Excellence In Jazz Playlist, May 31, 2026

Bassist Christian McBride was born on this day in 1972. He shares a birthday with drummer Louis Hayes, born in 1937.
6:00 p.m.
Jim Snidero & Jeremy Pelt
Stars Fell On Alabama
Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley
6:07 p.m.
Alexa Tarantino
Gregory Is Here
Clarity
6:13 p.m.
Catherine Russell
Is You Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Alone Together
6:18 p.m.
Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson
If I Had You
Two Of The Few
6:22 p.m.
Scott Hamilton
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Looking Back
6:30 p.m.
Wynton Marsalis
April In Paris
Standards & Ballads
6:35 p.m.
Bill Evans
Autumn Leaves
Ultimate Jazz Piano Collection, Vol. 1
6:41 p.m.
Bob Kenmotsu
I Like Someone
I'm In Love With You
6:48 p.m.
Louis Hayes
Song For My Father (feat. Gregory Porter)
Serenade For Horace
6:53 p.m.
Louis Hayes
Silver's Serenade
Serenade For Horace
7:00 p.m.
Shelly Berg
I'll Follow The Sun
Alegria
7:05 p.m.
Reid Hoyson
When Lights Are Low
Your Move
7:11 p.m.
Gabrielle Cavassa
Prisoner of Love
Diavola
7:14 p.m.
Stan Getz
There's A Small Hotel
Quartets
7:16 p.m.
Greg Murphy
On Green Dolphin Street
Snap Happy
7:23 p.m.
Christian McBride
Song For Maya
Vertical Vision
7:28 p.m.
The New Gary Burton Quartet
Late Night Sunrise
Common Ground
7:34 p.m.
Tim Ray
Lawns
Fire & Rain
7:39 p.m.
Bria Skonberg
Comin' Home Baby / You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Brass
7:44 p.m.
George Shearing
(Passos Gigantes) Giant Steps
Like Fine Wine
7:48 p.m.
Steve Wilson
Quiet Girl
Enduring Sonance
7:53 p.m.
Peter Bernstein
You Go To My Head
Better Angels
8:00 p.m.
Andrew Hill
Samba Rasta
Eternal Spirit
8:04 p.m.
Matt Kane
Viewpoints
The Other Side Of The Story
8:11 p.m.
Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer
Blame It On My Youth
Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer
8:17 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
These Foolish Things
Live From The Northwest, 1959
8:25 p.m.
Behn Gillece
Event Horizon
Still Doing Our Thing
8:32 p.m.
Jackie Ryan
Moon And Sand
This Heart Of Mine
8:37 p.m.
Snorre Kirk
Meditations In Blue
What A Day!
8:45 p.m.
Bill Cunliffe
Tereza My Love
Sunrise Over Molokai
8:50 p.m.
Jocelyn Gould
Tender Is The NIght
Sonic Banquet
8:57 p.m.
David Finck
Joy
BASSic Instinct
9:00 p.m.
Theo Bleckmann
Love and Anger
Love and Anger
9:04 p.m.
Walter Smith III
Mother Stands For Comfort
Return To Casual
9:09 p.m.
Vince Guaraldi
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Masters Of Jazz, Vol. 7: Jazz Hit Singles
9:12 p.m.
Ben Paterson
Hard Times
Essential Elements
9:16 p.m.
Bob Schlesinger
Common Ground
Falling From Earth
9:23 p.m.
Donald Harrison & Terence Blanchard
Infinite Heart
Black Pearl
9:29 p.m.
Joe Williams
If I Had You
Here's To Life
9:34 p.m.
Ralph Moore
Reflections
Three Score
9:39 p.m.
Kei Akagi
Wade Park Morning
Circlepoint
9:45 p.m.
Ray Obiedo
Slight Accent
Slight Accent
9:51 p.m.
Ray Obiedo
Fonseca
Slight Accent
10:00 p.m.
Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela
Hands (Fandango De Huelva)
Hands
10:05 p.m.
Jim Rotondi
For Curtis
Finesse
10:12 p.m.
Michael Wolff
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Swirl
10:20 p.m.
Christian McBride Big Band
Medgar Evers Blues
For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver
10:27 p.m.
Christian McBride
Sister Rosa
The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons
10:35 p.m.
Gerald Cannon
Inception
Live at Dizzy's Club: The Music Of Elvin & McCoy
10:40 p.m.
NOLA Resistance Quintet
Bleu Sketch
Morpheus
10:46 p.m.
Idle Hands
Show Of Hands
Get A Grip
10:51 p.m.
Hiromi
Drifters
Silver Lining Suite
11:00 p.m.
Richard Baratta
Molten Glass
Off The Charts
11:04 p.m.
Blue Moods
La Suite De Kilimanjaro
Directions & Expressions
11:18 p.m.
Keith Jarrett
Oleo
At The Blue Note
11:26 p.m.
Pat Martino
Portrait
Nightwings
11:35 p.m.
Miles Davis
Shhh/Peaceful
The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions
11:55 p.m.
Brian Bromberg
Gloria's Step
LaFaro