Gliding into the still young Jazz Year 2020 with the hope and the search for PEACE playing you a selection of "searching" recordings to spread the message into the world, music by McCoy Tyner, Noah Preminger, Gilad Atzmon+his Orient House Ensemble, Geri Allen, Francois Moutin+Kavita Shah, the New York Standards Quartet, Edmar Castaneda and many others.

Read more: Tales from the far Side 09.01.2020 Jazz and the Search for Peace

This is the second video release from LL Grove band in a series of live recording sessions shot in 2019. These sessions are the first tunes to the upcoming album planning to come out this year (2020).

LL Groove Band started in Dublin in May 2019 created by French Bass player Léon Laisne after moving from Lyon (France) to Ireland in 2017 when he finished his studies in National music school (jazz).

Read more: The Journey - LL Groove Band – Video Release

Welcome to The Hot Box #054 where we get ever closer to the end of the long-running series The Piano Files! In this episode we explore pianists under the letters U… and V as well as a few omissions from the letter T. It turns out that the popularity of the letter V as the first letter in Cuban surnames becomes extremely focussed when it comes to piano players. All the Vs are Cuban. As for U, only one player was found with that initial letter!

Read more: The Hot Box #054 - A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 21 – The Letter U & V

On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from Old Hannah, Jape, Richard Galliano, Bonzo Dog Doh Dah Band, Sarah McKenzie and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie

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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 241 Saturday 4th January 2020 incl. MUSIC PREQUEL

On this first 2020 edition of my weekly Jazz Show TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE (live on CRC102.9fm and on www.crcfm.ie every Thursday 8-9 pm.WET. with a repeat on Saturday 9-10 pm. and a podcast on our website all through the week) with hopefully many "JAZZ-FAIRYTALES" to come in 2020, this one with the Sun Ra Arkstra, Pat Metheny, Frank Sinatra, Bob Berg, Art Pepper. Jackie McLean, Charlie Parker and others. Come in for a big CHEERS to JAZZ!!!!

Read more: Tales from the far Side 02.01.2020 NEW YEAR'S JAZZ

K Quintet was formed in the summer of 2019. Lead by Irish double bassist David Duffy and dancer/singer Ksenia Parkhatskaya. Parkhatskaya a world renowned Charleston and solo jazz dancer was in need of some new classic jazz to perform to and approached Duffy to write some new compositions for trio, quartet and quintet.

The resulting debut album "Something Else" harkens back to the classic straight ahead jazz of the 60's and 70's, with names like Oscar Peterson, Red Garland, and Ben Webster as influences. To achieve this sound the two went to Vertigo Studios, and Ferran Donnatelli in Barcelona, a haven of vintage microphones, preamps, and to tape recording facilities to achieve that classic vibe. They assembled some of the leading jazz players from Barcelona and over two separate one day sessions created these recordings, a mixture of old standards and new compositions.

Read more: K Quintet "Something Else" Album Release

On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from Ingrid Jensen, Paulus Potters Trio & Milan Bolinger, Raimonda, Polly Gibbons and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie

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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 238 Saturday 14th December 2019 with guest Raimonda