Excellence In Jazz Playlist, March 3, 2026

Tonight we salute Japanese Women in Jazz, including Yoko Miwa, Miki Yamanaka, Hiroe Sekine, Michika Fukumori, Ayako Shirasaki, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Yoko Yates.
7:00 p.m.
Miki Yamanaka
I Wish I Knew
Chance
7:04 p.m.
Miki Yamanaka
For All We Know
Miki
7:10 p.m.
Alexa Tarantino
All Along
The Roar and the Whisper
7:14 p.m.
Vance Thompson
The Thread of All Sorrows
Lost and Found
7:20 p.m.
Donald Harrison
The Magic Touch (Bossa)
The Magic Touch
7:24 p.m.
Benny Green
Donny Hath A Way
Then And Now
7:27 p.m.
John Coltrane
Central Park West
The Best Of John Coltrane
7:31 p.m.
Natalie Cole
But Beautiful
Still Unforgettable
7:35 p.m.
Miles Davis
On Green Dolphin Street
'58 Miles
7:46 p.m.
Ayako Shirasaki
Sunrise
Some Other Time
7:50 p.m.
Hiroe Sekine
Bevel
Hiroe's Spirit
7:55 p.m.
Hiroe Sekine
A-Me
Hiroe's Spirit
8:00 p.m.
Boz Scaggs
Speak Low
Speak Low
8:03 p.m.
Brent Jensen
Take Five
The Sound Of A Dry Martini: Remembering Paul Desmond
8:10 p.m.
Jim Snidero
Waves Of Calm
Waves Of Calm
8:13 p.m.
Antonio Adolfo
Estrada Do Sol
Jobim Forever
8:18 p.m.
Duduka Da Fonseca
Mestre Bimba
Samba Jazz In Black & White
8:24 p.m.
Sachal Vasandani
Stay A Little Bit Longer (Feat. Shayna Steele)
Best Life Now
8:28 p.m.
Yellowjackets
The Truth Of You
Fasten Up
8:34 p.m.
Steve Johns
Sapphire
Mythology
8:40 p.m.
Yoko Miwa
In Walked Bud
Keep Talkin'
8:47 p.m.
Yoko Miwa
The Goalkeeper
Pathways
8:53 p.m.
Michika Fukumori
Looking Back
Quality Time
9:00 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Tanya
Soul Sauce
9:05 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Viva Cepeda
Cal Tjader's Latin Concert
9:10 p.m.
Samara Joy
'Round Midnight
Linger Awhile
9:15 p.m.
Brandee Younger
Tickled Pink
Somewhere Different
9:18 p.m.
Ellis Marsalis
The Garden
The Ellis Marsalis Quintet Plays The Music Of Ellis Marsalis
9:25 p.m.
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Lester Left Town
The Big Beat
9:31 p.m.
Pat Martino
Draw Me Down
Nightwings
9:44 p.m.
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Parisian Thoroughfare
Remembering Bud
9:49 p.m.
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Celia
Remembering Bud
9:56 p.m.
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Tempus Fugit
Remembering Bud
10:00 p.m.
Jeremy Pelt
For The Culture
Our Community Will Not Be Erased
10:03 p.m.
Bob Reynolds
Harrisburg
Eddie Told Me So
10:09 p.m.
Richard Baratta
Blowin' In The Wind
Looking Back
10:14 p.m.
Curtis Stigers
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
You Inspire Me
10:21 p.m.
Joel Harrison
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Anthem Of Unity
10:28 p.m.
Lee Morgan
Soft Touch
The Procrastinator
10:35 p.m.
Jay Thomas
Yama
I Always Knew
10:42 p.m.
Christian Sands
Can't Find My Way Home
Be Water
10:48 p.m.
George Cables
Over The Rainbow
Cables Fables
11:00 p.m.
Yoko Yates
Outer Space
Eternal Moments
11:04 p.m.
Sumi Tonooka
Morrocan Daze
Long Ago Today
11:10 p.m.
Freddie Hubbard
Red Clay
Red Clay
11:22 p.m.
Dave Stryker
Back and Forth
Blue Fire
11:28 p.m.
John Lewis
Afternoon In Paris
The Wonderful World Of Jazz
11:39 p.m.
Joe Magnarelli
D.J.
Decidedly So
11:45 p.m.
NOLA Resistance Quintet
Song For Capetown
Morpheus
11:53 p.m.
Duke Pearson
ESP (Extrasensory Perception)
Wahoo!