Excellence In Jazz Playlist, April 20, 2026
As part of Jazz Appreciation Month, tonight at 9 pm we'll salute the legendary Verve record label and it's founder Norman Granz, including selections by Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Wes Montgomery, Cal Tjader and more!
7:00 p.m.
Hubert Laws
Pavane (Faure)
The Rite Of Spring
7:07 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Dear Lord
Wise One
7:13 p.m.
Lisanne Lyons
May I Come In
May I Come In
7:19 p.m.
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Ralph's New Blues
Concorde
7:26 p.m.
Jeremy Pelt
Fair Weather
Woven
7:32 p.m.
Les McCann
Could Be
Relationships: Anthology
7:38 p.m.
Art Pepper
Walkin' Shoes
Modern Jazz Classics
7:43 p.m.
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Sandu
Alone Together: The Best Of Mercury Years
7:49 p.m.
Catherine Russell
Keep Your Mind On Me
Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center
7:54 p.m.
Bernie Senensky
My One & Only Love Feat. Cory Weeds
Duos
8:00 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
St. Louis Blues
Live From Vienna 1967
8:08 p.m.
Dexter Gordon
Freddie Freeloader
Something Different
8:18 p.m.
Ricardo Bacelar
Aqui, Oh!
Maracanós
8:23 p.m.
Russ Spiegel
Greener Pastures
Timepieces
8:30 p.m.
Henrik Meurkens
Herb's Samba
Samba Tonto
8:35 p.m.
Arturo Sandoval
Up Jumped Spring
Trumpet Evolution
8:40 p.m.
Kenny Burrell
Mark One
Soul Call
8:45 p.m.
Triology
Pompton Turnpike
The Slow Road
8:52 p.m.
Art Blakey
Along Came Betty
Jazz Profile: Art Blakey
9:00 p.m.
Ella Fitzgerald
From This Moment On
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
9:03 p.m.
Ella Fitzgerald
Love You Madly
The Best Of The Songbooks: Love Songs
9:07 p.m.
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
The Nearness Of You
Ella And Louis
9:14 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Mohawk
Bird & Diz
9:18 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Bloomdido
Bird & Diz
9:21 p.m.
Charlie Parker
Star Eyes
Bird's Best Bop On Verve
9:26 p.m.
Billie Holiday
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Billie's Best
9:30 p.m.
Lester Young
Love Me Or Leave Me
Jazz Masters 30
9:37 p.m.
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond
Wintersong (Take 1)
Blues In Time
9:45 p.m.
Oscar Peterson
I've Grown Accustomed
My Fair Lady And Fiorello
9:51 p.m.
Oscar Peterson
A Wonderful Guy
Very Tall
10:00 p.m.
Stan Getz
Desafinado
Jazz Masters 8
10:05 p.m.
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
The Girl From Ipanema
Getz/Gilberto #2
10:12 p.m.
Wes Montgomery
West Coast Blues
Movin' Wes
10:15 p.m.
Wes Montgomery
Bumpin'
Bumpin'
10:22 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
Got My Mojo Workin'
Got My Mojo Workin'/Hoochie Cooche Man
10:31 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Tanya
Soul Sauce
10:36 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Daddy Wong Legs
Jazz Masters 39
10:40 p.m.
Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri
Picadillo
Masters At Work Present Latin Verve Sounds
10:48 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Soulful
Chronology Of A Dream: Live At The Village Vanguard
10:53 p.m.
Samara Joy
'Round Midnight
Linger Awhile
11:00 p.m.
Ulysses Owens Jr.
Prodigal Son
Around The World With U
11:05 p.m.
Bob Reynolds
Harrisburg
Eddie Told Me So
11:09 p.m.
Dave Stryker
Van Gelder's Place
Blue Fire
11:17 p.m.
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
Alkebulan
11:25 p.m.
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra
The Fourth Dimension
Alkebulan
11:32 p.m.
NOLA Resistance Quintet
Bleu Sketch
Morpheus
11:40 p.m.
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Escucha El Ritmo
Across 110th Street
11:45 p.m.
Roswell Rudd
Mayor G
El Espiritu Jibaro (The Jibaro Spirit)
