Jazz Around the World

Episode Playlist I have an old school affiliation to daily newsprint. in my case The Guardian. As part of that addiction, I subscribe to the weekend edition of the Financial Times which provides a different slant on, in these days terminally depressing world news and...

Eight Jazz Revolutionaries

Episode Playlist Jazz is as old as the 20th and 21st centuries. It represents America’s towering and most original musical achievement.  Modern jazz-the focus of my platform (which generally excludes early and swing eras in jazz) runs from the bebop generation of the...

Betty-Carter The Queen of Scat

Episode Playlist “There’s really only one jazz singer, only one. Betty Carter”- Carmen McRrae Wikipedia defines scat singing as follows, In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice solely as an instrument rather than a speaking medium....

The art of the Jazz ballad

Episode Playlist Following the recent release of my piece on the Art of The Piano trio my old friend and jazz buddy Carl got in touch to suggest that I might frame a future piece exclusively around the evolving place of the ballad within the jazz cannon. I’m happy to...