The Needle Drop › September 6, 2026

The Needle Drop — September 6, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

40 tracks · 37 artists

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2pm — Miles Davis Quintet — S'posin'

2:05pm — John Coltrane, Frank Wess & Paul Quinichette — Robbins' Nest (feat. Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins & Arthur Taylor)

2:20pm — The Larry Young Trio — Testifying

2:30pm — Ernie Hawks & The Soul Investigators — Street of Tears

2:36pm — Greg Foat & Eero Koivistoinen — Riding The Breeze

2:45pm — Oliver Sain — Nighttime

2:49pm — John Coltrane — Untitled Original 11386 (Take 5)

3pm — Marquis Hill — I Believe in Love

3:03pm — Omasta — What's the Point?

3:07pm — The Louis Hayes Group — Little Sunflower

3:13pm — Freddie Hubbard — But Beautiful

3:20pm — Mumbles — In Closing

3:24pm — Sarah Vaughan, Barney Kessel & Joe Comfort — I Understand (2006 Remastered Version)

3:29pm — Thad Jones — Bird Song

3:37pm — Laurent Bardainne & Tigre d'Eau Douce — Insolente

3:43pm — Kruder & Dorfmeister — Definition

3:48pm — John Coltrane — Don't Take Your Love From Me

3:57pm — Keith Mansfield — Incidental Backcloth (3)

4:01pm — Yosuke Yamashita Trio — Trane's Soul Eyes

4:06pm — 松本浩・市川秀男カルテット — Serenade to Dimly-Lit Streets

4:11pm — Kifu Mitsuhashi & Kiyoshi Yamaya — Yosakoi-Bushi

4:14pm — Alan Parker & De Wolfe Music — Blue Shadow

4:18pm — Astrud Gilberto — Who Needs Forever? (Thievery Corporation Remix)

4:23pm — Thievery Corporation — Resolution

4:28pm — Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank — Nocturno

4:32pm — Walter Wanderley — Capoeira

4:36pm — Jorge Ben Jor — Lalari-Olalá

4:39pm — Lennie Hibbert — Rose Len

4:43pm — John Coltrane — Equinox

4:52pm — Teddy Charles New Direction Quartet — I Can't Get Started

4:59pm — 9 Lazy 9 — Spoonful of Slow

5:01pm — Stanley Turrentine — Later At Minton's (Live From Minton's Playhouse/1961)

5:15pm — Art Farmer Quartet — De salde sina hemman (They sold their homestead)

5:22pm — Piero Umiliani — Blue Lagoon

5:25pm — Quantic & The Western Transient — Mirzan (Quantic Presents the Western Transient)

5:31pm — Tenderlonious — Expansions

5:37pm — Sahara All Stars Band Jos — Enjoy Yourself

5:43pm — Karate Boogaloo — Butterfly

5:48pm — The Magnificent Tape Band — When I Saw You (feat. Rachel Modest)

5:50pm — John Coltrane — Stardust

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