Discovering Jazz

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

Episode 327: Music I'm Exploring This Week 22.07.2025 ↓

A potpourri of recorded jazz I've been exploring over the past couple weeks.

Episode 326: Songs That Remind Us Of Other Songs, Part 3 15.07.2025 ↓

The final episode of songs that remind us of other songs.

Episode 325: A continuation of Songs That Sound Like Other Songs 08.07.2025 ↓

Four different tunes and five 'sound a likes'.

Episode 324: Songs That Sound Like Other Songs 01.07.2025 ↓

Ever listen to a tune and say to yourself, 'hey I known that one', then discover its something else entirely?

Episode 323: Resilient Jazz Musicians, Part 4 24.06.2025 ↓

Recordings by jazz musicians who struggled with major physical and mental challenges.

Episode 322, Pat Martino and David K. Israel, Resilience Part 3 17.06.2025 ↓

Includes the world premiere of a newly found duet between Pat Martino & David Israel.

Episode 321:Resilient Jazz Musicians Challenged by Illness or Disability, Part 2 10.06.2025 ↓

More artists who made great music despite mental and physical health issues

Episode 320: Resilient Jazz Musicians Challenged by Illness or Disability 03.06.2025 ↓

The music of jazz musicians battling mental and physical health challenges.

Episode 319: Fully Appreciating Sonny Rollins, Part 2 27.05.2025 ↓

Sonny Rollins Meets Rolling Stones, Monk,Leonard Cohen, MJQ, and Lucille

Episode 318: Why Sonny Rollins Is So Legendary 20.05.2025 ↓

How reading Saxophone Colossus has helped me appreciate Sonny Rollins.

Episode 317: CD's I Recently Acquired 13.05.2025 ↓

A boring title but amazing music!

Episode 316: Why'd They Call It That, Jazz Tune Titles, Part 3 06.05.2025 ↓

The last of this three part series exploring the meaning of jazz tune titles.