The Needle Drop › April 4, 2026

The Needle Drop — April 4, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

52 tracks · 52 artists

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2:02pm — Syd Dale Orchestra, Syd Dale & Steve Gray — Winning Is Easy (Instrumental)

2:04pm — Stanley Turrentine — Light Blue

2:10pm — Johnny Colón — You Gotta Love Me

2:17pm — Kenny Burrell — Hot Bossa

2:21pm — Señor Soul — Gimme Little Sign

2:24pm — Jimmy Smith — I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More Baby

2:29pm — Blue Mitchell — Flat Backing

2:33pm — Cedric Im Brooks — Theme from Shaft

2:37pm — Getatchew Mekuria — Akala Wube

2:41pm — Cymande — Bird

2:46pm — Toshiko Mariano & Her Big Band — The Shout

2:52pm — Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 — Whiffenpoof Song

2:58pm — Syd Dale Orchestra & Syd Dale — Number One Spy (Instrumental)

3pm — Parlor Greens — Drop Top

3:04pm — David Holmes — Rodney Yates

3:10pm — Corisco E Os Sambaloucos — Balancafro

3:13pm — Wilson Simonal — Nem Vem Que Não Tem

3:16pm — Meireles e os copa 7 — Fuego

3:21pm — Kenny Drew — It's You Or No One

3:29pm — Sonny Red — Moon River

3:35pm — Tommie Young — That's All a Part of Loving Him

3:38pm — Lalo Schifrin — Blues A-Go-Go

3:41pm — The John Schroeder Orchestra — Get Out of My Life Woman

3:44pm — Jimmy Neeley Trio — Misirlou

3:48pm — Sonny Clark — Midnight Mambo

3:55pm — Sarah Vaughan — Just One of Those Things (Live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, August 1957)

3:58pm — Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett — Oddball

4:01pm — Taggy Matcher — Watermelon Man (Taggy Matcher Disco Reggae Mix)

4:06pm — Herbie Hancock — Cantaloupe Island

4:12pm — Us3 — Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

4:16pm — Hank Mobley — The More I See You

4:23pm — Weldon Irvine — Turkish Bath

4:30pm — Freddie Joachim — Thanks Chuck

4:32pm — Tosca — Boss on the Boat

4:39pm — Tito Puente — Oye Como Va (Bongo Edit)

4:46pm — The Ralph Robles Octet — Willie's Movement

4:49pm — Charlie Parker — Begin the Beguine

4:52pm — Cuarteto de Tino Contreras — Toma El Tren En La Via "A"

4:56pm — Quarteto Em Cy — Último Canto

4:59pm — Bill Geldard — Flute Salad

5:02pm — Sonny Rollins — Everything Happens to Me

5:13pm — The Lost Generation — This Is the Lost Generation (Instrumental)

5:17pm — Blockhead — Insomniac Olympics

5:22pm — Frank Wess — The Lizard

5:29pm — Horace Parlan — Headin' South

5:34pm — Wynton Kelly — Quiet Village

5:37pm — Dynamic True Tones — I Thank The Lord

5:40pm — Soul Superiors — Faith

5:43pm — Dorothy Ashby — What Am I Here For

5:45pm — Dave Brubeck Quartet — Far More Drums

5:49pm — Frank Strozier — I Don't Know

5:58pm — Frank Sinatra — Dancing In the Dark

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