.....featuring music from the Sketchbook Orchestra, the quintet Altus, the Shljuka Quintet and the duo of Arve Henriksen and Harmen Fraanje. Plus a new quartet fronted by trumpeter Dave Douglas and the Ivo Neame Quartet, a band coming to Cambridge this Autumn. Listen HERE at 4pm BST.
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.
Friday 26 July 2024
Sunday 21 July 2024
Playlist - July 21st / 24th 2024
Harry Skoler: Blue, Mostly from
Red Brick Hill (Sunnyside)
Liv Andrea Hauge Trio: Gullregn from
Ville Blomster (Hubro)
Shakai: Not Yours from Fragments
(Is It Jazz?)
Delta Saxophone Quartet: Sketch For
Summer from Late Music (FMR)
Delta Saxophone Quartet: Love Will
Tear Us Apart from Late Music (FMR)
Harry Skoler: Ascent from Red
Brick Hill (Sunnyside)
Superposition: Superseven from
Superposition II (We Jazz)
Magnus Ostrom & Dan Berglund: Tuesday
Wonderland from e.s.t. 30 (ACT)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Sunday 14 July 2024
Playlist - July 14th / 17th 2024
Claudio Cojaniz & Alessandro Turchet:
Aqua Marina from Madeleine (Caligola)
Liba Villavecchia Trio & Luis Vicente:
Muracik from Muracik (Clean Feed)
Fernando Brox: Kalahari from From Within (Fresh Sound New Talent)
BassDrumBone: Afternoon Begins from
Afternoon (Auricle)
Welf Dorr, Elias Meister, Dmitry Ishenko
& Kenny Wollesen: Painful Long Goodbye from So Far So Good (self-released)
Sunday 7 July 2024
Playlist - July 7th / 10th 2024
Julian Costello & Vertigo:
Inspector Morse from Julian Costello & Vertigo (Elsden Music)
Olga Konkova: Alaska from The
Pianist’s Garden (Losen)
BassDrumBone: Ain’t Nuttin Butta from
Afternoon (Auricle)
Phil Merriman Trio: Waves from
The Roots Beneath (self-released)
Black Diamond: Under the Garden from
Furniture of the Mind Rearranging (We Jazz)
Julian Costello & Vertigo: Ooh I
Like Your Shirt from Julian Costello & Vertigo (Elsden Music)
Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble: Libra from
Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble (Palmetto)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Sunday 30 June 2024
Playlist - June 30th / July 3rd 2024
Sergio Armaroli & Giovanni Maier:
Figure #2 from Figure(s) a Due (Dodicilune)
Marius Zeeberg: Untitled #12 from
Garage Sale (self-released)
Marius Zeeberg: 100 Meter Dash from
Garage Sale (self-released)
Ben Crosland’s Threeway: Lonely
Streets from Harken! (Jazz Cat)
Devin Gray: To The Point from To
The Point (Rataplan)
Devin Gray: Floating Rooms from
To The Point (Rataplan)
Sergio Armaroli & Giovanni Maier:
India from Figure(s) a Due (Dodicilune)
Kresten Osgood Quintet: Blues for
Muse from Live at H15 Studio (ILK Music)
Fran Nava: El Boson de Higgs from
Una Historia de Particulas (Ears & Eyes)
Sunday 23 June 2024
Playlist - June 23rd / 26th 2024
Liv Andrea Hauge Trio: Det Vokser
Ville Blomster Pa Manen from Ville Blomster (Hubro)
Ohad Talmor: Kathlyn Grey from
Back To the Land (Intakt)
Friends & Neighbors: Latin
Phonetics from Circles (Clean Feed)
Stefano Onorati & Fulvio Sigurta:
Swami from Extended Singularity (Caligola)
Cameron Undy: Morning Tide from
Ghost Frequency - Resonance (Earshift)
Ohad Talmor: Dewey’s Tune from
Back To the Land (Intakt)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Sunday 16 June 2024
Playlist - June 16th / 19th 2024
Scheen Jazzorkester & Cortex: Inklings
from Frameworks (Clean Feed)
Nell Greco: Merlo from Inanima
(Clonmell Jazz Social)
Orchestra Nazionale Della Luna: Transience
from Selene’s View (BMC / Igloo)
Sam Braysher: Ships Adrift from
That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill (self-released)
Scheen Jazzorkester & Cortex: Weaving
from Frameworks (Clean Feed)
Iiro Rantala HEL Trio: Stockholm Syndrome
from Tough Stuff (ACT)
Luke Stewart Silt Trio: Seek Whence from
Unknown Rivers (Pi Recordings)
Sunday 9 June 2024
Playlist - June 9th / 12th 2024
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Alexis Valet: Myrtle from Following the Sun (Jazz & People)
Jacky Molard / Francois Corneloup Quartet:
Intime Nomade from Entre Les Terres (Emouvance)
Ron Miles: I Will Be Free from
Old Main Chapel (Blue Note)
Jasper Hoiby’s 3 Elements: Flying from
Like Water (Edition)
Christian Holm-Svendsen with Daniel
Sommer & Mariusz Prasniewski: Duo from Totem (April)
Christian Holm-Svendsen with Daniel
Sommer & Mariusz Prasniewski: December from Totem (April)
Jacky Molard / Francois Corneloup Quartet:
Gwerz d’autre Part from Entre Les Terres (Emouvance)
Sam Newbould: BTE Reprise 2 from
Homing (Zennez)
Sam Newbould: Twinkle Twinkle from
Homing (Zennez)
Sunday 2 June 2024
Playlist - June 2nd / 5th 2024
Federica Michisanti Quartet: Not from
Afternoons (Parco della Music)
Kenny Warren: Sunshine Collection from
Sweet World (Out Of Your Head)
Kenny Warren: Fartsy from Sweet World (Out Of Your Head)
Pago Libre & Sooon: Monsoon from
Friendship - Riffs Ahead! (Leo)
David Gordon Trio: Brandy for 4 from
Pachyderm (Mister Sam)
Andrea Grossi Blend 3 + Jim Black: Dark
Bloom from Axes (We Insist!)
Joel Haag: Bistro from Bistro (Varva)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Sunday 26 May 2024
Playlist - May 26th / 29th 2024
Flukten: Flukten from Flukten
(Odin)
Helveticus: Mazurka from Our
Way (Blaser Music)
Arun Ghosh: Farewell Blue from
Seclused in Light (Camoci)
Bag Of Bones: Onwards and Upwards from
No One Gets Saved (577)
Flux: Fragrant Helebore from
Roots & Rhizomes (Jazzhausmusik)
Helveticus: Heiri’s Idea from
Our Way (Blaser Music)
Flukten: Bjorni Sover from
Flukten (Odin)
Samo Salamon, Vasil Hadzimanov & Ra
Kalam Bob Moses: Hapi May from Dances of Freedom (Samo)
Sunday 19 May 2024
Playlist - May 19th / 22nd 2024
Carolyn Hume & Paul May: Bill
& Marty from Shape of the Night (Leo)
Enzo Favata: Ballao from Os
Caminhos de Garibaldi (Caligola)
Bruno Heinen & James Kitchman: Snowed
In With Cedar Walton from Rain Shadow (Ubuntu)
Bill Frisell: Levees from Orchestras
(Blue Note)
Alban Darche & Lois Le Van: In a Sentimental
Mood from Lazy Afternoon (Yolk)
Kaira: Driven from Air (EclipseMusic)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Sunday 12 May 2024
Playlist - May 12th / 15th 2024
Mega Mass: Warm Canto from Murmurs
and Wails (Jazzhausmusik)
Mathias Landaeus: Body: A Tree
Merging with Itself from Path (SFAR)
Bill Laurance and The Untold Orchestra:
Strange Love from Bloom (ACT)
Jason Robinson: Potentiality from
Ancestral Numbers 1 (Playscape)
Janick Martin Trio: Portrait from
Song Song (Le Grand Pas)
Bill Laurance and The Untold Orchestra:
Strange Love from Bloom (ACT)
Laughing Bastards: Sand from Fetish
(BMC / WERF)
Sunday 5 May 2024
Playlist - May 5th / 8th 2024
Tomasz Dabrowski & The Individual
Beings: Lush from Better (April)
Tomeka Reid Quartet: Sauntering With
Mr Brown from 3 + 3 (Cuneiform)
Fergus McCreadie Trio: Sun Pillars from
Stream (Edition)
Stephan Crump: Eager from Slow
Water (Papillon)
Tomasz Dabrowski & The Individual
Beings: Unicorns from Better (April)
Fergus McCreadie Trio: Mountain
Stream from Stream (Edition)
SticklerPhonics: Technicolor Ghost
Parade from Technicolor Ghost Parade (Jealous Butcher)
Sunday 28 April 2024
Playlist - April 28th / May 1st 2024
Arild Andersen, Daniel Sommer & Rob
Luft: Fifth Winter from As Time Passes (April)
Fur: Barely Spreng from Bond (BMC)
Julian Costello Quartet: Winter from
And All the Birds Were Set Free (33 Jazz)
Rebecka Edlund’s Virgin Forest: Overgrown
(unreleased)
Ingi Bjarni Trio: Impulsive from
Fragile Magic (self-released)
Fur: Tout Tombe from Bond (BMC)
The Core: The Root from Roots
(Moserobie)
Sunday 21 April 2024
Playlist - Apr 21st / 24th 2024
Gary Brunton: Poem For No 15 from
GWAWR (Juste-Une-Trace)
Mikael Mani: She’ll Arrive Between 10
and 11 from Guitar Poetry (ACT)
Looty Trio: Ca de Bou from Boxer
Rebellion (AUT)
Mark Lockheart: Mingle Tingle from
Dreamers (Edition)
Maridalen: Lorraine from
Gressholmen (Jazzland)
Iris Trio: A Blue in Every Hue from
Project Earth – The Blue Chapter (Centrediscs)
Iris Trio: Jay from Project
Earth – The Blue Chapter (Centrediscs)
Charles Lloyd: Monks Dance from
The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Sunday 14 April 2024
Playlist - Apr 14th / 17th 2024
Roddy Ellias: Chant from Moon
Over Lake (self-released)
Maridalen: Fuglefangeren from
Gressholmen (Jazzland)
Bruno Heinen & James Kitchman: Warm
Valley from Rain Shadow (Ubuntu Music)
Joachim Ullrich’s Family of Choice:
The Small Village from Five Simple Songs (Jazzhausmusik)
Matthieu Bordenave: The Blue Land from
The Blue Land (ECM)
Roddy Ellias: Summer’s End from
Moon Over Lake (self-released)
Byron Asher’s Skrontch Music: Papa
Likes His Outside Women, Mama Likes Her Outside Men from Lord When You
Send the Rain (Sinking City)
Sunday 7 April 2024
Playlist - Apr 7th / 10th 2024
Bevort 3: Northbound from Northbound
(Gateway Music)
Michael Attias: Hexway Liner from
Quartet Music Vol 1: LuMiSong (Out Of Your Head)
Threeway w John Etheridge: AB4BC from Harken! (JazzCat)
Marta Klouckova Quartet: Poustim Te from
Loving Season (Hevhetia)
Eva Novoa, Drew Gress & Devin Gray:
Indigo Blue from Vol 1 (577)
Bevort 3: Ebullient Encounter from
Northbound (Gateway Music)
Kjetil Mulelid: Heroes from Agoja
(Odin)
Sunday 31 March 2024
Playlist - Mar 31st / Apr 3rd 2024
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer: Barnyard
Disturbance from But Who’s Gonna Play the Melody ? (Mack Avenue)
Koma Saxo: Omkomma Hemma from Post
Koma (We Jazz)
Koma Saxo: Stundens Hetta from
Post Koma (We Jazz)
John Turville: Cancion 4 from Head
First (Whirlwind)
Julien Tassin: Believe from Great
Expectations (Igloo / WERF)
Joe Webb: Collblanc from Collblanc
(Edition)
Joe Webb: Munchin Munchen from
Collblanc (Edition)
Ludovico Carmenati Ensemble: That’s
It from Songs and Tunes (Notami Jazz)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Sunday 24 March 2024
Playlist - Mar 24th / 27th 2024
Michael Arbenz: Brilliant Moon from
Classicism – A Point of View (self-released)
Emile Parisien Quartet: Wine Time
Part 1 from Let Them Cook (ACT)
John Etheridge: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat from
Blue Spirits Live (Dyad)
Jouni Jarvela, Lenny Pickett, Pepa Paivinen
& Jonatan Sarikoski: Clarinet Trio VI from Jouni’s Pipe Dream (Jouni’sPipe Dream)
Florestan Berset, Francesco Losavio &
Norbert Pfammatter: A from A Vol D’Oiseau (Fundacja Sluchaj)
Byron Asher’s Skrontch Music: Threads
from Lord When You Send the Rain (Sinking City)
Sunday 17 March 2024
Playlist - Mar 17th / 20th 2024
Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Tres
Palabras from Journey To Where (Stoney Lane)
Atom String Quartet: Interference from
Universum (Warner Classics)
Oknytt: Gubbkepsen from Nogot
om en Bjork (self-released)
Acceleration Due To Gravity: Cedar
Run from Jonesville (Hot Cup)
John Surman: Words Unspoken from
Words Unspoken (ECM)
Julian Costello Quartet: And All the
Birds Were Set Free from And All the Birds Were Set Free (33 Jazz)
Sunday 10 March 2024
Playlist - March 10th /13th 2024
Ted Morcaldi: Time Windows from
Live 2023 (self-released)
Federico Calcagno Octet: Perseverance
from Mundus Inversus (Habitable)
Misha Mullov-Abbado Group: Bear from
Dream Circus (Edition)
Ambrose Akinmusire: Owl Song I from Owl Song (Nonesuch)
Olivier Le Goas: Mirage from Sunland
(Double Moon)
DASH!: Untie from Radio Rotor
(self-released)
Erskine & Kavuma: The Day After from
Ultrasound (Banger Factory)
Sunday 3 March 2024
Playlist Mar 3rd / 6th 2024
Stefan Karl Schmid, Lars Duppler &
Hilmar Jensson: Illusionist from Blidur (self-released)
Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Wrinkle
on Tinkle from Elegy For Thelonious (Sunnyside)
Empirical: She Moves from Wonder
is the Beginning (Whirlwind)
Jeremy Rose & The Earshift Orchestra:
Unverified Persona from Discordia (Earshift)
Stefan Karl Schmid, Lars Duppler &
Hilmar Jensson: Augnablik from Blidur (self-released)
Arne Torvik Trio: Eastbound from
Songs For Roman (Losen)
Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle
Spoon from Toutakoustiks (Blue Note Fr)
Thursday 29 February 2024
Jazz Today Online: Winter 2024
Matteo Mosolo & Flavio Zanuttini:
Under Watts Towers from Half Black Half White Half Yellow (Caligola)
Max Nagl Trio: Van Doner from Fauteuil
(Jazzwerkstatt)
Mary Halvorson: The Tower from
Cloudward (Nonesuch)
Elina Duni: I’ll Be Seeing You from A Time
To Remember (ECM)
John Pope Quintet: Free Spin from Citrinitas
(New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings)
Mark Lotz: Frouzan from Freshta (Zennez /
Berthold)
German Lema & Nicolas Ojeda: The Peacocks from
Su Trazo y el Siencio (Ears & Eyes)
Theo May’s Odd Unit: Twelve’s Blood from
Alive in the Forest of Odd (Discus Music)
Deon: Lost in the Woods from Soft Steel (Trytone)