playlist 21 February

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

Brian Lynch – Blue `N Boogie – Torchbearers – Holistic MusicWorks

Melissa Aldana – La Sentencia – Filin – Blue Note

Singapore Symphony Orchestra – Bill Evans Suite IV Interlude Treasures – Symbiosis ~ Tribute to Bill Evans – Pentatone

Matt Garrity – Six Eight Update – Suita and Scotches – Steeplechase

Julian Lage – Red Elm – Scenes From Above – Blue Note

Brad Mehldau – Sweet Adeline Fantasy – Ride Into The Sun – Nonesuch

Dave Slonaker Big Band – Cathedrals – Shifty Paradigms – Origin Records

Eddie Daniels – Tres Pontas – To Milton With Love – Resonance Records

Naoya Ogura – That`s the Idea – Colors Of A Journey – Bandstand Presents

Hour 2

SF JAZZ Collective – Guardian of the Oceans – Collective Imagery – SFJAZZ

Birdland Big Band – Storybook – Storybook The Music of Mark Miller – Birdland Records

Nick Mycio – Melancholia – Please Plant Flowers – self released

Jon Gold – For Luiz – Anahi – self released

Kazuki Yamanaka Band – Finding Peace – Humanity – Whirlwind Recordings

Heisenberg Uncertainty Players – Canyonero – Return To The Enchanted Forest – self released

Eddie Henderson – It Never Entered My Mind – Witness To History – Smoke Sessions Records

John Hart – Think – New Mantra – SteepleChase

Hour 3

Brad Goode and Polytonal Big Band – Ornithology – The Snake Charmer – Origin

Groovology – Mambosaki – Almost Home – Sugartown Records

Bruce Harris & Ehud Asherie – Nascimento – Thank You, Barry Harris! – Arbors Records

Peter Erskine – Gumbo Time – Peregrine – self released

Dave Stapleton – Portrait Mode – Quiet Fire – Edition Records

Interplay Jazz Orchestra – The Downside Up – Bite Your Tongue – Big Time Records

Alex Wintz – Isn`t It a Pity – Collage – Higher Level

Aaron Irwin Trio – Spark – Spark – Adhyâropa Records

Evening Sky – How Would I Know – Evening Sky + 1 Mino Lanzieri – NCM East Records

Sullivan Fortner – Waltz For Monk – Southern Nights – Artwork Records

Hour 4

Alexa Tarantino – All Along – The Roar and the Whisper – Blue Engine Records

Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project – Last Call – The Longest Way Round – One Trick Dog Records

Corcoran Holt – Kiss to the Skies – Freedom of Art – Holthouse Music

Al Foster – Old Folks – Live At Smoke – Smoke Sessions Records

Steve Houghton Group – Lawns – And Then Some – self released

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

Jay D`Amico Trio – Little Girl Blue – Jazz Under Glass – self released

Nicholas Payton – Ultraviolet – Triune – Smoke Sessions

Sean Nelson`s New London Big Band – More Than Once – Don`t Stop Now – All In Records