playlist 2 July

On this edition of 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. The music is fresh and engaging. Check it out.

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Hour 1

Jakob Manz – Minor Bell – Groove Connection – Act Music

Nick Finzer – Vision or Mirage – Dreams Visions and Illusions – Outside In Music

Isaiah J Thompson – Thank You Betsy – The Power Of The Spirit – Blue Engine

Kendrick Scott – Your Destiny Awaits – One Door Closes Another Opens – Blue Note

Buster Williams – I`ve Got the World on a String – Unalome – Smoke Session Records

Steve Fidyk and Live Wire Broad Band – Churn – Red Beats – Blue Canteen Music

Melissa Pipe Sextet – Day – Of What Remains – Odd Sound

Bill Cunliffe Trio – Interiors – Border Widow`s Lament – Night is Alive Productions

Josh Lawrence – Nefertiti – And That Too – Posi Tone Records

Hour 2

Walter Smith III – Contra – Return to Casual – Blue Note

Leon Foster Thomas – I am an Immigrant – Calasanitus – Krossover Jazz

Tony Kadleck – Use Me – Sides – Alternate Side Records

Dave Stryker – Deep – Prime – Strikezone Records

Manzanita Quintet – Push – Osmosis – Origin Records

Chris Cortez – Awakenings – Live at Blue Bamboo – Blue Bamboo Music

Anat Cohen – Louisiana – Quartetinho – Anzic Records

The Jones Factor – Better Left A Memory – The Time is Now – Self Released

Billy Childs – I Thought I Knew – The Winds of Change – Mack Avenue Records

Hour 3

Owen Broder – Take the A Train – Hodges Front and Center Vol 1 – Outside In Music

Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon, & Brian Blade – Wishing Well – Finding Light – Ridgeway Records

Avishai Cohen and Abraham Rodriguez Jr – Fahina – Iroko – Razdaz Records

Don Aliquo – Woman Clothed in the Sun – Growth – Ear Up Records

Jay Lawrence & The Platinum Jazz Orchestra – Don`t Blame Me – Payin My Dues – Jazz Hang

Joe Locke – Interwoven Hues – Makram – Circle 9

Heavy Hitters – Hub – The Heavy Hitters – Cellar Music

Mike Allen – Isfahan – To A Star – Cellar Music

Erica Seguine Shon Baker Orchestra – Reel – The New Day Bends Light – MRI

Mette Henriette – Cadat – Drifting – ECM Records

Hour 4

Donny McCaslin – Hold Me Tight – I Want More – Edition Records

Lafayette Harris Jr. – Living for the City – Swingin` Up in Harlem – Savant Records

Mike Melito – Straight Street – To Swing Is The Thing – Cellar Music

Chris Potter – You Gotta Move – Got the Keys to the Kingdom Live at the Village Vanguard – Edition Records

Falkner Evans – Blues For Lucia – Through the Lens – Consolidated Artists Productions

David Blake – Flowers for Kenny – Fun House – Cellar Music

Josh Lawrence – Paradise In Blue Reprise – Call Time – Positone Records