Visions: Detroit Jazz Festival Preview

This week on Visions, I start my first of two previews of the artists you can expect to hear at the 47th Detroit Jazz Festival happening Labor Day weekend.

I play Artist-In-Residence, Joe Lovano, plus Gabrielle Cavassa, Joey Alexander, Nduduzo Makhathini, Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston, Vijay Iyer, Artemis, and a brand new record from Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana.

I also have classic cuts from Alice Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Sonny Sharrock, Flora Purim, and Bennie Maupin. I include selections from Pat Martino, Branford Marsalis, plus recent releases from Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, and Cécile McLorin Salvant.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Visions Playlist for August 24, 2026

• “Umyalez’oPhuthumayo” – Nduduzo Makhathini
• “Fanfare for Unity (with. Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun)” – Joe Lovano
• “Summer In Central Park” – Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound
• “Dindi” – Wayne Shorter
• “Dance Cadaverous (feat. Melissa Aldana)” – Linda May Han Oh
• “Bossy Nova” – Gabrielle Cavassa
• “Everything Happens to Me” – Branford Marsalis
• “Ever Since the One I Love’s Been Gone” – Cécile McLorin Salvant, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley
• “Blue” – Joey Alexander
• “Oleo (Live)” – Pat Martino
• “Water Torture” – Bennie Maupin*
• “Forest Song (feat. Vuyo Sotashe & Aaron Parks)” – Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science
• “Human Nature (Trio Extension) [with Stephan Crump & Marcus Gilmore]” – Vijay Iyer
• “Komorebi” – ARTEMIS
• “Gregory Is Here” – Horace Silver
• “Who Does She Hope to Be?” – Sonny Sharrock
• “Love Reborn” – Flora Purim
• “Om Supreme” – Alice Coltrane*

* indicates Detroit artist