The Checkout - Show Podcast

Randy Ingram and his band perform "Sky/Lift," Oran Etkin spans the globe with "Gathering Light," and Steve Lehman's spectral-jazz "Mise en Abime."

Singer Gregory Porter, pianist Stefano Bolllani with mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda, and saxophonist Miguel Zenon's Puerto Rican suite "Identities are Changeable," live at the 2014 Newport Jazz Festival.

first aired on WBGO-FM August 5, 2014.

We preview the 2014 Newport Jazz Festival with George Wein, the festival's founder, festival artists Mostly Other People Do The Killing, and a tribute to bassist Charlie Haden with guest host Rhonda Hamilton.

Tom Harrell thinks of melodies in his dreams, and shares his love for Debussey and Horace Silver. Pianist David Ryshpan gives a playlist of modern Canadian jazz. And Toronto's BADBADNOTGOOD rise to internet stardom.

Baptiste Trotignon's duo recording with Mark Turner: Dusk Is a Quiet Place, Monty Alexander's journey from Jamaica to America, and Vincent Rehel's Images du lendemain.

Singer Jose James makes his Blue Note debut, drummer Jeff Ballard's trio CD with Lionel Loueke on guitar and Miguel Zenon on alto sax, and pianist Danilo Perez's Panama 500 project live at WBGO.

The Checkout celebrates jazz from British Columbia with bandleader Darcy James Argue, Pugs & Crows, and saxophonist Michael Blake's World Time Zone.

An all-piano special on The Checkout with Chick Corea's "Portraits," Helen Sung's "Anthem For A New Day" and Onaje Allan Gumbs' "Bloodlife."

Pianists Kris Bowers, Christian Sands, Zach Lapidus, Emmet Cohen and Sullivan Fortner perform at New York's Rubin Museum and talk with Josh Jackson during the American Pianists Association's Cole Porter Fellowship opening concert.

Pianist Fabian Almazan's "Rhizome Project," trumpeter Takuya Kuroda's Rising Son" and Round Robin improvised duets at New York's 92Y Tribeca.

Pianist Vijay Iyer's "Mutations," saxophonist Pete Robbins' "Pyramid" and drummer Rudy Royston's album "303 on this week's show.

Member's of Brazil's Flame Collective perform original songs live at WBGO, a jazz revival in Ethiopia, and we remember saxophonist Fred Ho, who died April 12, 2014.

Drummer Mark Guiliana talks about his electronic duo with Brad Mehldau on keyboards, singer Cassandra Wilson talks about her breakthrough album "Blue Light Til Dawn," and drummer Brian Blade talks about "Landmarks."

We showcase new releases by singers Cecile McLorin Salvant, Zara McFarlane and Theo Bleckmann with John Hollenbeck, and interview the artists.