Season 2

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 mea...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Send us a text The fame of Andy Warhol has lasted a lot longer than fifteen minutes but perhaps his jazz album cover artwork is less well known than h...

Send us a text Nick And Simon talk about the Jazz Novel Blow up a storm published in 1959 [ a seminal year in Jazz history] This is a first novel by...