playlist 3 June

On this edition of Jazz After Hours...

good things come in 3s...3 great alto players celebrating Bird's 100th birthday and multiple trios delivering straight-ahead jazz at its finest. New jazz from emerging artists and living jazz greats. Four hours of the best jazz music on public radio, covering jazz scenes from coast to coast and around the world.

Miss the show? Listen to the replay.

Hour 1

Richard X Bennett & Matt Parker – Night Hawk – Parker Plays X – BYNK Records

Tom Guarna – Victory Ball – Reimagine – Spirit Science Records

Vincent Herring, Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz – Folklore – Bird at 100 – Smoke Sessions Records

Greg Chako – As A Button – A Place For Bass ~ Chamber Jazz Duets – Mint 400 Records

Michael Wetherwax and The Kupkasonic Jazz Orchestra – Waltz for DeBilly – Big Band Trax by Wax – self released

Joe Lovano – Le Petit Opportune – Our Daily Bread – ECM

Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbaek – How Deep Is The Ocean – Staying in Touch – Stunt Records

The Bad Plus – The Dandy – The Bad Plus – Edition Records

Margaret Slovak Trio – Again – Ballad for Brad – Slovak Music

WJ3 All Stars – Star Eyes – My Ship – Night is Alive Productions

Mette Henriette – Cadat – Drifting – ECM Records

Hour 2

Joe Farnsworth – Bobby No Bags – In What Direction Are You Headed – Smoke Sessions Records

Noah Haidu – I Thought About You – Standards – Sunnyside Records

The Nimmons Tribute – Generational – Volume 2 Generational – Self Released

Paul Litteral – Hard Times – Legacy – Outrageous Records

Michael Wetherwax and The Kupkasonic Jazz Orchestra – Rio Samba – Big Band Trax by Wax – self released

Jose Antonio Zayas Caban – Romance del Campesino – Romance al Campensino Porteno – Navona Records

Ralph Alessi Quartet – Everything Mirrors Everything – It`s Always Now – ECM

Lauren Henderson – Spells – Conjuring – Brontosaurus Records

Behn Gillece – It`s Like Magic – Between The Bars – Positone

Hazelrigg Brothers – Wrapped Around Your Finger – Synchronicity (An interpretation of the album by THE POLICE) – Outer Marker Records

Hour 3

Steve Smith And Vital Information – Self Portrait – Time Flies – Wounded Bird Records

Rumba Calzada – Suena El Timbal – Feel The Sun – Self Released

Carlos Henriquez – Fort Apache – The South Bronx Story – Tiger Turn Records

Josh Lawrence – Left Hanging – And That Too – Posi Tone Records

Roderick Harper – Infant Eyes – 2702 – RHM Entertainment

John Bailey – Lullaby – Time Bandits – Freedom Road Records

The Jazz Defenders – Top Down Tourism – Scheming – ITI Records

Dave Stryker – I Should Care – Prime – Strikezone Records

Hilario Duran and David Virelles – Santos Suarez`s Memories – Front Street Duets – ALMA Records

Christopher McBride – Postlude – Ramon – Self Released

Hour 4

Tony Kadleck – Can`t Buy Me Love – Sides – Alternate Side Records

Will Bonness – Blood Count – Is This A Dream – Self Released

David Larsen – Jazz Line Blues – The Peplowski Project – Larsen Jazz

Champian Fulton – I Don`t Care – Meet Me at Birdland – Champian Records

Greg Johnson – Friday Fantasy – Aquablue – Greg Johnson Jazz

Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra – Wolverine Blues – The Gennett Suite – Patois Records

Jae Sinnett – Simone – Commitment – Self Released

Antonio Adolfo – Agua de Beber – Jobim Forever – AAM Music