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You'll Hear It
A podcast about music - how to listen, play, practice, and enjoy. Listen for a combo of advice, insights, and occasional humor from pianists Peter Martin and Adam Maness. A podcast from Open Studio
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"Brown Sugar" – D'Angelo
D'Angelo's Brown Sugar sounded like nothing else in 1995. R&B was slick, polished, and built for clubs. D'Angelo later said the "deeper consciousness"...
"The Shape of Jazz to Come" – Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) may be the most controversial album in jazz history, and one of the most important.
In 1959,...
"Music of My Mind" – Stevie Wonder
What happens when you let a musical genius make the album of his dreams? You get Stevie Wonder's Music of My Mind (1972), the start of the greatest ru...
Best New Jazz In February 2026
We're looking at the best jazz releases of February 2026! Listen with pianist Adam Maness as he breaks down and reacts to these great tracks.
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"Charlie Parker with Strings" – Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker was punk rock before there was punk rock. His bebop was underground music: subversive, intellectual, and a major departure from popular...
"Gaucho" – Steely Dan
Is Steely Dan's Gaucho more perfect than Aja? Maybe even ... too perfect? Two years in the studio. The greatest session musicians alive asked to play...
"Bad" – Michael Jackson
The Impossible follow-up: Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad. Five years after Thriller changed everything, Michael returned with a record that would be...
"Tapestry" – Carole King
Carole King’s Tapestry is so cozy, you'll want to hug it; sit with it. It sounds simple, warm, and totally unassuming. But it’s way more impressive th...
Fresh Spin Fridays - January 2026
We're looking at the best jazz releases of January 2026! Listen with pianist Adam Maness as he breaks down and reacts to these great tracks.
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We're back! You'll Hear It Returns For A New Season
New episode drops February 2, 2026! Keep your eyes on the feed for episodes on artists like Carole King, Michael Jackson, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis...
The Best New Jazz of 2025
We're looking back at the best jazz releases of 2025. Listen with pianist Adam Maness as he breaks down and reacts to these great tracks.
This i...
How to Live a Musical Life in 2026
What does it really mean to live a musical life?
As we look ahead to 2026, Adam and Peter talk about music as a way of being. Not a checklist, o...
"Sign o' the Times" – Prince
Prince's Sign O' the Times is one of our most requested albums at You'll Hear It. But, there is a certain window of millennial that doesn't really "ge...
"Sinatra at the Sands" — Frank Sinatra with Count Basie and His Orchestra
Could this be peak Frank? Sinatra at the Sands captures the energy, the cool, and the incredible voice that made this crooner so iconic. Backed by the...
The Peter Martin x Strong Songs Interview
How much do you know about Peter Martin? In this conversation with Kirk Hamilton of the Strong Songs podcast, Peter shares his musical influences and...
"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" – Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was one of the BIGGEST records of the 90s. When you sell 20 million records, like Lauryn Hill did, you're into mass ma...
"The Köln Concert" – Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett's "The Köln Concert" is the best selling solo piano album of all time. But why this album? Possibly because it sounded like nothing else...
"Songs in the Key of Life" – Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life stands apart, even next to the other four albums in Stevie Wonder's classic period. It resulted in the most hit singles: "I W...
"Mingus Ah Um" — Charles Mingus
1959 gave us Kind of Blue, Time Out ... and Mingus Ah Um. Adam and Peter dig into Charles Mingus’s most adventurous, soulful record: gospel, bebop, an...
"At Town Hall" – Nina Simone
At Town Hall captures a pivotal moment in Nina Simone's story, when she left behind her dream of being a concert pianist and embraced her identity as...
"Thriller" – Michael Jackson
In 1981, Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones set out on one of the most ambitious projects in pop music history: an album where every song was a hit. The...
"Voodoo" – D'Angelo
In light of D'Angelo's passing, we're replaying our episode on Voodoo from June 2025. This Grammy-winning, genre-defying album changed the sound of R&...
The Jazz Samples That Built Hip Hop
Hip hop wouldn’t sound the same without jazz. From A Tribe Called Quest to PinkPantheress, jazz provides the groove behind of some of the most iconic...
"Hard Groove" – The RH Factor
The RH Factor’s Hard Groove might sound uncontroversial to modern ears, but in the early 2000s it was revolutionary. With this record, Roy Hargrove br...
"Blue" – Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell’s Blue, a folk masterpiece, has inspired jazz musicians since its release in 1971. Is it because she sings like a horn player? Her impro...
"A Love Supreme" — John Coltrane
John Coltrane's A Love Supreme: Some call it the greatest album of the 20th century. Others say it isn't even Coltrane's best album ... of 1965.
Why Jazz Musicians Love Hip Hop (ft. Switched On Pop)
We're talking jazz influences in hip hop today with Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding from Switched On Pop. We dig into tracks from Kendrick Lamar (there...
"Innervisions" — Stevie Wonder
We’re diving back into Stevie Wonder with Innervisions, right in the heart of his classic period from 1972 to 1976. There’s something magical about th...
"Someday My Prince Will Come" — Miles Davis
There is no more important relationship in this era of music than that of Miles Davis and John Coltrane; two masters ever-present in the musical and c...
You'll Hear It - Season 13
🎹 Welcome to You’ll Hear It!
Your destination for laid‑back jazz chats, nerdy chords, and genuine conversations with Adam Maness and Peter Mart...
"Afro Blue" — Robert Glasper
When does Afro Blue and Smells Like Teen Spirit belong on the same record? When it's a Robert Glasper album! In 2012, Glasper's Black Radio brought to...
"Rumours" — Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is undoubtedly one of the best pop rock albums ever. But the story behind its creation reads like a soap opera. Everyone -- St...
"Maiden Voyage" — Herbie Hancock
Today we're going on an aquatic journey with Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage. Herbie calls the title track the best tune he's ever written. We dive de...
"Still Crazy After All These Years" — Paul Simon
Broken Record's Justin Richmond joins us to talk Still Crazy After All These Years. Paul Simon's Grammy-winning album was born out of divorce, and pro...
Season Finale: Testing Our Show Against Our Own Rules
We turn our own categories back on ourselves! We're looking back on the past 20 epiosdes, which we're calling You'll Hear It Season 12, and ask:
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From Sonata to Stank Face
The ultimate musical showdown: jazz vs classical. We bring in conductor Josh Weilerstein from the Sticky Notes podcast to compare, contrast and find t...
The Best Thing To Ever Happen In 1960
John Coltrane’s Giant Steps isn’t just a jazz classic — it’s a rite of passage. Peter Martin and Adam Maness dig into what makes the album so technica...
Jazz Organ LEGEND Reveals Favorite Tracks
We’re sitting down with one of the greats! Organist Larry Goldings is in the house to spin the B3 tracks that shaped him – from Jimmy Smith’s revoluti...
Sexiest Album Ever?
We’re finally digging into “Voodoo” - D’Angelo’s Grammy-winning album that changed the sound of R&B, soul, and hip-hop forever. And the album a young...
90's Jazz At Its Finest
You can’t deliver a performance like Shirley Horn’s “Here’s to Life” unless you’ve lived a little – or a lot. It’s an album only an artist with decade...