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.
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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