Jazz Crossroads (#JazzCrossroads) – 1st October 2026

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Artist - Track - Format - Year

Robert Jospé Quartet    Crooked Mile    The Night Sky    2026
Joey Alexander    Aversion (feat. Jaleel Shaw)    Celestial Keeper    2026
Event Horizon Jazz Quartet    Fourthwith    Consternation    2026
The Ali Ryerson Quartet    AliCat Blues    The Ali Ryerson Quartet    2025
Mike DiRubbo    One for Mabes    Way Out Northwest    2026
Steve Rawlins    Friday Night    Word on the Street    2026
Stefon Harris & Blackout feat. Casey Benjamin    Ell's Boogie    Legacy Dances    2026
Jalen Baker    Kashmere    Repaved    2026
Denise Donatelli    (How Little it Matters) How Little We Know    Take My Breath Away    2026
Chris McNulty    Gratitude    Soul Journey    2026

WDR Big Band with Sean Jones    Down a Rabbit Hole    Jagged Edges, Elegant Lines: The Music of Ayn Inserto    2026
Visions Jazz Ensemble    Coat of Many Colors    Of the People    2026
Birckhead    Todd Barkan Intro    Exchange: Live at the Keystone Korner    2026
Birckhead    Will the Real Kenny G Please Stand Up!!    Exchange: Live at the Keystone Korner    2026
Giveton Gelin    We Speak    Island Dreamer: III of III    2026
Brand X    Smacks of Euporic Hysteria    Theory of Nothing: Recorded Live 1977    2026
The Greg Abate Quartet    Black Sea    In the Moment    2026
Mike Catalano    Just a Little Samba    A Trio Affair    2026
Michael Gentile    Light of Day    Flow    2026
The Kris Davis Trio feat. Robert Hurst & Johnathan Blake    The Bluesy Bird in Bob's Backyard    Lost in Geneva    2026

Jason Kao Hwang/Human Rights Trio    Galaxies Twist Under Before It    Second Life    2026
Satoko Fujii Orchstra Berlin    Second Attempt Part 1    Second Attempt    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!