Discovering Jazz

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.

Episode 339: More Great Musical Compositions From The Standards Real Book 04.11.2025 ↓

More Great old standards performed by the best jazz artists

Episode 338: Great Compositions from The Standards Real Book, Part 1 28.10.2025 ↓

Nine great standards, played by some of the best jazz artistss.

Episode 337: More Favourites from Summer of 2025 21.10.2025 ↓

Lots of Canadian cd's, one from Cuba, and more.

Episode 336: Favourites from the Past Summer 14.10.2025 ↓

A few tracks from the listening I did this summer

Episode 335: Play it Again Sam Part 2 07.10.2025 ↓

More tunes re-recorded by the same artist

Episode 334: Play It Again Sam (part 1) 30.09.2025 ↓

Tunes that were recorded and re-recorded by the same artist.

Episode 333: Drumless Jazz, Part 2 23.09.2025 ↓

Lots of great and rhythmic jazz where no drummer is required

Episode 332: Drumless Jazz, Part 1 16.09.2025 ↓

Everyone in a jazz combo has the job of keeping time and reinforcing the 'groove'.

Episode 331: East Meets West, Part 2 09.09.2025 ↓

Eastern style music fused with a western influence, and vice versa.

Episode 330: East Meets West, Part 1 02.09.2025 ↓

Asia and Middle East Meets Western Jazz.

Archives, Episode 124: What is Jazz and When Does It Stop Being Jazz 26.08.2025 ↓

Playing music that is definitely jazz and some that might or might not be.

Archives, Episode 109: Late Bloomers 19.08.2025 ↓

Jazz musicians who started playing their primary instrument later in life.

Archives, Episode 108: Recent Discoveries Thanks to Online Friends 12.08.2025 ↓

A podcast from 2020 playing great jazz recordings suggested to me by facebook and gmail friends.

Episode 329: Albums on the Current JazzWeek Chart 05.08.2025 ↓

Albums that stood out for me as I perused this week's JazzWeek Chart.

Episode 328: Canadian Albums on the Jazzweek Charts 29.07.2025 ↓

Recordings by Canadian Jazz Artists Currently on the Jazzweek Charts