Excellence In Jazz Playlist, December 8, 2025

Jimmy Smith was born on this day in 1928. We'll celebrate with many of his hits tonight.
7:00 p.m.
Cedar Walton
Halo
The Bouncer
7:04 p.m.
Manu Katche
Swing Piece
Third Round
7:10 p.m.
Vivian Lee
Some Other Time
Let's Talk About Love
7:16 p.m.
Bill Cunliffe
Sunrise Over Molokai
Sunrise Over Molokai
7:20 p.m.
Ricardo Silveira
Outro Rio (Another River)
Outro Rio (Another River)
7:26 p.m.
Brandon Sanders
Tales of Mississippi
Lasting Impression
7:31 p.m.
Royce Campbell
Playground Swing
Originals
7:36 p.m.
The Scott Silbert Quartet
You Go to My Head
Dream Dancing
7:42 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
Mimosa
Off The Top
7:48 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
Blues For J
Organ Grinder's Swing
7:53 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
O.G.D.
Jazz Masters 29
8:00 p.m.
Boz Scaggs
I'll Be Long Gone
Detour
8:04 p.m.
Peter Erskine
Dreamsville
Second Opinion
8:11 p.m.
Dianne Reeves
Solitude
Good Night, And Good Luck
8:16 p.m.
Ken Fowser
Here And Now
Now Hear This!
8:21 p.m.
Marian McPartland
Twilight World
Twilight World
8:28 p.m.
Michael Wolff
Quarantine Blues
Sunny Day
8:34 p.m.
Kenny Barron
In the Slow Lane Ft. Kurt Elling
Songbook
8:39 p.m.
Mike LeDonne
Night Song
Night Song
8:46 p.m.
Ann Hampton Callaway
Manhattan In December
This Christmas
8:50 p.m.
Jeremy Pelt
We Three Kings
Christmas Interlude
8:54 p.m.
JD Allen
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
A Garland Of Holiday Songs
9:00 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
Got My Mojo Workin'
Got My Mojo Workin'/Hoochie Cooche Man
9:08 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
8 Counts For Rita
Dot Com Blues
9:12 p.m.
Tessa Souter
The Darkness Of Your Eyes (Faure's Pavane)
Beyond The Blue
9:17 p.m.
Gene Harris
Night Mist Blues
Tribute To Count Basie
9:25 p.m.
Craig Davis
A Ditty For Dodo
Tone Paintings
9:30 p.m.
Paula Morelenbaum
A Correnteza
Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum
9:33 p.m.
The Ipanemas
Gana
Call Of The Gods
9:37 p.m.
Joao Donato
Glass Beads
Amazonas
9:40 p.m.
John Scofield
Dub Dub
Uberjam Deux
9:46 p.m.
Poncho Sanchez
Angel
El Mejor
9:52 p.m.
Eddie Harris
Listen Here
The Best Of Eddie Harris
10:00 p.m.
Eric Reed
Bebophobia
For Such A Time As This
10:05 p.m.
Pete Malinverni
My Heart Stood Still
The Tempest
10:11 p.m.
Paul Marinaro
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
Mood Ellington
10:16 p.m.
James Moody
The Nearness Of You
Wail Moody Wail
10:21 p.m.
Greg Burrows
Waltzing Westward
Tell Your Story
10:28 p.m.
Eric Alexander
Second Impression
Second Impression
10:34 p.m.
Behn Gillece
Bag's Mood
Walk Of Fire
10:42 p.m.
Nica Carrington
Left Alone
Times Like These
10:45 p.m.
Steve Houghton Group
Waltz for Bill
And Then Some
10:54 p.m.
Lafayette Harris Jr.
For Denise and Vincent
All in Good Time
11:00 p.m.
Sam Pilnick
Southbound Trail
The Project
11:07 p.m.
Alan Broadbent
Minority
New York Notes
11:17 p.m.
Hal McKusick
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
Triple Exposure
11:25 p.m.
Gil Goldstein
Sarah's Touch
Under Rousseau's Moon
11:35 p.m.
Out Of/Into
Familiar Route
Motion II
11:40 p.m.
Doug Beavers
Sands Of Time
Luna
11:48 p.m.
Freddie Hubbard
Little Sunflower
Backlash