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Don't miss my Brecon Jazz Festival preview show 8pm on Sunday 3 August on community station GTFM 107.9 FM

GTFM can be heard throughout the south Wales valleys, reaching as far as Cardiff, and online at www.gtfm.co.uk

Thanks to Terry Mann and the GTFM team for giving me this opportunity while Radio Cardiff remains off the air pending a decision on public funding - more news soon

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!

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 following the untimely death of Esbjorn Svensson

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

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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