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.


Monday 25 May 2015

Jazz Today Online - Spring 2015


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Verneri Pohjola: Bullhorn from Bullhorn (Edition). Verneri Pohjola, trumpet; Aki Rissanen, piano; Antti Lotjonen, bass; Teppo Makynen, drums.

Mediums: La Femme Sans Corps from Mediums (Label LaBuissonne). Vincent Courtois, cello; Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker, saxophones.

Wojtczak NYConnection: Play the Kowal Dance for Me from Folk Five (ForTune). Irek Wojtczak, reeds; Herb Robertson, trumpet; Michael Stevens, piano; Joe Fonda, bass; Harvey Sorgen, drums.

Paul van Kemenade’s Three Horns and a Bass: In a Certain Mood from In a Certain Mood (self-released). Paul van Kemenade, saxophone; Angelo Verploegen, trumpet; Louk Boudesteijn, trombone; Wiro Mahieu, bass.

Daniele D’Agaro, Aldo Mella & Elio Rivagli: Elda Olio from Bangalore (Ninety and Nine). Daniele D’Agaro, reeds; Aldo Mella, bass; Elio Rivagli, drums.

Ben Goldberg: Reading from Orphic Machine (BAGProductions / Royal Potato Family). Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Carla Kihlstedt, violin and vocals; Ron Miles, trumpet; Rob Sudduth, saxophone; Myra Melford, piano; Nels Cline, guitar; Kenny Wollesen, vibes; Greg Cohen, bass; Ches Smith, drums.

Fulvio Sigurta: Loft from The Oldest Living Thing (CAM Jazz). Fulvio Sigurta, trumpet; Steve Swallow, bass; Federico Casagrande, guitar.

Karol Beffa & Raphael Imbert: Game Over from Libres (Jazz Village). Karol Beffa, piano; Raphael Imbert, saxophone.

Viktor Toth Arura Trio: Remember the Hatseller from The Present (BMC). Viktor Toth, saxophone; Miklos Lukacs, cimbalom; Gyorgy Orban, bass.

Friends & Neighbors: Bolehogda from Hymn for a Hungry Nation (Clean Feed). Andre Roligheten, reeds; Thomas Johansson, trumpet; Oscar Gronberg, piano; Jon Rune Strom, bass; Tollef Ostvang, drums.

Sunday 17 May 2015

Playlist - May 17th 2015


Wojtczak NYConnection: Play the Kowal Dance for Me from Folk Five (ForTune)
Nick Sanders Trio: Keep on the Watch from You Are a Creature (Sunnyside)
Fulvio Sigurta: Loft from The Oldest Living Thing (CAM Jazz)
Ole Marius Sandberg: If You Are a Light Sleeper from Or Better Still (Skaret)
Ross Hammond: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen from Flight (Prescott)
Gueorgui Kornazov Horizons Quintet: Na Toni from The Budapest Concert (BMC)
Maurizio Minardi: April Sun from Piano Ambulance (Belfagor Label)
Cloudmakers Trio: Angular Momentum from Abstract Forces (Loop / Whirlwind)
Better Than TV: 1000 and One from Late (self-released)
Wojtczak NYConnection : It Was Four Miles Out of Warsaw from Folk Five (ForTune)
Karol Beffa & Raphael Imbert: Game Over from Libres (Jazz Village)
Karol Beffa & Raphael Imbert: Creole from Libres (Jazz Village)
Myra Melford: Night of Sorrow from Snowy Egret (Enja Yellowbird)
Ross Hammond: As the Seasons Come from Flight (Prescott)
Bjorn Solli: To the Lighthouse from Aglow: The Lyngor Project Vol 1 (Lyngor)
Domenico Caliri: Initinere from Camera Lirica (Caligola)
Nick Sanders Trio: Carol’s Kid from You Are a Creature (Sunnyside)
Chimaira: Aussicht from There is No Alternative (Wide Ear)