Jazz for Midsummer
Alyn Shipton celebrates midsummer on the longest day of 2026.
Alyn Shipton celebrates the summer solstice with your suggestions for summer jazz. From Duke Ellington’s Shakespeare-inspired Such Sweet Thunder to Horace Silver’s Summer in Central Park, this special Jazz Record Requests captures the magic and laid-back enchantment of the season. With music for long midsummer evenings from Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd at Monterey, Ella Fitzgerald live in Chicago and Art Farmer.
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