Harris: Kate’s Soulfood (Love Productions)
Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter: Superblue (Edition)
Jazz From Planet Flippo: Dedications (Oppilf)
Dave Stryker: Baker’s Circle (Strikezone)

Leslie Keros – Midday host, DCB Jazz

Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller: In Harmony (Resonance)
Marques Carroll: The Ancestors’ Call (JMARQ)
Helen Sung: Quartet + (Sunnyside)
Rajiv Halim, Sharel Cassity & Greg Ward: Altoizm (Afar Music)
Eliane Elias: Mirror, Mirror (Candid)