Expansions | NTS

Expansions airs through NTS, London's influential internet radio platform, as an English-language jazz program without bitrate specifications. Jazz improvisation drives the curation completely. This isn't smooth jazz background music. It's active listening jazz. Modern improvisers like Ambrose Akinmusire, Gilad Hekselman, and Jazzmeia Horn receive rotation alongside deeper cuts from established figures like Wayne Shorter and Ornette Coleman. The show operates with genuine intellectual commitment to the music. Selections feel like conversations rather than playlists. Track sequencing encourages…