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Poet, pundit, provocateur. Host of New Jazz Excursions, WVKR 91.3FM Vassar College

Three Visitors

Three Visitors

Scott Colley, Edward Simon, Brian Blade
2024-12-08
5
City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Munich, 1994

City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Munich, 1994

Oscar Peterson
2024-12-05
10
Motion I

Motion I

Out Of/Into
2024-12-01
10
Lucky All Along

Lucky All Along

Lisa Hilton
2024-11-23
8
Samares

Samares

Colin Vallon
2024-11-18
23
Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'

Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'

McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson
2024-11-10
27
Complex Emotions

Complex Emotions

The Bad Plus
2024-11-04
20
Forest

Forest

Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen
2024-11-04
13
Atlas Of Sound - Quila Quina

Atlas Of Sound - Quila Quina

Elsa Nilsson
2024-11-03
4
The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn

The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn

Keith Jarrett
2024-11-01
16
Little Big III

Little Big III

Aaron Parks
2024-10-11
7
Breaking the Shell

Breaking the Shell

Bill Frisell / Andrew Cyrille / Kit Downes
2024-09-20
18
Embracing Dawn

Embracing Dawn

Christian Sands
2024-09-20
7
Mountains

Mountains

Micah Thomas
2024-09-17
11
Seeing

Seeing

Tord Gustavsen Trio
2024-09-11
19
Run the Gauntlet

Run the Gauntlet

Kris Davis
2024-09-10
25
Celebration Volume 1

Celebration Volume 1

Wayne Shorter
2024-09-07
23
Breaking Stretch

Breaking Stretch

Patricia Brennan
2024-08-30
13
Forward

Forward

Leo Genovese
2024-08-25
4
Vibe Provider

Vibe Provider

Emmet Cohen
2024-08-19
14
Wonderland

Wonderland

Daniel García Trio
2024-08-12
5
Fables

Fables

Kavyesh Kaviraj
2024-08-04
5
Live In Munich

Live In Munich

Jordina Millà and Barry Guy
2024-08-03
11
Rhythm Edge

Rhythm Edge

Eric Person
2024-07-29
6
Gateway

Gateway

John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette
2024-07-27
16
Aloft

Aloft

Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura
2024-07-20
2
Iladi

Iladi

Linda Sikhakhane
2024-07-16
10
Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

Lakecia Benjamin
2024-07-07
6
A Letter To The Earth

A Letter To The Earth

Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez
2024-06-26
6
Stream of a Dream

Stream of a Dream

Daniel Carter, Matthew Putman, Federico Ughi
2024-06-22
2
In Situ

In Situ

Alexa Torres
2024-06-18
13
My Prophet

My Prophet

Oded Tzur
2024-06-13
22
Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2

Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2

Daniel Carter
2024-06-11
5
Magical Incantation

Magical Incantation

Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp
2024-06-03
5
Francesca

Francesca

David Murray Quartet with Marta Sanchez, Luke Stewart and Russell Carter
2024-06-02
17
uNomkhubulwane

uNomkhubulwane

Nduduzo Makhathini
2024-06-01
2
September Night

September Night

Tomasz Stańko
2024-05-29
13
Traumsequenz

Traumsequenz

Moritz Stahl
2024-05-28
2
At The Showcase (Live In Chicago, 1976-1977)

At The Showcase (Live In Chicago, 1976-1977)

Sun Ra
2024-05-21
6
Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens

Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens

Wadada Leo Smith - Amina Claudine Myers
2024-05-02
10
Power Vibe

Power Vibe

Steph Richards
2024-05-01
5
Poppin In Paris: Live At L'Olympia 1972

Poppin In Paris: Live At L'Olympia 1972

Cannonball Adderley
2024-04-26
4
Burnin’ in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969

Burnin’ in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969

Cannonball Adderly
2024-04-20
10
The Carnegie Hall Concert

The Carnegie Hall Concert

Alice Coltrane
2024-04-18
15
Silent, Listening

Silent, Listening

Fred Hersch
2024-04-16
12
Truth Seeker

Truth Seeker

Ivo Perelman / Mark Hellias / Tom Rainey Truth Seeker
2024-04-05
10
The Bootleg Series Volume 21: To Be Likened Later, Spring 65: The Forgotten Gil Evans Sessions

The Bootleg Series Volume 21: To Be Likened Later, Spring 65: The Forgotten Gil Evans Sessions

Bob Dylan
2024-04-01
9
Echoes Of The Inner Prophet

Echoes Of The Inner Prophet

Melissa Aldana
2024-03-28
23
Sensual

Sensual

Rachel Z
2024-03-28
3
Even Odds

Even Odds

Dan Weiss
2024-03-20
8

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