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 November 2019

Playlist - Nov 24th 2019

Marilyn Mazur, Fredrik Lundin & Kasper Bai: Vibe from Maluba Orchestra (Stunt)
Richard Andersson & Immer Grun: Evidence from What’s New (Hobby Horse)
Theo Ceccaldi Trio: Nin-Nin je T’aime from Django (Brouhaha)
Lyder Ovreas Roed: The Moon Doesn’t Drink from The Moon Doesn’t Drink (Jazzland)
Joy Ellis: Pollyanna from Dwell (Oti-O)
Rob Luft: Night Songs from Riser (Edition)
Alice Zawadzki: Superior Virtue from Within You is a World of Spring (Whirlwind)
Magpie Trio: Autumn Leaves (unreleased)
Jim Rattigan’s Pavillon: Crout’n Confusion from The Freedom of Movement (Three Worlds)
Fredrik Nordstrom, Palle Danielsson & Fredrik Rundqvist: Kvarteret Oron from Svensk Standard (El Dingo)
Wojcinski / Szmanda Quartet: Conclusions from With All Due Respect (Kansas)
Andrea Keller: Do Not Go Gentle from Transients Vol 2 (self-released)
Aaron Novik: Sunset from Rotterdam (self-released)
Aaron Novik: Garden from Rotterdam (self-released)
Joachim Caffonnette Trio: Inner Necessity from Vers L’Azur Noir (Neuklang)

Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)

Sunday 10 November 2019

Playlist - Nov 10th 2019


Bite The Gnatze: Knorrepot from Good Bike Fair Wheel (Trytone)
Bowman Trio: Mac Elliot from Persistence (We Jazz)
Shake Stew: Keep Walkin from Gris Gris (Traumton)
Harry Bolt: Piece By Piece from Piece By Piece (Selective)
Rob Luft: Riser from Riser (Edition)
Stan Sulzman & Nikki Iles: My Man’s Gone Now from Star Dust (Jellymould Jazz)
Elliot Galvin: Change from Modern Times (Edition)
Marius Neset: Shame Us from Golden Xplosion (Edition)
Bite The Gnatze: Zonnetje Watertje Windje from Good Bike Fair Wheel (Trytone)
Zach Brock, Matt Ulery & Jon Deitemyer: Nightshade from Wonderment (Woolgathering)
Emilia Martensson: Arm Ourselves Against Ourselves from Loredana (Babel)
Emilia Martensson: Yag Unnar Dig Anda Alt Gott from Loredana (Babel)
The Workshop: Rebound from More Conversations With the Drum (Onze Heures Onze)
Resolution 88: Revolutions from Revolutions (Legere)
Better Than TV: Norway from Song From No Man’s Land (self-released)
Ezra Weiss Big Band: Blues and the Alternative Fact from We Limit Not the Truth of God (OA2)


Friday 1 November 2019

Jazz Today Online - Autumn 2019


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Per Texas Johansson: Borja Om Igen from Strak Pa Himlen Och Stora Hus (Moserobie). Per Texas Johansson, reeds; Mattias Stahl, vibraphone, marimba; Konrad Agnas, percussion.

Eric Hofbauer: Well Used, Adorning Joy from Book of Water (Creative Nation Music). Sethe Meicht, sax; Jeb Bishop, trombone; Jerry Sabatini, trumpet; Eric Hofbauer, guitar; Nate McBride, bass; Curt Newton, drums.

Daniel Erdmann’s Velvet Revolution: Won’t Put No Flag Out from Won’t Put No Flag Out (BMC). Daniel Erdmann, sax; Theo Ceccaldi, violin, viola; Jim Hart, vibraphone.

Jeppe Zeeberg: Looks Like Noodles To Me from Universal Disappointment (self-released).Laura Toxvaerd, alto sax; Petter Hangsel, trombone; Henrik Olsson, guitar; Jeppe Zeeberg, keyboards; Casper Nyvang Rask and Jeppe Skovbakke, bass; Anders Vestergaard, percussion.

Stephane Belmondo & Sylvain Luc: It’s Real from 2.0 (Naïve). Stephane Belmondo, trumpet; Sylvain Luc, guitar.

Paolo Botti & La Fabbrica dei Botti: The Cuckoo from Lomax Lives! (Caligola). Paolo Botti, viola, mandolin, dobro, bowed psaltery; Gabriele Cancelli, trumpet; Tony Cattano, trombone; Dimitri Grechi Espinosa and Edoardo Marraffa, reeds; Enrico Tarragnoli, guitar, banjo; Mariangela Tandoi, accordion; Tito Mangialajo Rantzer, bass; Zeno De Rossi, drums.

Bjorn Marius Hegge: 4th Die Manschen from Ideas (Particular). Axel Dorner, trumpet; Rudi Mahall, bass clarinet; Havard Wiik, piano; Bjorn Marius Hegge, bass; Hans Hulbaekmo, drums.

Tomeka Reid Quartet: Ballad from Old New (Cuneiform). Tomeka Reid, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums.

Eirik Hegdal: Country March Balloon from Musical Balloon (Particular). Eirik Hegdal, reeds; Eivind Lonning, trumpet; Nils-Olav Johansen, guitar, banjo, vocals; Mattias Stahl, vibraphone; Ole Morten Vagan, bass; Jon Falt, drums.

Jeb Bishop Flex Quartet: Sometimes from Re-Collect (Not Two). Jeb Bishop, trombone; Russ Johnson, trumpet; Jason Roebke, bass; Frank Rosaly, drums.

Johnny Hunter: Endless Cruelties from Pale Blue Dot (Northern Contemporary). Mark Hanslip, sax; Gemma Bass, violin; Aby Vuliamy, viola; Michael Bardon, cello; Seth Bennett, bass; Johnny Hunter, drums.