This episode from the NJL Archive features American jazz composer, educator, and saxophonist Isaiah Collier, who is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary jazz. It was recorded in 2023 at the beginning of Jazz Appreciation Month.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. When Sunny Gets Blue – Joe Bataan – SalSoul
2. Clouds of Joy – Badge Époque Ensemble – Clouds of Joy
3. G-dspeed, B. Morris – JD Allen – Graffiti
4. Domination – Cannonball Adderley – Domination
5. Ode To JD – Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few – The Unapologetic Negro (Live At The Coda Club Cafe)
6. Skippin' – Ramsey Lewis – Tequila Mockingbird

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In this episode, we talk to Elijah Jamal Balbed, an award-winning saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator from Washington, DC.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Isfahan – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Far East Suite
2. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams – John Pizzarelli – Dear Mr. Bennett
3. Cheese Cake – Dexter Gordon – Go
4. Save Your Love for Me – Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson – Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
5. Checking In – Elijah Jamal Balbed – Checking In
6. Playing Catch Up (Raydar Ellis Remix / Interlude) – Keyon Harrold, Maurice Brown & Jaleel Shaw – Revive Music Presents Supreme Sonacy, Vol. 1

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This episode from the NJL Archive features John Lander, a pianist originally from New York, who moved to Paris. This episode was recorded a few weeks after Marvin and John met and it happened to be the beginning of Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2026.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. When I'm Alone I Cry – Marvin Gaye – When I'm Alone I Cry
2. Flor de Lis (Upside Down) – Samara Joy – Flor de Lis (Upside Down) - Single
3. Jeux d'eau, M. 30 – Seong-Jin Cho – Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works
4. Just Friends (Live) – Wynton Marsalis – Live At the House of Tribes
5. Mr. PC – John Lander Trio – (YouTube video)
6. Love Is Everywhere (feat. Dwight Trible) – Mark de Clive-Lowe – Freedom - Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders

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In this episode, we talk to Constanze Schliebs all the way from Germany. She's an Artist manager, tour booker, and festival founder, who manages pianist Aki Takase (one of our former guests) among many other awesome Jazz artists.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Moanin' Low (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra) - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944)
2. Eding - VERB - Symbiose
3. Danza Sin Fin - Quique Sinesi - Danza Sin Fin (Colección Guitarras del Mundo Nº15)
4. Bach Factory - Aki Takase - Hokusai Piano Solo
5. The Creator Has a Master Plan B (feat. Billy Hart) - Johannes Enders - The Creator Has a Masterplan B (A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders) [feat. Billy Hart]
6. The Free Slave (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970) - Roy Brooks - The Free Slave (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970)

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This episode from the NJL Archive features a younger member of our community, performing arts and social justice theater student Alston Georges, son of a former guest. He shared some of his favorite jazz records with us.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Under a Blanket of Blue - Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Relaxes (Remastered)
2. Sing a Song of Song - Kenny Garrett - Songbook
3. The Kid From Red Bank (1994 Remaster) - Count Basie and His Orchestra - The Complete Atomic Basie
4. Yes or No - Wayne Shorter - JuJu
5. Swallow - Casiopea - Casiopea
6. Tow Yard Trouble - Part 1 & 2 - Jordan Seigel - The Baltimorons (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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In this episode, we talk to ELEW, the great pianist, composer, and DJ known for pioneering Rockjazz.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. What's Goin' On (feat. Valerie Simpson) - Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack
2. Sister Annie (feat. Bill Frisell, Burniss Travis, Nate Smith, Rane Moore, Zekkereya El-Magharbel & Sara Caswell) - Alive With Ghosts Today (feat. Bill Frisell, Burniss Travis, Nate Smith, Rane Moore, Zekkereya El-Magharbel & Sara Caswell)
3. Fortress Around Your Heart (feat. Sting) - ELEW - Fortress Around Your Heart (feat. Sting) - Single
4. Spartacus - Branford Marsalis Quartet - Crazy People Music
5. One Finger Snap - Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (Expanded Edition)
6. Gratitude - The Great Big Joy Machine - The Great Big Joy Machine

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This episode from the NJL Archive was in collaboration with the Embassy of Barbados in the US during the weekend celebrating the country's 57th year of independence in Dec 2023, and our guest was the amazing Bajan singer Ch'An.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Simple Things (Hinterlude I) - Ch'An - Lost.
2. Song of the New Moon - Chuck Mangione - Chase the Clouds Away
3. Perdido - Sarah Vaughan - Orchestral Jazz Classics
4. Five Pound Box Of Money - Pearl Bailey - Jingle Bells Cha Cha Cha - Single
5. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - 20th Century Masters / The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
6. Paranoid Android I - Brad Mehldau - Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film)

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In this episode, we talk to a bona fide jazz aficionado from France, the president of the Hot Club of Lyon Jazz club, and a member of the French "Académie du Jazz", Mr. Ludwig Laisné.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Stronger Than You Think - René Marie - Sound of Red
2. Rude Crude Lude - Chassol - Rude Crude Lude - Single
3. Klamath - Christophe Lincontang Trio - Klamath
4. Michel Graillier - Keep on Kicking - Dream Drops
5. Joel Forrester - Patience - *Private Recording from Ludwig's Own Studio*
6. My Flaming Heart (1992 Remaster) - Nat "King" Cole - At the Movies

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