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On this week's edition you can hear some devilish good Jazz, Jazz that addresses Lucifer and his "Playlist" of Devil's Music with contributions by Don Ellis, Wayne Escoffery, Ahmad Jamal, Earl Hilnes, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Shorty Rodgers, Art Pepper, John Abercrombie and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 17.11.22 Devilish good Jazz
The 90th Hot Box
A cornucopia of delights from new recordings makes up the 66-odd minutes of this edition, starting out with a track from one of the new jazz superstars.
On this edition I explore the Roots of Cool Jazz with groundbreaking music by Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lee Konitz and Wayne Marsh, Stan Getz, Art Pepper, Lenny Tristano, Chet Baker and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 10.11.22 Exploring Cool Jazz
On this edition I play some jazz with the theme of carrying memories of the summer as our longer nights draw in with music by Mildred Bailey, Ben Wendel, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Trevor Watkis, Dizzy Reece and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 03.11.22. Memories of Summer as the longer nights draw in
Tracks this time are exclusively (well almost) from brand shiny new albums. The exception sadly is another of those remembrance pieces, this time for the singer Tina May who died earlier this year.
On this edition you can hear some Jazz recordings dealing with life, it's joy and it's reality with music by the Carole Nelson Trio, Linley Hamilton, Ornette Coleman, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Tony Williams and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 27.10.22 Here's to Life-Here's to Jazz
On this edition you can hear some of the artists who played some gigs initiated by Westport Jazz, a small but brave initiative with the aim to bring high-class Jazz to the West of Ireland, to our domicile the Clew Bay Hotel in Westport Town and you can hear the music of the John Donegan Irish Sextet, Kevin Brady's Electric Quartet, the RBG Trio (Redmond/Brady/Gillard Trio) the Phil Robson/Jed Levy Quartet and a track by the late and very much missed Ger McNally and his Trio