Monday, 08 December 2025

Live Set: Django's Tiger


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Louis Thorne - Guitar
Damian Glasfurd-Brown  - Guitar
Pete Newman  - Clarinet
Joel Humann  - Bass

Set List 
  1. Duke and Dukie/Swing 42 medley
  2. Gypsy Swing
  3. Anniversary Song
  4. Caravan (Ellington)
  5. Bei Mir Bistu Shein (Jacobs/Secunda)
  6. Daphne
  7. For Sephora (Rosenberg)
  8. Manoir de Mes Rêves/Django's Castle 
  9. Django's Tiger
  10. Troublante Bolero
  11. Viper's Dream
  12. Minor Swing
  13. Nuages
  14. Joseph, Joseph

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Monday, 01 December 2025

A Few of My Favourite Things - Alan Paterson


Track List

Prelude:  Humphrey Littleton and Chris Barber 
  1. Art Pepper  Anthropology  
  2. Chet Baker  My Funny Valentine  
  3. John Coltrane  Giant Steps  
  4. Horace Silver  Horace-Scope  
  5. Milt Jackson  The Cylinder  
  6. Yusef Lateef  Titora  
  7. Stan Getz & Oscar Peterson  Blues For Herky  
  8. Kenny Burrell  I'll Close My Eyes  
  9. Wayne Shorter  Second Genesis  
  10. Ornette Colman  The Sphinx  
  11. Ahmad Jamal  Ahmad's Blues  
  12. Charlie Parker  Air Conditioning  
  13. Coleman Hawkins  While We're Young  
  14. Charlie Mingus  Body and Soul  
  15. George Shearing  Have You Met Miss Jones  
  16. Sonny Rollins  The Last time I Saw Paris  
  17. Lester Young  She's Funny That Way  
  18. Johnny Hodges  Night Wind  
  19. Benny Goodman  Sing, Sing, Sing   (Carnegie Hall concert January 1938)

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Monday, 24 November 2025

65 Years of Jazz - Ron Plascow


Track List
Intro: "Ella Fitzgerald at the Opera House” - live session from the JATP (Jazz at the Philharmonic) tour of 1957
  1. Subsonic Glow from CD "EFFRA"  by Misha Mullov-Abbado 2025.
  2. Bunny from CD "Gerry Mulligan meets Johnny Hodges"  1959.
  3. Blue Moon from CD "Solitude Songs" by Billie Holiday 1952.
  4. The Tokyo Blues from CD "The Tokyo Blues" by Horace Silver 1962.
  5. Big Dipper from CD "All My Yesterdays" The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra debut 1966 recordings at the Village Vanguard 1968 (live version).
  6. Joshua from CD "Seven Steps to Heaven" by Miles Davis 1962.
  7. There is No Greater Love from CD "Way out West" by Sonny Rollins 1957.
  8. The Good Life from CD "The Good Life" by the Oscar Peterson Trio 1973.
  9. Summertime  from CD "Porgy and Bess" by Joe Henderson 1997.
  10. River from CD "River the Joni Letters" by Herbie Hancock 2007. This version has Corinne Bailey Rae singing alongside Herbie Hancock.
  11. Labyrinth from CD "Voice" by Hiromi (Hiromi Uehera) 2011.
  12. O Que Sera from CD "Brad Mehldau Trio Live" by Brad Mehldau 2006.

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Monday, 17 November 2025

Acid Jazz - Andrew Nightingale


Track List
  1. Mystic Voyage by Roy Ayers from the album Mystic Voyage (1975) 
  2. Always There by Ronnie Laws from the album Pressure Sensitive (1975) 
  3. Parisienne Girl by Incognito from the album Jazz Funk (1981) 
  4. L’arc en ciel de miles by Incognito from the album Tribes, Vibes + Scribes (1991) 
  5. Never Stop by The Brand New Heavies from the album The Brand New Heavies (1991) 
  6. Release Yourself by Incognito from the album Inside Life (1991) 
  7. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) by US3 from the album Hand on the Torch (1992) 
  8. Loud Minority by United Future Organization from the album UFOs For Real Scene 2 (1992) 
  9. So What by Ronny Jordan from the album The Antidote (1992)
  10. Space Cowboy by Jamiroquai from the album The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994) 
  11. Have a Good Time by The Brand New Heavies from the album Brother Sister (1994) 
  12. Crazy Race by The RH Factor from the album Jazz Divas (2006) 
  13. Kog by Groove Collective from the album People People Music Music (2006) 
  14. Parkside Shuffle by Down To The Bone from the album Supercharged (2007) 
  15. Theme From Belle Et Fou by Jazzanova from the album Belle et Fou (2007) 
  16. Butterfly by Mama Terra from the album Chameleons (Live Interpretations Of Herbie Hancock) (2025) 
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Monday, 10 November 2025

My UK Jazz Journey - Peter Miller


Track List

  1. St Louis Blues   Ken Colyer's Jazzmen from the album  'This is the Blues'
  2. What's I'm Gotcha   Chris Barber's Jazz Band  from the album  'Barber in Berlin' (Chris Barber International Volume One)
  3. Hanid  Tony Coe Quintet   from the album  'Hot Jazz, Cool Beer'
  4. Night Train  Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames  from the album  'Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo'
  5. All White Soft Machine   from the album  'Soft Machine 5'
  6. Bedruthan Steps  John Surman   from the album  'Road to Saint Ives'
  7. Silver Surfer  Courtney Pine from the album   'Underground'  
  8. Camel  Zoe Rahman  from the album  'Melting Pot'
  9. Brian  Polar Bear  from the album  'Polar Bear'
  10. New Transylvania Fulbourn Teversham  from the album  'Count Herbert II'
  11. On Broadway  Gwilym Simcock   from the album  'Blues Vignette' (Disc 1)
  12. Sanctuary  John Mclaughlin & the 4th Dimension   from the album  'Live at Ronnie Scott's'
  13. Living  Shabaka  from the album   'Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace'

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Monday, 03 November 2025

Live Set: John Tyson Quintet

A history of the early period of Jazz from Trad to Be-bop.





   (photos by Mike Harris)


John Tyson - Drums
Ruth Applin - Piano and vocals
John Cherry - Guitar and banjo
Derek Clenshaw - Trombone
Louis Thorne - Bass

Set List

  1. Exactly Like You 
  2. Just a Little While to Stay Here
  3. Wabash Blues
  4. All Of Me
  5. Moon Glow
  6. Cheek to Cheek
  7. Isn't this a Lovely Day
  8. September in the Rain
  9. So Nice
  10. When I Grow Too Old To Dream





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Monday, 27 October 2025

1959-1970 From Kind of Blue to Bitches Brew - Tom Cochrane

Track List

Intro Tracks: Since I Fell For You , Flip Flop & Fly by Big Joe Turner and Count Basie from the album The Bosses (1974) 

Track 1  Stella by Starlight by Miles Davis from the album Birth of the Blue [2024]

Track 2 Nardis by Bill Evans from the album Explorations [1961]

Track 3  My One and Only Love by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman from the album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman [1963]

Track 4 Nature Boy by John Coltrane from the album Both directions At Once The Lost Album [2018]

Track 5 I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town by Ray Charles from the album Genius + Soul = Jazz  [1961]

Track 6  Why Was I Born? By Jimmy Smith from the album Midnight Special [1961]

Track 7 I Want A Little Girl by Stanley Turrentine &The Three Sounds from the album Blue Hour [1961] 

Track 8 Blues For The Orient by Yusef Lateef from the album Eastern Sounds [1962] 

Track 9 Wavy Gravy by Kenny Burrell from the album Midnight Blue [1963]]  

Track 10 Listen Hear by Eddie Harris from the album High Voltage [1969]

Track 11 The Beat Goes On by Gabor Szabo from the album the Sorcerer [1967]

Track 12 Stoned Soul Picnic by Roy Ayers from the album Stoned Soul Picnic [1968]

Track 13 Backlash Blues by Nina Simone from the album Nina Simone Sings The Blues [1967]

Track 14 Walk Tall by Cannonball Adderly from the album Country Preacher [1970]

Track 15 Black Narcissus by Joe Henderson from the album Power To The People [1969]

Track 16 John McLaughlin by Miles Davis from the album Bitches Brew [1970]


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