Playlist, July 12, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Tierney Sutton Meets Charlier/Sourisse; Talking to the Sun; Talking to the Sun (2026 Gemini)

Tomas Janzon; All Neighbors; Jazz Diary (2026 Changes Music)

Mary Flower & Leon Cotter; Half Moon; Chnts of Rain (2026 Little Village)

Bobby Matos Heritage Ensemble; Gratitude; Live at La Peña (2026 Lifeforce Jaxz)

[mic break 9:27 a.m.]

Set Two

Tal Mashiach; Paco; WHo's Around? (2026 Anzic)

Conrad Herwig; 500 Miles High; The Latin Side of Chick Corea (2026 Savant)

Aubrey Johnson; Chorinho; The Lively Air (2026 Greenleaf Music)

Charles Lloyd; Chulahoma; Figure in Blue (2025 Blue Note)

Dave McMurray; The Plum Blossom; I Love Life Even When I'm Hurting (2025 Blue Note)

[mic break 9:57 a.m.]

Set Three

Schapiro 17; Ugly Chic; Best Laid Plans (2026 Summit)

Helen Sung Big Band; Diana; Oracles (2026 Sunnyside)

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

Barry Greene; Backtrack; Giants (2026 Origin)

[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Four

The Ali Ryerson Quartet; Chuck's Tune/Solar; The Ali Ryerson Quartet (2026 self)

Christine Fawson; It Could Happen to You; It Could Happen to You (2026 self)

Chicago Soul Jazz Collective; Message to a Child; No Wind & No Rain (2026 Calligram)

Joe Krown Trio + 1 (feat. Papa Mali); Qualified; Qualified (2026 Sledgehammer Blues)

[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Five

Chicago; South California Purples; At Carnegie Hall (1971 Columbia)

Chicago; A Song for Richard and His Friends; At Carnegie Hall (1971 Columbia)

Chicago; Lonlieness is Just a Word; Live 1971 at the Kennedy Center (2024 Rhino)

Chicago; Poem for the People; Live 1971 at the Kennedy Center (2024 Rhino)

Chicago; A Hit by Varèse; Live 1971 at the Kennedy Center (2024 Rhino)

Chicago; Goodbye; Live 1971 at the Kennedy Center (2024 Rhino)

Chicago; Saturday in the Park; Live 1971 at the Kennedy Center (2024 Rhino)

[11:55 a.m.]

Playlist, July 5, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Darren Litzie; Time of the Season; On My Own Time (2026 Summit)

Mary Flower & Leon Cotter; Daupine; Chants of Rain (2026 Little Village)

Dave Stryker; Blue Fire; Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Sessions (2026 Strikezone)

[mic break 9:20 a.m.]

Set Two

Steve Wilson; Pieces of Dreams; Enduring Sonance (2026 Smoke Sessions)

Rich Willey; Rexand & Take it Easy; Laid Back, Vol. 1 (2026 Boptism)

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra; Tattooed Bride; Ellington Masterworks (2026 MCG Jazz)

[mic break 9:50 a.m.]

Set Three

Emmet Cohen; Well You Needn't; Universal Truth (2026 Mack Avenue)

Emmet Cohen; My Funny Valentine; Universal Truth (2026 Mack Avenue)

Count Basie & His Orchestra, arranged & conducted by Oliver Nelson; Hobo Flats; Afrique (1971 Flying Dutchman)

Spookey Ruben (feat. Vinnie Colaiuta); Pliny the Elder; Pliny the Elder (2024 Hi-Hat)

Billy Childs; Flamenco Sketches; Triumvirate (2026 Mack Avenue)

Gerald Clayton; Angels Speak; Ones & Twos (2025 Blue Note)

[mic break 10:27 a.m.]

Set Four

Fred Houn & The Afro-Asian Ensemble; Never Broken, Always Outspoken, The People Are Me Suite; We Refuse to be Used and Abused (1988 Soul Note)

Frank Zappa; Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus; The Grand Wazoo (1972 Bizarre/Reprise)

Oliver Nelson and the Berlin Dreamband; Heidi; Impressions of Berlin (1971 Flying Dutchman)

Brad Goode; Goose Dance; Live Your Dream: Live at North Street Cabaret (2026 Origin)

[mic break 10:59 a.m.]

Set Five

Chicago; Sing a Mean Tune Kid; Chicago III (1971 Columb

ia)

Chicago; Travel Suite; Chicago III (1971 Columbia)

Chicago; Lowdown; Chicago III (1971 Columbia)

Katy Smith; Travel in a Circle; 2 (1971 Stormy Forest)

[11:55 a.m.]

Playlist, June 28, 2026

ARCHIVES 

Set One

Frank Zappa; Twenty-One; Chicago '78 (2016 Zappa Records)

Frank Zappa; Dancin' Fool; Chicago '78 (2016 Zappa Records)

Buffalo Springfield; For What it's Worth; single (1966 Atco)

Rush; The Spirit of Radio; Permanent Waves (1980 Anthem)

Tobin Mueller; An Empty Space to Fill In; Fragments (2025 ArtsForge)

Aubrey Johnson; Help Me; The Lively Air (2026 Greenleaf)

[mic break 9:36 a.m.]

Set Two

Bill Frisell; When We Go; In My Dreams (2026 Blue Note)

Afro Celt Sound System; Amber Volume 2: Relese (1999 Real World)

Steve Wilson; Helen's Song; Enduring Sonance (2026 Smoke Sessions)

[mic break 9:59 a.m.]

Set Three

Charles Lloyd; Heaven; Figure in Blue (2025 Blue Note)

Billy Hart; Sonnet for Stevie; Multidirectional (2025 Smoke Sessions)

Oliver Nelson; The Artists' Rightful Place; The Kennedy Dream (1967 Impulse!)

Oliver Nelson; Jacqueline; The Kennedy Dream (1967 Impulse!)

Pat Bianchi; It Was a Very Good Year; Confluence (2026 21H)

[mic break  10:35 a.m.]

Set Four

Jenny Klukken; Billie's Bounce; Marimba Standard (2026 self)

Ben Wolfe; Any Time After Now; Any Time After Now (2026 Resident Arts)

Emmet Cohen; Well You Needn't; Universal Truth (2026 Mack Avenue)

Professor Irwin Corey; The Psychedelic Professor; The World's Foremost Authority? (1967 VIVA)

Harry Skoler; Marian; Echoes (2026 Red Brick Hill)

Ray Bryant Trio; Smack Dab in the Middle; Gotta Travel On (1967 Cadet)

[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Five

Chicago; Movin' In; Chicago II (1970 Columbia)

Chicago; Wake Up Sunshine; Chicago II (1970 Columbia)

Chicago; Fancy Colours; Chicago II (1970 Columbia)

Chicago; It Better End Soon; Chicago II (1970 Columbia)

[mic break 11:40 a.m.]

Set Six

Schapiro 17; The Uncluttered Mind; Best Laid Plans (2026 Summit)

[11:55 a.m.]

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Playlist, June 21, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Richard Baratta; Donna Lee; Another Kind of Bird: Reimagining Charlie Parker (2026 Origin)

The Dana Legg Stage Band; A Hard Day's Night; Scoopin' the Loop (2026 Summit)

Roosevelt Hoover III; Back at the Chicken Shack; Backyard Blues (2026 RH III Music)

[mic break 9:24 a.m.]

Set Two

Roosevelt Hoover III; If You Want Me to Stay; Backyard Blues (2026 RH III Music)

Brad Goode Quintet; For Michael; Live Your Dream (2026 Origin)

Freddie Hubbard; Spacetrack; The Black Angel (1970 Atlantic)

Freddie Hubbard; Eclipse; The Black Angel (1970 Atlantic)

[mic break 10:06 a.m.]

Set Three

Sean Imboden Large Ensemble; Flowing Currents; Uncharted Realms (2026 self)

The Kingston Trio; M.T.A.; At Large (1959 Capitol)

Frank Zappa; Big Swifty (Live in Hollywood, CA March 23, 1973); Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Edition (2023 Zappa)

Oliver Nelson; Stolen Moments; The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961 Impulse!)

[mic break 10:40 a.m.]

Set Five

Chicago; Introduction; Chicago Transit Authority (1969 Columbia)

Chicago; Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is; Chicago Transit Authority (1969 Columbia)

Chicago; Questions 67 and 68; Chicago Transit Authority (1969 Columbia)

Chicago; Poem 58; Chicago Transit Authority (1969 Columbia)

Chicago; I'm a Man; Chicago Transit Authority (1969 Columbia)

[mic break 11:46 a.m.]

Playlist, June 7, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Darren Litzie; Maybe We'll Try; On My Own Time (2026 Summit)

The Dana Legg Stage Band; Yo Dude, You Got the Time? (Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is); Scoopin' the Loop (2026 Summit)

Santana; Incident at Neshabur; Abraxas (1970 Columbia)

Louis Armstrong; The Rhythm Man; Hot Fives and Sevens (2026 Strikezone)

[mic break 9:24 a.m.]

Set Two

Dave Stryker; Summer Night; Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session (2026 Strikezone)

Helen Sung Big Band; Convergence; Oracles (2026 Sunnyside)

Ben Patterson; David and Francis; Stretch (2026 Origin)

Vincent Herring; Ends and Means; Ends and Means (2006 HighNote)

[mic break 9:54 a.m.]

Set Three

Al Foster; Amsterdam Blues; Live at Smoke (2026 Smoke Sessions)

Baltimore Jazz Collective; Intercession; Baltimore Jazz Collective (2026 Stricker Street)

Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet; Teach Me Tonight; A Blue Time (2026 Circle 9)

Sonny Rollins; Duke of Iron; Dancing in the Dark (1987 Milestone)

[mic break 10:23 a.m.]

Set Four

Frank Zappa; Joe's Garage; Joe's Garage (1979 Zappa)

Frank Zappa; Village of the Sun; Chicago '78 (2016 Zappa)

Frank Zappa; Any Kind of Pain; Broadway the Hard Way (1988 Rykodisc)

Frank Zappa; You Are What You Is; Thing-Fish (1984 Barking Pumpkin)

Frank Zappa; When the Lie's So Big; Broadway the Hard Way (1988 Rykodisc)

[mic break 10:57 a.m.]

Set Five

Interview with Paul Kahn

Paul Kahn; Stain on My Sleeve; Willingness (2026 BespokeJazz)

Ike Willis; Do/Don't; Shoulda Gone Before I Left (1987 Enigma)

Ike Willis; Ounces O' Prevention; Shoulda Gone Before I Left (1987 Enigma)

The Fowler Brothers; Kaiparowitz High; Breakfast for Dinosaurs (1988 Fossil)

[mic break 11:46 a.m.]

...

Playlist, May 31, 2026

 AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Jim Pearce; In the Evening; You Are an Edgy Visionary Seer (2013 Oak Avenue)

Roosevelt Hoover III; Cissy Strut; Backyard Blues (2026 RH III Music)

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band; La Fruta; Arsenio and Beyond (2026 Jazzheads)

Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra; Sultry Villa Mella Twilights; Shadows of Tomorrow (2026 Summit)

[mic break 9:28 a.m.]

Set Two

Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins; Oleo; Oleo (Prestige)

Sonny Rollins; St. Thomas; Saxophone Colossus (1956 Prestige)

Sonny Rollins; The Bridge; The Bridge (1962 RCA Victor)

Sonny Rollins; Blue 7; Saxophone Colossus (1956 Prestige)

[mic break 10:01 a.m.]

Set Three

Sonny Rollins; Tune Up; Newk's Time (1959 Blue Note)

Sonny Rollins; Asiatic Raes; Newk's Time (1959 Blue Note)

Miles Davis; Airegin; Bags' Groove (1957 Prestige)

Sonny Rollins; Don't Stop the Carnival; Don't Stop the Carnival (1978 Milestone)

[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Four

Sonny Rollins; My Ship; Sonny Rollins & Co. 1964 (1995 Bluebird)

Sonny Rollins; Island Lady; Global Warming (1998 Milestone)

Miles Davis; It's About That Time; Black Beauty - Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1973 Columbia)

[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Five

Interview: Pete Bell from the Owsley Stanley Foundation about Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives

John Kirpatrick, piano; Ives Piano Sonata No. 2 Movement IV. Thoreau; Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives (2026 Owsley Stanley Foundation)

Ike Willis; Miss You Well; Shoulda' Gone Before I Went (1987 Enigma)

Ike Willis; (Venting the) Krypton Gas; Shoulda' Gone Before I Went (1987 Enigma)

Frank Zappa; Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up; Joe's Garage (1979 Zappa)

Frank Zappa; Outside Now; Broadway the Hard Way (1988 Barking Pumpkin)

[11:55 a.m.]

Playlist, May 10, 2026

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Roosevelt Hoover III; Back at the Chicken Shack; Backyard Blues (2026 self)

Tomas Janzon; All Neighbors; Jazz Diary (2025 Changes Music)

Tomas Janzon; She's Listening; Jazz Diary (2025 Changes Music)

Paul Kahn; Willingness; Willingness (2026 CarlCat)

Charles Lloyd; Hina Hanta, The Way of Peace; Figure in Blue (2025 Blue Note)

[mic break 9:29 a.m.]

Set Two

Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra; Illusions, Delusions...A Glimmer of Hope: I. The Wizard's Wicked Charm; Shadows of Tomorrow (2026 Summit)

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band; Tumba y Bongó; Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall (2026 Jazzheads)

Gerald Clayton; Cinnamon Sugar; Ones and Twos (2025 Blue Note)

Horace Silver; The Kicker; Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (2025 Blue Note)

[mic break 10:05 a.m.]

Set Three

Mark Seales; Palladium; People & Places (2026 Origin)

Nikos Chatzisakos; Social Call; Tiny Big Band! (2022 self)

Stephen Philip Harvey Jazz Orchestra; Earth-Two; Multiversal: Live at Bop Stop (2025 self)

The Gil Evans Orchestra; 1983 ... A Merman I Should Turn to Be; The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974 RCA)

Chicago; Oh, Thank You Great Spirit; Chicago VIII (1974 Columbia)

[mic break 10:46 a.m.]

Set Four

Jimi Hendrix; Stone Free; Live at the Fillmore East (1999 MCA)

Frank Zappa; Purple Haze; The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991 Barking Pumpkin)

Frank Zappa; Sunshine of Your Love; The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991 Barking Pumpkin)

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

Afro Celt Sound System; Big Cat; Volume 2: Release (1999 Real World)

Phish; Limb By Limb; LivePhish 17 (7.15.98 Portland Meadows, Portland, Oregon) (2003 Elektra)

[mic break 11:34 a.m.]

Set Five

Kevin Brunkhorst; As Fate Would Have It; After the Fire (2025 Calligram)

Darren Litzie; A Short Walk from Here; On My Own Time (2026 Summit)

[11:55 a.m.]