// B'S WAX

About the show

If anyone has earned the right to be your musical guide, it’s Benjamin Herman: a saxophonist and composer with over fifty albums to his name and a lifetime spent digging through the furthest corners of jazz and anything adjacent to it.

In his radio show B’s Wax, Benjamin puts that obsession to work, curating the freshest voices from today’s jazz scene alongside hidden gems buried in decades of records few people ever bothered to find. Expect Japanese salon music next to Senegalese Mbalax, and no-wave followed by obscure film scores. Each episode is a journey through jazz past and present, hand-picked by one of the most curious ears in the business. Come along for the ride, and let Benjamin show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Playlist:

Artist Track Label Album
Dollar Brand The Wedding Elektra Records African Marketplace
Hank Crawford Don’t Cry Baby Atlantic From The Heart
Gary Bartz I’ve Known Rivers Prestige I’ve Known Rivers and Other Bodies
Duke Ellington I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good (infaden!) Doctor Jazz Duke Ellington: All Star Road Band (Vol. 1)
Benny Carter Deep Purple Complete Jazz Series Complete Jazz Series 1946 – 1948
Ornette Coleman Tomorrow Is The Question! Contemporary Records Tomorrow Is The Question!
Lou Donaldson Midnight Creeper Blue Note Records Midnight Creeper
Charlie Parker A Night In Tunesia Saga Jazz Classics Immortal Sessions 1949-1953 – The Bird Landbroadcasts 1951 Etc.
David Sanborn Straight To The Heart Warner Bros. Records Straight To The Heart
Irene Reig Release Irene Reig i Romero Anima