Excellence In Jazz Playlist, December 12, 2025
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Frank Sinatra was born on this day in 1915. He shares a birthday with drummer Tony Williams, Grover Washington, Jr., and vocalist Joe Williams.
7:00 p.m.
Bobby Watson
The Star In The East
Back Home In Kansas City
7:06 p.m.
Donald Harrison
Mr. Cool Breeze
Free To Be
7:13 p.m.
Eliane Elias
Baubles, Bangles And Beads
Dreamer
7:18 p.m.
Ralph Moore
Reflections
Three Score
7:23 p.m.
Brandon Sanders
Tales of Mississippi
Lasting Impression
7:29 p.m.
Vivian Lee
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
From Miss Lee To You
7:32 p.m.
Manu Katche
Loving You
Manu Katche
7:36 p.m.
Steve Houghton Group
And Then Some
And Then Some
7:45 p.m.
Frank Sinatra
Wave
The Reprise Collection
7:48 p.m.
Frank Sinatra
I Concentrate On You
The Reprise Collection
7:51 p.m.
Grover Washington, Jr.
E Preciso Perdoar
All My Tomorrows
8:00 p.m.
Ann Hampton Callaway
Manhattan In December
This Christmas
8:03 p.m.
Jeremy Pelt
We Three Kings
Christmas Interlude
8:09 p.m.
Wayne Shorter
El Gaucho
Adam's Apple
8:15 p.m.
Tony Williams
Cape Wilderness
Wilderness
8:23 p.m.
Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Flying Colors
8:28 p.m.
Dave Bass
Offshore Breeze
Trio Nuevo
8:32 p.m.
Kenny Barron
In the Slow Lane Ft. Kurt Elling
Songbook
8:37 p.m.
Miki Yamanaka
For All We Know
Miki
8:43 p.m.
Joe Williams
Just Friends
In Good Company
8:46 p.m.
Vince Guaraldi
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Masters Of Jazz, Vol. 7: Jazz Hit Singles
8:49 p.m.
Miles Davis
Freddie Freeloader
Kind Of Blue
9:00 p.m.
Ronny Jordan
Mystic Voyage
A Brighter Day
9:04 p.m.
Warren Wolf
Vibrations
History Of The Vibraphone
9:09 p.m.
Melody Gardot
The King Of 52nd Street (Chan's Declaration) (Vocal Version Of "Scrapple From The Apple")
The Passion Of Charlie Parker
9:13 p.m.
Larry Vuckovich
Somethin' Special
Somethin' Special
9:20 p.m.
Steve Kuhn
Good Lookin' Rookie
Wisteria
9:27 p.m.
Laszlo Gardony
Satin Doll
Ever Before Ever After
9:36 p.m.
The Heavy Hitters
Cedar Land
The Heavy Hitters
9:42 p.m.
Charles Lloyd
Mirror
Mirror
9:50 p.m.
Melissa Aldana
Ask Me Now
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
9:54 p.m.
Amina Figarova
Another Side Of The Ocean
Twelve
10:00 p.m.
Tony Williams
Fred
Lifetime: The Collection
10:06 p.m.
Tony Williams
Geo Rose
Civilization
10:15 p.m.
Steve Davis
Bedford Strolle
Bluesthetic
10:21 p.m.
Woody Shaw
Sun Bath
Givin' Away The Store 2
10:28 p.m.
Bobby Broom
Come Together
Soul Fingers
10:35 p.m.
Eddie Palmieri
Slowvisor
Palmas
10:41 p.m.
Larry Harlow
No Hay Amigo
Salsa
10:47 p.m.
Otis Redding
Merry Christmas Baby
Soul Christmas
10:50 p.m.
Aaron Neville
Please Come Home For Christmas
Yule Be Miserable
10:53 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Christmas Cookin'
11:00 p.m.
Marcos Valle
Escape
The Best Of Marcos Valle: Caricoa Soul
11:05 p.m.
Ray Barretto
De Donde Vengo
Together
11:10 p.m.
Thomas Blondet
Dub Steppa (feat. Subatomic Sound)
Sounds Of Rhythm & Culture
11:14 p.m.
Thomas Blondet
The Way We Go (feat. E-Ball)
Sounds Of Rhythm & Culture
11:17 p.m.
The Shotgun Wedding Quintet
Last One at the Bar
The Shotgun Wedding Quintet
11:24 p.m.
Behn Gillece
Four Of A Kind
Stick Together
11:30 p.m.
Chris Rottmayer
On The Street Where Woody Lives
Being
11:36 p.m.
Carl Allen
Parker's Mood
Tippin'
11:44 p.m.
Miles Davis
Filles De Kilimanjaro
Filles De Kilimanjaro
