This week on Visions, I start my first of two previews of the artists you can expect to hear at the 47th Detroit Jazz Festival happening Labor Day weekend.

I play Artist-In-Residence Joe Lovano, plus Gabrielle Cavassa, Joey Alexander, Nduduzo Makhathini, Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston, Vijay Iyer, Artemis, and a brand new record from Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana.

I also have classic cuts from Alice Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Sonny Sharrock, Flora Purim, and Bennie Maupin. I include selections from Pat Martino, Branford Marsalis, plus recent releases from Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, and Cécile McLorin Salvant.

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 August 24, 2026

• “Umyalez’oPhuthumayo” – Nduduzo Makhathini
• “Fanfare for Unity (with. Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun)” – Joe Lovano
• “Summer In Central Park” – Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound
• “Dindi” – Wayne Shorter
• “Dance Cadaverous (feat. Melissa Aldana)” – Linda May Han Oh
• “Bossy Nova” – Gabrielle Cavassa
• “Everything Happens to Me” – Branford Marsalis
• “Ever Since the One I Love’s Been Gone” – Cécile McLorin Salvant, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley
• “Blue” – Joey Alexander
• “Oleo (Live)” – Pat Martino
• “Water Torture” – Bennie Maupin*
• “Forest Song (feat. Vuyo Sotashe & Aaron Parks)” – Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science
• “Human Nature (Trio Extension) [with Stephan Crump & Marcus Gilmore]” – Vijay Iyer
• “Komorebi” – ARTEMIS
• “Gregory Is Here” – Horace Silver
• “Who Does She Hope to Be?” – Sonny Sharrock
• “Love Reborn” – Flora Purim
• “Om Supreme” – Alice Coltrane*

* indicates Detroit artist

This week on Visions, I play a lot of my new music discovery. I feature brand new releases from the Kris Davis Trio, Linda May Han Oh and Melissa Aldana’s newest record, and FATHERS, the newest album from Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS, and Kenny Beats.

I play artists new to me, new jazz underground and Joy Harjo, plus music released this year from Adam O’Farrill, Lakecia Benjamin, and María Grand.

I round everything out with classic cuts from Philly Joe Jones, Miles Davis, Lonnie Liston Smith, Charles Tolliver, 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 July 13, 2026

• “Household of Saud” – Charles Tolliver
• “Beyond The Dawn (feat. Terence Blanchard)” – Lakecia Benjamin
• “Tranxit” – Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland
• “Curves and Convolutions” – Adam O’Farrill
• “FIGURE 8” – Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS & Kenny Beats
• “how do you do (ii)” – new jazz underground
• “Summer Days” – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
• “Klactoveedsedstene (Live)” – Chris Potter
• “The Subtext (feat. Robert Hurst* & Johnathan Blake)” – Kris Davis Trio
• “Here’s That Rainy Day” – Philly Joe Jones
• “Hallucinations (feat. Melissa Aldana)” – Linda May Han Oh
• “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” – Joy Harjo
• “Ayaruna (feat. Shakoor Hakeem, Rashaan Carter & Miguel Russell)” – María Grand
• “Solar (Live)” – Brad Mehldau
• “Suite Norte, Sul, Leste, Oeste” – Hermeto Pascoal
• “Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991)” – Miles Davis

* indicates a Detroit artist