A Broad Spectrum

A Broad Spectrum A weekly Jazz radio show celebrating women composers and lyricists airing Sundays 3pm - 5pm EST on the HD2 Channel (Jazz and What's More) at www.wfdu.fm.

I’m thrilled to announce my debut on WFDU 89.1 FM hosting a weekly show every Sunday from 3PM to 5PM streaming on their HD2 channel, Jazz and What's More - just go to http://www.wfdu.fm and click on “Listen to HD2”, you’ll be given a player for your device and will hear the channel instantly. There's also a free app you can download for both iPhone and Android. The program is called A Broad Spectr

um and offers up an assortment of music by Women Who Inspire - Writers, Composers, Instrumentalists and Vocalists (and yes, there will be airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slot). Hope you’ll get a chance to tune in. If you would like to send promotional material for airplay on A Broad Spectrum, please mail to the address listed below:

Mary Foster Conklin
MockTurtle Music
PO Box 528, Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10011

or contact me via email at [email protected] . Digital files are welcome as long as you include a song list with complete writers' credits. Please bear in mind that the focus of my radio show is music written and/or composed by women - Instrumentalists and Vocalists both male and female are welcome. If you miss the live show, never fear - here's the link to the archives - http://wfdu2.streamrewind.com/

Shows are archived for two weeks, which you can hear by using the drop down menu.

Today is all about generosity, a chance to pause after Black Friday and Cyber Monday and focus on giving back to the cau...
12/02/2025

Today is all about generosity, a chance to pause after Black Friday and Cyber Monday and focus on giving back to the causes we care about most.

For 89.1FM WFDU, your community radio station serving the NYC metro area for over 50 years, Giving Tuesday is our moment to fuel the future of independent, community-driven radio, with great shows on all three channels like A Broad Spectrum, now in its ninth year of bringing you the best women driven jazz every week.

Here’s how you can support WFDU today:

🎁 Make a Donation:
Every gift, big or small, helps keep WFDU’s local, independent programming alive. Make a one-time donation or set up a recurring pledge at wfdu.fm (just click the Donate button!). Please mention A Broad Spectrum in the comments)

📣 Spread the Word:
If you can’t give financially, you can still make an impact! Share WFDU and A Broad Spectrum with your friends, family, and followers. Tell them why this station and my show matters to you.

Thank YOU for keeping our favorite radio station on the air! 📻

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)This broadcast inclu...
12/01/2025

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)
This broadcast includes new releases from Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis, with birthday shoutouts to Sheila Jordan, Gloria Lynne, Hoagy Carmichael, Dr. John and Whitney Ross-Barris, among others plus more Grammy nominees. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear—see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://b...
11/30/2025

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://bit.ly/3S88l50
You’ll be able to listen anytime you wish for the next two weeks. There will also be a repeat broadcast on Tuesday at midday, following The Jazz Deli with Russ Kassoff.

1st HOUR
Harry Allen’s All Star New York Saxophone Band — The One for You/The Candy Men (2016)/Judy Carmichael, Harry Allen/Arbors
June Christy — Whee Baby/This Is June Christy/Alice Larson and Peggy Lee/Capitol Records
June Christy — Seven Shades Of Snow/This Time Of Year/Connie H. Pearce, Arnold E. Miller/Capitol Records
James Suggs — You’ve Got A Friend/For All We Know (2025)/Carole King/Arbors
Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter & Superblue — Say You Love Me/SuperBlue: Guilty Pleasures Vol. 2 (2025)/Christine McVie/Big Shoulders Records
Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra — Band On The Run/Basie Rocks! (2025)/Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney/Green Hill Productions
Tomoko Omura — Brooklyn Day/Run Run Run (2025)/Tomoko Omura/Outside In
Anais Reno — I’ll Remember April/Lady Of The Lavender Mist (2025)/ Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye/Club 44
Margaret Slovak & Chris Maresh — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel/A Star’s Light Doth Fall (2024)/Traditional/Self Released
Etta Jones — Singing Shepherd Blues/Etta Jones Sings/Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts/Roulette
Lorraine Feather — Can I Call You Sugar/Such Sweet Thunder: Music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra/ Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Lorraine Feather/Sanctuary Records
Naama Gheber — The Moon Is Gone (Isfahan)/Wild Is Love (2024)/Billy Strayhorn, Naama Gheber/la reserve
Maria Schneider Orchestra — A Potter’s Song/The Thompson Fields/Maria Schneider/ArtistShare

2nd HOUR
Johnny Mandel featuring Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra — Cinnamon and Clove/The Man And His Music (2011)/Johnny Mandel, Alan & Marilyn Bergman/Arbors
Antoinette Montague — Unless It’s You/Pretty Blues/Johnny Mandel, Morgan Ames/Consolidated Artists Productions
The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra — Where Do You Start/Mixed Bag (2025)/Johnny Mandel, Alan & Marilyn Bergman/Summit
Vancouver Jazz Orchestra — As Luck Would Have It/Vancouver Jazz Orchestra Meets Brian Charette (2025)/ Sharon Minemoto/Cellar Music Group
Ethel Ennis — If Women Ruled The World/If Women Ruled the World/Joan Armatrating/Savoy
Denise King — Sinner Man/People Get Ready (2025)/Traditional/Jazzbook Records
Rebecca Coupe Franks — Venus/Planets (2022)/Rebecca Coupe Franks/RCF Records
Cecile McLorin Salvant — Oh Snap/Oh Snap (2025)/Cecile McLorin Salvant/Nonesuch
Whitney Ross-Barris — Bourgeois Reverie/Curtains Of Light (2025)/Whitney Ross-Barris
Aline Homzy — Starring Space/Eclipse (2023)/Aline Homzy/Elastic Records
Theo Bleckmann — Stars/Love And Anger (2025)/Janis Ian/Sunnyside
Vivien Garry Quintet — A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/Vivien Garry/PNR

Good morning to all on this wet first Advent Sunday wherever you are - the times are dark, the light is fading but the m...
11/30/2025

Good morning to all on this wet first Advent Sunday wherever you are - the times are dark, the light is fading but the music is ever bright. Go seek out a live venue for inspiration, comfort, distraction or all of the above. The new program has been loaded to the HD2 channel and you can hear it live at 3:00pm EST at this link - https://wfdu.fm/
Go to "Select Station" to select "WFDU HD2" then click on “Listen” and you will hear the channel instantly.

Today's broadcast includes new releases from James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter & Superblue, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant, with birthday shoutouts to June Christy (100!), Johnny Mandel (100!), Etta Jones, Billy Strayhorn, Ethel Ennis, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Aline Homzy, among others with just a hint of holiday fare (more to come in December). Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

A Broad Spectrum is a jazz-based mix of standards, blues, pop and originals composed and/or with lyrics by women - you'll hear both instrumentalists and vocalists (with airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slots)

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new releases from James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hu...
11/29/2025

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new releases from James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter & Superblue, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant, with birthday shoutouts to June Christy (100!), Johnny Mandel (100!), Etta Jones, Billy Strayhorn, Ethel Ennis, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Aline Homzy, among others with a hint of holiday fare. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)This broadcast inclu...
11/24/2025

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)
This broadcast includes new releases from Theo Bleckmann, Jane Ira Bloom, Ellen Rowe, Anita Wardell and the Jung Stratmann Quartet, with birthday shoutouts to Blue Lu Barker, Ernestine Anderson, LaVern Baker, Cynthia Hilts, Marianne Solivan, Holli Ross, Rene Marie, Diana Krall and Janet Lawson, among others, plus a nod to a few of this year's Grammy Nominees. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://b...
11/23/2025

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://bit.ly/3S88l50
You’ll be able to listen anytime you wish for the next two weeks. There will also be a repeat broadcast on Tuesday at midday, following The Jazz Deli with Russ Kassoff.
1st HOUR
Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra — I Know That You Know/So Many Memories (2025)/ Ann Caldwell, Vincent Youmans/Turtle Bay Records
Mary Stallings — Stolen Moments/Songs Were Made To Sing (2019)/Oliver Nelson, Peggy Stern/Smoke Sessions Records
Lisa Hilton — It’s Just For Now/Extended Daydream (2025)/Lisa Hilton/Ruby Slippers Productions
Gloria Lynne — We Never Kissed/Lonely And Sentimental…/Melba Liston/Essential Media Group
Bob Mintzer Big Band / New York Voices — I Get Along Without You Very Well/Meeting of Minds (Live)/Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson/MCG Jazz
Tomoko Omura — The Firestorm/Run Run Run (2025)/Tomoko Omura/Outside In
Arooj Aftab — Last Night Reprise/Night Reign (2024)/Arooj Aftab/Verve
Ellen Rowe Quartet — I’ll Remember April/Vinton’s Cove (2025)/ Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye/Smokin’ Sleddog Records
Laila Biali — Keep On Moving/Wintersongs (2024)/Laila Biali/Independent
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christy Dashiell — Joyful Noise/We Insist 2025 (2025)/Terri Lyne Carrington/Candid
Miki Yamanaka — March (bonus track)/Shades of Rainbow (2023)/Miki Yamanaka/Cellar Music
2nd HOUR
Michael Dease — Blues For Herb/City Life: Music of Gregg Hill (2025)/Emily Remler/Origin
Dr. John — Candy/In A Sentimental Mood/Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney/Warner Strategic Marketing
Whitney Ross-Barris — Stranger/Curtains Of Light (2025)/Whitney Ross-Barris/Independent
Lafayette Harris, Jr. Iko Iko/All In Good Time (2025)/ Barbara Anne Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Sugar Boy/Savant
Nicole Zuraitis & Friends — Rhiannon/Live At Vic’s Las Vegas (2025)/Stevie Nicks/la reserve
Kerry Politzer — Here We Go Again/Alternate Route (2025)/Kerry Politzer/Whirlwind Recordings
Michael Mayo — Just Friends/Fly (2025)/ Sam Lewis, John Klenner/Mack Avenue
Denise King — Throw It Away/People Get Ready (2025)/Abbey Lincoln/Jazzbook Records
Kris Davis Trio — Lost In Geneva/Single (Lost In Geneva)(2025)/Kris Davis/Pyroclastic Records
Theo Bleckmann — The Crossing/Love And Anger (2025)/Sheila Jordan/Sunnyside
Sheila Jordan — Lucky To Be Me/Live At Mezzrow (2022)/Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green/SmallsLive
Vivien Garry Quintet — A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/Vivien Garry/PNR

Good afternoon to all on this cloudy Sunday wherever you are - the times are dark, the light is fading but the music is ...
11/23/2025

Good afternoon to all on this cloudy Sunday wherever you are - the times are dark, the light is fading but the music is ever bright. Go seek out a live venue for inspiration, comfort, distraction or all of the above. The new program has been loaded to the HD2 channel and you can hear it live at 3:00pm EST at this link - https://wfdu.fm/
Go to "Select Station" to select "WFDU HD2" then click on “Listen” and you will hear the channel instantly.

Today's broadcast includes new releases from Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis, with birthday shoutouts to Sheila Jordan, Gloria Lynne, Hoagy Carmichael, Dr. John and Whitney Ross-Barris, among others plus more Grammy nominees. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

A Broad Spectrum is a jazz-based mix of standards, blues, pop and originals composed and/or with lyrics by women - you'll hear both instrumentalists and vocalists (with airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slots)

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new releases from Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orches...
11/22/2025

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new releases from Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis, with birthday shoutouts to Sheila Jordan, Gloria Lynne, Hoagy Carmichael, Dr. John and Whitney Ross-Barris, among others plus more Grammy nominated music. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

Thanks for tuning in to the show yesterday - forgive the day late posting, but I had a gig last night. For those who mis...
11/17/2025

Thanks for tuning in to the show yesterday - forgive the day late posting, but I had a gig last night. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://bit.ly/3S88l50
You’ll be able to listen anytime you wish for the next two weeks. There will also be a repeat broadcast on Tuesday at midday, following The Jazz Deli with Russ Kassoff.

1st HOUR
Eyal Vilner Big Band — Don’t You Feel My Leg/Swingin’ Uptown (2024)/ J. Mayo Williams, Danny Barker, Blue Lu Barker/Self Released
Ernestine Anderson — Someone Else Is Steppin’ In/When The Sun Goes Down/Denise LaSalle/Concord Jazz
Maria Muldaur feat. Taj Mahal — Gotta Have What It Takes/One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (2025)/Victoria Spivey, Harold Grey/Nola Blue
Ellen Rowe Quartet — Clipped In Blues/Vinton’s Cove (2025)/Ellen Rowe/Smokin' Sleddog Records
Kenny Barron feat. Catherine Russell — Minor Blues Redux/Songbook (2025)/Kenny Barron, Catherine Russell/Artwork Records
LaVern Baker — Preaching the Blues/Sings Bessie Smith/Bessie Smith/Atlantic
Bob James and Dave Koz — Sunny Side Of The Street/Just Us (2025)/Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields/Just Koz
Gregory Porter — Pick Yourself Up/Nat “King” Cole & Me (2017)/Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields/Decca Records France
Samara Joy — Now And Then (In Remembrance Of…)/Portrait (2024)/Barry Harris, Samara Joy/Verve
Cynthia Hilts & Lyric Fury — Jam & Toast/Lyric Fury (2016)/Cynthia Hilts/Blonde Coyote Records
Marianne Solivan — Spark/Break’s Over (2025)/Marianne Sulivan/Imani Records
Giacomo Gates — Be-Bop Lives (Boplicity)/Miles Tones/Miles Davis, Ray Passman, Holli Ross/Savant
Jane Ira Bloom & Brian Shanker Adler — Drums Like Dancing/Single (Once Like A Spark-11/21)/Jane Ira Bloom/Adhyâropa Records

2nd HOUR
Arturo O’Farrill — Blue Palestine-Part One/Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley (2025)/Carla Bley/Zoho Music
Theo Bleckmann — Love and Anger/Love and Anger (2025)/Kate Bush/Sunnyside
Kelly Green — When It’s Time To Go/Corner Of My Dreams (2025)/Kelly Green/la reserve
Anita Wardell and Jeremy Siskind — I Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer/West Coast Duo Sessions (2025)/Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright/Independent
Jung Stratmann Quartet (Sujae Jung-p/Wolf Robert Stratmann-b) — Tree Huggers/Confluence (2025)/Sujae Jung/Self Released
Diana Krall — You Call It Madness/All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio/Russ Columbo, Con Conrad, Gladys Dubois, Paul Gregory/Verve
Etienne Charles (feat. Rene Marie) — Colorado River Song/Creole Orchestra (2024)/Rene Marie/Culture Shock Music
Sullivan Fortner — Discovery/Southern Nights (2025)/ Consuela Lee/Artwork Records
The Janet Lawson Quintet — Sunday Afternoon/The Janet Lawson Quintet/Blossom Dearie/Republic of Music
Vivien Garry Quintet — A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/Vivien Garry/PNR

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)This broadcast inclu...
11/17/2025

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)

This broadcast includes new releases from Lori Williams, Kenny Barron, Whitney Ross-Barris, Angela Verbrugge and Phillip Officer, with birthday shoutouts to Lorde, Joni Mitchell, Chris Connor, Anne Sajdera, Russell Malone, Lauren Henderson, Jane Monheit, Lani Hall, Nikara Warren, Bertha Hope, Dara Starr Tucker and Betty Bryant, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.

Good morning to all on this sunny Sunday wherever you are - the times are dark, the light is fading but the music is eve...
11/16/2025

Good morning to all on this sunny Sunday wherever you are - the times are dark, the light is fading but the music is ever bright. Go seek out a live venue for inspiration, comfort, distraction or all of the above - come to Mezzrow after the show to hear me and my trio. The new program has been loaded to the HD2 channel and you can hear it live at 3:00pm EST at this link - https://wfdu.fm/
Go to "Select Station" to select "WFDU HD2" then click on “Listen” and you will hear the channel instantly.

Today's broadcast includes new releases from Theo Bleckmann, Jane Ira Bloom, Ellen Rowe, Anita Wardell and the Jung Stratmann Quartet, with birthday shoutouts to Blue Lu Barker, Ernestine Anderson, LaVern Baker, Cynthia Hilts, Marianne Solivan, Holli Ross, Rene Marie, Diana Krall and Janet Lawson, among others, plus a nod to a few of this year's Grammy Nominees. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

A Broad Spectrum is a jazz-based mix of standards, blues, pop and originals composed and/or with lyrics by women - you'll hear both instrumentalists and vocalists (with airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slots)

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I’m thrilled to announce my debut on WFDU 89.1 FM hosting a weekly show every Sunday from 3PM to 7PM streaming on their HD2 channel, Jazz and What's More - just go to http://www.wfdu.fm and click on “Listen to HD2”, you’ll be given a player for your device and will hear the channel instantly. There's also a free app you can download for both iPhone and Android. The program is called A Broad Spectrum and offers up an assortment of music by Women Who Inspire - Writers, Composers, Instrumentalists and Vocalists (and yes, there will be airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slot). Hope you’ll get a chance to tune in. If you would like to send promotional material for airplay on A Broad Spectrum, please mail to the address listed below: Mary Foster Conklin MockTurtle Music PO Box 528, Old Chelsea Station New York, NY 10113 or contact me via email at [email protected] . Digital files are welcome as long as you include a song list with complete writers' credits. Please bear in mind that the focus of my radio show is music written and/or composed by women - Instrumentalists and Vocalists both male and female are welcome. If you miss the live show, never fear - here's the link to the archives - http://wfdu2.streamrewind.com/ Shows are archived for two weeks, which you can hear by using the drop down menu.