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'

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

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]

Monday, 20 October 2025

1959 An Alternative Take - Maggie Balshaw

Track List

Oscar Peterson I Got Plenty O’Nuttin’

Kenny Dorham Spring Cannon

Miles Davis Blue in Green

Horace Silver Quintet The Baghdad Blues

Chet Baker How High the Moon

Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges St Louis Blues

John Coltrane Naima

Dinah Washington What a Difference a Day Makes

Thelonious Monk Quintet Straight, No Chaser

Dizzy Gillespie Be Bop

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Moanin’

Charles Mingus Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Ornette Coleman Eventually

Sun Ra and his Arkestra Hours After

Monday, 13 October 2025

The 50s Cool & Blue - Alan Murphy

Track list

Prelude - Birth of the Cool   Brubeck/Davis

1. Something Cool   June Christy 1952
2. Short Stop   Shorty Rogers Giants 1952
3. I'll Remember April   Konitz/Mulligan 1953
4. Ad Lib Blues   Lester Young 1952
5. Funky Blues   Parker/Hodges/Carter 1952
6. Memphis Blues   Armstrong All Stars 1954
7. Blues for Bird   Modern Jazz Sextet 1956
8. Red Pepper Blues  Art Pepper and the Rhythm Section 1957
9. Night & Day   Tatum/Webster 1956
10. Summertime   Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong 1957
11. The Preacher  Horace Silver 1955
12. St Thomas   Sony Rollins 1956 *
13. Blue Rondo à la Turk   Dave Brubeck 1959

* Not played at the session. 

Monday, 06 October 2025

From Trad to Bop - Alan Murphy

Track List

Prelude - Big Band Swing 1935-1945

1. The Entertainer   Ken Colyer  1955
2. Ory's Creole Trombone   Kid Ory  1927
3. Wild Cat Blues  Clarence Williams/Sidney Bechet  1923
4. Black Bottom Stomp  Jelly Roll Morton  1926
5. Trombone Cholly  Bessie Smith  1927
6. Royal Garden Blues   Bix Beiderbecke  1927
7. Sugar Foot Stomp   Fletcher Henderson  1925
8. Toby  Bennie Moten 1932
9. Jamaica Shout   Henry Allen/Coleman Hawkins  1932
10. Lady Be Good   Jones-Smith Inc.   1936
11. Liza   Art Tatum   1936
12. Walkin' and Swingin'    Andy Kirk   1937
13. This Year's Kisses    Billie Holiday  1937
14. Jeeps Blues   Johnny Hodges  1939
15. Ko Ko    Charlie Parker   1945
16. Super Session    Don Byas   1946
17. Webb City    Bebop Boys   1947
18. Wow    Lennie Tristano     1949 *

*  Not played at the session.

Monday, 17 March 2025

Members' Choice

Track List

Brownie McGhee, So Much Trouble  (1952)

Ella Fitzgerald, In a Mellow Tone (1958)

Ineza with Alex Webb & The Copasetics, Don't Waste Your Time (2024)

Branford Marsalis, The Ruby and the Pearl  (2004)

Oliver Nelson,  Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)

Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Way of the Pilgrim (1975)

Charlie Parker, Ornithology (1946)

Chris Barber, Petite Fleur (1958)

T Bone Walker, That Evening Train (1970)

Art Pepper, Anthropology (1959)

Lionel Hampton, Flying Home (1957)

Amancio Da Silva, A Street in Bombay (1972)

Laurindo Almeida, Claire de Lune Samba (1979)

Stan Tracey, Starless and Bible Black (1965)

Monday, 10 March 2025

Jazz at the Movies - Rosie Skeet

Track List

1. California Here I Come, Al Jolson recorded in LA in 1946 for “The Jolson Story”
2. Take the A Train & Battle Royal from “Paris Blue” music composed by Duke Ellington 1950
3. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong duet, Summertime, from “Porgy & Bess”
4. The Pink Panther, music composed by Henry Mancini 1963
5. Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, The Girl from Ipanema 1963, from “Get Yourself a College Girl”
6. Blue Thoughts 1958 by Chet Baker, he is subject of “Born to be Blue”
7. Take Five, by The Dave Brubeck Quartet from Time Out 1959
8. Lover Man by Billie Holliday 
9. Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock 1965
10. Dizzy Moods by Charlie Mingus 1962
11. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse (film 2018)
12. Dizzy’s Business by Dizzy Gillespie 
13. Move by Miles Davis, from Birth of the Cool 1949
14. Stolen Moments by Oliver Nelson, from Blues & the Abstract Truth

Monday, 3 March 2025

 

Live Set: Alex Hitchcock and Will Barry

 

 

 

 

Alex Hitchcock - Tenor Saxophone

Will Barry -  Piano

Set List

Milestones (Miles Davis), All Too Soon (Duke Ellington), 'Deed I Do (Fred Rose), A Cedar Walton medley, Body and Soul (Johnny Green), Cherokee (Charlie Parker) and others.

Alex will next be playing in Cambridge at the Hidden Rooms on Thursday 20 March 2025, featuring his full quartet.

https://www.alexhitchcock.co.uk

Monday, 24 February 2025

Some Gigs I Have Enjoyed – John Hopkins

Intro Tracks: When You’re Smiling/Girls Go Crazy/Tin Roof Blues by The Jazz Caverners

Track List

1. The Jazz Caverners: Royal Garden Blues

2. Gary Burton Quintet: Yellow Fever (Makoto Ozone) 

3. Branford Marsalis Quartet: Swingin’ at the Haven (Ellis Marsalis) 

4. Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: Kelo (J.J. Johnson) 

5. James Carter: Lester Leaps In (Lester Young)

6. Kevin Flanagan: Po-town (Kevin Flanagan) 

7. Dave Holland Quintet: Prime Directive (Dave Holland)  

8. Joshua Redman: Jazz Crimes (Joshua Redman) 

9. Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau Quartet: Silent Movie (Pat Metheny) 

10.  Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra: C-Jam Blues (Duke Ellington) 

11. Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Song for Sarah 

12. Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra: Reepicheep (Dick Walter) 

Monday, 17 February 2025

Soul Jazz – Tom Cochrane

Intro Tracks: How Long Blues from the album Atlantic Jazz Best of Ray Charles by Ray Charles (1957)

Track List

1. Soulville from the album Soulville by The Ben Webster Quintet (1957)
2. Blues Walk from the album Blues Walk by Lou Donaldson (1958)
3. Midnight Special from the album Midnight Special by Jimmy Smith (1961)
4. Hip Soul from the album Hip Soul by Shirley Scott (1961)
5. Chitlins Con Carne from the album Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell (1963)
6. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy from the album Deep Groove by Cannonball Adderley (1966)
7. The Return of The Prodigal Son from the album Backlash by Freddie Hubbard (1967)
8. The Book of Slim by Gene Harris & The Three Sounds from the album Elegant Soul (1968)
9. Russell and Eliot from the album Detroit Latitude 42 30 Longitude 83 by Yusef Lateef (1969)
10. Hot Rod by Reuben Wilson from the album Lovebug (1969)
11. Cold Duck Time from the album Swiss Time (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival) by Les McCann and Eddie Harris (1969)
12. The Windjammer from the album Blue Break Beats by Grant Green (1970)
13. Monticello from the album We’ve Only Just Begun by The Monty Alexander Trio (1972)
14. Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) from the album Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd (1975)

Monday, 10 February 2025

Live Set: Alex Webb quartet version of "Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories"

 

 

Ineza Kerschkamp - Vocals

Alex Webb - Piano
Charlie Pyne - Double Bass
Katie Patterson - Drums

Set List

1. It's A Good Day (Peggy Lee)
2. Don't Waste Your Time (Rachelle Ferrell)
3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Dorothy Fields)
4. Tell Me More (Billie Holiday)
5. Everybody's Song But My Own (Norma Winstone/Kenny Wheeler)
6. Free Your Mind (Jazzmeia Horn)
7. Now I Know (Alex Webb)
8. Duality (Ineza Kerschkamp)
9. Exactly Like You (Dorothy Fields)
10. The Dream Has Landed (Ineza Kerschkamp/Alex Webb)
11. Good Morning Heartache (Irene Higginbotham)
12. Who Needs You (Billie Holiday)
13. My One And Only Thrill (Melody Gardot)
14. I Can't Help It (Betty Carter)
15. Tight (Betty Carter)
16. I Love Being Here With You (Peggy Lee)

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Monday, 3 February 2025

Farewell Concert – Rob Turvey 

Prelude Duke Ellington – Sophisticated Duke 1981

Track List

1. In Her Family – Bob Curnow  (The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays) 1994 3.25

2. Pachabels Canon in D – Hiromi Uehara (live performance) 2022 8.14

3. Singin’ The Blues – Frank Trumbauer & his Orchestra 1927 2.59

4. 12 Little Spells - Esperanza Spalding (12 Little Spells) 2018 4.50

5. La Suerte de los Tontos – BuJazzO (Jiggs Whigham Cuban Fire) 2019 5.38

6. Isfahan – Duke Ellington (Far East Suite) 1967 4.05

7. Picture in a Frame – Liane Carroll (Billy No Mates) 2003 7.02

8. Chimes Blues – Sweet Emma & her Preservation Hall Jazz Band 1964 5.48

9. Yerma – Arun Ghosh (Primal Odyssey) 2011 3.49

10. Hot Toddy – The Jack Parnell Big Band (Jack Parnell Big Band Show) 1976 3.14

11. Opus in Pastels – Stan Kenton (Retrospective) 1946 2.51

12. Age of Ascent – Kokoroko (Could Be More) 2022 4.59

13. Yellow – Emma Jean Thackray (Live Performance) 2021 6.30

14. Pete Wheeler – Jacob Mann Big Band (Jacob Mann) 2016 3.04

15. Concerto to End All Concertos – Stan Kenton (Kenton in Hi-Fi) 1956 7.03

Monday, 27 January 2025

An A to Z of Jazz part two: B to Z - Maggie Balshaw

Intro tracks from Sydney Bechet The Fabulous Sidney Bechet 1951

Track List

1. Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue 1967
2. Miles Davis Tutu 1988
3. Ella Fitzgerald How High the Moon 1947 (replacing I Get a Kick out of You 1956)
4. Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man 1962
5. J J Johnson Viscosity 1955
6. Humphrey Littleton Bad Penny Blues 1955
7. Marius Neset The Place of Welcome 2012 
8. Bud Powell Un Poco Loco 1949
9. Alison Rayner Croajingolong Bushwalk 2019
10. McCoy Tyner Search for Peace 1967
11. Sarah Vaughn Shulie-A-Bop 1954 (replacing Summertime 1949)
12. X Mystery Track! (revealed as Count Basie Orchestra Quince 1959)
13. Joe Zawinul Doctor Honores Causa 1971

Monday, 20 January 2025

 65 Years of Jazz – Ron Plascow 

Intro track:  Kogun from the album “Kogun" by the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band from 1974 

Track List

1. This Here from the album "The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Complete Live in San Francisco" from 1959.  (There are two versions of this on the album, we heard the first version which has Cannonball Adderley announcing the tune to the audience.)
2. Arbeia from Kathy Stobart’s album “Arbeia" from 1978.
3. Moanin’ from Lambert Hendricks & Ross’s album "The Hottest New Group in Jazz" from 1959. 
4. Body and Soul from Oscar Peterson’s album "My Favourite Instrument" (also found on the album Exclusively for my Friends  Vol 4 - it’s a solo) from 1968.  
5. Fables of Faubus from the album "Pepper Adams plays Charlie Mingus" from 1963.
6. On Green Dolphin Street from the album "Bill Evans -The Tokyo Concert" from 1973.
7. Tryin’ Times from Roberta Flack’s album "First Take" from 1969. 
8. Dark Eyes from the album "Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio- Live at the Misty" from 1974. 
9. Simone from the album “Introducing Hideyasu Terekawa Quartet Live “ from 1978.
10. Blues for Pipkins from the album "Simon Spillett Big Band -Dear Tubby H" from 2023.

Monday, 13 January 2025

An Eclectic Mix – Robert Porrer 

Play-in music

Jimi Mbaye: XeeXoo (Discord) (1997)                                                                

Modern Jazz Quartet with Sonny Rollins: Night in Tunisia (1958)                

Brian Bromberg: Froggy’s (2020) - from CD A Little Driving Music              

Track List

1. The Wolverines (featuring Bix Beiderbecke): Fidgety Feet (1924)
2. Fletcher Henderson: Henderson Stomp (1926)
3. Louis Armstrong Hot Seven: Potato Head Blues (1927)
4. Fats Waller: Handful of keys (1929)
5. Red Nichols Five Pennies: Corinne Corrina (1930)
6. Lew Stone and his Band: Bouncing Ball (1935)
7. Quintet of the Hot Club of France (Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli): Limehouse Blues (1936)
8. Ken “Snakehips” Johnson and his West Indian Dance Band: Please be kind (1938)
9. Helmut Zacharias & His Orchestra: Schönes Wetter Heute (1941)
10. Sid Phillips and his band: Honeypot (1953)
11. Cy Laurie Jazz band: Forty and Tight (1954)
12. Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band at the Conway Hall: Elephant Stomp (1954)
13. Eric Silk & His Southern Jazz Band: Gatemouth (1956)
14. Horace Silver Quintet: Blowin’ the blues away (1959)
15. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Lester left town (1960)
16. Astrud Gilberto: Agua de beber  (1965)
17. Fela Ransome Kuti and his Koola Lobitos: Onifere No.2  (1965)
18. Thelonius Monk with Joe Turner: Blues for Duke (1969)
19. Weather Report: Birdland  (1977)
20. Nirek Mokar & His Boogie Messengers: Besco Boogie/Twist à la Huchette (from the album Back to Basics) (2023)
21. Blue Giant Orkestar: Giants (Gonna get ya)  (2024)