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?
Send us a text Didn't you used to be Tom Scott? In this episode we talk about the relationship of fame/commercial success and Jazz. During May 2024...
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-Rays Jazz Shop-bomus episode
Send us a text Here is a bit more about Ray Smith of Rays Jazz Shop fame This is our website This is our InstagramThis is our Facebook group
Saturday, June 15, 20242-5m-1-S2E29-Rays Jazz Shop
Send us a text Rays Jazz Shop Rays Jazz shop was originally Collets Jazz and Folk Records " The shop moved to Shaftesbury Ave in 1974 and the followi...
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,...
Monday, April 1, 20242-5m-1-S2E24-A Great Day in Harlem
A picture that is well known to those in jazz and beyond was taken on August 12th 1958 for Esquire magazine by Art Kane.We discuss it in this episode....