The Hot Box

In the 87th Hot Box we scratched the surface of the hot topic of females in jazz, and now we to try to go a little deeper, so the 88th picks out some more women whose contribution to jazz has been stellar. And then we take a listen to an extract from the famous Piano Jazz series presented by Marian McPartland, in the studio with her friend, the legendary Mary Lou Williams.



We’re still only scratching the surface, or as one of our chosen songs says, Scratchin’ in the Gravel!

The Hot Box 87 – in which we celebrate some of the best female jazz artists past and present

Scratching the surface in just an hour, we can listen to a few of the female jazz musicians that have been prominent, but in such a talented minority, for the 100 or so years of jazz music.

A plethora of all-new material this time around in The Hot Box 086 including a great set from John Donegan’s Irish Sextet and the long awaited blues bonanza on Nigel Mooney’s Mooney’s Blues.

And the Hot Box gets to number 85!

This time, a few samples from the Jazz Times’s Top 10 albums of the 1980s, together with a review of the new Palmetto release by baritone and clarinet star Brian Landrus. And the third and final track, never before heard, of the Louis Stewart/Honor Heffernan acoustic session.

This edition is full to bursting with new material, and includes another track – never before heard -from Honor Heffernan and Louis Stewart, as well two new ECM releases and pieces from the first volume of the all-guitar tribute to Pat Martino on the High Note label.