Paul Gonsalves has been played on NTS in shows including The Sam Wilkes Radio Hour, featured first on 11 January 2024. Songs played include Diminuendo In Blue / Crescendo In Blue.

Paul Gonsalves (July 12, 1920, Brockton, Massachusetts - May 15, 1974, London, England), an American jazz tenor saxophonist, was considered one of the best and most tasteful players on his instrument. But no review of his musicianship is ever left untouched by the performance that made his name in the first place---the near-riot he caused at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, with an arresting, 27-chorus solo, in the middle of Duke Ellington's performance of…