Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3659816/?format=api
{ "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" }