Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Blindfold Test: Buster Williams
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
Cory Wong and Dave Koz
(Photo: Colin Peck )This week’s streaming highlights include Aaron Diehl’s Monterey Jazz Festival Commission from 2014, Jazz at Lincoln Center doing John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, Nicole Mitchell and Wadada Leo Smith premiering a piece for Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sessions and Dave Koz and Cory Wong performing a new album, The Golden Hour. As always, a fee is associated with some of the material listed, and some items have been sourced from WBGO, WDCB and WWOZ. Please support jazz radio. DB
Available Now: Aaron Diehl, Three Streams Of Expression, a Monterey Jazz Festival Commission
June 9: Harish Raghavan Quintet at Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn)
June 9: Alex Beltran Sextet at Fulton Street Collective (Chicago)
June 10: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra—Coltrane: A Love Supreme
June 10–July 9: Nicole Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith World Premieres, CSO Sessions (Chicago)
June 10: Riley Mulherkar of the Westerlies, Joe’s Pub Uncharted Concert Series (New York)
June 10: Pablo Mayor Trio at the Jazz Forum (New York)
June 10: Joan Collaso Quartet, Chicago Jazz Series at Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago)
June 10: Tony Richards Trio at Fulton Street Collective (Chicago)
June 11: Juan Pastor’s Chinchano at Constellation (Chicago)
June 11: Yvette Norwood-Tiger: Round Midnight
June 11: Peravon Jazz Trio at An Die Music (Baltimore)
June 12: Dave Koz & Cory Wong live performance of The Golden Hour (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
June 12: Norah Jones at Irving Plaza (New York)
June 12: Quin Kirchner at Constellation (Chicago)
June 12: Chick Corea Birthday Stream on Scientology TV
June 13: Macy Gray with her new record, The Reset
June 13: Mark Colby Memorial Concert, Elmhurst University
June 13: Dahveed Behroozi featuring Shay Salhov for Piedmont Piano Company’s “The Showroom Sessions”
June 14: Michael Sabian New Aurora Album Release Concert
“What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.
Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
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