Visions: Hear from Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, João Gilberto and more
This week on Visions, hear Latin jazz from the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, bossa nova from João Gilberto, and Michigan's...
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: Listen to Detroit’s BALANCE, Shabaka, Melissa Aldana and more
This week on Visions, I play a new release from Detroit’s BALANCE — a duo between Marcus Elliot and Michael...
Visions: Hear Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Yvonne Rogers and more
This week on Visions, I venture into the world of avant-garde. You’ll hear Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ornette Coleman, Sun...
Visions: Celebrate early-April jazz birthdays with Robert Glasper, Benny Green and more
This week on Visions, I celebrate some early-April jazz birthdays: Robert Glasper, Benny Green, Gary Smulyan, Stanley Turrentine, Gerry Mulligan...
Visions: Hear Alice Coltrane, Ellen Rowe Octet, Lakecia Benjamin and more women in jazz
This week on Visions, I play a selection from a previously unreleased recording of Alice Coltrane live at Carnegie Hall...
Visions: Celebrate Women’s History Month with music from Sarah Vaughan, Mary Lou Williams, jaimie branch, more
This week on Visions, we celebrate Women's History Month! You'll hear music made exclusively by women, including Mary Lou Williams,...
Visions: Listen to the late Geri Allen, Marcus Belgrave and more
This week on Visions, host Kaleigh Wilder immerses in music from Detroit artists Marcus Belgrave, Geri Allen, Donald Walden and...
Visions: Listen to music from Karriem Riggins, Sun Ra, Kenny Garrett + more
This week on Visions, I play recent Detroit releases from Russ Macklem, De'Sean Jones' Urban Art Orchestra, and a new...
Hear Dorothy Ashby, Griot Galaxy, Robert Hurst and more on ‘Visions’
On this week's episode of Visions, I play a selection from the 2024 Grammy-winning album The Omnichord Real Book by...
Listen to the premiere episode of ‘Visions’ Monday on WDET
Starting in 1968 and stopping in 2024, the series premiere of Visions is a selection of jazz by artists you...