The Needle Drop › May 3, 2026

The Needle Drop — May 3, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

48 tracks · 44 artists

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2pm — Miles Davis — So What (Live at Paris, Salle Pleyel, France - October 1, 1964 [1st Concert])

2:09pm — Barry Harris Trio — The Breeze & I

2:13pm — Visioneers — Shaft In Africa (Addis)

2:16pm — Jack Costanzo & His Afro Cuban Band — Abanaquito

2:20pm — Ryco Jazz — La Juventud

2:24pm — The Sorcerers — In Pursuit of Shai Hulud

2:27pm — Bennie Green — Can't We Be Friends (Remastered)

2:33pm — Sahib Shihab — Campi's Idea

2:39pm — Leroy Vinnegar — Love Nest

2:45pm — The Sweet Inspirations — Why Marry?

2:52pm — Bonobo — Nothing Owed

2:58pm — Chuck Mahaffay & The Individuals — The Love Song of Tom Jones

3:02pm — Chuck Mahaffay & The Individuals — Exodus

3:05pm — The MBV & Mudies All Stars — Loran's Dance

3:09pm — Dawn Penn — No No No

3:12pm — Quantic Soul Orchestra — Tropidelico (Occidental)

3:16pm — Oskar Hahn — The Key

3:19pm — The Young Lions — Peaches and Cream

3:25pm — Max Roach — As Long As You're Living

3:32pm — The Larry Young Trio — Testifying

3:42pm — Lee Fields & The Expressions — Magnolia

3:45pm — Wild Bill/Conte Candoli/Frank Morgan & Machito's Rhythm Section — The Nearness of You

3:51pm — The Olympians — The Rain Song

3:54pm — Art Abrams swing Machine — Pete Kelly's Blues

3:58pm — Miles Davis — Solea

4:10pm — Mato — Summer Madness

4:14pm — Natural Self — Song Bird

4:16pm — Yesterday's New Quintet — Harlem River Drive

4:19pm — L'Eclair — L'Arrivée Au Port De Lagos

4:25pm — Bantous de la Capitale — Watchiwara

4:28pm — Dizzy Gillespie — Chega De Saudade (Pt. 2)

4:34pm — Leroi Conroy — Abiding

4:39pm — Herbie Mann — Motherless Child

4:47pm — Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra — Oye Como Va

4:50pm — Shirley Scott — Lean On Me

4:54pm — Khruangbin — The Recital that Never Happened

4:58pm — Leroy Vinnegar — Reservation

5:06pm — UNKLE — Unreal

5:11pm — Art Taylor — Epistrophy

5:18pm — Bobby Montez — Jungle Sunset

5:22pm — Clark Terry — Blues for Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues

5:26pm — Bobby Womack — California Dreamin'

5:30pm — Les McCann — I Am In Love (Recorded Live at the Village Vanguard, New York City on July 16, 1967) [feat. Leroy Vinnegar & Frank Severino]

5:36pm — Sensational Williams Brothers — Help Us Jesus, Help Us Lord

5:40pm — Edwin Starr — There You Go (instrumental)

5:43pm — Louis Smith — Brill's Blues (2007 Remaster) [Rudy Van Gelder Edition]

5:52pm — Leroy Vinnegar — Hey Mon

5:55pm — The Joe Tatton Trio — Sunday Shade

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