The Needle Drop › May 2, 2026

The Needle Drop — May 2, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

47 tracks · 46 artists

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2pm — Karate Boogaloo — All Aboard

2:03pm — Clifford Jordan — Sunrise in Mexico

2:09pm — Shelly Manne — Take the "A" Train

2:16pm — Booker T. & The M.G.'s — Doin' Our Thing

2:20pm — Nat "King" Cole & George Shearing — Pick Yourself Up

2:23pm — Dizzy Gillespie — Mas Que Nada

2:28pm — Ivan Lins — Não Tem Perdão

2:32pm — Stereo MC's — Chicken Shake

2:36pm — Nujabes — Horn In the Middle

2:40pm — Miles Davis — Joshua

2:47pm — Jukka Eskola — Siam Square

2:53pm — Astrud Gilberto — And Roses and Roses

2:56pm — Leroy Vinnegar — Glass of Water

3pm — Saib — Grand Hotel

3:04pm — Les McCann — Love for Sale (Recorded Live at the Village Vanguard, New York City on July 16, 1967) [feat. Leroy Vinnegar & Frank Severino]

3:11pm — Ruth Brown — Walk A Mile

3:17pm — Reuben Wilson — Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours

3:24pm — The Elder Statesman — Trans-Alpine Express (feat. Lord Echo)

3:28pm — The Unity Sextet & Junior Oliver — Fatback Fly

3:33pm — THE TAKE VIBE E.P. — Walking on the Moon

3:36pm — Nina Simone — Come Ye (P&S Passive Restraint Mix)

3:40pm — The Rhine Oaks — Tampin

3:43pm — Art Blakey — The Egyptian

3:54pm — Verckys & L'Orchestre Veve — Bassala Hot

4:02pm — Quincy Jones & The Ray Brown Orchestra — Gentle Lover

4:05pm — Art Farmer Quartet — Visa vid midsommartid (Imidsummer song)

4:11pm — Paul Desmond — Angel Eyes

4:17pm — Boozoo Bajou — Night over Manaus

4:24pm — Cal Tjader & Charlie Byrd — Tambu (Tombo In 7/4)

4:30pm — The Yuletime Lifters — Time For Love (instrumental)

4:33pm — The Flying Stars Of Brooklyn NY — Live On

4:37pm — El Jojo & The Jokers — Basto

4:40pm — Leroy Vinnegard — Ah Que Linda (Oh So Pretty)

4:44pm — Pat Martino — How Insensitive

4:51pm — Miles Davis — I Thought About You (Live)

5:02pm — Pedro Ruy-Blas — Cruzando El Estrecho

5:07pm — Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics — Nava

5:12pm — Takumi Moriya Black Nation — Merry Go Round

5:16pm — Gene Harris & The Three Sounds — Sittin' Duck

5:25pm — Molly Lewis — Oceanic Feeling

5:25pm — Steve Kuhn — Today I Am A Man

5:32pm — Melodiesinfonie — AO Longo Do Rio

5:36pm — John Wadham — Floatin'

5:42pm — Dee Dee Bridgewater — People Make The World Go Round

5:47pm — Harrison — Around You

5:49pm — Gerardo Frisina — Desejar

5:55pm — The Bad Plus — Pound for Pound

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