“Contagious in his enthusiasms”: A personal list of essential music (Part 1)
Vincent StephensFrank Bruni, Pomfret Street Books, Holly Cole, Eva Cassidy, Linda Ronstadt, Maria Muldaur, Aaron Neville, Ella Mae Morse, Nina Simone, Charlie Rich, Jennifer Warnes, Ronnie Milsap, Susannah McCorkle, Laura Fygi, Janis Siegel, Gregory Porter, Tierney Sutton, Diane Schuur, Rene Marie, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Janis Mann, Patricia Barber, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Chris Connor, Bobby Short, Mildred Bailey, Carol Sloane, Shirley Horn, Andy Bey, Johnny Mathis