Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=680&ordering=-airdate
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His brief stint with the bass player and composer made a deep impression. Mingus' sparing use of notation and his belief that there was no such thing as a wrong note had a lasting influence on Green's own style. \n\nBunky Green died March 1, 2025.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603174, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603174/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:33:44-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "A Ship For Two", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "O’Donel Levy", "artist_ids": [ "1171bba7-9d5a-4c9f-8dda-9e6d9d82091e" ], "album": "Through A Song", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "ILM Productions Inc" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1982-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "O’Donel Levy released \"A Ship For Two\" on the 1982 album Through A Song, with Aleta Greene providing duet vocals.\n\nHailing from Baltimore, O’Donel Levy studied music at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He later moved to New York City and toured with George Benson and Jimmy McGriff. He died in 2016 at age 70.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603173, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603173/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:30:30-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/06866be2-9135-4419-aac6-13267b1725d7/12685195934-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/06866be2-9135-4419-aac6-13267b1725d7/12685195934-250.jpg", "song": "Phantom Lover", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Leon Ware", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Musical Massage", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "99efdf84-e0ce-320c-9286-7fff0af34300", "labels": [ "Gordy" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1976-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Leon Ware released \"Phantom Lover\" on the 1976 album Musical Massage, under the Gordy label. \n\nBesides a solo career as a performer, Leon Ware was best known for producing hits for other artists including Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton and Marvin Gaye, co-producing the latter's album I Want You.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603172, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603172/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:27:22-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603171, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603171/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:24:37-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Up Above the Rock", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d2690db3-9cf1-4a31-9517-003b17524c91", "artist": "Ray Bryant", "artist_ids": [ "7feee525-a8ff-4a59-85f6-2b5190ea3e38" ], "album": "Up Above the Rock", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "217ad7ce-e203-4804-a235-775a09d2c24a", "labels": [ "Cadet Records" ], "label_ids": [ "49dc6850-69e3-4b6b-9b24-692fecc3f640" ], "release_date": "1968-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Ray Bryant released \"Up Above the Rock\" in 1968.\n\nBryant's career covered a wide range of genres from bop to blues, boogie woogie, gospel and R&B. 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With The Ray Bryant Combo he also entered the R&B genre, backing Aretha Franklin on her debut for Columbia and releasing the Bryant co-written R&B hit The Madison Time, later used in the Hairspray movies", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603170, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603170/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:21:58-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Today", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "9a52b303-cbef-44c9-884c-b986062360d1", "artist": "Tom Scott & The California Dreamers", "artist_ids": [], "album": "The Honeysuckle Breeze", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "576d600f-28d0-3896-a053-52962ca89067", "labels": [ "impulse!" ], "label_ids": [ "93c3b044-2b4e-4239-a73b-8fb76f3e6ca9" ], "release_date": "1967-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This is a gorgeous cover of the song written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner from the band Jefferson Airplane. It appeared on their album \"Surrealistic Pillow.\" \n\nMarty Balin said that he wrote this song in order to get to know Tony Bennett.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603169, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603169/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:21:21-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Stayin’ Alive", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "74641172-f578-48ec-95bd-851a25d70840", "artist": "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards", "artist_ids": [ "df62e057-9739-4b1a-81bb-02224d289695" ], "album": "Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "0835bfe9-3f2e-425d-9e6b-0411f62a64d7", "labels": [ "Corinthian Records" ], "label_ids": [ "e1bbb3df-26b9-43fd-8214-8c2abdb5f0ec" ], "release_date": "1987-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards offered their quirky rendition of The BeeGee's hit \"Stayin' Alive\" in 1987 on the album Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603168, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603168/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:15:15-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603167, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603167/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:10:37-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Free Soul", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "f48e421e-19f2-414b-b4fe-ed45199510df", "artist": "John Klemmer", "artist_ids": [ "e37848cb-455c-4963-bdff-ac19da0b921c" ], "album": "Blowin’ Gold", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "1af1f453-c10e-3b2d-b856-10840614e8b2", "labels": [ "Cadet Concept Records" ], "label_ids": [ "7869129f-3e87-4a4f-8f52-a88e1a449a1b" ], "release_date": "1969-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In John Klemmer's masterful playing of “Free Soul,” Beat Tips wrote that he harnesses, \"powerful sax-based rhythm with a stellar blues-soul-jazz mix, commonly known as jazz fusion or free jazz.\"\n\nRead a review here: https://beattips.com/2019/10/15/what-the-music-taught-me-john-klemmer-free-soul-and-jazz-fusion/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603166, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603166/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:06:51-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Much Too Much", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "2f6736c9-1402-4068-8079-f3fb6221ecb6", "artist": "The 9th Creation", "artist_ids": [ "93f566e1-4d0a-4e42-8641-82fdbfc66606" ], "album": "Superheroes", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "d14729c6-c46c-48b6-a60e-e0728d63dae8", "labels": [ "Hilltak Records" ], "label_ids": [ "30488b0f-a5eb-4675-9b2f-b5e69461a4a8" ], "release_date": "1979-11-05", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Formed in Stockton, California as Soul Struts in 1970, and later becoming 3rd Creation and finally 9th Creation, the R&B, funk band had chart hits with \"Why Not Today\" and \"Lets Dance.\" Other songs, such as \"Falling in Love\" made the charts. \n\nMembers included:\nA.D. Burrise, Bill Eriksen, Don Ray Allen, Gene Smith, Henry Anadon, J.D. Burrise, Jimmy Jones, Laurence Holman, Mike Micenheimer, Robert E. Clarke, Steven Rubio, and W. 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