Hadley Caliman has been played on NTS in shows including Martyn's Darkest Light, featured first on 15 May 2018. Songs played include Quadrivium, Dark Mood and The Latin Thing.

Tenor saxophonist Hadley Caliman is part of the living history of jazz music in America.

He has performed, recorded and toured with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, Gerald Wilson, Carlos Santana, Dexter Gordon, Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Pass, The Grateful Dead, Joe Henderson, Don Ellis, Flora Purim, Phoebe Snow, Bobby Hutcherson and many others.

His influence on the sound of modern jazz music can be heard on many of his albums as a leader, including his newest release on Origin Records: Gratitude, featuring drummer Joe LeBarbera, vibraphone master Joe Locke and trumpeter Thomas Marriott.

In 2009, Caliman was still active leading a quartet and quintet in the Seattle area, and teaching private lessons to aspiring musicians.

He died in September 2010, at the age of 78