Beats & Pieces

By XRAY.fm / Steven Cantor

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April 14, 2026Beats & PIeces X136
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theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

D-Flat Waltz by Weather Report on Columbia (Columbia)

Karabali by Herbie Hancock on Columbia (Columbia)

Loomy by Otis Sandsjö on WeJazz (WeJazz)

To Kill a Child of Troubled Times - Mythos by Anthony Tidd & Quite Sane on Atelier Harlem (Atelier Harlem )

Prelude #21 from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 BWV 866 (JS Bach) by Angela Hewitt on Hyperion (Hyperion)

Präludium B-dur, BWV 890, Das wohltemperierte Klavier, II (JS Bach) by András Schiff on ECM (ECM)

Composition II by Immanuel Wilkins on Blue Note (Blue Note )

Express Yourself by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)

The Hump by Patrice Rushen on Prestige (Prestige)

I Want You by Marvin Gaye on Motown (Motown)

Steppin' In It by Herbie Hancock on Columbia (Columbia)

Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2 (excerpt) by Hélène Grimaud on Erato (Erato)

Room 1801 - Rack of Time by Roomful of Teeth x Gabriel Kahane on Octoverse Media (Octoverse Media )

Disaster Friend by Forager on La Reserve (La Reserve)

Closer (Feat. Evan Marien & Mel Pacifico) by Franky Freedom on self-released (self-released )

One Down, One Up (Take 6) by John Coltrane on Impulse (Impulse)
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1h 59min
April 07, 2026Beats & PIeces X135
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What If The Sky Froze (excerpt) by Laurie Anderson on Nonesuch (Nonesuch)

theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

A Case of You by Herbie Hancock on Verve (Verve)

Daydreaming by Radiohead on XL (XL)

Reverence by Elori Saxl + Henry Solomon on True Panther (True Panther )

Is What You Believe by Genevieve Artadi on Brainfeeder (Brainfeeder)

Big Mato by Bernice on Telephone Explosion (Telephone Explosion)

Somethin Truthful (feat Liam Shortall) by Masterplan on CoOp Presents (CoOp Presents)

Tessio by Luomo on Kinetic (Kinetic)

fifteen by Vladislav Delay Quintet on We Jazz (We Jazz)

Casual - Lee by Walter Smith II on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Two Not One (L. Tristano) by Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh on Mosaic (Mosaic)

Vandal (feat. Moses Yoofee) by corto.alto on Ninja Tune (Ninja Tune)

WHIP.wav by Moses Yoofee Trio on Leiter (Leiter)

sunder II by Mariel Roberts Musa, Conor Hanick on New Focus (New Focus)

Forward Into Light by Metropolis Ensemble, Sarah Kirkland Snider on Nonesuch (Nonesuch)

Sinew by David Binney on self-released (self-released)

Baião De Acordar by Egberto Gismonti on EMI (EMI)

Miniatura / Nadzieja II by Jadzka Klapa on self-released (self-released)

Dolores by Miles Davis on Columbia (Columbia)
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1h 59min
March 31, 2026Beats & PIeces X134
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Chain of Fools (unedited version - intro only) by Aretha Franklin on Rhino (Rhino)

theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

Opus Pocus by Jaco Pastorius on Epic (Epic)

Telluric by Booker Stardrum on We Jazz (We Jazz)

Got Me Puzzled (Featuring Face) by Kaidi Tatham and Dego on 2000 Black (2000 Black)

George and Dee (dedicated to George and Dee Gamble) by GEORGE on Out Of Your Head (Out Of Your Head)

back & forth prod. Jake Sherman by chiquitamagic on self-released (self-released)

Smaller by Georgie Sweet on First Word (First Word )

Too Much To Ask by Slowe on Tru Thoughts (Tru Thoughts)

ThunderWave (feat. WILLOW) by Thundercat on Brainfeeder (Brainfeeder)

Fuge gis-moll, BWV 887, Das wohltemperierte Klavier, II (JS Bach) by András Schiff on ECM (ECM)

No Shepherds Live Here (feat. Pascal Schumacher) by Kristin Berardi, Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen on Earshift (Earshift)

Jaded by Malibu on YEAR0001 (YEAR0001)

Passionflower by Jon Gomm on Performing Chimp (Performing Chimp)

Passion Flower by Luke Bergman on self-released (self-released)

Passion Flower by Duke Ellington on Hindsight (Hindsight)

Single Petal of a Rose by Jason Moran on Yes (Yes)

Cassia by Tyrone Allen on Dreams and Fears (Dreams and Fears )

Talking Rain by Lex Korten on Sounderscore (Sounderscore)

Garden Rain (Takemitsu) by Philip Jones Brass Ensemble on DG (DG)

À Noite (Interlude) / Lua (feat. MARO) by Jacob Collier on Decca (Decca)

Manuel o Audaz by Toninho Horta on World Pacific (World Pacific )

My Little Brown Book by Duke Ellington & John Coltrane on Impulse (Impulse)
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1h 59min
March 24, 2026Beats & PIeces X133
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Päan (Kurtág) by Pierre-Laurent Aimard on Pentatone (Pentatone)

theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

Black Nile by Wayne Shorter on Blue Note (Blue Note)

A Little Trouble by Brotherly on Hospital (Hospital)

Bottle It Up by Kinzoogianna on Brotherly (Brotherly)

To Forget by Robin Mullarkey on self-released (self-released)

Big Mama by Flying Lotus on Brainfeeder (Brainfeeder)

Convergence by Björn Meyer on ECM (ECM)

Presagio by Edward Simon on ArtistShare (ArtistShare)

The Book of Sounds, Part 5 by Conor Hanick on Il Pirata (Il Pirata)

Room 1212 - Not Even the Dead by Roomful of Teeth x Gabriel Kahane on Octoverse Media (Octoverse Media )

Clouds by Ben Wendel on Edition (Edition)

Sections 74-87, from Canto Ostinato (Simeon Ten Holt) by Metropolis Ensemble, Erik Hall, Sandbox Percussion on Western Vinyl (Western Vinyl)

Dance In Praise by Shabaka on Shabaka (Shabaka)

Life Of A Bee by Dolphin Hyperspace on popop (popop)

Ring the Alarm by Last Nubian on CoOp Presents (CoOp Presents)

Everlove (feat. Becca Stevens) by Carolina Bubbico on GroundUP (GroundUP)

Djinê Mogo Tiki by Neba Solo, Benego Diakité on Nonesuch (Nonesuch)

A Poem (ft. Kaidi Tatham) by trian kayhatu on Mysterybox (Mysterybox)

Klavieretüden_ No. 1, Anodos (Nicolaou) by Tamara Stefanovich on Pentatone (Pentatone)

Gingerbread Boy by Miles Davis on Columbia/Legacy (Columbia/Legacy)
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1h 59min
March 17, 2026Beats & PIeces X132
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It's St. Patrick's Day by NRBQ on Rounder (Rounder)

theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

Shere Khan, the Tiger by Wayne Shorter on Columbia (Columbia)

Charanam by Alice Coltrane on Impulse (Impulse)

Charanam by Immanuel Wilkins on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) (Sorey) by DACAMERA soloists, Houston Chamber Choir, Tyshawn Sorey on DACAMERA Editions (DACAMERA Editions)

REM Blues (Ellington) by Tyshawn Sorey Trio on Pi (Pi)

6e Ordre No. 5 - Les Baricades Mistérieuses (Couperin) by Angela Hewitt on Hyperion (Hyperion)

It's Easy To Remember (But So Hard To Forget) by John Coltrane on Impulse (Impulse)
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1h 59min
March 10, 2026Beats & PIeces X131
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Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 2 Scraps of a colinda melody faintly recollected (Kurtág) by Pierre-Laurent Aimard on Pentatone (Pentatone)

theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

Teru by Wayne Shorter on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Sweet Spot ft. Elena Pinderhughes by Moonchild on Tru Thoughts (Tru Thoughts)

Comhartha by Kirin McElwain on AKP Recordings (AKP Recordings)

Jazzonia by Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, London Vocal Project on Edition (Edition)

Per Mané (Eb Venice song) by Tigran Hamasyan on naïve (naïve)

Cocoyé Nuvó by David Virelles on self-released (self-released)

Jazzy by Willie Colón on Fania (Fania)

Enough For Me by Apparat on Mute (Mute)

To Kill a Child of Troubled Times - Prologue by Anthony Tidd & Quite Sane on Atelier Harlem (Atelier Harlem )

1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Glass) by Third Angle New Music on Orange Mountain Music (Orange Mountain Music)

Les Fleurs by 4Hero Feat. Carina Andersson on Talkin’ Loud (Talkin’ Loud)

Different Lives by Knower on self-released (self-released)

Life is Beautiful by Daniela Mars on Records From Mars (Records From Mars)

Sifting, Shifting by Nicole McCabe on self-released (self-released)

Arvo by Matthias Eick on ECM (ECM)

Prelude feat. Andres Beeuwsaert by Jadzka Klapa on self-released (self-released)

Rothko Chapel - For Chorus, Viola and Percussion (Feldman) by Karen Phillips-viola, James Holland-percussion, Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith on Sony Classical (Sony Classical)

The Theme (Live) by Miles Davis on Columbia/Legacy (Columbia/Legacy)
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1h 59min
March 03, 2026Beats & PIeces X130
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theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

S.S. Golden Mean by Wayne Shorter on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Adventures Aboard The Golden Mean by Wayne Shorter on Verve (Verve)

Adventures Aboard The Golden Mean by Wayne Shorter on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Do Whatchu Gotta by Jarrod Lawson on Dome (Dome)

nurture by MAE.SUN on self-released (self-released )

Agua e Vinho by Egberto Gismonti on EMI (EMI)

Agua e Vinho (Gismonti) by Rosie Bennet on Sony Classical (Sony Classical)

Small Hands (Live) by Bill Frisell on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Take this stone by Cecile McLorin Salvant on Nonesuch (Nonesuch)

Feeling So Nice by Maro on Secca (Secca)

Like A Dream (Feat. Mark Lettieri & Mel Pacifico) by Franky Freedom on self-released (self-released)

Ultradance by Tigran Hamasyan on naïve (naïve)

Big Pump by Jason Lindner on Anzic (Anzic)

Right Brain Patrol by John Abercrombie on ECM (ECM)

Samurai Hee-Haw by Marc Johnson on ECM (ECM)

Cold Water by Tom Waits on Anti- (Anti-)

Backwater Blues by Bessie Smith on Columbia/Legacy (Columbia/Legacy)

Feeling Blue by James P. Johnson on Acrobat (Acrobat)

Imágenes by Melissa Aldana on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Christian Wolff in Cambridge (Morton Feldman) by The Choir of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Harold Chaney on New World (New World)

Make A New World by Pat Metheny on Uniquity (Uniquity)

26-2 by John Coltrane on Atlantic (Atlantic)
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1h 58min
February 24, 2026Beats & PIeces X129
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theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

Corner Pocket by Weather Report on Columbia (Columbia)

Body Blow by Donny McCaslin on Edition (Edition)

The Rockafeller Skank (edit) by Fatboy Slim on Astralwerks (Astralwerks)

Satisfaction Skank by Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones on Southern Fried Records (Southern Fried Records)

Cornered by Simon Grey on GroundUP (GroundUP)

Big Fish (feat. Saje) by Nate Smith on naïve (naïve)

Ida Lupino by Ingrid Jensen on Newvelle (Newvelle)

Seven Sorrows by Tigran Hamasyan on naïve (naïve)

Seacht by Iarla Ó Lionaird on Real World (Real World )

Stardust (excerpt) by Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore on Infiné (Infiné)

Highway Bright by Blake Mills on New Deal/Verve (New Deal/Verve)

Cancão de Tarde by Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo on Scubidu (Scubidu)

American Crow by Maria Schneider Orchestra on ArtistShare (ArtistShare)

Lucy by Pau Figueres on Satellite K (Satellite K)

Oxala by MARO on Secca (Secca)

Zamba de los Almacenes (feat. Luis Medina, Mauro Leyes, Mauricio Laferrara & Sebastian Narvaez) by Carlos Aguirre on Shagrada Medra (Shagrada Medra)

Don't Look Down by Pat Metheny on Uniquity (Uniquity)

Little Church by Melissa Aldana on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Hug by Sam Wilkes on Leaving (Leaving)

?irl MIP +++ hH by Anton Eger on Edition (Edition)

Watten Koma by Koma Saxo on We Jazz (We Jazz)

Nem Um Talvez by Miles Davis on Columbia (Columbia)
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1h 58min
February 17, 2026Beats & PIeces X128
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theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

Footprints (Live) by Miles Davis on Columbia/Legacy (Columbia/Legacy)

No More Lies by Thundercat & Tame Impala on Brainfeeder (Brainfeeder)

So Gone by Simon Grey on GroundUP (GroundUP)

Soledad Azul by Lau Noah on self-released (self-released)

Slow Song by Paul Cornish on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Op. 27 No. 2 - Double Concerto, 2nd mvmt (Kurtág) by Jean-Guihen Queyras, Tamara Stefanovich, Asko-Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw on ECM (ECM)

Modul 70_51 by Nik Baertsch's Ronin on Ronin Rhythm Records (Ronin Rhythm Records)

Wood Dance by Marimolin on Catalyst (Catalyst)

Rachel's Song by Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore on Infiné (Infiné)

Patterns and Form (A. Viñao) by Portland Percussion Group, Yoko Greeney on New Focus (New Focus )

Untitled #9 - Smáskifa by Sigur Ros on FatCat (FatCat)

Naima (Coltrane, arr. Thomas Oboe Lee) by Marimolin on Catalyst (Catalyst)

Dahomey Dance by John Coltrane on Atlantic (Atlantic)
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1h 58min
February 10, 2026Beats & PIeces X127
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Book VII, No. 29. ...Memories, Little Tin Soldiers, from Jatekok (Kurtág) by Pierre-Laurent Aimard on Pentatone (Pentatone)

theme (from "A Little Trouble") by Brotherly on Whirlwind (Whirlwind)

The Moors by Weather Report on Columbia (Columbia)

Skygger by Jan Garbarek on ECM (ECM)

The Prowler / Green and Golden by Oregon on Intuition (Intuition)

Beneath An Evening Sky by Oregon with The Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra on Intuition (Intuition)

velvet is broken by Don Philippe on Sonar Kollektiv (Sonar Kollektiv)

Intermezzo Op.118 No.2 by Jason Moran x Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vagan on Yes Records (Yes Records)

Carinhoso by Elis Regina on Philips (Philips)

persistence by chiquitamagic on self-released (self-released)

Elemental (excerpt) by Holland Andrews on Good Cloud Day (Good Cloud Day)

Jesus was a Cross Maker by Judee Sill on Asylum (Asylum)

Jesus was a Cross Maker by Larry Goldings on Sam First (Sam First)

dónde dormirán by Judit Neddermann & Pau Figueres on Musica Global (Musica Global)

We Shall Overcome by Bill Frisell on Blue Note (Blue Note)

Begin Again by Berardi-Foran-Karlen on Earshift (Earshift)

Barbara, it's your tree by Bernice on Telephone Explosion (Telephone Explosion)

Budapest Concert, Part XI by Keith Jarrett on ECM (ECM)

The Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix on Reprise (Reprise)

Mademoiselle Mabry by Miles Davis on Columbia (Columbia)
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1h 59min

FAQs about Beats & Pieces:

How many episodes does Beats & Pieces have?

The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.