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 25 August 2013

Playlist - Aug 25th 2013


Pandelis Karayorgis Trio: Idiosynchronicity from Cocoon (Driff)
Sean Moran Small Elephant Band: Year of the Snake from Tusk (NCM East)
Espen Berg: Sunrise from Noctilucent (Atterklang)
Matteo Marongiu: Dear Angel from Open Letter to Mingus (Improvvisatore Involontario)
Mark Dresser Quintet: Para Waltz from Nourishments (Clean Feed)
Par-Ola Landin: Andrea from Vestige (Found You Recordings)
Roby Glod, Roberta Piket, Mark Tokar & Klaus Kugel: Still Alive from Op Der Schmelz Live (Nemu)
Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom: Spotswood Drive from No Morphine No Lilies (Foxhaven)
John Law Quartet: Passacaglia from Abacus (Hatology)
Massimo Spano Rural Electrification Orchestra: Gav from The Sleepwalker (Improvvisatore Involontario)
Pandelis Karayorgis Trio: Sideways Glance from Cocoon (Driff)
Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet: Nudge from Circuitous (Driff)
Mostly Other People Do The Killing: The Shickshinny Shimmy from Red Hot (Hot Cup)
Roby Glod, Roberta Piket, Mark Tokar & Klaus Kugel: Nazar from Op Der Schmelz Live (Nemu)
Ronny Graupe: Es War Die Nachtigall from Spoom (Pirouet)
Martin Fondse: Ronzio del Pomeriggio from Testimoni (Basta)
Mark Dresser Quintet: Not Withstanding from Nourishments (Clean Feed)

Sunday 11 August 2013

Playlist - 11th August 2013


Beckerhoff Berger Ulrich: Ougadougou from Cinema (Berthold)
Michael Bates Samuel Blaser Quintet: Van Gogh from One From None (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Nathalie Loriers: Peace from Nympheas (Igloo JazzClassics)
Par-Ola Landin: Awkward from Vestige (Found YouRecordings)
Mark Segger Sextet: Soca You Play It from The Beginning (18th Note)
Kif Kif: Honteux from La Descandance de L’Homme (ARFI)
Apollo: L’Age du Cuivre from L’Age du Cuivre (Silex)
Tom Gibbs: Farming Stock from Fear of Flying (Whirlwind)
Iro Haarla Sextet: Nightjar from Kolibri (TUM)
Le Cube: Frelon Rouge from Frelon Rouge (Yolk)
Edward Simon Trio: Chovendo Na Roseira from Live in New York at Jazz Standard (Sunnyside)
Malte Schillers Red Balloon: Giant Steps from The Second Time is Different (Unit)
Lisbeth Quartett: The Tree from Constant Travellers (Traumton)
Michael Bates Samuel Blaser Quintet: Recurring Dream from One From None (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystal: Today, Today from Aquarius (Delmark)

Sunday 4 August 2013

Jazz Today Online - Summer 2013


Listen by clicking the green button in the left-hand column!

Mopo: Metsarukkanen from Jee! (Texicalli). Linda Fredriksson, saxophone; Eero Tikkanen, bass; Eeti Nieminen, drums.
Sam Anning Quintet: Re-Turning Point from Re-Turning Point (Listen Hear Collective). Graham Lyall, saxophone; Graham Wood, piano; Sam Anning, bass; Daniel Susnjar, drums; Matthew Hoy, Jennika Anthony-Shaw, Iain Grandage & Melanie Robinson, cellos.
Ben Goldberg: Satisfied Mind from Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues (BAG Production). Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Joshua Redman, saxophone; Ron Miles, trumpet; Devin Hoff, bass; Ches Smith, drums.
Vytaute Pupsyte: In a Sentimental Mood from Jazz from Lithuania (Lithuanian Jazz Federation). Vytaute Pupsyte, vocals, programming, keyboards.
Honeyleap: Ebony Swing from Honeyleap (Oyvind’sJazz Forum). Fredrik Ljungkvist, reeds; Klas Nevrin, piano; Per Zanussi, bass; Oyvind Skarbo, drums.
Vincent Peirani: B&H from Thrill Box (ACT). Vincent Peirani, accordion; Michel Portal, bass clarinet; Michael Wollny, piano; Michel Benita, bass.
Nils Wogram’s Root 70 with Strings: Riomar from Riomar (NWOG). Nils Wogram, trombone; Hayden Chisholm, saxophone; Matt Penman, bass; Jochen Rueckert, drums; Gerdur Gunnarsdottir, violin; Gareth Lubbe, viola; Adrian Brendel, cello.
Dice Factory: Heyu Nantucket from Dice Factory (Babel). Tom Challenger, saxophone; George Fogel, piano; Tom Farmer, bass; Jon Scott, drums.