Maxine Michaels’ signature style and programming selections are enjoyed by a huge list of friends and fans around the globe. Maxine consistently innovates with an uncanny ability to educate the masses about the rich history of jazz, cultural information and more.

She takes great pride in having given many Detroit-based music artists their first radio airplay, she has consistently stood as an advocate in support of Detroit area music makers and has worked to increase public awareness of talent through live jazz performances. She has also provided unforgettable service to the church and community Mayflower Music Series. Love from Detroit!

Maxine’s Latest Playlists

Date/Time   Duration   Artist   Song   Album   Label

Mar. 10, 2023 19:00 9:56 Miles Davis – Time After Time – Live Around The World -Warner Bros
Mar. 10, 2023 19:09 7:49 Cool Mood Trio – A Night In Tunisia – Soul Portraits – Fafana Records
Mar. 10, 2023 19:16 6:18 Dorothy Ashby – Bohemia After Dark – In A Minor Groove – Prestige
Mar. 10. 2023 19:23 6:33 Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five – Park Avenue South – Telarc
Mar. 10, 2023 19:30 7:01 Ramona Collins – Love Dance – Everything Old Is New Again – Ramona Collins Music
Mar. 10, 2023 19:37 4:25 Billy Hamilton & The Low Riders – Fever – Pay Some Money – AMI Records
Mar. 10, 2023 19:42 15:40 Gary Bartz Quintet – Close Your Eyes – Precious Energy – Mapleshade Productions
Mar. 10, 2023 19:57 7:20 Ramsey Lewis Trio – The In Crowd – Ramsey Lewis’s Finest Hour – Verve
Mar. 10, 2023 20:07 9:18 Stanley Clarke – So What – Implosions – Verve
Mar. 10, 2023 20:17 4:37 Christian McBride Big Band – Used ‘Ta Could – Bringin’ It – Mack Avenue Records
Mar. 10, 2023 20:22 5:59 Rachelle Ferrell – You Don’t Know What Love Is – Live In Montreux – Blue Note
Mar. 10, 2023 20:28 12:35 George Benson – All Blues – Gold Collection – Fine Tune
Mar. 10, 2023 20:38 4:23 B.B. King – Sweet Sixteen – Live In Cook County Jail – MCA
Mar. 10, 2023 20:41 6:45 Dave Brubeck – Blue Rondo Ala Turk – Very Best Of Dave Brubeck – Legacy
Mar. 10, 2023 20:47 10:26 Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island – Monterey Jazz Festival – Malpaso
Mar. 10, 2023 20:57 4:24 PD 9 – I’m Checking Out (Goom Bye) – Salute To Strayhorn – Detroit Music Factory
Mar. 10, 2022 20:60 5:40 PD 9 – My Little Brown Book – Salute To Strayhorn – Detroit Music Factory
Mar. 10, 2023 21:05 5:56 Quincy Jones And Bill Cosby – Hikky Burr – Original Jam Session – Concord Records
Mar. 10, 2023 21:11 8:17 Stanley Jordan – Stolen Moments – Stolen Moments – Blue Note
Mar. 10, 2023 21:20 9:15 Marcus Miller – Slippin’ Into Darkness – Soul Brothers – Concord Music Group
Mar. 10, 2023 21:29 12:27 The Crusaders – Eleanor Rigby -MCA
Mar. 10, 2023 21:41 5:28 Dee Dee Bridgewater – Dr. Feel Good – Live In Paris – MCA
Mar. 10, 2023 21:47 6:00 Lyman Woodard Organization – Paradise Now – Live EP – Uuquipleu Records
Mar. 10, 2023 21:54 8:27 Donald Byrd – Flight Time – Black Byrd – Blue Note
Mar. 10, 2023 22:02 9:22 Dizzy Gillespie & Jon Faddis – Manteca – Monterey Jazz Festival – Malpaso
Mar. 10, 2023 22:11 16:15 Maceo Parker – Shake Everything You Got – Life On Planet Groove – Minor Music
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3/3/2023 19:00 9:46 Miles Davis + Wayne Shorter – Footprints – The Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter – Columbia/Legacy
3/3/2023 19:09 6:58 Weather Report – Birdland – Weather Report 8:30 – Columbia
3/3/2023 19:16 8:26 Wayne Shorter – Masquelero – Wayne Shorter Footprints Live! – Verve
3/3/2023 19:24 5:54 Jill Scott – It’s Love – Who Is Jill Scott – Hidden Beach
3/3/2023 19:30 7:28 Mario Abney – Afroism – Abney Effect Vol. 1 – Mario Abney Music
3/3/2023 19:38 5:33 Corey Kendrick Trio – Nature Boy – Rootless – Corey Kendrick Music
3/3/2023 19:43 9:57 Bobbi Humphrey – Sugar – Live At Montreux – EMI
3/3/2023 19:53 4:25 Wayne Shorter – Mack The Knife – Introducing Wayne Shorter – Vee Jay
3/3/2023 19:58 10:36 Wayne Shorter – JuJu – Footprints Live! – Verve
3/3/2023 20:08 8:21 Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil – Footprints Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter – Columbia/Legacy
3/3/2023 20:16 6:41 Bobby Bland & B.B King – Stormy Monday Blues/Strange Things Happen – Together Again – MCA
3/3/2023 20:23 8:00 Mimi Fox Organ Trio – Moanin’ – One For Wes – Origin Records
3/3/2023 20:32 10:27 Ernestine Anderson – Never Make Your Move Too Soon – Jazz Heritage Series – Concord Jazz
3/3/2023 20:41 12:22 Grant Green – More Today Than Yesterday – Live At Club Mozambique – Blue Note
3/3/2023 20:53 10:16 Wayne Shorter – Down In The Depths – Introducing Wayne Shorter – Vee Jay
3/3/2023 21:03 5:32 Wayne Shorter – Sanctuary – Footprints Live! – Verve
3/3/2023 21:08 15:43 Lee Morgan – Search For The New Land – Search For The New Land – Blue Note
3/3/2023 21:24 6:54 Ester Phillips – God Bless The Child – Home Is Where The Hatred Is – CTI
3/3/2023 21:31 5:46 Wes Montgomery – A Day In The Life – Greatest Hits – A&M Records
3/3/2023 21:37 5:18 Sly & The Family Stone – Que Sera, Sera- Anthology – Epic
3/3/2023 21:42 8:11 Jimmy Smith – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – Finest Hour – Verve
3/3/2023 21:51 11:06 Wayne Shorter – Barracuda (General Assembly) – Etcetera – Blue Note
3/3/2023 22:02 8:26 Wayne Shorter – Atlantis – Footprints Live! – Verve
3/3/2023 22:11 13:27 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers – It’s Only A Paper Moon – 3 Blind Mice – American Jazz Classics
3/3/2023 22:24 10:37 Ben Sidran Hammond Quartet – Cave Dancing – Cien Noches – Nardis Music
3/3/2023 22:35 14:05 Dee Dee Bridgewater – Love For Sale – Live At Yoshi’s – Verve
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Feb. 24, 2023 7:00pm 8:14 Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles – Spirit In The Dark – Live At Fillmore West – Atlantic
Feb. 24, 2023 7:09pm 6:07 King Curtis – Soul Serenade – Live At Fillmore West – Atlantic
Feb. 24, 2023 7:16pm 7:30 Wendell Harrison Tribe – Wandering Thoughts – Get Up Off Your Knees – Tribe Records
Feb. 24, 2023 7:24pm 4:40 Sarah Vaughan – Fly Me To The Moon – Sassy Swings The Tivoli – EmArcy Records
Feb. 24, 2023 7:28pm 15:25 Ahmad Jamal – One – Live At Baker’s ’76 – Personal Compilation CD -Maxology!
Feb. 24, 2023 7:43pm 21:22 Fred Wesley – On Green Dolphin Street – Swing & Be Funky – Minor Music
Feb. 24, 2023 8:04pm 5:59 Michael Hanna – That’s All – Family And Friends – Rahanna Music Inc.
Feb. 24, 2023 8:09pm 16:10 Miles Davis & John Coltrane – All Blues – Final Tour – Legacy
Feb. 24, 2023 8:25pm 9:03 Dobbins, Krahnke & Weed Trio – Dat Dere – Live At The Firefly Club – PKO Records
Feb. 24, 2023 8:34pm 5:30 Teena Maria – I’m Gonna Have My Cake And Eat It Too – Wild & Peaceful – Motown
Feb. 24, 2023 8:39pm 5:46 Wes Montgomery – A Day In The Life – Greatest Hits – A&M Records
Feb. 24, 2023 8:44pm 10:36 Freddie Hubbard – A Night In Tunisia – Live In Europe ’69 – Blue Note
Feb. 24, 2023 8:54pm 4:18 David Fathead Newman – Everything Must Change – Jazz For A Rainy Afternoon – 32 Jazz
Feb. 24, 2023 9:00pm 6:26 Lou Rawls – In The Evenin” – Lou Rawls Live! – Capitol
Feb. 24, 2023 9:07pm 9:09 Phil Upchurch & Harmonic Orchestra – Everything Is Everything – Rhapsody & Blues – Bimba Music
Feb. 24, 2023 9:16pm 10:16 Dennis Coffey – Just My Imagination – Live At Baker’s – Omnivore Recordings
Feb. 24, 2023 9:26pm 7:53 Thornetta Davis – Please Send Me Someone To Love – Live At The Music Menu – Thornetta Davis Music
Feb. 24. 2023 9:34pm 5:28 Irvin Mayfield & Ellis Marsalis – In A Sentimental Mood – Love Songs, Ballads & Standards – Basin Street Records
Feb. 24, 2023 9:39pm 5:26 Ramsey Lewis – Delilah – Finest Hour -Verve
Feb. 24, 2023 9:44pm 6:07 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Winter In America – Winter In America – Strata East
Feb. 24, 2023 9:50pm 6:11 Jack McDuff – It Ain’t Necessarily So – Brother Jack McDuff Live! – BGP Records
Feb. 24, 2023 9:56pm 12:19 Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt – After Hours – Sonny Side Up – Verve
Feb. 24, 2023 10:08pm 6:59 Scott Gwinnell – Girl Talk – Live In Plymouth 2016 – Cross Street Records
Feb. 24, 2023 10:15pm 10:40 Isaac Hayes – Ain’t No Sunshine – Live At The Sahara Tahoe – Stax
Feb. 24, 2023 10:45pm 14:44 Cal Tjader – Black Orpheus: Medley – Grace Cathedral Concert – Fantasy
Feb. 24, 2023 10:55pm 5:01 Herbie Hancock – Tell Me A Bedtime Story – Columbia
Feb. 24, 2023 10:56pm 2:41 The Impressions – People Get Ready – Greatest Hits – MCA
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Feb. 17, 2023 7:00pm 2:49 Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted & Black – Anthology – rca/bmg heritage
Feb. 17, 2023 7:03pm 11:00 Joey DeFrancesco + Pharoah Sanders – The Creator Has A Master Plan – Key Of The Universe Mack Avenue Records
Feb. 17, 2023 7:14pm 9:10 Grant Green – I Am Somebody – Live At Club Mozambique – Blue Note
Feb. 17, 2023 7:24pm 12:01 Stevie Wonder – Sunshine Of My Life Medley – Personal Compilation Maxology!
Feb. 17, 2023 7:37pm 7:47 Smokey Robinson – Quiet Storm – Ultimate Collection – Motown
Feb. 17, 2023 7:45pm 5:32 Poncho Sanchez – Listen Here Cold Duck Time – 2000 Ford Detroit Jazz Festival – Ford International Jazz Fest
Feb. 17, 2023 7:50pm 15:03 Fred Wesley – For The Elders – Swing & Be Funky – Minor Music
Feb. 17, 2023 8:05pm 6:03 Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff – Lift Every Voice And Sing – Best Of Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff – Milestone Records
Feb. 17, 2023 8:12pm 5:49 Marcus Miller – Strange Fruit – A Night In Monte Carlo – 3 Dueces Records
Feb. 17, 2023 8:18pm 6:52 JD Allen – Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil – Americana – Savant
Feb. 17, 2023 8:25pm 9:31 Marlena Shaw – Go Away Little Boy – It Is Love Live At Vine St. – Verve
Feb. 17, 2023 8:34pm 10:26 Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island – Monterey Jazz Festival – Malpaso
Feb. 17, 2023 8:45pm 8:08 Eddie Harris – Sidewinder – The Last Concert – ACT
Feb. 17, 2023 8:53pm 6:01 George V. Johnson – Do The Samba (Jive Samba) – Walk Spirit Talk Spirit – Your Majesty Music
Feb. 17, 2023 8:59pm 5:48 Nina Simone – Why? (The King Is Dead) – Anthology – BMG
Feb. 17, 2023 9:05pm 8:22 Donny Hathaway – To Be Young, Gifted And Black – In Performance – Rhino
Feb. 17, 2023 9:14pm 5:50 JD Allen – Cotton – Americana – Savant
Feb. 17, 2023 9:19pm 7:45 Aretha Franklin – Just Right Tonight – Hey Now Hey – Atlantic
Feb. 17, 2023 9:27pm 15:31 Miles Davis & John Coltrane – All Blues – Final Tour – Legacy
Feb. 17, 2023 9:42pm 6:06 Dianne Reeves – Afro Blue – Best Of Dianne Reeves – Blue Note
Feb. 17, 2023 9:48pm 9:51 Chick Corea And Return To Forever – Spain – Light As A Feather – Polydor
Feb. 17, 2023 9:58pm 8:18 Les McCann & Eddie Harris – Compared To What – 30 Years Of Montreux Fest – TBA Records
Feb. 17, 2023 10:06pm 2:26 The Impressions – We’re A Winner – Greatest Hits – MCA
Feb. 17, 2023 10:08pm 4:26 Gil Scott-Heron – Save The Children – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – BMG
Feb. 17, 2023 10:13pm 12:09 Ron Kischuk & Ed Gooch – Blue Monk – Tribute To J & K – Masters Of Music
Feb. 17, 2023 10:25pm 9:07 Thelonious Monk – Rhythm A Ning – Monk ‘Round The World – Hyena
Feb. 17, 2023 10:34pm 7:25 Oscar Peterson – Mack The Knife – Live At Town Hall – Telarc
Feb. 17, 2023 10:42pm 12:22 Grant Green – More Today Than Yesterday – Live At Club Mozambique – Blue Note
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Feb. 10, 2023 7:00pm 5:38 Christian McBride – Soldiers (I Have A Dream) – The Movement Revisited – Mack Avenue Records
Feb. 10, 2023 7:06pm 11:48 Will Boyd – Go Down Moses – Live At The Red Piano Lounge – Will Boyd Music
Feb. 10. 2023 7:17pm 6:27 Xavier Davis – The Great Migration – Rise Up Detroit – Detroit Music Factory
Feb. 10, 2023 7:24pm 5:44 Burt Bacharach & Ronald Isley – The Look Of Love – Isley Meets Bacharach – SKG Music
Feb. 10, 2023 7:30pm 7:10 Grant Green – Walk On By – Live At Club Mozambique – Blue Note
Feb. 10, 2023 7:37pm 5:15 Manhattan Transfer – Soul Food To Go – Best Of Manhattan Transfer – Rhino
Feb. 10, 2023 7:43pm 16:21 Miles Davis & John Coltrane – Walkin’ – Final Tour – Legacy
Feb. 10, 2023 7:59pm 9:57 Bobbi Humphrey – Sugar – Live At Montreux – EMI
Feb. 10, 2023 8:08pm 6:16 Stanley Turrentine – Tin Tin Deo – Look Out! – Blue Note
Feb. 10, 2023 8:14pm 12:31 In The Tradition – Chantized – Sirius! – AFJ
Feb. 10, 2023 8:24pm 5:31 Aretha Franklin – Bridge Over Troubled Waters – 30 Greatest Hits – Atlantic
Feb. 10, 2023 8:30pm 4:51 Will Boyd – Keep Your Hands On The Plow – Freedom, Soul, Jazz – Will Boyd Music
Feb. 10, 2023 8:34pm 8:46 Herbie Hancock – Darts – The Quintet V.S.O.P. – Columbia
Feb. 10, 2023 8:42pm 11:42 Herbie Hancock Quintet – Delores – V.S.O.P. – Columbia
Feb. 10, 2023 8:54pm 9:22 Dizzy Gillespie & Jon Faddis – Manteca – Monterey Jazz Festival – Malpaso
Feb. 10, 2023 9:03pm 4:37 Dizzy Gillespie feat, David Peaston – For The Good Times – Endlessly – Impulse!
Feb. 10, 2023 9:08pm 7:43 Alex Harding & Lucian Band – Chakra – Dark Blue – Sunnyside Communications
Feb. 10, 2023 9:15pm 8:23 King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew – Live At Fillmore West – ATCO
Feb. 10, 2023 9:24pm 12:27 The Crusaders – Eleanor Rigby – Scratch – MCA Records
Feb. 10, 2023 9:36pm 3:12 Kimmie Horne – Black Coffee – Answer Me My Love – Sepia Tone Records
Feb. 10, 2023 9:40pm 10:36 Calvin Keys – My Funny Valentine – An Evening With Calvin Keys – Life Force Jazz Records
Feb. 10, 2023 9:51pm 6:01 Manhattan Transfer – Birdland – Best Of Manhattan Transfer – Rhino
Feb. 10, 2023 9:57pm 16:20 Miles Davis & John Coltrane – So What – Legacy
Feb. 10, 2023 10:11pm 6:19 Guymon Ensley Quintet – A Night In Tunisia – Here…Put This On – GEQ
Feb. 10, 2023 10:18pm 4:34 Isaac Hayes – Walk On By – Greatest Love Songs – Universal Music Company
Feb. 10, 2023 10:23pm 7:44 Yusef Lateef – Oscarlypso – Live At Peps – Impulse!
Feb. 10, 2023 10:31pm 8:31 Rachelle Ferrell – My Funny Valentine – Live In Montreux – Blue Note
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Feb. 3, 2023 6:55pm 9:49 The Crusaders – Fly With Wings Of Love – Royal Jam – GRP Records
Feb. 3, 2023 7:04pm 8:39 Donny Hathaway – To Be Young, Gifted And Black – In Performance – Atlantic
Feb. 3, 2023 7:13pm 8:07 Ellen Rowe Octet – Ain’t I A Woman – Momentum Portraits Of Women In Motion – Smokin’ Sleddog Records
Feb. 3, 2023 7:21pm 7:28 Mario Abney – Afroism – Abney Effect Vol. 1 – Mario Abney Music
Feb. 3, 2023 7:29pm 12:49 Ralph Peterson & Messenger Legacy – Caravan – Legacy Alive – Onyx
Feb. 3, 2023 7:41pm 13:27 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers – It’s Only A Paper Moon – 3 Blind Mice – American Jazz Classics
Feb. 3, 2023 7:54pm 6:45 Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery – Night Train – Jimmy & Wes / Dynamic Duo – Verve
Feb. 3, 2023 8:00pm 2:50 The Impression – It’s All Right – Greatest Hits – MCA
Feb. 3, 2023 8:02pm 6:24 Joey DeFrancesco + The People – A Change Is Gonna Come – Project Freedom – Mack Avenue Records
Feb. 3, 2023 8:09pm 7:10 Lyman Woodward Trio – All Blues – Jazz Weeknights Special – Uuquipleu Records
Feb. 3, 2023 8:17pm 5:09 Joan Belgrave – I’m Not Going Anywhere – Oooo Boy – Edmarsyl Publishing
Feb. 3, 2023 8:22pm 5:16 George Benson – Stella By Starlight – Tenderly – Warner Brothers
Feb. 3, 2023 8:27pm 14:33 Charles Earland – Killer Joe – Live At The Key Club – Fantasy
Feb. 3, 2023 8:41pm 14:59 Miles Davis & John Coltrane – On Green Dolphin Street – Final Tour – Legacy
Feb. 3, 2023 8:56pm 12:22 Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto – These Songs For You, Live! – Atlantic/Rhino
Feb. 3, 2023 9:08pm 3:35 Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted And Black – To Be Young, Gifted And Black – Atlantic
Feb. 3, 2023 9:11pm 5:02 Joey DeFrancesco + The People – Lift Every Voice And Sing – Project Freedom – Mack Avenue Records
Feb. 3, 2023 9:16pm 5:36 Bill Evans – Nardis – Best Of Bill Evans Live – Verve
Feb. 3, 2023 9:22pm 8:17 Stanley Jordan – Stolen Moments – Stolen Moments – Blue Note
Feb. 3, 2023 9:30pm 7:44 Yusef Lateef – Oscarlypso – Live At Peps – Impulse!
Feb. 3, 2023 9:38pm 16:19 Johnny Hammond Smith – It’s Too Late – Breakout – CTI
Feb. 3, 2023 9:55pm 5:30 Donny Hathaway – Someday We’ll All Be Free – These Sons For You, Live! – Atlantic
Feb. 3, 2023 10:00pm 6:03 Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff – Lift Every Voice And Sing – Best Of Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff – Milestone Records
Feb. 3, 2023 10:06pm 7:42 Joey DeFrancesco + The People – Stand Up – Project Freedom – Mack Avenue Records
Feb. 3, 2023 10:14pm 3:23 Diane Schuur – Deedles Blues – Voices Of Concord Jazz – Concord Jazz
Feb. 3, 2023 10:18pm 6:19 B.B. King – Paying The Cost To Be The Boss – Move To The Groove – IMC Music
Feb. 3, 2023 10:25pm 18:12 Lee Morgan / Clifford Jordan Quintet – Straight No Chaser – Live In Baltimore 1968
Feb. 3, 2023 10:44pm 6:24 Chaka Khan – Take The A Train – Echoes Of An Era – Elektra/Rhino
* (all airtime is approximate)