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On this edition you can hear a selection of exciting Guitar / String bass Duets in Jazz with masterful performances by Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, Ed Bickert and Don Thompson, Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Oerstedt-Pedersen, Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner, Charlie Haden and Christian Escoude as well as Louis Stewart and Peter Ind.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 03.05.2018 Guitar-Bass Duets in Jazz
In episode 155 of Jazz Mine you will hear from such artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Jan Daley, Linley Hamilton with Cian Boylan & Camden Orchestra, Sons of Kemet, Stan Getz, Dave Douglas, Cesaria Evora, Gordon Beck Quartet with Joy Marshall, Van Morrison with Joey DeFrancesco and many more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
On this edition you can hear a jazzy serenade to welcome the cuckoo and some of his migratory feathered companions back to their summer residency in the West of Ireland, heralding the arrival of the summer with their calls and songs, with music by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Trilok Gurtu, the UMO Jazz Orchestra, Quercus, Jan Garbarek, Cedar Walton and Paul Desmond.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 26.04.18 The Best in Jazz and a serenade for the Cuckoo
In The Hot Box Episode 29 we celebrate International Jazz Day which is a relatively new affair started back in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and gain much ground.
This episode features a necessarily small sample of music created by jazz musicians from many different countries, including Ireland, demonstrating the increasingly wide dimension of jazz music today and the role that it plays around the world. Even the first piece played includes musicians from Colombia, Cuba, Canada, USA, Switzerland, Argentina, Greece, France and Portugal, recorded in a big band led by Colombian newcomer Juan Andres Ospina.
You can hear tracks from Francesco Turrisi’s new album “Northern Migrations” as well as Linley Hamilton’s new album “Making Other Arrangements”. On top of that we have tracks from a surprise parcel from the Norwegian Embassy in Dublin and many more international acts.
In episode 154 of Jazz Mine you will hear from such artists as Graham J. ( Bagots Hutton LIVE Thursday 26th, April 2018 ), Dave Douglas, ( brayjazz.com ), Hugh Laurie, Nina Simone ( 15th. Anniversary of her death ), Honor Heffernan & Trevor Knight, Linley Hamilton, Ian Shaw, Randy Weston by 2, Marvin Gaye, Carole Sloane & Teddi King and many more.......... Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
On this edition you can hear a selection of ground-breaking musical communications between the trumpet and the saxophone with contributions by Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas, Miles Davis & Wayne Shorter, Bird & Dizzy, Clifford Brown & Harold Land, Tom Harrell & Wayne Escoffery and Art Farmer & Clifford Jordan.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 19.04.18 The magic communication of trumpet and saxophone in Jazz
This edition includes music from Louis Stewart with Jim Doherty, Ruba Shamshoum, Indra Rios-Moore, Fred Jackson, Laurence Hobgood Trio with Kurt Elling, Maria Vincent & The Millionaires, The Nordanians, Count Basie Orchestra with Joe Williams & Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. GoGo Penguin and many more.......... Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.