The Jazz Podcast

Jazz harpist, Charles Overton talks with fellow harpist, Tara Minton. Support the show

Bill Laurance talks with Tara Minton about process and creativity.  Support the show

Artist Salomea talks with Tara about her new album, axxxis and life as a touring artist. Support the show

Al Swainger talks to Tara Minton about his upcoming album, Impure Imagination. Support the show

Live from The Swan & Chequers Jazz Festival in Sandbach, Rob Cope talks to Gwilym Simcock, Simon Jermyn & Nick Smart about music making, communication in performance and friendships on stage. We discuss Gwilym's upcoming BBC Proms commission as well the key concepts to creating beautiful, improvised music. Support the show

Terence joins Rob Cope to chat about his new album, DNA, coming out 21st August on Adhyâropa Records. We discuss his influences, compositional inspirations as well as what makes our personal ancestry a part of the musicians we become.  Support the show

Tara Minton talks with Franklin Kiermyer about his upcoming release, 'Scatter The Atoms That Remain' and his life in music and spirituality. Support the show

Daniel “Sky” Szczepanski is a trumpet player based in New York City, born in 1993 in Warsaw, Poland.  In the spring of 2020 Daniel graduated from Berklee Global Jazz Institute with aMaster’s degree in Music. Berklee helped him not only with improving his abilities in performance, but also in composing and in the field of social change, music education and awareness. Today he joins The Jazz Podcast...

Tara Minton talks with Sebastian Plano about his new album, 'Solo'.  Support the show

Chris van Voorst van Beest is an American bassist and composer who grew up in Maine and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Hailed as "a double bassist with an exceptional ability to improvise," (Erminio Garotta - Sound & Vision) Chris has been fortunate to have performed and/or recorded with artists as diverse as Frank Kimbrough, Robert Glasper, Gabriel Kahane, and Joe Lovano. Known for his big...

JAZZ & LA ‍Los Angeles has over a century of Black music history that most people don't know about. ‍Jazz arrived in Los Angeles on the Union Pacific rail line, straight from New Orleans into Watts, as Creole musicians came to Los Angeles in the early 1900s seeking to escape Jim Crow, drawn west by the booming entertainment industry, vaudeville touring circuits, and the promise of a more...

Tara Minton talks with fellow Australian, Jody Sternberg about her musical journey and debut album, "Sea of Love". Trigger warning: discussions about racism and racially charged language. Support the show

Without any exaggeration, Nikki Glaspie can be described as one of the best drummers in the world today. In addition to her own successful formation The Nth Power, she has already supported industry greats such as Beyoncé and Maceo Parker with her expressive and unique style. Nikki has been dedicated to music since early childhood, which led her to singing and playing keyboards in church and final...

Tara Minton chats with Marc Palladino about his club above a family Italian restaurant in Cardiff and the upcoming shows featuring The Kyle Eastwood Band. Support the show

Steve joins Rob Cope from Birmingham Conservatoire to discuss his career to date as well as his new album, Emboldened, for jazz orchestra and choir.  The new album was being recorded at the time of the interview and so we're blessed to be joined by Jonathan Silk and then Josephine Davies during the episode.  Click the link to find out more about the project as well as for information on how t...

Vivienne Aerts talks to Tara Minton about her upcoming album recordedon a sailboat, 'Current'. Support the show

Rob Cope joins Tara Minton to chat about his new album, Phoenix Vol. 1, which comes out Friday 12th June on Adhyâropa Records. They also chat about Rob's launch gig, happening the night before, Thursday 11th at Crazy Coqs in Soho.  Support the show

Born in Brazil, Matheus Prado began his musical journey at nine, starting with piano before discovering the electric and double bass in Spain. He first studied with Fernando Lamadrid and later completed a Master’s degree in Jazz at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, refining his composition and improvisation skills under Yuri Goloubev, Steve Waterman, and Paula Gardiner. He then further d...

Martin Kohlstedt talks with Tara Minton about his forthcoming album, Kluft Support the show

Olivia Murphy has quickly established herself as an innovative, creative and colourful artist working in large ensemble composition and has developed her own distinct and personal voice. Her music fuses contemporary composition and song-writing with elements of free improvisation, while always keeping story-telling at its core, hailed as “some of the most exciting large ensemble jazz emerging from...

Acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Judith Owen returns with her captivating new album, Suit Yourself, released today, April 24th, 2026 via Twanky Records. Recorded at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans, Suit Yourself showcases Owen’s continued evolution into jazz, blues, and big band, blending the vibrant energy of her previous releases with her signature storytelling and rich musical arrangements. O...

A graduate of the New England Conservatory and The Juilliard School, Adewumi became the first jazz trumpeter to receive the prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship in 2017. He went on to win 1st place at the 2019 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition, the 2024 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award and Gregory Morris Composing Fellowship, and in 2025 received the NYSCA/NYFA Artist F...

The Jazz Podcast releases its 300th episode and we celebrate with Tim Garland, chatting about his new album.  Mezzo is a 2026 duo album by Tim and American pianist Geoffrey Keezer, celebrating a 25-year collaboration. The album prominently features a rare mezzo-soprano saxophone—one of only 20 in the world—played by Garland, blending classical, folk, and jazz influences. Recorded in New York, the...

Shae Maestro chats to Tara Minton about his new album, The Guesthouse. Support the show

Visionary composer/bandleader Maria Schneider knows firsthand that deep listening is the key to understanding. “Every time I hear my band play, I witness the magic of listening ,” she explains. “A true jazz improvisor thrives on listening.... Jazz shines a light on what we are allowing to slip away in our brittle and fractured world, making our art form more relevant today than ever before.” Schne...