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Read more: Tales from the far Side 06.03.25 Jazz around the "Waters of March"
On this edition I reflect about the "Waters of March", more in an uplifting springtime mood rather than the amount of water coming down from the mountains here around my Jazz shed in weather-proofed Co.Mayo. Music by Joanne Brackeen, Luciana Souza, the SFJAZZ Collective, Kenny Wheeler, Anat Cohen Ray Anderson and others
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 27.02.25 A Valse Hot for the cold season
On this edition I feature a selections of Jazz Waltzes to bring you into the brighter season of the year with music by Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Enrico Pieranunzi, Jason Moran, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Bryant and many others.
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 20.02.25 Bass-Guitar Duets in Jazz
On this edition I feature some of the exciting Jazz Guitar and Stringbass Duets, a selection of classic and modern interplays with music by Joe Pass+Niels Henning Oerstedt-Pedersen, Jim Hall + Roncarter, Charlie Haden + Pat Metheny, Ralph Towner + Gary Peacock, Larry Coryell + Miroslav Vitous, Jasper Somsen + Anton Goudsmit, Louis Stewart + Peter Ind
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 13.02.25 Obituaries 2024
On this edition I pay tribute to some of Jazz who sadly left us in 2024, featuring some of the unfortunately too long list, whose music will thankfully live on for generations to com, saying goodbye to Lou Donaldson, Albert Tootie Heath, Zakir Hussain, Russell Malone, Martial Solal and Irene Schweitzer.
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 06.02.25 Stormy Weather Jazz
On this edition I try to blow the "Stormy Weather Blues" away with some "Gale Force Jazz" Giving you a good blast of magic Jazz to stand all those storms drifting over Ireland. Music by Charles Mingus, Bille Holiday, Don Byas, Gael Hodellou, Jeremy Pelt, Lynne Arriale, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Torgeir Berg, Neil Yates and others.
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 23.01.25 Reviews and Previous
On this edition I start into the new year 2025 with a review of some of my favorite albums and an ode to a new beginning with some January related Jazz. Music by Jon Irabagon, Kenny Barron, Neil Cowley Trio, Trish Clowes+Ross Stanley, James Brandon Lewis, the QOW Trio, John Donegan Irish Sextet, Wadada Leo Smith+Amina Claudine Myers and others
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 16.01.25 The Best of Westport Jazz 2024
On this edition I look back at the activities of Westport Jazz, our small but devoted non-profit initiative which has brought an impressive variety of artists into the Westport Jazz Club during the last few years, the highlights of 2024 featured in this show
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