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Our Recent Episodes

Friday, April 8, 2022 2-5q-1- S1S3-Sebastian Scotney of London Jazz News

This is our third interview with people who promote, facilitate and help proliferate jazz.Sebastian Scotney is the driving force behind London Jazz Ne...

Friday, April 1, 2022 2-5m-1-S1E30-Tete Montoliu

Tete Montoliu was a Spanish pianist who had a long and successful career. As part of our "under-the-radar" pianists strand we discuss him and his play...

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2-5m-1-S1E29-Riverside Records

Riverside Records only ran from 1953 to 1964 but in that time captured some of the greats of the period. Orin Keepnews was the producer of a majority ...

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 2-5m-1-S1E28-Stars of Jazz

In this Episode Nick and Simon discuss Stars of Jazz  which was an American television program that ran between 1956 and 1958 and featured performance...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2-5m-1-S1E27-Whole tone scale

Another in our series of music theory podcasts, this time we focus on the whole tone scale. In music, a whole-tone scale is a scale in which each note...

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 2-5m-1-S1E26-Birdland

Nick and Simon talk about Birdland the  jazz club which  started in New York City on December 15, 1949. The original Birdland, which was located at 16...

Saturday, January 15, 2022 2-5m-1-S1E25-Horace Parlan

Horace Parlan is another of our 'under-the-radar' piainists, known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work a...

Saturday, January 1, 2022 2-5m-1-S1E18-Fakebooks

What is a fakebook, where can I get one and is a real book different? These questions are answered as Nick and Simon discuss the jazz player's tune bi...

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 2-5-1 Christmas Special 2021

In this episode Nick and Simon discuss classic holiday albums from the past, and also look at a couple of new Christmas releases.This year we also dea...

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 2-5m-1-S1E24-Jazz at the Philharmonic

Norman Granz set up Jazz at the Philharmonic with little more than chutzpah and a handful of cash. JATP would go on to create careers and fortunes for...

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 2-5m-1-S1E23-Jazz Harp

Simon and Nick discuss an instrument less often heard in jazz - the harp.

Monday, November 15, 2021 2-5m-1-S1E22-Jazz Heavyweight

Who was the Jazz Heavyweight? Nick and Simon discuss the biography of a jazz great who had a varied career.

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