All Episodes

When is a dominant chord not a dominant chord?When it's a tritone substitution!We try to demystify this term and talk about its use in jazz harmony.

What is quartal harmony? Who brought it into jazz and when?Nick and Simon discuss these questions.

Here are 2 examples of quartal harmony to support the previous podcast

The rent party was a phenomenon that occurred from 1920-1950's particularly in areas like Harlem, to raise the money needed to meet the cost of accomm...

Simon and Nick discuss the book Blue Notes in Black and White a book about the relationship between jazz image and jazz music. Below is the blurb fro...

Red Garland was one of the big beasts of the 1950s New York jazz scene recording many albums as leader with his trio, he was also part of the first ...

Nick and Simon discuss the well known book of jazz interviews 'Hear Me Talkin' to Ya The Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It.'

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...

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...

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...

Chris Hodgkins has been an integral part of the UK jazz scene since the early seventies. As a trumpet player he performed with the Icon Jazzmen and to...

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