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 November 2015

Playlist - Nov 29th 2015


Oddjob: Folk #1 from Folk (Caprice)
Franz Koglmann, Mario Arcari & Attila Pasztor: Blues All’Alba from G(ood)luck (Cracked Anegg/Handsemmel)
Tim Garland: Return to the Fire from Return to the Fire (Edition)
Le Rex: Mr. Richard Kiel from Wild Man (Cuneiform)
Christoph Irniger Trio: Air from Octopus (Intakt)
Long Sidewalk: Returning from Staffa (Breakfast4Dinner)
Ken Aldcroft: Gospel from Mister, Mister (Trio)
Per Texas Johansson: Gang from De Langa Rulltrapporna I Flemingsberg (Moserobie)
Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic: Saskia’s Dance from Timeless Suite (ACT)
The Brass Funkeys: #1 from The Brass Funkeys (BoomBaboon)
Print & Friends: Round the Shrine from Transformations (Connexe Sphere)
Kit Downes: Jinn from Tricko (Coup Perdu)
Ochion Jewell Quartet: Kun Mun Kultani Tulisi from Volk (self-released)
Barry Altschul’s 3dom Factor: A Tale of Monk: Ask Me Now from Tales of the Unforseen (TUM)
John Taylor: DMG from 2081 (CAM Jazz)
Franz Koglmann, Mario Arcari & Attila Pasztor: L’Eclisse Twist from G(ood)luck (Cracked Anegg/Handsemmel)
Christoph Irniger Trio: VGO from Octopus (Intakt)

Tuesday 10 November 2015

Jazz Today Online Playlist - Autumn 2015


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Hayden Powell: Mascot from Circadian Rhythm & Blues (Periskop). Hayden Powell, trumpet; Eyolf Dale, piano; Jo Skansaar, bass.

Leo Postolovsky Quinteto: Salpicando Espacio from Bajoflores (self-released). Juan Olivera, trumpet; Inti Saveb, reeds; Leo Postolovsky, piano; Santiago Rapaport, bass; Damian Allegreti, drums.

Tony Wilson 6tet: A Day’s Life from A Day’s Life (DripAudio). JP Carter, trumpet; Jesse Zubot, violin; Tony Wilson, guitar; Peggy Lee, cello; Russell Sholberg, bass; Skye Brooks, drums.

Mads La Cour’s Almugi: Spam from Quartet (WhyPlayJazz). Mads La Cour, trumpet; Lars Greve, reeds; Andreas Lang, bass; Kasper Tom Christiansen, drums.

Angelika Niescier, Hilmar Jensson & Scott McLemore: Barbara-Lied from Broken Cycle (Sunny Sky). Angelika Niescier, reeds; Hilmar Jensson, guitar; Scott McLemore, drums.

Grencso Open Collective with Rudi Mahall: From Beyond the Margins from Marginal Music (BMC). Istvan Grencso & Rudi Mahall, reeds; Mate Pozsar, piano, Robert Benko & Erno Hock, bass; Szilveszter Miklos, drums.

Albatrosh: Duvet Day from Night Owl (RuneGrammofon). Eyolf Dale, piano; Andre Roligheten, reeds.

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Albatrosh: Seaweed from Tree House (MNJ)

Mike Reed’s People Places & Things: Wonderland from A New Kind of Dance (482 Music). Maquis Hill, trumpet; Greg Ward & Tim Haldeman, reeds; Jason Roebke, bass; Mike Reed, drums.

Misha Mullov-Abbado: Circle Song from New Ansonia (Edition). Matthew Herd, reeds; Tom Green, trombone; Jacob Collier, piano; Misha Mullov-Abbado, bass; Scott Chapman, drums.


Sunday 1 November 2015

Playlist - November 1st 2015


Hayden Powell: Mascot from Circadian Rhythm & Blues (Periskop)
Sunna Gunnlaugs: Summertime from Cielito Lindo (SunnySky)
New York Standards Quartet: Deep High Wide Sky from Power of 10 (Whirlwind)
Partikel: Wray Common from String Theory (Whirlwind)
Grencso Open Collective with Rudi Mahall: From Beyond the Margins from Marginal Music (BMC)
Airelle Besson & Nelson Veras: Ma Ion from Prelude (Naive)
Robin Phillips: Don’t Get Scared from Sing. Play....for Pleasure (REPMusic)
Stan Sulzmann & Nikki Iles: Nikki’s Corner from Stardust (Jellymould Jazz)
Miho Hazama: Under the Same Moon from Time River (Sunnyside)
Sylvain Rifflet: Glassicism from Mechanics (JazzVillage)
Hayden Powell: Ville de Montreal from Circadian Rhythm & Blues (Periskop)
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble: To Be Free from The Whistle Blower (Fanfare Jazz)
Peter Ehwald: Dreamband from Double Trouble Live (Jazzwerkstatt)
Tony Wilson 6tet: A Day’s Life from A Day’s Life (DripAudio)
Tom Green Septet: Peace of Mind from Skyline (Spark)
Better Than TV: Standing with Sally from Late (self-released)
The Brass Funkeys: DIY from The Brass Funkeys (BoomBaboon)