Excellence In Jazz Playlist, April 27, 2026
Tonight from 9-11 p.m. we wrap up our Monday night series of label showcases for Jazz Appreciation Month with a salute to Concord Jazz, one of the most admired and prolific independent labels in the record business.
CapRadio’s Paul Conley is your host for this survey of recordings from Concord’s early years under founder Carl Jefferson, who ran the label until his death in 1995. Featured artists include Emily Remler, Cal Tjader, Scott Hamilton, Kenny Burrell, Ernestine Anderson and more.
7:00 p.m.
Joey Alexander
Mosaic (Of Beauty)
Warna
7:05 p.m.
Pasquale Grasso
All Too Soon
Pasquale Plays Duke
7:10 p.m.
Boz Scaggs
The Meaning Of The Blues
Detour
7:14 p.m.
Jeremy Pelt
Blues In Sophistication
The Art Of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse
7:21 p.m.
Stan Getz
Body And Soul
Jazz Masters 8
7:25 p.m.
Larry Goldings
This Guy's In Love With You
Sweet Science
7:31 p.m.
Alexa Tarantino
All Along
The Roar and the Whisper
7:35 p.m.
Miles Davis
It Never Entered My Mind
The Best Of Miles Davis: The Capitol/Blue Note Years
7:40 p.m.
Henrik Meurkens
Herb's Samba
Samba Tonto
7:45 p.m.
Rosalia De Souza
Mar Amar
Brazil Precisa Balancar
7:47 p.m.
Gafieira Rio Miami
So Danco Samba
Beleza Pura
7:51 p.m.
Glenn Zaleski
BK Bossa Nova
The Question
8:00 p.m.
Bria Skonberg
Comin' Home Baby / You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Brass
8:04 p.m.
Yellowjackets
Comin' Home Baby
Fasten Up
8:11 p.m.
Billie Holiday
Remember
Jazz Masters 12
8:13 p.m.
Art Hirahara
I'm OK
Noble Path
8:18 p.m.
Bob Sheppard
Lightness
Close Your Eyes
8:24 p.m.
Peter Erskine
Contemplation
Peregrine
8:31 p.m.
Duke Pearson
Blues For Alvina
The Phantom
8:34 p.m.
Sonny Clark
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
Sonny Clark Trio
8:41 p.m.
April Varner
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Ella
8:46 p.m.
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond The Bluebird
Beyond The Bluebird
8:51 p.m.
Horace Silver
Song For My Father
The Best Of Horace Silver, Vol. 2
9:00 p.m.
Victor Feldman
Limehouse Blues
The Artful Dodger
9:06 p.m.
Emily Remler
Strollin'
Firefly
9:13 p.m.
Mel Torme
Autumn Serenade
Velvet & Brass
9:19 p.m.
Ernestine Anderson
In A Mellotone
Be Mine Tonight
9:23 p.m.
Gene Harris
Night Mist Blues
Tribute To Count Basie
9:32 p.m.
Scott Hamilton
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Looking Back
9:38 p.m.
Karrin Allyson
Robert Frost
Collage
9:45 p.m.
Kenny Burrell
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Lotus Blossom
9:50 p.m.
Mongo Santamaria
El Campesino
Ole Ola
10:00 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Speak Low
La Onda Va Bien
10:06 p.m.
Poncho Sanchez
Soul Burst
Chile Con Soul
10:09 p.m.
Pete Escovedo
Brasiliero
Live From Stern Grove Festival
10:19 p.m.
Susannah McCorkle
The People That You Never Get To Love
From Bessie To Brazil
10:24 p.m.
Stanley Cowell
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Back To The Beautiful
10:28 p.m.
Jimmy Bruno
Into The Blue Light
Midnight Blue
10:37 p.m.
Ray Charles with Norah Jones
Here We Go Again
Genius Loves Company
10:41 p.m.
Taylor Eigsti
I Love You
Let It Come To You
10:47 p.m.
Marian McPartland with Benny Carter
Key Largo
Marian McPartland Plays The Benny Carter Songbook
10:51 p.m.
Benny Carter
Sometimes I'm Happy
A Gentleman & His Music
11:00 p.m.
LehCats
Upper West Side Story
Live at the Breakroom
11:06 p.m.
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra
Alkebulan
Alkebulan
11:16 p.m.
Brian Lynch
Luck of the Draw
Torch Bearers
11:22 p.m.
George Cables
Fried Bananas
Quiet Fire
11:29 p.m.
Houston Person
Bleeker Street
Moment To Moment
11:34 p.m.
Yelena Eckemoff
ABBA Museum
Rosendals Garden
11:43 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Same Shame
Total Eclipse
11:54 p.m.
Ray Obiedo
Footprints
Slight Accent
