Excellence In Jazz Playlist, January 27, 2026
Bobby Hutcherson performs at the Monterey Jazz Festival, in Monterey, Calif. in 2013.
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Bobby Hutcherson was born on this day in 1941. We'll celebrate his celestial birthday tonight!
7:00 p.m.
George Benson
Naima
Guitar Man
7:03 p.m.
Greg Reitan
All Of You
Some Other Time
7:10 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Maiden Voyage
Happenings
7:16 p.m.
John Pizzarelli
Azure-Te
P.S. Mr. Cole
7:20 p.m.
Kenny Burrell
Moon And Sand
Guitar Forms
7:24 p.m.
Bill Charlap
Curtains
Uptown, Downtown
7:32 p.m.
Blossom Dearie
The Riviera
Give Him The Ooh La La
7:36 p.m.
Reid Hoyson feat. Don DePaolis & Mark Lucas
The Chalice
Natural Gifts
7:42 p.m.
Joe Henderson
Recorda Me
Page One
7:49 p.m.
Bill O'Connell
Touch
Touch
7:54 p.m.
Alexa Tarantino
All Along
The Roar and the Whisper
8:00 p.m.
Boz Scaggs
I Wish I Knew
Speak Low
8:05 p.m.
David Finck
Joy
BASSic Instinct
8:09 p.m.
Sarah McKenzie
De Nada
Secrets Of My Heart
8:13 p.m.
Ricardo Silveira
O Monstro E A Flor (The Monster And The Flower)
Outro Rio (Another River)
8:18 p.m.
Glenn Zaleski
BK Bossa Nova
The Question
8:27 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Bouquet
Happenings
8:36 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Now
Now!
8:38 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Dear Lord
Wise One
8:44 p.m.
Baltimore Jazz Collective
Minor Swing
Baltimore Jazz Collective
8:49 p.m.
Curtis Brothers
Yes Or No
Syzygy
8:56 p.m.
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Choro
Stone Flower
9:00 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Bedouin
The Kicker
9:08 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Herzog
Total Eclipse
9:15 p.m.
Melody Diachun
Fragile
Sumner's Tales
9:21 p.m.
Rossano Sportiello
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Lucky To Be Me
9:26 p.m.
Peter Erskine
Dreamsville
Second Opinion
9:33 p.m.
Todd Cochran
Invitation
Then And Again, Here And Now
9:37 p.m.
Jihye Lee Orchestra
Suji
Daring Mind
9:47 p.m.
Angela Turone & Chris Platt
Bewitched
Sounds Of Brazil
9:51 p.m.
Bill Cunliffe
Sunrise Over Molokai
Sunrise Over Molokai
9:55 p.m.
Philippe Baden Powell
Vamos Donatear?
Notes Over Poetry
10:00 p.m.
Ron Carter
Opus 1.5
Ron Carter's Great Big Band
10:03 p.m.
Baltimore Jazz Collective
Memories of You
Baltimore Jazz Collective
10:10 p.m.
John Coltrane
Equinox
The Best Of John Coltrane
10:18 p.m.
Steve Kuhn
Countdown
Countdown
10:28 p.m.
Reid Hoyson
Detroit
In Your Dreams
10:33 p.m.
Henry Robinett
Zebra Crossing
I Have Known Mountains
10:39 p.m.
Anne Sajdera
New Year
New Year
10:46 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Aquarian Moon
Happenings
10:53 p.m.
Omar Hakim Experience
So There
We Are One
11:00 p.m.
Triology
Pompton Turnpike
The Slow Road
11:06 p.m.
David Hazeltine
The Time Is Now
The Time Is Now
11:14 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Verse
Stick-Up!
11:23 p.m.
Mulgrew Miller
Hand In Hand
Hand In Hand
11:30 p.m.
Mike LeDonne
Rock With You
It's All Your Fault
11:38 p.m.
Catherine Russell
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Bring It Back
11:42 p.m.
Calvin Keys
Seems To Be
Close Enough For Love
11:47 p.m.
Gregory Groover Jr.
Go For Broke
Old Knew
11:53 p.m.
Marian McPartland
Twilight World
Twilight World
