Andy Roberts presents the Jazz Connection every Monday 8 till 9pm on Radio Cardiff 98.7 - see and hear the show live online

Also one Thursday a month on GTFM 107.9 in the south Wales valleys - next show July 9

Playlist for 29 June 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Jazz Jamaica – I Want You Back
Oleg Kireyev – Night Train
Get The Blessing – Music Style Product
The Impellers – Be Ready
James Chadwick – Seventh Wave
Rebirth Brass Band – Shake Your Body Down To The Ground Joachim Kuhn – Transmitting
Neil Cowley Trio – Revolution 9
Branco Stoysin Trio – Where's The Pen
Kyle Eastwood – Bold Changes
Mike Markey and Nick Jones – Back to California
Maceo Parker - ABC

Playlist for 22 June 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Root Doctors – Goin' To Louisiana
Geoff Eales – Iolo's Dance
Bluesy Susie – Nature Boy
John-Paul Gard's Pedal Mania – Pee Wee's Blues
Heavy Quartet – Bore Sul (Sunday Morning)
Dill Jones – Jay Walk
Wyn Lodwick Interview re Dill Jones
Dill Jones & Wyn Lodwick – Rose Room
Julian Arguelles/Frankfurt Radio Big Band
– Evans Freedom Pass
Fraser Allibone Quartet – Have You Met Miss Jones
The Amigos – Icek

Playlist for 18 June 2009 - GTFM

Oleg Kireyev – Night Train
Dill Jones – Anything Goes
Bluesy Susie – Nature Boy
The Swiss – Jazz Pills
John-Paul Gard's Pedal Mania – Pee Wee's Blues
Heavy Quartet – Bore Sul (Sunday Morning)
The Impellers – Be Ready
Julian Arguelles/Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Phaedrus
Roberto Fonseca – Lo Que Me Hace Vivir
Dill Jones – Jay Walk
Root Doctors – Goin' To Louisiana
Geoff Eales – Iolo's Dance
Fraser Allibone Quartet – Have You Met Miss Jones
Troyka – 140
Acoustic Ladyland – Cuts & Lies
Dill Jones – Meet Me at Condon's
Interview with Wyn Lodwick re Dill Jones
Dill Jones & Wyn Lodwick – Rose Room
Neil Cowley Trio – Revolution 9
Branco Stoysin Trio – Where's The Pen
Charles Mingus – Better Get It In Your Soul

Playlist for 15 June 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Hugo Strasser – Black Night
Laura Collins – Battersea Park
Freddie Hubbard – A Night in Tunisia (Live in Bristol)
Ray Camacho & the Teardrops – Si Si Puede
The Swiss – Remember When
Trudy Kerr/Michael Garrick - Lush Life
Troyka – Call
Acoustic Ladyland – Red Sky
Ian Shaw – Comes Love
Wyn Lodwick and Friends – Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Roberto Fonseca – Lo Que Me Hace Vivir
WhiskyCats – In This Chair
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Remember When

Playlist for 8 June 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Mingus Big Band – Moanin'
Sirius B – Watermelon Man
Zed-U – Phone Tap
Mark Moraghan – Blast From The Past
Nicky Campbell Interview
Mark Moraghan & Steven Sproat – Through It All
Led Bib – Call Centre Labyrinth
Miles Davis – Solea
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara - Kele Kele (No Passport No Visa)

Playlist for 1 June 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Osian Roberts/Steve Fishwick Quintet – The Hit
Karen Lane – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
John Law's Art of Sound – Can a Cannibal Nibble?
John-Paul Gard – Beef Dumplin' Stew
James Chadwick and Julian Martin – Enrico's Last Dance
Dave Stapleton Quintet – Images
Ray Thompson/Jim Barber – Slowboat To China
Led Bib – Yes, Again
Top Shelf Jazz - Istanbul
Cookin' On 3 Burners – Cars

Playlist for 25 May 2009 - Radio Cardiff

King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew (Live)
Ella Fitzgerald - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Dizzy Gillespie - Mas Que Nada
Tom Jones - Hard To Handle
Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau
The Amigos - Caravan
Brian Auger - A Day In The Life
Herb Alpert - Sunny
Patti Drew - Fever
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland - Un Grao De Areia
Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire
Ray Barretto - Pastime Paradise

Playlist for 18 May 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Hugh Masekela – Saduva
Martin Speake – Diverse
Dave Stapleton Quintet – Snitch
Lee Jones – Cookin' on Gas
Evan Christopher – I Know That You Know
Liberty Street Jazz Band – Comes Love
Jones O'Connor Group – No-Wave
Branford Marsalis Quartet – Rhythm-a-Ning
Maceo Parker – Let's Get It On

Playlist for 14 May 2009 - GTFM

Sirius B – Something New
John Law's Art of Sound – Congregation
Liberty Street Jazz Band – Bugle Call Rag
Jones O'Connor Group – Worker Bee
Andy Sheppard – Bing
Sax Appeal – PTB
Wyn Lodwick/Dill Jones - In a Sentimental Mood
Led Bib – Yes, Again
Madeleine Peyroux – Love and Treachery
Maceo Parker – ABC
Keith Little Band – Jumpin' At The Woodside
Diana Krall – Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
Dave Stapleton Quintet – Dedication Song
Lee Jones – Halfway House
Martin Speake – I'm In The Mood For Love
Marcia Pendlebury/Art Themen – S'Wonderful
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Last Goodbye
Hugh Masekela – Thimlela
Evan Christopher – Farewell Blues

Playlist for 11 May 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Mike Harries Root Doctors – DIY
The Perceptions ft Fred Wesley – Running the Risk
Joe Lovano – Powerhouse
Cassandra Wilson – Fragile
Jigsaw – Slackers Hideaway
Sax Appeal – New York Walk
Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine
Asaf Sirkis Trio – Alone
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara – Fulani Coochie Man
Marcia Pendlebury/Art Themen – S'Wonderful
Seb Pipe's Life Experience – Yo Tico

Playlist for 4 May 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Richard Groove Holmes – Listen Here
Colosseum ft Chris Farlowe – Tomorrow's Blues
Till Bronner ft Vanessa da Mata – O Que Sera
Youngblood Brass Band – Is That a Riot?
Dan James – Blues for June
Le Trio Joubran – Sama-Sounounou
5 Go Swing – Putting on the Ritz
The Qualitons – One Man Song
Nathan Haines ft Marlena Shaw – Right Now
Paul Gonsalves Quartet – Boom Jackie Boom Chick
Trudy Kerr/Michael Garrick – Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Jimmy Smith – Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Keith Little Band – St Thomas

Playlist for 27 April 2009 - Radio Cardiff

James Taylor Quartet – Blacksmith
Li Harding/Root Doctors – You Can Have My Husband
Interview with Humie Webbe about Butetown Bay Jazz
Paula Gardiner Trio – No Coincidence
Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls – Killa Dilla
The Numbers Racket – Route 66
Victor Parker and Chris Hodgkins - Undecided
(recorded live at the Quebec, Cardiff, January 1976)
Coltrane Dedication Band – Mr PC
Lara James/Jeremy Young - Glass
NJYO – More Mumbles
Chris Hodgkins Trio - Full Count

Playlist for 20 April 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Norman Connors ft Freddie Hubbard – Samba For Maria
Diana Krall – Walk On By
Dave Jones Trio – The Leopard
Heavy Quartet – Petite Fleur
Andy Sheppard – La Tristesse Du Roi
St Germain – Rose Rouge
Liam Noble Trio – Take Five
Dave Brubeck – Take Five
Red Eyed Fly – The Stutter

Playlist for 13 April 2009 - Radio Cardiff

The Numbers Racket - Swingin' Like a Wrecking Ball
Jones O'Connor Group - Pumpkin
Jim Barber Trio - Tachycardia
The Amigos - Russian Lullaby
Paula Gardiner Trio - Riding on the Back of the Salmon
Laura Collins - Mohawk
Burum - Alawon (The Songs of Welsh Folk)
Keith Little Band - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Gareth Roberts Quintet - Going Nowhere Fast
Dave Stapleton Quintet - Aquamarine
Top Shelf Jazz - Nagasaki

Playlist for 6 April 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Pigbag – Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
Alan Barnes – Senor Blues
Azhaar Saffar Quartet – Black Cow
The Amigos – Capitaine Gumbo
Lee Jones – One Little Blue Note
Ray Thompson and Jim Barber – The More I See You
Keith Little Band – Caldonia
Michael Garrick Septet – Ursula
Julian Jackson – Autumn Leaves
Mike Markey and Nick Jones – Filthy Rich
Lea DeLaria and Ian Shaw – Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Playlist for 30 March 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Harold McNair – The Hipster
Lauren Dalrymple – Stella by Starlight/Stella's Groove
Jim Barber Trio – Kaleidoscope
John-Paul Gard – Timeline
Kevin Figes Quartet – The Grind
Dave Stapleton Quintet – Second Life
Dave Stapleton Interview
Dave Stapleton – Catching Sunlight
Latin Blues Band ft Luis Aviles - (I'll Be A) Happy Man
Sarah Gillespie – How The Mighty Fall
Orchestra Baobab – Colette

Playlist for 23 March 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Nicola Conte – Caravan
Daphna Sadeh – Reconciliation
Juliet Kelly – Back to Life
Mulatu Astatke/The Heliocentrics - Cha Cha
Zen Hussies - Kecker Rocker
Gareth Williams Power Trio - Holey Moley
Gareth Williams interview
Gareth Williams Power Trio - Seven Leaves
Oscar Brown Jr – Work Song
Ravi Coltrane – Shine
Coltrane Dedication Band – Mr PC

Playlist for 16 March 2009 - Radio Cardiff

The Mohawks – The Champ
Madeleine Peyroux – Instead
Gareth Williams Power Trio – Giant Steps
Wynton Marsalis – Sassy
James Taylor Quartet – Inner Mystic Love
Laura Collins – Get Happy
Laura Collins interview
Laura Collins – Battersea Park
Daby Toure and Skip McDonald – Sinners
Huw Warren Trio – Santo Antonio
Roland Alphonso – Song For My Father
Marlene VerPlank – They Say It's Spring
London Jazz 4 – Things We Said Today

Playlist for 12 March 2009 - GTFM

Alan Barnes – The Cape Verdean Blues
Gareth Williams Power Trio – A Welshman in New York
Laura Collins - Comes Love
Laura Collins interview
Laura Collins – Road
Wynton Marsalis – School Boy
Huw Warren Trio – Cowbois and Shepherds
Taffronaut v Chupacabra – Straight Outta Canton
Coltrane Dedication Band – Equinox
NYJO – When You're Ready
Dave Jones Trio – Welsh Rarebit
Dave Jones interview
Dave Jones Trio – Cracovian Duck
Miles Davis – Freddie Freeloader
Marlene VerPlank – I've Got You Under My Skin
Geoff Eales Trio – Awakening
Gilad Atzmon – April in Paris
5 Go Swing - I'll See You In My Dreams
The London Horn Sound Big Band
featuring Gwilym Simcock – Blues For Hughie

Playlist for 9 March 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Dave Jones Trio – The Leopard
Kenny Garrett – Wooden Steps
Dave Jones Trio – Impetus
Tony Remy and Bluey - Beyond Jupiter
Laura Collins – Battersea Park
Wonderbrass – Hamba Nami
Branford Marsalis – Dienda
Dave Jones Trio – Three on Four
5 Go Swing – Douce Ambience
Klezmer Juice – Librescu Tango

Playlist for 2 March 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Buddy Rich Big Band – The Beat Goes On
Root Doctors – Living On The Rim
Gwyn Evans and Dr Jazz – Sospan Fach
Dave Jones Trio – Welsh Rarebit
Keith Little Band – Jumping at the Woodside
Majek Fashek – Man of Sorrow
3 Square – Canteloupe Island
The London Horn Sound Big Band
featuring Gwilym Simcock – Blues For Hughie
Chet Baker – Let’s Get Lost
Xavier Cugat – One Mint Julep (Cha Cha Twist)

Playlist for 23 February 2009 - Radio Cardiff

The Blockheads – Hold Tight
Tom Harrell – Prana
Geoff Eales Trio – Iolo's Dance
Kitty Bevan – Scarborough Fair
Taffronaut v Chupacabra - Ruff D
Eduardo Niebla – A Night in Beirut
Martin Speake – I'm In The Mood For Love
Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder
Nikka Costa – Love to Love You Less
Gilad Atzmon – Everything Happens To Me
Peggy Lee – Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Playlist for 16 February 2009 - Radio Cardiff

The Numbers Racket - Swingin' Like a Wrecking Ball
Jones O'Connor Group - Pumpkin
Jim Barber Trio - Tachycardia
The Amigos - Russian Lullaby
Paula Gardiner Trio - Riding on the Back of the Salmon
Laura Collins - Mohawk
Burum - Alawon (The Songs of Welsh Folk)
Keith Little Band - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Gareth Roberts Quintet - Going Nowhere Fast
Dave Stapleton Quintet - Aquamarine
Top Shelf Jazz - Nagasaki

Playlist for 9 February 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Us3 ft Gareth Williams – Come On Everybody
Gangbe Brass Band - Nikki
Martin Speake/Bobo Stenson – Change of Heart
The Amigos – Tu Djail
Bobby Montez – African Fantasy
Heavy Quartet – Skaface
Nathan Riki Thomson – Illalla
The Bannau Trio – The Bannau Brycheiniog
John Coltrane Quartet – Greensleeves
Gareth Williams Power Trio
– For Alun Lewis, Hedd Wyn and the others
Melody Gardot – Over The Rainbow
Lionel Hampton – Psychedelic Sally

Playlist for 2 February 2009 - Radio Cardiff

King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew (Live)
Yots K – Love For Sale
Big Air – Airlock
Imelda May – Johnny Got a Boom Boom
Imelda May Interview
Imelda May – Big Bad Handsome Man
Joshua Redman – Moonlight
Dizzy Gillespie – Mas Que Nada
Gareth Roberts – The Attack of the Killer Penguins
Soothsayers – Music
Young Holt Unlimited – Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy

Playlist for 26 January 2009 - Radio Cardiff

The Blue Note 7 – Mosaic
Ray Gelato – The Jumpin' Jive
Stan Sulzmann – Maudley
Buddy Rich Big Band – Ease On Down The Road
Kitty Bevan – Autumn Leaves
Julian Arguelles Trio – Warm Winter Coat of Spruce
Aaron Parks - Roadside Distraction
Organ Trio ft Jim Mullen – Blueberry Hill
Working Week – Venceremos (We Will Win)
David 'Fathead' Newman – Unchain My Heart
Richard Groove Holmes – Listen Here

Playlist for 19 January 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Graham Bond Organisation - Wade In The Water
Tubby Hayes/Paul Gonsalves – Don’t Fall Off The Bridge
Nicola Conte ft Jose James - The Nubian Queens
Jeff Lorber – Rehab
Jones O'Connor Group – Worker Bee
Laura Collins – Estate
Miles Davis – So What (Live in Holland 1960)
Coltrane Dedication - Mr PC

Playlist for 15 January 2009 - GTFM

Gil Evans Orchestra - Crosstown Traffic
Stan Sulzmann - Krell
Imelda May - Smoker's Song
Jones O'Connor Group - Moondog
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
Davy Graham - Blue Monk
Jeff Lorber - Rehab
Pete Canter Quartet - Blues for Bill
The Amigos - Tu Djail
Woody Herman - Hush
Protect The Beat - Snake in the Grass
Julian Arguelles - Brushes
Gareth Roberts Quintet - Mop Dancing
Gareth Roberts interview
Gareth Roberts Quintet - Dysgu Cyfri (Learning to Count)
Eartha Kitt - Beale Street Blues
Ian Shaw and Sue Richardson - Sad Sweet Song
Heavy Quartet - Skaface
The Cliveden Set - Dinah
Organ Trio ft Jim Mullen - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Playlist for 12 January 2009 - Radio Cardiff

Ronnie Laws – Always There
Ella Fitzgerald – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Dave Jones Trio – The Leopard
Alex Wilson – Let's Stay Together
Julian Arguelles - Ghana
Gareth Roberts Quintet – Going Nowhere Fast
Gareth Roberts interview
Gareth Roberts Quintet – Dysgu Cyfri (Learning to Count)
Milt Jackson ft Freddie Hubbard – Sunflower
Davy Graham – Cry Me A River
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber – It Had To Be You
The Amigos – Icek
Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Charlie's Dozen
Protect the Beat – Intrepid
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample – Every Day I Have The Blues Paula Gardiner Trio – In The Garden
Ian Shaw ft Sue Richardson – Sad Sweet Song
EST – Premonition I: Earth
Five Corners Quintet - Skinny Dipping
Eartha Kitt – Beale Street Blues
The Cliveden Set – Nagasaki
Soil & Pimp Sessions – Mars

Playlist for Christmas Day 2008 - GTFM

Steve Tyrrell - Santa Claus is Coming To Town
Diana Krall - Jingle Bells
Keb Mo' - Jingle Bell Jamboree
Nancy Wilson - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Ray Brown - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Ella Fitzgerald - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Louis Armstrong - Zat You Santa Claus? (Heavy Remix)
Julie London - I'd Like You For Christmas
Warren Hill - O Holy Night
Peggy Lee - Winter Wonderland
Dean Martin - Baby It's Cold Outside
Dianne Reeves - I'll Be Home For Christmas
James Brown - Merry Christmas Baby
Topsy Chapman and Lars Edegran - The Christmas Blues
Lou Rawls - Christmas Is
Kirk Whalum - Little Ghetto Drummer Boy
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Ed Calle, Arturo Sandoval, Jim Gasior
- Jingle Bells (Big Band Songo)

Playlist for 27 November 2008 - GTFM

Snowboy & the Latin Section – Cubano Blues
Patricia Barber – In The Still Of The Night
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber - Fly Me To The Moon*
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber - Wait Till You See Her*
Yma Sumac – Malambo Number 1
Chris Hodgkins Quartet – London
Maria Pia De Vito & Huw Warren – And the kitchen sink
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber - The More I See You*
Five Corners Quintet – Hot Rod
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
New Cool Collective – Scuzzy Skank
Imelda May - Feel Me
Joe Zawinul – Scarlet Woman
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber - Night and Day*
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber - It Had To Be You*
Miles Davis – So What (Live in Holland 1960)
Anita Wardell – Limehouse Blues
Dudley Moore Trio – Strictly For The Birds
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber - Slow Boat To China*
Ray Thompson & Jim Barber - Moon River*

*Live studio session

Playlist for 16 October 2008 - GTFM

Alex Wilson – Let's Stay Together
Mac Rebennack & The Soul Orchestra – The Point
Clark Tracey Trio – Just You, Just Now
Dave Holland Sextet – Pass It On
Acker Bilk – Buona Sera
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample – Every Day I Have The Blues
James Chadwick & Julian Martin – Enrico's Last Dance
Robert Mitchell Trio – Teardrop
The Amigos – Russian Lullaby
Viktoria Tolstoy – Stranger in Paradise
King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys – Walkin' With Mr Lee
Dr John – Keep On Goin'
Neon – Deviation
Paula Gardiner Trio – Riding on the Back of the Salmon
Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan (Live at Carnegie Hall)
Geoff Eales - Waltz For Debby
Geoff Eales interview
Geoff Eales - Song For My Father
Heavy Quartet – Desert Song
Zoe & Idris Rahman – Sanctuary
Keith Little Band – Basin Street Blues/Sleepy Time Down South
Chris Hodgkins Trio – Swinging at the Copper Beach
Azhaar Saffar Quartet – Moose the Mooch

Playlist for 18 September 2008 - GTFM

Joe Zawinul – Brown Street
Brigitte Beraha – So Simple
Keith Little Trio – Sugar
Billy Cobham & Asere – Gypsy Soul
Surinder Sandhu – Avi's Theme
J.A.M. – Master of the World
Wonderbrass – Hamba Nami
Louis Jordan – Let The Good Times Roll
New Mastersounds – Idris
Rebirth Brass Band – Take It To The Street
Omer Klein – Netanya
Maurice El Medioni - Tu N'aurais Jamais Du
Paula Gardiner – Hot Lament Album Feature
EST – Premonition: Earth
Dominic Norcross – A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - Mars

Playlist for 21 August 2008 - GTFM

Five Corners Quintet ft Mark Murphy
- This Could Be The Start of Something Big
Ubizo - Dumisari
Tim Kliphuis - Night and Day
The Numbers Racket - Swinging Like a Wrecking Ball
The Klezmatics - I Ain't Afraid
Jones O'Connor Group - Johnny Two Hats
Blue Mitchell - Good Humour Man
Oscar Brown Jr - Worksong
Gareth Roberts Quintet - Going Nowhere Fast
Keith Little Band - St Thomas
Ray Charles - What'd I Say
Alan Barnes - The Cape Verdean Blues
Andy Davies Quartet - Nedved
Top Shelf Jazz - Nagasaki
Burum - Alawon
Stan Tracey Orchestra - 'Round Midnight (Live at Appleby)
Ann Duggan - When You Love Someone
The Amigos - Icek

Playlist for 3 August 2008 - Brecon Preview on GTFM

Jools Holland - Honeydripper Part 2
Empirical - Blessings
Gwilym Simcock Trio - Sneaky
Maceo Parker - To Be Or Not To Be
Mark Murphy - Stolen Moments
The Amigos - Caravan
Sirius B - Something New
Burum - Hiraeth Am Feirion
Neil Cowley Trio - His Nibs
Jones O'Connor Group - Dead Ahead
Alison Burns and Martin Taylor - He's a Tramp
Paula Gardiner Trio - In The Garden
Evan Christopher - Farewell Blues
Scott Hamilton - Blue Wales

Radio Cardiff - archive playlists

Playlist for 7 July 2008

Maceo Parker/WDR Big Band - Hallelujah I Love Her So
Arun Ghosh - Aurora
Corinne Bailey Rae - Sexy Back
Gwilym Simcock - A Typical Affair
Jack McDuff - Butter For You Popcorn
Alan Barnes - Baghdad Blues
Finn Peters - The Nightingale
Jim Barber Trio - Birks Works
Andy Bey - Brother Can You Spare a Dime
Tommaso Starace - Keep Moving Please!

The station suspended live programmes on July 2008 due to funding issues, returning in January 2009

Playlist for 23 June 2008

Kenny Dorham - Minor's Holiday
EST - Tide of Trepidation
James Brown - There Was A Time (Kenny Dope remix)
Pentangle - Light Flight
Robert Walter - Maple Plank
George Benson - Summertime
EST - Little Rootie Tootie
Lauren - Glory Box
Tom Richards Orchestra ft Jamie Cullum
- Smoke and Mirrors
Liberty Street Jazz Band - Bugle Call Rag
Red Eyed Fly - My Name Is On The Bills
EST - Believe, Beleft, Below

Three tracks by EST were played as a tribute to
Esbjorn Svensson following his untimely death

Playlist for 9 June 2008

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Bright Lights Big City
Paul Weller & Robert Wyatt - Song For Alice
Jimmy McGriff – The Worm
Dave Stapleton & Matthew Bourne – Like Enlightenment
Kevin Figes - Listless
Dinah Washington – Cry Me a River (Truth and Soul Rmx)
Bobby Previte & the New Bump – She Has Information
Ola Onabule – Never Known
Paula Gardiner Trio – In The Garden
Tim Garland – Epilogue: From The Land
Mike Markey & Nick Jones – Filthy Rich
Bourne/Davis/Kane – De Selby’s Earth
The Jiveoholics – Jiveoholic Boogie
Jeremy Steig - Howling For Judy

Playlist for 26 May 2008

Nicola Conte - The Dharma Bums
Anita Wardell - Parker's Mood (Blues)
Jim Barber - Count Kant
Neon - Chu Chu
The Herbaliser - The Next Spot
Lowri Evans - Can't Decide
Fred Wesley and the JBs - Use Me
Evan Christopher - Farewell Blues
Nils Petter Molvaer - The Beginning (from the film Edy)
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland - Un Grao de Areia
Top Shelf Jazz - Hello Mabel
Lalo Schifrin - Jim On The Move

Playlist for 12 May 2008

Caribbean Jazz Project ft Dave Samuels - Rendezvous Cassandra Wilson - St James Infirmary
Thelonius Monk - Rhythm-A-Ning (Live at Monterey)
Jessie J - Tequila Moon
3 Square - Canteloupe Island
Brecon Jazz interview with Jim Smith
Burum - Yr Eneth Glaf (The Ailing Maiden)
Bluesy Susie - Cry Me A River
McCoy Tyner Trio with Joe Lovano - Mellow Minor
James Taylor Quartet - Theme from Starsky and Hutch

Playlist for 28 April 2008

Humphrey Lyttelton – Bad Penny Blues
Tony Kofi Quartet – If I Spoke My Mind
Dee Dee Bridgewater – Afro Blue
Jones O'Connor Group – A Crow for Every Crow
Jukka Eskola – 1974
Dylan Howe's Unity 4 – Law Years (Rehearsal)
Joe Williams – Get Out Of My Life Woman
Neil Cowley Trio – Scaredy Cat
Lee Jones – One Little Blue Note
Watcha Clan – Balkan Qoulou
Alboran Trio – Autumn Mist
Humphrey Lyttelton/Elkie Brooks – Do Your Duty
Dr Feelgood – Oyeh!

Playlist for 14 April 2008

Gil Evans Orchestra
– Crosstown Traffic/Little Miss Lover
The Megatons – Shimmy Shimmy Walk
Georgie Fame – Do It The Hard Way
Sensorium – The Wailers of Auchtermuchtie
Da Bone and Saxy Debbie – Night Train
Guajiro Mirabal – Mi Corazon No Tiene Quien Lo Llore
King Django - Buccaneer Bay
King Django interview
King Django - Catch That Train
Art Blakey – Alamode
Julie London – You and the Night and the Music
Nicolas Meier – A Rose in the Pyrenees
Salsa Celtica – Ya Llego
Top Shelf Jazz - Nagasaki
Heavy Quartet – Petite Fleur

Playlist for 31 March 2008

Jazz Warriors – Abolition Day
Alan Barnes – Yeah!
Killer Shrimp – Walking On
Gareth Roberts Quintet – Mop Dancing
Oliver Nelson – 125th St and 7th Avenue
Geoff Eales – Armando's Rhumba
Whiskey River - Voodoo Chile
Sophie Milman – Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Cachao – La Trompeta Y La Flauta
Ian Shaw – A Good and Simple Man
King Django – Friend
Chris Barber – Lead Me On

Playlist for 17 March 2008

Dirty Dozen Brass Band ft Dr John – It's All Over Now
Empirical – Blessings
Lizz Wright – Coming Home
Clark Tracey Quartet – Seven Steps To Heaven
Ska Cubano – Cumbia En Do Menor
(Spiritual South remix)
The Amigos – Gypsymania
Brad Mehldau Trio – Wonderwall
John Coltrane Quartet – Blues Minor
Dianne Reeves – Just My Imagination
Lionel Hampton – Psychedelic Sally

Playlist for 3 March 2008

Mingus Big Band – Moanin'
Barb Jungr – The Times They Are A-Changin'
Acoustic Ladyland – Red Sky
Plumstead Radical Club – The Coast Is Clear
Burum – Marwnad Yr Ehedydd (The Lark's Lament)
Miles Davis – Someday My Prince Will Come
Barry Adamson – The Beaten Side of Town
Graham Watkins Trio ft Clare Hingott
– It's All Right With Me
Janusz Carmello – When The Jazz Is Swinging In
Young Holt Unlimited
– Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy

Playlist for 18 Feburary 2008

Rebirth Brass Band – Take It To The Street
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis – Afro-Jaws
Clare Teal – All For Love
The Numbers Racket – Swingin' Like a Wreckin' Ball
Colman Brothers – El Nino (Big Band Mix)
Reem Kelani – Galilean Lullaby
Dave O'Higgins Quartet – You Must Believe In Spring
Interview - Monty Coffin, Welsh Jazz Society
Imperfect Tenth – Birdland
Gabo Brown and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – It's a Vanity
Portico Quartet – News From Verona
Buddy Rich Big Band – Hello I Love You

Playlist for 4 Feburary 2008

Hugo Strasser – Black Night
Gwyn Jay Allen ft Roy Hargrove – Now You Has Jazz
Dave Stapleton Quintet – Second Life
Richard Groove Holmes – Listen Here
Neil Cowley Trio – His Nibs
Sheila Landis – Who Will Buy?
The Blessing – Another Brother’s Mother
Geoff Eales – Round Midnight
Gotan Project meet Chet Baker – Round Midnight
Red Eyed Fly – My Purgatory
Mike Markey and Nick Jones – This Old Band
Angelo DeBarre Quartet – Django’s Tiger

Playlist for 21 January 2008

Pure Evil – Gussets of Freedom
Harold McNair – The Fence
Melody Gardot – Worrisome Heart
John Taylor – Whirlpool
Roger Beaujolais Quintet – Some Blues
Pete Canter Quartet – Slick
Eddie Roberts – In, On, Out
The Cherubs – The Sea and The Sun
Jo Jo Bennett – Canteloupe Rock
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
– 100 Days, 100 Nights
Keith Little Band – St Thomas

Playlist for 7 January 2008

Oscar Peterson – Mas Que Nada
Tony Remy and Bluey - Beyond Jupiter
Gwyneth Herbert – Lay You Down
Gareth Roberts Quintet – Wrth Fynd Efo Deio
I Dwywn (Whilst going with Deio to Twywn)
Alex Wilson – Ain't Nobody
Cubanita – Watermelon Man
James Chadwick – Play Time
Freak Unique - Summer
Mark Murphy – Angel Eyes
Azhaar Saffar Quartet – Pura Vida
Roland Alphonso – Song For My Father
New Cool Collective – E-Pro

This show was dedicated to the late Radio 1 and Jazz FM presenter Kevin Greening, who inspired me to make my career in broadcasting

Playlist for 24 December 2007

Steve Tyrrell - Santa Claus is Coming To Town
Diana Krall - Jingle Bells
Keb Mo' - Jingle Bell Jamboree
Nancy Wilson - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Ray Brown - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Ella Fitzgerald - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Warren Hill - O Holy Night
Carla Cook - Do You Hear What I Hear
Peggy Lee - Winter Wonderland
Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band
- Please Come Home For Christmas
Dianne Reeves - I'll Be Home For Christmas
Lou Rawls - Christmas Is
Dave Koz & Friends - O Tannenbaum/Sleigh Ride
James Brown - Merry Christmas Baby
Kirk Whalum - Little Ghetto Drummer Boy
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Ed Calle, Arturo Sandoval, Jim Gasior
- Jingle Bells (Big Band Songo)

Playlist for 10 December 2007

Jools Holland - Honeydripper Pts 2 and 3
Terence Blanchard - Ghost of Congo Square
Dave O'Higgins Quartet - Operation Yardbird
Laura Collins - Last Waltz
Wonderbrass - Festival City People
Gwilym Simcock - Sneaky
Guy Barker - Queen Righteous
Alex Wilson - Nature Boy
Kenny Dorham - Afrodisia
Top Shelf Jazz - It Don't Mean A Thing
Liberty Street Jazz Band
- When My Baby Smiles at Me

Playlist for 26 November 2007

Ella Fitzgerald – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Dave Stapleton Quintet – Out of Focus
Joshua Redman – Cat Battles*
Soil & Pimp Sessions - AIE
John Etheridge – Moreover
Heavy Quartet – Skaface
Brad Mehldau – When It Rains*
Burum – Alawon
Eliane Elias - Waltz For Debby
Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Sagadora Hot Dub

*Tracks chosen by special guest Dave Stapleton

Playlist for 12 November 2007

Jazz Jamaica – Ball of Fire
Jim Barber Trio – Tachycardia
Herbie Hancock/Tina Turner – Edith and the Kingpin
Courtney Pine – Right On
Paula Gardiner – Urban Paradise?
Manfred Mann – All Your Love
Duke Pearson – The Fakir
Jose James – Park Bench People
Weekend – The View From Her Room
Moishe's Bagel – A Nakht in Gan Eydn
Dominic Norcross Quartet – Fly Me To The Moon

Playlist for 29 October 2007

Woody Herman – Hush
Trudy Kerr – Jeannine
Peter King/Art Themen/Al Haig – Ornithology
Interview with Jonathan Davies about Jazz 4 Jed
Wayne Krantz – Dove Gloria
Miles Davis – Red China Blues
Horselmat – Right On
Eri Yamamoto – Melodica Chops
Marcia Pendlebury/Art Themen – S’Wonderful
Jones O’Connor Group – Pumpkin
Queen Latifah – I’m Gonna Live Till I Die
Chris Hodgkins Trio – Full Count
Angela Brown & the Mighty 45s
– Glory Glory Hallelujah

Playlist for 15 October 2007

Keith Little Band – Caldonia
Root Doctors – Goin’ To Louisiana
Dr John – Walking To New Orleans*
Alan Barnes – The Cape Verdean Blues
New Mastersounds – Bus Stop No 5 (Afrokats Crew Remix)
The Numbers Racket – The Mambo Swing
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
– Hey Troy, Your Mama's Calling You*
Zoot Money – Zoot’s Sermon
The Tolga Quartet – I’ve Found A New Baby
The Subdudes – Make A Better World*
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – O Mmu Beno Mmu
Julia Farino – After You’ve Gone
Chris Barber/Andy Fairweather Low – Gin House

*Tracks chosen by special guest Mike Harries

Playlist for 8 October 2007 - Radio Cardiff launch day

Count Basie – Hang On Sloopy
Joe Zawinul – Brown Street
Mamborama – Es Solo Musica
Jean-Paul Gard – Beef Dumplin' Stew
Puppini Sisters – Crazy In Love
Jon Lucien – When The Morning Comes
Manfred Mann – Sack O'Woe
George Melly – Salty Dog
The Amigos – Caravan
Bill Evans Trio – Autumn Leaves
John Coltrane – Giant Steps
Dave Stapleton Quintet – Aquamarine
Davy Graham – Blue Monk

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