This holiday season we’ve got a whole lotta love for you, Detroit! 

Beginning Thursday, Dec. 25 and each weekday until Friday, Jan. 2, get immersed in a master class of jazz history as we pre-empt The Metro and In the Groove to bring you encore broadcasts of Ed Love’s Evolution of Jazz from 10.am. to 3 p.m. 

It’s a chance to hear the story of jazz the way only Ed Love can tell it, with the depth, passion, and insight he’s famous for.

Put some Love in your holiday season – only on WDET Detroit Public Radio!

Tune in at 101.9 FM or stream at wdet.org to hear rebroadcasts of Ed Love’s Evolution of Jazz.

The recently returned host of Visions, Kaleigh Wilder brings excitement and a broad-spanning perspective to the best of jazz. Always exploring different facets of the genre with a discerning and admiring ear, Kaleigh brings listeners a finely-tuned list of new artists to watch for and re-released favorites from 2025.

Looking back at 2025, she says:

“One of the things that had me excited all year, really since March, was the fact that Strata East Records was reissuing their catalog in partnership with Mack Avenue Records. I can now go to Bandcamp and buy music whereas before I could maybe find on YouTube or had to own a physical record to listen to it. I know a lot of that music was from the 70’s and 80’s, but a 2025 re-release has been a high point of my music listening this year.

“I was also really energized by Cecile McLorin Salvant’s new record, “Oh Snap,” because it’s so different than her other work. The album isn’t one she intended to release, just a passion project to spark new ways of creating where she used effects and tools she never used before. I’m so glad she released it! It’s really refreshing to hear her in this new context.”

Check out Kaleigh’s full Best of 2025 playlist below, and listen to In The Groove to hear her selections.

• “How You Been” – SML

• “Bishop” – Anna Butterss

• “Brilliant Circles”- Charles Tolliver & Stanley Cowell

• “Footprints” – ARTEMIS

• “FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE” – Kassa Overall

• “Guereh” – Noura Mint Seymali

• “Eureka” – Cecile McLorin Salvant

• “Unconditional Love” – Milena Casado

Tune in for reairs of In The Groove: Best Of 2025 Dec. 22-24 on 101.9 FM and stream on wdet.org — and follow along online for Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

See the Best of 2025 playlists »

Every year, legendary jazz broadcaster Ed Love (host of Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program on 101.9 WDET Sundays 5–7 p.m.) curates a list of recently-released recordings that he considers required listening for today’s jazz lovers.

This year’s list features 166 “CDs” from around the world, from France with Michel Petrucciani’s ‘Jazz Club Montmartre’ to right here in Detroit with the compilation album ‘Strata-East: The Legacy Begins.’

Use the table below to check out Ed Love’s highly recommended new CDs for 2025.

Modern Music host Jon Mosier joins In The Groove to share his Best of 2025 selections, spotlighting standout tracks from across new and emerging independent artists from Detroit and beyond.

From the propulsive energy of “Hey You” by The Belair Lip Bombs to the expansive sound of “Others” by Matthew Smith Group, Jon’s picks reflect a year defined by adventurous new voices and confident returns from indie mainstays.

As Jon puts it: “2025 was a stellar year for under-the-mainstream-radar music from all over the globe and right here in Detroit with an impressive number of brand-new artists releasing debut records as well as indie stalwarts returning this year with solid records. Trends from my world are the continuing influence of 1980s post-punk experimentalism and shoe-gaze.”

Check out Jon’s full Best of 2025 playlist below, and listen to In The Groove to hear his selections.

• “Hey You” — The Belair Lip Bombs
• “Others” — Matthew Smith Group
• “Deus-Dará” — Oruã
• “DrnkGrlfrnd” — Kiln
• “Mercury” — Automatic
• “Secret Door” — Jeff Tweedy
• “Unsolicited Advice” — Laura Lee & the Jettes
• “Uniform” — TVOD
• “(You Can’t Go Back To) Oxford Talawanda” — Guided By Voices
• “Evil People” — MIEN
• “It’s All About the Music” — Bee Bee Sea

Tune in Friday, Dec. 12 – Friday Dec. 19 on 101.9 WDET FM, stream anytime at wdet.org — and follow along online for daily Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

See the Best of 2025 playlists »