Artist – Track – Format – Year
Charles Tolliver Peace With Myself Right Now… and Then 2026
Elias Haslanger Conferring With Flowers Legacy 2026
Mike Clark Austin City Shuffle Kuon Ganjo 2026
Jae Sinnett Just When You Thought Parallel 49 2026
Helen Sung Pianism: Herbie Hancock Oracles 2026
Joey Alexander Aversion Celestial Keeper 2026
Ran Blake and Dominique Eade Dreamsville Roots and Byways 2026
New England Jazz Collaborative Gee, Em Tributaries 2026
Conrad Herwig Windows The Latin Side Of Chick Corea 2026
John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra Dawn Inner Mounting Flame 1971
Cindy Blackman Santana Guitar Love Coherence 2026
John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra Meeting Of The Spirit Inner Mounting Flame 1971
Chicago Soul and Jazz Collective No Wind, No Air No Wind, No Air 2026
Southern University Jazz Ensemble Clean Air Goes To Africa With Love 2026
Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes Expansions Expansions 1974
Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science Autonomy Song Trip The Light Fantastic 2026
Lakecia Benjamin We Dream We Dream 2026
Tank and The Bangas Ain’t That Deep The Last Balloon 2026
Nth Power Thirsty Never Alone 2026
Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby At The Jazz Band Ball Bing and Satchmo 1957
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Drop Me Off In Harlem The Great Summit 1961
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Don’t Have That Swing The Great Reunion 1963
Louis Armstrong I Want A Big Butter and Egg Man Satchmo Plays King Oliver 2006
Louis Armstrong All That Meat And No Potatoes Stach Plays Fats 1955
Louis Armstrong Long Gone (From Bowling Green) Louis Armstrong Plasy W.C. Handy 1954
Louis Armstrong The Mardi Gras March The Decca Singles 1949 – 1958 2017
Louis Armstrong Kiss Of Fire The Decca Singles 1949 – 1958 2017
Mark Braud Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Shake It , Break It 2002
Kermit Ruffins If You’re a Viper The Big Butter and Egg Man 1994
John Boutte Must Be Right, Can’tBe Wrong A Well Tempered Boutte 2019
Charmaine Neville Red Beans and Rice Up Up Up 1996
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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!