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Send us a text This is a follow on to episode 44. We go a bit further into the beat poets reading their poetry with live jazz backing. We talk about ...

Send us a text We intended for this to be just one episode but felt that we had a lot more to say and ended up with enough for 2 five minute episode t...

Send us a text We are Back after our mid season break so we thought we would start with Intros. We discuss what makes a good intro and what the functi...

In this episode we chat about the 'Christmas with the George Shearing Quintet' album.

Nick and Simon are taking a short break. The next 2-5-1- 5 minute podcast will go out on Feb 1st 2025.

Episode 40 of Series 2 to the 50 plus episodes from series 1 and our long form series on Sonny Clark and Kenny Drew. Busking a tune what does that men...

What do we understand to be a big band? Nick and Simon discuss the ingredients that might go into to making a big band in terms of instruments style a...

In this episode Nick and Simon talk about Mole Jazz a shop that closed 20 years ago now but is fondly remembered by Jazz aficionados of a certain age....

The connection between jazz and cooking is investigated through this book review of Jazz Cooks: Portraits and Recipes of the Greats by Rob Young and ...

Send us a text 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...

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...

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...