Playlist, November 23, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Cedar Walton; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Firm Roots (1976 Muse)

Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble; A Summer in Jerusalem; Ima Ima (2017 NEWMUSIC USA)

[mic break 9:23 a.m.]

Set Two

Wayne Shorter; Second Genesis; Second Genesis (1976 VJS)

Pat Martino; Open Road; We'll Be Together Again (1976 Muse)

Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra; Sultry Villa Mella Twilights; Shadows of Tomorrow (2025 Summit)

[mic break 9:57 a.m.]

Interview: Greg Anton

Set Three

Zero; Coles Law; Zero Live - Nothin' Lasts Forever (1998 Popmafia)

The Heart of Gold Band; Strange Man; The Heart of Gold Band (1986 Relix)

[mic break 10:44 a.m.]

Set Four

Eddie Harris and Les McCann; Shorty Rides Again; Second Movement (2000 Label M)

Monty Alexander/N-H Ørsted Pederson/Grady Tate; Renewal; Threesome (1986 Soul Note)

[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Interview: Dani Battat & Jake Brownstein from Eggy

Set Five

Eggy; Smile; Waiting Game (2024 Lazy Egg)

Mulgrew Miller; The Countdown; The Countdown (1999 Landmark)

Art Tatum; Sweet Lorraine; Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 8 (1977 Pablo)

Cedar Walton/David Williams/Billy Higgins; Satin Doll; The Trio (1986 Red)

[mic break 11:53 a.m.]

I’m not a DJ

I'm not a commercial radio DJ whose job it is to provide banter and personality. I'm not a party or club DJ who mixes dance music. I'm a programmer who selects and sequences music for a meaningful and hopefully intelligent listening experience. I hope I succeed, and I hope you know the difference. 

When I started at WPKN, then-GM Harry Minot told me, “At WPKN you have the right to be anything but banal.” My prime directive has always been Do Good Radio. What that means is different for everyone, but you know it when you hear it. 

I hope I’ve been successful. 

Playlist, November 9, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Todd Herbert; Lou's Idea; Captain Hubbs (2025 TH Productions)

Mitch Towne; Act As If; Refuge (2025 Cross Towne)

Miles Davis; Filles de Kilimanjaro; Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968 Columbia)

Pat Metheny Group; The First Circle; First Circle (1984 ECM)

[mic break 9:38 a.m.]

Set Two

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

Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery; Maybe September; The Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966 Verve)

John Von Ohlen-Chuck Carter-Steve Allee Big Bands; Showtime; Downtown Blues (1999 Sea Breeze)

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People; Hackensack; Family (2023 Whaling City Sound)

[mic break 10:05 a.m.]

Set Three

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People; Song for My Father; Family (2023 Whaling City Sound)

George Benson; Song for My Father; Goodies (1968 Verve)

George Coleman; Ugly Beauty; George Coleman with Strings (2025 HighNote)

DePaul University Big Band; Squeeze Me; Clark Terry Express (1996 Reference)

[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Four

Keith Jarrett; Falling in Love with Love; Standards Live (1986 ECM)

Keith Jarrett; Prism; Changes (1984 ECM)

Freddie Hubbard; First Light; First Light (1971 CTI)

Miles Davis; Guinnevere; Circle in the Round (1979 Columbia)

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition; Where or Wayne; In Europe (1980 ECM)

[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Set Five

Emmet Cohen; Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Vibe Provider (2025 Mack Avenue)

Grateful Dead; Sunrise; Binghamton, NY (1977-11-06)

The Electric Flag; Sunny; An American Music Band (1968 Columbia)

Eric Reed; Puttin' on the Ritz; Manhattan Melodies (1999 Verve)

[mic break 11:50 a.m.]

Playlist, November 2, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES    

Set One

Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)

Joe Kennedy with the David Hughes Quartet; Birdseed (2025 Chicken Coup)

Charlie Parker; Scrapple from the Apple; Yardbird Suite (1997 Rhino)

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra; Artistry in Rhythm; Artistry in Rhythm (2001 Prism Leisure)

Herbie Hancock; Steppin' in It; Man-Child (1975 Columbia)

[mic break 10:25 a.m.]

Set Two

Marina Pakowski; Can You Dig Being Dug?; New Jazz Standards, Vol. 7: The Music of Carl Saunders (2025 Summit)

Bobby West; Never Let Me Go; Requiem for Mary Turner (2025 Soulville)

The Butler Twins; Jack Daniels and Me; Harpin' On It: An Anthology Of Harmonica Blues (1983 JSP)

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell; Let's Go Get Stoned; Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' (2025 Fantasy)

[mic break 10:51 a.m.]

Set Three

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell; Feelin' Alright; Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' (2025 Fantasy)

Robert Hunter; Arizona Lightning; Tales of the Great Rum Runners (1974 Round)

The Klezmatics; Shnirele, Perele; Rhythm + Jews Revisited (2025 Piranha)

Yes; I'm Running; Big Generator (1987 Atco)

Memphis Slim; Blue Memphis Suite; Blue Memphis (1971 Warner Bros)

[mic break 11:38 a.m.]

Set Four

Atlantic Jazz Collective; Turn Again; Seascape (2025 ALMA)

Mike Clark; Epistrophy; Itai Doshin (2025 Wide Hive)

Roberta Flack; Bridge Over Troubled Water; Quiet Fire (1971 Atlantic)

Kraftwerk; Autobahn; Autobahn (1974 Vertigo)

[mic break 12:20 p.m.]

Set Five

Professor Longhair; Big Chief; Big Chief (1993 Tomato)

Kate Bush; Eat the Music; The Red Shoes (1993 Columbia)

Frank London - Greg Wall - Hasidic New Wave; Tzur Michelo; Jews and the Abstract Truth (1997 Knitting Factory Works)

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; Sofa No. 2; One Size Fits All (1975 DiscReet)

Mike Agranoff; Ballad of the Sandman; The Modern Folk Musician (1993 BFD)

[announcement break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History

The Jauntee; Old Thompson > Colorado > Dog Gone Blues; Denver, CO (2017-11-02)

Consider the Source; It Is Known; Denver, CO (2018-11-02)

Goose; Arcadia; Harrisburg, PA (2017-11-02)

Raq; Cheap Sunglasses (with members of Goose); Harrisburg, PA (2017-11-02)

[2:00 p.m.]