Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to!  Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks!

This week we’re turning up the heat: Mexico City- Jamaican grooves, Israeli sax, Balian piano jazz, Chicago jazz funk, soul jazz vocals, smooth neo-soul grooves, UK jazz trio, Irish-inspired guitar, fiery be-bop.

1 SLY5THAVE & ROBERTO VERÁSTEGUI – Ensencialmente (5’23)

Agua de Jamaica TRU THOUGHTS  Tr 5

Andres Marquez dr Pablo Gonzalez Sarre Bs Roberto Verastegui keys Sylvester Onyejiaka  tnr/Drum/fl

Sly5thAve/Verástegui

Get a taste of Mexico City on this exciting new collaboration – we love it!

2  Eli Degibri - Henri and Rachel (4’42)

Henri and Rachel DEGIBRI Tr 4

Eli Degibri Sx Tom Oren Pno Alon Near Bs Eviatar Slivnik Dr

Degibri

Just the image of this beautiful album cover says it all: “I will always keep searching for you, knowing that one day we will and must reunite. Until that day, I will never stop humming your melody, my beautiful daddy and mommy, Henri and Rachel.”

3 Joey Alexander - Angel Eyes (4’20)

Origin MACK AVENUE Tr 8

Joey Alexander pn Larry Grenadier bs and Kendrick Scott dr

Alexander

Feel the rising spirit of pianist Joey Alexander, whimsically dancing with Kendrick Scott’s drums and Larry Grenadier’s bass…gorgeous!

4 Greg Spero - Rose Petal (3’57)

The Chicago Experiment  ROPEADOPE Tr7

Makaya McCraven dr Marquis Hill tpt Jeff Parker gtr Darryl Jones bs Greg Spero pno

Spero/McCraven/Parker/Jones/Hill

Love love love this!!  Think Herbie Hancock given a 21st century Chicago twist this is groovin’! Ropeadope you’ve done it again!!

5 Brian Jackson – Nomad (5’17)

This is Brian Jackson BBE Tr4

Brian Jackson vc pno Binky Brice bs Caito Sanchez dr

Daniel Collás timp Camellia Hartman vln Claire Solomon cl

The Sampaquita Strings

Jackon arr Collás

Eternal truths from the soulful voice of legend Brian Jackson – pure medicine music for the soul…produced by Phenomenal Handclap Band founder Daniel Collás.

6 Partikel – Citizen (7’14)

Anniversary Song BERTHOLD Tr9

Duncan Eagles sx Max Luthert bs Eric Ford dr

Eagles

Check out the energy explosion that is Partikel: one of the most exciting trios in improvised music” taking “the classic sound of the Sonny Rollins saxophone trio for contemporary ears in an adventurous but intrinsically melodic manner.

7 Josean Jacobo - Herencia Criolla (5’25)

Herencia Criolla SELF RELEASE Tr 1

Josean Jacobo pno Daroll Méndez bs Otoniel Nicolás dr

Jacobo

Afro-Dominican music pioneer Josean Jacobo’s doing such important work for Latin Jazz.  Here past and present meet and blend in such beauty…. short field recordings transition into the main tracks, guiding listeners through the cultural inspiration behind each composition and arrangement, creating a bridge between history and its influence on the present.

8 Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead – Denim (3’59)

Poetic SELF RELEASE Tr6

Jonathan Barber dr Taber Gable keys Matt Dwonszyk bs

Godwin Louis alto Andrew Renfroe gtr

Barber

Fantastic new album from drummer Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead – we’re lovin the smooth neo-soul grooves on this track!  Only 29 years old, Jonathan has already recorded and toured worldwide with such artists as Pat Metheny, Nicholas Payton, Buster Williams, Jimmy Greene and Erykah Badu.

9 Phil Robson - Callow Freeway (3’54)

Portrait in Extreme LYTE Tr2

Phil Robson gtr bs  David Lyttle elec dr

Robson

Phil Robson recalls Kurt Vonnegut, a resonant author for him who said, I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.

10 Michael Weiss - Birthday Blues (7’00)

Persistence CELLAR LIVE Tr8

Michael Weiss pno Eric Alexander sx Paul Gill bs Pete Van Nostrand dr

Weiss

Foot tappin be-bop from genius Michael Weiss to complete this fantastic episode!

Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz & beyond picks from Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead, SLY5THAVE & Roberto Verastegui, and Josean Jacobo.

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition!  A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show.  Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  

This week a feast of global delights!  Jonathan Barber’s smooth grooves move down to the electric energy of a sensational Mexico City collaboration before Josean Jacobo evokes the spirits of Dominica to meet him in some beautiful latin piano jazz.It’s ALL new and it’s ALL for you Folks – dive in today!

Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead – Denim (Self-Release)SLY5THAVE & Roberto Verastegui – Ensencialmente (Tru-Thoughts)Josean Jacobo – Herencia Criolla (Self-Release)

New Music Alert!! Nu jazz and beyond releases from Cuba – Armenia – USA – St Kitts– Amazon – Norway: a non-stop-music podcast from Courtney Pine CBE.

Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz picks from Theo Croker, SFJAZZ Collective, McCoy Tyner, Mike Rivard, Beady Belle and more…

It’s the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast!  Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to!  Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks!  This week featuring Nu-classic soul jazz, blues, jazz vocals, Afro-beats, Caribbean vibes, swing, jazz-classical…

Jorge Luis Pacheco - To Oscar RopeadopeJoel A Martin - Dance of Echmiadzin Self-releaseTheo Croker - Umi Says Sony MasterworksSFJAZZ Collective - Mutuality SFJAZZMcCoy Tyner & Freddie Hubbard Quartet - Island Birdie Jazzline ClassicsJazzique - Nevis Naturally Self-releaseClub D’Elf - Lalla Aisha in Jhaptal Face PeltBeady Belle - Quiet Sounds JazzlandChance Hayden - One Plus One Ropeadope

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition!  A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show.  Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  

This week whadda journey!  You’ll begin in the beauty & jazz of Armenia: an epic sonic feast from Joel A Martin; then you’ll immerse in Grammy-nominated Theo Croker’s simmering live version of Mos Def’s ‘Umi Says’.  Finally it’s groove time!  70’s jazz-funk courtesy of Chance Hayden!

C’mon everybody listen again & again to this superb 3-track Bitesize Edition from the one and only Courtney Pine – it’s all for YOU!

Joel A Martin - Dance of Echmiadzin Self releaseTheo Croker - Umi Says Sony MasterworksChance Hayden - One Plus One Ropeadope

Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz picks from Jeremy Pelt, Anson Jones, Cameron Graves, Trish Clowes, Kevin Eubanks and more…

It’s the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast!  Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to!  Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks!  This week featuring jazz blues, Cuban-jazz, funk, nu-soul, fusion, big-band, nu-jazz & Brit-Asian grooves .  World music and classical music lovers will enjoy this too!

Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens – Reds WhirlwindLuis Deniz – Gesture ModicaJeremy Pelt - I’m Still Standing Highnote Anson Jones - Unforeseen RopeadopeJohn Lee - Soul Leo Cellar Cameron Graves - Sacred Spheres Mack AvenueEubanks Evans Experience – And…They Ran Out of Biscuits Imani Hermeto Pascoal - Coalhada FaroutTrish Clowes - A View with a Room GreenleafArun Ghosh - Made in England Camoci

Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz & beyond picks from Arun Ghosh, Luis Deniz and Hermeto Pascoal.

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition!  A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show.  Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  This week it’s an epic celebration of 21st century multi-culture:  riotous British Asian bangra flavours, joyous Afro-Cuban jazz and a vibrant Brazilian Big-band explosion!

Arun Ghosh - Made in England (Camoci)Luis Deniz – Gesture (Modica)Hermeto Pascoal – Coalhada (Farout)

Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz picks from Danilo Perez, Mary Halvorson, The Baylor Project, Jazzmeia Horn, Dianne Reeves, Brandon Allen and more…

It’s the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast!  Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to!  Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun!  This week featuring jazz-rock, sax, swing, bossa, global beats, live bop, nu-jazz, beyond-grooves, & organ blues.  World music and classical music lovers will enjoy this too!

Brad Mehldau - Tom Sawyer NonesuchBrandon Allen - Fool on the Hill UbuntuChiara Izzi - Poinciana  Dot TimeDanilo Perez - Muropatia Mack AvenueThe Baylor Project - We Swing Be A Light Pepper Adams + Tommy Banks Trio - Oleo Cellar Or Bareket - Soil EnjaMary Halvorson - Night Shift NonesuchRoberto Occhipinti - A Tynerish Swing ModicaBrian Auger - Blue Note Swing Soul Bank

Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz & blues picks from Brian Auger, Brad Mehldau and Eric Alexander.

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition!  A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show! Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  This week it’s a double whammy of non-stop Blues and some superb Progressive Jazz Rock.

Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express –  Blue Note Shuffle SoulbankBrad Mehldau - Tom Sawyer Nonesuch New York All Stars (Music Aid For Ukraine) – Incazzato Ubuntu

Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to!  Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun!  This week featuring jazz, guitar, swing, vocal soul, latin-jazz, salsa, piano solo.

Fergus McCreadie - Law Hill (Edition)Pat Metheny - Timeline (Modern Recordings)Shake Stew - Wake Up and Be Gone (Traumton)Daniel Rotem - Spiritual (Self-Release)Oscar Peterson - Sushi (Mack Avenue)Nnenna Freelon - Say a Little Prayer (Origin)Nicole Glover - Parks (Savant)Aleksi Glick - With Ease (Self-release)Spanish Harlem Orchestra - Mambo 202 (Ovation)

Coming Up this week a Crucial Music Listen: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Shake Stew & Music Aid for Ukraine.

Three tracks picked especially by Courtney Pine: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Shake Stew, Music Aid for Ukraine – this is one crucial music listen folks – Take 15 and get your bitesize portion of new releases dropping right now!

Spanish Harlem Orchestra – Vestido de Flores OvationShake Stew – Wake Up & Be Gone Traumton Music Aid for Ukraine: Omar + QCBA – Feeling You Ubuntu