The Needle Drop › May 16, 2026

The Needle Drop — May 16, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

52 tracks · 47 artists

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2pm — Peter Thomas Sound Orchester — Eternal Song

2:01pm — Miles Davis — Swing Spring

2:11pm — Quarteto Novo — O Ôvo

2:14pm — Mabel Scott — Fool Burro

2:16pm — Robohands — Ikigai

2:19pm — Makaya McCraven — Sunset

2:22pm — Kenny Dorham — Mamacita

2:33pm — Okonski — Song For My Sister's Son

2:38pm — Duke Ellington & His Orchestra — Isfahan

2:42pm — Flora Purim — Love Reborn

2:45pm — The Olympians — Venus

2:49pm — Bola Sete — Wedding Bell Blues

2:51pm — Bill Evans — So What

3pm — Kazam — Miles Away

3:02pm — Dorothy Ashby — Reza

3:05pm — Nico Fidenco — Sweet Bossa

3:08pm — Rosinha De Valença — Boi Ta-Tá

3:11pm — Duke Pearson — The Moana Surf

3:18pm — Farhout — babyDe

3:20pm — Mulatu Astatke — Nétsanét

3:26pm — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers — Oscalypso

3:34pm — Hugh Masekela — Goin' Back to New Orleans

3:40pm — The Meters — Here Comes The Meter Man

3:42pm — Allen Toussaint — Sweet Touch of Love

3:46pm — Allen Toussaint — Bright Mississippi

3:51pm — Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong — Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?

3:55pm — Miles Davis — Miles Ahead

4pm — Terrace Martin and Marcus Gilmore — Shadowboxing Fear

4:01pm — Butcher Brown — ALL BLUES (featuring Nicholas Payton)

4:09pm — Temporary Blessings — Fata Morgana

4:13pm — The T.S.U Toronados — Got To Get Through To You

4:16pm — Eldee Young & Red Holt — Travel On

4:20pm — Dee Felice Trio — Nightingale

4:22pm — Willie Bobo — Come a Little Bit Closer

4:25pm — Grant Green — Green Jeans

4:34pm — Stro Elliot — Kamaal Coltrane

4:38pm — A Tribe Called Quest — Excursions

4:42pm — John Coltrane — Giant Steps

4:47pm — Alice Coltrane — Blue Nile

4:54pm — Miles Davis — Eighty-One

5pm — J Dilla — Rico Suave Bossa Nova

5:01pm — Azymuth — Last Summer In Rio

5:12pm — Nina Simone — Tell It Like It Is

5:16pm — Quincy Jones — Killer Joe

5:21pm — Ancient Infinity Orchestra — Chant for Don Cherry

5:26pm — Don Cherry — Utopia and Visions

5:33pm — David Carbonara — Pacific Coast Hgwy

5:34pm — Miles Davis — Freddie Freeloader

5:44pm — Miles Davis — Florence Sur Les Champs-Elysees

5:47pm — Stan Kenton — Gambler's Blues (aka St. James Infirmary)

5:51pm — Benny Goodman & the Hollywood Hucksters — Happy Blues (vocals: Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman)

5:54pm — Count Basie — What'cha Talkin'?

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