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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week: uplifting jazz vocals, mellow South African horn grooves and heartfelt Climate Change Activism...the holidays are coming folks and we've got your chill out covered!!

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[0'15] Hanka G - Them There Eyes (Universal Ancestry Tr8) Hanka G vc James Hurt pno Rashaan Carter bs Taru Alexander dr

“My latest project was framed through the lens of an immigrant in the USA trying to unite people with different musical heritages. Regardless of our backgrounds, we all dream about love, happiness, and freedom.”

[2'50] The Paxton/Spangler Septet - Water No Get Enemy (Olufem/Kuti) - Ugqozi EASTLAWN Tr5 (John “Tbone” Paxton tb Dan Bennett Kasan Belgrave sx Phillip J. Hale pno Damon Warmack bs Kurt Krahnke Sean Perlmutter dr Spangler perc Alex Harding Bari John Douglas tpt)

Stalwarts of the Detroit scene for decades, trombonist John Tbone Paxton and his congas, percussionist foil RJ Spangler have been exalting an inspirational South African legacy since the 1980s. Continuing in various forms and with a myriad of players and guests they’ve built up an enviable reputation as true acolytes of such incredible talents as the late Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim.

[13'24] SONICA - Change It (Alexa, Zuraitis, Adamy) Outside In Music Tr6 Thana Alexa vc/perc/keys Nicole Zuraitis| vc/keys Julia Adamy vc/bs Ross Pederson Dan Pugach dr Antonio Sanchez dr/gtr/perc

A call to action on the climate crisis, featuring Alexa’s husband, 4X GRAMMY-winning drummer Antonio Sanchez.

Next week on CPG Ep24: Unheard Tony Williams, outstanding Big Band, Italian Charlie Parker Bebop! Hit subscribe so you don't miss it!!

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This week uplifting bigband, be-bop, hot blues, African flute, classic vocal swing, Belgian guitar fusion, trombone reggae, latin contemporary jazz, Cuban beats: the finest from 2022 folks - let's keep the music playing and support these fantastic artists in everything they do!!

1 John Wasson's Strata Big Band - Heat Seeker (Wasson) - Chronicles MAMA RECORDS Tr1 feat Pete Clagett tpt Jeff Robbins tnr

You can always rely on some feel good big band from Texan trombonist John Wasson & Strata to kick things off and lift our mood!!

2 Basil Hodge - Hanging Out (A Point of Reference ZEAL Tr1) - Basil Hodge pno Ed Jones tnr Olli Hayhurst db Winston Clifford dr

Boppin hard - pianist/composer Basil Hodge has been a mainstay of the British Jazz scene since the early nineties - a few UK legends on this track incl wonderful Winston Clifford keepin' time!

3 Catherine Russell - You Can Fly High (King/Vincent) Send For Me DOT TIME Tr7 - Catherine Russell vc Matt Munisteri gtr Mark Shane pno Tal Ronen bs Mark McLean dr

“I love romance that swings: songs that inspire or touch me in some way. When I find a song I like, it haunts me until I learn it.” Grammy winner Catherine Russell is jazz royalty, just check her family tree!! Liftin us high on a blues foot-tapping groove!

4 Shabaka - Ital is Vital (Hutchings) - Afrikan Culture IMPULSE Tr3 - Shabaka - Shakuhachi Kadialy Kouyate - Kora

“Afrikan Culture was made around the idea of meditation and what it means for me to still my own mind and accept the music which comes to the surface,” says Shabaka. “It features various types of Shakuhachi flutes and a new technique of creating that I’ve been experimenting with in layering many flutes together to create a forest of sound where melodies and rhythms float in space and emerge in glimpses.”

5 Dan Olivo - Day By Day (Stordahl/Weston/Cahn)- Day By Day AVA MARIA Tr1 - DAN OLIVO vc IAN ROBBINS gtr LYMAN MEDEIROS bs JOE BAGG pno KEVIN WINARD dr KYLE O’DONNELL tnr JAMELLE ADISA tpt GARRETT SMITH tb

Singer and actor DAN OLIVO is a regular on the Southern California jazz scene. He performs with his combo at such high-end venues as The Bar Nineteen12 at The Beverly Hills Hotel, The Ritz Carlton at Corona Del Mar and Rancho Mirage, The Riviera Hotel, and the Frank Sinatra House in Palm Springs.

6 Olivier Chavet - Giorno (Chavet)- Racines MUDAC PRODUCTIONS Tr3 - Olivier Chavet dr Daniel Chavet gtr Werner Lauscher bs Sebastian Scobel pno

"Music and nature are two elements that have shaped composer Olivier Chavet both privately and professionally since his childhood. Born in Aachen, Belgium, he is both a trained musician and an agricultural economist. In these two spheres of activity, he experiences on a daily basis that everything is interconnected like a web of roots".

7 Steve Turre - Don D. (Turre) - Generations SMOKE Tr3 - Steve Turre tb Andy Bassford gtr Derrick Barnett bs Karl Wright dr Trevor Watkiss keys Wallace Roney Jr tpt Emilio Modeste tir

A tribute to the legendary Skatalites trombonist Don Drummond, Turre convened a reggae summit meeting.“There's a balance between youth and age,” Turre says, “Age brings wisdom and knowledge, and youth brings enthusiasm and energy. Playing with each of them stretches me in a different way. The elders stretch me in ways of wisdom, but the youngsters fire it up. All of that is inspiring.”

8 Redman Mehldau McBride Blade - Disco Ears (Redman)- Longgone NONESUCH Tr2 - Joshua Redman sx Brad Mehldau pno Christian McBride bs Brian Blade dr

The members of the legendary original 1990s Joshua Redman Quartet - Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade - reunited after twenty-six years for 2020's RoundAgain; they return now with LongGone, featuring six original tunes by Redman.

9 Brian Lynch - E.P's Plan B (Lynch) - Songbook Vol 2 Dance The Way You Want To HOLLISTIC MUSIC WORKS Tr1 - Brian Lynch tpt Tom Kelly, Chris Thompson-Taylor/Aldo Selvent sx, Kemuel Roig/Alex Brown pno Rodner Padilla bs, Hilario Bell dr Murphy Aucamp perc

Fantastic tribute to Puerto Rican piano icon Eddie Palmieri, with whom multi-Grammy award winner Brian had a multi-decade-long musical association - as well as being a Jazz Messenger in the 80's just like Courtney P!

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This wk a reggae summit, the best blues swing EVER plus an American Songbook classic! The feel good keeps a-buildin' & a-flowin' folks! Get Courtney's Bitesize on repeat and trust us this is the only medicine you'll need this wk! #musicistheanswer!!

1 Steve Turre - Don D. (Turre) - Generations SMOKE Tr3 - Steve Turre tb Andy Bassford gtr Derrick Barnett bs Karl Wright dr Trevor Watkiss keys Wallace Roney Jr tpt Emilio Modeste tir

2 Catherine Russell - You Can Fly High (King/Vincent) Send For Me DOT TIME Tr7 - Catherine Russell vc Matt Munisteri gtr Mark Shane pno Tal Ronen bs Mark McLean dr

3 Dan Olivo - Day By Day (Stordahl/Weston/Cahn)- Day By Day AVA MARIA Tr1 - DAN OLIVO vc IAN ROBBINS gtr LYMAN MEDEIROS bs JOE BAGG pno KEVIN WINARD dr KYLE O’DONNELL tnr JAMELLE ADISA tpt GARRETT SMITH tb

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! On fire post-bop, superlative smooth grooves, joyous spirituals, Afro-cuban smooth, 70's style funk rock, Deep South soul funk + avant-garde, contemporary horn swing, Big Band swing, organ samba...these bands are tighter than tight folks! Celebrate the unity cos we are definitely all ONE!

1 Billy Drummond - Little Melonae (Valse Sinistre) CELLAR Tr1

Billy Drummond dr Dayna Stephens sx Micah Thomas pno Dezron Douglas bs

Mclean

Billy's tribute to legend Jackie McLean: "Jackie's what I would consider truly a jazz musician -his music was kind of a soundtrack to my early beginnings playing the drums. I’ve always been a Jackie McLean fan.” Huge energy to kick off Ep22!!

2 Yellowjackets - Intrigue (Parallel Motion) MACK AVENUE Tr1

Russell Ferrante pno Will Kennedy dr Bob Mintzer sx Dane Alderson bs

Mintzer

Joyous Yellowjackets back with brand new grooves! “We rehearsed the tunes on the album maybe three times - I believe we’re only now on this tour performing these songs live, so what you’re hearing are about as fresh as they can be. Everything really came to life in the studio in those three days.”

3 Alexander Smalls - Hush (Let Us Break Bread Together) OUTSIDE IN Tr5

Alexander Smalls vc, Cyrus Chestnut pno Reuben Rogers bs Ulysses Owen Jr dr

Trad

Sunday Service!! Gorgeous gospel funk from Renowned Chef/opera singer & vocalist Alexander honoring the American Spiritual with an absolutely incredible band feat CPG friend sparklin Cyrus C!

4 Rique Pantoja - Da Baiana (Live in Los Angeles) MOONDO Tr4

Steve Tavaglione sx fl Jimmy Earl bs Joel Taylor dr Ricardo Silveira gtr Cassio Duarte perc Rique Pantoja keys

Pantoja

Rio's RIQUE PANTOJA has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in American and Brazilian jazz for over 40 years.The song “Da Baiana” is based on the ijexa, an Afro-Cuban rhythm. Pantoja says “I play a nice solo on this tune, but I really like the solos by Ricardo Silveira and Steve Tavaglione.”

5 Craig Waters & The Flood - A Love Like You (Love & Squalor Vol1) ROPEADOPE

Craig Waters gtr Leland Rooney Michael Tebrinke Emma Morcroft Rhythm Section: Josh Reynolds Lance Lucas Darius Mines Horns: Trevor Caddell Jovan Quallo Claude Calliet Casey Brefka Scotty Huff

A declaration of Stevie Wondered love from this fab funk outfit stormin out of ROPEADOPE's endless talent studio!

6 Brandon Seabrook Trio - In The Swarm (In The Swarm) ASTRAL SPIRITS Tr5

Brandon Seabrook gtr/bj Gerald Cleaver dr/elec Cooper-Moore Diddley Bow

That's woken you up! New worlds of sound from Brandon's banjo: Deep South avant-garde with a groove!

7 John Yao Triceratops - Crosstalk (Off-kilter) TAO RECORDINGS Tr5

John Yao tb Billy Drewes Jon Irabagon sx Robert Sabin bs Mark Ferber dr

Yao

Crosstalk bursts into a swaggering funk out of some otherworldly car chase. “I love this band's ability to go wherever everyone collectively or individually feels like they want to go,”

8 Eyal Vilner Big Band - Just A Lucky So & So (The Jam) SELF-RELEASE Tr1

Eyal Vilner sx fl Imani Rousselle vc feat John Lake tpt Ron Wilkins tb

Ellington arr Campos

Fresh as hell big band Ellington swing with Eyal and crew with great blues-style vocals!!

9 Bill Heid - Samba Cat 6'16

Dealin' Wid It SAVANT Tr7

Bill Heid org Perry Hughes gtr Randy Gelispie dr Kevin “Bujo” Jones perc

Heid

The lovely Bill H on Mozart's King of Instruments samba style with a band of greats!

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week Brazil meets Afro-Cuban rhythms, legendary organ swing meets samba, & soul funk from Nashville NEVER disappoints...shut up & dance folks: this one's a feast of uplift + bliss!

1 Rique Pantoja - Da Baiana (Live in Los Angeles) MOONDO Tr4

Steve Tavaglione sx fl Jimmy Earl bs Joel Taylor dr Ricardo Silveira gtr Cassio Duarte perc Rique Pantoja keys

Pantoja

2 Bill Heid - Samba Cat (Dealin' Wid It)n SAVANT Tr7

Bill Heid org Perry Hughes gtr Randy Gelispie dr Kevin “Bujo” Jones perc

Heid

The lovely Bill H on Mozart's King of Instruments samba style with a band of greats!

3 Craig Waters & The Flood - A Love Like You (Love & Squalor Vol1) ROPEADOPE

Craig Waters gtr Leland Rooney Michael Tebrinke Emma Morcroft Rhythm Section: Josh Reynolds Lance Lucas Darius Mines Horns: Trevor Caddell Jovan Quallo Claude Calliet Casey Brefka Scotty Huff

A declaration of Stevie Wondered love from this fab funk outfit stormin out of ROPEADOPE's endless talent studio!

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This wk smooth latin jazz, classic bop, New Orleans jazz poetry, samba-salsa beats, Pharaoh Sanders spiritual vocal tribute, jazz lounge, esoteric sonic experiments, guitar fusion... we're feeling soulful this wk folks celebrating Elders past & present... immerse in our remembrance.

1 Juan Carlos Quintero - Table For Five

Table For Five MOONDO MUSIC Tr5

Juan Carlos Quintero gtr Joe Rotondi pno Eddie Resto bs Aaron Serfaty Joey DeLeon perc

Quintero

Smooth Cumbia folk rhythms from Colombia from latin maestro Juan Carlos & friends.

2 Kenny Shanker – Hunter

Vortex WISE CAT Tr4

Kenny Shanker sx DaisukeAbe gtr MikeEckroth pno Yoshi Waki bs Brian Fishler dr

Shanker

Bop lovers listen up!! Vibrant Charlie Parker infused bop magic from Kenny Shanker!

3 Tank & the Bangas (+ Alex Isley & Masego) - Black Folk

Red Balloon VERVE Tr9

Tarriona Ball, Masego. Alex Isley, Joshua Johnson, Albert Allenback, Norman Spence vcls Itai Shapira bs Norman Spence Keys Joshua Johnson dr Albert Allenback Fl, keys Georgia Muldrow dr

New Orleans deep poetry to sweeten and enlighten your day from Tank & crew

4 DO’A - Flor de Lis

Higher Grounds OUTSIDE IN Tr1

DO’A vc, Harold Lopez-Nussa pno, vc Mayquel Gonzalez tpt Julio Cesar Gonzalez bs Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa perc

Djavan

Djavan's gorgeous samba Lily Flower taken for a salsa whirl by DO'A!

5 Mark de Clive-Lowe & Friends - Love is Everywhere (feat Dwight Trible)

Freedom – Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders SOUL BANK Tr9

Mark de Clive-Lowe keys Dwight Trible vc Teodross Avery sx Corbin Jones bs/sza Tommaso Cappellato dr Carlos Nino perc

Sanders

Spiritual jazz vocalist Dwight joins Mark on this moving tribute to the late great High Priest Pharaoh Sanders

6 Matt Bianco - Joy Ride

The Essential Matt Bianco MATT ENT/Membran Tr4

Mark Reilly vc Dave O’Higgins sx Martin Shaw tpt Sebastiaan De Krom dr Geoff Gascoyne bs Graham Harvey keys Elizabeth Troy vc Judith O’Higgins/Magnus Lindgren sx fl cl

Reilly/Lindgren

Retro-happiness all round with the return of jazz-poppers Matt Bianco on their 40th birthday feat delicious keys from Graham Harvey!

7 Bobby Watson – Mind Wine

Back Home in Kansas City SMOKE Tr6

Bobby Watson sx, Curtis Lundy bs Victor Jones dr Cyrus Chestnut pno Jeremy Pelt tpt

Hicks

“John Hicks was a mighty huge influence on me, Curtis and Victor. When he passed away, that was one of the saddest moments in our lives. He was extremely near and dear to us.” (Bobby W)

8 Jhelisa – Oxygen

Oxygen DORADO – Tr1

Marcus Reece Jr pno Greg Osby sx Landon Anderson dr Donna Hawkins bs Oteil Burbridge bs Rafael Pierra perc

Anderson

Raw, dark, spiritually resonant & nostalgic soundscapes from music maverick Jhelisa collective.

9 Christian McBride – Brouhaha

Q Sessions MACK AVENUE...

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week the return of UK jazz lounge legend Matt Bianco, electric fusion from Christian McBride's bass & vocal samba meets salsa with DO'A!

1 Matt Bianco - Joy Ride

The Essential Matt Bianco MATT ENT/Membran Tr4

Mark Reilly vc Dave O’Higgins sx Martin Shaw tpt Sebastiaan De Krom dr Geoff Gascoyne bs Graham Harvey keys Elizabeth Troy vc Judith O’Higgins/Magnus Lindgren sx fl cl

Reilly/Lindgren

Retro-happiness all round with the return of jazz-poppers Matt Bianco on their 40th birthday feat delicious keys from Graham Harvey!

To celebrate the 40th anniversary year of their original inception, the international jazz-pop phenomenon Matt Bianco have remixed and/or re-recorded thirty songs from their catalogue and included them on this brand new collection of re-imagined, re-loved essential classics.

2 Christian McBride – Brouhaha

Q Sessions MACK AVENUE Tr3

Christian McBride bs Mike Stern gtr Marcus Strickland tnr Eric Harland dr

McBrideChristian's bass on a funky electric tip feat some superb fusion guitar soloing from Mike Stern.

3 DO’A - Flor de Lis

Higher Grounds OUTSIDE IN Tr1

DO’A vc, Harold Lopez-Nussa pno, vc Mayquel Gonzalez tpt Julio Cesar Gonzalez bs Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa perc

Djavan

Djavan's gorgeous samba Lily Flower taken for a salsa whirl by DO'A!
DO’A is a vocalist, pianist, guitarist, composer and mathematician lauded for her emotional integrity and depth of musical expression, both original and arranged. Now, following her artist-in-residency at The Music Center at Strathmore, she steps forth to record her debut album higher grounds, due out July 15 on Outside in Music. A tribute to the interconnected nature of the human spirit, the record draws on DO’A’s Albanian upbringing, combining elements of Albanian folk music with jazz, samba and Latin American rhythmic traditions to create a holistic expression of the artist’s identity and passions.

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This wk fantastic LIVE jazz from Italy & France, funk fusion, cuban & Brazil lyricism, trio magic, classic James Brown, minimalism...these Fantastic Artists have So much to Say, listen TODAY folks!!

1 Peter Erskine - Dear Chick
Live in Italy FUZZY MUSIC Tr10
Alan Pasqua pno Darek Oles bs Peter Erskine dr

Erskine

Recorded LIVE during the trio’s first tour since the lockdown. This set reflects the exhilaration found in eating GREAT pasta and playing in a beautiful concert hall!

2 Sefi Zisling – Older & Wiser

Welcome Sunset TRU-THOUGHTS Tr1

Sefi Zisling tpt Yair Slutzki tb Shlomi Alon sx fl Idan Kupferberg perc Omri Shani bs Tom Bollig dr Noam Havkin keys Uzi Ramirez gtr Avner Kelmer vln Yogev Glusman vln
Zisling/Havkin/Bollig/Shani
Tel Aviv’s top trumpeter Sefi Zisling evokes the sound of 70s jazz-funk on new release ‘Welcome Sunset’.

3 Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymee Nuviola – El Manisero

Live in Marciac 5Passion Tr8

Gonzalo Rubalcaba pno Aymee Nuviola vc

Rodriguez

Cuba's most famous song lit with beauty LIVE by genius Gonzalo and Aymee!

4 Samora Pinderhughes – Masculinity

Grief ROPEADOPE Tr7

Marcus Gilmore dr Brad Allen Williams gtr Boom Bishop bs Clovis Nicolas bs Immanuel Wilkins Lucas Pino sx Elena Pinderhughes fl Argus Quartet str Nio Levon Jehbreal Jackson vc Pinderhughes pno

Pinderhughes

A heart-wrenching and fragile ballad from Samorayet inextricably tinged with hope in the hands of this incredible ensemble feat Immanuel Wilkins.

5 Joyce – Descompassadamente 4’59

Natureza FAROUT Tr4

Joyce vc gtr Maricio Maestro vc gtr Buster Williams bs Nana Vasconcelos, Tutty Moreno perc Joe Farrell Ion Muniz fl Michael Brecker tnr Mike Mainieri vb Warren Bernhardt keys Claus Ogerman+orch
Maestro/Moreno

This gorgeous lost album from 77 was going to be Joyce’s international breakthrough release - finally here it is!

6 Martha High – Jam

Soul Brother Where Art Thou? Vol 2 Ropeadope
Keith Jenkins gtr Fred Wesley tb Hollie Farris tpt Waldo Weathers Jeff Watkins sx Fred Thomas bs Ron Laster gtr Erik Hargrove Robert ‘Mousey’ Thompson dr George ‘Spike’ Nealy perc

Brown

Miss Martha High was discovered by Godfather of Soul, James Brown, aged 18 in the mid '60's while singing with The Four Jewels at the world famous Apollo Theater in New York.

7 Tomasz & Rouhangeze – Planet 9

Planet 9 SELF-RELEASE Tr1

Tomasz Bura pno Rouhangeze Baichoo vc Mark Mondesir dr Laurence Cottle bs

Bura/Baichoo

Meditative sounds from London's mystic duo, circles of gorgeousness driven by subtle drum and bass...

8 Lynne Arriale Trio – Sounds Like America

The Lights Are Always On CHALLENGE Tr6

Lynne Arriale pno E.J. Strickland dr Jasper Somsen bs

Arriale

“There is always reason to believe in that light; the inherent goodness of people. It shines in those leaders who spoke truth to power and stood up for what is right. They changed the world, often jeopardizing their careers, and in some cases, their lives".

9 Joy Lapps – Serena

Girl in the Yard SELF -RELEASE Tr7

Joy Lapps Stpan Colleen Allen cl Courtenay Frazer melodica Jeremy Ledbetter pno Elmer Ferrer gtr

Andrew Stewart bs Larnell Lewis dr Rosendo Chendy Léon perc Elizabeth Rodríguez vln Magdelys Savigne perc

Musical threads from the Caribbean-Cuba-Argentina in this soaring song without words from Grammy nominated Joy.

10 Trypl – Nodge

Music Aid For Ukraine Tr11

Ryan Quigley tpt Trevor Mires tb Paul Booth tn Alex Wilson...

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week 70's funk from Tel Aviv dance floors, Steelpan-Cuban-Argentinian melange, Scandi-style minimalism - Pause for Thought with us this week folks, and rest awhile in the rays of sunshine from Planet Earth's incredible music.

1 Sefi Zisling – Older & Wiser

Welcome Sunset TRU-THOUGHTS Tr1

Sefi Zisling tpt Yair Slutzki tb Shlomi Alon sx fl Idan Kupferberg perc Omri Shani bs Tom Bollig dr Noam Havkin keys Uzi Ramirez gtr Avner Kelmer vln Yogev Glusman vln

Tel Aviv’s top trumpeter Sefi Zisling evokes the sound of 70s jazz-funk on new release ‘Welcome Sunset’. Sonic echoes of legends from the iconic era such as Roy Ayers, Gene Harris, Bobby Humphrey and Idris Muhammed can be heard, woven with the swagger instrumentation of Kool and the Gang.

2 Joy Lapps – Serena

Girl in the Yard SELF -RELEASE Tr7

Joy Lapps Stpan Colleen Allen cl Courtenay Frazer melodica Jeremy Ledbetter pno Elmer Ferrer gtr
Andrew Stewart bs Larnell Lewis dr Rosendo Chendy Léon perc Elizabeth Rodríguez vln Magdelys Savigne perc

Multi-modal artist and composer Joy Lapps issues Girl in the Yard, her fifth leader release and first full-length album exclusively featuring original music and arrangements. Informed by a vibrant palette of styles, Girl in the Yard, due out July 8, pays tribute to the many women who have helped facilitate her mastery of the steelpan and supported her success in the steelband movement. “The process of composing and recording this album became an exploration of how I’m able to show up in the world because of the women, especially in my community, who have supported me,” says the Grammy-nominated instrumentalist.

3 Tomasz & Rouhangeze – Planet 9 10’25

Planet 9 SELF-RELEASE Tr1

Tomasz Bura pno Rouhangeze Baichoo vc Mark Mondesir dr Laurence Cottle bs

Bura/BaichooMeditative sounds from London's mystic duo, circles of gorgeousness driven by subtle drum and bass...

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! This week Tel Aviv guitar bop, meditative vocals & kora, free-funk fusion, Parisian bossa, nu-soul grooves, Brubeck swing, electronica, modern jazz trio: spread the word folks this music is sunshine for your soul!

Ron Magril - It’s The Cops Until Now UBUNTU Tr1

Ron Magril gtr Avshalom Meidan pno Oren Hardy bs Ofri Nehemya dr

Magril

1950’s Hard Bop reimagined by Tel Aviv's Ron & crew - gorgeous!

Alma Naidu - Hold On To Me AlmaLEOPARD Tr2

Alma Naidu vc, Simon Oslender keys, Claus Fischer bs, Wolfgang Haffner dr, Liselotte Östblom, Florian Stierstorfer, Ann-Katrin Naidu bvs arr

NaiduMessage of hope from soulful Alma - beautiful meditative vocals from Germany.3. Omar Sosa - Drops of Sunrise SubaBENDIGEDIG Tr4

Omar Sosa pno Seckou Keita kora Gustavo Ovalles perc

(Sosa/Keita)
Afro-Cuba meets Senegal Griot poetry - a prayerful hybrid of togetherness & grace.

Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders - The Lower Field While It Lasts ROPEADOPE Tr3

Natalio Sued sx Gustavo Nandayapa dr Andrew Bergmann bs Bruce Saunders gtr

Bergmann

Netherlands, Mexico, Argentina & US all involved in the creating of this brill free energy meets funky backbeats fest!

5. Tierney Sutton – Triste Paris Sessions 2 Tr1

Tierney Sutton vc Serge Merlaud gtr Kevin Axt bs

Jobim arr Merlaud

A love story in music btw Tierney & Serge: Bossa in Paris - delicious!6. Large Bottom Productions feat Von - Ugly Girl SELF RELEASE

Von vc Marzuq Asanti bs Kevin Morissette keys Avreeayl Ra perc dr Nicole Mitchell fl Phil Seed gtr

Asanti

Mellow soul vibes outta Chicago feat gorgeous flute from Nicole Mitchell.
7. Dave Brubeck Trio - Swanee River Live From Vienna 1967 BRUBECK EDITIONS Tr3
Dave Brubeck pno Joe Morello dr Eugene Wright bs

Foster arr Brubeck

Brubeck minus Desmond swingin hard with incredible bass chops from Eugene Wright!

Rebecca Vasmant - Anthropology Dance Yourself Free TRU-THOUGHTS Tr2

Rebecca Vasmant mix Nadia Carveth vc Chris Greive tb

Vasmant/Carveth/Greive/Grey/Koor

Soulful jazzy...

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week France via Belgium club beats, soul funk vocals from Dnessa Perry, Glasgow gospel-fied breakbeats - Courtney's on a mellow tip this week folks - autumn sundowner on tap - enjoy!!

Nikitch & Kuna Maze - Sauce Brazil

Back & Forth TRU-THOUGHTS Tr7

Nicolas Morant, Edouard Gilbert, Pierre Spataro

Morant/GilbertHouse and broken beat grooves from Nicolas Morant & Edouard Gilbert reaching out to the clubbing community with their jazz roots!

2. Bobby Sparks II – Forever Mine

Paranoia LEOPARD RECORDS Tr6

Dnessa Perry vc dNessa, Mack Perry Dezmond Perry dNair Perry bvs Bobby Sparks II keys

Sparks/Perry/Mayfield/UshryRetro soulified vocals from Dnessa Perry for Bobby Sparks' mammoth Paranoia project.

3. Rebecca Vasmant – Broken Biscuits

Dance Yourself Free TRU-THOUGHTS Tr4

Rebecca Vasmant mix Nadya Albertsson vc

Vasmant/Albertsson/Stylianides/Koor/Willmore/Price

Rebecca’s on a mission to promote the wealth of talent in the Glasgow music sceneand celebrate “That beautiful moment when every person in the club is united by the music”.

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Steven Bernstein & The Hot 9 - Little Dipper/Dippermouth Blues

Manifesto of Henryisms ROYAL POTATO FAMILY Tr5

Steven Bernstein tpt John Medeski keys Curtis Fowlkes tb Charlie Burnham vln Doug Wieselman cl tnr Peter Apfelbaum sx Erik Lawrence bari Matt Munisteri gtr Brad Jones bs Donald Edwards dr

Bernstein/Oliver

Crazy-hot super-cool reimaginings of Steven's inspired arrangements for brill New Orleans pianist Henry Butler + amazing John Medeski on keys - THE best way to start the show!

Carsten Dahl, Tim Hagans & Jukkis Uotila - Old Voyage

A Beautiful Blue Moment STORYVILLE Tr1

Carsten Dahl pno Tim Hagans tpt Johnny Åman bs Jukkis Uotila dr

Dahl
A musical encounter at Montmartre, Paris: 3 great evenings, where musical sparks flew in abundance. The result is a once in a lifetime jazz voyage, so fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a ride!

John Minnock & Dave Liebman- Simplicity

Simplicity DOT TIME Tr1

John Minnock vc Mathis Picard pno Carlos Mena bs Dave Liebman sx

Dennis/Brent

Listening to John and Dave together feels like coming home! Beautiful track folks – melt away!

Chelsea Carmichael - All We Know Shabaka Remix

All We Know NATIVE REBEL Tr1

Chelsea Carmichael tar David Okumu gtr Tom Herbert bs Edward Wakili-Hick dr

Hutchings/Carmichael/Okumu/Herbert/Wakili-Hick
Dark and cerebral remix from Shabaka Hutchings conjuring HeadHunters + Watermelons on Chelsea's latest EP!

Miguel Zenon – Tainos Y Caribes

Música de Las Américas MIEL MUSIC Tr1

Miguel Zenon sx Luis Perdomo pno Hans Glawischnig bs Henry Cole dr

Zenon
Sebastián Robiou Lamarche’s “Taínos y Caribes”, refers to the two major societies who inhabited the Caribbean prior to European colonization: “They were the two predominant societies but were very different: the Taínos were a more passive agricultural society while the Caribes were warriors who lived for conquest,” says Zenón, who captures the clashing of the societies in the interlocking rhythms of the piece.

Joy Lapps – Fly

Girl in the Yard SELFRELEASE Tr12

Joy Lapps stl pn Elmer Ferrer gtr Jeremy Ledbetter pno Larnell Lewis dr Andrew Stewart bs

Gorgeous steel pan colours from grammy-nominated Joy - a gem of happiness!

Florian Hoefner Trio - Shifting Bassline Syndrome

Desert Bloom ALMA Tr4

Florian Hoefner pno Andrew Downing bs Nick Fraser dr

Hoefner

In some parts of the desert the rain doesn’t fall for up to 10 years. But when the rain does come, the colours explode - lush sand stories from this exceptional trio!

Keith Oxman - Joshua Fought The Battle Against Trump & Co

This One’s For Joey CAPRI Tr3

Keith Oxman tnr Jeff Jenkins pno Mark Simon bs Todd Reid dr

Oxman

When Keith learned his former student bassist Joey Pearlman had tragically passed away in 2021 aged 24, he decided to create a tribute to the brilliant young man who’d already earned a place on the NYC scene.

Curtis Stigers - Swinging Down at 10th & Main

This Life EMARCY Tr10

Curtis Stigers vc sx John“Scrapper”Sneider tpt Matthew Fries keys Cliff Schmitt bs Keith Hall dr

Stigers

Curtis givin major joyful props to the mighty Gene Harris & his legendary Tuesday night Boise jam session!

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week remix UK beats, hot New Orleans contemporary Trad and joyous vocal swing - take 10 folks and learn something new today!!

1 Chelsea Carmichael - All We Know Shabaka Hutchings Remix 6’33

All We Know EP NATIVE REBEL Tr 1

Chelsea Carmichael, Tenor Saxophone David Okumu, Guitar Tom Herbert, Double Bass

Edward Wakili-Hick, Drum Set

(Hutchings/Carmichael/Okumu/Herbert/Wakili-Hick)

2 Steven Bernstein & The Hot 9 - Little Dipper/Dippermouth Blues 7’16

Manifesto of Henryisms (Community Music, Vol 3) ROYAL POTATO FAMILY Tr 5

Steven Bernstein tpt John Medeski keys Curtis Fowlkes tb Charlie Burnham vln Doug Wieselman cl tnrPeter Apfelbaum sx Erik Lawrence bari Matt Munisteri gtr Brad Jones bs Donald Edwards dr

Bernstein/Oliver

3 Curtis Stigers - Swinging Down on 10th & Main 7’41

This Life EMARCY Tr 10

Curtis Stigers vcsx John“Scrapper”Sneider tpt Matthew Fries keys

Cliff Schmitt bs Keith Hall dr

Stigers

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This week: swingin jazz fundamentals, summer nu-soul, bluegrass guitar, progressive fusion, musica italiana, vocal swing, South African Malaysian grooves and blues - prepare your ears folks it's another blinder from the one and only Courtney Pine!!

1 Steve Davis – Encouragement 4'39

Bluesthetic SMOKE SESSIONS Tr 1

Steve Davis tb Geoffrey Keezer pno Christian McBride bs Willie Jones III dr Peter Bernstein gtr Steve Nelson vbs

Davis

Amazing live jazz captured again by NYC's fab Smoke Sessions: check the incredible lineup, close your eyes and you're there!!

2 Grant Stewart – Bearcat 6’34
Lighting of the Lamps CELLAR MUSIC GROUP Tr 7
Grant Stewart tr Bruce Harris tpt David Wong bs Tardo Hammer pno Phil Stewart dr

JordanWhat a beautiful big-hearted sound from Grant's tenor! Clifford Jordan blues style swing recorded in the legendary Van Gelder studio and you can hear it!

3 Reuben James – What U Need 3’36

Tunnel Vision RUFIO RECORDS Tr 7

Reuben James dr bass gtr fxs Gareth Lockrane fl Reuben James vox / keys Ric Wilson vox Vanessa Butler bvs

James

Lush flute from Gareth Lockrane on this cool summer mix from Birmingham's own Reuben James!
“I'd just got married, I was in a happy place and the whole thing was improvised in the moment...a lot of songs come from pain, but this one comes from a lot of joy. It was a big vibe for me. I was just in a moment of bliss.”

4 John Scofield - Not Fade Away 5’43

John Scofield ECM Tr10

John Scofield gtr

Hardin/Petty

“A Buddy Holly song. Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead has invited me to play with him many times, playing mostly Dead tunes. He played this one every night I think. It’s got that Bo Diddley beat. If you don’t know by now, rock’n’roll is here to stay!” JS

5 Dan Schnelle - Unknown Territory 6’24

Shine Thru OUTSIDE IN Tr 1

Josh Nelson pno Jeff Babko keys Anthony Wilson gtr David Binney alto Alex Boneham bs Dan Schnelle dr

D Schnelle

Exciting 1st full length album from Dan one of LA's top session drummers: heaps of stunning energy with crazy cool keys touches from Jeff Babko - lovin this track!

6 Moonchild - What you Wanted (Kiefer Remix) 3’26

Starfruit TRU THOUGHTS Tr 9

Amber Navran, Max Bryk, Andris Mattson Kiefer Shackelford

Navran/Bryk/Mattson/Shackelford/ Krstajic

Soulful goodness to start your day right every single morning from LA trio Moonchild - lush grooves and nice keys!!

7 Tommaso Moretti – Italiano in America 7’54

Inside Out BACE RECORDS Tr1

Tommaso Moretti dr Ben Dillinger bs...

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week amazing sax soloing from Leo Richardson, summer soft groovin' from Reuben James and NYC's best swingin us hard to the end courtesy of Steve Davis! This music is ALWAYS the answer folks and it's happenin here, every single week!

1. Leo Richardson – Move 7’06

Music Aid for Ukraine UBUNTU Tr9

Leo Richardson tr Rick Simpson pno Tim Thornton bs Ed Richardson dr

L Richardson, T Thornton, E Richardson/UbuntuRising star Leo channeling Coltrane on some modal grooves - more fantastic music from Ubuntu's Music Aid for Ukraine - please support this important cause!

2. Reuben James - I Got What You Need 3’36

Tunnel Vision RUFIO RECORDS Tr7

Reuben James dr bs gtr fxs Gareth Lockrane fl Reuben James vox keys Ric Wilson vox Vanessa Butler bvs
Reuben JamesLush flute from Gareth Lockrane on this cool summer mix from Birmingham's own Reuben James!
“I'd just got married, I was in a happy place and the whole thing was improvised in the moment...a lot of songs come from pain, but this one comes from a lot of joy. It was a big vibe for me. I was just in a moment of bliss.”

3. Steve Davis – A Star for Chick 6’10

Bluesthetic SMOKE SESSIONS Tr10

Steve Davis tb Geoffrey Keezer pno Christian McBride bs Willie Jones III dr Peter Bernstein gtr Steve Nelson vbs

DavisAmazing live jazz captured again by NYC's fab Smoke Sessions: check the incredible lineup, close your eyes and you're there!!
One of the most acclaimed trombonists of his generation, Steve Davis has been a member of some of jazz’s premiere ensembles: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Chick Corea’s Origins, the Jackie McLean Sextet, Benny Golson’s New Jazztet, the Christian McBride Big Band, and the all-star collective One For All.

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This week we're doing some serious globe trotting! Copenhagen swing, Cadiz Flamenco, NYC hot vocals, Zulu-inspired meditations, Norwegian folk-jazz, American song-book classic, genius big-band - pack your case folks cause this is truly a sonic journey to remember!

1 Gábor Bolla - Monkey Donkey 7'53
On The Move SUNDANCE Tr1
Gábor Bolla sx Robert Lakatos pno Daniel Franck bs Billy Drummond dr
(Bolla)
Hungarian sax player Gábor Bolla hailing from Copenhagen & swingin us into action this week with a tribute to Monk and Kirk Lightesy feat fab Billy Drummond!

2 Matthew Muneses - Revolution & Liberation 6'31
Noli me Tangere NEXT LEVEL Tr7
Matthew Muneses/Miguel Zenon sx Stu Mindeman pno Clark Sommers bs Dana Hall dr
(Muneses)
Post-colonial Philippines explored in music by Filipino Sax player Matthew and feat Miguel Zenon who's coming up in Ep 19 of the Global Podcast!

3 Oscar Penas - El Ronqueo 3'09
Almadraba MUSIKOZ Tr7
Oscar Penas gtr Marta Sanchez keys Pablo Aslan bs Richie Barshav perc Harlem Quartet
(Penas)
"From the fishermen of Cadiz, who have been casting their nets into the Mediterranean for generations", came the inspiration for these graceful Flamenco flavoured melodies!

4 High Pulp: Kamishinjo feat Jacob Mann 3'21

Pursuit of Ends ANTI-RECORDS Tr7
Bobby Granfelt dr perc Rob Homan keys Antoine Martel keys/gtr Andrew Morrill alto Victory Nguyen fl sx tpt Scott Rixon bs gtr feat Jacob Mann synth Jerome Smith tb
(High Pulp arr Giroux)
Seattle-based Jazz collective High Pulp featuring keyboard wizard Jacob Mann and a nod to cult producer David Axelrod!

5 Jeremy Siskind - New York City 4'15
Songs of Rebirth OUTSIDE IN MUSIC Tr10
Jeremy Siskind pno Nancy Harms vc Lucas Pino sx (The Housewarming Project)
(Siskind/Vonnegut)
Styled from a passage in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Bluebeard...there’s a faith in moving to New York which reflects a dedication to pursuing something important, something big, something earth-shaking.

6 Ryan Keberle's Collectiv do Brasil - Aqui, Oh! 6'25
Sonhos da Esquina ALTERNATE SIDE Tr6
Ryan Keberle tb Felipe Silveira pno Thiago Alves bs Paulinho Vicente dr
(Horta/Brant)
Gorgeous Trombone on a love poem to Brazil from Ryan Keberle!

7 Nduduzo Makhathini - Senze'Nina? 5'49

In the Spirit of Ntu BLUENOTE Tr9
Nduduzo Makhathini pno Linda Sikhakhane sx Robin Fassie Kock tpt Dylan Tabisher vb Stephen de Souza bs Gontse Makhene perc Dane Paris dr
(Makathini)
"Ntu is a creative force that seeks to lead us to remember our essence.” Meditative sounds from exciting young South African musicians & visionary Makathini.

8 Espen Eriksen Trio - Suburban Folk Song 9'30
In The Mountains RUNE GRAMMOFON Tr3
Espen Eriksen pno Lars Tormod Jenset bs Andreas Bye dr
(Eriksen)
Is there such a thing as Suburban folk music? There is now! Recorded live at Oslo Jazz Fest 2020, trio magic from Norway!

9 Callum Au/Claire Martin - The Folks Who Live on the Hill 3'39
Songs & Stories STUNT - Tr4
Callum Au pno Claire Martin vc Callam Au Orchestra feat Bozidar Vukotic cl Rob Barron pno
(Kern/Hammerstein II arr Au)
Claire's favourite track from this gorgeous album. What a vocal and what an arrangement - endless love!

10 Ben Markley Big Band/Ari Hoenig - Birdless 9'48

Ari's Funhouse OA2 Tr1
Soloists: Ben Markley pno Wil Swindler sx Steve Kovalcheck gtr Ari Hoenig dr
Hoenig arr Markley
Genius boppin big band conversations from Ben Markley to head us out this week!

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Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen!
This week Filipino tension and release from Matthew Muneses, Japan-inspired beats from High Pulp and a Brazilian love story with Ryan Keberle...so many countries, so many musical stories here on Planet Earth and Courtney Pine's giving you an OUTSTANDING anthology WEEKLY on the Global Podcast! Savour this delicious Bitesize folks and leave us a friendly review!

1 Matthew Muñeses - Revolution and Liberation 6’31

Noli me Tángere NEXT LEVEL Tr 7

Matthew Muñeses/Miguel Zenon sx Stu Mindeman pno Clark Sommers bs Dana Hall dr

MunesesPost-colonial Philippines explored in music by Filipino Sax player Matthew and feat Miguel Zenon who's coming up in Ep 19 of the Global Podcast!
With the release of his sophomore album, Noli Me Tángere saxophonist, composer and educator Matthew Muñeses magnifies the revolution in the Philippines on an impassioned and vigorous set of original compositions. Due out June 3, 2022 via Next Level, Noli Me Tángere is an auditory exploration of the half-Filipino bandleader’s heritage as he pays tribute to the late 19th-century Philippine national hero José Rizal.

2 High Pulp: Kamishinjo feat Jacob Mann 3’21

Pursuit of Ends ANTI-RECORDS Tr 7

Bobby Granfelt dr perc Rob Homan keys Antoine Martel keys/gtr

Andrew Morrill alto Victory Nguyen fl sx tpt Scott Rixon bs gtr

Feat Jacob Mann synth Jerome Smith tb(High Pulp)“Kamishinjo is a neighbourhood in Osaka, Japan where Antoine [Martel, keyboardist] and myself spent a good amount of time in 2019,” explains drummer Bobby Granfelt. "Working with Jacob was a dream. He sent over a handful of solo takes on his Juno 106 and I was genuinely inspired by their lyricism and originality. The horn writing at the end of the tune is also a nod to David Axelrod, who is one of our biggest influences.”

3 Ryan Keberle’s Collectiv do Brasil – Aqui, Oh! 6’25

Sonhos da Esquina Tr 6
Ryan Keberle tb Felipe Silveira pno Thiago Alves bs Paulinho Vicente dr

(Horta/Brant)
Gorgeous Trombone on a love poem to Brazil from Ryan Keberle!
In 2017 Keberle took time off from his duties directing the music program at Hunter College to travel to Brasil. While in São Paulo he met three leading –and rather busy –paulista musicians: pianist Felipe Silveira, bassist Tiago Alves and drummer and percussion colourist Paulinho Vicente. The trio and Keberle became instant soulmates, sharing a deep love for Brasil’s sophisticated music tradition, represented by Ivan Lins, Edu Lobo, Toninho Horta and Milton Nascimento, and also a love for American jazz. It wasn’t long before Keberle and the Brasilian trio became firmly entrenched as the quartet that was to become Collectiv do Brasil.

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Courtney's playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This week we've got Canadian drums, Spanish jazz trio, Brazil samba beats, Egyptian vibes, Icelandic vocals, Norwegian piano jazz, USA free-funk - the beat goes on folks & Courtney's got this one in the bag JUST FOR YOU!!

1 Anthony Fung - Flashpoint (Revisited) 6'14
What Does it Mean to Be Free? SELF-RELEASE Tr4
Anthony Fung dr David Binney alto Luca Mendoza pno
(Fung)
Student of Danilo Perez & Herbie Hancock, Anthony's kicking' off proceedings this wk with wonderful David Binney on alto. "To be free is to break the self-imposed fortress, to let go and have faith".

2 Manel Fortia - Circular 8'16
Desparater SELF-RELEASE Tr2
Manel Fortia bs Marco Mezquida pno Raphael Pannier dr
(Fortia)
"Desperate is a gorgeous declaration of emancipation from the assumptions that sometimes are erroneously made about Spanish jazz. This is fresh thinking and beautiful playing...Manel's bass sound is huge and fluid & his bandmates are almost telepathic in their interaction with it". (Arturo O'Farrill)

3 Erik Friedlander - The Fire in You 3'24
A Queen's Firefly SKIPSTONE Tr8
Erik Friedlander cl The Throw ft Uri Caine pno Mark Helias bs Ches Smith dr
(Friedlander)
Sounds from NYC's downtown scene - electric cello, Uri Caine swingin' hard, Mark Helias' soulful bass: this fantastic track combines folk energy with fiery jazz..

4 Flora Purim - If You Will 4'10
If You Will STRUT Tr1
Flora Purim vc Dave Sartori pno Thiago Duarte bs Endrigo Bettega dr Airto Moreira perc
(G Duke arr Mutti)
Brazil's golden couple Flora & Airto on a feel good George Duke groove - need we say more! Gorgeous new album with happiness on tap.

5 Rudresh Mahanthappa - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Theme 6'08
Animal Crossing WHIRLWIND Tr1
Rudresh Mahanthappa sx Francois Moutin bs Rudy Royston dr
(Totaka)
Who wasn't playing Animal Crossing in Lockdown? Wildly popular vid game given a genius jazz lick by the incredible Rudresh + trio. You'll be humming this one non-stop!

6 Sun Ra Arkestra - Dawn 12'19
Sun Ra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt 1983 STRUT Tr2
Sun Ra keys Salah Ragab congas John Gilmore tnr Marshall Allen, Danny Thompson alto Leroy Taylor bs cl James Jackson bss Tyron Hill tb Eric Walker, Chris Henderson, Claude Broche dr
(Ragb)
"My music demonstrates infinity. Most people can't comprehend that" (Sun Ra). The historic moment the Arkestra met Salah Ragab in Cairo 1983 - amazing release from Strut with new photos, incredible liner notes - go check!

7 Anna Greta - The Tunnel 3'06
Nightjar in the Northern Sky ACT Tr4
Anna Greta vc Skuli Sverrisson bs Einar Scheving dr Hilmar Jensson gtr Sigurour Flosason sx Johan Tengholm bs Ragnheiour Grondal bv
(Gretas/Creeley)
The new sound of Nordic jazz! Beautiful Icelandic melodies from Anna - multi-award winning rising star!

8 Johan Lindvall Trio - Give Up 4'16
This is Not About You JAZZLAND Tr2
Johan Lindvall pno Adrian Myhr bs Andreas Skar Winther dr
(Lindvall)
We just love hearing jazz with a Nordic accent - really feelin this swingin groove from Johan + crew!

9 Bright Dog Red - On the Avenue 4'13
Under the Porch ROPEADOPE Tr2
Joe Pignato dr perc Tim Lefebvre bs Eric Person sx fl Mike LaBombard tar fx Cody Davies sounds Matt Coonan vc
(Bright Dog Red)
Free-form jazz, rock, funk, hip-hop all thrown in the pot for this "part Ornette Coleman/Lounge Lizards/A Tribe Called Quest" sound-fest!

10 Lettuce - Gravy Train 4'39
Unify ROUND HILL RECORDS Tr11
Adam Deitch dr Ryan Zoidis sx Adam 'Shmeeans' Smirnoff gtr Erick 'Jesus' Coomes bs Nigel Hall keys vc Eric 'Benny' Bloom tpt
(Clark/Kobalt arr Deitch/Daniels/Zoidis)
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This week legendary Brazil Bossa beauty Flora Purim with percussion maestro Airto Moreira; South Korean melodies reimagined in Norwegian jazz trio and possibly the funkiest band around groovin us home! Fill your mind with FANTASTIC new music courtesy of Courtney Pine and his fantastic Bitesize Edition!

1 Flora Purim - Dandara 4’37

If You Will STRUT Tr6

Flora Purim vc Filó Machado gtr bvs Vitor Pinheiro bv Airto Moreira perc

(Machado/de Souza; Arr Machado/Pinheiro)

The legend that is Flora Purim with Airto getting us going this week with beautiful summer grooves Brazil style!
Flora has worked with Stan Getz, Gil Evans, Miriam Makeba, George Duke and Chick Core (as an original member of Return to Forever), Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra, Uruguayan band Opa and her solo albums on Milestone remain all-time jazz fusion classics!

Johan Lindvall Trio- Rapt 3’42

This is Not About You JAZZLAND Tr6

JOHAN LINDVALL pno ADRIAN MYHR bs ANDREAS SKÅR WINTHER dr

(Lindvall)

"Bright as a star be the light strobing down on me, Suddenly I was free - let me go on these..."
South Korean Karen O's pentatonic melancholy transformed into a dream of jazz by an incredible Norwegian trio - lovin this groove!

3 Lettuce – Everything’s Going to be Alright 3’33

Unify ROUND HILL RECORDS Tr 4

Adam Deitch dr Ryan Zoidis sx Adam ‘Shmeeans’ Smirnoff gtr

Erick ‘Jesus’ Coomes bs Nigel Hall keys vc Eric ‘Benny’ Bloom tpt

(Clark/Kobalt arr Deitch/Daniels/Zoidis)

Let Boston's Lettuce teleport you to a funky galaxy far, far away, where all life co-exists as one in peace, love, harmony…and music!
“...inspired by the Clark Sisters, and it was written in a time when we all needed to be reminded that everything was going to be okay. It really spoke to me, and all of us, given what we’ve all been going through.” (Nigel Hall - Lettuce)

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This week we've got the perfect Sundowner playlist for you! Classic jazz trio, piano with strings, Italian bop, Brazilian samba, Norwegian chill out & Australian-Armenian melodies. Saúde!

1 Cyrus Chestnut: Nippon Soul Connection 7'24

My Father's Hands HIGHNOTE Tr1
Cyrus Chestnut pno Peter Washington bs Lewis Nash dr
(Chestnut)

Cyrus remembers his dad with this joyous bluesy Bossa swing to get us started! "What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space".

2 Bill Laurance: Balm 4'21
Zeal EP FLINT MUSIC Tr2
Bill Laurance keys Jonathan Harvey bs Marius Aleksi dr Untold Orchestra str
(Laurance)

Snarky Puppy's Bill L floating us down the river with lush rolling piano & strings - beautiful

3 Marco Tranchina/Smat Five: Axioma 6'23
More Than Ever UBUNTU Tr4
Marcho Tranchina pno Mikele Montolli bs Alan Short alto
(Tranchina)

Hot Bebop with Latin European flavours! Marco's bringing the warm sounds and sensibilities of his Mediterranean musical heritage to London!

4 Dende & Band: Epe Baba 3'48
Ago ROPEADOPE Tr2
Feat Frances Mbappe bs Daniel Peniazek gtr Daniel Belquer pno Benhur Oliveira dr Leslie Macedo perc Dende Macedo perc/vc
(Macedo)

Ecstatic percussive incantations with Dende from Bahia, Brazil! His music is a conversation between matter and spirit, and a life-enriching communion with the divine that he strives to share with his audiences.

5 Action & Tension & Space: Chromosomes 6'11
Tellus RUNE GRAMMOFON Tr1
Per Steinar Lie gar Oystein Braut gtr org mtron Julis Lind bs Orjan Haaland dr Sigbjorn Apeland keys, harm Stale Liavik Solberg perc
(Lie,Braut,Lind,Haaland)

ATS head into the Hardangervidda terrain of wide open spaces and unruly weather conditions. They recorded in a small studio during 2 days of heavy rain & stormy winds rumbling outside the windows.

6 The Smudges: The Gigue is Up 5'20
Song and Call CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE Tr3
Jeff Gauthier vln Maggie Parkins cl
(Gauthier)

Birdsong reimagined in beautiful folk-jazz on violin and cello from The Smudges!

7 Maridalen: Pa nye eventyr 5'22
Bortenfor JAZZLAND Tr1
Anders Hefre sx Jonas Kilmork Vemoy tot Andreas Rodland Haga bs
(Hefre)

Quirky finger-clickin chamber jazz from Norway! Maridalen takes its name from a scenic called just north of Oslo. "The listener is invited to new adventures: through pictures from a movie to a ride on a moon bike in dreamland".

8 Ebi Soda: Pseudocreme 5''05
Honk If You're Sad TRU THOUGHTS Tr3
V Vilhelm tb Conor Knight gtr Hari-Lee Evans bs
Louis Jenkins keys Sam Schlich Davies dr
Vilhelm/Knight/Jenkins/Evans/Davies

Ebi Soda have been marinating in a digital soup of trap, drill, dub, post-punk and new wave, all underscored by the intersection of jazz, hiphop and electronic music!

9 Zela Margossian Quintet - Forecast 7'40
The Road ROPEADOPE Tr2
Zela Margossian pno Stuart Vandegraaff sx Adem Yilmaz perc Jacques Emery bs Alexander Inman-Hislop dr
(Margossian)

Armenian traditional music feeds this incredible ethno-jazz band from Sydney Australia. Dancing piano from Zela and whirling sax from Stuart Vadegraaff conjure electric Armenian nights!

10 Joel Lyssarides: Gowns of Dark 3'12
Stay Now ACT Tr5
Joel Lyssarides pno Niklas Fernqvist bs Rasmus Svensson Blixt dr
(Lyssarides)

Lyssarides lives in a remote house in the woods, a good half an hour outside Stockholm. He prefers to compose at night, in silence, without distraction. We hear soaring Liszt & Schumann amidst plucked Debussy strings!

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This week neck-snapping beats from Brighton's Eli Soda, Norwegian chillout jazz and West Coast birdsong reimagined on strings... this superb Bitesize is a mind-expanding eclectic 15 minute Trip - All new and All for YOU!!

Ebi Soda – Pseudocreme (5’05)

Honk If You’re Sad TRU THOUGHTS Tr 3

V Vilhelm tb Conor Knight gtr Hari-Lee Evans bs

Louis Jenkins keys Sam Schlich Davies drVilhelm, Knight, Jenkins, Evans, Davies

Look no further for the beating heart of the fantastic underground UK jazz scene!
Born from ten-hour jam sessions in peeling Brighton bedsits, the technical parameters of a bootstrap recording process and the osmotic, multi-genre influence of internet music archives, quintet Ebi Soda have been steady-cultivating a unique sound amidst the exploding UK jazz scene.

In typical Ebi style, while recalling jazz pioneers in playing style, ‘Honk If You’re Sad’ draws from a vast neural network of influences: the Ebi Brain has been marinating in a digital soup of trap, drill, dub, post-punk and no wave to name but a few. The result is a mercurial record that beams in psychedelia, dissonance, serene ambient passages, tough, neck-snapping beats and lush textures, all underscored by the intersection of jazz, hip hop and electronic music.

Action & Tension & Space - Chromosomes (6’16)

Tellus RUNE GRAMMOFON Tr 1

Per Steinar Lie gtr Øystein Braut gtr org mtron

Julis Lind bs Ørjan Haaland dr Sigbjørn Apeland keys, harm

Ståle Liavik Solberg perc

Lie, Braut, Lind,Haaland

Spaced out Norwegian jazz chill with a kind of Clint Eastwood Western soundtrack feel but your foot's still tappin'!

ATS is an instrumental loungerock outfit, with added elements of folk music, jazzy surf, psychedelia, free improvised chill-out, jangly post-rock, krautrock and travelling bass.

With “Tellus” ATS heads into the Hardangervidda (the big plains connecting the eastern and western parts of southern Norway) terrain of wide open spaces, spare vegetation and unruly weather conditions, especially during the winter. The album was recorded in a small studio in Haugesund during two days of heavy rain showers and stormy winds rumbling outside the windows.

Smudges – The Gigue is Up (5’20)

Song and Call CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE Tr 3

Jeff Gauthier vln Maggie Parkins cl

Gauthier

The highly original work of violinist Jeff Gauthier and cellist Maggie Parkins, stars of the West Coast new music scene, resists classification. From “Music Of Chants,” Guy Klucevsek’s memorial to John Cage, through “Release,” Tom Flaherty’s layered journey through echo and repetition, Song And Call is...

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This week we’re turning up the heat: Mexico City- Jamaican grooves, Israeli sax, Balian piano jazz, Chicago jazz funk, soul jazz vocals, smooth neo-soul grooves, UK jazz trio, Irish-inspired guitar, fiery be-bop.

1 SLY5THAVE & ROBERTO VERÁSTEGUI – Ensencialmente (5’23)
Agua de Jamaica TRU THOUGHTS Tr 5
Andres Marquez dr Pablo Gonzalez Sarre Bs Roberto Verastegui keys Sylvester Onyejiaka tnr/Drum/fl
Sly5thAve/Verástegui

Get a taste of Mexico City on this exciting new collaboration – we love it!

2 Eli Degibri - Henri and Rachel (4’42)
Henri and Rachel DEGIBRI Tr 4
Eli Degibri Sx Tom Oren Pno Alon Near Bs Eviatar Slivnik Dr
Degibri

Just the image of this beautiful album cover says it all: “I will always keep searching for you, knowing that one day we will and must reunite. Until that day, I will never stop humming your melody, my beautiful daddy and mommy, Henri and Rachel.”

3 Joey Alexander - Angel Eyes (4’20)
Origin MACK AVENUE Tr 8
Joey Alexander pn Larry Grenadier bs and Kendrick Scott dr
Alexander

Feel the rising spirit of pianist Joey Alexander, whimsically dancing with Kendrick Scott’s drums and Larry Grenadier’s bass…gorgeous!

4 Greg Spero - Rose Petal (3’57)
The Chicago Experiment ROPEADOPE Tr7
Makaya McCraven dr Marquis Hill tpt Jeff Parker gtr Darryl Jones bs Greg Spero pno
Spero/McCraven/Parker/Jones/Hill

Love love love this!! Think Herbie Hancock given a 21st century Chicago twist this is groovin’! Ropeadope you’ve done it again!!

5 Brian Jackson – Nomad (5’17)
This is Brian Jackson BBE Tr4
Brian Jackson vcpno Binky Brice bs Caito Sanchez dr Daniel Collás timp Camellia Hartman vln Claire Solomon cl
The Sampaquita Strings
Jackon arr Collás

Eternal truths from the soulful voice of legend Brian Jackson – pure medicine music for the soul…produced by Phenomenal Handclap Band founder Daniel Collás.

6 Partikel – Citizen (7’14)
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Check out the energy explosion that is Partikel: one of the most exciting trios in improvised music” taking “the classic sound of the Sonny Rollins saxophone trio for contemporary ears in an adventurous but intrinsically melodic manner.

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Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz & beyond picks from Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead, SLY5THAVE & Roberto Verastegui,and Josean Jacobo.

This week a feast of global delights! Jonathan Barber’s smooth grooves move down to the electric energy of a sensational Mexico City collaboration before Josean Jacobo evokes the spirits of Dominica to meet him in some beautiful latin piano jazz.

It’s ALL new and it’s ALL for you Folks – dive in today!

Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead – Denim (Self-Release)
SLY5THAVE & Roberto Verastegui – Ensencialmente (Tru-Thoughts)
Josean Jacobo – Herencia Criolla (Self-Release)

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New Music Alert!! Nu jazz and beyond releases from Cuba – Armenia – USA – St Kitts– Amazon – Norway: a non-stop-music podcast from Courtney Pine CBE.

Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz picks from Theo Croker, SFJAZZ Collective, McCoy Tyner, Mike Rivard, Beady Belle and more…

It’s the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast! Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This week featuring Nu-classic soul jazz, blues, jazz vocals, Afro-beats, Caribbean vibes, swing, jazz-classical…

Jorge Luis Pacheco - To Oscar Ropeadope
Joel A Martin - Dance of Echmiadzin Self-release
Theo Croker - Umi Says Sony Masterworks
SFJAZZ Collective - Mutuality SFJAZZ
McCoy Tyner & Freddie Hubbard Quartet - Island Birdie Jazzline Classics
Jazzique - Nevis Naturally Self-release
Club D’Elf - Lalla Aisha in Jhaptal Face Pelt
Beady Belle - Quiet Sounds Jazzland
Chance Hayden - One Plus One Ropeadope

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This week whadda journey! You’ll begin in the beauty & jazz of Armenia: an epic sonic feast from Joel A Martin; then you’ll immerse in Grammy-nominated Theo Croker’s simmering live version of Mos Def’s ‘Umi Says’. Finally it’s groove time! 70’s jazz-funk courtesy of Chance Hayden!

C’mon everybody listen again & again to this superb 3-track Bitesize Edition from the one and only Courtney Pine – it’s all for YOU!

Joel A Martin - Dance of Echmiadzin Self release
Theo Croker - Umi Says Sony Masterworks
Chance Hayden - One Plus One Ropeadope

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Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz picks from Jeremy Pelt, Anson Jones, Cameron Graves, Trish Clowes, Kevin Eubanks and more…

It’s the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast! Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This week featuring jazz blues, Cuban-jazz, funk, nu-soul, fusion, big-band, nu-jazz & Brit-Asian grooves . World music and classical music lovers will enjoy this too!

Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens – Reds Whirlwind
Luis Deniz – Gesture Modica
Jeremy Pelt - I’m Still Standing Highnote
Anson Jones - Unforeseen Ropeadope
John Lee - Soul Leo Cellar
Cameron Graves - Sacred Spheres Mack Avenue
Eubanks Evans Experience – And…They Ran Out of Biscuits Imani
Hermeto Pascoal - Coalhada Farout
Trish Clowes - A View with a Room Greenleaf
Arun Ghosh - Made in England Camoci

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Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz & beyond picks from Arun Ghosh, Luis Deniz and Hermeto Pascoal.

This week it’s an epic celebration of 21st century multi-culture: riotous British Asian bangra flavours, joyous Afro-Cuban jazz and a vibrant Brazilian Big-band explosion!

Arun Ghosh - Made in England (Camoci)
Luis Deniz – Gesture (Modica)
Hermeto Pascoal – Coalhada (Farout)

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Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz picks from Danilo Perez, Mary Halvorson, The Baylor Project, Jazzmeia Horn, Dianne Reeves, Brandon Allen and more…

It’s the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast! Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun! This week featuring jazz-rock, sax, swing, bossa, global beats, live bop, nu-jazz, beyond-grooves, & organ blues. World music and classical music lovers will enjoy this too!

Brad Mehldau - Tom Sawyer Nonesuch
Brandon Allen - Fool on the Hill Ubuntu
Chiara Izzi - Poinciana Dot Time
Danilo Perez - Muropatia Mack Avenue
The Baylor Project - We Swing Be A Light
Pepper Adams + Tommy Banks Trio - Oleo Cellar
Or Bareket - Soil Enja
Mary Halvorson - Night Shift Nonesuch
Roberto Occhipinti - A Tynerish Swing Modica
Brian Auger - Blue Note Swing Soul Bank

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Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal jazz & blues picks from Brian Auger, Brad Mehldau and Eric Alexander.

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show! Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week it’s a double whammy of non-stop Blues and some superb Progressive Jazz Rock.

Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – Blue Note Shuffle Soulbank
Brad Mehldau - Tom Sawyer Nonesuch
New York All Stars (Music Aid For Ukraine) – Incazzato Ubuntu

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Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Commercial free, and hand-picked for a vibrant, and soulful listen! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun! This week featuring jazz, guitar, swing, vocal soul, latin-jazz, salsa, piano solo.

Fergus McCreadie - Law Hill (Edition)
Pat Metheny - Timeline (Modern Recordings)
Shake Stew - Wake Up and Be Gone (Traumton)
Daniel Rotem - Spiritual (Self-Release)
Oscar Peterson - Sushi (Mack Avenue)
Nnenna Freelon - Say a Little Prayer (Origin)
Nicole Glover - Parks (Savant)
Aleksi Glick - With Ease (Self-release)
Spanish Harlem Orchestra - Mambo 202 (Ovation)

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Coming Up this week a Crucial Music Listen: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Shake Stew & Music Aid for Ukraine.

Three tracks picked especially by Courtney Pine: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Shake Stew, Music Aid for Ukraine – this is one crucial music listen folks – Take 15 and get your bitesize portion of new releases dropping right now!

Spanish Harlem Orchestra – Vestido de Flores Ovation
Shake Stew – Wake Up & Be Gone Traumton
Music Aid for Ukraine: Omar + QCBA – Feeling You Ubuntu

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Coming Up this week: Courtney Pine’s personal picks from Binker & Moses, Curtis Stigers, Esthesis Quartet, Melissa Aldana and more…

Have YOU listened to something new today? So many great voices on this Episode! Sweden’s Jacob Karlzon journeying yonder, Soothsayer Melissa Aldana Falling into Otherworlds, Esthesis Quartet conjuring CrazyCrickets, Monika Tiken turning a light on Time, a quick Kevin Hays swingfest heralding Binker & Moses’ Infinite looping freeness…Tigran Hamasyan DE-DAH!!, restorative Curtis Stigers: Breathe….. Mike Holober swingin' hard, Cleveland Watkiss LION!…Start as you Mean to Go On folks cause the Passion Continues here at Courtney Pine Global!

Jacob Karlzon - Subject to Change Warner
Melissa Aldana - Falling Bluenote
Monika Tiken - Time Self-release
Esthesis Quartet - Cricket Orenda
Kevin Hays, Ben Street and Billy Hart - Unscrappulous Smoke
Binker and Moses - Feed Infinite Gearbox
Tigran Hamasayan - De Dah Nonesuch
Curtis Stigers - You’re All That Matters To Me Bluenote
Mike Holober - Necessary Sunnyside
Cleveland Watkiss - Red Gold and Green Cdubya

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CPG BITESIZE LAUNCH DAY!!!

Look alive folks we’ve only gone and launched weekly!! Three fantastic tracks picked especially by Courtney Pine: Cleveland Watkiss, Tigran Hamasyan, Jacob Karlzon - these flavour makers will blow your mind! So get your cup of chai and check this Bitesize beauty out!!!

Cleveland Watkiss - Red Gold & Green Cdubya
Tigran Hamasyan - De Dah Nonesuch
Jacob Karlzon - Subject To Change Warner

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Coming up this week Fresh New Sounds emanating from Tokyo, NY, Chicago, Denmark, UK, San Francisco, Germany, UK-Asia & Israel.

Courtney’s feelin' the vibe this week and these fresh new artists are really movin' him! Miho Hazama mysteriously swing-marchin’ with Danish Radio Big Band, Aaron Seeber radiating NY energy, layer-upon-layer of the gorgeous Zara McFarlane, Michael Allemana’s Chicago respect, SFJAZZ taking pause before Gilad Hekselman’s strange and beautiful Magic Chord. Orrin Evans full of praise, Clemens Grassman: joy personified! Arun Ghosh & friends dancin' us home… Discover the happy moments folks - it’s another blinder from the one and only Courtney Pine!

Miho Hazama - Mimi’s March Edition
Aaron Seeber - Brandyn Cellar Music Group
Zara McFarlane - Nya Disintegrated
Michael Allemana - The Mediator Ears & Eyes
SFJAZZ Collective - Lift every voice SFJAZZ
Gilad Hekselman - Magic Chord Edition
Orrin Evans - Libra Smoke
Clemons Grassman - Chickens On A Trane Self-Release
Arun Ghosh - Sufi Stomp Camoci

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!Look Alive friends!! Courtney Pine’s awesome Easter playlist’s Full of Love & launched today! A swingin’ handful of love from Harold Mabern & Crew, Grammy nominee Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin dreamin’…Big Feelings.Big grooves. Samara Joy & Pasquale Grasso slow-dance to classic Duke…sonic BOOM! all manner of radness aka Trombone Shorty, Karriem Riggins’ mixin’mashup on Nicholas Payton, Simon Phillips’s electric groove-fest…

COME ON NOW we are FLYIN’ - TWEET #cpg_podcast while you listen folks we want to know how you’re feelin’ cos we are seein’ colours… Robert Mitchell’s two-step, Joel Ross’ blissful vibes reinvention, Ben Markley’s euphoric whirlwind WHAT??! Let the inimitable Renee Rosnes bring this Epic blowage home friends cause y’know, Life.Does.Not.Wait…

Harold Mabern - Straight Street Smoke
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble – How I Love Bluenote
Pasquale Grasso/Samara Joy – Solitude Sony Masterworks
Trombone Shorty - Come Back Bluenote
Nicholas Payton/Karriem Riggins remix - Gold Dust Black Magic Smoke
Simon Phillips – Isosceles Phantom
Robert Mitchell: Anxieties Discus
Joel Ross: Doxology Bluenote
Ben Markley – Arrows and Loops OA2
Renee Rosnes - Life Does Not Wait (A Vida Não Espera) Smoke

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Blissful grooves from Somi, Gregory Porter, Mark Turner, Abdullah Ibrahim, Larry Goldings, Selene Saint-Aime, Kit Downes and more

Spring is Here, and 9 Other Reasons to be stoked this week! Somi & Gregory Porter Tasting the Strawberries, Abdullah Ibrahim at a Wedding, Mark Turner’s Nigerian awakening, Kit Downes on the beach, Vincent Herring at Church, Sélène Saint-Aiméblossoming in the Caribbean, Joe Farnsworth abloom Bud-like, James Brandon Lewis amongst the Flowers and Larry Goldings Uniting us all for the doubtless brighter days ahead. Do NOT miss it!!

Joe Farnsworth: Bud-Like (Smoke)
James Brandon Lewis: Fallen Flowers (Tao Forms)
Sélène Saint-Aimé: Kosmos
Abdullah Ibrahim: The Wedding (Gearbox)
Somi feat Gregory Porter: Love Tastes Like Strawberries (Salon Africana)
Kit Downes: Sandilands (Vermillion)
Mark Turner: Nigeria II (ECM)
Larry Goldings: United (Smoke)
Vincent Herring: Preaching To The Choir (Smoke)

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How can you NOT fall in love with this music? Kitchen-disco it with Veronica Swift (ahem!) drift with the gorgeous Nubya Garcia and Nala Sinephro in their Beautiful Place, then re-enter, Expanded and Transformed, via the joyous Rosie Turton. Hold Hands with the ethereal groove of Ezra Collective then swerve samba-style south of the border where the sun’s always shining with Agustin Pereyra Lucena - c’mon now we see you smilin’! The halting sweetness of The Pucciarelli Group; the urgent Altitude of Nate Smith; Marquis Hill insanely live…ALL THIS in one swift episode?? That’s the beauty of Courtney Pine Global!

Joe Farnsworth – Bud-Like
Kenny Barron (pno), Peter Washington (bs), Joe Farnsworth (dr)
James Brandon Lewis – Fallen Flowers
Maria Schneider – Wyrgly (Evanescence Version)
Abdullah Ibrahim – The Wedding
Gregory Porter – If Love is Overrated
Kit Downes – Sandilands
Goldings, Bernstein & Stewart – United
Vincent Herring – Preaching to the Choir

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We are lovin’ the jazz journey Courtney Pine’s lined up for you this episode. First off is South Korean wunderkind Jihye Lee and her on-fire Orchestra, before some eternal truths from pianist Ethan Iverson. Kick off your shoes for a sensual groove with Omar, and a retro-luscious dreamscape from Brazil’s Marcos Resende. Is that Sarah Vaughan? No and yes! It’s Melanie Charles revisioning her in a totally surreal and cool duet. Portugal’s best kept jazz secret Mário Laginha gives us a triotastic palette cleanser, before the energy ball that is Kinetika Bloco whops Duke Ellington’s Caravan carnival style down the road to our final prayer: Javon Jackson’s Sweet Chariot, Swingin’ Low with some gospel-tinged calypso grooves. Now that’s an episode we’re ALL gonna be talkin’ about…

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This week blasts off with a BBC Young Jazz musician of the year from Brum, followed by sweet black tears from Cuba’s finest. Mellow rap, sounds from vintage Art Blakey… we’ve got even more fine UK jazz and Hammond organ to get your feet tappin’ - oh yes this is a corker of an episode - come and join the fun!

Courtney’s included tracks from Xhosa Cole, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jay Phelps, Art Blakey, Mark Lockheart, Pat Bianchi & Alex Webb.

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Everyone has a story to tell and we’ve got some enticing tales for you this week: tell the kids it’s time to come home; tell the strangers don’t go in the river; tell of a world caught in an hourglass; tell of a sun the will rise again…open your mind and leave it to the jazz…

Courtney’s selection includes tracks from Kenny Garrett, Hiromi, Chelsea Carmichael, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Christian McBride and Louis Hayes.

Enjoy!

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