playlist 31 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

Reggie Watkins – Rivers – Rivers – self released

Patrick Zimmerli – Crow or Dove – Songs of Innocence – EMP

Billy Hart Quartet – Just – Just – ECM Records

Allegra Levy – What Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life – Out Of The Question – SteepleChase records

Joe Alterman – Only Trust Your Heart – Brisket for Breakfast – Alterman Music

Pasquale Grasso – Cherokee – Fervency – Sony Music Masterworks

Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra – Let`s Call It Love – 1936–1940 Anthology – Decca Records

Caili O`Doherty – Let`s Call It Love – Bluer Than Blue – Outside In Music

Bill Warfield and the Hell`s Kitchen Funk Orchestra – Rosewood – Chesapeake – Planet Arts Records

Hour 2

Doug MacDonald Quartet – Minor Make up – Santa Monica Session – DMAC Music

Peter Bernstein – Hazel Eyes – Better Angels – Smoke Sessions Records

Tony Guerrero and Jeremy Siskind – Gentle Rain – DuoTones – MetaJax Entertainment

David Weiss Sextet – Resilience (For George) – Auteur – Origin Records

Chris McDonald Jazz Orchestra – You Can Have Me Anytime – It`s About Time – Constant Dreamer Records

Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet – Pines of Rome – Situation – PlayOn Records

Ben Tweedt – Elegy – Life Cycles – self released

Yotam Silberstein – Delilah – Standards Vol. 2 – JoJo Records

Jon Menges – Coqui – Spirit of 3 Spirit of 4 – Menges Music

Hour 3

Len Pierro Jazz Orchestra – Duetology – As I Was Saying – self released

John Fedchock – Lullaby of Jazzland – Justifiably J.J. ~ A Centennial Tribute – Summit Records

Artemis – What The World Needs Now Is Love – Arboresque – Blue Note

Steven Feifke – Someday My Prince Will Come – The Role Of The Rhythm Section Volume II – LA Reserve/Bandstand Presents

Miki Yamanaka – Early Morning – Shades of Rainbow – Cellar Music

Sean Imboden Large Ensemble – Someone To Watch Over Us – Communal Heart – Symphonic

Jackson Potter – Hey, It`s Me You`re Talking To – Small Things – Shifting Paradigm Records

Scott Hamilton – Rockin` Chair – Looking Back – Stunt Records

Hour 4

Kevin Fort – Spring Is Here – Everything I Love – JeruJazz Records

Louis Hayes – Ray`s Idea – Artform Revisited – Savant Records

Kenny Reichert – The Midnight Sky – Switch – Calligram Records

Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band – Wild Blues – Cry Me A River – Alma

Idit Shner and Mhondoro – Murray – Ngatibatanei – OA2

Glenn Zaleski – Passport – Star Dreams – Sunnyside Records

Sean Nelson`s New London Big Band – Three and One – Don`t Stop Now – All In Records

Mathilde Febrer – Milou En Mai – Un Violon Pour Tout Bagage – Respect Records

John Basile – Straight Punches – Satisfied – Stringtime Jazz

John Ellis – Other Saints – Heroes – Blue Room Music

Unity Quartet – Frenzy – Samba of Sorts – Sunnyside Records