There's so much good jazz being recorded around the world....a lot of it on small labels....and yet it rarely gets airplay. JAZZ TODAY....in it's own small way....tries to put that right!

JAZZ TODAY is a weekly radio show on Cambridge105 Radio. It is broadcast live in Cambridge UK on 105FM, on DAB digital and at cambridge105.co.uk.

JAZZ TODAY ONLINE is a quarterly cloudcast of some of the best tracks to appear on JAZZ TODAY.


Sunday 29 January 2012

Jazz Today Playlist: Jan 29th 2012


Marcello Benetti: BFF (Lili’s List) from Shuffled (Caligola)
Hybrid 10tet: Cuba, North Rhine-Westphalia from On The Move (BBB)
Hank Roberts: Easy’s Pocket from Everything is Alive (Winter & Winter)
Jason Stein Quartet: Badlands from The Story This Time (Delmark)
Lars Danielsson: Liberetto from Liberetto (ACT)
Team Hegdal: Average March from Vol. 2 (Ora Fonogram)
Team Hegdal: No 1 from Vol. 2 (Ora Fonogram)
Hilde Louise Asbjornsen: Tell Me Tomorrow from Divin’ at the Oceansound (Sweet Morning)
Kenny Wheeler Big Band: Canter N.1 / Old Ballad from The Long Waiting (CAM Jazz)
Paolo Botti: Angels from Angels and Ghosts (Caligola)
Paolo Botti: Moanin’ from Angels and Ghosts (Caligola)
Nils Wogram’s Nostalgia: Funky Neighbourhood from Sturm und Drang (NWOG)
Josh Arcoleo: Glade from Beginnings (Edition)
Marcello Benetti: Laura Lea from Shuffled (Caligola)
Paolo Botti: Corale Per A.A. from Angels and Ghosts (Caligola)
Lars Danielsson: Orange Market from Liberetto (ACT)
Verneri Pohjola Quartet: But this One Goes In Four from Ancient History (ACT)

Thursday 19 January 2012

Jazz Today Online: Winter 2012 Playlist


Joost Buis & Astronotes: Biefstuck from Zoomin (Data). Felicity Provan, cornet; Joost Buis, trombone; Jan Willem van der Ham, Tobias Delius and Frans Vermeersen, reeds; Paul Pallesen, guitar; Achim Kaufmann, piano; Wilbur de Joode, bass; Alan Purves and Michael Vatcher, percussion.

Fusk: Ein Kopf Kaffe, Bitte from Fusk (WhyPlayJazz). Rudi Mahall, bass clarinet; Philip Gropper, saxophone; Andreas Lang, bass; Kasper Tom Christiansen, drums.

Emmanuel Bex Trio: Pour Alain from Open Gate (Plus Loin Music). Emmanuel Bex, Hammond organ; Francesco Bearzatti, saxophone; Simon Goubert, drums; L’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, dir. Franck Tortiller.

Nels Cline: Maria Alone from Angelica (Enja). Nels Cline, guitar; Tim Berne, saxophone; Stacy Rowles, trumpet; Eric von Essen, bass; Alex Cline, drums.

Fattigfolket: Pfaueninsel Park from Park (Ozella Music). Gunnar Halle, trumpet; Hallvard Godal, reeds; Putte Johander, bass; Ole Morten Sommer, drums.

Print: Coffee, Please from Live- Nordic & Baltic Tour (Great Winds). Sylvain Cathala and Stephane Payen, saxophones; Jean-Luc Lehr, electric bass; Franck Vaillant, drums.

Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet: Eternal from Concinnity (Enja Yellowbird). Ulrich Drechsler, bass clarinet; Rina Kacinari and Christof Unterberger, cellos; Jorg Mikula, drums.

Michael Moore Quartet: Cool, Simmering from Easter Sunday (Ramboy). Michael Moore, reeds; Harmen Fraanje, piano; Clemens van der Feen, bass; Michael Vatcher, drums.

Sunday 15 January 2012

Jazz Today Playlist: 15th Jan 2012


Talking Cows: Not Yet from Almost Human (Morvin)
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble: Hymn for a Hip King from The Prairie Prophet (Delmark)
Antonio Farao Trio: Around Phrygian from Domi (Cristal)
Available Jelly: The Gamekeeper from Baarle Nassau, Set 1 (Ramboy)
Lukas Bitterlin Quartet: Late Winter from Driftwood (Unit)
Sam Rivers / Ben Street / Kresten Osgood: Nature Calls, Part 1 from Violet Violets (Stunt)
Dave Douglas: Solato from Orange Afternoons (Greenleaf)
Talking Cows: A Stroll for Gonso from Almost Human (Morvin)
Bob Nell: EMREM from Why I Like Coffee (New World Countercurrents)
Rez Abbasi’s Invocation: Overseas from Suno Suno (Enja)
Mikko Innanen & Inkkvisitio: Jantaraboon II from Clustrophy (TUM)
Josh Arcoleo: Dean Rd from Beginnings (Edition)
Claudio Filippini Trio: Django from The Enchanted Garden (CAM Jazz)
Bomata: La Balancoire from Bomata (Malasartes Musique)
The New World Jazz Composers Octet: Poco Picasso from Breaking News (Big & Phat Jazz Productions)
The Landrus Kaleidoscope: Wide Sky from Capsule (Blueland)

Sunday 1 January 2012

Jazz Today Playlist: 1st January 2012


Joost Buis & Astronotes: Youth (for Harry Carney) from Zoomin (Data)
Michael Moore Quartet:  Cool, Simmering from Easter Sunday (Ramboy)
Suga Dairo: Blue Skies from No Shozo 2 (Pony Canyon)
Suga Dairo: Track 5 from No Shozo 2 (Pony Canyon)
Brian Groder: Iota from Torque (Latham)
Joost Buis & Astronotes: Biefstuck from Zoomin (Data)
Juhani Aaltonen & Heikki Sarmanto: Free Souls from Conversations (TUM)
Henri Texier Nord-Sud Quintet: Manatee Blues from Canto Negro (Label Bleu)
Henri Texier Nord-Sud Quintet: Sueno Canto from Canto Negro (Label Bleu)
Dave Douglas & So Percussion: One More News from Bad Mango (Greenleaf Portable Series)
Sonne: Herbst 26 from Sonne (WhyPlayJazz)
Giorgio Gaslini: Sicilienne from Incanti (CAM Jazz)
Motif: Allkiis from Art Transplant (Clean Feed)
Claudio Filippini Trio: Flying Horses from The Enchanted Garden (CAM Jazz)
Brian Groder: Involution  from Torque (Latham)
Wadada Leo Smith’s Mbira: Sarah Bell Wallace from Dark Lady of the Sonnets (TUM)
Henri Texier Nord-Sud Quintet: Sombre Jeudi from Canto Negro (Label Bleu)
Sam Crockatt Quartet: Sun and Moon from Flood Tide (Babel)