Visions: Listen to the late Geri Allen, Marcus Belgrave and more

Listen to “Visions” with host Kaleigh Wilder every Monday from 8-10 p.m ET on 101.9 WDET.

Geri Allen

Geri Allen at the Detroit Jazz Fest in 2009.

This week on Visions, host Kaleigh Wilder immerses in music from Detroit artists Marcus Belgrave, Geri Allen, Donald Walden and Harold McKinney.

And for the first time on the show, enjoy a taste of Latin jazz and bossa nova, as well as music that blurs genre lines between jazz, soul, funk and R&B.

Visions Playlist for Feb. 26, 2024

  • “City Sister” – Donald Walden
  • “Home Grown” – Geri Allen
  • “Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues” – Cécile McLorin Salvant
  • “Bow and Arrow” – Artemis
  • “Mama Soul” – Harold Alexander
  • “The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues” – Gil Scott-Heron
  • “Desafindo” – Gilberto Gil
  • “Amazonas” – Cal Tjader
  • “Of Things to Come” – Stefon Harris
  • “Freedom Jazz Dance” – Harold McKinney
  • “No. 6” – Marcus Belgrave
  • “Hidden Spheres” – Sun Ra
  • “Black Experience” – Juju
  • “Ewà Inú” – Kokoroko
  • “Black Classical Music (feat. Venna and Charlie Stacey)” – Yussef Dayes
  • “Uno Esta” – Bobbi Humphrey
  • “Sometimes I Cry” – Les McCann
  • “Merde (Basse-cour)” – Jahari Massamba Unit

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Author

  • Kaleigh Wilder
    Kaleigh Wilder is a multi-instrumentalist and improviser based in Detroit. Speaking primarily through the baritone saxophone, Kaleigh combines elements of classical, jazz, avant-garde and Afro Diasporic influence into a unifying sound.