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On this edition I pay tribute to the legendary Hammond B3 master Jimmy Smith on the 13th Anniversary of his passing and you can also hear some of the great modern Contemporary Jazz organ players deeply influenced by Smith as the pioneering force, with music by Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Goldings and Mike LeDonne.
In Jazz Mine 144 you will hear from artists such as Dinah Washington, Max Roach Plus Four, Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones & His Orchestra, Stan Getz, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and many more..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
On this edition you can hear some of the finest young female artists with music by the Trish Clowes Quartet, Laura Jurd, Ingrid Laubrock, Meilana Gillard and others..
Read more: Tales from the far Side 01.02.2018 The Best in Jazz Young female Artists
In Jazz Mine 143 you will hear from artists such as Jeff Hamilton Trio, Tommy Halferty Trio, Greg Lloyd Group, Trish Clowes, Norma Winstone, Sean Hession with Louis Stewart. and many more..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
To welcome 2018, The Hot Box presents an all-singing show hosted as usual by former RTE presenter Donald Helme. This is a mix of Irish and American singers, with some special attention paid to the late Jon Hendrix, who also features in Donald’s blog piece recalling Hendrix’s residency in Ashbourne, Co. Meath back in the late 1960s. The show also presents a new singer who hails from the New England area of the US, Allegra Levy, who has, according to those in the know, or at any rate in the publicity business, “taken the jazz world by storm”. She is a real new voice on the scene, and composes much of her own work too.
On this edition I have a look at vibraphonist Gary Burton's life and career to celebrate his 75th Birthday. And I do that with a selection of some of his groundbreaking and most innovative work from the early days with his first Quartet via collaboration with Chick Corea and Pat Metheny to his last incarnation of his New Quartet.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 25.01.18 Celebrating Gary Burton's 75th Birthday
All Irish jazz artists on the show this time incl. Tommy Halferty Trio. Stella Bass, Edel Meade, Truly Divine & Josh Johnson, Grainne Brookfield, Colette Cassidy & Nigel Clark, Christine Tobin, Aoife Doyle, Jack L, Scott Flanigan and many more ..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.