Category Archives: Records

Playlists for the WPFW (89.3FM in Washington, DC listen: www.wpfw.org)  Ancient Future program, produced/hosted by Willard Jenkins, are listed in Artist – Tune – Album Title – Label order                                                           Archival Segment Miles Davis All-Stars        Sid’s Ahead                Broadcast Sessions 1958-59        Acrobat Billie Holiday                    … Continue reading →

The Ancient Future radio program has shifted timeslots to Thursday morning drivetime – 5:00-8:00am.  The program now features three distinct segments: Anthology (5:00am-6:30am), Soundviews (6:30am-7:00am; an extended listen to the weekly Soundviews new/recent release), and the New Release Hour (7:00am-8:00 featuring … Continue reading →

Soundviews is a weekly feature produced by Willard Jenkins for WPFW, Pacifica Radio in Washington, DC at 89.3 FM, that focuses on highly recommended new & recent releases.  The most recent installments of Soundviews have been as following:   Week … Continue reading →

Shamarr Allen "Meet Me on Frenchman Street"   At 26 trumpeter Shamarr Allen has amassed a storehouse of experience and is on the cusp of being the latest New Orleans-produced trumpet flash.  A proud product of the Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth … Continue reading →

Here we provide capsule viewpoints on independent jazz recordings.  These are not “reviews” per se, in the traditional sense of music magazine recordings’ reviews.  The mere fact that these recordings appear here mean they are in some way meritorious in … Continue reading →