Supreme Standards Podcast

We explore the modern connections between Jazz and hip-hop, drawing on records from J Dilla, Kendrick Lamar and Ahmad Jamal. Butcher Brown drummer Corey Fonville and East London rapper Barney Artist meet for the first time, chatting about the weight of their favourite hip-hop records, sampling - and of course, alternative lives!

Future Bubblers is a talent finding platform, affiliated with BBC6 music broadcaster Gilles Peterson. To coincide with the announcement of organisers Amy and Selassie taking it into their fourth year - this time in Manchester - Tina asks Amy about recognising raw UK talent.

Saxophonist Nubya Garcia is one of the most celebrated and busiest artists in Jazz right now. She took some time out from her full on touring schedule for Episode 10 of the Supreme Standards podcast. With host Tina Edwards she talked about the importance of ‘switching off’, how she’s learning several languages - and of course, she tells us her three alternate lifestyles. We asked a few questions from fans on Twitter, too!

Gilles Peterson is the face of his label Brownswood Recordings - but he doesn't run it alone. Emily Moxon and Ruby Savage tell Tina Edwards what it's like to manage and create visual campaigns for such a celebrated indie label. They also talk about what they look for in artists and reflect on the success of 'We Out Here' one year on.

Straight-talker Jaimie Branch has just recorded the follow up to her critically-acclaimed album 'Fly Or Die' in London's Total Refreshment Centre. She tells Tina Edwards about the record whilst touching on the Brooklyn music scene, avant-garde performing and - how have we avoided it for this long? - American politics.

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Did you know that Sarathy Korwar was training to represent his country at tennis before moved his focus to music? In this fascinating episode, the percussionist tells Tina all about his upcoming album ft rising Indian hip-hop artists and chats over comparisons between music and architecture.

Rosie Turton, the South East London based trombonist who's a member of Nérija (Domino Recordings), begins 2019 by revealing her debut EP, 'Rosie Turton's 5ives'. With a conversation recorded in the Autumn of 2018 and heard now for the first time, Rosie  tells host Tina Edwards about how travelling in India inspired the new record.

We've revealed Supreme Standards' Top 10 Jazz and Jazz-ish albums of 2018— but we can't get enough of talking them. On this Christmas special, Tina Edwards is joined by special guests Kate Hutchinson (The New York Times, Mixmag), Ammar Kalia (The Guardian) and Mari Chan (Worldwide FM) to highlight the biggest Jazz albums of the year.

Drummer Richard Spaven gets nostalgic on this episode of Supreme Standards, reflecting on his school assembly drum battle. He also talks to Tina Edwards about recording his new album 'Real Time' with Jordan Rakei in Bath, UK.

Allysha Joy is at the forefront of Melbourne's next Jazz movement with her impact felt worldwide; her debut album 'Acadie: Raw' was released on UK label Gondwana in Autumn of 2018.

Joy talks about her band 30/70 as well how as she works with sensuality and vulnerability in her music.