playlist 1 August

On this Jazz After Hours...

we deliver our trademark mix of emerging artists and living jazz greats. Four hours of the newest jazz music on public radio, covering jazz scenes from coast to coast and around the world. These are the artists you’ll be talking about for years to come.

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Hour 1

Donald Vega – McKibbon’s Bugalú – Play it Forward – Imagery Records

Yvonne Rogers – Monkey’s Fist – The Button Jar – Pyroclastic Records

Helen Sung Big Band – Diana – Oracles – Sunnyside

Alex Wintz – Innings Eater – Collage – Higher Level

Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra – Ayla – Alkebulan – Outside In Music

Kazuki Yamanaka Band – Finding Peace – Humanity – Whirlwind Recordings

Roberto Fonseca & Vincent Segal – Soul Kiss – Nuit Parisienne a la Havane – Artwork Records

Julian Lage – Night Shade – Scenes From Above – Blue Note

Eli Howell – A Clear Sky – Steps Taken – D Clef Records

Mark Wade Trio – The Elephant’s Lullaby – New Stages – Dot Time Records

Hour 2

Tom Oren – Throwing Pebbles – Dark Lights – Anzic Records

Tomas Janzon – To Summer – Jazz Diary – Changes Music

Jared Hall – Step by Step – Hometown – Origin Records

Shapeshifter – The Meaningful Conversations – Shapeshifter – Lit Soc Records

Benny Green – Sophy’s Chant – Renovation – Sunnyside Records

Chicago Soul Jazz Collective – There Is Light Somewhere – No Wind & No Rain – Calligram Records

Ayn Inserto and WDR Big Band with Sean Jones – I The Artist – Jagged Edges Elegant Lines – Summit Records

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra – Tattooed Bride – Ellington Masterworks – MCG Jazz

Antonio Farao – Round Midnight – Kind of – Notes Around

Hour 3

Chris Parker Septet – Left At Bingen – Reunion – Circle 9 Records

Jonathan Barber – Giving – In Motion – Vision Ahead Music

Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra – Espíritu Valiente – Groove Junkies – Origin Records

Matt Wilson – Good Trouble – Good Trouble – Palmetto Records

Dayramir Gonzalez – Habana Entrance – V.I.D.A. – Re Mayor Records

Oded Tzur – Through A Land Unsown – My Prophet – ECM

Emile Parisien – Bonbon – Floating – ACT

Tristan Cappel – Redshift – North Star – self released

Mick Goodrick – In the Tavern of Ruin – In Pas(s)ing – ECM

Hour 4

Pat Bianchi – Wise One – Confluence – 21H Records

Schapiro 17 – Quicksilver – Best Laid Plans – Summit Records

Jesse Davis – Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans – Reflections – Cellar Music

Sullivan Fortner – A Hymn for Linda – Leave That In There – Artwork Records

Piet Verbist Quartet – Asylum – Suite Reunion – Origin Records

Silvano Monasterios – The River (Opening) – The River – self released

Jon Hamar – Nocturne – Musica Callada – Origin Records