emuliJazz
A mixture of news and reviews from the UK and European Jazz scene.
Here is a link to Mike Collins' review at UK Jazz News for the 2025 Bath Jazz Weekend featuring a few of my photos from the event. https...

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2024 had been a busy year on the Jazz In Britain front with a range of new releases from our archives, plus two albums of newly recorded ma...
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Under The Surface at Sudbury Arts Centre (UK), 21 June 2024 (Left to right) Annabel Laura, Bram Stadhouders, Sanne Rambags, Nathan Wouters...
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Sam Newbould Quintet - UK Tour 2023 The Sam Newbould Quintet , winner of the Keep an Eye Records award 2019 and selected artists at th...
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Alexander Hawkins & Marco Colonna, Wakefield Jazz, 4 October 2024 Alexander Hawkins (left), Marco Colonna Wakefield Jazz have been h...
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Fergus McCreadie Trio at Leeds Jazz Festival, 24 May 2024 Fergus McCreadie Trio (Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, 24 May 2024. Re...
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Dreams Are Free: A Celebration of Bobby Wellins University of Chichester's Showroom Theatre, 6 April 2024 (Review by Pete Woodman) L-R: ...
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emuliJazz update It's been a while since I last posted anything, but here is an update on what's been going on with me. In Jan...
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Review of 2019 (part 1) I thought it was about time I did more than just post photographs on the site, so here goes. This is basically g...
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Nat Birchall’s Unity Ensemble with Alan Skidmore and Mark Wastell (Café OTO, Friday 17 May 2024. Review by Pete Woodman) (L to R) Ada...
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emuliJazz podcast – playlist 2020-2022 The emuliJazz podcast ran for 23 episodes starting in October 2020; the final episode went live on 1 ...
7 January 2025
Here is a link to Mike Collins' review at UK Jazz News for the 2025 Bath Jazz Weekend featuring a few of my photos from the event.
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19 December 2024
Review of the year 2024
2024 had been a busy year on the Jazz In Britain front with a range of new releases from our archives, plus two albums of newly recorded material. Early in the year we set up a new imprint Jazz Now, and Eternal Triangle's debut album 'Gravity' was released in April, closely followed by 'You Are Here' by Kevin Figes. Kevin played in several of Keith Tippett's later ensembles and the album is dedicated to Keith's memory. In another first for Jazz In Britain, we held a launch event for 'You Are Here' at Bristol Beacon which was well supported and a memorable occasion.
From the archives there have been releases from the cream of British Jazz, including Dave Green, Trevor Watts, Gordon Beck , Ray Russell and two from Bobby Wellins, as well as Chris Searle's excellent book Talking The Groove, which features a selection of his reviews and interviews from The Morning Star over the last 15 years or so.
GIGS OF THE YEAR 2024
I've attended several excellent gigs during 2024 and here are the cream of the crop.
My personal gig of the year was the performance by Dutch band Under The Surface at Sudbury Arts Centre in June. It's difficult to put a handle on UTS's music as every gig is different, but to me they are making some of the most exciting music around at the moment. You'll see my full review of the gig if you scroll down.
Nat Birchall's Unity Ensemble played an excellent gig at London's Café OTO in May, which also featured Mark Wastell and British sax legend Alan Skidmore. There is a full review in the blog.
Another favourite was Alexander Hawkins & Marco Collonna's performance at Wakefield Jazz in October, which featured the music of Eric Dolphy alongside some of Marco's original compositions; again, the full review is below.
Later in October, I attended a recital by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble also at Café OTO. It was the first time I had seen Bryars perform live and although now in his 80s, he and the rest of the group played a mesmerising set of his arrangements of pieces by Carla Bley and Tom Waits as well as his own compositions, including two of my favourites, The Flower of Friendship and Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.
The final event in my gig calendar for the year took me to one of my favourite venues, The Lescar in Sheffield. Last Wednesday they played host to British guitarist Rob Luft and the Albanian/Swiss chanteuse Elina Duni, whose sultry, smoky voice delivered a selection of original compositions and standards, plus songs by Jacques Brel and Charlie Haden, accompanied throughout by Luft's multi layered guitar. All in all, an enchanting evening.
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5 October 2024
Alexander Hawkins & Marco Colonna, Wakefield Jazz, 4 October 2024
Alexander Hawkins & Marco Colonna, Wakefield Jazz, 4 October 2024
Alexander Hawkins (left), Marco
Colonna
Wakefield Jazz have been hosting
top quality gigs for over 30 years at their Wakefield Sports Club home, and
Friday night’s event was no exception. Following a successful performance at
The Vortex on Wednesday, Alexander Hawkins and Marco Colonna
brought their celebration of the great Eric Dolphy - who died 60 years
ago – to the club and put on an exceptional show, full of drama and a fitting
tribute to one of the masters of the bass clarinet.
The evening featured a selection
of Dolphy’s compositions, many from his 1964 classic album Out To Lunch,
interspersed with a number of Marco Colonna’s own tunes. Opening with a driving
rendition of Miss Ann, Hawkins’ pounding left hand providing a
foundation for Colonna’s soaring and spluttering bass clarinet. Out To Lunch
was soulful and nourishing, as one would expect, and the first set
continued in this vein, one tune segueing into another before Colonna’s tune Frame
brought an end to the sequence. Colonna then finished the first set with an
extraordinary solo rendition of God Bless the Child.
Alexander Hawkins
The second set opened with Something
Sweet, Something Tender, Hawkins’ hands dancing up and down the keyboard
before the bass clarinet introduced the melody and the intensity slowly gathered
before ebbing away as the tune gave way to Colonna’s composition Fishbone,
the title of which leaves little to the imagination; very spiky, with Hawkins
delving into the piano’s internal workings, damping and plucking the strings to
great effect.
Marco Colonna
More from Out To Lunch followed,
with fine a performance of Straight Up and Down followed by Colonna’s Indelebile
and a quirky, humorous take on Gazzelloni. Mariposa followed and
the evening was brought to a close with a slow, bluesy version of 245.
This was an assured and
remarkable performance with both artists at the top of their game. Marco
Colonna is one of the few bass clarinettists performing today who can
adequately do justice to Dolphy’s compositions and Alexander Hawkins is the
ideal foil, his consummate skill as a performer injecting new life into Dolphy’s
extraordinary repertoire.
Miss Ann
Out To Lunch
Un Filo (Colonna)
Phalena (Colonna)
God Bless The Child
Something Sweet, Something Tender
Fishbone (Colonna)
Straight Up and Down
Indelebile (Colonna)
Gazzelloni
Mariposa
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5 September 2024
Under The Surface at Sudbury Arts Centre (UK), 21 June 2024
Under The Surface at Sudbury Arts Centre (UK), 21 June 2024
The Suffolk market town of Sudbury witnessed an event on Friday the like of which had not been seen in the town's long history.
In the magnificently restored Arts Centre (formerly St Peter's Church) the Dutch improvising trio Under The Surface presented a multi-media event of extraordinary power and beauty. Their music is inspired by folk, jazz, classical music and the musical traditions of the many countries they have performed in around the world.
The trio - Joost Lijbaart (percussion), Bram Stadhouders (guitar & electronics), Sanne Rambags (voice, harmonium, waterphone) - formed 9 years ago and since then have been performing improvised concerts at venues and festivals all over the world, but Friday's event in Sudbury was a little different.
During the last 3 years, their visits to the UK and Ireland have been documented by photographer/artist Mark Wilkinson and film makers David Lam & Hannah Thompson (On Studios Ltd) and this event marked the UK launch of both Wilkinson's book and Lam & Thompson’s short documentary on the band. Both the film and book are beautifully presented and give a deep insight into the trio's approach to their creative efforts and their musical relationships.
The performance opened with the documentary, which was beautifully shot on the River Stour, on the Essex / Suffolk border and in the west of Ireland, during which the trio discussed their motivations, inspiration and how they relate to each other musically. All shot in atmospheric soft focus, the film is a fitting tribute to a wonderfully creative ensemble.
As the film drew to a close, Lijbaart and Stadhouders took to the stage, creating an ambient wash of sound with shimmering guitar & electronics and rings and light touches from Lijbaart’s bewildering array of percussion collected on his global travels. They were soon joined by Rambags whose lilting voice and wordless improvisation added to the soundscapes being created, ebbing and flowing, holding the audience mesmerised.
As the music increased in intensity, the trio were joined by Belgian Nathan Wouters on arco double bass, the drone of his instrument giving a further dimension and depth to the performance which gradually built to a crescendo before subsiding and bringing the first half of the evening to a close.
The trio’s eponymous first album was recorded live in the studio, whilst their second CD Trinity, recorded in 2018 comprises live improvisations from a number of venues around Europe. In a departure from their normal improvisation, for their 2022 third album – Miin Triuwa – they delved into the musical traditions that inspired their music and created a selection of pre-composed pieces with music by Stadhouders and lyrics in Oud Nederlandse (Old Dutch) by Ramgbags, and it was this that was presented in the second half of the evening.
Joined again by Wouters’ bass and also by Annabel Laura on vocals, acoustic guitar and percussion, the trio performed the album in its entirety, with several improvised passages, the music ranging from quiet, almost ambient passages with delicate percussion and almost whispered vocals, to surging, guitar heavy washes of sound with Rambags’ effortless voice soaring into the high rafters of the beautifully restored former house of worship. The standing ovation at the end of the performance was no less than the music deserved.
Since first seeing Under The Surface in 2018, almost everyone I have spoken to who attended their performances said that they had never seen or heard anything like it, and Friday night was no exception. This was improvising and musicianship of the highest calibre and, as always, pure brilliance.
Under The Surface will be returning to the UK for more gigs in October and again in 2025. If you can, do try and make it to one of their performances. I promise you won’t regret it.
Bram Stadhouders – guitar, charango , electronics
Sanne Rambags – voice, harmonium, waterphone
with
Annabel Laura – voice, acoustic guitar, percussion
The Under The Surface book can be pre-ordered here
https://triounderthesurface.com/
https://triounderthesurface.com/albums/
https://triounderthesurface.com/videos/under-the-surface-presenting-miin-triuwa-bimhuis-amsterdam/
An edited version of
this review has been published on
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Fergus McCreadie at Leeds Jazz Festival, 24 May 2024
Fergus
McCreadie Trio at Leeds Jazz Festival, 24 May 2024
Fergus McCreadie Trio (Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton,
Leeds, 24 May 2024.
Review by Pete Woodman)
Fergus started with 5 minutes of
solo piano on a Yamaha 9ft grand which was specially delivered for the
occasion, before the band slipped effortlessly into Morning Moon from
their third album ‘Forest Floor’. The trio played off each other beautifully;
so accustomed are they to playing in each other’s company that the music flowed
effortlessly.
Next up, a fine rendition
of Snowcap from the latest album ‘Stream’, with both McCreadie
and bassist David Bowden soloing. By way of a change, but in
line with the unashamed ‘Scottishness’ of the trio’s playing, next came the
traditional tune Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket, which brought
the tempo down but was still beautifully observed. The slower tempo was
maintained through the opening bars of Across Flatlands from
‘Cairn’, however it wasn’t long before the pace was raised to the tune’s more
customary level, with Bowden delivering a fine bass solo before the trio
brought the tune, and with it the first set to a rousing close.
Fergus McCreadie.
Photo by Pete Woodman
Stephen Henderson started
the second set with a finely executed drum solo, before leading the band into a
second offering from ‘Forest Floor’; this time Landslide, a piece
whose title tells you all you need to know, McCreadie playing cascading layers
of notes over a thrumming left hand bass line, while the bass and drums
provided cracking support but also at times, the lightest of touches.
Landslide gave way to
an as yet untitled piece which was again delivered with fluidity and fluency by
all three players (David and Stephen told me after the gig ‘all we can say is
it hasn’t got a title and it’s in D major’). Hopefully we’ll find out its title
on a future release. Again, this piece slowed the tempo of the set, but in no
way diminished the quality of the playing with all three showing a delicate
touch throughout, until again lifting the pace into the set closer, Stony
Gate from the latest album which was filled with fire and urgency.
A single encore, Glade, from
‘Forest Floor’, was delivered with a mellow, graceful beauty which brought the
proceedings to a calming close which left the audience well satisfied.
When I first saw this trio around
six years ago, I fervently hoped that they would, in time, achieve greatness.
They are way beyond that now.
Fergus McCreadie – piano
David Bowden – double bass
Stephen Henderson – drums
Fergus McCreadie
Trio, Leeds 2024. Photo by Pete Woodman
Morning Moon
Snowcap
Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket
Across Flatlands
Landslide
(Untitled)
Stony Gate
Encore: Glade
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4 September 2024
Nat Birchall’s Unity Ensemble with Alan Skidmore and Mark Wastell
(Café OTO, Friday 17 May 2024. Review by Pete Woodman)
(L to R) Adam Fairhall, Lascelle Gordon, Michael Bardon, Nat Birchall, Paul Hession, Alan Skidmore, Mark Wastell. Photo credit Sean Kelly
A sell-out crowd at Café OTO on Friday night witnessed what to my mind is one of the finest and most moving concerts I’ve seen in many a year.
Nat
Birchall is a saxophonist and composer much better known in the north than
in the south; he has been a key part of the Manchester jazz scene for over 20
years, having released his debut album in 1999. I have seen him perform on many
occasions in that time, but last Friday night’s event at Café OTO was a sublime
spiritual experience.
A sextet with
a five-piece rhythm section might sound like a peculiar set-up, but this band
have such an affinity with each other that the music flowed in a beautifully
balanced way throughout the gig; Michael Bardon, Adam
Fairhall and Paul Hession have all played with Birchall for many
years, and this band knows what it means to perform as a cohesive and organic
unit.
The gig
opened with Elevation, the closing track on the Ensemble’s
album New World, released in March this year, which set the
tone for the evening with all six members of the band making exhilarating
contributions. Adam Fairhall’s piano solo was followed by Wastell and Gordon
exploring their variety of percussion pieces; Hession’s drums then joined in
before the whole band brought the piece to a close. It was clear from the start
that this was going to be an evening of highly spiritual music, and so it proved;
imagine the spirit of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders transferred to the Peak
District. This was deep, earthy music which held the audience spellbound.
The
percussion element of the band, with Hession on drums, Gordon on small
percussion and Wastell on tam-tam, gongs and other large percussion kept up an
almost constant rhythm throughout, coupled with moments of delicacy which only
augmented the overall performance.
For the start
of the second set, the band were joined by 82-year old tenor player Alan
Skidmore who was on fine form. Skid produced masterful solos on New
World and Exaltation from the new album. Sadly,
these were Skid’s only contributions to the performance due to ongoing health
issues, but his soloing seemed to inspire the band to ever greater things, and
these two pieces were the evening’s crowning glory.
After Skid’s
departure, Bardon’s beautifully executed bass solo started the set’s third
piece, Unity before the evening was brought to a close with a
rousing rendition of Bill & Clifton Lee’s John Coltrane (what
else?).
All in all,
this was a mesmerising performance; I truly hope that Birchall gains the global
recognition that he deserves.
Nat Birchall – tenor sax
Adam Fairhall – piano
Michael Bardon – bass
Paul Hession – drums
Lascelle Gordon – percussion
with
Mark Wastell – percussion
Alan Skidmore – tenor sax
New World
Kalaparusha Arha Difda
One For the Sun
Song to the Divine Mother
Set 2 :
New World
Exaltation
Unity
John Coltrane
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Dreams Are Free: A Celebration of Bobby Wellins - UK Jazz News, 8 April 2024
Dreams Are Free: A Celebration of Bobby Wellins
University of Chichester's Showroom Theatre, 6 April 2024
(Review by Pete Woodman)
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Sam Newbould Quintet - UK Tour 2023
Sam Newbould Quintet - UK Tour 2023
The Sam Newbould Quintet, winner of the Keep an Eye Records award 2019 and selected artists at the InJazz Showcase Festival 2021, will embark on a 7 date UK tour in September 2023. Following their sold out performance at the Vortex (London) in 2019 and their set at this year’s Love Supreme Festival, the band will return to the UK between 18th - 24th September. The tour will premiere brand new music written by Newbould in the build up to their third album recording, to be released in 2024.
This will be the first UK-wide tour for the band, with dates at major jazz venues across the country. The international lockdown due to coronavirus prevented the band from presenting their last album Bogus Notus (ZenneZ Records) to UK fans. With the lockdown lifted and a new album on the horizon, the tour is a chance to reconnect with their UK audience, family and friends.
The band features Sam Newbould (alto saxophone, compositions), Bernard van Rossum (tenor saxophone), Xavi Torres (piano), Guy Salamon (drums) and Jort Terwijn (bass).
DATES
19th September - Jazz at the Spotted Dog, Birmingham
20th September - Jazz at HEART, Leeds
21st September - The Ropewalk, Hull
22nd September - The Bear Club, Luton
23rd September - The Vortex, London
24th September - Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham
Info and tickets available at www.samnewbould.com
SAM NEWBOULD
Dubbed an “archetypal jazz outsider” (Jazzwise Magazine), northern English saxophonist Sam Newbould has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices on the Dutch scene. His quintet draws together an international line-up of musicians from the UK, Spain, Israel and the Netherlands. Their latest album, Bogus Notus (ZenneZ Records 2021), mixes the melodic lyricism of jazz and folk with heavy danceable grooves and explosive improvisations. The album received international praise and was described as “compulsive listening” (All About Jazz). Based in Amsterdam, the quintet have been invited to perform at
BIMHUIS (Amsterdam), Vortex
(UK), Lantaren Venster (Rotterdam) and A Love Supreme Festival (UK),
amongst others.
Originally posted on 10 August 2023
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emuliJazz update 13 May 2023
emuliJazz update
It's been a while since I last
posted anything, but here is an update on what's been going on with me.
In January of this year I was
appointed as a Director of the not-for-profit record label and book publisher
Jazz in Britain, and things have been going pretty full-on ever since then.
I'm fulfilling a number of roles
at JiB including all the design work. Recent releases and publications I've
been involved in include the first release as a leader by British percussion
maestro Trevor Tomkins, a forthcoming release to mark the 50th anniversary of
the death of sax phenomenon Tubby Hayes, and a biography of composer and
polymath Neil Ardley.
Another forthcoming project is a
release by Trevor Watts' Original Drum Orchestra comprising performances from
their 1989 UK tour, which I had the honour of designing and producing, and is
set for release at the end of May.
And finally, as they say,
following on from Jazz in Britain's publication of Barbara Thompson's
autobiography Journey to a Destination Unknown in 2020, we are honoured
to be releasing First Light, a CD of archive recordings which is being
launched at a Memorial concert at London's Union Chapel on 2 June.
Originally posted 13 May 2023
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emuliJazz podcast – playlist 2020-2022
The emuliJazz podcast ran for 23 episodes starting in October 2020; the final episode went live on 1 October 2022. Sadly, due to pressure of other commitments with Jazz in Britain, among others, I decided to call a halt, and the podcast is no longer available to download. However, if anyone is interested in copies of any of the episodes, I have compiled a complete playlist below; please feel free to email me on contact@emuli.uk and I will send the episode(s) of your choice via WeTransfer.
Podcast #1 - October 2020
1. Vuma Levin – His Imagined Histories (V. Levin)
2. Johnny Hunter Quintet – Overture (J. Hunter)
3. Keith Tippett – Thank You God for My Wife & Children (K. Tippett)
4. SFS – Unstable Cylindrical Structure (Simon H. Fell)
5. Tony Kofi – Another Kind of Soul (Nat Adderley)
6. Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra – War Orphans (Ornette Coleman)
7. Vuma Levin – The Maze (V. Levin)
8. Mike Westbrook – Outgoing Song (M. Westbrook)
Podcast #2 - November 2020
1. Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – Mra (Dudu Pukwana)
2. Ben Crosland Quintet – Dead End Street (Ray Davies)
3. Nerija – Pinkham V (Shirley Tetteh)
4. Sol6 – And the World Might Bb After All (Luc X)
5. Gil Evans – Las Vegas Tango (G. Evans)
6. Gaz Hughes Sextet – Ping Pong (Wayne Shorter)
7. Enrico Rava – By the Sea (E. Rava)
8. Elton Dean – John’s Fragment (Alex Maguire)
Podcast #3 – Zoë Gilby interview - December 2020
1. Stuart McCallum – 7Point4Point1 (S. McCallum)
2. Sun Mi Hong Quintet – Thoughts To Be Spoken (Sun Mi Hong)
Zoë Gilby – Interview Part 1
3. Living in Shadows - For the Day (Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion)
4. Fergus McCreadie – The Black Burn (F. McCreadie)
Zoë Gilby – Interview Part 2
5. Living in Shadows - Sending Electricity (Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion)
6. Beats & Pieces Big Band – Hendo (Ben Cottrell)
Podcast #4 – European edition - January 2021
1. European Union Quartet – Licks ‘06 (Iman Spaargaren)
2. Baldo Martinez Grupo – Octubre, Otono en Galicia (B. Martínez)
3. Emile Parisien – Missing A Page (Joachim Kühn)
4. Leo Cuypers – Floris en Rosa (L. Cuypers)
5. Italian Instabile Orchestra – Ballata (Renato Geremia)
6. Laura Toxværd – ING [edit] (L. Toxværd)
7. Joost Lijbaart – Interstellar (J. Lijbaart)
8. Mal Bigatto Trio – Neves (Alessandro Garau)
9. Eve Risser White Desert Orchestra – Earth Skin Cut (E. Risser)
Podcast #5 – New Jazz and Improvised Music (NEWJAiM) Special - February 2021
1. Sun Mi Hong Quintet – Bumble Bees (Sun Mi Hong)
2. Arun Ghosh – After the Monsoon (A. Ghosh)
3. Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio – Reverence (Dennis Rollins, Ross Stanley, Pedro Segundo)
NEWJAiM interview part 1
4. Paul Taylor – Via III (P. Taylor)
NEWJAiM interview part 2
5. John Pope Quintet – Plato (J. Pope)
NEWJAiM interview part 3
6. Andy Champion & Graeme Wilson – Caröm (A. Champion, G. Wilson)
7. Frequency Disasters – Cosmic Blunders (Steve Beresford, Valentina Magaletti, Pierpaolo Martino)
8. Sam Newbould – Concrete Caterpillar (S. Newbould)
Podcast #6 – International Women’s day special edition - March 2021
1. ARQ – There Is a Crack in Everything (Alison Rayner)
2. Alcyona Mick & Tori Freestone – Mrs P.C. (Tori Freestone)
3. Helen Anahita Wilson – Neeleshwar (H. A. Wilson)
4. Kika Sprangers – Pelle (K. Sprangers)
5. Karen Sharp – Eronel (Thelonious Monk)
6. Ingrid & Christine Jensen – Old Time (Kenny Wheeler)
7. Annie Whitehead – Sanctimonious Funk (A. Whitehead)
8. Alina Bzhezhinska with Tony Kofi & Joel Prime – Alabama (John Coltrane)
9. Carla Bley – Sing Me Softly of The Blues (C. Bley)
Podcast #7 – Vuma Levin interview - April 2021
1. Abbie Finn Trio – Ginnungagap (Harry Keeble)
2. Fergus McCreadie Trio – Across Flatlands (F. McCreadie)
3. Stan Tracey – Matinee Days (S. Tracey)
Vuma Levin Interview part 1
4. Vuma Levin – Rebirth (V. Levin)
Vuma Levin Interview part 2
5. Vuma Levin – Antique Spoon (V. Levin)
Vuma Levin Interview part 3
6. Vuma Levin – Airport Terminal (V. Levin)
7. Louis Moholo Octet – You Ain’t Gonna Know Me Cos You Think You Know Me (Mongezi Feza)
Podcast #8 - May 2021
1. Eric Dolphy – The Madrig Speaks, The Panther Walks (E. Dolphy)
2. Sugarwork – Goodbye Hello (Graeme Stephen)
3. Jeff Williams’ Bloom – A Word Edgewise (Michael Formanek)
4. Lol Coxhill – Insensatez (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)
5. Chris Bachelor’s Pigfoot – Pusherman (Curtis Mayfield)
6. Harry Miller Quintet – Flame Tree (H. Miller)
7. Martin Archer Anthropology Band – People Talking Blues (M. Archer)
8. Dreamtime – Call The Devil (Roberto Bellatalla)
Podcast #9 - June 2021
1. Alan Barnes +11 – Boogie Stop Shuffle (Charles Mingus)
2. Johnny Richards – The Moths (J. Richards)
3. Mike Walker – In Two Minds (John Ellis, Sylvan Richardson, Mike Walker, Myke Wilson)
4. Alexander Hawkins Trio – Sweet Duke (A. Hawkins)
5. S.O.S. - Goliath (Alan Skidmore, Mike Osborne, John Surman)
6. Laura Cole – Extinguish (L. Cole)
7. Ben Crosland Quintet – A ‘Lil Sark Funk (B. Crosland)
8. Télémaque – St. Elmo’s Fire [edit] (Joe McPhee, Paul Hession, John Pope)
9 The Wrong Object feat. Harry Beckett & Annie Whitehead – Tinseltown (H. Beckett)
Podcast #10 - July 2021
1. Dean Stockdale Trio – On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh)
2. Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble – Spring In New York (G. Atzmon)
3. Dylan Howe – Some Are (David Bowie, Brian Eno arr. D. Howe)
4. Archipelago – Chemical (Faye MacCalman)
5. Hexagonal – Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit (McCoy Tyner)
6. SFQ – No.10.5.21 – Recording With Roger (Simon H. Fell)
7. Mike Gibbs – Five for England (M. Gibbs)
8. Dead Capo – Horn of Plenty (Javier Adán)
Podcast #11 - August 2021
1. Harry Keeble Quartet – The Sunken Forest (H. Keeble)
2. Dave Stapleton – Shimmers (D. Stapleton)
3. Byron Wallen – No Stars, No Moon (B. Wallen)
4. Donkey Monkey – Wonky Monkey Boogie (Carla Bley)
5. Soft Machine – Kings and Queens (Hugh Hopper)
6. Alan Skidmore Quintet – One On, One Off (John Warren)
7. Paradox Ensemble – Entanglement (Nick Walters)
8. Richard Iles – All Good Things (R. Iles)
Podcast #12 - September 2021
1. Mike Taylor Quartet – To Segovia (M. Taylor)
2. Not Now Charlie – Keep Your Eyes on The Prize (and your feet off the table) (Jamie Toms)
3. Melody Gardot – Bad News (M. Gardot)
4. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Controversy (Donald Harrison)
5. Alcyona – Monkey (Alcyona Mick)
6. Article XI – I Dreamed I Spat out A Bee (Anton Hunter)
7. Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – The Serpent’s Kindly Eye (C. McGregor)
8. Sons of Kemet – All Will Surely Burn (Shabaka Hutchings)
Podcast #13 - October 2021
1. Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat – Sun Stones (E. Johnson)
2. Abdullah Ibrahim – Kippy (A. Ibrahim)
3. Art Themen’s New Directions – Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke)
4. Ornette Coleman & Prime Time feat. Jerry Garcia – Singing in the Shower (O. Coleman)
5. Corey Mwamba’s NTH – Situations (C. Mwamba)
6. Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra – Song for Che (C. Haden)
Podcast #14 – Marsden Jazz Festival special edition - November 2021
1. Shri Sriram & Dennis Rollins – Mind Run Free!! (S. Sriram & D. Rollins)
2. John Pope Quintet – The Right Hand Path (J.Pope)
3. Marcus Joseph – Lola’s Lullaby [Wavey Mix] (M. Joseph)
4. Sloth Racket – Dismantle Yourself (Cath Roberts)
5. Xhosa Cole Quartet – The Moontrane [Take #1] (Woody Shaw)
6. Zoë Gilby – In It Together (Zoë Gilby, Andy Champion, Mark Williams)
7. Rod Mason’s Elements – Alder Lea, Real Lead (R. Mason)
8. Ivo Neame – The Rise Of The Lizard People (I. Neame)
Podcast #15 – January 2022
1. Vuma Levin & Theo Duboule – His Imagined Histories (V. Levin)
2. Spike Heatley Trio with Art Themen – Pulling Strings (S. Heatley)
3. Neil Yates – When Starlings Capture the Sky (N. Yates)
4. Graeme Wilson – Turquoise (G. Wilson)
5. Adam Fairhall & Johnny Hunter – Roll Out the Barrel [Beer Barrel Polka] (Lew Brown, Wladimir Timm, Jaromir Vejvoda & Vasek Zeman)
6. Group Sounds Five – Celebrity Stomp (Ken McCarthy)
7. Metamorphic – Little Woman, Lonely Wing (Ornette Coleman, Jimi Hendrix, Laura Cole)
Podcast #16 – February 2022
1. Tony Kofi & The Organisation – Full House (Wes Montgomery)
2. Miles Davis – All Blues (M. Davis)
3. Blake Wilner – Redemption Song (Bob Marley)
4. Alexander Hawkins’ Mirror Canon – Stamped Down, or Shovelled (A. Hawkins)
5. Paul Edis – Muddle Through (P. Edis)
6. Yazz Ahmed – Ruby Bridges (Y. Ahmed)
7. Alina Bzhezhinska – Annoying Semitones (A. Bzhezhinska)
8. Ray Ellington Quartet – Stomp, Look & Listen (Duke Ellington)
Podcast #17 – March 2022
1. Dave Kane – Rip (for John Zorn) (D. Kane)
2. Julian Siegel Quartet – Pastorale (J.Siegel)
3. Andrew Hill – Flight 19 (A. Hill)
4. Alan Skidmore Quintet – Once Upon a Time (John Surman)
5. Dean McPhee – Smoke and Mirrors (D. McPhee)
6. The Blue Notes – Now (Chris McGregor)
7. Dee Byrne’s ‘Entropi’ – Interloper (D. Byrne)
8. Hugh Hopper – Miniluv Reprise (H. Hopper)
Podcast #18 – April 2022
1. Marquis Hill – New Gospel (M. Hill)
2. Under The Surface – Vrohta Endi Bivunga (Sanne Rambags, Bram Stadhouders)
3. Fergus McCreadie – Morning Moon (F. McCreadie)
4. Arun Ghosh – Hanji! (A. Ghosh)
5. Stomu Yamash’ta – One Way (S. Yamash’ta)
6. Alina Bzhezhinska – After The Rain (John Coltrane)
7. Black Sea Songs – Dereler (Trad arr. Sanem Kalfa, George Dumitriu, Joachim Badenhorst)
8. Charlie Haden LMO – War Orphans (Ornette Coleman)
Podcast #19 – May 2022
1. Mike Westbrook Concert Band – Waltz (for Joanna) (M. Westbrook)
2. Gilad Hekselman – Fast Moving Century (G. Hekselman)
3. Joy Ellis – Begin Again (J. Ellis)
4. The Project – Mad Max (Panagiotis Kotsiopoulos)
5. Something Else! - Rear Quarters (Mick Beck, Simon H. Fell, Paul Hession)
6. Floorkin – 19:53 Gdansk (Robin Forkin)
7. Sophia Domancich – Django (S. Domancich)
8. Abbie Finn Trio – Seven Steps to Heaven (Victor Feldman, Miles Davis)
Podcast #20 – June 2022
1. Nikki Iles, Duncan Hopkins & Anthony Michelli – Fly’s Dilemma (N. Iles)
2. Partikel – The Restless Children (Duncan Eagles)
3. Preston Glasgow Lowe – Fumes (David Preston, Kevin Glasgow, Laurie Lowe)
4. Hugh Pascall – Making Peace (H. Pascall)
5. Orchestre National de Jazz – Rangers in the Night (Robert Wyatt)
6. Roland Kirk Quartet – Once in A While (Michael Edwards, Bud Green)
7. Emily Francis Trio – 2 Bed Flat on Mars (Emily Francis, Trevor Boxall, Jamie Murray)
8. Mole – Albert (Dave Kane)
Podcast #21 – July 2022
1. McCoy Tyner – Passion Dance (M. Tyner)
2. Bourne Davis Kane – Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)
3. Microscopic Septet – Second Avenue (Joel Forrester)
4. The Blue Notes – Ithi Gqi (Johnny Mbizo Dyani)
5. Zoe Rahman – Shiraz (Z. Rahman)
6. Elton Dean’s Ninesense – Seven For Me (E. Dean)
Podcast #22 – August 2022
1. Shabaka & The Ancestors – Joyous (arr. Shabaka Hutchings)
2. The Impossible Gentlemen – Dog Time (Mike Walker)
3. John Taylor Sextet – Interfusion (J. Taylor)
4. Johnny Hunter’s Pale Blue Dot – Endless Cruelties [edit] (J. Hunter)
5. Beats & Pieces Big Band – Let’s Dance (David Bowie arr. Ben Cottrell)
6. Dinosaur – Living, Breathing (Laura Jurd)
7. MUMPS – Amber (Albert Mangelsdorff, Stu Martin, Barre Philips, John Surman)
Podcast #23 – October 2022
1. Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet – Shades of Blue (Neil Ardley)
2. Shabaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson – Azar (S. Hussain, H.A. Wilson)
3. Henry Lowther’s Quarternity – Zemlja (H. Lowther)
4. Ben Crosland – Peter the Wolf (B. Crosland)
5. Trevor Watts & Liam Genockey – Dedicated to Eric D. (T. Watts, L. Genockey)
6. Betty Acorssi Quartet – Lively House (B. Acorssi)
7. Elton Dean’s Ninesense – Nicrotto (E. Dean)
8. Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – Union Special (C. McGregor)
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