The Needle Drop › September 27, 2026

The Needle Drop — September 27, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

40 tracks · 36 artists

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2:01pm — John Coltrane, Frank Wess & Paul Quinichette — Things Ain't What They Used To Be (feat. Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins & Arthur Taylor)

2:09pm — Duke Ellington — Stevie

2:13pm — John Coltrane — Fifth House

2:18pm — Young-Holt Unlimited — Soulful Strut

2:21pm — Johnny Lytle — So What

2:27pm — The Hamilton Movement — She's Gone

2:30pm — Shirley Scott — How Insensitive

2:39pm — Shirley Scott — Corcovado

2:44pm — Sylvia Telles — Você e Eu

2:47pm — The Ralph Robles Octet — Willie's Movement

2:50pm — Sonny Rollins — The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

2:59pm — Karate Boogaloo — Butterfly

3:03pm — Monk Montgomery — Journey to the Bottom

3:10pm — Freddy Robinson — Black Fox

3:15pm — Mongo Santamaria — Night Crawler

3:20pm — Luis Ocasio & Brett Anderson — Sun

3:23pm — Rickey Kelly — The Masai

3:27pm — Miles Davis — Freddie Freeloader

3:37pm — Miles Davis Quintet — You're My Everything (With False Start)

3:42pm — Sonny Clark — Come Rain or Come Shine

3:50pm — Groove Armada — Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)

3:59pm — Domo Branch — Motion

4:01pm — Donald Byrd — Chant

4:08pm — Joubert Singers — Stand On the Word (Larry Levan Mix)

4:13pm — John Coltrane — A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution

4:20pm — The Three Sounds — Sermonette

4:23pm — Ray Charles — You Are My Sunshine (2024 Remaster) featuring Margie Hendrix

4:26pm — Nite-Liters — Wichita Lineman

4:31pm — Sly5thAve — Early Morning

4:37pm — Chip Wickham — The Cosmos

4:48pm — Alice Coltrane — Oceanic Beloved

4:53pm — Brandee Younger — Discernment (feat. Josh Johnson)

5pm — Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane & Zoot Sims — How Deep Is the Ocean

5:15pm — Charles Mingus — Flamingo (1986 Composite Alternative Takes)

5:21pm — Mary Lou Williams — In the Purple Grotto

5:24pm — Miles Davis — On Green Dolphin Street

5:34pm — John Coltrane — Equinox

5:43pm — John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman — Autumn Serenade

5:47pm — Kruder & Dorfmeister — Don Gil Dub

5:51pm — Lalo Schifrin & Bob Brookmeyer — Samba para Dos

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