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- Written by: Werner Lewon
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 13.09.18 Happy 88th Birthday Sonny Rollins
On this edition I celebrate Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins' 88th Birthday with a handpicked selection of his extraordinary music. Just an invitation to get lost into the magic of his playing and an invitation to explore it for yourself.
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- Written by: Sean Brophy
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 173 Saturday 8th September 2018
On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear from artists shuch as Chick Corea with Steve Gadd, Al Jolson, Eliane Elias, Stan Getz with Luiz Bonfa, Seal, Charles Mingus, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Aoife Doyle, The Gary McFarland Orchestra with Stan Getz and many more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 06.09.2018 Maybe September - Jazz to bring you into Autumn
On this edition you can hear some September Songs, a selection of Jazz recordings to bring you into the darker time of the year without getting the Blues, with contributions by John Scofield, Sarah Vaughan, Enrico Pieranunzi, Donald Harrison, Dinah Washington, the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Sidney Bechet, Christof Lauer and Eric Alexander.
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 172 Saturday 1st September 2018
Preview of 12 Points Jazz Festival plus music from Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington, Dakota Staton, Kenny Wheeler and many more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 23.08.18 A Portrait of the NDR Bigband
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.
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 171 Saturday 18th August 2018
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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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 16.08.18 Historic Jazz - the Kansas City Connection
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.
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