The Needle Drop › August 22, 2026

The Needle Drop — August 22, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

53 tracks · 51 artists

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2pm — Blue Lab Beats — Pineapple

2:03pm — Gerald Wilson — Viva Tirado

2:09pm — Friday Saturday, and Sunday — There Must Be a Better Way

2:12pm — Galt MacDermot — Coffee Cold

2:15pm — Myele Manzanza — Two Chords & the Truth (feat. Matt Dal Din, Ashton Sellars, Aron Ottignon & André Marmot)

2:18pm — Lightmen Plus One — Song of Praise

2:23pm — Willie Lindo — Breezin'

2:27pm — Antônio Carlos Jobim — Dialogo

2:29pm — Grupo de Experimentacion Sonora — Sondeando

2:33pm — Willie Rosario — Shining Knight

2:36pm — Ras G — Waves

2:38pm — John Coltrane & Don Cherry — Bemsha Swing

2:43pm — Art Blakey — Rhythm-a-ning

2:50pm — Thelonious Monk — Thelonious

2:53pm — Terrace Martin and Marcus Gilmore — Shadowboxing Fear

2:54pm — Robert Glasper — Be Courageous

2:58pm — Frollen Music Library — Outta My Way

3pm — Grant Green — Sookie, Sookie

3:11pm — Grant Green — I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Doo

3:15pm — James Brown — The Boss

3:19pm — James Brown — Funky Drummer

3:28pm — Marvin Gaye — "T" Plays It Cool

3:32pm — Reuben Wilson — The Sweet Life

3:38pm — Oscar Rocchi & Franco Godi — Tattile

3:41pm — Mary Lou Williams — All Blues

3:55pm — Piero Umiliani — Sadico Thrilling

3:56pm — Lord Newborn & The Magic Skulls — Ancient Scrolls

3:59pm — Black Milk & Nat Turner — Just a Thing

4:01pm — Harold Land — Mtume

4:12pm — Willie Wright — I'm So Happy Now

4:16pm — Bola Sete — Wedding Bell Blues

4:18pm — Azymuth — Last Summer In Rio

4:29pm — Wanda De Sah — Agua de Beber

4:31pm — Herbie Mann — Groovy Samba

4:36pm — Sonny Rollins — St. Thomas

4:43pm — Bobby Matos And The Combo Conquistadores — Mambo Maxims

4:47pm — Libstems — Tales

4:51pm — Morris Nanton Trio — Soul Fingers

5pm — Shabaka — Space, Time

5:01pm — Patrice Rushen — Before The Dawn

5:09pm — Shirley Horn — And I Love Him

5:11pm — Hether — Look Of Love

5:16pm — Neighbors — Cuddlebeast

5:18pm — Willie Bobo — Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries

5:21pm — Candido Camero — Poinciana

5:25pm — Wroblewski Jazz — Nana Imboro

5:28pm — The Three Sounds — The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

5:34pm — George Semper — Universe

5:35pm — Kenny Dorham — Sunset

5:41pm — Makaya McCraven — Frank's Tune

5:45pm — DJ Krush — Big City Lover

5:51pm — Freddie Joachim — Shoulder Kiss

5:53pm — Michel Sardaby — Blue Sunset

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