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Jazz Mine No. 185 1st. Dec. 2018 with guests The Two Five Ones from Monaghan

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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Tales from the far Side 29.11.18 Remembering Wolfgang Schlueter

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.

Jazz Mine No 184 Sat 24th Nov 2018 incl Sidney Bechet, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Rev Gary Davis

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

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Tales from the far Side 22.11.18 Saxophone and Guitar-a conversation in Jazz

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.

Jazz Mine No. 183 Saturday 17th. November 2018 incl. Nile Petter Molvaer & Kevin Brady

On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from Nils Petter Molvaer, Jimmy Smith, Paul Chambers Quartet, Kevin Brady, Vibe Drive, Warsaw Village Band with Transglobal Underground, John Coltrane, Tomislav Goluban, Gemma Sugrue with The Julien Colarossi Quartet, Hank Mobley and many more........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie

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Tales from the far Side 15.11.18 A Tribute to Roy Hargrove

On this edition I pay tribute to music and life of Roy Hargrove who sadly has passed away early this month deeply remembered with a selection of his wonderful music, from the early years as a sideman with Bobby Watson, his contributions as a leader of his own groups, with the Latin-Jazz outfit Crisol, his excursion into Hip Hop and R+B and as a leader of an impressive big band.

Jazz Mine No. 182 Sat. 10th. Nov. 2018 incl. Curtis Fuller,Graham J. & Cormac Kenevey

On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from Trombonist Curtis Fuller, Counter tenor Graham J., Sarah Vaughan, Carmen Lundy, Ray Charles, Zoe Schwarz, Rob Kobal, Ian Ellis, John Coltrane, Scolari / Cavalca, Cormac Kenevey.and many more........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie

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