Destination Out
Sundays 11pm-2am
Every week, 'Destination Out' features creative improvised music, traditional world music, and jazz. Host Mike Johnston also presents a feature each week, focusing on a particular artist, or a unique style of music.
Audio for each episode of Destination Out is available for two weeks online after the episode airs. To listen, scroll below the playlists on this page and click on the photo or title of the episode you are interested in. You will then see three audio players, one for each hour of the program. This audio is automatically removed two weeks after an episode's original airdate.
Destination Out Episodes
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This week on Destination Out, host Mike Johnston features the work of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, primarily recordings from the late 1950s and 1960s.
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This week on Destination Out, host Mike Johnston features the middle- and late-period music of John Coltrane, in honor of the legendary musician's 100th birthday.
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This week on Destination Out, Mike Johnston featured music from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Tina Brooks, Randy Weston, and other jazz greats.
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This week on Destination Out, Mike Johnston featured recordings from David S. Ware, and a few earlier recordings where he was a part of bands led by; Andrew Cyrille, Ahmed Abdullah, and William Parker.
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This weekend on Destination Out, Mike Johnston features Detroit area brother greats such as Joe and Leon Henderson plus Elvin, Thad, and Hank Jones.
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On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston celebrates various jazz musicians birthdays from the past week including; Charley Parker, Alice Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Malachi Favors, Lester Young, and Sonny Sharrock.
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Mike Johnston features some obscure recordings on the ESP record label released in the 1960's by artists such as Gunter Hampel, Burton Greene, James Zitro, and SHQ.
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This week on Destination Out, Mike Johnston takes us back to the late ’50s and early ’60s with trio recordings from Sonny Clark, Elmo Hope, and Phineas Newborn.
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On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane where they performed Live at the Iridium 2004. Mike will be spinning a long piece from this concert series.
