Send us a text Christian Jacob Jacob was born in Metz, Lorraine on 8 May 1958. A pianist by age four, he was immersed in studying the French classics...
Sunday, September 15, 20242-5m-1-S2E36- Jazz Pseudonyms
In this Episode Mink Coal Tin and This is Wine mode discuss the mercurial art of creating a Pseudonym to get around a contractual issue with ones reco...
Sunday, September 1, 20242-5m-1-S2E35- Sir Charles Thompson
One of our under the radar pianist episodes, we look at the piano stylings of Sir Charles Thompson.This is our website This is our InstagramThis is ou...
Thursday, August 15, 20242-5m-1-S2E34- Kind Of Blue Book
Nick and Simon present one of their jazz book reviews -Kind of Blue : The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn (Granta 2001) is an in...
Thursday, August 1, 20242-5m-1-S2E33-Sven Klang
Sven Klang’s Kvintet 2-5-1- field trip notes. We went to the Barbican during the London Jazz Festival in November 2023 and watched a screening of this...
Monday, July 15, 20242-5m-1-S2E32- Didn't you used to be Tom Scott?
Didn't you used to be Tom Scott? In this episode we talk about the relationship between fame/commercial success and jazz. In May 2024 several jazz mu...
Monday, July 1, 20242-5m-1-S2E31-Bird film
Bird by Clint Eastwood Bird is a 1988 American biographical musical drama film about jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker, directed and produced b...
Saturday, June 22, 20242-5m-1-S2E29a- Ray's Jazz Shop - bonus episode
Here is a bit more about Ray Smith of Ray's Jazz Shop fame.
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Saturday, June 15, 20242-5m-1-S2E29- Ray's Jazz Shop
Ray's Jazz shop was originally Collet's Jazz and Folk Records. The shop moved to Shaftesbury Ave in 1974 and the following year Ray came to an agreeme...
Saturday, June 1, 20242-5m-1-S2E28-But is it Jazz?
We discuss another philosophical question, and throw up a few questions for each other as to what we would class as 'jazz'. This episode could have go...
Wednesday, May 15, 20242-5m-1-S2E27-Can an AI Learn Jazz
Can an AI Learn Jazz?In this episode we discuss the above question. Neither of us are developers, but we both teach and so, in many ways the episode i...
Wednesday, May 1, 20242-5m-1-S2E26-Comping
What is comping? Who does it? What is it meant to achieve? We discuss this and more in this episode. Find a playlist on Apple Music that consists of m...
Tuesday, April 16, 20242-5m-1-S2E25-ECM records
ECM records have a place in jazz rivaled only by the classic American labels like Blue Note and Prestige. There are clear comparisons with Blue Note,...