For this special edition of World of Jazz I have put together playlist marking the eightieth birthday of one of jazz’s outstanding bass players. Dave Holland stands as one of the most visionary and enduring architects of modern jazz. From cutting his teeth in the adventurous British underground of the mid-1960s to joining Miles Davis at the cusp of the trumpeter’s memorable musical change, and, subsequently, as a leader, steering some of the most inventive small groups and large bands in contemporary music, the Wolverhampton-born bassist and composer has spent nearly six decades continuously redefining the genre. His milestone year celebrates a peerless legacy of rigorous innovation, exceptional craftsmanship, and a standard of leadership that has shaped the course of modern jazz across generations. The playlist provides examples from throughout his career and concludes with tracks from an excellent new box set released by Edition records and curated by Dave himself.

Navigating the fringes of sound this episode brings together an eclectic lineage of underground architects, sonic voyeurs, and genre-defying outcasts. This collection wanders far off the beaten path, tracking mutated post-punk rhythms, avant-garde classical explorations, sprawling space-rock odysseys, and obscure stylistic detours. Eschewing easy categorization in favour of restless reinvention, the sequence celebrates the curious textures, idiosyncratic visions, and independent grit of artists who operate entirely on their own terms.

PLAYLIST

King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part 1) - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic

Neon Kittens - Pinkie Swear - Pinku Promise

Ecce Schnak - Anna O - Anna O

Lizard Brain - Dark Times - Dark Times

A Shoreline Dream - Legacy - Legacy

Quiz Show - XONO - XONO

EXP - Strange Fluctuations - EXP

Bad Waitress - Lovin’ Kind - In The Hollow

Benny J Ward - Watch Outside - Split EP

Lava Fangs - Nothing Better - Split EP

Kali Malone - Heavy With Fruit - Burning Song

Susan Fancher and Ināra Zandmane - Freely - Strange Lights

Alvin Singleton/Jackie Leung - Baked In The Cake - Inside Out

Jin Hi Kim - Sun Rising in Berlin - The Jin Hi Kim Collection

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol - A Poignant Truth - The Electic Oud Man Speaks And You Listen…

India Galley, Leah Plave - Bee and her Wildflower - The Way Appears

Engage - Mirage - The Master Plan

Gary Calamar featuring Mark Mothersbaugh - I Got An Idea

Hawkwind - The Psychedelic Warlords - Hall of The Mountain Grill

Xenonaut - Untethered Adrift - In Caelum

The Junta - Goodbye - Euphoria

Things of Stone And Wood - The Year of the River Song - Rae Street

The Go-Betweens - Mrs Morgan (Band Demo) - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

The Dave Graney Show - I Need Some Scratch - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Cracked Hands - Get Worse - Cautionary Tales

Lava Fangs - Get Together - Split EP

Benny J Ward - Short Lived - Split EP

Moff Skellington - Triangular Coats Come Hiding - The Corduroy Bridge

Neon Kittens - K-Walkin’ - Pinku Promise

King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part 2) - Larks Tongues In Aspic

JMood Records, the Kansas City jazz label, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To mark this special occasion, five new CDs were released simultaneously on September 1, 2026, they all feature Roberto Magris, a track from each release is included in the show. In between those tracks there are brand new releases from across the jazz spectrum.

PLAYLIST

Roberto Magris “Chromatic Atmosphere” from Live In Hollywood (JMood Records) 00:00

James Brandon Lewis Red Lily “Dilemma Of Hearts” from Calling Antonin (TAO Forms) 10:25

Jamie Safir “Mad Sad Bad” from Momentism (Chill Tone Records) 12:36

Herb Geller & Roberto Magris “Lonely Woman” from Come Lately (JMood Records) 18:03

Mitch Marcus Quintet “InAround” from InAround (mmm mitch marcus music) 25:25

John Wadham “Footprints” from Drums and Friends (Livia Records) 36:17

Roberto Magris Trio “Song For An African Child” from Live In Mexico (JMood Records) 45:25

David Bode “Cold Train Funk” from Live at the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (MunckMix) 52:56

Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble “Fuller Love” from Love Is the Whole Thing, We Are Only Pieces (Palmetto Records) 1:00:27

Roberto Magris “Alone Again” from Wind Summit (JMood Records) 1:06:53

Josh Cohen “My Lima” from We Are Home (T.Sound) 1:15:16

Wadada Leo Smith “Meditation On Love” from Constellations And Hemispheres (Burning Ambulance Music) 1:24:17

Roberto Magris “Village Blues” from Broken Barriers (J Mood Records) 1:30:52

Florian Hoefner “Force of Nature” from Into The Aquasphere (ALMA Records) 1:42:07

Emma Rawicz “Particles of Change” from Inkyra (ACT Music) 1:49:44

The Manchester music scene past and present dominates this edition with two releases taking up a good part of the playlist, In addition three excellent new electronica leaning releases from Constellation are featured plus new work from the indefatigable Johann Kloos. In between the usual Goz centred universe and other featured releases. A tasty selection of music that does not get the attention it rightly deserves.

Harvey’s Rabbit - All Over The World - A Place For Beginners

Neon Kittens - It’s A Raid Monkey Tail - It’s A Raid Monkey Tail

Salem Trials/The Free Four - A Weasel In The Meatsafe - A Weasel In The Meatsafe

Robert Wotnot - The Queue - The Queue

Eastern Jet Lag - Welcome Aboard/The World Is Giving Me Whiplash - The Limit Does Not Exist

Janel Leppin - Transparent - The Realist

Johann Kloos - Skipping Stones - 2026

Steve Bates - Swamps And Factories - An Infinite Antenna

Courant Zéro - Unyeldd - Solari

Light Conductor - Supercontinent - Sequence Three

The Morning Line - Staten Island - Stars

The Go-Betweens - Make Her Day (Band Demo) - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

The Dave Graney Show - Have You Heard About the Melbourne Mafia? - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Dead Sea Apes - Deathless - Psychic Tension

Harvey’s Rabbit - Blue Cat Cafe - A Place For Beginners

Neon Kittens - B-Girl - It’s A Raid Monkey Tail

Eastern Jet Lag - (Kinda) Cronk(r)ite/Mind Over Matter - The Limit Does Not Exist

Janel Leppin - Key Bridge - The Realist

Johann Kloos - Are There Still Flowers On Desolation Row? - 2026

Moff Skellington - Pleasant Little Dog - The Corduroy Bridge

The Junta - Obsession - Euphoria

Eastern Jet Lag - Saudade, Hong King/Let Love Be Our Shelter (3 Peas/1Pod) - The Limit Does Not Exist

Harvey’s Rabbit - Fear of Flying - A Place For Beginners

Salem Trials - Keep Movin’ - A Weasel In The Meatsafe

Peter Hammill - Modern - Been Alone So Long (The Naked Songs Tour, Bremen, 1985)

Occult Character - No Intent/This Is Not - Nauseas

Eastern Jet Lag - Prepare to Disembark - The Limit Does Not Exist

This playlist brings together a wide-ranging collection of new and forthcoming releases across disparate sub-genres, avant-garde experimentation, contemporary grooves, big band arrangements, and free improvisation. Spanning fifteen fresh tracks, the sequence showcases dense harmonic layers, complex rhythmic explorations, cinematic textures, and forward-thinking modern jazz where each piece carves out its own unique territory offering a snapshot of cutting-edge creative expression where contrasting sonic worlds constantly shift perspectives and challenge expectations.

PLAYLIST

Sylvie Courvoisier “At Risk” from Amalthea (Pyroclastic Records) 00:00

FROTAE “Cortège” from Volume 2 (Halocline Trance) 05:01

Michael Dease Big Band “La Cancion” from The Sleeper : The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge Records) 16:07

Michał Skwierczyński Quartet “Tetention” from Consistency (Self Released) 23:33

Kiefer “Memory Bomb” from Memory Bomb (Blue Note Records) 32:16

Nick Maclean’s SNAGGLE feat. Ali Bros “Twilight Of Civilisation” from Twilight Of Civilisation (Browntasauras Records) 36:00

Gon Muruaga “Breaking The Space” from Lines in the Sky (577 Records) 42:49

Thèriot. “fathers and sons” from the Other (ks.theory) 52:19

Christiane Bopp “Elastic Ideas” from Rêver, murmurer, dire (Relative Pitch Records) 1:01:45

Irene Aranda “May you use the following to conduct a pressure test, except oxygen and combustible gas” from MAY (Relative Pitch Records) 1:04:46

Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto “Fire City” from Fifteen (Nonesuch Records) 1:15:02

Sonelius Smith and Adam Kahan “Summertime” from We’ll Let You Know When We Find Out (577 Records) 1:22:18

Greg Abate Quartet “In The Moment” from In The Moment (Summit Records) 1:29:40

Kevin Sun “Chanson” from Kevin Sun II (Endectomorph Music) 1:38:40

Cipher “Sycamore” from Cipher (Smeik Records) 1:46:06

I felt the podcast was getting into a structural rut and decided to shake things up a little. The wonderful Thumbscrew start and finish proceedings. In between there is the usual and familiar but intermixed are several examples of ground breaking avant garde albums.

Thumbscrew - Cruel Heartless Bastards - Ours

Liburn Jupolli Ensemble - Prishthtina - Mumuration Mountain

TFS - Stepping On A Rake (Live at TV Eye NYC) - Inflatable Graveyard Vol. 2

Stefan Strasser and Ulrich Langenbach - Moments In My Mind - Think Short

Erick d’Orion - Ectoplasme - Mes fantômes

Super scintillant - Deux - Tarot

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Atomic Collapse - Alien Metal

The Junta featuring Loop-aznavour - Mother (Matriarch Mix) - Single

The Morning Line - Spellbound - Spellbound

Heir To The Squandered Millions - Play And Share - Play And Share

Tiny Magnetic Pets - Lost My Guiding Light (Again) - Astralux EP

The Dave Graney Show - Out Of The Loop - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Expanded)

Things of Stone And Wood - Where Are You Going To Run - Rae Street

Xenonaut - A Psalm For The Sleepless - In Caelum

Dead Sea Apes - Ursa Minor - Psychic Tension

Moff Skellington - Craddock/All is not found in houses/Polystrene Cups - Derti Berlap

Occult Character - Anti-Human Hate Machine - Nauseaus

Neon Crabs - Invisible- A Big Dumb Racket

Salem Trials - Blind Eye - Fingerprint On A Blind Eye

Thumbscrew - Convallaria - Convallaria

A selection of new and forthcoming releases which includes both the conventional and the experimental. New talent emerges with fresh ideas and jazz legends demonstrate legacy and commitment to artistry. This is a truly eclectic mix of that the jazz world has to offer at this point in time.

PLAYLIST

Linda Sikhakhane “Vumani” from Linda (Blue Note Records) 00:00

Brandon Seabrook “The Guitar Is A Weather Event” from Utility Modern (Out Of Your Head Records) 04:58

Angles 4 “The indispensable warlords” from Angles 4 (Relative Pitch Records) 10:09

The Matthew Shipp Duo with William Parker “Zo #1” from Zo (ESP-Disk) 16:51

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp “Three (Volume 1)” from Duologues 7: Distillation (Squidco Records) 27:10

Andreas Paragioudakis Chamber Ensemble “Phobos” from Heritage (Self Released) 34:31

Judi Silviano’s Garden Winds “This Morning” from First Flight (JSL Records) 38:44

Christian Finger “Five Secrets 1” from Zeit Zirkil (Finger Music) 41:11

Giveton Gelin “Dreamland” from Island Dreamer : III of III (Island Dreamer Records) 46:41

Rich Halley 4 “Maputo” from A Distant Land (Pine Eagle Records) 51:20

Tubby Hayes “200% Proof (Take 1)” from An Unexpected Pleasure (Jazz In Britain) 59:40

AIRLFT “One Two Three” from Spatial Recognition (577 Records) 1:15:01

Glass Triangle “Etching” from 3 X 1 (Relative Pitch Records) 1:22:13

Henry Threadgill “Fluoroscope” from Cut You Where You Was (Pi Recordings) 1:28:32

SAROST “Biotite (Edit)” from The Granite Variations (Ogun Records) 1:34:40

Antonio Adolfo “3D Blues” from Balaios (AAM Music) 1:41:45

Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet “Homecoming” from Live Upon Nassim Hill (Jazznote Records) 1:45:29

Jumaane Smith “I’ll Be Around” from I’ll Be Around (Shamus Records) 1:50:59

Steven Feifke “No Doubt” from The Same River (La Reserve Records) 1:54:40

Ran Blake “Robert Pete Blues” from Voices (Tzadik) 2:01:34

Dive into a wildly eclectic sonic journey where avant-garde jazz, psychedelic rock, cinematic soundscapes, and indie-pop collide. This playlist bridges eras and genres, seamlessly weaving together hypnotic grooves from Frank Zappa and Jah Wobble, modern explorations from Jessica Pavone and Nick Maclean’s Snaggle, classic garage-psych twists from Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Hollywood Stars, and deep underground gems from the likes of Moff Skellington and Xenonaut. Whether you’re chasing heavy cinematic riffs or ethereal acoustic textures, this 20-track selection promises an unpredictable and deeply rewarding ride for the adventurous listener.

PLAYLIST

Oui Plastique - The Persuaders Theme/Spirit - Spirit

Frank Zappa - Chunga’s Revenge - Trance-Fusion

The Court At Versailles - Strobe Parts 1 and 2 - Acoustic Electronica

Robeone - Fox In The Freezer - If You Don’t Know What It Is, It Must Be Jazz

Nick Maclean’s SNAGGLE feat. Ali Bros - The Mule - a single from Foundation

Strawberry Alarm Clock - Day Tripper - Where’s One?

Jah Wobble and Tian Qiyi - Within Without You - Mystic Liverpool: The Beatles Psychedelic Psongbook

Adam Hill - Apricot Leather - Dance Card

Jim Pugh - Gliding Through Darkness - New American Symphonies

Jessica Pavone - Stellium - …Is In The Air

Coyote Man - Inadequate - Prosthetic Memories

The Hollywood Stars - When I Find You - Hey! LA!

The Spongetones - The Music At The Close - The Music At The Close

The Go-Betweens - Old Mexico (band demo) - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

The Dave Graney Show - Vengeance Is On It’s Way (don’t worry) -Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Things of Stone And Wood - She Lights The Candle - Rae Street

Moff Skellington - Stockholm Syndrome/Tittymilk and Skittlemeat/Derti Berlap - Derti Berlap

Cracked Hands - Finnish Hitman In Limbo - Cautionary Tales

The Junta - Animosity - Euphoria

Xenonaut - Mnemosyne - In Caelum

On this edition we have a selection of new releases from a wide variety of jazz stylings together with a classic live recording of Cecil Taylor from 1962.

PLAYLIST

Dennis Mitcheltree “911” from Seeing Red (Dengor Music) 00:00

Michael Sarian “The Eyes of Parajanov” from In This Desert (Burning Ambulance Music) 07:09

Kelly Green “Tongue Twister” from Eat Your Greens (Green Soul Studio/La Reserve Records) 20:29

Enzo Favata “Sine Nomine” from Ritomare (ECM Records) 27:02

Nicolas Meier World Group “A Night In Sant Cugat” from Elysian Drift (MGP Records) 35:30

Jamie Safir “Momentism” from Momentism (Chill Tone Records) 43:05

Tommy Smith “Four” from Four (Spartacus Records) 46:27

Oscar Peterson “Stella By Starlight” from Around The World (Mack Avenue/Two Lions Records) 1:01:27

Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble “Leyenda” La Cocina De Tango from (ARTE-FL Records) 1:07:27

Chris Alford, Evan Lipson, Justin Peake “Sweet Lips” from Cooked (Ramble Records) 1:11:29

Jason Kao Hwang Human Rites Trio “Second Life” from Second Life (True Sound Recordings) 1:26:59

Cecil Taylor “D Trad That’s What” from Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come - Live At The Cafe Montmartre, 1962 (Revenant Records) 1:40:02

Three new releases from Steve Wynn plus a treasure trove of other new things and a handful of archive classics.

PLAYLIST

Steve Wynn and the Dragon Bridge Orchestra - Amphetamine - Live In Brussels

Fairport Convention - Sloth - Full House

Neon Crabs - Altered States - A Big Dumb Racket

Occult Character - Unrequited Vibrations - Unrequited Vibrations

Cracked Hands - Cobbles - Cautionary Tales

Benny J Ward - Fear Of Going Out - Fear Of Going Out

Marcel Borrack - Snake Charm - Sun Dust

The TD Band - Mullumbimby Nights - Mullumbimby Nights

Marcel Borrack - The Man In The High Castle - Telecaster Diaries

Xenonaut - Laika - In Caelum

Steve Wynn - Death Valley Rain - Live In Bremen

Blue Umbrella - Salt In My Wounds - Recklessly Yours

Anatomy Of Habit - Paired Sentinels - Paired Sentinels

Doghouse Rose - Hollywood - Born To Break Even

Dad Fight - Reality Check - Split 7”

Meanies - Blacklist - Split 7”

Librarians With Hickeys - 1972 -1972

Kyle Grimm - Twist, Then Pull - Forever, Eve

Mark Urness/Asuka Kakitani - Beneath Our Feet - The Garden

Kelariz Keshavarz - Circa - Meditation Tomorrow: Solo Flute

Steve Wynn - Devil Town - Up There : Home Recordings

The Go-Betweens - Unfinished Business (Acoustic Demo) - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

The Dave Graney Show - Drugs Are Wasted On The Young - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Moff Skellington - Holiday Greetings - Derti Berlap

Dead Sea Apes - Severance - Psychic Tension

The Junta - Open Your Eyes - Euphoria

Things of Stone And Wood - Devenport Drive - Rae Street

Peter Hammill - Out Of My Book - Been Alone So Long (The Naked Songs Tour, Bremen, 1985)