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Exploration (Don Friedman Quartet), Classic Jazz from Miles Davis, Dinah Washington, Freddie Hubbard, Recent Jazz from Tina May, Dave Douglas, Michael Mayo, Birthday Music from Ike Quebec, Malachi Thompson, Vital Information, and more

By David W. Daniels | Exploration
August 26, 2025
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The program will feature classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local artists covering all forms of jazz. We do this in three segments, each an hour long: 1: Classic jazz; 2: Recent jazz that is in the tradition; and 3: Jazz musicians who had birthdays during the week (August 17-23).

Playlist

Don Friedman

piano
1935 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Friedman "Exploration" from Dreams And Explorations (Riverside) 00:00

Miles Davis

trumpet
1926 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis "Jeru" from Birth Of The Cool (Capitol) 8:42

Yusef Lateef

woodwinds
1920 - 2013

" data-original-title="" title="">Yusef Lateef "Soul Sister" from 1984 (Impulse!) 11:53

Dinah Washington

vocals
1924 - 1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Dinah Washington "Invitation" from A Night Out With Verve (Various Artists) (Verve) 14:54

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "Lester Left Town" from Africaine (Blue Note) 17:53

Arthur Prysock

vocals
1929 - 1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Arthur Prysock and

Count Basie

piano
1904 - 1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Count Basie "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" from Arthur Prysock -Count Basie (Verve) 26:30

Gene Harris

piano
1933 - 2000

" data-original-title="" title="">Gene Harris "My Roots" from Astral Signal (Blue Note) 33:40

Betty Carter

vocals
1929 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Carter "I Could Write A Book" from The Audience With Betty Carter (Bet-Car) 37:50

Freddie Hubbard

trumpet
1938 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Freddie Hubbard "Little Sunflower" from Backlash (Atlantic) 41:24

Bobby Hutcherson

vibraphone
1941 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Bobby Hutcherson "Little B's Poem" from Components (Blue Note) 49:11

Tina May

vocals
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Tina May with the

James Pearson

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">James Pearson "The Apartment" from 52nd Street (And Other Tales) -Tina May Sings The Songs Of Duncan Lamont (33 Records) 58:32

Tyreek McDole

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Tyreek McDole "The Umbrella Man" from Open Up Your Senses (Artwork) 1:04:39

Eric Alexander

saxophone, tenor
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Alexanderand

Vincent Herring

saxophone, alto
b.1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Vincent Herring "Mo's Theme" from Split Decision (Smoke Sessions) 1:08:36

Josh Lawrence

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Josh Lawrence "Evidence" from Still We Dream (Posi-Tone) 1:12:15

Dave Douglas

trumpet
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Douglas "Announcement: Vigilance" from Alloy (Greenleaf Music) 1:17:11

Christian McBride Big Band

" data-original-title="" title="">Christian McBride Big Band featuring

Samara Joy

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Samara Joy "Old Folks" from Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue) 1:21:16

Susan Hinkson

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Susan Hinkson "This Nearly Was Mine" from Just In Time (Windfall Creations) 1:35:02

Michael Mayo

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Mayo "Bag Of Bones" from Fly (Mack Avenue) 1:39:31

Edison Machado

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Edison Machado "Serena" from Edison Machado & Boa Nova (Far Out Recordings) 1:44:28

Michael Wolff

piano and vocals
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Wolff "Movie Night" from Sunny Day (Sunnyside) 1:51:01

Nick Freer

guitar
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Nick Freer "5 to 2" from Apperceptions (Self Produced) 1:57:19

Ike Quebec

saxophone, tenor
1918 - 1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Ike Quebec "Que's Dilemma" from Heavy Soul (Blue Note) 2:05:42

Count Basie

piano
1904 - 1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Count Basie "One O'Clock Jump" from Jumpin' At The Woodside (Satellite Sounds) 2:10:02

Art Farmer

flugelhorn
1928 - 1999

" data-original-title="" title="">Art Farmer "Wailin' With Hank" from Farmer's Market (Prestige) 2:15:30

Malachi Thompson

trumpet
b.1949

" data-original-title="" title="">Malachi Thompson "Nefertiti" from Rising Daystar (Delmark) 2:22:42

Jazz Funk Soul (Loeb, Harp & Lorber)

" data-original-title="" title="">Jazz Funk Soul (Loeb, Harp & Lorber) featuring

Everette Harp

saxophone
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Everette Harp "Swingtette" from Jazz Funk Soul (Shanachie) 2:34:12

Tim Hagans

trumpet
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Hagans "What They Don't Tell You (About Jazz" from Animation/Imagination (Blue Note) 2:39:15

Vital Information

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Vital Information featuring

Steve Smith

drums
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Smith "Once In A Lifetime" from Where We Come From (Intuition) 2:49:50

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