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LeRoy Downs

LeRoy Downs' playlist, Oct. 26, 2025 (w/ Amaro Freitas and Roger Guenveur Smith)

LeRoy Downs
LeRoy Downs
Hand-Picked MusicJazz / FreeformExperimental
Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas joins LeRoy ahead of his Blue Note show to explore the multitudes contained within jazz. LeRoy is also joined by actor, writer, and director Roger Guenveur Smith.
Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas joins LeRoy ahead of his Blue Note show to explore the multitudes contained within jazz. LeRoy is also joined by actor, writer, and director Roger Guenveur Smith.
Oct 27, 2025

Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas joins LeRoy ahead of his Blue Note show to explore the multitudes contained within jazz. LeRoy is also joined by actor, writer, and director Roger Guenveur Smith to discuss his latest stage show, "In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat."

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      LeRoy Downs

      host of the weekly Sunday night radio “Just Jazz” on KCRW

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      Amaro Freitas

      Solo Artist

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      Roger Guenveur Smith

      actor,writer, and director

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