New Music Monday

The remarkable vocalist and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater releases  Dee Dee's Feathers, an outstanding look back on over 100 years of New Orleans traditions accompanied by the formidable 18 piece New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by the acclaimed trumpeter Irvin Mayfield.

Her 2013 debut album caused quite a stir among jazz fans, reviewers and musicians,  Cécile McLorin Salvant returns with For One To Love, another solid recording showing off the variety of styles within Cécile's vocal prowess. San Francisco Bay Area pianist Jim Martinez grew up a fan of Vince Guaraldi's piano and of Charles Schulz's Peanuts characters, after visiting the Schulz Museum of nearby Santa Rosa, he opted to record Good Grief!: A Tribute to Guaraldi, Schulz and Peanuts.

We have a provocative blend of music to debut on this week's edition of New Music Monday, a weekly feature of Lunchtime at the Oasis. So Cal's Fred Randolph is a bassist-composer and arranger, he releases Song Without Singing that has a variety of styles in 10 originals and a cover of Sting's King of Pain.

This week's edition of New Music Monday has an abundance of riches, a multi-colored explosion! NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis releases the 80th album of his illustrious career, taking another look is a return to Ramsey's electric sound of the 1970s. Moroever, this landmark recording is on Mr. Lewis' own label, Ramsey House. One of the highlights is a reunion with members of Earth Wind & Fire for a stellar new take of Sun Goddess.

Since his emergence in the early 1990s, Christian McBride has not only become one of jazz's most in demand bassist and bandleader, McBride has become an ambassador of jazz around the world. Christian has used his success to rescue out of obscurity, his father-fellow bassist Lee Smith who although is a living legend in their home town of Philadelphia, was not known out side of the City of Brotherly Love and cheesesteaks.