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...

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...

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 ...

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...

In our third interview with people who promote, facilitate and help proliferate Jazz.Sebastian Scotney is the driving force behind London Jazz News a ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this Episode Nick and Simon discuss Stars of Jazz  which was an American television program that ran between 1956 and 1958 and featured performance...

Another in our series of  music theory podcasst this time Nick and Simon focus on the Whole Tone Scale. In music, a whole-tone scale is a scale in whi...

Nick and Simon talk about Birdland the  jazz club which  started in New York City on December 15, 1949. The original Birdland, which was located at 16...

Horace Parlan is another in our under the radar players episodes,  known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his w...

What is a fakebook, where can I get one and is a real book different? These questions answered as Nick and Simon discuss the jazz players tune bible.