You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin & Adam Maness
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The best hang in music. Jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin break down the greatest albums of all time, track-by-track. Like Thriller, Kid A, Songs In the Key of Life, Aja, and Voodoo. They use their deep knowledge of music theory to uncover the hidden qualities that make music work - harmony, groove, composition and production - while demonstrating at the keys and playing isolated stems. Then, watch them perform their favorite track with our in-house band: One shot, one take. You'll never hear music the same way again. A video podcast from Open Studio, the #1 online jazz education platform.

  1. Oh, Jeff Parker? He Gets It.

    1 day ago ·  Video

    Oh, Jeff Parker? He Gets It.

    Adam Maness brings you the freshest releases of May 2026! 0:00 Intro0:50 Jeff Parkerhttps://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/happy-today3:45 Greg Hutchinsonhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/kind-of-now-mw0004778588 6:15 Chris Potterhttps://chrispotterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/alive-with-ghosts-today9:09 New Jazz Undergroundhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/hoodies-mw000479189111:04 Virginia MacDonaldhttps://virginiamacdonald.bandcamp.com/album/in-search-of13:00 Harry Skolerhttps://harryskoler1.bandcamp.com/album/echoes15:05 Laurie Anderson & Sexmobhttps://laurieanderson.bandcamp.com/album/let-x-x-live17:06 Alabaster DePlumehttps://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/dear-children-of-our-children-i-knew-epilogue19:31 Ben Wolfehttps://benjonah.bandcamp.com/album/any-time-after-now 21:30 Joe Lovanohttps://joelovano.com/recordings/paramount-quartet/

    24 min
  2. Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)

    4 days ago ·  Video

    Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)

    Sonny Rollins passed away this week at 95. Jazz pianists Peter and Adam are listening through the recordings that defined his career and made him one of the most influential musicians in jazz history.  From his earliest bebop tunes to Saxophone Colossus to A Night at the Village Vanguard, they trace the arc of a player who kept raising the bar on himself even when the rest of the world thought he'd already cleared it. Plus - they talk through the legendary Williamsburg Bridge sabbatical: two years of practicing up to 16 hours a day. ------------------------------ About You'll Hear It:In this popular music series, Adam and Peter break down the greatest albums of all time. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell, D'Angelo: Jazz is the foundation of the most GENIUS music in recent history. These seasoned jazz pianists bring their deep musical knowledge to every joyful episode to help you hear the hidden qualities that make music AMAZING. You'll never hear music the same way again. 00:00 Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)00:37 Celebrating Sonny Rollins: Opening Tribute04:54 Sonny as the Bridge Between Bebop Generations05:57 "Autobahn" 09:47 "Pent-Up House" 12:56 "I'll Remember April" 16:10 "Oleo" 17:32 "Tenor Madness" 19:32 "More Than You Know" 21:19 "The Way You Look Tonight" 22:51 "Bemsha Swing" with Clark Terry24:00 Is Sonny Rollins the Most Influential Tenor Saxophone Player of All Time?28:01 "St. Thomas" from Saxophone Colossus34:40 "I'm an Old Cowhand" from Way Out West36:14 "A Night at the Village Vanguard" (Afternoon Set)39:00 "Wonderful! Wonderful!" 40:50 The Williamsburg Bridge Sabbatical44:04 "Without a Song" 46:29 Later Career: 1970s - 201249:13 "Blue Seven"

    50 min
  3. WOAH: Angine de Poitrine Might Be It

    7 May ·  Video

    WOAH: Angine de Poitrine Might Be It

    Join Adam Maness as he delves into the best new music released in April 2026 (ish). This month we're featuring the incredible microtonal Angine de Poitrine and many more!

    19 min
  4. Genius + Soul = Jazz – Ray Charles

    4 May ·  Video

    Genius + Soul = Jazz – Ray Charles

    YHI + McBride = Ray Charles?! Christian McBride - bassist, Grammy winner and one of the greatest musical minds working today - joins Adam and Peter on You'll Hear It to share his desert island album. If you know Christian, you know that his musical hero is James Brown. But Christian isn't bringing a James Brown pick. Instead, he's bringing one from his hero's hero ... Ray Charles. This album was a risky move for Charles - unlike anything else he'd released at that time. At the peak of his power, he set aside the qualities that made him famous: his voice and his piano. This one's a deep cut. But once you listen, you'll never hear Ray Charles the same way again. Chapters Legend:🎧 Listening to a track 🎹 Music theory breakdown 🎵 Live studio jam ------------------------------- Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs:https://openstudiojazz.com/yhi ------------------------------ Jazz Organ LEGEND Reveals Favorite Tracks: https://youtu.be/MGMmJ1Jhx6U ------------------------------- About You'll Hear It: In this popular music series, Adam and Peter break down the greatest albums of all time. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell, D'Angelo: Jazz is the foundation of the most GENIUS music in recent history. These seasoned jazz pianists bring their deep musical knowledge to every joyful episode to help you hear the hidden qualities that make music AMAZING. You'll never hear music the same way again. ------------------------------- Sign up for the You'll Read It newsletter for little known stories about the artists you love:https://youllhearit.com/newsletter ------------------------------- 00:00 Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz01:05 Why James Brown Fans LOVE This Album4:41 🎧 "From the Heart"11:30 Funk Starts HERE13:51 🎧 "I've Got News For You"19:35 🎧 "Moanin'"24:18 Roy Haynes LOVED This Album26:46 🎧 "Let's Go"31:03 🎧 "One Mint Julep"34:30 The Quincy Jones-Ray Charles Factor37:56 🎧 "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town"42:08 🎧 "Strike Up the Band"44:53 Desert Island Tracks47:40 What's With That Organ Sound?52:30 The Best Moments on Genius + Soul = Jazz53:28 What to Listen to Next58:34 Better Than Kind of Blue?

    1hr 1min
  5. Kid A – Radiohead

    27 Apr ·  Video

    Kid A – Radiohead

    Check out Adam’s course for more on Kid A and the harmony of Radiohead: https://osjazz.link/radiohead You've never heard Kid A like THIS. Jazz musicians Adam Maness and Peter Martin break down Radiohead's 2000 art rock MASTERPIECE track-by-track to uncover what's really happening in the music that makes this album so incredible. Why do we love Radiohead's Kid A so much? Watch to find out. PLUS - Jazz musicians play Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place". One shot, one take, no AI. FULL video: https://youtu.be/c5w9BHKe0rc ------------------------------- About You'll Hear It: In this popular music series, Adam and Peter break down the greatest albums of all time. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell, D'Angelo: Jazz is the foundation of the most GENIUS music in recent history. These seasoned jazz pianists bring their deep musical knowledge to every joyful episode to help you hear the hidden qualities that make music AMAZING. You'll never hear music the same way again. ------------------------------- Hidden artifacts from the albums we love:https://youllhearit.com/newsletter ------------------------------- Chapters Legend: 🎧 Listening to a track     🎹 Music theory breakdown     🎵 Live studio jam 00:00 Radiohead - Kid A00:58 This is Adam's Super Bowl03:40 How Do They Get Away with This?!05:39 🎧 Where Radiohead Started08:29 🎧 OK Computer: Something's Happening Here15:17 Yorke's Creative Crisis18:09 🎧 "Everything In Its Right Place"22:44 Isolated Stems on "Everything In Its Right Place"24:53 Why Jazz Musicians Love Radiohead27:35 The Genius Rhythm in "Everything"30:00 Did Kid A Predict the Future?31:04 🎧 "Kid A"33:28 How Radiohead Cracked the Code34:07 Bluegrass Cover of "Kid A"35:27 🎧 "The National Anthem"40:55 What Peter ACTUALLY Thinks of Kid A46:19 🎧 "How To Disappear Completely"52:09 🎧 "Treefingers"55:10 What Genre Is This?58:30 🎧 "Optimistic"1:00:58 🎹 A Lesson in Modal Interchange1:05:00 🎧 "In Limbo"1:08:04 🎹 Adam Breaks Out the Keyboard1:10:44 🎧 "Idioteque"1:13:22 Isolated Stems on "Idioteque"1:14:43 🎧 "Morning Bell" 1:16:35 🎹 The Chromatic Mediant in Kid A1:19:50 🎧 "Motion Picture Soundtrack"1:22:28 🎧 The Most BRILLIANT Album Ending1:24:19 Best Moments on Kid A1:32:21 What to Listen to Next1:32:42 Better Than Voodoo?1:33:49 🎵 "Everything In Its Right Place"

    1hr 28min
  6. Buena Vista Social Club

    6 Apr ·  Video

    Buena Vista Social Club

    Buena Vista Social Club: The album so good it's life-affirming. And it almost didn't happen. In 1996, an American musician landed in Cuba to record a music project with Malian musicians. But when they didn't show up, Ry Cooder and his producer, Juan de Marcos González, went looking for replacements. That's when they found Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer and Rubén González, who had seen their musical prime decades earlier in the 40s and 50s. Compay was nearing his 90s, and some believed he had died, until he showed up on Buena Vista Social Club. Rubén hadn't played in years, and didn't even own a piano. But together with a cast of all-star Cuban musicians, they created what would become the best-selling world music album of all time. How did Buena Vista Social Club become a global phenomenon? In this episode of You'll Hear It, Peter Martin and Adam Maness listen to the record track-by-track to understand what makes this album so magnetic, and how it holds up 30 years later. Plus - a FIRST in You'll Hear It history. ------------------------------- Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs: https://openstudiojazz.com/yhi ------------------------------- About You'll Hear It: In this popular music series, Adam and Peter break down the greatest albums of all time. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell, D'Angelo: Jazz is the foundation of the most GENIUS music in recent history. These seasoned jazz pianists bring their deep musical knowledge to every joyful episode to help you hear the hidden qualities that make music AMAZING. You'll never hear music the same way again. ------------------------------- Sign up for the You'll Read It newsletter for little known stories about the artists you love: https://youllhearit.com/newsletter ------------------------------- 00:00 - Buena Vista Social Club 00:55 - Why This Episode is NEXT LEVEL06:59 - "Chan Chan"10:24 - The Story of Buena Vista Social Club14:34 - "De Camino a la Vereda"16:27 - "El Cuarto de Tula"20:09 - "Pueblo Nuevo (Danzón)"24:26 - "Dos Gardenias"26:12 - "Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?"28:15 - "Veinte Años"29:49 - Omara's On Stage Shout Out to Peter31:09 - "El Carretero"32:33 - "Candela"34:38 - "Amor de Loca Juventud"35:55 - "Orgullecida"37:03 - "Murmullo"39:48 - "Buena Vista Social Club (Title Track)"44:38 - "La Bayamesa"46:12 - Peter's BIG Reveal47:40 - The BEST Moments on BVSC49:33 - Categories: Bespoke Playlists, Quibble Bits and Snobometer51:52 - What to Listen to Next 54:19 - Open Studio Plays "Chan Chan"

    59 min
  7. "Money Jungle" – Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach

    30 Mar ·  Video

    "Money Jungle" – Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach

    What happens when you put three of jazz's biggest personalities in a studio for a day? You get Money Jungle: Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. Can it work? Miles Davis hated it. Others revere it. And the story behind this album is WILD. It's perhaps the most tense album we've ever listened to. And this episode of You'll Hear It is possibly the most we have ever disagreed about an album! Listen for the music, the hot takes, or just to see what all the fuss is about. No matter your reason for listening to this episode, you'll never hear Money Jungle the same way again. ------------------------------- Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs:https://openstudiojazz.com/yhi ------------------------------- Related You'll Hear It episodes: Mingus Ah Um: https://youtu.be/XYeRZ0Awui4 Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington: https://youtu.be/Z5YJr2iLG74 ------------------------------- About You'll Hear It: In this popular music series, Adam and Peter break down the greatest albums of all time. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell, D'Angelo: Jazz is the foundation of the most GENIUS music in recent history. These seasoned jazz pianists bring their deep musical knowledge to every joyful episode to help you hear the hidden qualities that make music AMAZING. You'll never hear music the same way again. ------------------------------- Sign up for the You'll Read It newsletter for little known stories about the artists you love:https://youllhearit.com/newsletter  ------------------------------- 00:00 - Money Jungle: Ellington, Mingus, Roach01:00 - Can This Record Work?05:06 - "Money Jungle": Mingus is Menacing!09:15 - What Was Really Happening That Day12:17 - Musical Context Leading Up to Money Jungle14:15 - "Fleurette Africaine": Stunning Bass Work17:00 - Must Great Artists Make Great Art? Not Always20:18 - Why Money Jungle Keeps Showing Up on "Greatest" Lists23:45 - "Very Special": Can This Song Win Over Peter?27:07 - One Week Later: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane29:32 - Adam's Hot Take: Duke's Magnificent Final Act36:43 - "A Warm Valley": That Piano Sound!39:35 - "Wig Wise": Sounding Like Monk. Can You Hear It?42:59 - We Don't Talk About This Enough In Jazz45:27 - "Caravan": Best Moment on Money Jungle48:18 - Or Is THIS the Best Moment on Money Jungle?52:25 - Want to Learn to Play Like Duke? Join Open Studio!55:55 - "Solitude": A Musical F-You to End the Album1:02:42 - Is This a "Emperor Has No Clothes" Situation?1:03:40 - Desert Island Tracks + Bespoke Playlists01:05:40 - Quibble Bits ... Do We Even Need to Ask?01:08:48 - How Snobby Is This Album?01:10:35 - What to Listen to Next01:11:18 - Have We Ever Disagreed This Much? Wrap-Up

    1hr 12min
  8. Best New Jazz Of March 2026

    27 Mar

    Best New Jazz Of March 2026

    We're looking at the best jazz releases of March 2026! Listen with pianist Adam Maness as he breaks down and reacts to these great tracks. Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs: https://osjazz.link/yhi

    25 min
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The best hang in music. Jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin break down the greatest albums of all time, track-by-track. Like Thriller, Kid A, Songs In the Key of Life, Aja, and Voodoo. They use their deep knowledge of music theory to uncover the hidden qualities that make music work - harmony, groove, composition and production - while demonstrating at the keys and playing isolated stems. Then, watch them perform their favorite track with our in-house band: One shot, one take. You'll never hear music the same way again. A video podcast from Open Studio, the #1 online jazz education platform.

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