Visions: A Detroit debut, big bands + new music discovery

On this episode of Visions, I play a debut record from right here in Detroit, a couple big band selections, and music to grace Detroit’s airwaves for the first time.

Opening my show is Detroit pianist William Hill III’s debut record, Three’s Company, that dropped on all streaming platforms last Friday. A new track from esperanza spalding and Milton Nascimento hits the airwaves, as well as an artist I met recently, Mali Obomsawin. I also play my own new music discovery from artists Oran Etkin and Don Glori. 

Tying it all together are classics from Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Cannonball Adderley, Ornette Coleman, Bobby Hutcherson, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

• “Chant (Live)” – William Hill III
• “Afro Blue” – Dee Dee Bridgewater
• “Protection Song (feat. Sergio Machado)” – Oran Etkin, Erkan Oğur & Jehan Barbur
• “Lineage” – Mali Obomsawin
• “Tiptoe” – Thad Jones
• “When Will the Blues Leave?” – Ornette Coleman
• “Inauguration Ball (ft. Derrick Hodge)” – The Juju Exchange
• “Go Away” – Jeff Parker
• “All Seeds” – Don Glori
• “Chasing the Drum” – Yussef Dayes
• “I Mean You” – Bobby Hutcherson, George Cables, Herbie Lewis & Philly Joe Jones
• “Um Vento Passau (para Paul Simon) [feat. Paul Simon]” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
• “Gospel Trane” – Alice Coltrane
• “Julian” – Pepper Adams
• “Oh Babe” – Cannonball Adderley Quintet
• “Y’outta Praise Him” – Robert Glasper
• “Central Park West” – Woody Herman and his Big Band