The Jazz Podcast

We get together for a round the table discussion on anything and everything, particularly bread..! Loz joins us, our very first guest guest 4 years ago, how the time flies! 

http://lozgarratt.com/

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Tommaso joins the show to chat about his life and music. Creative, inspiring and intriguing, Tommaso is a joy to listen to. Rob and Dan discuss the upcoming shows and Tara takes the lead with Tommaso.  

Tommaso has performed and collaborated with many great musicians including Dave Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Cobham, Jim Mullen, Liam Noble, Jonathan Gee, Roger Beaujolais, Paolo Pellegatti, Attilio Zanchi, Fabrizio Bosso, Tino Tracanna, Paolo Fresu, Gianni Giudici and Academy Award Winning composer Dario Marianelli. He continues to seek inspiration and nurture his jazz expertise by taking part in jazz seminars and classes led by some of the greatest musicians alive, including Dave Liebman, Miguel Zenon, Vincent Herring, Ted Nash.

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Danny joins the show to talk about his band Marbin and their new album, Russian dolls. Tara Minton joins us as a brand new co-host. 

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Sammy joins the show to share her career in writing with us. She has covered live gigs for the BBC, co-hosted radio shows, run a festival and have lots of on-going projects including writing for the Library of Congress. Here you can find out what's happening with her new book, Gender Disparity in UK Jazz, due for release this November 2020. 

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Graham South is a trumpeter and composer based in Manchester, UK. Since the mid-2000s he has been involved in a vast array of creative music-making. Whether as a founding and surviving member of Beats and Pieces Big Band, a composer/performer in the Vonnegut Collective or at the core of the Johnny Hunter Quartet, his contributions have become a mainstay of the scene in Manchester and beyond.
Today, Graham joins the show to tell us about his new album, By and by,  its his debut album for the Graham South Quartet, featuring Richard Jones (piano), Seth Bennett (bass) and Johnny Hunter (drums). 

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We celebrate the release of John's new album by checking out a few of the tracks as well as chatting to the man himself. Dan is offered the chance to retrain as a coroner. 

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Gary Crosby joins the show to tell us all about his life, career, and being a key figure in the history of Tomorrow's Warriors. What an honour it is to talk to the man himself! 

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Claire joins the show to tell us about her debut  album, Small World, her debut album is out now. Dan moves house and we suspect he's now replastering a wall. 

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Today we welcome Moreira to the show for a chat about all things music. Born and based in Mozambique, its a joy to get over there and see what the music scene is all about. Also, Dan moves house.

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Guitarist Shirley Tetteh began her journey into jazz with Tomorrow’s Warriors. In demand as a player, she currently features in Jazz Jamaica, Groundation, female collective Nérija (Jazz FM Awards nominee for Breakthrough Act of the Year), Maisha, Huw Marc Bennett Quintet and many more. Tetteh has publishing and record deals with Lucky Number Music and is keen to explore the ways of combining jazz and left field pop, while forging ahead with bands Nerija and Maisha, who present high-quality original improvised music to a younger, wider audience.

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