OK Jazz Podcast

The BLUES! This is a fun one, introducing some of my favorite blues tracks past & present, some famous tracks and some deeper cuts. Pour out a couple bourbons and turn the music up!

HOT tunes from around the world, past & present! Get the BBQ flames burning and turn up the volume for this special episode!

Short but sweet mid-summer episode with new music from France, the UK, USA and Brazil, groovy Japanese fusion, all-time great 90s rock and more!

OK Jazz is BACK! New music from Brazil, Australia, Taiwan/USA, World Cup soukous, tributes to SonnyRollins and Abdullah Ibrahim & more! (Sorry for the poor audio today, some mic issues I could not fix!)

Early morning episode with a LOT of new music! Brazil, Spain, Holland/Japan, some VERY hot live Freddie Hubbard, dance-o-rific Soukous from Congo and lots more!

Quickie episode paying respect to the rhythm sections! Mainly some old favorites, tunes where the rhythms always just jumped out to me, not just funky and soul but in jazz, afrobeat and even some 'ginga' from Angola. Turn this one up!

OK Jazz returns in 2026 with another packed episode!, new music from Brazil, Senegal and Spain (Radio Tarifa are back!) Some prog-rock inspired jazz, New Orleans groove, an essential re-issue from Mali and more!

The 2025 Year-End episode, some of my favorite tunes of the year from ALL around the world!

Super fun episode chatting with broadcasting legend Peter Barakan! Peter has been on Japanese TV & Radio for more than 40 years, and has introduced me to at least a couple hundred albums over the years. We sat down recently to just exchange some recent favorites and music stories! (NOTE: My microphone track was unusable so had to make the best of it, I sound like I'm across the street...best listened to with headphones!)

Back again with an episode of great tunes! New groovy jazz from Melbourne, compilation of Kenyan 'benga', deep cut from the departed legend Jack DeJohnette, some country-rock, the new Atlas Maior album, and lots more!