The Needle Drop › April 5, 2026

The Needle Drop — April 5, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

56 tracks · 56 artists

Full tracklist

2pm — Mark Guiliana — Ritual

2:02pm — Roy Haynes — Dorian

2:08pm — Mal Waldron — Quiet Temple

2:13pm — DOPE LEMON — Home Soon

2:16pm — Marlon Hunter — Summer Essence

2:18pm — Gerry Mulligan — Capricious

2:24pm — Mary Lou Williams Trio — Free Spirits

2:29pm — Finis Africae — Managua

2:33pm — Blundetto — Matanza

2:38pm — William DeVaughn — Be Thankful For What You Got

2:41pm — Galt MacDermot — Space

2:43pm — Skalpel — Sculpture

2:48pm — Thievery Corporation — Lebanese Blonde (Remastered 2022)

2:54pm — Milt Jackson Quartet — Statement

2:59pm — Sam Prekop — Neighbor to Neighbor

3:01pm — Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley — Passion Spring

3:09pm — Billy Taylor Trio — Mambo Inn

3:14pm — Erroll Garner — Sunny

3:17pm — Tenface — Buena Vista

3:19pm — Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro — Undelivered Letter

3:24pm — Les Baxter — Simba

3:27pm — Men I Trust — Paul’s Theme

3:30pm — Billy Strayhorn — Day Dream

3:34pm — Steve Kuhn — The Meaning of Love

3:37pm — Stimulator Jones — Shaman's Dose

3:39pm — Mulatu Astatke and Hoodna Orchestra — Delilah

3:44pm — Mulatu Astatke — Ené Alantchie Alnorem

3:48pm — Nara Leão — Mal-Me-Quer (Instrumental)

3:51pm — Red Callender Sextet — Voodoo

3:54pm — Bennie Green — Bye Bye Blackbird

3:59pm — Pete Jolly — Leaves

4:01pm — Wes Montgomery — O.G.D. (aka Road Song)

4:07pm — Montgomery Brothers — Back To Back

4:14pm — Monk Montgomery — Sippin' And Tippin'

4:19pm — Piero Piccioni — North Pole Penguin

4:21pm — Gene Shaw — Samba Nova

4:24pm — Vince Guaraldi — Samba de Orfeu

4:30pm — Allen Toussaint — Cast Your Fate To the Wind

4:33pm — Sun Ra — Somebody's In Love

4:35pm — The Cavendish Orchestra — Funkrund

4:38pm — Antonio Carlos & Jocafi — Kabaluere

4:40pm — Ernest Ranglin & Monty Alexander — Surfin'

4:46pm — Melodiesinfonie — AO Longo Do Rio

4:50pm — Shirley Scott — Deep Down Soul

5pm — Resavoir — Far Cry

5:02pm — Kokoroko — Idea 5 (From Metropolis Studios)

5:06pm — Yusef Lateef — Stay With Me

5:12pm — Charlie Rouse — Aconteceu

5:15pm — Dexter Gordon — Soy Califa

5:21pm — Orrin Evans Trio — Iz Beatdown Time

5:28pm — Marquis Hill — Beautifulism (Aria)

5:29pm — John Coltrane — Acknowledgement

5:37pm — Robert Glasper Experiment — A Love Supreme (bonus track)

5:42pm — Okonski — Flying (featuring Cochemea)

5:46pm — Brandee Younger — New Pinnacle

5:51pm — Smokey Robinson — Quiet Storm

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