The Jazz Podcast

By Rob CopeSociety & Culture Arts Music Performing Arts

The Jazz Podcast episodes

November 20, 2018 London Jazz Festival 2018
Matt Roberts joins Rob to talk about this years jazz festival. They meet up in the heart of London to check out the upcoming gigs and get into the vibe of the festival.
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29 min
November 09, 2018 Tori Freestone
Tori Freestone is a British saxophonist, flautist and violinist who performs at the forefront of the UK improvised music scene as both a sidewomen and highly regarded bandleader.
Freestone is known for her robust tenor sound, melodic invention as well as an ability to amalgamate into a variety of styles and musical contexts while maintaining her highly personal and distinct voice. As a composer Freestone's writing balances wit with playfulness while exploring new ways to blur the lines between the written and improvised.
Rob chats to Tori about her career and her musical journey. The interview starts around the 10 minute mark, beforehand Rob and Dan do some jazz news. TJP Episode 81.
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1 hr 4 min
November 05, 2018 Cambridge Jazz Festival 2018
Rob previews the Cambridge Jazz Festival alongside our man on the ground, Vij Prakash. We preview the upcoming gigs as well as the educational workshops and discuss this years festival theme, woman in jazz.
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27 min
November 01, 2018 Miriam Ast
Miriam Ast joins the show to tell us about her life and education. We also talk about her new album, Secret Songs, and her upcoming gig at the London Jazz Festival. TJP Episode 79.
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49 min
October 24, 2018 Donny McCaslin
Days before his January 2016 death, David Bowie released his final album, Blackstar. While the record represented an endpoint for the legendary artist, it also marked a new beginning for jazz lifer Donny McCaslin who, armed with his saxophone, defined Blackstar's visionary stylistic fusion.
Now, two and a half years after Blackstar's release, McCaslin returns with a new album, Blow., a new definitive statement that fully realizes Bowie's influence and McCaslin’s evolved artistic direction.

Then came the inevitable invitation to The Jazz Podcast, and, for our 78th episode, it is our very great pleasure to welcome Donny to the show to share his story with us.
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1 hr
October 17, 2018 Sarah Tandy
Sarah joins the show to tell us all about her life, her musical inspirations and her upcoming album. We may have even revealed the name of the album with an on air test of the new name. TJP episode 77.
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55 min
October 10, 2018 Ant Law
Ant joins the show to preview some tunes from his upcoming album, Life I Know. Ant is making exciting, beautiful music and its a pleasure to get to talk and preview it. The album is available for pre-order now, check out the link if you fancy it. https://antlaw.bandcamp.com/
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1 hr 5 min
September 26, 2018 Tara Minton
For the 75th episode we celebrate by welcoming Tara Minton. Tara is a harpist, vocalist and songwriter hailing from Melbourne, Australia. Since relocating to London in the Spring of 2011 she has built an international reputation as a performing artist and educator. Rob and Dan also drop some big news coming out of Edition Records, as well as checking out the lineup for the Herts jazz festival.
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1 hr 8 min
September 19, 2018 Ed Babar - Blues and Roots Ensemble
Ed joins the show to tell us about his mighty musical project. Rob and Ed chat about his influences, ideas and arranging the music of the great Charles Mingus. You can check out more at https://www.bluesandrootsensemble.com
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56 min
September 12, 2018 Alan Benzie
Alan joins the show to talk about his life and career so far. We chat about his love of music and his power to speak Japanese. Alan shares with us his thoughts on how to pick up new skills as well as the inspirations behind some of his compositions.
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50 min

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Rob Cope and Tara Minton bring you The Jazz Podcast, in conversation with musicians from around the world. We love stories of how people get into playing music and what keeps them going. We hope…