playlist 20 December

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

Rich Perry – Sophisticated Lady – Dream – Steeplechase

Alan Broadbent – Clifford Notes – Threads of Time – Savant Records

Jo-Yu Chen – Beethoven Sonata No. 8, Pathetique 2nd Movement – Rendezvous Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More – Sony Music

John Yao and His 17 Piece Instrument – Triceratops Blues – Points In Time – See Tao Recordings

Philippe Masse – Fall – Le Vent – self released

David Sneider – The Music Is the Bandleader – Introducing – Cellar Music

James Suggs – Moten Swing – For All We Know – self released

Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer – Lush Life – Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer – self released

Hour 2

John Taylor Trio – Between Moons – Tramonto – ECM Records

Shawn Purcell – Lazy Day Reverie – Oblivity – Origin Records

Benny Benack III – This Is the Life – This Is the Life – Bandstand Presents

Noah Haidu – Days of Wine and Roses – Standards II – Sunnyside Records

Ben Tweedt – Flow Out – Life Cycles – self released

Jimmy Greene – Speak Low – As We Are Now – Greene Musicworks

Ted Rosenthal Trio – Skylark – High Standards – TMR Music

Geof Bradfield – The Cruelest Month – Our Heroes – Afar Music

Hour 3

Medler Sextet – Philly Soul Strut – River Paths – OA2 Records

Amir ElSaffar – 10:23 am – New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal – Maqam Records

Vancouver Jazz Orchestra – Honeymoon Phase – Meets Brian Charette – Cellar Music

Out Of Into – Brothers In Arms – Motion II – Blue Note

Jan Harbeck Quartet – The Drive – Balanced – Stunt Records

Michael Wolff – Could Be – Memoir – Sunnyside Records

Tony Guerrero and Jeremy Siskind – I Got It Bad (And That Ain t Good) – DuoTones – MetaJax Entertainment

SF JAZZ Collective – Te Quiero Inti – Collective Imagery – SFJAZZ

Dave Bass – Offshore Breeze – Trio Nuevo – Tiger Turn

Peter Bernstein – Born To Be Blue – Better Angels – Smoke Sessions Records

Hour 4

Juan Chiavassa – Penelope – Fourth Generation – Whirlwind Recordings

Anthony Ferrara – Factory Fresh – Factory Fresh – Steeplechase Records

Paul Bollenback – Jittery Bugs – Synergy – Steeplechase Records

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring – Strollin` – Split Decision – Smoke Sessions

Cyrus Chestnut – Prelude for George – Rhythm, Melody and Harmony – HighNote

Fred Hersch, Drew Gress, Joey Baron – Embraceable You – The Surrounding Green – ECM Records

Mark Masters Ensemble – If One Could Only See – Dance Eternal Spirits Dance – Capri Records

Eric McPherson – Darn that Dream – Double Bass Quartet – Giant Step Arts

Jocelyn Gould – Tender is the Night – Sonic Bouquet – Self Released