WICN Artist of the Month Archives

WICN 2024 Artist of the Month

• January – Billie Holiday
• February – Gregory Porter
• March – Lena Horne
• April – Lionel Hampton
• May – Miles Davis
• June – Kenny Barron
• July – Philly Joe Jones
• August –
• September –
• October –
• November –
• December –

WICN 2023 Artist of the Month

• January – Samara Joy
• February – Duke Ellington
• March – Mary Halvorson
• April – Fletcher Henderson
• May – Burt Bacharach
• June – Abbey Lincoln
• July – Ahmad Jamal
• August – The Verve Jazz Ensemble
• September – Julian Lage
• October – Pharoah Sanders
• November – Count Basie
• December – Chet Baker

WICN 2022 Artist of the Month

• January – Antonio Carlos Jobim
• February – Wes Montgomery
• March – Stan Getz
• April – Charles Mingus
• May – Joey DeFrancesco
• June – Jaki Byard
• July – Cécile McLorin Salvant
• August – Grace Kelly
• September – Catherine Russell
• October – Wayne Shorter
• November – Tito Puente
• December – Gipsy Kings

WICN 2021 Artist of the Month

• January – Shirley Horn
• February – Jimmie Lunceford
• March – Greg Abate
• April – Thelonious Monk
• May – Sonny Rollins
• June – Erroll Garner
• July – Candido Camero
• August – Herbie Hancock
• September – Tony Bennett
• October – Nina Simone
• November – Ron Carter
• December – Ray Brown

WICN 2020 Artist of the Month

• January – Esperanza Spalding
• February – Maceo Parker
• March – Norah Jones
• April – Carmen McRae
• May – Arturo Sandoval
• June – Chick Corea
• July – Jimmy Smith
• August – Charlie “Bird” Parker
• September – Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
• October – Pat Metheny
• November – Mary Lou Williams
• December – Django Reinhardt

WICN 2019 Artist of the Month

• September – Stan Kenton
• October – Art Blakey
• November – Bria Skonberg
• December – Jack DeJohnette