JazzTastic
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Weekly jazz radio show presented by Roy Woodcock with new releases & classic tracks: Tuesdays 10pm, UK time, on Humber Wave Radio and also Vixen 101. Listen again on Mixcloud (search for Pure Blues & JazzTastic)
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4 Tommy Smith & Gwilym Simcock, El Nino - new release
5 Charles Lloyd, Figure in Blue, Memories of Duke - new release
6 Duke Ellington, Black and Tan Fantasy
7 Count Basie (with Joe Williams), My Baby Upsets Me
8 Lee Morgan, Anti Climax
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JazzTastic: The very best in jazz
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TURN IT UP - IT'S JAZZTASTIC!
Our usual great selection of new albums and classic tracks, presented by @woodyroy:
1 The Heavy Hitters, Groundation
2 Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet, Slow Freight - new release
3 Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet, You'll See - new release 1/2
New albums from Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet, Charles Lloyd and Tommy Smith & Gwilyn Simcock on JazzTastic with
@woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101).
Also The Heavy Hitters, Duke Ellington, Joe Williams with Count Basie and Lee Morgan.
JAZZTASTIC'S DREAM SEQUENCE ...
Seven new albums featured on the latest JazzTastic podcast:
1 Fieldwork, Propaganda
2 Josh Lawrence, Long As You're Living
3 Josh Lawrence, Evidence
4 Phil Bancroft Standards Trio, Inner Urge
5 Keith Jarrett, Basin Street Blues 1/2
A dream show tonight on JazzTastic with @woodyroy (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101): New albums from Josh Lawrence, Fieldwork, Phil Bancroft Standards Trio, Keith Jarrett, Joan Fort, Nicola Glover and the Carole Nelson Trio. Plus great music from Louis Armstrong and Artemis
5 Mary Stallings, Street Of Dreams
6 Art Farmer Quartet, What's New
7 Elvin Jones, Raunchy Rita
8 Oscar Peterson, Blues For Big Scotia
9 John Coltrane, Alabama
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JazzTastic: A 'jazz stroll' through New York
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A 'jazzaholic's' dream tour of the Big Apple
Another chance to catch our special programme devoted to live recordings from New York's jazz clubs:
1 George Coleman, Blues For Smalls
2 Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Past Intact
3 Art Blakey, Split Kick
4 Miles Davis, S'il Vous Plait 1/2
Art Farmer, Elvin Jones, Oscar Peterson and John Coltrane. Listen to Humber Wave on 106.9FM and DAB+ in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and everywhere on humberwave.com and Vixen in East Yorkshire and York on 101.8/103.1FM or vixen101.co.uk
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A JAZZ WALK THROUGH NEW YORK . . .
Tonight's JazzTastic with @woodyroy (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) is another chance to hear live recordings from New York jazz clubs. On our 'bandstand': George Coleman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Mary Stallings 1/2
4 Branford Marsalis, The Wrath Of Tain
5 Ethel Waters' Jazz Masters, Royal Garden Blues
6 Joe Stilgoe & The Entertainers, Nobody (new album)
7 The Project, Mad Max
8 Bill Laurence, Dove (new album)
9 Carole Nelson Trio, Lift Off (new album)

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JazzTastic 23/9/25: Check out these 6 new releases plus classic cuts
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Six new releases and a final Scarborough Jazz Festival preview on the latest JazzTastic. Listen to:
1 Nigel Price Organ Trio, Splash The Cash (new album)
2 John McLaughlin, 4th Dimension, Kiki (new album)
3 Pharoah Sanders, Love Is Here (Part One) (new album)
1/2
100 years old featuring Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Masters.
You can listen to Humber Wave on 106.9FM and DAB+ in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and everywhere on humberwave.com and Vixen in East Yorkshire and York on 101.8/103.1FM or vixen101.co.uk
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to this weekend's Scarborough Jazz Festival, a new release from Joe Stilgoe & The Entertainers.
The Project will also be at Scarborough and at an upcoming Jazz in Hull gig and we've a track from them. Plus music from Branford Marsalis and a track from the vaults more than 2/3
On JazzTasticn with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101), new albums from guitarists John McLaughlin and Nigel Price. Also a terrific new album from Carole Nelson, newly-discovered live recordings from Pharaoh Sanders plus, as part of a final look ahead 1/3
5 Roy Eldridge Quintet, Oscar's Arrangement (new reissue)
6 B B King & Duke Ellington Orchestra, Don't Get Round Much Anymore
7 Tommy Smith, Transition (new reissue)
8 Peter Johnstone, Resistance Is Futile (new release)
9 Nigel Price, Straight Talk (new release)
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Jazztastic: An Hour Of The Best In New And Classic Jazz
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New and classic jazz albums ... all here on JazzTastic. Plus Part 2 of our Scarborough Jazz Festival preview Listen to:
1 Bobby Watson, Country Corn Flakes
2 Paul Cornish, Dinosaur Song (new release)
3 Alan Barnes, Chilli Pepper
4 Gaz Hughes, Shootin' From The Hip 1/2
today) with the Ellington Orchestra and we continue our preview of this month's Scarborough Jazz Festival with music from Alan Barnes and Gaz Hughes.
tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101).
Other new releases from Peter Johnstone (who's also on the Tommy Smith album), guitarist Nigel Price and pianist Paul Cornish.
We've also got classic tracks from Bobby Watson, Roy Eldridge and B B King (who would have been 100 2/3
LISTEN TO JAZZTASTIC TONIGHT AT 10PM
With John Coltrane's centenary due to attract much attention during 2026, Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith (pictured) has decided to get in early and reissue his dedication to Coltrane, Embodying the Light. We feature a track on JazzTastic 1/2
3 Trish Clowes My Iris, Another One (for Wayne)
4 Miles Davis, Iris
5 Herbie Hancock (feat. Joni Mitchell), The Man I Love (new reissue box set)
6 Wayne Shorter, Dance Cadaverous (alt. take - new issue)
7 Emily Masser, Room 808
8 Horace Silver, Doodlin'
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JazzTastic: First preview of Scarborough Jazz Festival 2025
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A great month for live jazz as we preview this month's Scarborough Jazz Festival and a new season of Jazz In Hull gigs. And our JazzTastic playlist is pretty good too!
1 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Children Of The Night
2 Five-Way Split, Out Of Wayne's Bag 1/2
JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm) has the first preview of this month's Scarborough Jazz Festival and also news of a new Jazz in Hull season.
Great music, too, from Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Five-Way Split, Trish Clowes, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Emily Masser & Horace Silver
3 Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dawn (The Inner Mountain Flame)
4 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, Potato Head Blues (Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings)
5 Stan Tracey, Starless And Bible Black (Under Milk Wood)
6 John Coltrane, Blue Train (Blue Train) 2/3