Lake Air 2026

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Segment One

Circle by Bill Washer and Dom Cicchetti
CD: Mirage (self-released)

Ritual by Davol
CD: Paradox (Silver Wave)

Walking on Ice by Devonsquare
CD: Walking on Ice (Atlantic)

M.D. by Andy Cleaves
CD: Andy Cleaves (self-released)

Segment Two

Every Move You Make by Alvin Hayes
CD: Passion Flower (TBA)

Christine by Ron Cooley
CD: Daydreams (American Gramaphone)

Over Love by Michael Monroe
CD: Summer Rain (Muskratt)

Emerald City by Brian Simpson
CD: Just What You Need (Shanachie)

Segment Three

After Midnight by Ray Parker Jr.
CD: After Dark (Geffen)

Transparent Views by Greg Stewart
CD: The Voyage Beyond (Beyond)

Leaving Venice to the Rain by Bill Gable
CD: There Were Signs (Private Music)

First View by Steve Oliver
CD: First View (Native Language)

The Jazz Scene 2025

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Segment One

Cherokee by The Steve Hobbs Quartet
CD: Vibes Straight Up (Challenge)

Englishman in New York by Cesar Orozco and Jorge Glem
Digital Album: Stringwise (self-released)

Nardis by The Mario Romano Quartet
CD: Valentina (Alma)

Segment Two

I Didn't by The Miles Davis Quartet
CD: The Musings of Miles (Prestige/OJC)

Detour Ahead by Dennis Rowland
CD: Get Here (Concord)

Very Early by Jack Wilkins
CD: Trioart (Arabesque)

Segment Three

It's You or No One by Eric Reed
CD: For Such a Time as This (Smoke Sessions)

Polka Dots and Moonbeams by Carl Fontana
CD: The Great Fontana (Uptown)

Dreams in Color by Frank Kohl
Digital Album: Solitude (self-released)

Jazz and More 11-29-20

Listen Hour 1
Listen Hour 2
Listen Hour 3

Hour One Segment One

Wind Across the Plains by Ron Cooley
CD: The Ancient and the Infant (American Gramaphone)

Renewal by Oregon
CD: Always, Never and Forever (Intuition)

Facing South by Alex de Grassi
CD: The World's Getting Loud (Windham Hill)

Hour One Segment Two

The Way of the River by Rhonda Larson
CD: Distant Mirrors (self-released)

China Roses by Enya
CD: The Memory of Trees (Reprise)

Windell by Nightnoise
CD: At the End of the Evening (Windham Hill)

Hour One Segment Three

Rainy Afternoon by Frank Wess
CD: The Frank Wess Quartet (Original Jazz Classics)

Night of Nisan by David "Fathead" Newman
LP: Straight Ahead (Atlantic)

Hour One Segment Four

Thou Swell by Hampton Hawes
Blues Too Much by John Mehegan
How About You? by Paul Smith
CD: I Just Love Jazz Piano (Savoy)

Hour Two Segment One

A Chunk of Sugar by Roger
CD: The Many Facets of Roger (Warner Brothers)

Better Believe It by David Sanborn
CD: As We Speak (Warner Brothers)

Greener Grass by Joe Sample
CD: Voices in the Rain (MCA)

Hour Two Segment Two

A Call for Peace by Frank Kohl
Digital Album: Solitude (self-released)

Wonderful Girl by Gene Bertoncini and Michael Moore
CD: Two in Time (Chiaroscuro)

Land's End by Billy Bean
CD: The Trio (Fresh Sound)

Hour Two Segment Three

Adagio Dolente by Paul Speer
CD: Collection 991: Music and Art (Miramar)

Red Roadster by Tangerine Dream
CD: Rockoon (Miramar)

Hour Two Segment Four

Miniyamba by Derek Gripper
CD: Libraries on Fire (New Cape)

The Path From Gabou by Seckou Keita
CD: 22 Strings (ARC)

Hour Three Segment One

Grand Central by Warren Wolf
CD: Wolfgang (Mack Avenue)

The Woody Woodpecker Song by The Steve Hobbs Quartet
CD: Vibes Straight Up (Challenge)

Headache by Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz
CD: Hamp and Getz (Verve)

Hour Three Segment Two

Then There Were Four by Isotope
CD: Isotope (Esoteric)

Black Hole by Electromagnets
CD: Electromagnets (Rhino)

Fontanen by Lotus
CD: Vera O'flera (DuckYourMusic)

Hour Three Segment Three

Just in Love by John Bolivar
CD: Bolivar (Optimism)

A Time for Peace by Ivory Sessions
CD: A Time for Peace (Maranatha!)

Chelsea by Bob Somma and John Campbell
CD: Technicolours (Maranatha!)

Hour Three Segment Four

Shaker Lakes by Jim Brickman
CD: No Words (Windham Hill)

The Horse by Mark Pinkus
CD: Free Spirit (Avalon)

The Jazz Scene 2024

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Segment One

The Great Quarterly by Behn Gillece
CD: Mindset (Posi-Tone)

Someone to Love by The Mike Longo Trio
CD: Sting Like a Bee (Consolidated Artists)

Speak No Evil by Curtis Nowosad
CD: Dialectics (Cellar Live)

Segment Two

For You, For Me, Forever More by Chris Flory
CD: For You (Arbors)

There's No You by Julie Kelly
CD: Kelly Sings Christy: Thou Swell (Chase)

Mucho Calor by Art Pepper and Conte Candoli
CD: Mucho Calor (VSOP)

Segment Three

Song of the Jet by Gene Bertoncini
CD: Jobim: Someone to Light Up My Life (Chiaroscuro)

Wonder Why by The Milt Jackson Quartet
CD: Wonder Why (ADA Sound)

You've Changed by Frank Morgan
CD: You Must Believe in Spring (Antilles)

Star Eyes by Frank Wess
CD: The Frank Wess Quartet (Original Jazz Classics)

Jazz Progressions 2023

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Segment One

Arc9 by Arcing Wires
Digital Album: Prime (Art as Catharsis)

Throw Back by Dimension
CD: First Dimension (Vermillion)

Four Sheets to the Wind by The Fents
CD: The Other Side (Passport)

Segment Two

BAO by Jon Appleton and Don Cherry
LP: Human Music (Flying Dutchman)

The Lure of the Mine by Colin Stetson
CD: All This I Do for Glory (52 Hz)

Segment Three

Hiccups by Ingrid Laubrock
CD: Ubatuba (Firehouse 12)

Lake Air 2025

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Segment One

Peaceful Hideaway by Kirk Whalum
CD: In This Life (Columbia)

Standing in Motion by Yanni
CD: Out of Silence (Private Music)

Always You by Bernard Oattes
CD: Soul Detective (Masters)

Garden Party by Herb Alpert
CD: Blow Your Own Horn (A&M)

Segment Two

Watching the Sunrise by Doug Jones
Digital Album: Crossing Lines (self-released)

A Breath of Fresh Air by Mark Pinkus
CD: Simplicity (self-released)

I'll be Waiting for You by Patti Austin
CD: Carry On (GRP)

Heart to Heart by Norman Brown
CD: Heart to Heart (Shanachie)

Segment Three

Tenderness by Walter Beasley
CD: Walter Beasley (Polydor)

The Lost Field by Daisaku
CD: Eastern Shore (Moo)

Ventura Highway by The Jazzmasters Feat. Paul Hardcastle
CD: The Smooth Cuts (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)

Somewhere by Alex Bugnon
CD: 107 Degrees in the Shade (Orpheus)

Jazz and More 11-15-20

Listen Hour 1
Listen Hour 2
Listen Hour 3

Hour One Segment One

Tingri by Jonn Serrie
CD: Tingri (Miramar)

The Crossing by Peter Buffett
CD: Yonnondio (Narada)

Terra Mesa by Suzanne Ciani
CD: History of My Heart (Private Music)

Hour One Segment Two

Throughout the Autumn Light by Robert Linton
CD: Throughout the Autumn Light (self-released)

River Flows in You by Sungha Jung
Digital Album: Irony (self-released)

Intersections by Antoine Dufour
Digital Album: Back and Forth (Candyrat)

Hour One Segment Three

The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea by Jean-Luc Ponty
CD: Enigmatic Ocean (Atlantic)

Hour One Segment Four

Old Devil Moon by Teddy Charles
CD: Vibe-Rant (Elektra)

Expressway by Kevin Hart
CD: The Road to Everywhere (self-released)

Hour Two Segment One

Rain Dance by Steve Bach
CD: More Than a Dream (Soundwing)

Chihuahua Pearl by Philippe Saisse
CD: Valerian (Windham Hill)

Sand Dance by Yanni
CD: Out of Silence (Private Music)

Hour Two Segment Two

Glad Science by Stephen Katz
CD: Earthdance (self-released)

Raga Aberi, Part 6 by L. Shankar
CD: Raga Aberi (Music of the World)

HOur Two Segment Three

Second Impression by Eric Alexander
CD: Second Impression (HighNote)

What Can I Do for You? by Bobby Watson and Horizon
CD: No Question About It (Blue Note)

Hour Two Segment Four

I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen
CD: The Nightfly (Warner Brothers)

Moonjogger by Fourplay
CD: Fourplay (Warner Brothers)

Hour Three Segment One

Arizona Suite by Scott Moulton
CD: Four Corners Suite (Revere)

Hour Three Segment Two

Romance by Peter Baumann
CD: Romance 76 (Virgin)

So Long Ago, So Clear by Vangelis
CD: Heaven and Hell (RCA)

77 Slightly Delayed by Ashra
CD: Blackouts (Virgin)

Hour Three Segment Three

Dindi by Harvey Mason
CD: With All My Heart (Bluebird)

Medi II by John Hicks
CD: Impressions of Mary Lou (HighNote)

Hour Three Segment Four

Blue Too by Aaron Weinstein and Jon Pizzarelli
CD: Blue Too (Arbors)

Body and Soul by Ted Vieira
CD: Quiet Places (self-released)

Lake Air Deep Tracks 2018

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Segment One

12:18 by Global Communication
CD: 76:14 (Dedicated)

Inner Movement by Ralf Illenberger
CD: Guitar Works (Narada)

Cascade by Paul Adams
CD: Various Waves (Lakefront)

Uncharted by Rhonda Mackert
CD: Safe Harbor (self-released)

Meant to Be by Heart LIfe
CD: Heart Life (Sensitive Heart Productions)

Segment Two

Ancient Stars by Kevin Braheny
CD: Galaxies (Hearts of Space)

Night Bird by Deep Forest
CD: Deep Forest (Epic)

Colourwheel by Howard Baer
CD: Flowers in the Sky (Avalon)

Underwater Twilight by Tangerine Dream
CD: Underwater Sunlight (Jive Electro)

Un Papillon Sur Ton Epaule by Mark Pinkus
CD: Free Spirit (Avalon)

The Jazz Scene 2023

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Segment One

Kiss Me Right by The Harper Brothers
CD: Remembrance (Verve)

Harbor No Illusions by Peter Bernstein
CD: What Comes Next (Smoke Sessions)

Segment Two

If You're Blue by The Yoko Miwa Trio
CD: Keep Talkin' (Ocean Blue Tear)

You Are Too Beautiful by John Dokes
Digital Album: True Love (Rondette)

Sophisticated Lady by The Teddy Charles Trio
CD: Three for Duke (Jubilee)

Segment Three

My Ideal by Ian Hendrickson-Smith
Digital Album: Party of Three (Rondette)

Pawn Ticket by Johnny Smith
CD: The New Johnny Smith Quartet (Rhino)

Lemuria by Joe Farnsworth
CD: TIme to Swing (Smoke Sessions)

Jazz Progressions 2022

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Segment One

Mollymawk by AAM
CD: Mollymawk (Creative Sources)

Juste Une by The Colin Vallon Trio
CD: Les Ombres (Unit)

Segment Two

Concept, Part 2 by Anthropic Neglect
CD: Anthropic Neglect (Clean Feed)

Babylonia Wind by Kyoshi Sugimoto
CD: Babylonia Wind (P-Vine)

Segment Three

Kind Folk by Kenny Wheeler
CD: Angel Song (ECM)

New Moon by Ralph Towner
CD: Old Friends, New Friends (ECM)

Upstate Radio Theatre 2026

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The Whistler "Autumn Song" 7-22-51
Dragnet "The Big Rod" 3-16-54

Lake Air 2024

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Segment One

Welcome Home by Judah Sealy
Digital Album: Welcome Home (self-released)

Steam Forest by Andreas Vollenweider
CD: Down to the Moon (CBS)

Secret by Shakatak
CD: Day by Day (Polydor)

Ocean Breeze by Emil Palame
CD: Home Free (Chase)

Segment Two

Little Will by Wishful Thinking
CD: Think Again (Pausa)

Little Dreamer by Richard Burmer
CD: Bhakti Point (American Gramaphone)

I Wish Right Now Would Never End by David Benoit
CD: Heavier Than Yesterday (Bluemoon)

On a Sunday Morning by Michael Lington
CD: Second Nature (Copenhagen)

Segment Three

Ballad of the Whale by The Yellowjackets
CD: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Universal)

The Gardener by Tingstad and Rumbel
CD: In the Garden (Narada)

Struggle by Clannad
CD: Banba (Atlantic)

Fannie Mae by Fourplay
CD: Elixir (Warner Brothers)

Something Beautiful 2020

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Segment One

Biritis by The Bruno Bertone Sound Orchestra
Superman Theme by Mantovani
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? by Peter Breiner
Sailing by Manuel
Love is Blue by Ronnie Aldrich
Together by Robert Farnon
Girl Talk by Henry Mancini
Wave by Percy Faith

Segment Two

The Way We Were by Andre Kostelanetz
I Concentrate on You by Gordon Jenkins
Where or When by Ronnie Aldrich
Moonglow by Morton Gould
I'm Sorry by John Fox
I Love You by Morton Gould
Glamour by Jackie Gleason
Just One More Dance by Michael Leighton
Moonlight Becomes You by Richard Marino
Laura by Morton Gould

Sounds From the Global Village 2017

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Segment One

Light's Invaders by Raavni
Digital Album: Transmission (self-released)

Yari by Atine
CD: Persiennes D'Iran (Accords-Croises)

Bambou by Youssoupha Cissokho
Digital Album: Diassing Jalikunda (Twelve Eight)

Cancion Para la Luna by Juan Pablo Aispuro
CD: Kelonia (Pitayo)

Segment Two

Souffrance by Ibo Combo
CD: Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz and Electric Folklore From Haiti (Ostinato)

Fire Dance by A Moving Sound
CD: Songs Beyond Words (ARC)

Pakistan by Siti Muharam
Digital Album: Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar (On the Corner)

Segment Three

Dargai/The Marquis of Huntley/The Mathematician by Matt Molloy and Sean Keane
CD: Contentment is Wealth (Green Linnet)

Dutor Navosi by Turgun Alimatov
CD: The Great 1960s and 80s of Turgun Alimatov (Alimatovs' Studios)

Mundos Que Se Tocan by Santiago Vazquez
CD: Mbira y Pampa (Musical Antiatlas)

Jazz and More 11-01-20

Listen Hour 1
Listen Hour 2
Listen Hour 3

Hour One Segment One

The Great Pumpkin Waltz by Vince Guaraldi
CD: Oh, Good Grief! (Warner)

It's Such a Good Feeling by Johnny Costa
CD: Johnny Costa Plays Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Jazz (Omnivore)

Three Mice Blind by The Bob James Trio
CD: Straight Up (Warner)

Hour One Segment Two

Obsession by Wallace Roney
CD: No Job Too Big or Small (Savoy)

Commutation by J.J. Johnson
CD: First Place (Columbia)

Frisky by Howard McGhee
CD: Jazz Brothers (Storyville)

Hour One Segment Three

Growth Sequence by Steve Roach
CD: Now/Traveler (Fortuna)

Delta Two by Synergy
CD: Games (Chronicles)

Hour One Segment Four

Great Blue Heron by Muriel Anderson and Julie Adams
CD: New Classics for Guitar and Cello (Valley Entertainment)

Ventana by William Ackerman
CD: Past Light (Windham Hill)

Hour Two Segment One

Acknowledgement by John Coltrane
CD: A Love Supreme (Impulse!)

Reconciliation by Andrew Hill
CD: Judgement (Blue Note)

Hour Two Segment Two

Jungle Waterfall by Return to Forever
CD: No Mystery (Columbia)

Time Track by The Chick Corea Elektric Band
CD: Light Years (GRP)

Legacy by Chick Corea
CD: The Vigil (Concord)

Hour Two Segment Three

The Happy Whistler by Raymond Scott
CD: Soothing Sounds for Baby, Vol. 2 (Basta)

Habanera/Les Toreadors by The Mighty Moog
LP: Everything You Always Wanted to Hear on the Moog (But Were Afraid to Ask for) (Columbia)

Hour Two Segment Four

Dharma Duet (Part Two) by Steven Halpern and Georgia Kelly
CD: Ancient Echoes (SoundRX)

Hour Three Segment One

Invitation by Buddy DeFranco and Dave McKenna
CD: You Must Believe in Swing (Concord)

Easy Living by Oscar Peterson and Harry "Sweets" Edison
CD: Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison (Pablo/OJC)

Hour Three Segment Two

Linus and Lucy by David Benoit
History Lesson by Dave Grusin
Red Baron by Lee Ritenour
CD: Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown! (GRP)

Hour Three Segment Three

8:07 by Global Communication
CD: 76:14 (Dedicated)

Born Basic by Foundland
Beautiful Lady by Tim Clement
CD: Slumberland, Episode II (Awake and Dreaming) (Waveform)

Hour Three Segment Four

Giuliani: La Gran Rondo from "La Caccia, Op. 109" by Raffaele Carpino
CD: Giuliani: Guitar Works (Tactus)

Jazz Progressions 2021

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Segment One

Clouds of Ganymede by Derek Sherinian
Digital Album: Phoenix (Inside Out)

Threshold by Patrick Butler
CD: Solar Sailing (self-released)

Boonar Eclipse by Time Shift Accident
Digital Album: Chronosthesia (Generation Prog)

Segment Two

Anfang by Puppenhaus
CD: Jazz Macht Spazz (Longhair)

One by One/Hey Man/One by One Reprise by Stomu Yamash'ta's East Wind
CD: One by One (Esoteric)

Segment Three

Uptown Express by John Lee, Gerry Brown, Eef Albers and Daryl Thompson
CD: Brothers (Mood)

Thai-Stick by Lenny Mac Dowell
CD: Radioactive (Blue Flame)

The Jazz Scene 2022

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Segment One

Wichita Lineman by Richard Rozze
CD: Learning to Fly (Pathway)

New Normal by Marshall Gilkes
Digital Album: Waiting to Continue (Alternate Side)

Basie by Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison
CD: Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison (Pablo/OJC)

Segment Two

Fine-Tune by Franck Avitabile
CD: Bemsha Swong (Dreyfus)

This Can't be Love by Dinah Washington
CD: For Those in Love (Emarcy)

Voyage by Benny Golson
CD: Up Jumped Spring (LRC)

Segment Three

In a Sentimental Mood by Mark Maxwell
CD: Blue Moon (self-released)

Too Marvelous for Words by The Art Simmons Quartet
CD: The Art Simmons Quartet (Stardust)

Nikki Poo by The JFK Quintet
LP: Young Ideas (Riverside)

Lake Air 2023

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Segment One

Picture This by Marion Meadows
CD: Pleasure (Discovery)

Dreaming at the Wheel by Sam Cardon
CD: Serious Leisure (Airus)

Freeze This Moment by Bernard Oattes
CD: Frame by Frame (Cloud)

The Traveler by Brandon Fields
CD: The Traveler (Nova)

Segment Two

Time Flies by Brian Culbertson
Digital Album: XX (BCM)

1989 Time Sharing by Francesco Bruno
CD: 1989 Time Sharing (Gala)

All This Love by Senri Kawaguchi
CD: Buena Vista (Most Company)

In Due Time by Crossing Point
CD: Point of No Return (Optimism)

Segment Three

Little Secrets by Andy Narell
CD: Little Secrets (Windham Hill)

Hyde Park Bench by Lawrence Blatt
CD: Longitudes and Latitudes (self-released)

I'm Here for You by Joe McBride
CD: Texas Hold'em (Heads Up)

Forever Yours by 3rd Force
CD: Force of Nature (Higher Octave)