When someone says to John, “Nobody’s making music like that anymore,” he sets them straight. Many contemporary artists are still performing and recording “music like that,” and this week John & Jessica present a few of their favorites on a Radio Deluxe episode called WORKING ARTISTS. 

The Playlist:

John Proulx - What a Difference a Day Made (Moon and Sand)

Gregory Porter - The "In" Crowd (Liquid Spirit)

Tony DeSare - Just One of Those Things (Piano)

3 Cohens - Tiger Rag (Family)

Sting - Dead Man's Boots (The Last Ship)

Jessica Molaskey - Heavy Cloud, No Rain (Sitting in Limbo)

Nina Simone - Nobody (After Hours)

Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (Quiet Now: Night Song)

Diana Krall - Too Marvelous for Words (Quiet Nights)

Ivan Lins - Madalena (Cantando Historias Ivan Lins)

Peter Bernstein - Autumn In New York (Live at Smalls)

Tony DeSare - Autmn Leaves (Piano)

Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes - Never Will I Marry (Double Portrait)

Larry Fuller Trio - Ray's Idea (Easy Walker)

Michael Buble w/ The Puppini Sisters - Never the Less (To Be Loved)

Kat Edmonson & Lyle Lovett - Long Way Home (Way Down Low)

Melody Gardot - Who Will Comfort Me (Live from SoHo)

Frank Wess - Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Jazz for Playboys)

John Bunch Trio w/ Frank Wess - Change Partners (The John Bunch Trio with Guest Frank Wess Plays the Music of Irving Berlin - Except One)

Nat King Cole - I Never Knew (The Piano Style of Nat King Cole)

Oscar Peterson Trio - Gypsy in My Soul (At the Stratford Shakesperean Festival)

Jerry Douglas & Mumford & Sons - The Boxer (Traveler)

Zoot Sims - Oh, Lady Be Good (Zoot Sims & the Gershwin Brothers)