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GET /v2/plays/3659816/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3659816,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3659816/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-05-26T12:56:44-07:00",
    "show": 66820,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66820/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710607.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3a883a4f-dbab-4062-b016-483d603526f7/mbid-3a883a4f-dbab-4062-b016-483d603526f7-44479686561_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710607.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3a883a4f-dbab-4062-b016-483d603526f7/mbid-3a883a4f-dbab-4062-b016-483d603526f7-44479686561_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Dolores",
    "track_id": "f5f69bb5-a564-3332-b34f-502ddbfd60bb",
    "recording_id": "aca20e57-ba4a-4f3e-9d8c-0ee123eb32ce",
    "artist": "Miles Davis Quintet",
    "artist_ids": [
        "fe7245e7-d734-4ca1-8e26-691883f58201"
    ],
    "album": "Miles Smiles",
    "release_id": "3a883a4f-dbab-4062-b016-483d603526f7",
    "release_group_id": "60fa4ab0-bf92-3184-80ca-6dcadbb5c748",
    "labels": [
        "Columbia"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e"
    ],
    "release_date": "1966-01-01",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "\"The trumpeter, composer and band leader still towers over jazz because he treated reinvention not as a betrayal, but as necessary for its survival\"\n--\nhere's a Guardian editorial about Miles Davis, who was born 100 years ago today: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/24/the-guardian-view-on-100-years-after-miles-davis-birth-why-he-still-shapes-modern-music\n--\nTenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter wrote this song. Besides Miles Davis on trumpet, the other musicians were Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}