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Read more: Tales from the far Side 25.08.22 Jack DeJohnette at 80
On this edition I celebrate Drummer jack DeJohnette's 80th Birthday with a selection from his rich and innovative recording back catalogue as a leader and as a sideman.
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 18.08.22 Another Kind of Blue, the colour Blue in Jazz
On this edition I reflect about the different shades of the colour BLUE with some different styles of JAZZ, with music by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, McCoy Tyner, Linda May Han Oh, Michael Wollny, Cowboys and Frenchmen, Tom Harrell, Pasquale Grasso and others
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Read more: The Hot Box #085 - Jazz Times’s Top 10
And the Hot Box gets to number 85!
This time, a few samples from the Jazz Times’s Top 10 albums of the 1980s, together with a review of the new Palmetto release by baritone and clarinet star Brian Landrus. And the third and final track, never before heard, of the Louis Stewart/Honor Heffernan acoustic session.
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 10.08.22 Jazz for a sunny day in the Country Side
On this edition I'ld like to lead you along the Country side on a sunny late summer day with some "Country-themed" Jazz as the soundtrack, with music by the NDR Big Band, Sam Jones, Nat Adderley, Tony Bennett, Bill Charlap, David Larsen, Charnett Moffett, Sonny Rollins and others
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 04.08.22 Tribute to Barbara Thompson
On this edition I pay tribute to the British Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Barbara Thompson who sadly died in early July but her music is thankfully out there for all of those who want to hear and feel
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 28.07.22 American Jazz Greats in Europe
On this edition I feature some of the legendary American Jazz musicians, who settled in post-war Europe and influenced the Jazz scene in the metropoles of the "old World"
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 21.07.22 The Sound of Summer running
THE SOUND OF SUMMER RUNNING ........
Summer Jazz Fairytales from the Glen Nephin
on this week's edition of TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE (broadcast on CRC102.9fm and on www.crcfm.ie every Thursday 8-10 pm.WET with podcast available on www.mixcloud.com/wernerlewon) with music by Marc Johnson, Ack van Rooyen, Albert Ayler, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Hubbard, Alan Broadbent, Miles Davis, Chick Corea Akoustic Trio and others
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