In this episode of The Hot Box there is an hour-plus of new recordings from at home and abroad, celebrating the return to both collective recording and live performance.

Read more: The Hot Box #082 - An All-New Affair

On this edition you can hear some Jazz dedicated to the Cuckoo as the herald of the summer with music by Claire Daly, Triluk Gurto, the UMO Orchestra, Quercus, Chris Flegg, Thad Jones, Jan garbarek, Brad Mehldau, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and others

Read more: Tales from the far Side 21.04.22 A Serenade to the Cuckoo

On this edition I take you on a journey to explore the roots and evolution of George and Ira Gershwin's classic "I got Rhythm" with contributions by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Ornette Coleman and others

Read more: Tales from the far Side 14.04.22 I got Rhythm - the journey of a tune

On this week's edition I have a look at the line-up of the upcoming Bray Jazz Festival and play you a selection of some of some of the appearing artists and you can hear music by Bill Frisell, Yazz Ahmed, Tord Gustavsen, Michael Janisch, Umbra and others.

Read more: Tales from the far Side 07.04.22 Preview of Bray Jazz Festival

Remembering the late great trumpeter, composer, bandleader and eductor Ron Miles with a selection of his work during his very fruitful career cut short by his untimely death.

Read more: Tales from the far Side 31.03.22 Remember Ron Miles

This episode of the Hot Box sets the scene for Jazz Legends – Charles Mingus 100th and Miles Davis Kind of Blue.  

21^st April – National Concert Hall – Dublin

22^nd April – Cork Opera House – Cork City

On the centenary of his birth, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra & Big Band pays tribute to Charles Mingus. In an imaginative first, the RTÉ CO has joined forces with its counterpart the BBC Concert Orchestra to commission a special set of brand-new orchestrations from Guy Barker, allowing both orchestras to do full justice to one of the greatest jazz musicians of them all. 

Read more: The Hot Box #081 - Jazz Legends

On this edition I celebrate the arrival of Spring, which might be late but always jazzy with music by Tango Transit, Susannah McCorkle, Kenny Barron, Roland Rahsaan Kirk, Stan getz, Marius Neset, Miles Davis, Chico Hamilton and others.

Read more: Tales from the far Side 24.03.22 Springtime Jazz