August 28, 2021: Music Is Life

When we listen to the world around us, we can hear rhythms, harmonies, and melodies. Life really is filled with music. Join host Jay Daniels for "life" songs from Abbey Lincoln, Miles Davis, and Tony Bennett. We're your soundtrack for life... we're Simply Timeless.

Playlist for August 28, 2021

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
I Sing to Know That I'm Alive	Nina Simone	Fodder on My Wings.	Verve	2020	02:20
That's Life	Willie Nelson	That's Life.	Legacy	2021	03:36
Summertime	Leon Lee Dorsey	Thanks Mr. Mabern.	Ind.	2021	06:49
Everybody Loves the Sunshine	Roy Ayers Ubiquity	Everybody Loves the Sunshine.	Polydor	1976	03:55
Life in the Modern World	Lauren White	Life in the Modern World.	Ind.	2019	04:19
Got to Get You into My Life	Take 6	Iconic.	SoNo Recording Group	2018	03:56
Long as You're Living	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue.	Riverside	1959	02:32
Four	Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	The Swingers!.	Capitol	1959	04:11
Everything I Have Is Yours	Andy Bey	Pages from an Imaginary Life.	HighNote	2014	04:44
Being Alive	Cyrille Aimée	Move On: A Sondheim Adventure.	Mack Avenue	2019	04:10
And When I Die	Mark Winkler	The Laura Nyro Project.	Café Pacific	2013	05:15
You've Made Me So Very Happy	Nancy Wilson	Can't Take My Eyes Off You.	Capitol	1970	03:11
I Love the Life I Live	Willie Nelson	Across the Borderline.	Columbia	1993	03:09
All My Life	Fats Waller	All My Life (Single).	RCA Victor	1936	02:43
To Keep My Love Alive	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book.	Verve	1956	03:33
If You Never Fall in Love with Me	Samara Joy	Samara Joy.	Whirlwind	2021	02:31
Rubberband of Life (feat. Ledisi)	Miles Davis	Rubberband.	Warner	2019	05:43
A Double Life	Sarah Partridge	Beautiful Minds: Celebrating Extraordinary Women.	Tiger Turn	2021	04:54
Lush Life	Sarah Vaughan	Sarah Vaughan's Finest Hour.	Verve	2000	04:00
The Good Life	Tony Bennett	I Wanna Be Around.	Columbia	1963	02:13
For Once in My Life	Tony Bennett	For Once in My Life.	Columbia	1967	03:21
Life Is Beautiful	Tony Bennett	Life Is Beautiful.	Improv	1975	02:24
In My Life	New York Voices	Reminiscing in Tempo.	Origin	2019	03:09
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	Kandace Springs	The Women Who Raised Me.	Blue Note	2020	03:56
Here's to Life	Shirley Horn	Here's to Life.	Verve	1992	05:35
The Second Time Around	Jackie Gleason	How Sweet It Is.	Capitol	1966	03:05

In Studio: Dara Tucker (Pt. 2)

Last week, we featured the first of a two-part interview with vocalist Dara Tucker. During that discussion, we highlighted some of her personal journey from Oklahoma to Nashville… and from there to her home in Newark, New Jersey. This week, we bring you the second part of that conversation as we dig deeper into the inspiration behind her latest release for Green Hill, “Dreams of Waking: Music for a Better World.” Our conversation is candid and open surrounding the topics of social justice and inequities among people of color. It is our hope that the views shared will help you begin a conversation with others in your life, too. More at daratucker.net.

August 21, 2021: Year in Review (1988)

Travel with us to 1988 as we explore some of the top jazz albums of that year. Join me, Jay Daniels, for music from artists like Betty Carter, Joe Williams, and Keith Jarrett… during 1988’s “Year in Review” from Simply Timeless.

Playlist for August 21, 2021

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
St. Louis Blues	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella in Rome - The Birthday Concert.	Verve	1988	05:58
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella in Rome - The Birthday Concert.	Verve	1988	03:28
Just Squeeze Me	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella in Rome - The Birthday Concert.	Verve	1988	03:04
Just Friends	Wynton Marsalis	The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live at Blues Alley.	Columbia	1988	08:21
Memories of You	Wynton Marsalis	Marsalis Standard Time, Volume I.	Columbia	1987	04:00
Cross Currents	Eliane Elias	Cross Currents.	Denon	1987	05:31
Beautiful Love	Eliane Elias	Cross Currents.	Denon	1987	06:50
Sometimes I'm Happy	Joe Williams	Every Night: Live at Vine Street.	Verve	1987	05:19
Every Night	Joe Williams	Every Night: Live at Vine Street.	Verve	1987	05:17
Deedles' Blues	Diane Schuur	Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra.	GRP	1987	03:31
Travelin' Light	Diane Schuur	Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra.	GRP	1987	04:23
I Loves You, Porgy	Diane Schuur	Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra.	GRP	1987	03:09
Stolen Moments	Grover Washington, Jr.	Then and Now.	Columbia	1988	07:17
Lament	Branford Marsalis	Renaissance.	Columbia	1987	05:48
Look What I Got	Betty Carter	Look What I Got.	Verve	1988	05:40
I Thought About You	Shirley Horn	I Thought About You (Live at Vine St.).	Verve	1987	05:58
I Remember Clifford	Keith Jarrett	Still Live.	ECM	1988	03:58
When I Fall in Love	Keith Jarrett	Still Live.	ECM	1988	08:10

In Studio: Dara Tucker (Part 1)

This week, we feature the first of a two-part interview with vocalist Dara Tucker. The Green Hill recording artist recently released the album, “Dreams of Waking: Music for a Better World.” Earlier this summer, Dara and her husband, Greg Bryant, visited with Jay Daniels at our Simply Timeless Kitchen Studios in Harlem. Our lunch conversation explored a number of topics including social justice and the inequities that exist for people of color. We’ll cover more of those topics in part two of the interview. For this week, we explore Dara’s journey from her beginnings in Oklahoma… to meeting her husband Greg in Nashville… and their eventual move to just outside New York City in Newark, New Jersey. We start at the beginning with her family in Tulsa, Oklahoma. More at daratucker.net.

August 14, 2021: Simply Disney

Families all around the world have been entertained and inspired by the films of Walt Disney. Coming up on this week's show, we bring you some of the songs from films like Mary Poppins, the Jungle Book, and Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. Join host Jay Daniels for our annual "Simply Disney" special.

Playlist for August 14, 2021

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Be Our Guest	Adrian Cunningham	Professor Cunningham and His Old School Swings the Songs of Disney.	Arbors	2019	03:13
Alice in Wonderland (Take 2)	Bill Evans Trio	Sunday at the Village Vanguard.	Riverside	1961	08:31
The Bare Necessities	Melody Gardot & Raphael Gualazzi	Jazz Loves Disney.	Decca Records France	2016	03:26
I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)	Raphael Gualazzi	Jazz Loves Disney.	Decca Records France	2016	03:49
Trust in Me	Verónica Swift	This Bitter Earth.	Mack Avenue	2021	05:15
Heigh Ho	Toots Thielemans	Whistles, Plays Guitar and Harmonica.	Metronome	1961	02:14
Someday My Prince Will Come	Dave Brubeck Quartet	Dave Digs Disney.	Columbia	1957	08:10
Baby Mine	Voctave	The Corner of Broadway and Main Street.	Jamey Ray Music	2017	02:43
You've Got a Friend in Me	Steve Tyrell & Dr. John	The Disney Standards.	Walt Disney	2006	03:21
I Will Go Sailing No More	Roseanna Vitro	The Music of Randy Newman.	Motéma	2011	06:04
It's a Small World	Chris Walden Big Band	No Bounds.	Origin	2006	05:10
A Whole New World	Dave Koz & Donna Summer	At the Movies.	Capitol	2007	03:43
Friend Like Me	Adrian Cunningham	Professor Cunningham and His Old School Swings the Songs of Disney.	Arbors	2019	02:31
A Spoonful of Sugar	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington Plays with the Original Motion Picture Score Mary Poppins.	Reprise	1964	03:09
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	Kristin Korb	What If?.	Ind.	2021	04:29
Feed the Birds	Deanna Witkowski	Length of Days.	Ind.	2005	04:46
Cruella de Vil	Bill Lee	Disney's Greatest.	Walt Disney	2001	04:44
Poor Unfortunate Souls (with I Put a Spell on You) (feat. Rachel Potter)	Voctave	The Corner of Broadway and Main Street.	Jamey Ray Music	2017	03:31
Beauty and the Beast (feat. Aubrey Logan)	Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox	New Gramophone, Who Dis?.	mudhutdigital.com	2017	03:36
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes	Johnny Mathis	Tender Is the Night.	Columbia	1964	03:01
I'm Wishing	Betty Carter	Stay Awake - Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films.	A&M	1988	04:19
When You Wish Upon a Star	Svetlana	Night at the Movies.	Ind.	2019	04:25
The Second Time Around	Jackie Gleason	How Sweet It Is.	Capitol	1966	03:05