Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3619355/?format=api
{ "id": 3619355, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619355/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-19T03:24:56-08:00", "show": 65971, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65971/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/71fcbad8-7328-40bc-bb72-54b2c7f5c9e1/4020429583-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/71fcbad8-7328-40bc-bb72-54b2c7f5c9e1/4020429583-250.jpg", "song": "Westchester Lady", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "6a25bd0b-e6b1-48ae-8caa-f6fa3b3f48d3", "artist": "Bob James", "artist_ids": [ "f4d2fc5a-cacb-47c8-b096-ee73864b1aa8" ], "album": "Three", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e71d380d-5679-3524-a079-215892bec325", "labels": [ "Tappan Zee Records" ], "label_ids": [ "48a37305-89ae-48c2-aa04-ced161018e6d" ], "release_date": "1976-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Westchester Lady proved to be Bob James’ second most popular track and a success in a long and distinguished musical career. Preceding his Angela tune, which was used as the theme song for 1978-83 TV comedy series Taxi, it still sounds fresh today. \n--\nThis enduring jazz funk masterpiece from 1976, \"Westchester Lady\" comes from Bob James’ 3rd album simply titled, \"Three.\" It has been sampled more than 40 times. -- Bob James said, “The tune, the hook, and main melody of this one was just a jumping point for improvisation. At this point I was really into trying new things and improvising almost wildly at points. I mean, of course improvising has always been an important part of my compositions, but I felt like I now truly had the freedom to do whatever I wanted. I was always looking for schematic material to get a song started, and this song did take a while. But I was real happy with the results when we finished this one because it took longer than some other songs we had done by then. For me, “Westchester Lady” is a real signature piece. I love this song.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }