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On this episode of Jazz Mine from Sean Brophy you can hear tracks from Jimmy Heath, Eves Record Box, Harry Connick Jnr., Larissa Tormey, Bernie Senensky and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
Email : midweekmusic [AT] dublincityfm [DOT] ie with any comments, suggestions. etc. Thanks.
Read more: Jazz Mine No. 262 Saturday 11th July 2020 incl. the late Jimmy Heath
"WHEN GOD CREATED THE COFFEE BREAK"
An Invitation for some COFFEE TIME JAZZ
Sit down and relax with a nice cup of coffee
the music served by Norma Winstone + John Taylor, EST, Dominick Farinacci, Dave Pelt Octet, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Riverside with Dave Douglas, Joe Pass, Carla Bley and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 09.07.20 Jazz Coffee Time
The final episode of The Piano Files A-Z. The Z File
Not too may surnames start with the letter Z but here we find 4 amazing piano players that give us a wide spectrum of style and content……the majority of tracks included here were recorded live, in front of an audience. Remember those days?
Joe Zawinul, the former Miles Davis collaborator and founding member of Weather Report.
Denny Zeitlin, professor of Clinical Psychiatry with over 30 jazz albums to his name.
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, classical student fusing jazz with Azerbajani Mugam.
Peter Zak, prolific proponent of the Eternal Triangle - his phrase for the jazz piano trio.
Read more: The Hot Box #060 - A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 24 – The Letter Z
On this episode of Jazz Mine from Sean Brophy you can hear tracks from The Benny Goodman Quartet, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lester Young, Count Basie ( featuring Lester Young ), Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 261 Saturday 4th July 2020 incl. Benny Goodman & Scott Joplin
On this edition I pay tribute to drummer Jimmy Cobb with a handpicked selection of his work starting off in the band of Earl Bostic and delivering the backbeat to Dinah Washington via his ground-breaking work with Miles Davis and as a sidemen of many other Jazz Greats to leading his own groups
Read more: Tales from the far Side 02.07.20 Remembering Jimmy Cobb
On this episode of Jazz Mine from Sean Brophy you can hear tracks from
Nina Simone, Blue Monk, BWB ( Rick Braun : Kirk Whalum ; Norman Brown ), Curtis Counce, John Scofield and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
Email : midweekmusic [AT] dublincityfm [DOT] ie with any comments, suggestions. etc. Thanks.
Read more: Jazz Mine No. 260 Saturday 27th June 2020 incl. Curtis Counce
TWINKLING LIGHTS IN MAYO'S JAZZ DESERT !!!!!
25 Years CRCfm, 23 years TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE
Celebrated with exciting Jazz-Fairytales by Jean Toussaint, PJ Duffy, Louis Stewart, Jim Hart's Gemini, Babatunde Lea, Phronesis, Dinosaur and others.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 25.06.20 Twinkling Lights in Mayo's Jazz Desert