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- Written by: Werner Lewon
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 20.07.2017 Saluting Sgt. Pepper
On this edition I salute one of the Beatles groundbreaking album and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with a selection of tracks from the album covered, rearranged and recorded by Jazz artists. You camn hear Bill Frisell, the Count Basie Orchestra, Django Bates and the Frankfurt Big Band, Collin Towns and the NDR Big Band, Wes Montgomery, Brad Mehldau and David Liebman. Quite a "jazzy" Hearts Club Band.
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- Written by: Sean Brophy
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 115 Saturday 15th. July 2017
A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
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Read more: Jazz Mine No 114 Saturday 8th July 2017
On this episode you will hear from Dudley Moore Trio, Lee Morgan, Pat Coldrick, Austin Durack, Josh Johnston, George Melly, Monty Sunshine & more.
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 06.07.2017 First glimpse at the 2017 Sligo Jazz Festival
On this edition you can hear some of the appearing tutors and artists at this years Sligo Jazz Festival, which takes place from 25th to the 30th of July 2017.
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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 113 Saturday 1st July 2017
Piano special this time with Dominic Reilly guesting. We also paid tribute to the late Brian Smyth who ran JJ Smyths jazz venue for many years prior to it being sold earlier in 2017. Rest in peace Brian.
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 29.06.2017 Remember Eric Dolphy
On this edition I pay tribute to saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist Eric Dolphy who tragically died in Berlin on the 29th of June 1964 at the young age of 36, his influence still immensely felt in Jazz today. You can hear some of his most important recordings, music recorded in the final days of his life and his influence on a new generation of progressive musicians.
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- Written by: Donald Helme
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Read more: The Hot Box #015 – A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 5 – The Letter E
Continuing the epic series on piano players in jazz, Donald has reached the letter E, where he finds one of the most important and influential pianists of all time, Bill Evans. It is probably true that almost all piano players in the modern era have been, to some extent, influenced by Evans.
He was something of a prodigy and began earning money from his music whilst still a teenager, but it wasn’t until he was 30, in 1959, and recorded with Miles Davis on the biggest selling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue, that he reached beyond a small base of aficionados and found a wider public.
Read more: The Hot Box #015 – A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 5 – The Letter E