Artist – Track – Format – Year
Carla Bley La Paloma Joyful Noise 2026
Helen Sung Big Band Convergence Oracles 2026
Sonny Criss Orchestra The Black Apostles Sonny’s Dream (Birth of the New Cool) 1968
Joey Alexander As Far As The Eye Can See Celestial Keeper 2026
Hannah Marks Speedy Side Of The Pool Feed The Fire 2026
Steve Wilson Quiet Girl Enduring Sonance 2026
Ran Blake & Dominique Eade Portrait Roots and Byways 2026
Ran Blake and Ernrico Rava Vertigo-Laura Duo En Noir 1999
Cecile McLorin Salvant Being Alive With Every Breat I Take 2026
Billy Bang Rainbow Gladiator Live At Carlos 1 1986
Billy Bang Sinawe Mandelas Live At Carlos 1 1986
Billy Bang Thank You Ma’am Live At Carlos 1 1986
Cindy Blackman Santana Capri Coherence 2026
Jason Miles Girl With The Purple Hair 100 Miles for Miles 2026
Club D’Elf Left Hand Clyde Loon and Thrush 2026
Sheryl Bailey and Ed Cherry A Blues For Mickey O Alternative Guitar Summit, Volume 2 2026
Pat Martino El Hombre El Hombre 1967
Goldings, Stewart, Bernstein In Walked Bud Rhombus 2026
Steve Masakowski Two Worlds Two Worlds 2026
Sullivan Fortner Number 3 Leave That In There 2026
Joe Krown Feels So Good Old Friends 2013
Jon Cleary So Damned Good The Bywater Sessions 2025
Jon Batiste Gospel Andante Black Mozart 2026
Allen Toussaint City Of New Orleans Songbook Deluxe Edition 2026
Tom McDermott and Connie Jones Satchmo Speaks Creole Nocturne 2008
James Andrews My Treme New Orleans Jazz Revival 2026
Lynn Drury My Heart Is Like A Little Town Single 2026
Robin Barnes Louisiana Love Louisiana Love 2026
Leyla McCalla Take Me Away Live at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2025
Taj Mahal You Put The Whammy On Me Time 2026
Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars Down In New Orleans Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars 2025
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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!