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In The Hot Box Episode 36 we continue to trawl the files piano players who have graced the jazz stage over the past century or so, and the letter M proved especially fruitful. Last time (Hot Box#34) we had Monk and Moran, now we come to Mehldau and McPartland.
Read more: The Hot Box #036 – A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 13 – The Letter M (part 2)
Liv Monaghan, has just released a music video for her song, Dead Lady’s Cigarettes, from the upcoming album, Slow Exhale.
The short film is a collaboration with the cinematographer, Kris Tagupa.
The song, Dead Lady’s Cigarettes, was inspired by an old cigarette case Liv found in a flea market in Paris. The piece was dating from the early 1940s. It still had three cigarettes inside and an almost unused powder press on the back; Perfect material for a song and later on a short film.
Read more: Dead Lady’s Cigarettes Music Video - Liv Monaghan
On this edition you can hear a selection of interpretation of great Jazz standards reflecting about "Night" and "Day" and the time in between, the soundtrack contributed by Billy Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, Joe Pass, Billie Holiday, Horace Silver, Abdullah Ibrahim, Coleman Hawkins and others, helping you to explore some magical Jazz.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 06.12.18 The Magic of Jazz Night and Day, day in, day out
Live music & chat from Dara MacGabhann & Andy Hogg ( The Two Five Ones ) plus Peter Knudsen Eight, Fred Astaire, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gemma Sugrue with Julien Colarossi & Lester Young and many more........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 185 1st. Dec. 2018 with guests The Two Five Ones from Monaghan
On this edition I pay tribute to the late great Wolfgang Schlueter, one of the great leading figures of German/European Post War Jazz, a master on the vibraphone and an exceptional composer, arranger and bandleader, featured here in a duo, a small group and in the NDR Big Band Setting, looking back at an extraordinary career.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 29.11.18 Remembering Wolfgang Schlueter
On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from Fats Waller, Pat Coldrick, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Aleka, Miles Davis, Lester Young, Carole Nelson Trio and many more........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
On this edition I feature a selection of ground-breaking Saxophone-Guitar interplays in the history of Jazz with contributions from Sonny Rollins with Jim Hall, Hank Mobley with Grant Green, Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane, Zoots Sims with Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery with Johnny Griffin, Joshua Redman with Pat Metheny and Jan Garbarek with Ralph Tower.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 22.11.18 Saxophone and Guitar-a conversation in Jazz