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Musician, composer and educator Ray Vega is the new host of Friday Night Jazz on VPR.
Friday Night Jazz
Fridays, 8-11 p.m.

Trumpeter, percussionist, composer, arranger and educator Ray Vega hosts three hours of jazz. For Ray, jazz "is a celebration of life!"

If you miss the show or just want to hear it again, you have two weeks to enjoy the show with the Replay stream!

Wondering where are the playlists for the 2 most recent weeks? Click here.

Latest Episodes
  • Hour One-Duke Ellington And His Orchestra-Plays Music From Mary Poppins- Spoonful Of Sugar-Rahsaan Roland Kirk-Kirkatron- Sugar-Ben Webster- At The…
  • Tonight we'll walk March home with recordings from Etta James, Pink Martini-Charles Lloyd,Gato Barbieri, Jimmy Scott and others.Hour One-Phil Woods-This…
  • Hour One-Gil Scott Heron-Brian Jackson- Offering-Maple Jam- Grade A Fancy- There Will Never Be Another You-Brian McCarthy-This Just In-Mack Attack-Paul…
  • Hour One-Larry Coryell- Offering- Foreplay-Wes Montgomery- A Day In The Life, Windy-Emily Remler-East To Wes-George Benson- Gotham City-Sonny Sharrock- Hi…
  • Hour One-Arthur Blythe- Lenox Avenue Breakdown-Down San Diego Way-Kevin Eubanks-The Mesesnger- Ghost Dog Blues-Wayne Shorter Quartet- Without A Net- Plaza…
  • Spend this final Friday in the month of love (or seemingly endless grey skies)with spirit- lifting recordings from Terri Lynne Carrington, Alice Coltrane,…
  • Stiff arm that post-Super Bowl, mid-winter malaise with sounds from Oliver Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Enrico Rava, Frank Sinatra and others (Dancing shoes…
  • Hour One-Marvin Gaye- The Master- She Needs Me, Why Did I Choose You?-Tony Bennett, Bill Evans- The Tony Bennett-Bill Evans Album-We'll Be Together Again,…
  • Celebrate the weekend and/or the month's halfway point with music from Ahmad Jamal, Geri Allen, Pharoah Sanders, James Brown et al.Hour One-Miles Davis-…
  • Tonight we explore and celebrate well- known pop bands with jazz roots (Earth, Wind and Fire, Tower Of Power, Kool And The Gang),recordings with memorable…