Playlist, April 12, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES

Set One

Mitch Dalton; We Do It; Out of the Shadows (2025 Regius)

Charlie Christian; Flying Home; The First Master of Electric Guitar (2002 JSP)

Dave Stryker; Blue Fire; Blue Fire (2026 Strikezone)

[mic break 9:20 a.m.]

Set Two

Billy Childs; Carefree; Triumvirate (2026 Mack Avenue)

Carmen Bradford; Sunday; Carmen Sings Carmen: Echoes of Carmen McRae (2025 Artist Alliance)

Pat Bianchi; Jitterbug Waltz; Confluence (2026 21H)

[mic break 9:41 a.m.]

Set Three

Michael Dease; Rememberance; MSU Jazz Trombones: Spartan Strong (2026 Origin)

Michael Dease; Evidence; MSU Jazz Trombones: Spartan Strong (2026 Origin)

Tierney Sutton & Tamir Hendelmen 'S Wonderful; Spring (2026 BMF)

Tedeschi Trucks Band; Devil Be Gone; Future Soul (2026 Fantasy)

Baltimore Jazz Collective; Minor Swing; Baltimore Jazz Collective (2026 Stricker Street)

[mic break 10:09 a.m.]

Set Four

Ben Thomas Tango Project; The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle; The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle (2026 Origin)

Yelena Eckemoff; Skansen Park; Rosendals Garden (2026 L&H)

Mike Pope; Misgivings; The Parts You Keep (2026 Origin)

Elvin Jones-McCoy Tyner Quintet; Hip Jones; Love & Peace (1982 AMJ)

Esperanza Spalding; Love in Time; Esperanza (2008 Heads Up)

[mic break 10:45 a.m.]

Set Five

Eyal Vilner Big Band; Sister Sadie; Big Apple Stomp (2026 self)

Anthony Branker & Other Ways of Knowing; Song for Marielle Franco; Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit (2026 Origin)

Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra; Make it So; Alkebulan (2025 Outside In Music)

Billy Hart; Giant Steps; Multidirectional (2026 Smoke Sessions)

Mike Pope; Giant Steps; The Parts You Keep (2026 Origin)

[mic break 11:26 a.m.]

Set Six

Charles Lloyd; Hymn to the Mother, for Zakir; Figure in Blue (2026 Blue Note)

Gotan Project; De Hombre a Hombre; Tango 3.0 (2010 ¡Ya Basta!)

Tobin Mueller; Seasons Will Pass You By; Fragments (2025 self)

[mic break 11:48 a.m.]

[announcement break 11:55 a.m.]

Playlist, April 5, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Paloma; Baby Face; Memory (2025 The Audiophile Society)

Joey DeFrancesco; Eighty One; Snap Shot (2009 HighNote)

Steve Coleman; Dream State; World Expansion (1987 JMT)

Charles Earland; Burning Devotion; Street Themes (1983 Columbia)

[mic break 9:33 a.m.]

Set Two

Jeremy Pelt; Rhapsody; Woven (2025 HighNote)

Alon Farber; Minor Trap; Dreams I Dream (2025 Origin)

Wynton Marsalis; Hesitation; Wynton Marsalis (1982 Columbia)

Duke Ellington; Hello Little Girl; Jazz Party (1959 Columbia)

[mic break 10:02 a.m.]

Set Three

Bill Withers; Use Me; Still Bill (1972 Sussex)

Herbie Hancock; Hang Up Your Hang-Ups; Man-Child (1975 Columbia)

James Gadson; Good Vibrations; single (1972 Cream)

John Handy; Hard Work; Hard Work (1976 Impulse!)

Eddie Kendricks; Boogie Down; Boogie Down (1974 Motown)

Donald Fagen; I.G.Y.; The Nightfly (1982 Warner Bros.)

[mic break 10:40 a.m.]

Set Four

Tommy Flanagan; Bird Song; Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978 Galaxy)

Tommy Flanagan; Good Bait; Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978 Galaxy)

Kenny Burrell; I Got it Bad; Stormy Monday (1978 Fantasy)

[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Five

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'; My Darling, My Dear; Room on the Porch (2025 Concord)

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Room on the Porch (2025 Concord)

Danny Grissett; The Long Way Home; Travelogue; 2025 Savant)

Thelma Houston; Don't Leave Me This Way; Any Way You Like It (1965 Tamla)

Diana Ross; Love Hangover; Diana Ross (1976 Motown)

[mic break 11:31 a.m.]

Set Six

The John Renbourn Group; Ye Mariners All; Live in America (1982 Flying Fish)

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band; Ice Cream for Crow; Ice Cream for Crow (1982 Virgin)

Peter Gabriel; Shock the Monkey; Security (1982 Geffen)

Laurie Anderson; Excellent Birds; Mister Heartbreak (1984 Warner Bros.)

[mic break 11:50 a.m.]

Playlist, March 29, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Baron von FrankenPaul; Cactus; Mirror Image (2026 self)

Mitch Dalton; Besame Mashup; Out of the Shadows (2026 Regius)

Billy Brandt; Carnival Souls; The Lucky Hustle & the Side Show Shuffle (2026 self)

The Band; Life is a Carnival; Cahoots (1971 Capitol)

[mic break 9:25 a.m.]

Set Two

Dave Stryker; Dexterity; Blue Fire (2026 StrikeZone)

Darren Litzie; Busy Work; On My Own Time (2026 Summit)

Darren Litzie; Before Tomorrow; Busy Work; On My Own Time (2026 Summit)

Don Was; and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble; Insane; Groove in the Face of Adversity (2026 Mack Avenue)

[mic break 9:54 a.m.]

Set Three

Tedeschi Trucks Band; The Letter [Feat. Susan Tedeschi]; Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' (2025 Fantasy)

The Dana Legg Stage Band; Ain't No Sunshine; Scoopin' the Loop (2026 Summit)

Ray Obiedo; Ain't No Sunshine; Slight Accent (2026 Rhythmus)

Milton Mascimento & Esperanza Spalding; Saudade Dos Aviões Da Panair (Conversando No Bar); Milton + Esperanza (2024 Concord)

Dave Kikoski Trio; Winney's Gardne; Weekend at Smalls (2025 Cellar Music)

[mic break 10:23 a.m.]

Set Four

Mark Sherman; 111-44; Bop Contest (2025 Miles High)

Karen Stachel, Norbert Stachel & LehCats w/Giovanni Hidalgo; Upper West Side Story; Live@The Breakroom (2025 Purple Room Productions)

Jack DeJohnette; Elmer Wudd?; Extra Special Edition (1994 Blue Note)

Jack Walrath and the Maters of Suspense; Come Sunday; Out of the Tradition (1992 Muse)

Jack Walrath and the Maters of Suspense; Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?; Out of the Tradition (1992 Muse)

[mic break 11:02 a.m.]

Set Five

The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; Manteca; I'm BeBoppin' Too (2009 Half Note)

Mike Freeman ZonaVibe; Back Slap; Circle in a Yellow Room (2025 Vibes Out Front)

Pat Martino Quartet; Double Play Undeniable, (Live at Blues Alley) (2011 HighNote)

Pat Metheny; Make a New World; Side-Eye III+ (2026 Uniquity)

Phish; Tweezer (reprise); 1/2/2016 Madison Square Garden, NY (2016 Live Phish/JEMP)

[mic break 11:41 a.m.]

Set Five

Frank Zappa; Let's Move to Cleveland; The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991 Barking Pumpkin)

Frank Zappa; Strictly Genteel; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More, Volume 6 (1992 Rykodisc)

[11:55 a.m.]

Playlist, March 22, 2026

ARCHIVES 

Set One

Grateful Dead; Playing in the Band; Dick's Picks Volume 1 (1993 Grateful Dead)

Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (20023 Reprise)

[mic break 9:26 a.m.]

Set Two

Alexa Tarrantino; Inside Looking Out; The Roar and the Whisper (2025 Blue Engine)

Joe Williams; Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away); Jump for Joy (1993 Bluebird)

Barry Harris; Casbah; Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron (1975 Xanadu)

Chico Freeman; My One And Only Love; Beyond the Rain (1978 Contemporary)

Lester Young; I Never Knew; The Lester Young Story (2005 Proper)

[mic break 9:55 a.m.]

Set Three

Marcus Miller; Trip Trap; Laid Black (2018 Blue Note)

Shemekia Copeland; Great Rain; America's Child (2018 Alligator)

Sun Ra; Heliocentric Worlds; Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3 (2005 esp-disk)

NRBQ; Rocket Number 9; NRBQ (1969 Columbia)

Talking Heads; Artists Only; More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978 Sire)

Grateful Dead; Mountains of the Moon; Aoxomoxoa (1969 Warner Bros)

Dogs in a Pile; Shenanigans; Distroid (2025 Oh, You See?)

[mic break 10:32 a.m.]

Set Four

Grover Washington, Jr.; Trouble Man; Soul Box, Vol. 1 (1973 Kudu/CTI)

Ellis Marsalis; Things That You Never Were; Ruminations in New York (2004 ELM)

David Basse; Strike When Your Iron is Hot; The War Within (2026 Big Head Productions)

[mic break 11:01 a.m.]

Set Five

Baron von FrankenPaul; BVFP; Mirror Image (2026 self)

Esther Phillips; Going Out of My Head; For All We Know (1973 Kudu)

Lou Donaldson; Lost Love; Sweet Lou (1974 Blue Note)

Robert Randolph Family Band; Ain't Nothing Wrong with That; Colorblind (2006 Warner Bros)

[mic break 11:22 a.m.]

Set Six

Carmen McRae; Black Coffee; Sarah—Dedicted to You (1991 RCA/Novus)

Art Pepper; Ballad of the Sad Young Men; No Limit (1978 Contemporary)

The Dana Legg Stage Band; Ain't No Sunshine; Scoopin' the Loop (2026 Summit)

[mic break 11:48 a.m.]

Playlist, March 15, 2026

ARCHIVES 

Set One

Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble; Birth of Shakyamuni; Ima Ima (2017 New Music USA)

Eloise & Co.; Avant-deux de Vitteaux; avec Elodie (2025 self)

The Jay D'Amico Trio; Campobasso; Ginerva: a portrait of little girl blue (2025 Jazz Under Glass)

Jeremy Pelt; Fair Weather; Woven (2025 HighNote)

[mic break 9:28 a.m.]

Set Two

Steve Tibbetts; Remember and; Close (2025 ECM)

Milt Jackson-Joe Pass-Ray Brown; Nuages; The Big 3 (1976 Pablo)

Jimmy Forrest; Bolo Blues; Night Train (1978 Delmark)

[mic break 9:52 a.m.]

Set Three

Sonny Stitt; How High The Moon; It's Magic (2005 Delmark)

David Kikoski; There's A Mingus A Monk Us; Weekend at Smalls (2025 Cellar Live)

Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet; After the Love is Gone; Turn it Up! Live at the Sidedoor (2025 Cellar Live)

Lionel Hampton & His Giants; Flying Home; Live in Emmen Holland (1979 Timeless)

[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Four

Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea; La Fiesta; An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea in Concert (1978 Columbia)

[mic break 10:54 a.m.]

Set Five

Charlie Rouse; 'Round Midnight; Epistrophy (1989 Landmark)

[mic break 11:13 a.m.]

Set Six

Kurt Elling and The WDR Big Band; I Like the Sunrise; In the Brass Palace (2026 WDR)

Steve 'N' Seagulls; My Sharona; Another Miracle (2020 Playground Music Oy)

David Lindsay; Follow the Sun; Follow the Sun (2025 Falling R)

Aaron Diehl; Magnanimous Disguise; The Vagabond (2020 Mack Avenue)

Oregon; Moon and Mind; Moon and Mind (1979 Vanguard)

The Specials; Ghost Town; More Specials (1980 2 Tone)

[mic break 11:50 a.m.]

Playlist, March 1, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Baron von FrankenPaul; Riders on the Storm; Mirror Image (2026 self)

The Dana Legg Stage Band; Wrapped Around Your Finger; Scoopin' the Loop (2025 Summit)

Dave Stryker; The Fool on the Hill; Blue Fire (2026 StrikeZone)

Tobin Mueller; Electric Boots; Fragments (2025 self)

[mic break 9:29 a.m.]

Set Two

Kurt Elling & The WDR Big Band; Steppin' Out; In the Brass Palace (2026 WDR)

Martin Bejerano Presents The Purple Project; Raspberry Beret; Reimagining the Music of Prince (2025 Figgland)

Pat Metheny & Anna Maria Jopek; Are You Going WIth Me?; Upojenie (2002 Nonesuch)

[mic break 9:55 a.m.]

Set Three

The Noah Peterson Soul-tet; Countdown City; The Real Deal (2025 Peterson Entertainment)

Karen Stachel, Norbert Stachel & LehCats; 9 Lives; Live @ The Breakroom (2025 Purple Room Productions)

Paul Desmond; Music for a While; Skylark (1974 CTI)

Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Città De Verona; What's New in Baltimore; Freak Frank (Zappa * A Timeless Genius) (2022 Playaudio)

Mike Clark; I Shot the Sheriff; Itai Doshin (2025 Wide Hive)

[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Four

Conrad Herwig; Listen Lady; Reflections-Facing South (2025 Savant)

Ray Manzarek; Solar Boat; The Golden Scarab (1974 Mercury)

The Doors; Moonlight Drive; Strange Days (1967 Elektra)

Mitch Dalton; I Got Room 335; Out of the Shadows (2025 Regius)

Steely Dan; Kid Charlamagne; The Royal Scam (1976 ABC)

[mic break 11:06 a.m.]

Set Five

The Raspberries; Overnight Sensation (Hit Record); Starting Over (1974 Capitol)

The Mothers; Fifty-Fifty; Over-Nite Sensation (1973 DiscReet)

Alexa Tarantino; Portrait of a Shadow (feat. Cecile McLorin-Salvant); The Roar and the Whisper (2026 Blue Engine)

Dogs in a Pile; Samba for Sam > ¿Por Qué, Pedro? > Samba for Sam; Distroid (2025 Dogs in a Pile)

[mic break 11:49 a.m.]

[announcment break 11:55 a.m.]

Playlist, February 22, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Lafayette Harris, Jr.; It's Time; All in Good Time (2025 Savant)

Kurt Elling & the WDR Big Band; Steppin' Out; In the Brass Palace (2026 WDR)

Mitch Dalton; Bird Meets Cat; Out of the Shadows (2025 Regius)

Count Basie & His Orchestra; Just an Old Manuscript; The Big Band Leader (2000 Past Perfect)

[mic break 9:26 a.m.]

Set Two

Dave Stryker; The Folks Who Live on the Hill; Blue Fire (2026 StrikeZone)

Karen Stachel, Norbert Stachel & LehCats; Step on It; Live @ The Breakroom with Giovanni Hidalgo; (2025 Purple Room Productions)

Paloma; Baby Face; Memory (2025 The Audiophile Society)

Charles Mingus; Pithecanthropus Erectus; Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956 Atlantic)

[mic break 10:02 a.m.]

Set Three

Monika Herzig; Fly High; Eternal Dance (2020 Savant)

Mike Freeman ZonaVibe; Back Slap; Circles In A Yellow Room (2025 VOF)

The Noah Peterson Soultet; Ain't No Way Hombre; The Real Deal (2026 Peterson Entertainment)

Christopher McBride; Funky Good Señor Blues; The Hang, The Hustle, The Path (2025 self)

Tobin Mueller; Season Will Pass You By; Fragments (2025 self)

[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Four

Norah Jones; Flame Twin; Pick Me Up Off the Floor (2020 Blue Note)

Itamar Erez and the Adama Emsemble; Prelude; Desert Song (2007 Magda)

Alexa Tarantino; Inside Looking Out; The Roar and the Whisper (2025 Blue Engine)

Nicholas Payton; Unconditional Love; Triune (2025 Smoke Sessions)

Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding; A Day in the Life; Milton + Esperanza (2024 Concord)

[mic break 11:05 a.m.]

Set Five

Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet; Cherokee; Turn it Up! Live at the Side Door (2025 Cellar Live)

Lonnie Liston Smith; Love Brings Happiness; Jazz is Dead 17 (2023 Jazz is Dead)

Joey DeFrancesco; Perdido; The Philadelphia Connection: A Tribute to Don Patterson (2002 HighNote)

Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane; Soultrane; Mating Call (1957 Prestige)

[mic break 11:35 a.m.]

Set Six

The Dana Legg Stage Band; Wrapped Around Your Finger; Scoopin' the Loop (2026 Summit)

Cochemea; Otros Mundos; Vol 3: Ancestros Futuros (2025 Daptone)

[mic break 11:50 a.m.]