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 24 March 2019

Playlist - March 24th 2019


Mark Masters Ensemble: Borne Towards the Stars from Our Metier (Capri)
Baldo Martinez: La Travesia from Cuarteto Europa (Karonte)
Oscar Gronberg Trio: Triangles from Walking in Triangles (Particular)
Itamar Borochov: Maalem from Blue Lights (LaborieJazz)
Roberto Ottaviano: Mushi Mushi from Eternal (Dodicilune)
Francois Houle, Alexander Hawkins & Harris Eisenstadt: The Pitts from You Have Options (Songlines)
Alexander Hawkins: Wander Wonder from Iron Into Wind (Intakt)
Terkel Norgaard: Thirteen from With Ralph Alessi (WeJazz)
Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul: Jesus Maria from Around Again (TUM)
Mark Masters Ensemble: Lift from Our Metier (Capri)
Ronny Graupe, Valentin Ceccaldi, Theo Ceccaldi & Christian Lillinger: Baba Jaga from q00lp (BMC)
Huw Warren Trio: Everything In Between from Everything In Between (CAM Jazz)
Brian Krock: Heart Machine from Liddle (Outside InMusic)
Ronny Graupe, Valentin Ceccaldi, Theo Ceccaldi & Christian Lillinger: Toronto from q00lp (BMC)
Quinsin Nachoff’s Flux: Orbital Resonances from Path of Totality (Whirlwind)


(Intro / Outro - Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle Spoon from Toutakoustics (BlueNote Fr)

Sunday 10 March 2019

Playlist - Mar 10th 2019


Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom: Glitter Wolf from Glitter Wolf (Royal Potato Family)
Luca Dell’Anna Quartet: Monkey and the Brain from Human See, Human Do (UR Records)
Holum Trio: Strandpark from Borte (AMP Music& Records)
Das Kapital: La Mer from Vive La France (LabelBleu)
This Is Pan: What If We Just Took Off from Hudson Suite (Anuk)
Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom: Zev – The Phoenix from Glitter Wolf (Royal Potato Family)
Adam Glasser: Kort Street from Free At First (Sunnyside)
Henry Lowther’s Still Waters: Lights of the North Circular from Can’t Believe, Won’t Believe (Village Life)
Mark Lockheart: This Much I Know is True from Days On Earth (Edition)
Family Band: Board of Origin from Board of Origin (self-released)
Alexander Hawkins: Strange Courage from Iron Into Wind (Intakt)
Joe Fiedler: The Batty Bat from Open Sesame (self-released)
Pipeline 8: Joy from Prayer (We Insist)
Roberto Negro: Boboto from Kings and Bastards (CAMJazz)
Ingrid Jensen & Steve Treseler: Old Time from Invisible Sounds for Kenny Wheeler (Whirlwind)

Saturday 2 March 2019

Jazz Today Online - Spring 2019


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Fredrik Nordstrom: Brand New Dollars from Needs (CleanFeed). Fredrik Nordstrom and Fredrik Ljungkvist, reeds; Mats Aleklint, trombone; Niklas Barno, trumpet; Filip Augustson and Torbjorn Zetterberg, basses; Christopher Cantillo and Fredrik Rundqvist, drums.

Shane Quartet: Pilgrim from Moving Pictures (Anuk). Michael Gilsenan and Gabriel Wenger, saxophones; Jeremie Kruttli, bass; Philipp Liebundgut, drums; Niklaus Vogel and Laura Schuler, violins; Filomena Felley, viola; Raphael Heggendorn, cello.

Federica Michisanti Horn Trio: When I Wanted to Count Stars from Silent Rides (Filibusta). Francesco Bigoni, clarinet; Francesco Lento, trumpet; Federica Michisanti, bass.

Patchwork Jazz Orchestra: The Boy Roy from The Adventures of Mr Pottercakes (Spark!). James Davison, Adam Chatterton, James Copus and Tom Dennis, trumpets; Kieran McLeod, Tom Green, James Pimenta and Yusuf Narcin, trombones; Matthew Herd, Sam Glaser, Alex Hitchcock, Sam Miles and Tom Smith, saxophones; Liam Dunachie, keyboards; Rob Luft, guitar; Misha Mullov-Abbado, bass; Scott Chapman, drums.

Family Band: Rashtam and Scorpi from Board of Origin (self-released). Riley Stone-Lonergan, saxophone; Kim Macari, trumpet; Tom Riviere, bass; Steve Hanley, drums.

Here’s To Us: Naturen Och Welden from Animals, Wild and Tame (Hoob). Lisen Rylander Love, saxophone; Nils Berg, bass clarinet; Susana Santos Silva, trumpet; Josef Kellerdahl, bass.

Tito Mangialajo Rantzer Quartet: Embrace-Lee from Dedications (Solista). Francesco Bianchi, saxophone; Marco Fior, trumpet; Tito Mangialajo Rantzer, bass; Massimo Pintori, drums.

Jasper Blom Quartet w Nils Wogram: Macedonian Candidate from Polyphony (Whirlwind). Jasper Blom, saxophone; Nils Wogram, trombone; Jesse van Ruller, guitar; Frans van der Hoeven, bass; Martijn Vink, drums.