A Love Supreme August 31 2026 Part 2

“What we play is life.”  Louis ArmstrongWe start our day in the garden, move to the sky, and then settle into the August heat, while celebrating the words and spirit of poet Mary Oliver. We travel from Pat Metheny Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Thelonious Monk and Yusef Lateef to Shabaka, Somi, Nate Smith, Gretchen Parlato and Nduduzo Makhathini, with unexpected turns to Joni Mitchell - we are stardust, we are golden.And we spend time with Charles Lloyd, whose remarkable work for ECM Records captures so much of what A Love Supreme is about: music deeply rooted in the jazz tradition that continues to search, explore and sound completely alive.  Deep roots. Fresh sounds. Timeless music. This is A Love Supreme on WPKN 89.5 FM and streaming at WPKN.org.