playlist 30 May

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

Hendrik Meurkens – Bye Bye Brasil – Samba Tonto – Cellar Music

Joel Miller – Joé Chevere – What If? – self released

Vancouver Jazz Orchestra – Oh Brother – Meets Brian Charette – Cellar Music

Rich Perry – Feelings Aren’t Facts – Dream – Steeplechase

Paul Marinaro – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Mood Ellington – Origin Records

Ben Flocks – Old Devil Moon – Moonshades – West Cliff Records

David Smith – Elegy – Redstone – BJU Records

Mike Clark – Mganga – Itai Doshin – Wide Hive Records

Helen Sung Big Band – Pianism II ~ Kenny Barron – Oracles – Sunnyside

Hour 2

Gil Livni – All In – All In – Origin Records

Nat Adderley Jr. – Con Alma – Took So Long – self released

Britta Virves – Bravery – Simple Things – Whirlwind Recordings

Johnathan Blake – Can Tomorrow Be Brighter – My Life Matters – Blue Note

Scott Routenberg Trio – Wheatland – Oscar Peterson Tribute – Chroma Note Records

Carl Clements and the Real Jazz Trio – Remnants – Retrospective – Greydisc Records

Alexa Tarantino – Luminance – The Roar and the Whisper – Blue Engine Records

Benny Benack III – Spring In Manhattan – This Is the Life – Bandstand Presents

Steve Allee Big Band – Hubbu – Naptown Sound – self released

Hour 3

Peter Erskine – David’s Blues – Peregrine – self released

Noah Preminger and Max Light – So Long Last Year – Stitching Life – Chilltone Records

Brian Claxton – All the Time You Need – Here Goes Nothing – self released

Ben Markley Big Band – NPS – Tuesday Morning Feeling – OA2 Records

Ron Rieder – Rainy Day – Compositions In Blue and Other Hues – Meson Records

Loren Stillman – Fowlkes – Seer – Newvelle Records

Yvonne Rogers – Puzzle Building – The Button Jar – Pyroclastic Records

Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y – Bebop and Confirmation – Around the World With U – Cellar Music

Dave Wilson Quartet – These Days – When Even Goes East – self released

April Varner – Night and Day – Ella – Cellar Music

Hour 4

Melissa Aldana – No Te Empenes Mas – Filin – Blue Note

Michael Eckroth Minas Messengers – Canto I – New Paths – Truth Revolution Recording Collective

John Clay – Stella By Starlight – About Time – self released

Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas and Ted Nash – Burnt Toast and Avocado – Triological – Sunnyside

Billy Hart Quartet – Layla Joy – Just – ECM Records

Mark Winkler – Fame Adjacent – Love Comes First – Café Pacific Records

Kazuki Yamanaka Band – Flare – Humanity – Whirlwind Recordings

Catrin Finch – Adre – Notes to Self – bendigedig

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band – Sonnet – Incarnadine – self released

Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade – Dance Of The Elders – Dance of The Elders – ECM