Wednesday, 12/31/2025, 8pm - New Years Eve - Toast of the Nation!

8pm - Hour 1 In the spirit of Sinatra and the Rat Pack, recent Grammy winner Nicole Zuraitis steps into the glow of Vic’s jazz supper club in Las Vegas. She reimagines favorites from Dolly Parton to timeless standards, all while host Christian McBride takes us inside the bluesy improviser’s unexpected rise to stardom.

9pm - Hour 2 Are hip-hop classics the new jazz standards? Drummer and electronic alchemist Kassa Overall stirred the scene when he recast ’90s rap—Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest—into bold, acoustic arrangements. His electrifying set honors the 30th anniversary of New York City’s Jazz Gallery, the room where this performance comes alive.

10pm - Hour 3 Sofía Rei is a shape-shifter—slipping effortlessly between jazz, rock, and electronica. At the playful center of her music lies the spirit of her hero, Bobby McFerrin. Joined by master percussionist Tupac Mantilla and guitarist/electronics sorcerer JC Maillard, she delivers an intimate performance captured exclusively at the Ponta Lopud Jazz Festival in Croatia.

11pm - Hour 4 Toast of the Nation takes note of some of the most magical live moments to emerge in 2025. We begin in New York, where drumming royalty Marcus Gilmore makes a luminous Village Vanguard debut. Then to Philadelphia for the visionary Marshall Allen and his small group, Ghost Horizon. We continue with inspired performances from Kokayi in Tennessee, Amir ElSaffar in Germany, and one of the final live recordings from the late, towering drummer Jack DeJohnette in George Colligan's Trio.