On this episode of Visions, I play music from almost every decade between the 1960s and now.

You’ll hear classics from Roy Hargrove, Geri Allen, John Scofield, Monnette Sudler, Pharoah Sanders, Lee Konitz, and Art Blakey.

I have more recent releases from Fay Victor & Herbie Nichols SUNG, the Kenny Barron & Dave Holland Trio, Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, and Lauren Sevian. Plus music that was released just this year from Sullivan Fortner, María Grand, and Santiago Lamisovski.

Happy listening!

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Visions Playlist for October 12, 2026

• “Easy Walker” – Monnette Sudler
• “Just Knock On My Door” – Art Blakey
• “Number 3” – Sullivan Fortner
• “Tonight” – Fay Victor & Herbie Nichols SUNG
• “Glitter Wolf” – Allison Miller
• “Easy To Remember” – Roy Hargrove
• “Fuera de Programa” – Santiago Lamisovski
• “Rocio Y Rio / Inutil Paisagem (feat. Emmanuel Michael, Rashaan Carter, Shakoor Hakeem & Miguel Russell)” – María Grand
• “Speed Trap (feat. Johnathan Blake)” – Kenny Barron & Dave Holland Trio
• “Our Blues” – Cindy Blackman
• “Skin” – Geri Allen*
• “Evergreen (feat. Robert Rodriguez, Christian McBride & E.J. Strickland)” – Lauren Sevian
• “The Beatles” – John Scofield
• “Heart to Heart” – Pharoah Sanders
• “Kary’s Trance” – Lee Konitz

* indicates Detroit artist

On this episode of Visions, I play a mix of classics, recent cuts, and music made by musicians from Detroit.

I have classics from Eddie Gomez, Patrice Rushen, Leon Thomas, Thelonious Monk, Gloria Coleman, Luis Gasca, and Ed Blackwell. I play cuts from Detroit artists Kenny Garrett, Robert Hurst, Yusef Lateef, Pepper Adams and Donald Byrd.

I have a brand new single from saxophonist Tomoki Sanders featuring Mélanie Charles and Nicholas Payton, and two of the many artists you can hear at this week’s Edgefest in Ann Arbor: Hannah Marks and Junk Jazz. 

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Visions Playlist for October 5, 2026

• “Jazz Is Just A Game (feat. Nicholas Payton & Mélanie Charles)” – Tomoki Sanders
• “Thumbs Up” – Ed Blackwell
• “Twelve Tone Blues (Live At Pep’s Lounge, Philadelphia / 1964)” – Yusef Lateef*
• “I Am” – Leon Thomas
• “Hackensack” – Thelonious Monk
• “Unconditional Love” – Hannah Marks
• “Down Stretch” – Eddie Gomez
• “La Raza” – Luis Gasca
• “3 for Lawrence (feat. Bennie Maupin* & Marcus Belgrave*)” – Robert Hurst*
• “My Lady’s Waltz (feat. Pola Roberts)” – Gloria Coleman Quartet
• “I Wanted To Talk About Jazz” – JUNK JAZZ*
• “Curro’s” – Pepper Adams* & Donald Byrd* Quintet
• “Vashkar” – Carla Bley
• “Puttered Bopcorn” – Patrice Rushen
• “Mack the Knife” – Kenny Garrett*

* indicates Detroit artist

This week on Visions, I play a lot of newly released music. You’ll hear the Kris Davis Trio, Jeff Parker, Brandon Seabrook, Emma Dayhuff, Josh Johnson, Detroit’s Marcus Elliot, Andrew Toombs, Marty Ehrlich, and Benny Green.

I also play classics from Detroit’s Wendell Harrison, Sam Rivers, Cannonball Adderley, Emily Remler, Trio 3, Woody Shaw, Muhal Richard Abrams and Gary Bartz.

Happy listening!

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Visions Playlist for September 28, 2026

• “Libra” – Gary Bartz Quintet
• “Miles’ Mode (feat. Chris Speed, Kaveh Rastegar & Aaron Steele)” – Jeff Parker
• “Where Does That Tunnel Go? (feat. Robert Hurst* & Johnathan Blake)” – Kris Davis Trio
• “Planet Earth” – Cannonball Adderley Sextet
• “The Wind (feat. Isaiah Collier, Jonathan Pinson, Corey Wilkes, Paul Cornish, Akenya & Andrew Renfroe)” – Emma Dayhuff
• “Where Am I?” – Wendell Harrison*
• “Reece” – Josh Johnson
• “Star-Crossed Phantasms (feat. Bill Frisell, Rashaan Carter & Marcus Gilmore)” – Brandon Seabrook
• “Palmer” – Marcus Elliot*
• “The Goat And The Archer” – Woody Shaw
• “Revue” – Marty Ehrlich
• “The Slot (feat. Makaya McCraven, Junius Paul & Marquis Hill)” – Andrew Toombs
• “Helix” – Sam Rivers
• “Cedar Would (recorded live at Dizzy’s Club in New York City on April 18, 2026) [Live]” – Benny Green
• “Hymn To the East” – Muhal Richard Abrams
• “In A Sentimental Mood” – Emily Remler
• “Wha’s Nine (Live)” – Trio 3

* indicates Detroit artist

This week on Visions, I celebrate John Coltrane’s centennial. He was born September 23, 1926, and his legacy is one of the most impactful in this music. I honor his musical legacy by playing several Coltrane records from the 1960’s: “A Love Supreme,” “Coltrane’s Sound,” “Africa/Brass” and “Giant Steps.”

To further celebrate his musical and compositional genius, the rest of the episode I play Coltrane’s compositions recorded by musicians throughout the decades. I have recent cuts from Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown, Lakecia Benjamin, and the Luke Titus Quintet.

I include modern cuts from Jessica Williams, Dave Liebman, Kenny Garrett, the Steve Kuhn Trio, and Joe Lovano. And finally, classic cuts of Trane’s music from Archie Shepp, McCoy Tyner, and Clifford Jordan.

Listen to some Coltrane this week, and happy listening!

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Visions Playlist for September 21, 2026

• “Satellite” – John Coltrane
• “Mr. Syms” – Archie Shepp
• “Promise” – McCoy Tyner
• “Bessie’s Blues (Live)” – Chick Corea
• “Resolution” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown
• “Blues Minor” – John Coltrane Quartet
• “Naima (feat. Brian Sanborn, Lenard Simpson, Julius Tucker & Parker Grogan)” – Luke Titus
• “Equinox” – Jessica Williams
• “Mr. P.C.” – John Coltrane
• “Song of Praise” – Steve Kuhn Trio & Joe Lovano
• “Spiral (feat. Marcus Gilmore & Steve Wilson)” – Lakecia Benjamin
• “John Coltrane” – Clifford Jordan
• “After the Rain” – Dave Liebman
• “Lonnie’s Lament” – Kenny Garrett*
• “A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement” – John Coltrane
• “26-2 (Live)” – Joe Lovano

* indicates a Detroit artist

This week on Visions, I start my first of two previews of the artists you can expect to hear at the 47th Detroit Jazz Festival happening Labor Day weekend.

I play Artist-In-Residence Joe Lovano, plus Gabrielle Cavassa, Joey Alexander, Nduduzo Makhathini, Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston, Vijay Iyer, Artemis, and a brand new record from Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana.

I also have classic cuts from Alice Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Sonny Sharrock, Flora Purim, and Bennie Maupin. I include selections from Pat Martino, Branford Marsalis, plus recent releases from Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, and Cécile McLorin Salvant.

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Visions Playlist for August 24, 2026

• “Umyalez’oPhuthumayo” – Nduduzo Makhathini
• “Fanfare for Unity (with. Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun)” – Joe Lovano
• “Summer In Central Park” – Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound
• “Dindi” – Wayne Shorter
• “Dance Cadaverous (feat. Melissa Aldana)” – Linda May Han Oh
• “Bossy Nova” – Gabrielle Cavassa
• “Everything Happens to Me” – Branford Marsalis
• “Ever Since the One I Love’s Been Gone” – Cécile McLorin Salvant, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley
• “Blue” – Joey Alexander
• “Oleo (Live)” – Pat Martino
• “Water Torture” – Bennie Maupin*
• “Forest Song (feat. Vuyo Sotashe & Aaron Parks)” – Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science
• “Human Nature (Trio Extension) [with Stephan Crump & Marcus Gilmore]” – Vijay Iyer
• “Komorebi” – ARTEMIS
• “Gregory Is Here” – Horace Silver
• “Who Does She Hope to Be?” – Sonny Sharrock
• “Love Reborn” – Flora Purim
• “Om Supreme” – Alice Coltrane*

* indicates Detroit artist

Tonight on Visions, I play classics from Sam Rivers, Grant Green, Duke Pearson, Mal Waldron, Shirley Scott, and Ahmad Jamal. You’ll hear newer discoveries for me from Luis Gasca, Luiz Bonfá, and Yo Miles! which is Wadada Leo Smith & Henry Kaiser.

I’ve got more recent releases from Patricia Brennan, Linda May Han Oh, and Emma Dayhuff. Plus, I’ve got a few things in between from Ingrid Laubrock, Don Cherry, Geri Allen and Mulgrew Miller.

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Visions Playlist for August 17, 2026

• “Batista’s Groove” – Geri Allen*
• “Directions” – Yo Miles!: Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith
• “Five Suns” – Patricia Brennan
• “Enchanted Mirror” – Luiz Bonfá
• “Jaribu (feat. Kahil El’Zabar, Isaiah Collier & Dee Alexander)” – Emma Dayhuff
• “Dewey’s Tune” – Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Old and New Dreams & Dewey Redman
• “Piracuama” – Ingrid Laubrock
• “Street Dude” – Luis Gasca
• “My Man’s Gone Now” – Mulgrew Miller
• “Southern Comfort” – Shirley Scott Trio
• “Firedancer” – Linda May Han Oh
• “Warm Canto (feat. Eric Dolphy & Booker Ervin)” – Mal Waldron
• “Jean de Fleur” – Grant Green
• “Poinciana (Live at The Pershing, Chicago, 1958)” – Ahmad Jamal Trio
• “Beatrice” – Sam Rivers

* indicates a Detroit artist

This week on Visions, I focus heavily on rhythmic, groove-centric Latin and Brazilian jazz. I play selections from Flora Purim, Manolo Badrena, Naná Vasconcelos, and Airto Moreira.

I also have classics from Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams, Tina Brooks, Freddie Hubbard, John McLaughlin & Carlos Santana, and the Oscar Peterson Trio. I play deeper cuts from Michele Rosewoman and Emily Remler.

And finally, I have new releases from the Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, and Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown.

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Visions Playlist for August 10, 2026

• “Creek (Arroio)” – Airto
• “Riddim Song (feat. Brenda Navarette, Kokayi, Matthew Stevens & Morgan Guerin)” – Terri Lyne Carrington, Social Science, Fatoumata Diawara & Debo Ray
• “Illuminations” – Ancient Infinity Orchestra
• “One Handed Woman” – Jack DeJohnette
• “Talkin’ About” – Tina Brooks
• “Naima (with Mahavishnu Orchestra)” – Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin
• “Flamenco Sketches” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown
• “Ondas (Na Óhlos De Petronila)” – Naná Vasconcelos
• “West Africa Blue” – Michele Rosewoman
• “Hot House” – Emily Remler
• “I Remember Monk” – Butch Warren
• “On the Que-Tee” – Freddie Hubbard
• “Habiba” – Rufus Reid Trio
• “My One and Only Love” – Oscar Peterson Trio
• “Clube Da Esquina” – Manolo Badrena
• “Light As a Feather” – Flora Purim
• “Hittin’ On 6” – Tony Williams

On this episode of Visions, I play a little bit from every decade between the 1960’s and 2020’s. I have classics from Eddie Gale, Roy Haynes, Larry Young, John Klemmer, The Piano Choir, and Rashaan Roland Kirk.

I play great cuts from James Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Jessica Williams, Terri Lyne Carrington, Stefon Harris, Joshua Redman and Nate Smith. Plus, I have some newer releases from Kiefer, Emma Dayhuff, and Corey Fonville, Sam Fribush and Morgan Burrs.

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Visions Playlist for August 3, 2026

• “The Weapon of Truth (feat. Eddie Henderson)” – Jessica Williams
• “Coincide” – Ravi Coltrane
• “FLML” – Corey Fonville, Sam Fribush & Morgan Burrs
• “Raoul” – Roy Haynes Quartet
• “The River (feat. Corey Wilkes, Paul Cornish, Jonathan Pinson & Isaiah Collier)” – Emma Dayhuff
• “Why Not? (feat. Luke Titus & Pera Krstajic)” – Kiefer
• “Sunset” – James Carter*
• “Spinning Down” – Nate Smith
• “The Rain” – Eddie Gale
• “The Black and Crazy Blues” – Roland Kirk
• “The Need to Smile” – The Piano Choir
• “Faded Beauty” – Stefon Harris
• “All the Children Cried” – John Klemmer
• “Monk’s Dream” – Larry Young
• “Jazz Crimes” – Joshua Redman

* indicates Detroit artist