Monday, August 1, 20222-5m-1-S1E38-Red Garland Block Chords
Red Garland was one of the big beasts of the 1950s New York jazz scene recording many albums as leader with his trio, he was also part of the first...
Friday, July 15, 20222-5m-1-S1E37-Blue Notes in B&W
Simon and Nick discuss the book Blue Notes in Black and White a book about the relationship between jazz image and jazz music. Below is the blurb fro...
Friday, July 1, 20222-5m-1-S1E36-Rent Parties
The rent party was a phenomenon that occurred from 1920-1950's to raise the money needed to meet the cost of accommodation, which was often high...
Wednesday, June 15, 20222-5m-1-S1E35-Quartal Harmony
What is Quartal Harmony? Who brought it into jazz in a big way and when?Nick and Simon discuss these points
Wednesday, June 15, 20222-5m-1-S1E35a quartal harmony examples
Here are 2 examples of quartile harmony to support the previous podcast
Wednesday, June 1, 20222-5m-1 S1E34- The Tritone Substitution
When is a dominant chord not a dominant chord?When it's a tritone substitution!We try to demystify this term and speak about its use in jazz harm...
Sunday, May 15, 20222-5m-1-S1E33-Flamingo Club
The Flamingo ClubThe Flamingo Club (not to be confused with Club Flamingo of Police Squad!)was a London nightclub active from 1952-1969. It was initi...
Sunday, May 1, 20222-5m-1-S1E32-How to listen to Jazz
Book ReviewTed Gioia has written 11 books on music, many of them on jazz. Simon wrongly said that the first book of Ted's he read was West Coast ...
Friday, April 15, 20222-5m-1-S1E31-Archer Street
Archer StreetWe discuss the role of a single Soho street in the lives of musicians looking for work in London from the 1920s until the 1960s Watch the...
Friday, April 8, 20222-5q-1- S1S3-Sebastian Scotney of London Jazz News
In our third interview with people who promote, facilitate and help proliferate Jazz.Sebastian Scotney is the driving force behind London Jazz News a ...
Friday, April 1, 20222-5m-1-S1E30-Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu was a spanish pianist who had a long and successful career. As part of our " pianists under the radar" we discuss him and his ...
Tuesday, March 15, 20222-5m-1-S1E29-Riverside Records
Riverside records only ran from 1953 to 1964 but in that time captured some of the greats of the period. Orin Keepnews was the producer of a majority ...