What's (been) on WDCB - Best of 2022
It's that time of year where we look back at 2022 and think about all of the fantastic albums that have come out in the last 12 months. I can't speak for anyone else, but for me, whittling it down to just five favorites this year was tough.
Enjoy! I hope this list sends you to your local record store to buy some of these amazing albums soon!
Matthew Hermes – overnights, M-F
Dave Stryker – As We Are
Joel Ross – The Parable of the Poet
Mike Allemana – Vonology
The Paxton/Spangler Septet – Ugqozi
Samara Joy – Linger Awhile
Dona Mullen – 5-8am, M, W, F
Steve Davis - Bluesthetic
Joey DeFrancesco - More Music
Bill O'Connell - A Change is Gonna Come
Scott Hamilton - Classics
Joe Alterman - The Upside of Down
Paul Abella – music director, mornings M-F, Notes from the Jazz Underground
the straight ahead list
Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force – Dear Love
Bobby Broom – Keyed Up
Samara Joy – Linger Awhile
Tim Fitzgerald – Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House
Chucho Valdes & Paquito D’Rivera – I Missed You Too
the Notes from the Jazz Underground list
Mary Halvorson – Amaryllis
Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s Ladder
Domi & JD – Not Tight
Will Bernard – Pond Life
Jeremy Cunningham & Dustin Laurenzi – A Better Ghost
Leslie Keros - middays, M-F
Samara Joy - Linger Awhile
Marques Carroll - Foundations
Ethan Philion - Meditations on Mingus
Deanna Witkowski - Force of Nature
Alexander Claffy - Good Spirits
Bruce Oscar – afternoons, M-F
Bruce Forman – Reunion
The Diva Jazz Orchestra Swings Broadway
Hendrik Meurkens – Samba Jazz Odyssey
Samara Joy – Linger Awhile
Randy Napoleon – Rust Belt Roots
Jay Greene – Saturday mornings
Deanna Witkowski - Force of Nature
Frank Catalano - Live at Birdland
Petra Van Nuis & Andy Brown - Lonely Girl
Marquis Hill - New Gospel Revisited
Clark Sommers Lens - Intertwine
Jeanne Franks – Sunday mornings
Tierney Sutton - Paris Sessions 2
Catherine Russell - Send for Me
Jeremy Pelt - Soundtrack
Calvin Keys - Simply Calvin
The Diva Jazz Orchestra Swings Broadway
Greg Easterling - utility infielder
Joshua Redman - Long Gone
Tim Fitzgerald – Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House
Frank Catalano - Live At Birdland
Ronnie Foster - Reboot
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold As Weiss