Jazz Crossroads (#JazzCrossroads) – 15th September 2026

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Artist - Track - Format - Year

Billy Childs    Heroes    Triumvirate    2026
Emily Kuhn    Icarus    Feathered Things    2026
The Ali Ryerson Quartet    Flying in Space, Falling Grace    The Ali Ryerson Quartet    2026
Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto    Gently Trapped    Fifteen    2026
Carmen Lundy    Love and Freedon    Notes from the Wine Cellar    2026
McGarry, Helm, Deloatch, Freelon    Just Like You    The Sistering    2026
Monty Alexander    Skamento    A Jamaican in Paris    2026

John Coltrane    My Favorite Things    Coltranology Vol 1    1978
Yoko Miwa & Mikayla Shirley    Love Dance    The Midnight Hour    2026
Yoron Isreal    You're My Alter Ego    Inspiration    2026
The Greg Abate Quartet    Kerry's Song    In The Moment    2026
Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown    Acknowledgement    A Supreme Blue    2026
Mark Isham    City Lore    At The Carousel Club    2026
Ambrose Akimusare & Mary Halvorsen    Soundcheck    Slo-mo Neon Luminate Hoverings    2026

The Rumble    What They Say    Ain't No Dying    2026
Taj Mahal    Put The Whammy On Me    Time    2026
Charlie and the Tropicales    Cumbia Tio T    New Orleans 26    2026
Robin Barnes    Saw My Baby    Louisiana Love    2026
Sweet Emma Barrett    A Good Man Is Hard To Find    Her New Orleans    1963
Betty Harris    There's A Break In The Road    Betty Harris: The Lost Soul Queen Of New Orleans    2016
Betty Harris    Ride Your Pony    Betty Harris: The Lost Soul Queen Of New Orleans    2016
Chicken Grass with Princess Shaw    Snakebites    Download    2023
Tricia Bouttte & Sunset Rhythm Kings    The Joint Is Jumping    Live at La Guitarra    2022
Jon Batiste    Light Green Reverie    Monk Movements    2026
James Booker    One Helluva Nerve    Behind The Iron Curtain Vol. 4    2023
Joe Krown    Qualified    Qualified    2026
Cyril Neville    Lemonade    Don't Wait Till I'm Gone    2026
James Andrews    Caribbean Second Line    New Orleans Jazz Revival    2026

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In Jeff Turton's words...

"I have spent 35 years programming Jazz on Boston radio stations. Starting in the late 70’s at public radio station WBUR and at Emerson College at WERS. I did fill-in work at WGBH for a couple of decades for people like Eric Jackson and Ron Della Chiesa and in 1983, along with a bunch of radio professionals with big dreams, we got Boston’s first Alternative Rock station off the ground (though we didn’t really know what we were creating in the beginning because there was not an alternative format at the time) . He programmed Jazz on Sunday’s for 8 hours each week for more than 27 years. The program was very successful because of the hybrid approach we took to the programming of the music.

I have always thought that music thrived at the Crossroads, where many influences converge and develop and then move off on their own to provide their own perspectives. The Jazz Brunch was the only show on Boston radio that actively brought the influences from Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa into the music mix and drawing their parallels to Jazz. Jazz Crossroads will also journey to New Orleans during the last hour.

New Orleans is truly the crossroads for music in this country. It has an incredibly unique culture with influences from Africa and the Caribbean and the beginnings of Jazz at it’s heart. I have spent the last 20 years since Katrina deeply involved in learning about that music and culture and am hoping it adds a little spice the Jazz Crossroads mix.

I am a recording engineer when not wearing my programming hat. I have spent much of that career in recording studios in the 80’s and then in newsrooms across the public radio system providing production help and also working with shows providing content for public radio. I have also spent many years in the TV and Sports production world as both an A1 and A2 engineer. These were my Crossroads and I like to think they have all added to my individual approach to music programming."

Feel free to get in touch with Jeff via e-mail to let him know your thoughts about his show or even if you just fancy a shout out! jeff@soulandjazz.com.

Stereo, not stereotypical

Enjoy!