Artist – Track – Album – Year
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Along Came Betty Moanin 1958
Bobby Watson Beatitudes Continuum 2026
Azar Lawrence Lost Tribes Of Lemuria Turn Up The Music 2026
Sullivan Fortner Number 3 Leave That In There 2026
Denise Donatelli Brazilian Love Affair Take My Breath Away 2026
Ryan Keberle’s Collectiv Do Brasil Nao Tem Nada Nao Here Is Donato 2026
Monty Alexander Marcus Garvey/So What A Jamaican In Paris 2026
Sean Mason Secure The Bag State Of The Art 2026
Greg Abate Kerry’s Song In The Moment 2026
Oscar Brown Jr. Afro Blue Sin And Soul 1961
Oscar Brown Jr. The Snake Tells It Like It is 1963
Oscar Brown Jr. Hazel’s Hips Between Heaven and Hell 1963
Oscar Brown Jr. 40 Acres and a Mule Goes To Washington 1965
Oscar Brown Jr. Jeannine Tells It Like It Is 1963
Randy Weston and Melba Liston Volcano Volcano Blues 1993
Randy Weston Niger Mambo Music From The New African Nations 1963
Jimmy Heath Funji Mama You Or Me 1995
The Ray Brown Trio The Real Blues Summer Wind (Live at the Loa) 1990
Lou Donaldson Blues Walk Blues Walk 1958
Jack McDuff Opus De Funk Soul Circle 1966
Tony Bennett Steppin Out With My Baby Steppin Out 1993
Tony Bennett Top Hat, White Tie and Tails Steppin Out 1993
Adonis Rose First Impulse Live At Jazz Acona: The Music Of Gregg Hill 2026
Jamil Sherif New Orleans 5/4 Step N’ Download 2022
David Bode Cold Train Funk Live at the New Orleans Heritage and Jazz Fest 2026
Tami Lynn Mojo Hannah Love Is Here and Now Your Gone 1972
Funk Monkey Am I The Same Girl Pre-Roll 2026
Cyril Neville Call On Me Don’t Wait Till I’m Gone 2026
Charlie and the Tropicales Ain’t It The Truth New Orleans 26 2026
Zigaboo Modeliste Welcome To New Orleans I’m On The Right Track 2024
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes Night Man Sketch 2017
Loose Cattle Sidewalk Chicken May Day (Live at Jazz fest 2026) 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!