Monday, 31st January

Some Long Tracks and a few Shorter Ones - Maggie Balshaw

Track List

Intro “Autumn Leaves” Somethin’ Else, Cannonball Adderley 1958

The Quintet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach,  1953

A Night in Tunisia

Our Man in Paris, Dexter Gordon 1963 “Scrapple for the Apple

Giant Steps, John Coltrane 1958 “Mr PC

Rites, Jan Garbarek 1998 “Where the Rivers Meet”

First Time, Duke Ellington and Count Basie 1961 “Take the A-Train

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis 1959 “Blue in Green

Tutu, Miles Davis 1986 “Tutu

Money Jungle, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach 1962 “Caravan

Genius of Modern Music, Thelonius Monk,  1947 “Nice work if you can get it

Intervals, Einar Scheiving 2015 “Intervals

The Complete Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis 1948 “Boplicity

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane 1962 “In a Sentimental Mood

Short Steps, Alison Rayner Quintet 2019 “Croagalong Bushwalk”

The Real McCoy, McCoy Tyner 1967 “Four By Five

Back to Back, Duke Ellington and Roy Hodges, 1959 “Beal St Blues


Monday, 24th January

From 1926 to 2009 – An Eclectic Mix - Robert Porrer

Track List

1926 (New York) Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Henderson Stomp

1926 (Chicago) Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers: Sidewalk Blues

1927 (Chicago) Louis Armstrong Hot Seven: Alligator Crawl

1927 (New Orleans) New Orleans Owls: That’s A Plenty

1933 (London) Billy Cotton and His Band: Skirts

1936 (Paris) Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli (Hot Club de France): Limehouse Blues

1936 (Dallas) Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys: Red Hot Girl of Mine

1952 (Paris) Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter’s Orchestra: Le Marchand De Poissons

1952 (Los Angeles) Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker Walkin’ Shoes

1954 (London) Humphrey Lyttleton and His Band: Texas Moaner & Coal Black Shine 

1954 (Hollywood) Meade Lux Lewis: Spooney Sam

1956 (Hollywood) Stan Kenton: Intermission Riff

1957 (New York) Billie Holiday with Mal Waldron All Stars: Fine and Mellow

1957 (London) Sid Phillips and His Band:  Sensation Rag

1959 (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) Horace Silver Quintet: Blowin’ the Blues Away

1965 (Lagos) Fela Ransome-Kuti: Lagos Baby

1971 (New York) Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes: Groovin’ for Mr G

1993 (New York) US3 featuring Rahsaan: Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

1998 (Stockholm) E.S.T.: Believe, Beleft, Below

2009 (New York/UK/Switzerland) Billy Cobham: Moon Germs


Monday, 17th January

 The Colours of Jazz - John Proctor

Track List


1. Black Nightgown. Black Nightgown (1961). Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band

2. Blues for DP.   Remember Love (2018). Houston Person and Ron Carter

3. Mood Indigo.  Don’t Talk (2000). Clare Teal

4. Silver.  Saturday Morning (2013). Ahmed Jamal

5. The Golden Striker. The Last Concert (1988).  Modern Jazz Quartet 

6. Basin Street Blues. Seven Steps to Heaven (2018). Miles Davis

7. Black Orchid. Indigo (2018). Kandace Springs

8. Osaka Blues. Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964). The Dave Brubeck Quartet

9. Baton Rouge. A Little Driving Music (2021). Brian Bromberg

10. Blue Green.  Portrait in Jazz (2014). Bill Evans Trio

11. Over the Rainbow. The Sound of Stan Getz (2003). Stan Getz

12. Little Girl Blue. From this Moment On (2006). Diana Krall

13. Skansk Blues. Cirklar (2017). Tingvall Trio

14. Top Hat, White Tie and Tales. Meet Don Rendell (2000). Don Rendell

15. Midnight Blue. Midnight Blue (1963). Kenny Burrell

16. Blue Sojurn. Still Doing Our Thing (2021). Behn Gillece