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!
6th January 2026
Artist – Track – Format – Year
Jeremy Pelt Invention#2/Black Conscience Woven 2025
Yellowjackets Fasten Up Fasten Up 2025
Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble Insane Groove In The Face Of Adversity 2025
John Ellis Slingshot Heroes 2025
M.T.B. Ditty For Dewey Solid Jackson 2025
Cyrus Chestnut Ami’s Dance Rhythm, Melody and Harmony 2025
Stanley Cowell Equipoise Musa: Ancestral Streams 2025
Brad Mehldau Between The Bars Ride Into The Sun 2025
Paul Cornish Dinosauer Song You’re Exaggerating 2025
Either Orchestra Amara Rumba Nalbandian, The Eithiopian, Ethiopiques #32 2025
Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra Machito Forever A Centennial Salute To Tito & Tito 2025
Eddie Palmieri La Malanga Superimosition 2025
Thom Rotella Benny Thanks Right Time Left 2025
Ledisi You’ve Got What It Takes For Dinah 2025
Christtian McBride Big Band Back In Love Tonight Without Further Ado Vol. 1 2025
Amina Claudine Myers Song For Mother E Solace Of The Mind 2025
Artemis Petricor Arabesque 2025
Out Of/Into Familiar Route Motion II 2025
Billy Hart Showdown Multidimensional 2025
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and Spyboy Jwan Boudreaux Mardi Gras Morning Slip Don’t Fall 2025
Big Chief Romeo Bougare with Dawn Richard I’m Feeling Good (Big Chief Remix) Download 2025
Cha Wa Here We Come Rise Up 2025
Original Pinnetes Brass Band Mardi Gras In New Orleans Finally 2013
Professor Longhair Going To Mardi Gras Feelin Right Saturday Night, Ric and Ron Anthology 1959
Jon Cleary Zulu Coconuts The Bywater Sessions 2025
Al Johnson Carnival Time 7″ Single 1960
Wild Magnolias Golden Crown The Call Us Wild 1994
Kermit Ruffins and The Rebirth Brass Band Mardi Gras Day Throwback 2005
Queen Ida Mardi Gras Mardi Gras 1994
Wild Tchopitoulas Brother John Wild Tchopitoulas 1976
Wild Tchopitoulas Meet De Boys On The Waterfront Wild Tchopitoulas 1976
Wild Tchopitoulas Big Chief Got a Golden Crown Wild Tchopitoulas 1976