Visions: Black History Month Vol. 2
Listen to “Visions” with host Kaleigh Wilder every Monday from 8-10 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.
Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott
This episode of Visions features more celebrations of Black History Month. I span six decades and many subgenres within the broader lens of jazz.
You hear from Mary Lou Williams, McCoy Tyner, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, esperanza spalding, Joel Ross, Sun Ra, Gil Scott-Heron, Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, and Lonnie Liston Smith.
This episode highlights rhythm, revolution, resistance, spirituality, the African diaspora, and so much more. Happy listening!
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 Feb. 9, 2026
- “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” – Gil Scott-Heron
- “Attica Blues” – Archie Shepp
- “All Africa” – Max Roach
- “Solea” – Miles Davis
- “Sister Rosa” – Christian McBride
- “Survival Blues” – McCoy Tyner
- “There Is No Greater Love” – Aretha Franklin*
- “I’m Not So Sure” – Roy Hargrove
- “Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)” – Joel Ross
- “Baby Man” – Mary Lou Williams
- “Sais (Egypt)” – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
- “On Jupiter” – Sun Ra
- “The Peacocks” – esperanza spalding
- “The Ankh of Amen-Ra” – Alice Coltrane*
* indicates Detroit artists
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