Discovering Jazz

Archives: Episode 107: Six More Great Songs 28.04.2026 ↓

12+ Recordings,6 Songs. Billie Holiday to Jason Moran

Episode 362:From Swing to Bebop to Hardbop, Ken Burns Jazz 21.04.2026 ↓

From Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker and Art Blakey.

Episode 361: Inspired by Ken Burns Jazz Documentary 14.04.2026 ↓

Just finished watching the 10 Ken Burns Jazz series. Inspired this episode.

Episode 360: More Random New Releases of 2026 07.04.2026 ↓

Can 'Barbie Girl' be jazz? Listen to the end to find out!

Episode 359: New Releases from 2026, Random Selection 31.03.2026 ↓

Such a variety! And they call it all jazz.

Episode 358: Jazz and the 2026 Junos, Part 2 24.03.2026 ↓

Great music and voice clips from artists nominated for this year's Juno awards

Episode 357: Jazz and The Junos, Canada 17.03.2026 ↓

Music by Jazz and Jazz-oriented nominees for Canada's Juno awards.

Episode 356: More New Releases From This Year 10.03.2026 ↓

More newly released albums I want to explore.

Episode 355: Releases from This Year, 2026 03.03.2026 ↓

Albums I'm Wanting to Hear Released This Year

Episode 354: Jazz to Celebrate Black History Month, Part 2 23.02.2026 ↓

From 1929 to 2025, an amazing variety of jazz recordings.

Episode 353: February is Black History Month 17.02.2026 ↓

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Max Roach,Joe Bowden, and others

Episode 352: Fun With Jazz Albums and Random Numbers 10.02.2026 ↓

I randomly select and play albums from the best of lists of 109 Jazz Reviewers

Episode 351: Old Stuff, Just Discovered or Reissued 03.02.2026 ↓

From Omer Simeon to Cecil Taylor, and Everything Inbetween

Episode 350: My Own Favourite Albums From 2025 27.01.2026 ↓

Nine albums from last year that are favourites of mine.

Episode 349: Top Jazz Albums of 2025 According to the Reviewers 20.01.2026 ↓

I put together a top 10 of albums most listed on posted Best of 2025 Lists.

Episode 348: Best of 2025, part 3 13.01.2026 ↓

From Kenny Barron to Ledisi; Kurt Elling to Gregory Porter

Episode 347: The Best Of 2025 According to Experts, Part 2 06.01.2026 ↓

A few 2025 albums that I (and some reviewers) like

Episode 346: Best Jazz Albums of 2025 According to Experts, Part 1 30.12.2025 ↓

A few favourites that are on some reviewers 'best of' lists.

Episode 345: Jazz for the Holidays (mostly Christmas) 21.12.2025 ↓

An episode of holiday songs mostly released this year and mostly about Christmas

Archives Episode 207, Jazz Holiday Music, 2022 16.12.2025 ↓

Interesting Christmas and Winter holiday recordings

Episode 344: Recent Discoveries and Rediscoveries, Part 2 09.12.2025 ↓

Some obscure (and not so obscure) gems

Episode 343: Recent Discoveries and Rediscoveries 02.12.2025 ↓

Music I've been most recently enjoying.

Episode 342, Finding the Finnish Line, Part 2 25.11.2025 ↓

From a Toivo Karki tango to The Kannaste 4

Episode 341: Finding the Finnish Line! 18.11.2025 ↓

Jazz from Finland. And some discussion on what makes Finnish jazz unique.

Episode 340- Great Musical Compositions, Part 3 11.11.2025 ↓

More great recorded jazz, mostly tunes from the Standards Real Book.