Excellence In Jazz Playlist, May 4, 2026

Ron Carter was born on this day in in 1937. He is the most recorded bassist in jazz history.
7:00 p.m.
Don Grolnick
Night Song
Medianoche
7:05 p.m.
Steve Wilson
A Volta
Enduring Sonance
7:12 p.m.
Stacey Kent
A Time For Love
A Time For Love
7:17 p.m.
Joe Syrian
Charade
A Blue Time
7:22 p.m.
Keith Jarrett
When I Fall In Love
After The Fall (Live)
7:28 p.m.
Bria Skonberg
Comin' Home Baby / You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Brass
7:33 p.m.
Randy Napoleon
Wes Like
Rust Belt Roots
7:38 p.m.
Michel Petrucciani
Looking Up
Music
7:45 p.m.
Ron Carter
Eight
Eight Plus
7:53 p.m.
Ron Carter
Gone
Dear Miles
8:00 p.m.
Duke Pearson
The Happy Eyes
The Phantom
8:06 p.m.
Joe Henderson
117 Special
CTI Sampler: Masters Of The Saxophone
8:13 p.m.
Catherine Russell
Keep Your Mind On Me
Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center
8:18 p.m.
Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue
The Best Of Kenny Burrell
8:22 p.m.
Bob James
Niles A Head
Feel Like Making Live!
8:28 p.m.
Ed Cherry
Jean/Pauline
Are We There Yet
8:34 p.m.
Tierney Sutton
Things Are Swingin'
Spring
8:39 p.m.
George Shearing & The Montgomery Brothers
And Then I Wrote
George Shearing & The Montgomery Brothers
8:44 p.m.
Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela
Joyride
Hands
8:49 p.m.
John McLaughlin
My Favorite Things
After The Rain
8:55 p.m.
Jenny Klukken
Katamiya
Marimba Standard
9:00 p.m.
Richard Baratta
Blowin' In The Wind
Looking Back
9:04 p.m.
Joel Harrison
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Anthem Of Unity
9:11 p.m.
Michika Fukumori
There is Always Light
Eternity and a Day
9:16 p.m.
Kalya Ramu
Little One
Living In A Dream
9:19 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Tanya
Soul Sauce
9:25 p.m.
Ricardo Bacelar
Aqui, Oh!
Maracanós
9:30 p.m.
Marcos Valle
Apaixonada Por Voce
The Best Of Marcos Valle: Caricoa Soul
9:36 p.m.
Joao Donato
Amazonas
Amazonas
9:42 p.m.
George Cables
Over The Rainbow
Cables Fables
9:54 p.m.
Hays Street Hart
Irah
Bridges
10:00 p.m.
Miles Davis
Eighty-One
ESP
10:06 p.m.
Ron Carter
Sail Away
Ron Carter's Great Big Band
10:11 p.m.
John Pizzarelli
You're Lookin' At Me
After Hours
10:15 p.m.
Tim Ray
Maria
Excursions & Adventures
10:20 p.m.
Ray Obiedo
Fonseca
Slight Accent
10:28 p.m.
Joe Farnsworth
Terra Nova
In What Direction Are You Headed?
10:36 p.m.
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
Alkebulan
10:44 p.m.
Lee Smith
Faith In The New Day
Faith In The New Day
10:51 p.m.
Theo Bleckmann
Love and Anger
Love and Anger
10:56 p.m.
Walter Smith III
Mother Stands For Comfort
Return To Casual
11:00 p.m.
Hank Mobley
Funk In A Deep Freeze
Hank Mobley Quintet
11:06 p.m.
Cory Weeds Little Big Band
East Of The Village
Explosion
11:14 p.m.
M.T.B.
Soft Impression
Solid Jackson
11:21 p.m.
Dmitry Baevsky
To Whom It May Concern
The Composers
11:27 p.m.
Eddie Jefferson
I Just Got Back In Town
Things Are Getting Better
11:31 p.m.
Bill O'Connell
Maiden Voyage
Touch
11:39 p.m.
Bobby Broom
Alfie's Theme
Notes of Thanks
11:45 p.m.
Sonny Rollins
Striver's Row
A Night At The Village Vanguard, Vol. 2
11:52 p.m.
Peter Erskine
Contemplation
Peregrine