Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Finger-snapping tunes to deep-space exploration

Day at the Dog Races comes out swinging, with bright piano, a little Jamaican sway, and the blues never far from reach. Voices draw you close, guitar keeps things warm, and the whole affair moves with an easy confidence. Get comfortable—but keep your ears open.

Because the ground starts shifting. Spiritual jazz turns up the heat, electric grooves thicken the plot, and the rhythms begin taking corners you didn’t see coming. What started as an invitation to move becomes an invitation to get real gone.

A dependable beat gives way to fractured patterns, gathering tension, and wide-open space. The guitar bristles, the bass rumbles, and the trumpet calls out across the darkness. We’ve traveled from finger-snapping tunes to deep-space exploration — and it's too late to turn back now.

Sean Mason - Honey Pie
Kris Davis Trio - The Subtext

Oscar Rossignoli - Ebbs & Flow
Monty Alexander - Mystical Blues

Peter Brendler - And Then Nothing
Shuteen Erdenebaatar - In Praise of Light

Vanisha Gould - Borough Blues
Jocelyn Gould - The Game Changer

Sarah Pillow - Blue Skies
Migiwa Miyajima - If I Could See Thad
Kelly Green - Tongue Twister

Jim Snidero - Ascent
Miguel Atwood Ferguson - Compassion (feat. Flying Lotus & Immanuel Wilkins)
Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown - Pursuance

Russell Gunn & Blackhawk - Cahokia Pyramids
Matt Wilson's Good Trouble - Black Fire

Kevin Sun - Hold Music
Max Light - Two Step Authentication

Christian Finger - Stimmung
Wadada Leo Smith - Deep Canyons on Mars

[Click the photo for full details about Wadada Leo Smith and Joe Morris, presented by New Music Circle in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, October 25, 2026.]

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