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This week’s episode takes us on a sweeping vocal journey, moving from the tender intimacy of a lullaby to the dramatic heights of Dichterliebe.
Best Jazz of 2025 (S5 | E270). Some of our best friends in jazz join us this week on a year in review show for Jazz New York Radio.
We kick off 2026 by welcoming a familiar voice and long-time friend of the show, David Goldman, for our sixth annual "Year in Review" special.
Finn Ewing's Best of 2025. Tokyo Tea Room Augustine. Darksoft. SZA. Molly Santana. Malcom Todd. Think Dreamy Beachfront Getaway.
Tonight we present an original production of Dickens’s “Christmas at Dingley Dell” from The Pickwick Papers written in 1837.
We bring Dylan Thomas' remarkable short story to life in a new reading by James Nave of Twice 5 Miles Radio.
“The Conversion of Hetherington” is one of the stories in John Kendrick Bangs’ “A Little Book of Christmas. Our version.
How We Kept Thanksgiving at Old Town is a story written in 1869 by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a civic honoring of our singular American holiday.
G is for Guaraldi - a study in the key of "G" - its Autumn in New York.
A new record from a gifted jazz guitarist, composer, singer and New Yorker. Tony Davis Jessamine (S5 | E261)
Jazz guitarist Tony Davis sat down with PJ Ewing, host of Jazz New York Radio, for a revealing interview that digs into his creative journey and recent projects
Chick Corea recorded Forever Yours in October 2020, just four months before his passing, during two luminous solo piano concerts at Florida’s Ruth Eckerd Hall
This week on Lester the Nightfly, your host PJDJ is back with the latest installment of the show, titled October House.
Part 2 | Two European Stars | A New Album of Cabaret Songs | Part Two of Two Radio Shows. Yep - It's Amazing!!!
Two European Stars | A New Album of Cabaret Songs | Part One of Two Radio Shows. Yep - It's Amazing!!!
Juliet Ewing Part Two (S5 | E255). Juliet Ewing is an exciting, masterful interpreter of the Great American Songbook.
Juliet Ewing Part One (S5 | E254). Juliet Ewing is an exciting, masterful interpreter of the Great American Songbook.
Part II with Alan Broadbent. Lots of jazz. American Standards. We hear Stella Cole and Georgia Mancio. Way too much fun!
The great Alan Broadbent is our guest this week. Get your popcorn and your headphones - this one is groundbreaking.
Bill Mays has made his name for more than 65 years as a jazz band leader, sideman, studio musician, and composer. This is part two of a two-part series.























