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

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

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

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.

 

 

(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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Monday, 02 February 2026

65 years of Music -  Ron Plascow

Intro tracks:  Grant Green  - Let the Music Take Your Mind and Sookie Sookie -  CD “Alive!". 1970

Track List

1. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Isn’t This a Lovely Day - CD “ Ella & Louis ”. 1956.
2. Shelly Manne - Blue Daniel- CD “ Shelly Manne & His Men Complete Live at the Black Hawk ”. 1959.
3. Sonny Stitt- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love - CD “ Sonny Stitt sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio”. 1959.
4. Ben Webster/Johnny Hodges - Ben’s Web - CD “ Ben Webster/Johnny Hodges Sextet ” 1960.
5. Duke Pearson - Chilli Peppers - CD “The Right Touch”. 1968. 
6. Dexter Gordon - Willow Weep For Me - CD “ Our Man in Paris ”. 1963.
7. Les McCann/Eddie Harris - Cold Duck Time - CD “ Swiss Movement”. 1969. 
8. Kathy Stobart /Joe Temperley- Softly As In The Morning Sunrise - CD “ Saxploitation ”. 1976.
9. Threeway- Crystal Morning - CD “ Songs of The Year ”. 2008. 
10. Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - The Village - CD “Last Live In Blue Note Tokyo ”. 2003. 
11. Chick Corea - Ask Me Now - CD “ Trilogy 3”. 2025.

Monday, 26 January 2026

Jazz Singers Through The Ages  – Tom Cochrane

Intro tracks Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) by Ray Charles, The Good Life by Betty Carter       

Track List

Track 1  Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday from the album Lady Sings The Blues [1956]  

Track 2  Driftin’ Blues by Charles Brown from the album Legend [1969 0riginally 1947 on 78rpm]  

Track 3 Mood Indigo by Nina Simone from the album Little Girl Blue [1957] 

Track 4 The Honeydripper by Count Basie and Big Joe Turner from the album The Bosses [1974]  

Track 5  Take Love Easy by Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass from the album Take Love Easy [1973] 

Track 6 Every Day by Jimmy Witherspoon from the album Gerry Mulligan and Jimmy Witherspoon [1959]  

Track 7 Woman of the Ghetto by Marlena Shaw from the album The Spice of Life [1969]  

Track 8 Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott Heron from the album Pieces of a Man [1971]  

Track 9 Spirit by Al Jarreau from the album We Got By [1975]  

Track 10 Wrong Side of the Road by Tom Waits from the album Blue Valentine (1977) 

Track 11. Tracks of My Tears by Carmel from the album Carmel [1982]  

Track 12 Almost Blue by Chet Baker from the album Swimming By Moonlight [2025]  

Track 13 On and On by Erykah Badu from the album Baduizm [1997] 

Track 14 Moody’s Mood For Love by Amy Winehouse from the album Frank [2003] 

Track 15 Nola by José James from the album The Dreamer [2008]  

Track 16 I Can’t Stand The Rain by Cassandra Wilson from the album Blue Light ‘Til Dawn [2014] 

Track 17 One Way Traffic by Joe Armon Jones featuring Yazmin Lacey from the album All The Quiet Part II (2025) 

Monday, 19 January 2026

Live at the Village Vanguard - John Hopkins

Track List

1 Sonny Rollins
A Night at the Village Vanguard (3 November 1957)

OLD DEVIL MOON: CD 1, track 8 (intro): 0’36; track 9: Sonny Rollins (ts), Wilbur Ware (b), Elvin Jones 8’19 [rec. Rudy Van Gelder]

2 Kenny Burrell
A Night at the Village Vanguard (16 – 17 September 1959)

I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU: track 3: Kenny Burrell (gtr), Richard Davis (b), Roy Haynes (d) 4’40 [rec. Phil Macy]

3 Bill Evans
Complete Live at the Village Vanguard 1961 (25 June 1961)

WALTZ FOR DEBBY: CD 2, track 6: Bill Evans (pno), Scott LaFaro (b), Paul Motian (d)  6’47 [rec. David Jones, prod. Orrin Keepnews]

4 John Coltrane
Complete Live at the Village Vanguard 1961 (1 – 5 November 1961)

NAIMA 1 November 1961: CD1 track 3: John Coltrane (ts), Eric Dolphy (b.cl), McCoy Tyner (pno), Reggie Workman (b), Elvin Jones (d): 7’33 [rec: Rudy Van Gelder]

5 Wynton Marsalis
Live at the Village Vanguard (1990 – 1994)

SWING DOWN SWING TOWN: CD 5, track 9: Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Wessell Anderson (as), Victor Goynes (ts), Wycliffe Gordon (tbn), Eric Reed (pno), Ben Wolfe (b), Herlin Riley (d) 9’35 [rec. Mark Wilder]

6 Joe Lovano 
Quartets (12 March 1994, 20 – 22 January 1995)

DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOUND OF LOVE: CD 2, track 6: Joe Lovano (ts), Mulgrew Miller (pno), Christian McBride (b), Lewis Nash (d) 6’15 [rec. David Baker]

7 Joshua Redman
Live at the Village Vanguard (21 – 26 March 1995)

SLAPSTICK: CD 2, track 6: Joshua Redman (ts), Peter Martin (pno), Christopher Martin (b), Brian Blade (d) 5’51 [rec. James Farber]

8 Uri Caine
Village Vanguard (23 – 25 May 2003)

MOST WANTED: track 9: Uri Caine (pno), Drew Gress (b), Ben Perowsky (d) 6’34 [rec. Adrian Von Ripka]

9 Tom Harrell
Live at the Village Vanguard (15 – 18 November 2001)

ASIA MINOR: track 1: Tom Harrell (tpt), Jimmy Greene (ts), Xavier Davis (pno), Ugonna Okegwo (b), Quincy Davis (d) 8’41 [rec. David Baker and Katsuhiko Naito]

10 Brad Mehldau
Live (11 – 15 October 2006)

WONDERWALL: CD 1, track 1 (intro) 0’15; track 2: Brad Mehldau (pno), Larry Grenadier (b), Jeff Ballard (d) 8’45 [rec. James Farber, Tim Martyn and Rick Jacobson]