Late-night Sundays and Mondays with Deborah Evans, and Gail Monjo. This week, Grover Washington Jr. & Steven Sondheim … …
On Sunday, Deborah will be featuring American sax playing Grover Washington Jr, often regarded as one of the founders of smooth jazz. Born into a family of a church chorister and a collector of jazz gramophone records, saxophone was a natural. There will also be some Nina Simone, Holly Cole and Billy Holiday.
On Monday, Gail will pay a tribute to American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, credited as having re-invented the American musical. She will also be is finishing her 100 years of jazz with the 5years 2016 to 2021. There’ll be Bruno Mars, Lizzo and Billie Eilish. And yes, Listen out for tracks from Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky, Andrea Keller and Sarah McKenzie.