The Needle Drop › May 17, 2026

The Needle Drop — May 17, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

49 tracks · 46 artists

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2pm — Paul Misraki — Les Cousins

2:02pm — Duke Ellington & His Orchestra — Mount Harissa

2:09pm — Gerald Wilson — Blues for Yna Yna

2:17pm — Harry James and His Orchestra — Sleepy Lagoon

2:20pm — Freddie Joachim — Meditation

2:22pm — Sunny Levine with Hugh Masekela — One Of These Days featuring Hugh Masekela

2:27pm — Christian Scott — Alkebu Lan

2:32pm — Kenny Dorham — Sunset

2:38pm — Hank Mobley — Bossa for Baby

2:44pm — Marian McPartland — Coming Home Baby

2:47pm — The Herbaliser — The Sensual Woman

2:51pm — Miles Davis — Pfrancing (aka No Blues)

2:59pm — Nucleus — Taranaki

3:01pm — Lee Morgan — Search for the New Land

3:17pm — Os Mulheres Negras — Maoscolorida

3:21pm — Miles Davis — Time After Time

3:24pm — DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo — Sun is Shining

3:31pm — Ricardo Marrero & The Group — Get Yourself Together

3:35pm — The Latin Jazz Quintet with Eric Dolphy — Blues in 6/8

3:41pm — Eric Dolphy — Far Cry

3:45pm — Black Flower — Synesthetic

3:50pm — Bohren and Der Club of Gore — Deine Kusine

3:53pm — Oscar Pettiford — But Not For Me

3:56pm — Count Ossie — Let Freedom Reign

3:59pm — George Semper — Universe

4:01pm — Mo'Horizons — Soho Vibes

4:05pm — Cochemea — Song of Happiness

4:11pm — Eddie Harris — Listen Here

4:19pm — Thievery Corporation — Le Coeur

4:22pm — Paul Grant — Love (Instrumental)

4:23pm — Shirley Scott — Yes Indeed

4:29pm — Dexter Gordon — Cheese Cake

4:36pm — Mulatu Astatke — Tezetaye Antchi Lidj

4:42pm — PLS Trio — Into the Skyline

4:47pm — Tony Njoku — Lost Forever

4:51pm — Miles Davis Quintet — Sanctuary

4:59pm — Eriko Uegaki — Arigatou

5pm — Brad Mehldau — Everything In Its Right Place

5:07pm — Robert Glasper — Reckoner

5:12pm — Steve Gadd Band — Scatterbrain

5:17pm — Christian Scott — The Eraser

5:22pm — Miles Davis Quintet — In Your Own Sweet Way (Instrumental)

5:28pm — Georges Arvanitas — Bluesy Blues

5:36pm — Albert "Tootie" Heath — Danube Incident

5:38pm — Portishead — Mysterons

5:43pm — Lalo Schifrin — The Human Fly

5:46pm — David Axelrod — The Human Abstract

5:51pm — Kokoroko — Abusey Junction

5:58pm — Shabaka — Space, Time

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