Excellence In Jazz Playlist, September 23, 2025

John Coltrane was born on this day in 1926. He shares a birthday with Ray Charles (1930) and Les McCann (1935).
7:00 p.m.
Shelly Berg
I'll Follow The Sun
Alegria
7:05 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
'Til Then
Oblique
7:11 p.m.
John Coltrane
It's Easy To Remember
Ballads
7:14 p.m.
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
Autumn Serenade
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
7:18 p.m.
John Coltrane
Naima
The Best Of John Coltrane
7:22 p.m.
John Coltrane
Central Park West
The Best Of John Coltrane
7:27 p.m.
Ray Charles
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Genius & Soul
7:33 p.m.
Les McCann
Could Be
Relationships: Anthology
7:39 p.m.
Doug MacDonald
Prisoner Of Love
Santa Monica Sessions
7:44 p.m.
Rachael & Vilray
Manhattan Serenade
West of Broadway
7:47 p.m.
Giacomo Smith
Embraceable You
Manouche
7:51 p.m.
Michika Fukumori
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
8:00 p.m.
Ledisi
What a Difference A Day Made
For Dinah
8:04 p.m.
Ellis Marsalis
I Can't Give You Anything
Heart Of Gold
8:11 p.m.
Paula Morelenbaum
Lugar Comum
Agua
8:14 p.m.
Kenny Garrett
Bossa
Do Your Dance!
8:21 p.m.
Ricardo Silveira
Preciso Aprender A Ser Só
Solo
8:27 p.m.
Roger Glenn
Cal's Guajira
My Latin Heart
8:34 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Daddy Wong Legs
Jazz Masters 39
8:37 p.m.
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Latin Perspective
The Latin Jazz Project
8:43 p.m.
Christian McBride Big Band
Old Folks Feat. Samara Joy
Without Further Ado, Vol. 1
8:47 p.m.
Kenny Barron
The First Year
The Traveler
8:53 p.m.
Peter Erskine
Nuages
Live In Italy
9:00 p.m.
Mulgrew Miller
Soul-Leo
Landmarks
9:07 p.m.
Eddie Henderson
Milestones
Phantoms
9:13 p.m.
Vanessa Racci
Betcha I Getcha
Jazzy Italian
9:16 p.m.
Mike LeDonne
Night Song
Night Song
9:23 p.m.
Jim Witzel Quartet
Very Early
Very Early Remembering Bill Evans
9:28 p.m.
Joey DeFrancesco
S'Bout Time
The Philadelphia Connection
9:35 p.m.
Michael Dease
The Takeover
Reaching Out
9:39 p.m.
Joe Farnsworth
Prime Time
The Big Room
9:45 p.m.
Carmen McRae
The Lamp Is Low
Dedicated To You
9:48 p.m.
Phil Norman
Dreamsville
Yesterday's Gardenias
9:53 p.m.
Josh Lawrence
Pure Imagination
Still We Dream
10:00 p.m.
Jay D'Amico
Convocation
Ginevra
10:03 p.m.
Jay D'Amico
Ginevra De' Benci
Ginevra
10:09 p.m.
Kelly Green
Corner of my Dreams
Corner of my Dreams
10:14 p.m.
Alan Broadbent
Clifford Notes
New York Notes
10:22 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
Off The Top
Off The Top
10:31 p.m.
Herbie Hancock
Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
10:36 p.m.
Marc Seales
Rue Cler
People & Places
10:48 p.m.
Gil Goldstein
Sarah's Touch
Under Rousseau's Moon
11:00 p.m.
John Coltrane
Vilia - Take 5
Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
11:04 p.m.
Joe Farnsworth
Radical
The Big Room
11:12 p.m.
John McLaughlin with Joe Farrell
Follow Your Heart
CTI Masters Of The Guitar
11:19 p.m.
Richard Baratta
Molten Glass
Off The Charts
11:24 p.m.
Steve Nelson
The More I See You
Brothers Under The Sun
11:34 p.m.
Boz Scaggs
Speak Low
Speak Low
11:38 p.m.
Ben Paterson
North Pond Stroll
Cookin' In The Couve
11:43 p.m.
Bob Sheppard
The Fine Line
The Fine Line
11:50 p.m.
Bob Schlesinger
Common Ground
Falling From Earth
11:55 p.m.
Miles Davis
Paraphernalia
Miles In The Sky