Manx Radio - Jumpin in Jazz

Join the jazz hamsters for a loved-up Valentine's Special - only on Jumpin' In we guarantee there's no extra charge and the music is as good as ever - despite the surfeit of romance .  .

The cats head north of the border for a special as they chat to Scottish Saxophones colossus himself - Tommy Smith! Music played: Juggernaut from "Evolution" - Tommy Smith Memoir from "Reminiscence" - Forward Motion with Tommy Smith Quartet No 1 from "Three Quartets" - Chick Corea Gary Burton and Chick Corea with Tommy Smith live Children Play from "Paris" -...

The jazz cats head to the cinema for a selection of some of their favourite films - or more pertinently their jazz soundtracks. And the cat is indeed let out of the celluloid bag . . . .

The cats start the new years with some jazz in the garden, a tricky one in 13/8, a golden four and a blast from the past  . . . 

 The jazz hamsters head into 2022 with a final (ish) look back at the best of the last 12 months - with special guest Euski Kneale of Flat Moon fame . . . and one of his faves . . . 

The jazz hamsters play  Bing, swing and bop - powered by a heady mix of hoola hoops, mince pies, sherry and satsumas .  . . 

The jazz hamsters look back at some of their favourite albums from the first half of 2021 . . . a classic year even with Covid restrictions!

The cats go pop. Or at least as poppy as they get .  . . Oasis by Brad . . .Steely Dan through the Hazelrigg Bros . . . Blondie by The Bad Plus .. . you get the gist  .. . . .

Some British conversations, a ride through history, ghosts of the sun, where the streets lead and a first class Prysm . . .

When the cat's away .. . .the other cat has to play! Some Danish determination . . . a winning Tone Poem  . . a blast from the past with Billy Hart and a homecoming.

Some Japanese mellowness, a celebration with Gordon, a woody one . . . some 24 hours from Hans Koller and you'll have to wait for the new Emile Parisien!

The cats celebrate the London Jazz Festival - which starts this weekend!

The boys' bouncin' bonfire bonanza. No hedgehogs were hurt in the making of the programme . . .

Be scared. Be very scared. It's the black cats in the hats hop-tu-naa jazz spooktacular. Listen at your peril .. . . or from behind your sofa . . . .

The jazz hamsters go back to 1974 for some classic Oregon, a short protest, four MF's playin' tunes and a musical water feature

The cats hear the news, a lightweight elementary particle, some new Bill at Oil Can Harry's and to start a Chelsea shuffle.

The gatti in the hatti . . . . celebrate the land of pasta and pizza with an Italian Jazz Special. Oh - and Peroni as well of course . . .

It's bye to Dr Lonnie, a Tubby but not Hayes, a quiet tiger, a birthday boy in Soho and it's all about Tuesdays . . .

A post-election-free zone . . . marking some more jazz losses, Eberhard by Lyle, some astigmatic Poles and a parking ticket 

To celebrate the IOM Food and Drink Festival 2021, the boys put on a delicious spread of jazzy treats from Fish to ice-cream and ginger bread to pancakes . . .albeit in a rather eccentric order. But what else would you expect .  . .   

 A track for a notable date, a not so young Joey, a sleepy selection of superstars a look forward to LJF 2021 . .let's do it! 

The cats cut it down with Zen-funk master, Swiss piano maestro Nik Bartsch -  and a suitably slim slice of minimalist jazz . . 

The jazz hamsters pay tribute to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. A rocker by day - a jazzer by night!

Some Motian sickness . . . a ripcord, a sideslip a kalimba impression and the kid from the redbank - the jazz hamsters have it all this week on  Jumpin' In

We begin all at once . . .three birthdays in one, some Liberation time from John McLaughlin, more Polish brilliance though still tricky to pronounce and a Seagal in the Vortex . . .