Monday, 02 November 2026

Live Set: John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman tribute

Mark Lockhart - Sax

Marvin Muoneke - Vocals

Alex Webb - Piano

Gary Crosby OBE - Bass 

Alfonso Vitale - Drums

Set List 

1. All or Nothing (Arthur Altman/Jack Lawrence)
2. They Say It's Wonderful (Irving Berlin)
3. Dedicated to You (Cahn/Chaplin/Zaret)
4. Moment's Notice (John Coltrane, with lyrics added by Alex Webb)
5. Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)
6. You Are Too Beautiful (Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart)
7. Out of This World (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer)
8. Autumn Serenade (Peter DeRose/Sammy Gallop)
9. After the Rain (John Coltrane, with lyrics added by Alex Webb)
10. Say It Over And Over Again (John Coltrane, with lyrics added by Alex Webb)
11. Time After Time  (Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne)
12. Take the Coltrane (Duke Ellington)

 

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Monday, 26 October 2026

Big Band Jazz - Andrew Nightingale

Introduction: from the album Still Locked Down for the Count (2021), Down For The Count Swing Orchestra 

    1. It Don’t Mean a Thing (1931) Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 

    2. One O’clock Jump (1937) Count Basie & His Orchestra

    3. Sing, Sing, Sing (1937) Benny Goodman 

    4. Begin the Beguine (1938) Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

    5. In The Mood (1939) Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

    6. Flying Home (1939) Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra

    7. Moonlight Serenade (1939) Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

    8. Jumpin’ at The Woodside (1939) Count Basie

    9. Pennsylvania 65000 (1940) Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

    10. Take The ‘A’ Train (1941) Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 

    11. Opus One (1944) Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

    12. A String of Pearls (1941) Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

    13. Little Brown Jug (2008) BBC Big Band Orchestra

    14. In The Mood (2018) The Len Phillips Big Band

    15. Tuxedo Junction (2008) BBC Big Band

    16. Moanin’ (1960) Mingus Big Band

    17. Misty (2011) Syd Lawrence Orchestra

    18. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (2007) Iain Mackenzie

    19. Bandwagon Blues (2023) Callum Au Big Band

    20. American Patrol (2009) Syd Lawrence Orchestra

Monday, 19 October 2026

 Global Jazz - Tom Cochrane

Introduction track  Estonia: Halb Sirp (Bad Sickle) by Collage from the album Behind The Iron Curtain (1971)

Track 1  Brazil: Aguia nao come mosca by Azymuth from the album Aguia Nao Come Mosca [1977]  

Track 2  Argentina:  Una Musica Brutal by the Gotan Project from the album La Revancha del tango (2001) 

Track 3 Cuba: Tumbao by Ruben Gonzalez from the album Introducing Ruben Gonzalez [1997] 

Track 4 India: Yaman (The Colonel's Lady) by The Indo British Ensemble from the album Curried Jazz [1969]  

Track 5  Pakistan: Lahori Blues by Jaubi from the album A Sound Heart [2024] 

Track 6 Japan: Matsuri No Genzo by Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls from the album Sakura Sakura (1965)

Track 7 Norway: Jesus, gior meg stille (Jesus makes me quiet) by Tord Gustavson trio from the album Seeing {2024}

Track 8 Italy: Smog by Piero Umiliani from the album Smog [1962]  

Track 9 France: La Rue by Cortex from the album Tropeau Bleu [1975]  

Track 10 Azerbaijan: Caucasas by Vagif Mustafa-Zade from the album Behind The Iron Curtain (1974)

Track 11 Ethiopia: Ewnet yet Lagegnesh by Bahta Gebre Heywet and Mulatu Astatqe from the album Ethiopian Modern Instrumentals [1972]

Track 12 Sudan: Nile Waves by the Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr from the album Jazz Jazz Jazz (1980)

Track 13 Nigeria:  Omo Lewa by Peter King from the album Omo Lewa (1976)

Track 14 South Africa: Trane Ride by Tete Mbambisa from the album Did You Tell Your Mother (1979)

Monday, 12 October 2026

The 50s - Alan Murphy

Prelude Kind of Blue Miles Davis

Track List

1. Over The Rainbow  Shorty Rogers Giants  1951
2. The Song Is You  Stan Getz Quintet  1951
3. Bernie's Tune  Gerry Mulligan Quartet  1953
4. Daahoud  Brown-Roach Quintet  1954
5. Night & Day  Webster-Tatum Quartet 1955
6. The Preacher  Horace Silver  1955
7. St Thomas  Sonny Rollins  1956
8. Moanin'  Art Blakey  1958
9. The Blessing  Ornette Coleman  1958
10. Giant Steps  John Coltrane Quartet  1959
11. Take Five  Dave Brubeck Quartet  1959
12. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat  Charles Mingus  1959
13. St Louis Blues  Ellington-Hodges  1959

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

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)

Monday, 09 March 2026

Live Set: Evans/Diamand Trio

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

 

(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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