Excellence In Jazz Playlist, August 21, 2025

Steve Smith was born on this day in 1954.
7:00 p.m.
Peter Erskine
Esperanca
As It Is
7:03 p.m.
Donald Harrison & Terence Blanchard
Infinite Heart
Black Pearl
7:10 p.m.
Masha Campagne
Bahia Com H
Alegre Menina
7:14 p.m.
Kenny Barron
Yalele
Sambao
7:26 p.m.
Royce Campbell
Playground Swing
Originals
7:31 p.m.
Larry Goldings & Harry Allen
Sous Le Ciel De Paris
When Larry Met Harry
7:37 p.m.
Henry Robinett
Body And Soul
Jazz Standards Then Again, Vol. 2
7:43 p.m.
Giacomo Smith
Embraceable You
Manouche
7:48 p.m.
Steve Smith & Vital Information
Self Portrait
Time Flies
7:54 p.m.
Steve Smith & Vital Information
No Qualm
Time Flies
8:00 p.m.
Duke Pearson
The Moana Surf
The Phantom
8:07 p.m.
Snorre Kirk
One For The Road
What A Day!
8:14 p.m.
Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer
Blame It On My Youth
Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer
8:20 p.m.
Gerry Mulligan
Nobody Else But Me
Dream A Little Dream
8:24 p.m.
Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden
No Moon At All
Jasmine
8:30 p.m.
Warren Wolf
Vibrations
History Of The Vibraphone
8:34 p.m.
Dara Tucker
Shining (It's My Time)
Time Wouldn't Wait
8:38 p.m.
Joe Farnsworth
Composition 4
In What Direction Are You Headed?
8:44 p.m.
Cory Weeds
Oh, Lady Be Good
Cory Weeds Meets Jerry Weldon
8:52 p.m.
Snorre Kirk
Blues Beat
What A Day!
9:00 p.m.
Jay Thomas
Nostalgia
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
9:05 p.m.
Lori Mechem
Splanky
Shiny Stockings
9:11 p.m.
Dave Grusin
Dreamsville (feat. Diana Krall)
Two For The Road: The Music Of Henry Mancini
9:15 p.m.
Brian Charette
Early America
You Don't Know Jack!
9:21 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Maiden Voyage
Happenings
9:28 p.m.
Marc Seales
Rue Cler
People & Places
9:37 p.m.
George Cables
E.V.C.
Looking For The Light
9:45 p.m.
Natalie Cole
But Beautiful
Still Unforgettable
9:49 p.m.
Miles Davis
Just Squeeze Me
Jazz Showcase
9:56 p.m.
Gregory Tardy
Sweet Love Divine
Abide In Love
10:00 p.m.
Steve Smith
Ascendant
Live On Tour Vol. 1
10:05 p.m.
Steve Smith and Vital Information
The Bottom Line
Vitalization
10:13 p.m.
Bob Schlesinger
Common Ground
Falling From Earth
10:20 p.m.
Omar Hakim Experience
So There
We Are One
10:26 p.m.
John Coltrane
Blue World
Blue World
10:33 p.m.
Jane Monheit
Where Or When
The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald
10:37 p.m.
Woody Shaw
Green Street Caper
The Complete CBS Recordings
10:42 p.m.
Shelly Berg
I'll Follow The Sun
Alegria
10:49 p.m.
Gene Harris
Willow Weep For Me
The Best Of The Three Sounds
10:53 p.m.
Greg Murphy
On Green Dolphin Street
Snap Happy
11:00 p.m.
Doug MacDonald
Lady Bird
Santa Monica Sessions
11:04 p.m.
Horace Parlan
Back From The Gig
Happy Frame Of Mind
11:11 p.m.
Sachal Vasandani
Right on Time (Feat. Gretchen Parlato)
Best Life Now
11:15 p.m.
Ellis Marsalis
I Can't Give You Anything
Heart Of Gold
11:20 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Daddy Wong Legs
Jazz Masters 39
11:25 p.m.
Freddie Hubbard
Jodo
Blue Spirits
11:32 p.m.
Gary Peacock
Eastward
Eastward
11:47 p.m.
Anne Sajdera
Lovely
It's Here