Simon and Nick talk about the long running radio show hosted by Marion McPartland.episodes are still available to stream from NPR  like this one with ...

This episode is based around the book " Blue Rhythm Fantasy" which is concerned , primarily,  with the Work of arranger Chappie Willet. A fr...

Nick And Simon Discuss the short lived but influential London Jazz club "Club Eleven", named after the number of founder members, began life...

Nick And Simon talk about the Jazz Novel Blow up a storm published in 1959 [ a seminal year in Jazz history]This is a first novel by the director, pro...

Simon & Nick discuss the score to Mr Benn by Don Warren an alias for Duncan Lamontwho for several decades worked as a freelance musician (on flute...

NicK and Simon Talk about the filmBorn to Be Blue  a 2015  drama film directed, produced and written by Robert Budreau. The film stars Ethan Hawke and...

Inspired by a post on Instagram, and the  standard stereotypical responses to the question " Dear 'people who don't like jazz' wha...

Jam sessions have been and continue to be at the heart of the jazz scene.  In this episode Simon and Nick briefly  discuss the history, culture and fu...

In this episode Nick leads the discussion on the subject of Jazz and it's connection to civil rights.

In this Episode we discuss Spike Lee's Mo Better Blues. Wikipedia saysMo' Better Blues is a 1990 American musical comedy-drama film starring...

Any student of Jazz will be well aware of Aebersolds, over 100 play along records with accompanying books. There are even supplements with transcripti...

In this episode Simon & Nick discuss jazz and meditation. There are elements of meditation that improvisers may well relate to : flow state, accep...