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Jazz 625 – The Thelonious Monk Quartet

Jazz 625 - The Thelonious Monk Quartet

A real treat for you all, over at the BBC FOUR iPlayer site this week, four episodes of the landmark BBC 2 televisual series from the 1960′s, Jazz 625, my favourite of which is the Thelonious Monk Quartet session, with Ben Riley, Larry Gayles and Charlie House…. this episode was introduced by British Jazz legend Humphrey Lyttleton (RIP) whom i had the great pleasure of meeting once upon a time… enjoy! also find quite a few Jazz 625 clips on youtube.com.

Behind the Screens article on Jazz 625, including where the name came from…
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Merry Christmas xXx

Wishing you all Peace and Happiness and Love for Christmas x

Merry Christmas

As a Christmas treat we have a Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Night Before Christmas. A 30 minute radio broadcast circa 1944 with the best (in my opinion) actors who graced the roles, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce! Show is found in the feed only!

For a Christmas soundtrack check out all the Noel sessions:
Jazzcast 064 Christmas
Jazzcast 045 Noel Jazzcast 022 Noel Jazzcast 008 Noel

Keeping in the spirit of the Season, check out the Soup Session Xmas Special live broadcast on the 23rd December only on radio.novalujon.com (NB. Need to download the Listen link again as its NEW or you will get no show!).

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Jazzcast 064 Christmas session

Jazzcast 064 Christmas

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The Christmas session is coming… to help you relax and enjoy this Season! We missed out last year so we making up for it this year. Enjoy these alternate fire-side-Baileys-sipping-Mince-pie-munching soundtracks and a Merry Christmas to one and all…

All previous Noel sessions are now also available for download.
Jazzcast 045 Noel Jazzcast 022 Noel Jazzcast 008 Noel

Keeping in the spirit of the Season, check out the Soup Session Xmas Special live broadcast on the 23rd December only on radio.novalujon.com (NB. Need to download the Listen link again as its NEW or you will get no show!).

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Jazzcast 063 Funk . the ping pong session

Jazzcast 063 Funk

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Woops… been a while! Back doing what i love best with a monster funk session, a frenzied crate digging of funk compilations sinks its teeth into this, the ping pong session. Soulful, gritty, soundtrackish funk keeps it funking for over 2 hours! Enjoy! Peace! Great music to play ping pong too…

Who Is He And What Is He To You (Creative Source)
Who Is She [And What Is She To You] (Gladys Knight And The Pips)
Mind Power (James Brown)
Wouri (Manu Dibango)
Put It In (Johnny King And Fatback Band)
Stand Up (Marksman And The Agents)
Strung Out (Gordon Staples And The String Thing)
Everywhere I Go (Lou Rawls) . Love this!
One Gun Salute (Donald Byrd)
Free Your Mind (Free Your Mind)
Party Music (Francis Lai)
Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Again (Hearts of Stone)
Spead (Soul Partners) . one for Eddie x
All I Want Is You (Zilla Mayes)
The Moon Walk (King Solomon)
Return Of The Prodigal Son (George Benson)
Solar Level (The Johnny Almond Music Machine)
Doing It To Death (Fred Wesley And The JBs)
Ponta De Lanca Africano (Jorge Ben)
Flying Machine (War)
Sweet Song (Sarah Webster Fabio)
Chain Of Fools (Shake Keane)
Party Party (Mr Q)
Disco Socks (Sucks?) [Instrumental Edit] (Omni)
Ironside (Alan Tew Orchestra)
The Hump (Patrice Rushen)
More Bounce To The Ounce (Zapp)
Barabajagal (Donovon)
Baby, Don’t Leave Me (Jerry Washington)
Do It (BT Express)
Woman, Woman (Johnny Bristol)
Platano Split (Ben And Platano Group)
Licking Stick-Licking Stick (James Brown)
Oops Here I Go Again (Edna Wright) . for my love Jules xXx
Summer In The City (Quincy Jones)

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Cover Artwork (Detail) by Ericka Spilthooren. Merci x.
Dedication goes to funky nephew Benjamin Dawson of blonde for his birthday. Happy Birthday gk x.

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JazzDJ at Glastonbury 2009

JazzDJ tribute t-shirt in memory of Michael Jackson, RIP!

JazzDJ recently played at Glastonbury (as part of the fantastic four) at the Back Stage (Pyramid) Bar… All pictures now added to the gallery… Was great!

fantastic four at Glastonbury 2009
the fantastic four djs: Hari, Joel Soul, David (JazzDJ) and Paul Siggins.

JazzDJ from the NME Michael Jackson Tribute Special
JazzDJ from the NME Michael Jackson Tribute Special

JazzDJ on the BBC (Really bad picture of me!).


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JazzDJ @ Sundown

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this Sunday evening come down for this months Sundown Poetry event at the Alex, Southend, for a fine evening of music, word and visual delight!

Jazzcast 062 Paul Murphy . Jazzing the old way…

Jazzcast 062 Paul Murphy

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Legendary Jazz DJ Paul Murphy graces the jazzcasts with this excellent groove session from Budapest! An introduction by the man himself:

“Back in the night in the day I used to play a lot of what were then seen as straight ahead Jazz records. Before the heady 1990′s days of Acid Jazz, before the Jazz Not Jazz trips, and well before the Nu Jazz times too. I usually played in dive bars below seedy hotels, old Victorian pubs still full of Withnail and I types, South American restaurants full of extras from Scarface and ex-strip bars. All very downbeat and sordid. And, amazingly, people used to come down to these places and dance their asses off. Heady times! What goes around, comes around, happily and now on my travels I’m playing these old sounds again. And people are still digging them.” Wish i was in Budapest right now… Enjoy!

Walk Tall (Cannonball Adderley)
Memphis Soul Stew (King Curtis)
Jive Samba (Jack MacDuff)
Mas Que Nada (Odell Brown & The Organisers)
Tribute To Sun Ra (Salah Rageb)
Freaks For The Festival (Roland Kirk)
Southern Exposure (Joe Harriott)
Sambop (Cannonball Adderley)
Sandunga (Dave Pike)
New York Is A Jungle Festival (Herbie Mann)
Mighty Burner (Charles Earland)

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