Visions: Exploring rhythm with Elvin Jones, Kokoroko, Robert Hurst + more
On this episode of Visions, I explore rhythm with just a small slice of music that makes me want to get...
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. Using timbral extremes that shift between raw and polished, abrasive and sensitive, discomfort and catharsis, Kaleigh translates bodily and ancestral memory into sound to communicate viscerally. She hopes to amplify in the listener their own understanding of music and self.
Visions: Immanuel Wilkins, Terri Lyne Carrington, Wendell Harrison + more
On this episode of Visions, I have a lot of modern selections. With a new Blue Note record that just...
Visions: Myra Melford, Benny Golson, Roy Hargrove + more
This week on Visions, my playlist is all over the board. Between 1965 Sonny Rollins to 2024 Andy Milne, I...
Visions: Hear new music from Kris Davis, Blue Note’s Immanuel Wilkins, Walter Smith III + more
I don't know what it was about this episode, but it truly energized me! On this episode of Visions I play mostly...
Visions: A Tribute to John Coltrane
I return to my usual programming this week to bring a special Visions episode all about John Coltrane. It was...
Visions: Jazz music from the 1970s and more
On this episode of Visions, I unintentionally do a blast from the '70s past. When I started crafting this playlist, I...
Visions: Immanuel Wilkins, Nicole Mitchell, Charlie Parker + more
I hope you had a great time at the Detroit Jazz Festival and that my month of previews helped you...
Visions: Final Detroit Jazz Fest preview + more
On this episode of Visions, I do my fifth and final preview of artists coming to the 45th annual Detroit Jazz...
Visions: Previewing local artists performing at 2024 Detroit Jazz Fest
On this episode of Visions, I play a ton of local artists you can hear at the upcoming Detroit Jazz Festival,...
Visions: Detroit Jazz Fest 2024 preview + more
On this episode of Visions, I have another preview of artists you can soon see at the Detroit Jazz Festival, happening...
Visions: Ahmad Jamal, DOMi & JD Beck, Brandee Younger + more
This week on Visions, I hit just about every decade from the 1960s to the 2020s. From the late '60s I...
Visions: Music from Weather Report, Chief aTunde Adjuah, John Coltrane and more
On this episode of Visions, I play a little bit of a lot of things across all the decades, including...