playlist 8 July

On this edition of Jazz After Hours...

we begin our coverage of Jazz In The Valley, a festival in Poughkeepsie NY for which Jazz After Hours is the official radio sponsor. Meet Greer Smith, festival Executive Director, and hear some of the music booked for this years event in August. Of course, we have our usual mix of fresh new jazz to get you through the night..

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Hour 1

Louis Hayes – Exactly Right! – Exactly Right! – Savant Records

Javon Jackson – Mr. Parker – With Peter Bradley – Solid Jackson Records

Eddie Palmieri – Mambo Inn – Presents Sonido Solar – Truth Revolution Recording Collective

Terell Stafford – You Taught My Heart To Sing – Between Two Worlds – Le Coq Records

Kris Allen – Circle House – The Hartford Jazz Society presents Straight from the Hart, Vol. 2 – Hartford Jazz Society

Gabriel Espinosa – New Year – Bossas & Boleros – Zoho Music

Tim Ray Trio – Moon in the Sea – Fire & Rain – Whaling City Sound

3D Jazz Trio – Lagrimas Negras – 9 to 5 – Diva Jazz

ARC Trio and the John Daversa Big Band – Red and Gold – ARCeology – Blue Canoe Records

Hour 2

Eric Jacobson – Con Alma – Discover – Origin Records

Dave Bass – If You Could See Me Now – The Trio vol 3 – Tiger Turn

Michael O`Neill Quintet – Traned Bird – Conversations with Birds – Jazzmo Records

Clark Gibson – Tunisia – Counterclock – Cellar Music

Ana Nelson – NelBap Choro – Bridges – Self Released

Julia Hulsmann Quartet – Valdemossa – The Next Door – ECM Records

Joel Goodman – Drifting in Wonder – Exquisite Moment – A64 Records

Eric Alexander – Too Late Now – A New Beginning ~ Alto with Strings – HighNote Records

Orrin Evans – Smoke Rings – The Red Door – Smoke Sessions Records

Hour 3

Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean In – Lean In – Edition Records

Bobo Stenson Trio – The red flower – Sphere – ECM

Walter Smith III – lamplight – Return to Casual – Blue Note

Benny Benack III – Catching Drift – Third Times The Charm – LA Reserve Records

Luis Bonilla and JM Jazz World Orchestra – Triumph – Jazz Pops Pop Swings – Planet Arts

Wayne Alpern – My Foolish Heart – Saxology – Henri Elkan Music

Greg Chako – Bassa Nova – A Place For Bass ~ Chamber Jazz Duets – Mint 400 Records

Anthony E Nelson Jr – Uno Mas Por Roberto – Swinging Sunset – Musicstand Records

Isaiah J Thompson – The Soul Messenger – The Power Of The Spirit – Blue Engine

Javon Jackson – Mr. Parker – With Peter Bradley – Solid Jackson Records

Hour 4

Terry Gibbs Legacy Band – Those Eyes, Those Lips, That Nose, That Face, That Girl – The Terry Gibbs Songbook – Whaling City Sound

Vicente Archer – Bye Nashville – Short Stories – Cellar Music

Michael Davis – Ladybug – Open City – Hip-Bone Music

Le Boeuf Brothers – Apollo – HUSH – Soundspore Records

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

Behn Gillece – Horizons – Between The Bars – Positone

Antonio Adolfo – Marcha Da Quarta-Feira De Cinzas (Ash Wednesday March) – BOSSA 65 – AAM Music

Idle Hands – Tomorrow Blues – Get A Grip – Positone

Dave Stryker – Lanes – As We Are – Strikezone Records