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Episode July 19 2026 Jul 19, 2026

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This show features a heavy dose of Coltrane related tracks from his quartet's collaborator McCoy Tyner, to his composition Naima, and concluding with Trane as a sideman with Miles. In between we have a fusion set from Airto, Flora and McLaughlin.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
McCoy Tyner ~ Passion Dance ~ The Real McCoy
McCoy Tyner ~ When Sunny Gets Blue ~ Today and Tomorrow
Curtis Taylor ~ Naima ~ Snapshot
Airto ~ Tombo In 7/4 ~ Fingers
Flora Purim ~ Nothing Will Be As It Was - Nada Sera Sera Como Antes ~ Nothing Will Be As It Was... Tomorrow
John McLaughlin ~ Nathaniel Drives to New Jersey ~ Music for Abandoned Heights
Mauricio Morales & Adam Hersh ~ Retratos De Vida Interrumpida ~ Between Dreams & Twilight
Miles Davis ~ Milestones ~ Milestones

Episode July 12 2026 Jul 12, 2026

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This episode begins with the politically charged music of Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. Other highlights are Rene Rosnes playing Brazilian compositions and a newly single from Charles Lloyd and his Sangam Trio. We end this show with another tribute to Miles and Trane on their centenial.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley ~ Introduction To People ~ The Ballad of the Fallen
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley ~ The People United Will Never Be Defeated ~ The Ballad of the Fallen
Renee Rosnes ~ Casa Forte ~ Crossing Paths
Peter Erskine ~ Lost Page ~ Dr. Um
Charles Lloyd ~ Sam on the Ganges ~ Single
Holly Hofmann ~ Soul-Leo ~ Low Life
Kenny Burrell ~ Isabella ~ Soulero
John Coltrane ~ Spiral ~ Giant Steps
Miles Davis ~ Miles Runs the Voodoo Down ~ Bitches Brew

Chick Three Ways Jul 05, 2026

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This week's episode features a Chick Corea set with three tunes in very different settings. First we feature two young jazz artists with debut albums and a pair of Miles & Trane tunes in honor of their centennial birthdays. We complete this show honoring David Clayton Thomas from BS&T who passed on last week.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Caelan Cardello ~ Music for the People ~ Chapter One
Matt Hall ~ Charlie's Harley ~ I Hope to My Never
John Coltrane ~ Like Sonny ~ Coltrane Jazz
Miles Davis ~ Black Comedy ~ Miles In the Sky
Chick Corea ~ Matrix ~ Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Chick Corea ~ Armando's Rhumba ~ My Spanish Heart
Chick Corea And Gary Burton ~ No Mystery ~ Native Sense - The New Duets
Blood, Sweat & Tears ~ Spinning Wheel ~ Blood, Sweat & Tears

Episode June 28 2026 Jun 28, 2026

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Another eclectic set featuring fusion, hard-bop, and protest. Beginning with piano master Hancock and up-and-coming phenom Cardello, and ending with fusion guitarists supreme McLaughlin and Stern. Then a little protest music in between.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Herbie Hancock ~ Actual Proof ~ Thrust
Caelan Cardello ~ Steppin' Up ~ Chapter One
Les McCann & Eddie Harris ~ Compared to What ~ Swiss Movement
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum
Pat Metheny Group ~ When We Were Free ~ Quartet
Bill Cunliffe & Holly Hofmann ~ Chucho ~ Just Duet, Vol. 2
John McLaughlin ~ Elijah in DC ~ Music for Abandoned Heights
Łukasz Pawlik & Mike Stern ~ Eastern Winds ~ Single

Trane, Brecker, Potter Jun 21, 2026

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This episode begins with a Coltrane inspired track from Emmet Cohen's latest album. We follow that with saxophone giants Potter and Brecker. The set concludes with a great arrangement of a Coltrane classic from Hancock and then an extended piece from Trane himself.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Emmet Cohen ~ Blue Train ~ Universal Truth
Chris Potter ~ Sister Annie ~ Alive With Ghosts Today
Michael Brecker ~ Nothing Personal ~ Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker ~ African Skies ~ Tales from the Hudson
Hancock, Brecker & Hargrove ~ So What / Impressions ~ Directions In Music: Live At Massey Hall
John Coltrane Quartet ~ Transition ~ Transition

Episode June 14 2026 Jun 14, 2026

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This episode begins with a Joe Henderson tribute after attending a show by flautist Lori Bell of Henderson arrangements. Other tracks of note are Emmet Cohen's latest release, a Miles' classic, and the fusion feature from RTF.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Lori Bell Quartet ~ Black Narcissus ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson ~ Isotope ~ Inner Urge
Larry Young ~ Zoltan ~ Unity
Emmet Cohen ~ I. Eternal Glimpse ~ Universal Truth
Miles Davis ~ Sid's Ahead ~ Milestones
Return to Forever ~ The Romantic Warrior ~ Romantic Warrior

More Sonny and Miles Jun 07, 2026

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The last two episodes have been dedicated to Miles and Sonny, but there were a few more tracks I wanted to get into, so we review those at the top of the show. That is followed by some new music including a recent release by Emmet C and Joe F. Finally, we review some early Weather Report and late Joe Zawinul.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Sonny Rollins ~ Way Out West ~ Way Out West
Thelonious Monk ~ Bemsha Swing ~ Brilliant Corners
Miles Davis ~ Honky Tonk ~ Get Up With It
Joe Farnsworth ~ You Already Know ~ The Big Room
Emmet Cohen ~ Gingerbread Boy ~ Universal Truth
Emmet Cohen ~ III. Universal Truth ~ Universal Truth
Weather Report ~ Orange Lady ~ Weather Report
Joe Zawinul ~ Black Market ~ Brown Street

Sonny RIP May 31, 2026

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One of the greatest players in the jazz legacy, Sonny Rollins passed away last week on May 25 at 95 years of age. On this episode, we look back on his career which spanned 7 decades. Here are some of my favorite "Newk" recordings from his most creative years.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Sonny Rollins ~ Strode Rode ~ Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins ~ Wonderful! Wonderful! ~ Newk's Time
Sonny Rollins ~ Alone Together ~ Sonny Rollins and the Contempory Leaders
Sonny Rollins ~ God Bless the Child ~ The Bridge
Sonny Rollins ~ Alfie's Theme ~ Alfie (Original Music From The Score)
Sonny Rollins ~ The Freedom Suite ~ Freedom Suite

Miles Centennial Celebration May 24, 2026

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For this week's episode, we celebrate Miles Davis on the Centennial of his birth, May 26 1926. Miles is one of the most influential of jazz artist, having set new directions for jazz time and time again. Here we represent music from his first and second great quintets along with his explorations in electronics and rock rhythms that led to the jazz-rock fusion of the 70's and beyond.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Miles Davis ~ Milestones ~ Milestones
Miles Davis ~ So What ~ Kind of Blue
Miles Davis ~ Joshua ~ Seven Steps To Heaven
Miles Davis ~ Footprints ~ Miles Smiles
Miles Davis ~ Spanish Key (alternate take) ~ Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition)
Gregory Hutchinson ~ Water Babies ~ Kind of Now - The Pulse of Miles Davis
Peter Sprague ~ Flamenco Sketches ~ Blue Kind of Miles

Latest from the Greatest May 17, 2026

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This episode features brand new music from some of the best jazz artists of today. From Potter to Metheny to Marsalis and more we have new album releases for your listening pleasure. They don't dissapoint.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Chris Potter ~ Sister Annie ~ Alive With Ghosts Today
Steve Wilson ~ Quiet Girl ~ Enduring Sonance
Billy Childs ~ Lazy Afternoon ~ Triumvirate
Gregory Hutchinson ~ Bitches Brew ~ Kind of Now - The Pulse of Miles Davis
Pat Metheny ~ Make a New World ~ Side-Eye III+
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis ~ Let Freedom Swing (Eleanor Roosevelt) ~ Let Freedom Swing
Brian Lynch ~ Blue n' boogie ~ Torch Bearers

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