Discovering Jazz

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.

Episode 315, Why'd They Call It That, Part 2 29.04.2025 ↓

Some titles seem random, others very much related to the music. I explore that here.

Episode 314: Why'd They Call It That? Part 1 22.04.2025 ↓

The logic (or lack of logic) behind titles of selected jazz tunes.

Archives: Episode 108, Discoveries Thanks to Online Friends 15.04.2025 ↓

Some music posted by online friends, from May, 2020

Archives: Episode 106, Caravan,Smile,Days of Wine & Roses,Solar,Speak Low,Stella by Starlight 08.04.2025 ↓

From May, 2020, I feature five well-known tunes with some stories and two recordings of each one.

Episode 313: Albums Currently on the Jazz Charts, Part 2 01.04.2025 ↓

I spot check some of the current albums being played on jazz radio, and play a track from those that stand out for me.

Episode 312: Albums High on Jazz Charts for 2025 25.03.2025 ↓

Listening to a few of the albums played a lot on North American Jazz Radio Stations so far in 2025

Episode 311-Art Tatum,Oscar Peterson,Geri Allen,Brad Mehldau 18.03.2025 ↓

Selected recordings by four great jazz pianists, as described by Robert Doerschuk in his book 88 Giants of Jazz Piano

Episode 310: Giants of Jazz Piano Part 2 11.03.2025 ↓

Jellyroll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, and Ahmad Jamal

Episode 309: 88 The Giants Of Jazz Piano, Part 1 04.03.2025 ↓

Part 1, Music and Descriptions from 4 of the pianists described in Robert L. Doerschuk's

Archives: Episode 110, Racism-Jazz As Part of the Solution 25.02.2025 ↓

Another podcast from the archives to celebrate Black History Month.

Archives: Episode 95, Black History Month 18.02.2025 ↓

Black History and Jazz, program from February 2020

Episode 308: A Final Kick at 2024 11.02.2025 ↓

A random selection of albums from 2024, as chosen by jazz critics.

Episode 307: Nine Favourite Discoveries from 2024 04.02.2025 ↓

Of the 1,022 albums critics put on their Best of 2024 lists, I choose my nine favourites.