Season 1

An end of series announcement: In the 50 episodes so far Nick and I have covered 8 under- the-radar pianists, reviewed 7 Jazz books, talked about 10 t...

Another episode in our "under-the-radar pianists" series.George Wallington wrote a tune that was made well known by Gerry Mulligan'sarrangement on Bi...

A look at the Oboe in jazz.

Nick and Simon discuss a record label that started in the USA and continues now in the UK.A label which represented many jazz greats as well as new an...

We discuss 'enclosures' one of the cornerstone concepts in making jazz sound like jazz - particularly post-bebop jazz. We talk about the idea of 'enc...

Send us a text In many ways the life of The Bass Clef jazz club is a story that echoes in ripples from the centre to the outskirts of London. Jazz is...

Send us a text We discuss the book Arranging the Score by the Canadian jazz critic and musician Gene Lees. in the book Lees paints portraits of some o...

Nick and Simon talk about Jazz Cello, like you do...

Musician, composer, and conductor Andre Previn had a long and varied career career. Simon and Nick discuss his life and his work in the jazz, film an...

Nick and Simon discuss the biography Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. Author Robin D. Kelley grew up in Harlem in a house...

The Fillmore district of San Francisco was known as " The Harlem of the West" in the 1940s and there were many clubs that flourished there f...