Tonight on Visions, I continue exploring women in jazz. This episode travels around the world more than usual, featuring artists from Australia, Chile, Japan, Brazil, and Britain, spanning six decades.

You hear classics from Joanne Brackeen (the first and only woman to be hired for Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers), Astrud Gilberto, and Kathy Stobart. I play more recent releases from Luciana García, Jenny Scheinman, Noriko Ueda, Melissa Aldana, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra (an all-female big band), Mary Halvorson, and many more.

There’s been some great new music discovery for me this week, and I hope you find new artists too! Happy listening.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Visions Playlist for March 23, 2026

• ” ボヘミア・アフター・ダーク ” – Noriko Ueda
• “Resilience” – Nicole Glover
• “Night Shift” – Mary Halvorson
• “Inka Dinka Doo (Live)” – The DIVA Jazz Orchestra
• “Blues in the Closet” – Kathy Stobart & Joe Temperley
• “Photograph” – Astrud Gilberto
• “Invocaciones (feat. Charlotte Lang, Jonathan Shillingford, David Macchione, & Julian Miltenberger)” – Luciana García
• “Never Late, Not Ever” – Flora Carbo, MAGNIFY
• “Utopia” – Chihiro Yamanaka
• “Bamako Chicago” – Nicole Mitchell & Ballaké Sissoko
• “I Adore You” – Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese
• “Aries” – Geri Allen* & The Mary Lou Williams Collective
• “Ornette Goes Home (feat. Bill Frisell & Carmen Staaf)” – Jenny Scheinman
• “Never Will I Marry” – Renee Rosnes & Bill Charlap
• “Little Church” – Melissa Aldana
• “Old Devil Moon (feat. Cecil McBee & Billy Hart)” – Joanne Brackeen

* indicates a Detroit artist

This week on Visions, I continue showcasing women in jazz and improvised music for Women’s History Month. All but two selections are led by women and while a majority of the episode focuses on newer releases, I still get a few classics in the mix.

I play quintessential cuts from Shirley Scott, Jessica Williams, Marian McPartland, Carmen McRae, and Amina Claudine Myers. I play brand new music from Caroline Davis, Ella Grace, Irreversible Entanglements, and Sylvie Courvoisier. I fill it all out with music from Sasha Berliner, Milena Casado, Linda May Han Oh, Patricia Brennan, Allison Miller, Esthesis Quartet, and more.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Visions Playlist for March 16, 2026

• “UMMG (feat. Taylor Eigsti)” – Sasha Berliner
• “Yet I Can See” – Milena Casado
• “Éclats – for Ornette (Live in Europe)” – Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
• “Elbow Room (Live)” – Jessica Williams
• “Lawns” – Walter Smith III
• “Vibrate Higher (feat. Motherboard)” – Irreversible Entanglements
• “Make Someone Happy” – Shirley Scott Trio
• “Cherry Blossoms in the Rain // Sailing Through a Cloud (feat. Julia Danielle, Garrett Munz, Aval Stanley, Marion Mallard & Jayden Richardson)” – Ella Grace
• “It’s Over Now” – Carmen McRae
• “The 23”- Nels Cline
• “Portal (feat. Ambrose Akinmusire & Tyshawn Sorey)” – Linda May Han Oh
• “Aquarius” – Patricia Brennan
• “Doozy” – Marian McPartland
• “Of Two Rivers (Part 2)” – Allison Miller
• “3/4 of 4/4” – Amina Claudine Myers
• “Springtails” – Caroline Davis
• “Character” – Yuhan Su
• “Hollywood” – Esthesis Quartet