Visions: Celebrating birthdays and the solstice
Listen to “Visions” with host Kaleigh Wilder every Monday from 8-10 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.
Cover of Kaleigh Wilder's debut album, Placemaking.
On this episode of Visions, I celebrate several birthdays, including my own, the solstice, and winter in general.
Dec. 29 just so happened to fall on a Monday for Visions, but that’s also my birthday, Joe Lovano’s birthday and Danilo Perez’s birthday. I play their music and several others who have birthdays in late December and early January.
You’ll hear from Lonnie Liston Smith, Chris Potter, Milt Jackson and Herbie Nichols. I also play Capricorn themed music from Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter.
I play a couple selections having to do with the solstice or winter from Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond, Branford Marsalis, and a beautiful record from Ralph Towner.
Last but not least, I play my own music on Visions for the very first time. You’ll hear two selections from my 2021 album, Placemaking.
Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.
Visions Playlist for Dec. 29, 2025
- “Lonnie’s Lament (Live)” – Joe Lovano
- “Footprints” – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
- “Capricorn” – Miles Davis
- “For Someone I Love” – Milt Jackson
- “Dyad” – Kaleigh Wilder*
- “Wintersong (Take 2)” – Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond
- “Solstice” – Branford Marsalis
- “Panamá 2000” – Danilo Perez
- “It Didn’t Happen” – Herbie Nichols
- “Capricorn 2” – Wayne Shorter
- “The Source (For John Coltrane)” – Chris Potter
- “These Tears I Cry (Alternate Take)” – Kaleigh Wilder
- “Nimbus” – Ralph Towner, Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber & Jon Christensen
*indicates Detroit artists
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