Artist – Track – Format – Year
Carla Bley and Steve Swallow Ladies In Mercedes Duets 1988
Norma Winstone Ladies In Mercedes A Timeless Place 2026
Joey Alexander Aliceanna Celestial Keeper 2026
Helen Sung Big Band Convergence Oracles 2026
Hannah Marks On The Speedy Side Of The Pool Feed The Fire 2026
Alternative Guitar Summit, Sheryl Bailey and Ed Cherry A Blues For Mikey O Honoring Pat Martino 2026
The Ali Ryerson Quartet Alicat Blues The Ali Ryerson Qt 2026
Zahili Zamora Despair Overcoming 2026
Yoron Isreal Inspiration Inspiration 2026
Ran Blake and Dominique Eade Dreamsville Roots and Byways 2026
Arthur Blythe My Son Ra The Grip 1977
Arthur Blythe Lower Nile The Grip 1977
Black Arthur Blythe Bush Baby Bush Baby 1977
Emily Kuhn Icarus Feathered Things 2026
Patricia Barber Icarus Mythologies 2006
Terri Lynn Carrington + Social Science Autonomy Song Trip The Night Fantastic 2026
Skinny Hightower Velour Feels Like Destiny 2026
Faye Carol Let The Good Times Roll Faye Sings The Blues 2026
Taj Mahal It’s Your Voodoo Working Time 2026
Eve Cornelious Long John’s Blues Again…Naturally 2026
Mike Clark East Broadway Rundown Kuon Ganjo 2026
James Booker Tico, Tico Behind The Iron Curtain plus… 2023
James Booker Malaguena Behind The Iron Curtain plus… 2023
James Booker A Taste Of Honey Behind The Iron Curtain plus… 2023
James Booker Let’s Make A Better World Behind The Iron Curtain plus… 2023
Jon Batiste Moltoin Cayo Hueso Black Mozart 2026
Jon Batiste Alla Turc Movement Black Mozart 2026
Sullivan Fortner Que Diablos Leave That In There 2026
Kyle Roussel Medicated Madness Rookie Of The Year 2013
Jon Cleary Frenchman Street Blues Dyna-Mite 2018
Jon Cleary Swanee River Boogie So Swell 2023
Jon Cleary Zulu Coconuts The Bywater Sessions 2025
Allen Toussaint Old records Songbook (Deluxe Edition) 2026
Allen Toussaint Freedom From The Stallion Songbook (Deluxe Edition) 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!