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Saxophonist, Woodwindist, Composer & Educator Sharel Cassity (pron. Shah-Relle) is a musician on the New York, Chicago, and international jazz scenes. Listed as “Rising Star Alto Saxophone” in Downbeat Magazine for the past 11 consecutive years, Sharel has appeared on the Today Show, earned her MA from The Juilliard School under full scholarship, won the 2007 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award & has been inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Cassity has shared the stage with jazz luminaries including Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis & the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; as well as mainstream artists Aretha Franklin, Natalie Merchant, Vanessa Williams & Trisha Yearwood

Album

Steps Taken

By Eli Howell

Label: D Clef
Released: 2026
Track listing: One For Steve; I Remember Al; For Garrison; A Clear Sky; One For Steve; Reimagined; Alone Together; Say When; Dear Helen; A Vontade Mesmo

Album

Lineage

By Andrew Kim

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Kimposter; The World Falls Away; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; Cube Steak; Nostos; Welcome Home; Discovered Ease; Bit of Heaven; Awaken; Stella by Starlight.

Album

Natural Rhythm

By Altin Sencalar

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: One By One; Reflection; In Walked Horace; Resolution; Baila de Plena; Descarga de Dia; New Life; Lament; Run Away; Settling.

Song of the Day

Cube Steak

September 14, 2026

Album: Lineage
By Andrew Kim
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:51

Song of the Day

One For Steve

June 26, 2026

Album: Steps Taken
By Eli Howell
Label: D Clef
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:49

Article: Album Review

Eli Howell: Steps Taken

Read "Steps Taken" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 4, 2026

Picture this: Having assembled a supporting cast, finalized the playlist and booked a studio, you are ready to make the debut recording as leader of your own ensemble, only to learn that, hours earlier, said studio in East Lansing, Michigan, had been devastated by a tornado. That is exactly what happened to trombonist Eli Howell in ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Tom Oren, Julie Benko, Alfie Jackson, Yelena Eckemoff, Ingrid Jensen, Melissa Aldana & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 23, 2026

This broadcast includes fundraising for the station with new music from Tom Oren, Julie Benko, Alfie Jackson, Yelena Eckemoff, Ingrid Jensen and Melissa Aldana, plus birthday shoutouts to Nina Simone, Carmen Staaf, Sharel Cassity and Honorable Man Harold Arlen, among others. Happy listening and please and support the artists you hear -see them live, buy their ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Classic jazz from Shirley Scott and more, and birthday shoutouts to Behn Gillece and Maceo Parker among others

by David W. Daniels
February 17, 2026

Classic music per the headline, plus the Modern Jazz Quartet, Jimmy Smith, and Joe Williams with Ella Fitzgerald and more! Recently released music from Roy Hargrove, Joel Ross, Snarky Puppy and more. Birthday recognition per the headline, plus Sharel Cassity, Rufus Reid, Omar Hakim, and Eugene McDaniels (songwriter of “Compared To What").Playlist Alchemy Sound ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music By Kate Olson, Nate Smith, Myra Melford, Craig Taborn with Tomeka Reid & Ches Smith, Celebrating Jazz Capricorns & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 19, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Kate Olson, Nate Smith, Myra Melford, Craig Taborn with Tomeka Reid & Ches Smith, plus Part 2 of a look back at some notable 2025 releases, with birthday shoutouts to Pamela Wise, Georgia Mancio, Margaret Slovak, Michelle Walker, Myra Melford, Carol Sudhalter, Christine Tobin and Honorable Man Bucky Pizzarelli (100!), ...