Monday, 05 October 2026

From Trad to Bop - Alan Murphy

Prelude Armstrong plays W C Handy.

Track List
  1.  Maple Leaf Rag  Scott Joplin   1899
  2.  Tiger Rag  Original Dixieland Jazz Band  1917
  3.  Ory's Creole Trombone  Kid Ory  1921
  4.  Dippermouth Blues  King Oliver  1923
  5.  Black Bottom Stomp  Jelly Roll Morton  1926
  6.  Potato Head Blues  Louis Armstrong Hot Seven  1927
  7.  Singing the Blues  Frank Trumbauer  1927
  8.  Sugar Foot Stomp  Fletcher Henderson  1925
  9.  Rockin in Rhythm  Duke Ellington  1930
  10.  Toby  Bennie Moten  1932
  11.  Stompin' at the Savoy  Chick Webb 1934
  12.  One O'Clock Jump  Count Basie 1936
  13.  This Years Kisses  Billie Holiday  1937
  14.  Body & Soul  Coleman Hawkins  1939
  15.  Sometimes I'm Happy  Lester Young  1944
  16.  Good Bait  Dizzy Gillespie  1945
  17.  Ko-Ko  Charlie Parker  1945
  18.  Indiana  Bud Powell  1947
  19.  Nostalgia  Fats Navarro  1947
  20.  Conception  George Shearing  1949

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Monday, 16 March 2026

Members' Choice

Prelude: Buddy Rich Big Band

Track List

  1. Miles Davis,  Concierto de Aranjuez - Sketches of Spain (1960)
  2. Thelonius Monk/John Coltrane,  Off Minor (alternate take) (1957)
  3. Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Walkin' Shoes  (1952) 
  4. Pat Metheny, SE-O (2026)
  5. Charlie Haden, Visa (1989)
  6. Chris McGregor/Brotherhood of Breath, MRA (1971)
  7. J. J. Johnson, Turnpike (1953)
  8. Blossom Dearie, Tea for Two (1958)
  9. Bill Evans, My Foolish Heart (1961)
  10. Miles Davis, Full Nelson  (1986)
  11. Zoe Rahman, Dance of Time (2023)
  12. Jazz at the Philharmonic, Tea for Two  (1944)


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Monday, 09 March 2026

Live Set: Evans/Diamand Trio

"Original compositions ... presented through a lens tinted by blues and alt-rock influences"
 
Chris Diamand

Toby Evans

Jonah Evans


Toby Evans and Chris Diamand
(Photos by Mike Harris)

Toby Evans  - Guitar
Chris Diamand  - Bass
Jonah Evans  - Drums

Set List
Stacked Fifth (Toby Evans)
Out of Nowhere (Johnny Green)
Subspace Anomaly (Chris Diamand)
Norwegian Wood  (Lennon/McCartney) 
Perfect corruption (Jonah Evans)
All the Things You Are (Jerome Kern)

Too Boggy for the Buggy (Chris Diamand)
Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
First of November (Toby Evans)

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Monday, 02 March 2026

The Forgotten Ones - Alan Murphy

Prelude   Zoot Sims & Al Cohn

Track List

  1.  Whispering Red Nicholls 1928
  2.  Don't You Think I Love You King Oliver  1930
  3.  Farewell Blues Jo Venuti/Eddie Lang  1931
  4.  California Here I Come Eddie Condon  1938
  5.  That Da Da Strain  Muggsy Spanier 1939
  6.  Davenport Blues Jack Teagarden  1938
  7.  Just A Gigolo  Louis Prima  1945
  8.  Five Guys Named Mo Louis Jordan 1942
  9.  Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Roy Eldridge  1952
  10.  Nahstye Blues Clark Terry  1957
  11.  Hard Sock Dance  Phil Woods  1957
  12.  Evil Gal Blues Dinah Washington 1943
  13.  They Can't Take That Away From Me  Sarah Vaughan  1954
  14.  Stompin at the Savoy Chick Webb 1934
  15.  Flying Home Lionel Hampton 1942
  16.  Eager Beaver Stan Kenton  1945
  17.  Early Autumn  Woody Herman  1947
  18.  Remember  Hank Mobley  1960
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Monday, 23 February 2026

A Tribute to some Great Jazz Pianists - Maggie Balshaw

Intro tracks: Herbie Hancock Takin’ Off 1962

Track List

  1. Count Basie   Midnight Blue 1957
  2. Bill Evans   Milestones  1961
  3. Steve Lodder   Seeing Round Corners  2019
  4. Fats Waller   Honeysuckle Rose  1929
  5. Horace Silver   Sister Sadie  1959
  6. Art Tatum   St Louis Blues  1940
  7. McCoy Tyner   Four by Five  1967
  8. Joe Zawinul   In a Silent Way  1971
  9. Abdullah Ibrahim   Mannenberg  1989
  10. Earl Hines   Piano Man  1939
  11. Herbie Hancock   Maiden Voyage  1965
  12. Michel Petrucciani   Caravan  1997
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Monday, 16 February 2026

 Down By The Riverside - John Cooter-Baker

This 20 minute film was made by the U3AC Moviemakers group during 2025. It tells the story of the Cambridge Riverside Jazz Band, formed in 1957 at the height of the British trad jazz boom and still going strong, as told by current band members and some of their fans, between shots of the band playing live at their regular gig in Fulbourn. The musicians and their loyal followers recall the vibrant live jazz scene of sixty years ago, but now the band faces an uncertain future as the audience for their style of music dwindles.

Also featuring recordings from Cambridge-based trad bands of the era and the story of "The Dorothy" in Sidney Street, a famous venue in that scene.

Link to film: https://youtu.be/GSLt5WhHwDA

Track List (Alan Bird)

THE RIVERSIDE JAZZ BAND

From the 1982 LP “In at the Deep End”
1 St. Louis Blues (the singer by this time was Helen Gould)
2 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

THE CAMBRIDGE CITY JASSBAND

From the 1978 LP “The Bud Freeman Tapes”
3 Wolverine Blues 
From the 1979 LP “Cambridge Blues”
4 The Mooche (Duke Ellington)
5 Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker)

THE SAVOY JAZZMEN (later BARRY PALSER’S SAVOY JAZZMEN)

From the 1979 LP “You’ve got the right key”
6 Petite Fleur
From the 1997 CD “You Can’t Escape From….”
7 Wolverine Blues
From the St Ives Jazz and Blues Festival double CD of 2025 a tribute track:
8 Bei Mis Du Schoen


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Monday, 09 February 2026

Live Set: Vij Prakash and Phil Stevenson

Vij and Phil featured the music of Bob Brookmeyer and Jim Hall, plus their own compositions and arrangements for duo.

 

Vij Prakash (Trombone)

Phil Stevenson (Guitar)

 
Vij Prakash, Phil Stevenson

(photos by Alan Bird)

Vij Prakash - Trombone, Valve Trombone
Phil Stevenson - Guitar

Set List

More Than You Know (Youmans/Rose/Eliscu) 
Walk Off (Vij Prakash) 
Skating in Central Park (Bill Evans/Jim Hall) 
Abide With Me... It Ain't My Fault (trad./Smoky Johnson) 
Elvin (Phil Stevenson) 

Newark News  (Sonny Rollins)
October (Phil Stevenson) 
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers/Hart) 
Egg Radio (Bill Frisell) 
Lullaby (Phil Stevenson) 

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