OK Jazz Podcast

Special K.O.L. Radio crossover episode! Guest Nick Luscombe chats with us about his varied career as a broadcaster, DJ, compiler and label rep. Originally from the UK, he settled in Japan in early 2020 and is currently working on several new projects, including a weekly live radio show at the CIC building in Tokyo. He also introduces three of his current favorite new tunes! Twitter @nickluscombe I...

OK Jazz returns with a lot of new tunes and older classics! Contemporary music from South Korea by Sinnoi and Jambinai, contemporary jazz from the US by Anteloper, classic rumba from the Congo by Le T.P. O.K. Jazz, Bihzhu's new single from Malaysia & much more!

Last show of the year! Look back at some of 2020's best new releases, music from LittleSimz in the UK, SitiMuharam from Zanzibar, The Dancing Devils of Djibouti, GregoryPorter, brilliant new jazz from JoelRoss, KeithJarrett says goodbye and lots more!

OK Jazz is back! New music from DerrickHodge, AtlasMaior and SarathyKorwar, another classic from Yusef Lateef, peak Stevie, acoustic music from Mali & much more!

OK Jazz is back with another great episode, new music from Turkey, Japan, France and Mali, reggae legend TootsHibbert, a deep MarvinGaye cut, jazz anniversaries & more!

On today's episode Mr. OK Jazz brings a bunch of new tunes from the latest releases by Makaya McCraven, Minyo Crusaders, Gregory Porter and Cuatro Minimal, in addition to classic South African Jazz, Congolese Rumba, Irish Soul & more!

Extra long mid-summer episode with plenty of new jazz, some great re-releases from South Africa, Azerbaijan and Indonesia, Samba, classic soul & more!

Just a quick promo announcement, head over to K.O.L. Radio on MixCloud.com to hear my latest 101 Mix, this time the music of Brazil! Back soon with another OK Jazz episode as well. Obrigado! https://www.mixcloud.com/KOLradio/

New music from TonyAllen & HughMasakela, a monster Cuban jam, new and old jazz classics & more!

New music from Sweden and Vietnam, deep reggae cut from Trojan Records, spacey Sun Ra track & more!

New music from jazz legend GaryBartz, Ethiopian maestro MulatuAstatke, CheApalache from Argentina, classic Congolese Rumba & LOTS more!

Can't sleep? Get on this episode to keep you company, late-night selections from the oud to DinahWashington, jazz guitar to the West African kora. Pour a drink, lean back and escape for the next hour or so!

Special extra LOUD episode with the JazzMessengers, classic Afrobeat, Blues, Samba-Soul & more, Turn it UP!

New music from Holland, the UK and US. All time top Congolese Rumba tune, deep VanMorrison cut & more!

New album from Chip Wickham, music from the Discos Fuentes label in Colombia, a European Jazz classic & more!

New music from India, ManuDibango, BillWithers, Congolese pop, Jazz from Europe & more! The Quarantine Shows vol.1!

New music from the UK and Japan, crazy Turkish reissue from the 70s, modern blues, McCoy Tyner tribute & more!

New music from Haiti, the UK, Malaysia, jazz from Japan, classic reggae, Cuba-Congo guitar masters & more!

New music from the UK, jazz from Chicago and Japan. Balinese gamelan, furious grooves from Sao Tome, deep TomWaits & more!

Last show of 2019, with tunes from my year's best list, some old classic Blues, Congolese Rumba & more!

New music from AtlasMaijor, disco/soul from Australia, Madagascar guitar genius, classic Stevie & more!

New music from Argentina, Malaysia, Australia and the UK. Classic blues guitar, interview with bassist Moto Fukushima, heavy 70s funk from Ghana and more!

New Youssou N'Dour, new British jazz from Nubya Garcia, The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music, a Jazz guitar classic remixed & more!

New music from the US, Indonesia, Holland and France, classic Japanese jazz, heavy grooves from Zimbabwe & more!

Back after a 3-month break and better than ever! New music from Japan, Brazil, the UK, Holland and the US, classic Bootsy funk, the oldest recorded Congolese Rumba, deep cut Japanese Jazz & more!