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!
14th October 2025
Artist – Track – Format – Year
Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring Soft Impressions Split Decision 2025
Mike LeDonne After The Love Is Gone Turn It Up! Live at the Sidedoor 2025
Nicholas Payton Unconditional Love Triune 2025
Joshua Redman Icarus Words Fall Short 2025
Harold Lopez-Nussa A Lyle Nueva Timba 2025
Paul Cornish Slow Song You’re Exagerating 2025
Brad Mehldau Between the Bars Ride Into The Sun 2025
Michael Wolff Movie Night Sunny Day 2025
Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble Midnight Mauraders Groove In The Face Of Adversity 2025
Ernest Ranglin Sancehall Fever Memories Of Barber Mack 1997
John Batiste Petricor Big Money 2025
Olu Dara Neighborhoods Neighborhoods 2001
George Russell You Are My Sunshine The Outer View 1962
Steve Kuhn / Sheila Jordan Band Tomorrow’s Son Playground 1980
Sheila Jordan Baltimore Oriole Portrait Of Sheila 1962
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Vice Versa Danca Do Paje Viajando Com O Som (The Lost ’76 Vice-Versa Studio Session) 2017
Flora Purim Sometime Ago Open Your Eyes You Can Fly 1976
Allen Toussaint Lipstick Traces Songbook 2013
Louis Armstrong Wild Man Blues Highlights From His Decca Years 1994
Louis Armstrong Struttin With Some BBQ Highlights From His Decca Years 1994
Louis Armstrong She’s The Daughter Of A Planter From Havanna Highlights From His Decca Years 1994
Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan You Rascal You Highlights From His Decca Years 1994
Irma Thomas Shelter In The Rain After The Rain 2006
Irma Thomas Old Records The Soul Queen of New Orleans: 50th Anniversary Celebration 2007
Irma Thomas and Galactic Where I Belong Audience With The Queen 2025
Big Freedia Church Pressing Onward 2025
Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band Street Music Second Line Sunday 2025
Trumpet Black Trumpet Not Guns The New Beginning 2025
The Rumble Ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. New Suit The Rumble 2025
David Bode Happy People Good Hang 2025
Donald Harrison Jr. Presents The New Orleans Legacy Ensemble The Second Line Spirits Of Congo Square 2000