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 31 December 2023

Playlist - Dec 31st 2023 / Jan 3rd 2024

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Michele Fattori & Marcello Sebastiani
: Big Blues from Gavagai (Notami)

No Fast Food III: Beloved Refracted from Coda(s) (CornerStoreJazz)

Fergus McCreadie: Eb Major from Sketches (Edition)

Michael Moore, John Pope & Johnny Hunter: First Half of May from Something Happened (New Jazz andImprovised Music)

Tomas Liska Invisible World & Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra: Dunga Runga from Synergy (Invisible)

HackOut!: But It Is Not This Day from Sad Music for Happy Elevators (Caligola)

No Fast Food III: The Universal E from Coda(s) (CornerStoreJazz)

Maciej Obara Quartet: Frozen Silence from Frozen Silence (ECM)




Sunday 24 December 2023

Playlist - Dec 24th / 27th 2023

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Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard
: Pressure from As Good As It Gets (Rune Grammofon)

Schikane: Narziss und Silbermund from Der Erste Biss Darf Nicht Salat Sein (Jazzhausmusik)

Hugh Warren: Atlantico from Choro Choro Choro (Maizeh Music - 2024)

Elina Duni: I’ll Be Seeing You from A Time To Remember (ECM)

Andrea Keller Trio, Strings & Voices: Flicker #4 from Flicker & Polar Bird (self-released)

Liam Elion: Water For Sale from Almost Free (Varva)

Espen Berg: Circumzenithal from Water Fabric (Odin)

John Scofield: TV Band from Uncle John’s Band (ECM)


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



Sunday 17 December 2023

Playlist - Dec 17th / 20th 2023

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David Lopato & Global Coolant
: Stuttersteppin’ from Short Stories (Global Coolant)

Mark Lotz: Frouzan from Freshta (Zennez / Berthold)

OyvindLAND: Thelonious I Modus  from Nonett (Ora Fonogram)

Matthieu Saglio: Amal from Voices (ACT)

Kenneth Jimenez: Dos Tazas from Sonnet To Silence (We Jazz)

Shake Stew: Lila from Lila (Traumton)

Miho Hazama m-unit: Can’t Hide Love from Beyond Orbits (Edition)



Sunday 10 December 2023

Playlist - Dec 10th / 13th 2023

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Andrew Rathbun
: Speed of Time from The Speed of Time (Steeplechase)

Per Texas Johansson: Somnambul from Den Samsta Losningen Av Alla (Moserobie)

NoSax NoClar: Eli from No Dahiss (Yolk)

Elina Duni: A Time To Remember from A Time To Remember (ECM)


Stirrup: Azul Amis from Picks Up the Thread (Ears & Eyes)

Per Texas Johansson: Mardrommen from Den Samsta Losningen Av Alla (Moserobie)

NoSax NoClar: Soon from No Dahiss (Yolk)

Chien Chien Lu: Hsiu Chin from Built In System (Giant Step Arts)



Sunday 3 December 2023

Playlist - Dec 3rd / 6th 2023

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Billy Mohler
: Ultraviolet from Ultraviolet (Contagious Music)

Itamar Borochov: What Broke You ? from Arba (Greenleaf Music)

John Pope Quintet: Through the Earth from Citrinitas (New Jazz and Improvised Music)

Joe Policastro Trio: Poloumena from Ceremony (Jeru Jazz)

Meinrad Kneer Quintet: As Close As It Gets from Der Zweite Streich (Jazzwerkstatt)

Frank Vaganee, Sam Gertsmans & Teun Verbruggen: Hun from Black Diamond (RAT)

Chris Batchelor’s Zoetic: Corneta from Telling the Tale (Pokey)

 

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


Sunday 26 November 2023

Playlist - Nov 26th / 29th 2023

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Stanislaw Aleksandrowicz Oktet
: Droznik from Piesn o Bebnie (self-released)

Tim Daisy, Mark Feldman & Jeb Bishop: Other Echoes from Begin, Again (Relay)

Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons: Dolores, Take 1 from Live at The Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)

Philippe Cote & Francois Bourassa: Muted Song from Confluence (Odd Sound)

MoonMot: Under Construction from 350 Million Herring (Enja)

Arthur Kell Speculation Quartet: Pisciotta Blue from Live at Lunatico (Origin)



Sunday 19 November 2023

Playlist - Nov 19th / 22nd 2023

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Zoe Rahman
: Dance of Time from Colour of Sound (self-released)

J.A.M. String Collective: It Still Moves from JAM (self-released)

Ted Morcaldi, Joel Humann & Josh Blackmore: Time Windows (unreleased)

Ted Morcaldi, Joel Humann & Josh Blackmore: Art Decade (unreleased)

Martin Hallmark’s Q3: Nomads from Water Speckled Midnight (self-released)

Elina Duni & Rob Luft: Flying Kites from Lost Ships (ECM)

Zoe Rahman: Dance of Time from Colour of Sound (self-released)



Sunday 12 November 2023

Playlist - Nov 12th / 15th 2023

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Alessandro Deledda
: Hotel Milano from Club Notturno (Losen)

Sanne Rambags, Vincent Courtois & Julian Sartorius: Autumn in May from Twigs (BMC)

Hans Ludemann TransEuropeExpress Ensemble: Movimenti from On The Edges 3 (BMC)

Leon Foster Thomas: Dance of David from Calasanitus (Krossover Jazz)

Tim Boniface: Zechariah from The Infant (self-released)

Maria Rehakova: Red Apple Part 2 from Topol’ana (self-released)

Maridalen: Pa Nye Eventyr from Bortenfor (Jazzland)

 

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




Sunday 5 November 2023

Playlist - Nov 5th / 8th 2023

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Andre Roligheten
: Whale Waltz from Marbles (Odin)

Harper Trio: A Greek in Spain from Passing By (Little Yellow Man)

Rebecca Nash: Osmium from Redefining Element 78 (Whirlwind)

The Composers’ Orchestra Berlin: Neutronenstern from Exoplanet (Jazzhausmusik)

Verneri Pohjola: Of Our Children from Monkey Mind (Edition)

Logan Kane: Where Within from Floor Plans (Ghost Note)



Sunday 29 October 2023

Playlist - Oct 29th / Nov 1st 2023

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Hugues Mayot’s L’Arbre Rouge
: Ataraxia from Invocations (BMC)

Materical: Dry Sand from Materical (AUT)

Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band: Spirit Crawl from Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band (Tight Lines)

J.A.M. String Collective: The Hum of 4am from J.A.M. String Collective (self-released)

Chris Batchelor’s Zoetic: Telling the Tale from Telling the Tale (Pokey)

Allison Miller: Hudson from Rivers In Our Veins (Royal Potato Family)



Sunday 22 October 2023

Playlist - Oct 22nd / 25th 2023 - Cambridge Jazz Festival Special

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Emma Rawicz: Phlox from Chroma (ACT)

Alice Zawadzki: Superior Virtue from Within You is a World of Spring (Whirlwind)

Leon Foster Thomas: I Am An Immigrant from Calasanitus (Krossover Jazz)

Tori Freestone & Alcyona Mick: They Can’t Take That Away From Me from Make One Little Room An Everywhere (self-released)

Ted Morcaldi: Time Windows (unreleased)

Zoe Rahman: Roots from Colour of Sound (self-released)

Alex Hitchcock & Ant Law: Chrysalis from Same Moon in the Same World (Outside In Music)



Sunday 15 October 2023

Playlist - Oct 15th / 18th 2023

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Caesar Frazier
: Jive Samba from Live at Jazzcup (Stunt)

Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet: Insertion Four from Hear The Light Singing (Rogue Art)

Henri Texier: Apache Woman from An Indian’s Life (Label Bleu)

Trish Clowes & Louise McMonagle: Cells (unreleased)

Rob Luft: Daylight Saving Time from Dahab Days (Edition)

Jure Pukl’s Anorok: Cruise from Melt (Whirlwind)




Sunday 8 October 2023

Playlist - Oct 8th / 11th 2023

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Galumphing Duo
: Woza Waltz from Contrast of Opposites (AMP Music)

Matteo Mosolo: Uprising Dance from Isolation (Caligola)

I.P.A.: Pop from Grimsta (Cuneiform)

I.P.A.: Ballet from Grimsta (Cuneiform)

Tori Freestone & Alcyona Mick: In The Fridge from Make One Little Room An Everywhere (self-released)

Suzanne: Spectacliste from Travel Blind (Gigantonium)

Galumphing Duo: Supposing from Contrast of Opposites (AMP Music)

Matteo Mosolo: Mud Mood from Isolation (Caligola)

Mark Turner Quartet: Bridgetown from Live at The Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts)

 

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



Sunday 1 October 2023

Playlist - Oct 1st / 4th 2023

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Deon
: Lost in the Woods from Soft Steel (Trytone)

Velvet Revolution: The Velvet Tango from Message in a Bubble (BMC)

Emanuele Parrini Quintet feat. Taylor Ho Bynum: San Frediano from Digging (Felmay)

Eddie Parker’s Airborn: Airborn 5 (unreleased)

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Cantus Bradus from Dance of the Elders (ECM)

Pascal Le Boeuf: Wanderlust from Ritual Being (SoundSpore)

 

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



Sunday 24 September 2023

Playlist - Sep 24th / 27th 2023

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Mappe 3
: Sanglaten from Mappe 3 + Jazz = < 3 (Varva)

Nils Wogram: Ambiguity from The Pristine Sound of Root 70 (nWog)

Steve Lugerner’s SLUGish Ensemble: No Justice, No Peace from In Solitude (Slow & Steady)

Out Front: Bee Vamp (unreleased)

Clement Janinet’s La Litanie Des Cimes: Shadows from Woodlands (BMC)

Matteo Mosolo & Flavio Zanuttini: Nice of You to Have Come to My Funeral from Half Black Half White Half Yellow (Caligola)

Enemy: Morfar Sixten from The Betrayal (WeJazz)



Sunday 17 September 2023

Playlist - Sep 17th / 20th 2023

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Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra
: Boogie Stop Toffel from Family (We Jazz)

Matteo Mosolo & Flavio Zanuttini: Under Watts Towers from Half Black Half White Half Yellow (Caligola)

Steven Kamperman: L’entrée from Maison Moderne (Trytone)

Emma Rawicz: Middle Ground from Chroma (ACT)

John Pope Quintet: Free Spin from Citrinitas (New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings)

Tomas Fujiwara: Solace from Pith (Out of Your Head)


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



Sunday 10 September 2023

Playlist - Sep 10th / 13th 2023

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Daniele Cavallanti & The Songlines Band: Mbizo from The Dreamtime (Felmay)

Will Bernard & Beth Custer: Sweeping Staircase from Sky (Dreck to Disk)

Nite Bjuti: The Window from Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind)

Empirical: Giants from Like Lambs (self-released)

Phillip Dornbusch’s Projektor: Anthem from Re/construct (Berthold)

Snorre Kirk: On Late Nights from Top Dog (Stunt)

Todd Sickafoose: Boom Bust Startup Ruin from Bear Proof (Secret Hatch)



Sunday 3 September 2023

Playlist - Sep 3rd / 6th 2023

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Florian Arbenz
: Fast Lane from Conversation #10 - Inland (Hammer)

Roberto Ottaviano & Pinturas: O Silencio das Estrellas from A Che Punto e la Notte (Dodicilune)

Velvet Revolution: In My Song there is a Secret from Message in a Bubble (BMC)

Robbie Melville: Great Expectations from Tangled Trails (Lionsharecords)

Tara Minton & Ed Babar: What We Have To Be from Two For The Road (Jazzizit)

Will Bernard & Beth Custer: Not Necessarily Stoned from Sky (Dreck to Disk)

Robbie Melville: Hey Buddy from Tangled Trails (Lionsharecords)

Florian Arbenz: Jammin from Conversation #10 - Inland (Hammer)



Sunday 27 August 2023

Playlist - Aug 27th / 30th 2023

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DEON
: Karl May from Soft Steel (Trytone)

Audible Spirits: Stolen Moments from Audible Spirits (Diskonife)

German Lema & Nicolas Ojeda: Inconcluso from Su Trazo y el Silencio (Ears & Eyes)

Out Front: Black Fire (unreleased)

Aline’s Etoile Magique: Circa Herself from Eclipse (Elastic)

Jorg Schippa’s TEKK Trio: Fast and Slow from MushMix (Jazzhausmusik)

Per Mathisen Sounds of 3: Birds’Unrest from Edition 3 (Losen)



Sunday 20 August 2023

Playlist - Aug 20th / 23rd 2023

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Aki Rissanen: Influxus from Hyperreal (Edition)

Fiona Grond: Simpler Times from Poesias (ACT)

Shannon Barnett Quartet: Alone Together from Alive at Loft (Klaeng)

East Axis: Sometime Tomorrow from No Subject (Brother Mister)

Blue Cranes: Sloan from My Only Secret (JealousButcher / Beacon Sound)

Aki Rissanen: Dead Flies from Hyperreal (Edition)

Matt Carter Octet: Fighting Talk from Read Between the Lines (Ubuntu Music)



Sunday 13 August 2023

Playlist - Aug 13th / 16th 2023

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Axel Mardsjo: 1600rpm from Ett Gotesborgsportratt (Hoob)

Bruno Raberg: Kansala - Nardis from Look Inside (Orbis Music)

Brian McCarthy Nonet: Movement I from After / Life (Truth Revolution)

German Lema & Nicolas Ojeda: The Peacocks from Su Trazo y el Siencio (Ears & Eyes)

Ikiru: Meditations from Ikiru Plays Satie (Collectif Surnatural)

Bellbird: If You Can’t Swim, Dance from Root in Tandem (self-released)




Wednesday 9 August 2023

Jazz Today Online: Summer 2023

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Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy: Thank You For This Day from Day (Greenleaf)

Barbara Barth: Smile from All Or Nothing At All (Jazzhausmusik)

Flen: Old Bull Lee from Valkommen Till (self-released)

Trieders Holz: Heute Sind Meine Fusse Zu Gross from Vertraute Orte (nWog)

John Pope & John Garner: Mopti from 23323 (self-released)

Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band: Blues for Somliga from Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band (Moserobie)

Mixing Memory and Desire: The Long Goodbye from Strange Destination (WLJWC)

Gary Brunton : Energy Master Loc from Tren Dydd (Juste Une Trace)

Lorenzo De Finti: Solitary Perception from Lullabies From An Unknown Time (Losen)

Journal Intime & Jeremie Piazza: What Is This Thing Called Love from Playtime (Neuklang)

Tingo: Over Soe Og Land from Kvartetten Fra Verdens Ende (GO’ Danish Folk Music)

Yamabiko Quintet : Beautiful Flowers from Yamabiko Quintet (Nemu)



Sunday 6 August 2023

Playlist - Aug 6th / 9th 2023

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Joe Melnicove
: No Applause from You Is You (577 Records)

Pinguin Moschner & Joe Sachse: Red House from Uncovered Mermen (Jazzhausmusik)

Donder & Apeland: De Zontag Staat Op from Het Verdriet (WERF)

Dee Byrne: Capsule from Outlines (Whirlwind)

Kornel Fekete-Kovacs: Here is Here from Different Aspects of Silence (BMC)

Kornel Fekete-Kovacs: The Night from Different Aspects of Silence (BMC)

Ambrose Akinmusire: Carvin from Beauty is Enough (Origami Harvest)

Kaisa’s Machine: I from Taking Shape (Greenleaf)

Kaisa’s Machine: Floating Light from Taking Shape (Greenleaf)

 

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



Sunday 30 July 2023

Playlist - July 3rd / August 2nd 2023

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Adriano Clemente
: Crimson Mingus from The Coltrane Suite and Other Impressions (Dodicilune)

Plop & Junnu: Taysistunto from Plop & Junnu (Fiasko)

Ella Zirina: Riff for You (David) from Intertwined (Bimhuis)

Claudio Cojaniz: Jardin des Pluies from Black (Caligola)

Brass Funkeys: Up and At Them from More is More (self-released)

Adriano Clemente: Lost Gold Blues from The Coltrane Suite and Other Impressions (Dodicilune)

Claudio Cojaniz: Ola de Fuerza from Black (Caligola)

Matt Ulery: Left Window from Mannerist (Woolgathering)



Sunday 23 July 2023

Playlist - July 23rd / 26th 2023

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Chris Allard
: See You in Spuyton Duyvil from Melodic Collective (Perdido)

Luca Sisera Roofer & Kammerphilharmonie Graubunden: Atlantic Sketches from CLAZZ (nWog)

Laurent Bonnot OuLiPo Quartet: Velvet Break Up from Songs for Louisa (Juste une Trace)

Maxxxtet: Demoni 3 from Chapter 03 (FlameJazz)

Ouat: Peterson-Berger? from The Strange Adventures of Jesper Klint (Umlaut)

Ralph Alessi Quartet: Residue from It’s Always Now (ECM)



Sunday 16 July 2023

Playlist - July 16th / 19th 2023


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Mark Lotz Trio: Lust from Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (Zennez)

Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann & Robin Fincker: Madona from Nothing Else (BMC)

Regnfang: Sovnlos from Alting Har En Tid (self-released)

Anders Lonne Gronseth’s Extended Multiverse: Bismaksval from Inner View (NXN)

Arun Ghosh: Farewell Blue from Seclused in Light (Camoci)

Blaz Svagan: The Interval from Sound in Time (AUT)

Amiira: On Second Thought from Curious Objects (Arjuna Music)

Michael Feinberg: Eye of the Hurricane from Blues Variant (Criss Cross Jazz)


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


Sunday 9 July 2023

Playlist - July 9th / 12th 2023

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Jim Snidero
: Far Far Away from Far Far Away (Savant)

Fractus: Tallin from Fractus (self-released)

Trieders Holz: Heute Sind Meine Fusse Zu Gross from Vertraute Orte (nWog)

Tania Giannouli: Novelette from Solo (Rattle)

Lucia Cadotsch: Medusa’s Champagne from Aki (Heartcore)

Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band: Blues for Somliga from Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band (Moserobie)

MusicMusicMusic: Whole Foods from Oversized Vol 2 (Hoob)



Sunday 2 July 2023

Playlist - July 2nd / 5th 2023

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Nick Finzer
: Follow Your Heart from Dreams Visions Illusions (Outside In)

Lucia Cadotsch: Brother II from Aki (Heartcore)

Grgur Savic: Vortex from Vortex 001 (Aut)

Tingo: Over Soe Og Land from Kvartetten Fra Verdens Ende (GO’ Danish Folk Music)

John Pope & John Garner: Mopti from 23323 (self-released)

Giorgos Ventouris: Brouklis from First Light (Violins Productions)

Joachim Kuhn New Trio: Kattorna from Komeda (ACT)

 

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




Sunday 25 June 2023

Playlist - June 25th / 28th 2023

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Mihaly Borbely Quartet
: Threeplus Dream from Miracles of the Night (BMC)

3’AIN: Meeting Issues from Sea of Stories (Choux de Bruxelles)

Flen: Forgatmigej from Valkommen Till (self-released)

Franciszek Raczkowski: Relax Baby from Klood (self-released)

Franciszek Raczkowski: Calvados from Klood (self-released)

James Ilgenfritz: #facepalm from #entrainments (Infrequent Seams)

Leo Postolovsky: Ani from Pequenos Infinitos (Ears & Eyes)

Artemis: Empress Afternoon from In Real Time (Blue Note)



Sunday 18 June 2023

Playlist - June 18th / 21st 2023

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Rembrandt Frerichs Trio
: Binnen Zonder Kloppen from Graffiti Jazz (Zennez)

Darren Johnston: John’s Song from Wild Awake (Diskonife)

Alex LoRe & Weirdear: Stripes from Evening Will Find Itself (Whirlwind)

Branco Stoysin: Transition from Whispers From the Sun (Sun Recordings)

Rembrandt Frerichs Trio: The Big Over Easy from Graffiti Jazz (Zennez)

Frederik Villmow: B-Flat from Momentum (Losen)

Steve Banks: Belief from Emboldened (StoneyLane)



Sunday 11 June 2023

Playlist - June 11th / 14th 2023

Journal Intime & Jeremie Piazza: What Is This Thing Called Love from Playtime (Neuklang)

Mixing Memory and Desire: The Long Goodbye from Strange Destination (WLJWC)

Mixing Memory and Desire: Essay from Strange Destination (WLJWC)

Ralph Towner: Flow from At First Light (ECM)

Yamabiko Quintet : Beautiful Flowers from Yamabiko Quintet (Nemu)

Ted Morcaldi, Manel Fortia & Buz Donald: Vardo from Re-Entry (Fourth Moment)

Flen: Old Bull Lee from Valkommen Till (Self-released)

Ralph Towner: Make Someone Happy from At First Light (ECM)

Christian McBride’s New Jawn: Dolphy Dust from Prime (Brother Mister)