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Over the last 7 decades the NDR Big Band has developed from a Radio Dance Orchestra to one of the world's leading Jazz Big Bands, their music explored and celebrated with a blast from the early days and a couple of highlights captured along their musical journey collaborating with the Who's Who in Jazz, including music and arrangements by Dieter Glawischnig, Michael Gibbs, Bill Frisell, Nils Wogram, Omar Sosa, Colin Towns and others.
In this episode of Jazz Mine you will hear from such artists as Vibes player Bobby Hutcherson, Bandleader & composer Count Basie, Irish keyboards player Justin Carroll and many more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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For this edition I went back into Jazz History to explore the so called Kansas City connection, the influence the 1920s, 1930s Kansas City Jazz Scene had on the development of Jazz. You can hear classic recordings by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Blues singer Ada Brown, the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, Walter Page's Blue Devils, early Count Basie, Jay McShann with Charlie Parker, Mary Lou Williams, Ben Webster, Harry Sweets Edison and others.
In this episode of Jazz Mine you will hear from such artists as Fats Waller, Grant Green, Justin Carroll's Togetherness, Rigmor Gustaffson, Bobby Darin, Outhead & Likho Duo and many more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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On this edition I celebrate master drummer Jack DeJohnette’s 76th Birthday by looking back at his extraordinary career as one of the leading Jazz and Beyond Time keeper of our time filling our hearts with his most exciting beats.
In this episode of Jazz Mine you will hear from such artists as Chet Baker, Yellowjackets, Lou Donaldson, Cesaria Evora, Robert Ward & The Black Top All Stars, Kenny Burrell and many more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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On this edition you can hear some of the best "New German Key-Players", the U 40 generation of Jazz pianists in Germany featuring the trios of Michael Wollny, Pablo Held, Benedikt Jahnel, Julia Kadel, Tim Allhoff, Clara Haberkamp and Lorenz Kellhuber.
