The Needle Drop › May 23, 2026

The Needle Drop — May 23, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

44 tracks · 41 artists

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2:01pm — Grant Green — Walk On By (Live)

2:08pm — Jimmy Woode — The Man From Potter's Crossing

2:13pm — Trends — Not Too Old To Cry

2:15pm — Saun & Starr — Dear Mr. Teddy (instrumental)

2:18pm — Calm — Donde Sal El Sol

2:25pm — Joe Pass — 19th Nervous Breakdown

2:28pm — Gerardo Frisina — Friendly Night

2:33pm — Lucecita — Por Mi Orgullo

2:36pm — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers — Hank's Symphony

2:41pm — Max Bennett — My Heart Belongs To Daddy

2:45pm — Zé Roberto — Lotus 72 D

2:48pm — FloFilz — Zuckerhut

2:52pm — Miles Davis — So Near, So Far

2:59pm — Fingathing — You Fly Me

3:02pm — Seldon Powell — Messin'

3:08pm — Johnny Hammond Smith & Will Jackson — Y'all

3:13pm — Sabu Martinez — Hotel Alyssa Soussi

3:19pm — Chucho Valdés & Laksar Reese — Giant Steps

3:26pm — Easy Kabaka — Agboho

3:35pm — Herbie Hancock — Blind Man, Blind Man

3:44pm — Harold Johnson — My Cherie Amour

3:47pm — Bobby Williams — Baby I Need Your Love

3:50pm — Miles Davis — So What

3:59pm — Sven Van Hees — Tabla Rasa

4:06pm — DJ Shadow — Building Steam With a Grain of Salt (Alternate Take Without Overdubs)

4:13pm — Bobby Hutcherson — Roses Poses

4:19pm — Helen Merrill and Dick Katz — It Don't Mean A Thing

4:24pm — Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet — Prisoner of Love

4:32pm — Miles Davis — It's Only a Paper Moon

4:37pm — Moby — Summer

4:43pm — James Reese & The Progressions — Throwing Stones (Kenny Dope Remix)

4:49pm — Quincy Jones & The Ray Brown Orchestra — Go Down Dying

4:53pm — Idrissa Soumaoro — Nissodia (Mike D Remix)

4:58pm — Lee Morgan — Edda

5:05pm — The Dave Bailey Sextet — Soul Support

5:11pm — Malombo — Sangoma

5:15pm — The Chris Schilder Quintet — Spring

5:25pm — Astrud Gilberto — Pretty Place

5:29pm — Miles Davis — My Man's Gone Now

5:35pm — Tricky — Aftermath

5:42pm — Louis Smith — Embraceable You

5:49pm — Shawn Lee & Bei Bei — Bei's Bossa

5:53pm — Rene Touzet — Peanut Vendor

5:57pm — Shirley Scott — Feeling Good

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