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Read more: The Hot Box #040 – A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 15 – The Letter O
The Hot Box 40 is full of fun and great quality jazz pianists under the letter O in our journey of the A – Z of Jazz Piano. Some lesser known pianists in this episode with some honky-tonk and big band jazz from artists such as Makoto Ozone, Professor Peter O’Brien, Arturo O’Farrill, Colm O’Brien, Fintan O’Neill and Bill O’Connell.
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 198 Saturday 9th. March 2019 celebrates 80 years of Blue Note Records
This episode of Jazz Mine is a celebration of Blue Note Records which was founded 80 years ago in 1939 Music from Bobby McFerrin, Grant Green, Paul Chambers Quintet, Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Norah Jones, Gregory Porter, Don Wilkerson, Stanley Turrentine, Lee Morgan & Hank Mobley and many more.........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 198 Saturday 9th. March 2019 celebrates 80 years of Blue Note Records
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 07.03.19 The incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
On this edition I feature the incredible Jazz Guitar playing of Wes Montgomery on what would have been his 95th Birthday, honouring an extraordinary but far too short career as one of the great innovators of modern Jazz Guitar with music from his early years, his splashes with the Riverside Label and his huge success with Verve.
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 197 Saturday 2nd. March 2019 with guest Melanie O'Reilly
All Irish ladies edition of Jazz Mine this time plus guest Melanie O'Reilly. Music from Melanie, Christine Tobin, Aoife Doyle, Emilie Conway & Irish harpist Triona Marshall and more.........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 197 Saturday 2nd. March 2019 with guest Melanie O'Reilly
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 28.02.19 The Sound of the Baritone Saxophone
On this edition I explore the magic sound of the Baritone Saxophone in modern contemporary Jazz with contributions by Hamiet Bluiett and his Baritone Nation, James Carter, Gary Smulyan, Claire Daly and Brian Landrus, with Jeru nodding his head and showing his respect from high up.
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Read more: The Hot Box #039 – Roy Hargrove Retrospective
This Hot Box is a retrospective of music by the late Roy Hargrove, who died on November 2nd 2018 aged just 49.
Roy Hargrove was a hard bop-oriented musician (and acclaimed "Young Lion") who became one of America's premier trumpeters during the late '80s and beyond. A fine, straight-ahead player who spent his childhood years in Texas, Hargrove met trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis in 1987, when the latter musician visited Hargrove's high school in Dallas.
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Read more: Jake Curran “Staying Put” Single Release
Jake Curran is an Irish guitarist currently based in Los Angeles, California. His first release “Staying Put” is an energetic jazz composition influenced by the sound of drum n’bass grooves and cascading melodies. The tune opens with an uplifting theme followed by improvisations where the quartet take the intensity to another level before going out on a euphoric high.