There's so much good jazz being recorded around the world....a lot of it on small labels....and yet it rarely gets airplay. JAZZ TODAY....in it's own small way....tries to put that right!

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JAZZ TODAY ONLINE is a quarterly cloudcast of some of the best tracks to appear on JAZZ TODAY.


Monday 28 November 2016

Jazz Today Online - Autumn 2016 Playlist


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S’il Te Plait Madame: Perruque et Postiche from The King and The Queen of a Senior Citizens Dance (Petit). Pierre Millet, trumpet; Fabrice Theuillon, saxophone; Mathieu Millet, bass; Emmanuel Penfeunteun, drums.

Duo Van Otterloo Van Veenendaal: No Trace from No Trace (Brokkenrecords). Rutger Van Otterloo, saxophone; Albert Van Veenendaal, piano.

Dag Magnus Narvesen Octet (DaMaNa): Chokolypse from Cornua Copiae (Clean Feed). Kristoffer Alberts, Jorgen Mathisen and Andre Roligheten, reeds; Hayden Powell, trumpet; Kristoffer Kompen, trombone; Oyvind Dale, piano; Adrian Myhr, bass; Dag Magnus Narvesen, drums.

So!triO: South from Maze (Self-released). Olivier Soubeyran, cello; Yann Auger, guitar; Hakim Molina, drums.

Piero Bittolo Bon’s Bread & Fox: La Mela di Adesso from Big Hell on Air (Auand / El Gallo Rojo). Piero Bittolo Bon, reeds; Filippo Vignato, trombone; Glauco Benedetti, tuba; Alfonso Santimone, piano; Andrea Grillini, drums.

Nautilus: Infrablue from Infrablue (Two Rivers). Hayden Chisholm, saxophone; Jurgen Friedrich, piano; Robert Lucaciu, bass; Philipp Scholz, drums.

I Am Three: Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul from Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Leo). Silke Eberhard, saxophone; Nikolaus Neuser, trumpet; Christian Marien, drums.

Adriano Clemente & the Akashmani Ensemble: Inner Fires from The Mingus Suite (Dodicilune). Francesco Lento, trumpet: Mario Corvini, trombone; Daniele Tittarelli and Marco Guidolotti, reeds; Riccardo Fassi, piano: Raffaele Toninelli and Dario Rosciglione, bass; Andrea Nunzi, drums.

Mosaic: Cryptogram from Subterranea (Edition). Ralph Wyld, vibraphone; James Copus, trumpet; Sam Rapley, clarinet; Cecelia Bignall, cello; Misha Mullov-Abbado, bass; Scott Chapman, drums.


Sunday 27 November 2016

Playlist - Nov 27th 2016


Vanbinsbergen Playstation: Goofy from Live (Buzz)
Jean-Marc Foltz & Stephan Oliva: Fascinating Rhythm / Someone to Watch Over Me from Gershwin (Vision Fugitive)
Day & Taxi: S from Way (Percaso)
I Am Three: Oh Lord, Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me from Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Leo)
Bell: Fahrradstrassenschnellfahrstrecke from Obsessions (Wismart)
Daniel Erdmann’s Velvet Revolution: A Short Moment of Zero G from A Short Moment of Zero G (BMC)
Steve Gadd Band: Africa from Way Back Home (BFM Jazz)
Jean-Marc Foltz & Stephan Oliva: Summertime from Gershwin (Vision Fugitive)
Kris Allen: Lowborn (Proverbs 62:9) from Beloved (Truth Revolution)
Giulio Romano Malaisi: Green Flower Street from Unexpected Ride (self-released)
Brass Funkeys: DIY from Brass Funkeys (self-released)
Michel Pilz & Jean-Noel Cognard: Les Travees Basses des Facades from Ressuage (JazzHausMusik)
Hakon Storm: Karusell from Kobolt (NorCD)
Hyper + Amir ElSaffar: Mono Esa Tono from Saadif (nusica.org)
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defence: Cap vs. Nim from Moving Still (Pi Recordings)
BassDrumBone: Bluish from The Long Road (Auricle)
Lorenzo De Finti Quartet: The Very Last Song from We Live Here (Losen)


Intro - Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle Spoon from Toutakoosticks (EMI France / Blue Note)

Sunday 13 November 2016

Playlist - Nov 13th 2016


Phronesis: Manioc Maniac from Parallax (Edition)
I Am Three: Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul from Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Leo)
So!triO: South from Maze (Self-released)
Mark Dresser Seven: Hobby Lobby Horse from Sedimental You (Clean Feed)
Nick Sanders & Logan Strosahl: Sigma from Janus (Sunnyside)
Vanbinsbergen Playstation: Als Mijn Hart de Weg Volgt from Live (Buzz)
Nikki Iles: Fly’s Dilemma from Everything I Love (Basho)
Kate Williams: Portrait in Black and White from Four Plus Three (KWjazz)
Dinosaur: Living, Breathing from Together, As One (Edition)
Snowpoet: If I Miss a Star from Snowpoet (TwoRivers)
Misha Mullov-Abbado: Ode to King Michael from New Ansonia (Edition)
Duo Van Otterloo Van Veenendaal: No Trace from No Trace (Brokkenrecords)
Ole Matthiessen: OCBBCT from Flashbacks & Dedications (Stunt)
Eve Risser’s White Desert Orchestra: Earth Skin Cut from Les Deux Versants Se Regardent (Clean Feed)