Episode June 28 2026

Another eclectic set featuring fusion, hard-bop, and protest. Beginning with piano master Hancock and up-and-coming phenom Cardello, and ending with fusion guitarists supreme McLaughlin and Stern. Then a little protest music in between. 

Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Herbie Hancock ~ Actual Proof ~ Thrust Caelan Cardello ~ Steppin' Up ~ Chapter One Les McCann & Eddie Harris ~ Compared to What ~ Swiss Movement Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum Pat Metheny Group ~ When We Were Free ~ Quartet Bill Cunliffe & Holly Hofmann ~ Chucho ~ Just Duet, Vol. 2 John McLaughlin ~ Elijah in DC ~ Music for Abandoned Heights Łukasz Pawlik & Mike Stern ~ Eastern Winds ~ Single