playlist 23 April

On this edition of Jazz After Hours...

young rising stars on the move and living jazz greats with stories to tell fill our 4 hours of public radio with their latest recordings and releases. Musicians celebrate the songs of Joni Mitchell, the eccentricity of Monk, the music of a beloved Tony Bennett accompanist, and the road less traveled. It's our trademark mix of emerging artists and living jazz greats. Four hours of the newest jazz music on public radio.

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Hour 1

David Ake – But Beautiful – Green Thumb – Positone

Bobo Stenson Trio – You shall plant a tree – Sphere – ECM

Rachel Therrien – Odessa – Mi Hogar – Outside in Music

Monika Herzig & Janiece Jaffe – My Old Man – Both Sides of Joni – Acme Records

Conrad Herwig – Duke Ellington`s Sound of Love – The Latin Side of Mingus – Savant Records

Neal Kirkwood – The Light of Birds – Piano Stories – Self Released

Tito Carrillo – Fire & Ice – Urbanessence – Origin Records

Eliane Elias – Blue Bossa – Mirror Mirror – Candid Records

Esthesis Quartet – Serial – Time Zones – Orenda Records

Hour 2

Ostara Project – Tides Are Turning – Ostara Project – Cellar Music

Bobby Watson – Red Bank Heist – Back Home in Kansas City – Smoke Sessions Records

Spike Wilner Trio – Well, You Needn`t – Plays Monk & Ellington – Cellar Music

Gregory Tardy – Janel`s Love Song – Sufficient Grace – WJ3 Records

Loren Daniels – For No One – Ticket To Ride – Self Released

Nick Finzer – I Thought I Should Take The Road Less Traveled – Dreams Visions and Illusions – Outside In Music

Lincoln Goines – Hang Up Your Hang Ups – The Art of the Bass Choir – Origin Records

Champian Fulton – Happy Camper – Meet Me at Birdland – Champian Records

Ralph Alessi Quartet – Diagonal Lady – It`s Always Now – ECM

Hour 3

Wayne Escoffery – My Truth – Like Minds – Smoke Sessions Records

Ralph Towner – Ubi Sunt – At First Light – ECM

Scott Petito – Bombogenesis – Many Worlds – Planet Arts

Avishai Cohen and Abraham Rodriguez Jr – A La Loma De Belen – Iroko – Razdaz Records

George Coleman Jr – Rakin` and Scrapin` – Resurgence – Self Released

Emmet Cohen – Venus DiMilo – Uptown in Orbit – Mac Avenue Records

Temple University Faculty Jazz Sextet – Fly With The Wind – Fly With The Wind – BCM+D Records

Cyrus Chestnut – Working Out Just Fine – My Father`s Hands – Highnote Records

Hour 4

Mark Lewis – Mikes Tango – Sunlight Shines In – Audio Daddio

Erica Seguine Shon Baker Orchestra – Tangoing with Delusion – The New Day Bends Light – MRI

Jeremy Pelt – When She Makes Music – The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2 His Muse – HighNote Records

Stephen P Harvey – Inhale Exhale – Elemental – Hidden Cinema Records

Lafayette Harris Jr. – The Nearness Of You – Swingin` Up in Harlem – Savant Records

Chet Baker – Blue Room – Blue Room – Jazz Detective

Bill Heid – Cho Soup – Dealin` Wid It – Savant Records