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  1. Episode 386: More Favourite Canadian Jazz Albums From 2026

    More of some of my favourite Canadian Jazz albums released this year. You'll hear the following recordings: • Variations Sur Une Turlute by Montreal's Greenhouse Ensemble. From Mezzanine. • Broken Dreams--The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, from My

  2. Episode 385: Favourite Canadian Jazz Albums of 2026

    I've been listening to a lot of new releases over the past year, many of them by Canadian artists. It inspired me to put together a two part series of some of my favourites. For part 1, here are the recordings from which I've played a track

  3. Episode 384: Jazz Recordings Inspired By Love, Part 2

    You'll hear the music and some of the stories about the creation of this music inspired by love. Here is what I play on this episode: • Song For My Father--Horace Silver His father's picture is on the album cover. • Newborn--Josh Cohen, com

  4. Episode 383:Jazz Albums Created Out of Love

    I'm playing recordings where 'love' inspired the particular composition or album. It includes love for a partner, a child or infant, musical companions, love that came from a spiritual awakening, love for a pet, and in one instance for a ge

  5. Episode 382: Jazzy Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs, Pt. 2

    Here we go again. Up the slide. Down the slide! Here's the song list of nursery rhymes, children's songs, and adult songs children will enjoy....all performed by jazz artists and mostly in a style that jazz fans will appreciate. (Well, mayb

  6. Episode 381: Jazzy Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs

    You wouldn't normally think of Pop Goes The Weasel, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Hickory Dickory Dock, or The Mickey Mouse March as being jazz, would you? Well Wynton Marsalis, John Coltrane, Chick Webb w Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Bob Dor

  7. Episode 380: 10 Years of Discovering Jazz, Part 2

    Celebrating this podcast's 10th Anniversary, I play the old intro I used, and look at some of my favourite episodes from 2017 to today.--with 'today' being some random picks of the thousands of new jazz albums released in 2026. And do a bit

  8. Episode 379: Celebrating 10 Years of Discovering Jazz

    Discovering Jazz started out as a community radio program broadcast on CFFF (Trent Community Radio) in Peterborough, Ontario in 2016. In 2017 it was selected by The National Campus and Community Radio Assocation (NCRA) as the best music pro

  9. Episode 378: New Jazz Albums, Part 4

    Here's what you'll hear in this episode. • Did you know that Ida Lupino was the first female movie star to transform into a director. Carla Bley wrote a tune commemorating her. This episode starts with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and her interp

  10. Episode 377: Selected New Jazz Albums, Part 3

    This selection of new albums---many of them featuring female vocalists--continues a theme of 'old meets new'. The first two tracks are particularly spectacular. Starting with an avant-garde treatmen of Thelonious Monk's Round About Midnight

  11. Episode 376: Selected New Jazz Releases Part 2

    I'm finding that listening to many of the jazz albums released this year, I'm getting a clearer perspective on the connection between jazz's history and where we are today. The episode starts with the new Ellas Kapell (a Swedish quartet) an

  12. Episode 375: 2026 Albums That Stir Up Interest or Curiosity

    I found 72 albums released this year that stirred up my interest or curiosity, then randomly selected a few that I'm playing for you.

  13. Episode 374: Random Selection of Albums From 2026

    Has jazz changed substantially over the past 60 years? I can't really answer that. But maybe hearing a track from some albums selected randomly from the over 2500 new releases from 2026 (plus a couple historical ones) might give you a clue.

  14. Episode 373: Richard Rodgers and Jazz, Part 3

    The last episode of Richard Rodgers and Jazz. This week I explore more jazz interpretations of his great tunes. I include some insightful observations from the book The Jazz Standards by Ted Gioia of some of those tunes. Artists you'll hear

  15. Episode 372: Richard Rodgers and Jazz, Part 2

    More great jazz recordings of Richard Rodgers tunes. And I dive a bit into his life and how he developed his songwriting skills. You'll hear great interpretations of songs such as Manhattan, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, People Will Sa

  16. Episode 371: Richard Rodgers and Jazz, Part 1

    This is Part 1 of a series on the songs of Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers & Hart and Rodgers & Hammerstein). In this and the next two episodes, you'll hear recordings by: -Shorty Rogers and his Men -Mel Torme -Emmet Cohen -Chet Baker -Ahmad Ja

  17. Episode 370: More Notable New Acquisitions

    More great albums --cd's and vinyl-- that have been sent in the mail, uploaded, or bought second hand from a thrift store or jazz club. They range from Lena Horne (originally recorded in 1948) to some albums released this year by Ellas Kape

  18. Episode 369: Notable New Acquisitions

    I play tracks from and talk about some of the most notable albums I've acquired over the last few months. A lot of them are Canadian, quite a few are new releases, and a couple are from years past. BillyChilds GreenhouseEnsemble AlexisMarti

  19. Episode 368: More New Jazz Albums with Weird Titles

    Here's what you'll hear on this week's episode. In order. • Dance To The Bass Drum (Not The Bass), from "Here Goes Nothing". By Brian Claxton (playing bass) • A Danish group called Smag Pa Dig Selv, and an album called "This Is Why We Lost"

  20. Episode 367: New Albums With Weird Titles

    It's not just a few classic jazz albums that have weird titles (see Episode 364). Of the 2000 or so new releases so far this year, there are some strange ones. But does the music or the story behind them reflect the title? Some do and some

  21. Archives, Episode 319: Appreciating Sonny Rollins, Pt. 2

    As a tribute to the recently deceased saxophonist and composer, Sonny Rollins, I'm re-posting two epsodes from last year. This is Part 2. As well as some tracks from some of his albums, I also present some musical contributions he made to T

  22. Archives, Episode 318: Why Sonny Rollins is So Legendary

    As a tribute to legendary jazz saxophonist, Sonny Rollins, who left us May 25, I'm reposting this episode from last year, Part 1 of a two part series on Sonny Rollins. Lots on his life, and I play some of his finest recordings. Starting wit

  23. Episode 366: Records,Poetry & Insights from Sean Murphy, Part 2

    Part 2 of my interview with poet, essayist, podcaster, and jazz fanatic Sean Murphy. And I also play tracks from albums he recommended---plus one from an ensemble from Montreal called Bellbird, where you can hear some 'circular breathing' o

  24. Episode 365: Jazz Poetry and Insights from Sean Murphy

    This is Part 1 of a great session with poet, essayist, podcaster, and jazz fanatic, Sean Murphy. Sean talks about some jazz artists and recordings that most inspired him---and continue to inspire him. And he reads some of his poems that ref

  25. Episode 364: Classic Jazz Albums with Weird Titles

    Gnu High, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus MIngus, Now He Sings Now He Sobs, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, In Case You Forget How Bad He Really Was, Deer Wan, Mingus Ah Um!, Nude Ants. I play a track from each of these albums--many of which, despite

  26. Episode 363: Great Singers and Downbeat's Blindfold Test

    This week I play recordings by some excellent jazz singers, and singer Janis Siegel's reaction to hearing those recordings. In this episode you will hear: Kurt Elling with the WDR Big Band Dianne Reeves with Christian McBride Kate Kortum Jo

  27. Archives: Episode 107: Six More Great Songs

    This is a 6 year old podcast from May, 2020, when I was living in Victoria, B.C. It was one of a number of podcasts where I celebrated songs that had interesting stories behind them, playing some different versions of them. The six songs ar

  28. Episode 362:From Swing to Bebop to Hardbop, Ken Burns Jazz

    This is part 2 of music inspired by Ken Burns PBS jazz series from 2001. A fast paced episode where I squeeze in 15 pieces of great music. the Swing artists include Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Artie Sh

  29. Episode 361: Inspired by Ken Burns Jazz Documentary

    Watching the Ken Burns series called 'Jazz', where he details some history, interviews some amazing people, and plays great music inspired by this podcast as well as next week's. This week, lots of Louis Armstrong, one track by Sidney Beche

  30. Episode 360: More Random New Releases of 2026

    From over 400 new jazz releases just in the first quarter of 2026, I use a table of random numbers to select 9 of them! The result is a surprisingly coherent episode of great jazz. And its quite the variety. You'll hear: -The new one from S

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