Excellence In Jazz Playlist, April 1, 2026
Motoshi Kosako playing the harp
Photo courtesy of the artist
Motoshi Kosako is interviewed tonight at 8! He plays solo harp this Friday at Twin Lotus Thai in Sacramento.
7:00 p.m.
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond
Over The Rainbow
Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond
7:05 p.m.
Antonio Adolfo
Teletema
Octet And Originals
7:12 p.m.
Lisanne Lyons
May I Come In
May I Come In
7:17 p.m.
Cyrus Chestnut
Yemenja
A Million Colors In Your Mind
7:21 p.m.
Cory Weeds
Just As Though You Were Here
Cory Weeds Meets Jerry Weldon
7:29 p.m.
Bria Skonberg
Comin' Home Baby / You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Brass
7:34 p.m.
Donald Harrison
Mr. Cool Breeze
Free To Be
7:46 p.m.
Tierney Sutton
Things Are Swingin'
Spring
7:51 p.m.
LehCats
Upper West Side Story
Live at the Breakroom
7:58 p.m.
Gafieira Rio Miami
So Danco Samba
Beleza Pura
8:10 p.m.
Komaga Trio
Idle Talk
Foxing Hour
8:17 p.m.
Steve Davis
Up Jumped Spring
We See
8:28 p.m.
Royce Campbell
Playground Swing
Originals
8:33 p.m.
April Varner
I've Got You Under My Skin
Ella
8:37 p.m.
The Three Sounds
Witchcraft
Standards
8:44 p.m.
Cal Tjader
Leyte
Jazz Masters 39
8:50 p.m.
Hilary Kole
It's Love
Haunted Heart
8:52 p.m.
Scott Hamilton
Swing In F
Swedish Ballads... & More
9:00 p.m.
Steve Kuhn
Countdown
Countdown
9:03 p.m.
Peter Erskine
David's Blues
Peregrine
9:10 p.m.
Alexander Claffy
Is That So?
Standards: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
9:14 p.m.
John Coltrane
Wise One
Crescent
9:23 p.m.
Michel Camilo
Piece Of Cake
Essence
9:31 p.m.
Nina Simone
Mood Indigo
Little Girl Blue
9:35 p.m.
Eric Reed
Blue Monk
Dancing Monk
9:40 p.m.
Jeremy Pelt
Sandman
Our Community Will Not Be Erased
9:45 p.m.
Freddie Hubbard
Open Sesame
Open Sesame
9:52 p.m.
Russell Malone
On The Real Side
All About Melody
10:00 p.m.
Jimmy Smith
Mimosa
Off The Top
10:05 p.m.
Bria Skonberg
So It Goes
Brass
10:13 p.m.
Diana Krall
Night And Day
Turn Up The Quiet
10:17 p.m.
Roland Tempelaar
Tenderly
New York Chapter
10:21 p.m.
Joe Sample
Invitation
Invitation
10:26 p.m.
Henrik Meurkens
Herb's Samba
Samba Tonto
10:31 p.m.
Rosalia De Souza
O Cantador
D'improvviso
10:35 p.m.
Paul Desmond
October
From The Hot Afternoon
10:38 p.m.
Johnny Summers
Time After Time
Baker's Dozen
10:44 p.m.
Tony Williams
Cape Wilderness
Wilderness
10:51 p.m.
M.T.B.
Solid Jackson
Solid Jackson
11:00 p.m.
Kurt Elling and the WDR Big Band
They Speak No Evil
In the Brass Palace
11:08 p.m.
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra
The Fourth Dimension
Alkebulan
11:16 p.m.
Willie Nelson
If I Had You (feat. Diana Krall)
American Classic
11:21 p.m.
Calvin Keys
Seems To Be
Close Enough For Love
11:26 p.m.
Ulysses Owens Jr.
Prodigal Son
Around The World With U
11:33 p.m.
Bob Sheppard
Lightness
Close Your Eyes
11:38 p.m.
Peter Erskine
Contemplation
Peregrine
11:45 p.m.
Jeff Clayton
Just a Kiss
Listen Through The Looking Glass
11:50 p.m.
Xaver Hellmeier
The Nearness Of You
X-Man In New York
