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Nick takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and Billy Tipton, and NZ's own Eilish Wilson.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| 1 | Ma Rainey | Prove It On Me Blues | Rainey | Bitter Sweet Blues | Alligator | 02:54 |
| 2 | Bessie Smith | Preachin the Blues | Smith | Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Volums 3 | Columbia | 02:52 |
| 3 | Billy Tipton | Perdido | Tizol | Sweet Georgia Brown | Calle mayor | 02:50 |
| 4 | Duke Ellington | Take the A Train | Strayhorn | Duke Ellington: At Newport 1956 [Complete] | Columbia | 04:23 |
| 5 | Bill Stewart | 7.5 | Stewart | Snide Remarks | Blue Note | 03:21 |
| 6 | Fred Hersch | So In Love | Porter | Dancing in the Dark | Chesky | 05:37 |
| 7 | Gary Burton | The Chief | Metheny | Reunion | GRP | 04:18 |
| 8 | Patricia Barber | Easy to Love | Porter | The Cole Porter Mix | Blue Note | 03:36 |
| 9 | Terri Lynne Carrington | Very Special | Ellington | Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue | Concord | 04:11 |
| 10 | CalArts Jazz (ft Eilish Wilson) | Never Unless | Takoda | Calarts Jazz 2022 | Calarts | 03:44 |
| 11 | Andy Bey | Lonely Town | Bernstein / Comden / Green | American Song | Savoy | 03:37 |
| 12 | Dave Koz | Wake Up Call | Koz | Off the Beaten Path | Capitol | 03:00 |
