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Read more: Tales from the far Side 05.03.26 Standard Question Time
On this edition I'ld like to invite you to Jazz Standard Question Time where I explore a variety of classic and not so classic Jazz Standards asking questions about love, life, leaving, living, parting, romance and other issues of our time from "Isn't it romantic" to "How deep is the Ocean".
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Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 7 Benny Goodman - the King of Swing
This podcast celebrates the music and life of some of the greatest movers and shakers in Jazz history.
Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 7 Benny Goodman - the King of Swing
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 26.02.26 Irish Jazz in full flight
On this week's edition I feature the activities of two shining spotlights at the Irish Jazz Scene, the Livia Record label and Westport Jazz with a selection of music by some creative and innovative artists involved and a glimpse into the early years and the pioneering force of guitarist Louis Stewart and others. And there is music by "King Louis" as well as the Ronan Guilfoyle Amusement Arcade, Michael Buckley's Ebb and Flow, the Carole Nelson Trio, the Jeff Levy/Phil Robson Quartet, Christine Tobin and others.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 26.02.26 Irish Jazz in full flight
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Read more: JazzTime 1st March 2026
Weekly 2-hour jazz show from Dublin presented by Dermot Rogers.
Playing tracks by Louis Stewart, Jed Levy Phil Robson, Brian Molley Quartet, Joe Henderson, Catherine Russell and more.
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Read more: Louis Stewart’s Joyce Notes: A Lost Suite Reborn from the Cork Jazz Festival, 1982
Livia Records continues its remarkable archival journey through the recorded legacy of Louis Stewart with the release of Joyce Notes, a previously unreleased live recording captured at the Cork Jazz Festival on 23rd October 1982
Set for release on 27th March 2026 (CD and digital download), Joyce Notes documents Stewart’s ambitious six-part suite inspired by scenes and characters from James Joyce’s Ulysses. Conceived to coincide with the centenary of Joyce’s birth in 1982, the project emerged from a shared enthusiasm for Joyce between Stewart and Livia Records founder Gerald Davis.
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Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 6 Dave Brubeck - The pianist behind "Take Five"
This podcast celebrates the music and life of some of the greatest movers and shakers in Jazz history.
Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 6 Dave Brubeck - The pianist behind "Take Five"
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 19.02.26 Trumpet-Piano Duets in Jazz
On this edition I explore the interplay of the trumpet and the piano in Jazz, going back to the classic Louis Armstrong recording of "Weatherbird" and reaching our modern times with the free-flowing interplay of French pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and trumpeter Wadada Leo, finding some gems in between.
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