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An hour of varied & diverse Jazz covering traditional, modern/experimental and African
An hour of varied & diverse Jazz covering traditional, modern/experimental and African approaches to the genre, artists such as Billie Holiday, Kenny Burrell, Charles Mingus, Polar Bear, The Bad Plus and various tracks from the Ethiopiques series. The beautiful image of central park in autumn was provided by the lovely and talented Tess Motherway, check…
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The first half of this show takes in some celebrated and obscure pop singles from late 70’s and early 80’s English bands like Joy Division, Felt, The Wake and The Durutti Column – some of which feature the production genius of Martin Hannett. The second half hour is mainly filled with hits from the songwriting…
View moreFeat. Artie Shaw, Monk, Benny Goodman, Coltrane, Mingus, Duke, Sonny Rollins and Simon & Garfunkel
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View moreAn hour of that good Jazz sound feat. Sonny Stitt, Dave Brubeck, Billie Holiday, Lee Konitz and Diz
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View moreFeat. Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, The Show Men, Coleman Hawkins and Tom Harrell
A quality hour of music feat. that classic New Orleans sound for the first half with pieces written and produced by the great Allen Toussaint, expect to hear Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, The Show men and another great New Orleans writer/producer – one Eddie Bo. Some lovely jazz in the second half from the likes…
View moreFeat. tracks from Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Louis Prima, Ray Noble, Kenny Burrell
A great hour of music with great tracks from Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Louis Prima, Ray Noble, Kenny Burrell and more… Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/J_Casey_
View moreA nice diverse range of styles and moods feat. mainly jazz pieces and music from film.
An hour of mainly jazz music, taking in various styles and eras along with musical interludes from some films I watched recently. The show closes with an intended tribute to the late, great Jimmy Scott but I refer to him as Jimmy Smith (another legend entirely). I hope you enjoy what I think is a…
View moreThat great late 50’s and 60’s sound taking in Gospel, Mod Jazz, Deep Soul and Pop
In the main this show features that great late 50’s and 60’s sound taking in Gospel, Mod Jazz, Deep Soul and pop with a few surprises thrown in for good measure feat. Bobby Bland, Ernie K-Doe, Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, Dorsey Burnette, Howlin’ Wolf and loads more…
View moreLurching wildly from genre to genre – tracks from LTJ Bukem, Jan Jelinek, Roland Kirk, REM, Zomby…
I will be lurching wildly from genre to genre for this show – expect to hear tracks from LTJ Bukem, Jan Jelinek, Zomby, Al Haig, Kenyon Hopkins, R.E.M., Roland Kirk, David Heldock and many more…
View moreA blend of Soul, Pop, Jazz and musical numbers mainly from the 1950’s and 1960’s
A blend of Soul, Pop, Jazz and musical numbers feat. tracks from The Beach boys, The Chords, Bing Crosby, Gladys Knight, Lanny Hunt, James Brown, Gil Melle, Little Richard and Bobby Womack among others…
View moreAn hour of pure Jazz ear candy feat. Chico Hamilton, Lucky Thompson, Charlie Parker, Django and more
An hour of pure Jazz ear candy for this show, tune in to hear tracks from Chico Hamilton, Lucky Thompson, some of my favorite Charlie Parker tracks, Django Reinhardt, the lost genius of Dick Twardzik and loads more…
View moreFeat. The Meters, Willie Mitchell, Al Green, Paul Desmond, Errol Garner, Satie and Philip Glass
The first half hour is mainly soul and funk from The Meters, Irma Thomas, Al Green and his producer/collaborator Willie Mitchell. The second half starts off with a great piece from the much underrated Paul Desmond’s 1963 album ‘Easy Living’, followed by Erroll Garner’s lovely reading of ‘I’m in the mood for love’. The last…
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