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)
JazzTastic's Cool Yule jazz Christmas!
12 crackers to make Christmas swing:
1 Jeremy Pelt, Christmas Time Is Here - new release
2 Joey DeFrancesco, Home For the Holidays
3 Tommy Smith Quartet, Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
4 Ezra Collective, Joy To The World - new release 1/3
12 crackers to make Christmas swing:
1 Jeremy Pelt, Christmas Time Is Here - new release
2 Joey DeFrancesco, Home For the Holidays
3 Tommy Smith Quartet, Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
4 Ezra Collective, Joy To The World - new release 1/3
December 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
JazzTastic's Cool Yule jazz Christmas!
12 crackers to make Christmas swing:
1 Jeremy Pelt, Christmas Time Is Here - new release
2 Joey DeFrancesco, Home For the Holidays
3 Tommy Smith Quartet, Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
4 Ezra Collective, Joy To The World - new release 1/3
12 crackers to make Christmas swing:
1 Jeremy Pelt, Christmas Time Is Here - new release
2 Joey DeFrancesco, Home For the Holidays
3 Tommy Smith Quartet, Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
4 Ezra Collective, Joy To The World - new release 1/3
Have a Cool Yule - it's the JazzTastic Christmas special!
Dusting off your favourite Christmas jazz and spinning it for you - tonight at 10 on Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101. Hear Jeremy Pelt, Joey DeFrancesco, Tommy Smith, Ezra Collective, Jamie Cullum, Ahmad Jamal, Terence1/2
Dusting off your favourite Christmas jazz and spinning it for you - tonight at 10 on Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101. Hear Jeremy Pelt, Joey DeFrancesco, Tommy Smith, Ezra Collective, Jamie Cullum, Ahmad Jamal, Terence1/2
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Have a Cool Yule - it's the JazzTastic Christmas special!
Dusting off your favourite Christmas jazz and spinning it for you - tonight at 10 on Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101. Hear Jeremy Pelt, Joey DeFrancesco, Tommy Smith, Ezra Collective, Jamie Cullum, Ahmad Jamal, Terence1/2
Dusting off your favourite Christmas jazz and spinning it for you - tonight at 10 on Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101. Hear Jeremy Pelt, Joey DeFrancesco, Tommy Smith, Ezra Collective, Jamie Cullum, Ahmad Jamal, Terence1/2
JazzTastic 16-12-15: The latest Podcast:
1 Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
2 Bill Evans, How My Heart Sings - new album
3 Art Blakey, Along Came Betty - new album
4 Nigel Price, Tricotism - new album
5 Georgia Cecile, Last Christmas - new release 1/2
1 Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
2 Bill Evans, How My Heart Sings - new album
3 Art Blakey, Along Came Betty - new album
4 Nigel Price, Tricotism - new album
5 Georgia Cecile, Last Christmas - new release 1/2
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
JazzTastic 16-12-15: The latest Podcast:
1 Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
2 Bill Evans, How My Heart Sings - new album
3 Art Blakey, Along Came Betty - new album
4 Nigel Price, Tricotism - new album
5 Georgia Cecile, Last Christmas - new release 1/2
1 Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
2 Bill Evans, How My Heart Sings - new album
3 Art Blakey, Along Came Betty - new album
4 Nigel Price, Tricotism - new album
5 Georgia Cecile, Last Christmas - new release 1/2
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) new music from Nigel Price, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Georgia Cécile, Steve Lodder and Paul Cornish. Plus Herbie Hancock, Cannonball Adderley and the Ben Crosland Quintet with Alan Skidmore
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) new music from Nigel Price, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Georgia Cécile, Steve Lodder and Paul Cornish. Plus Herbie Hancock, Cannonball Adderley and the Ben Crosland Quintet with Alan Skidmore
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Great to see Irish label Livia Records represented by pianist-saxophonist Carole Nelson and guitarist Louis Stewart in JazzViews’s albums of the year list. Also included is Scottish Hammond organist Peter Johnstone’s all-star debut.
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Great to see Irish label Livia Records represented by pianist-saxophonist Carole Nelson and guitarist Louis Stewart in JazzViews’s albums of the year list. Also included is Scottish Hammond organist Peter Johnstone’s all-star debut.
JazzTastic 09-12-25: Listen here!
Nine fantastic tracks ... classics, reissues, new music:
1 Moanin', Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - new album
2 Quite Logical, Simon Oslender - new album
3 Chattermouth, Freedom Art Quartet - new album
4 Peri's Scope, Bill Evans -new album 1/2
Nine fantastic tracks ... classics, reissues, new music:
1 Moanin', Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - new album
2 Quite Logical, Simon Oslender - new album
3 Chattermouth, Freedom Art Quartet - new album
4 Peri's Scope, Bill Evans -new album 1/2
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
JazzTastic 09-12-25: Listen here!
Nine fantastic tracks ... classics, reissues, new music:
1 Moanin', Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - new album
2 Quite Logical, Simon Oslender - new album
3 Chattermouth, Freedom Art Quartet - new album
4 Peri's Scope, Bill Evans -new album 1/2
Nine fantastic tracks ... classics, reissues, new music:
1 Moanin', Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - new album
2 Quite Logical, Simon Oslender - new album
3 Chattermouth, Freedom Art Quartet - new album
4 Peri's Scope, Bill Evans -new album 1/2
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), newly-discovered recordings by Art Blakey. Also new: Simon Oslender, Freedom Art Quartet, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Jim Mullen and Brandon Sanders. Plus we have some Gerry Mulligan and Wes Montgomery
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), newly-discovered recordings by Art Blakey. Also new: Simon Oslender, Freedom Art Quartet, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Jim Mullen and Brandon Sanders. Plus we have some Gerry Mulligan and Wes Montgomery
JazzTastic 02-12-25: The latest new releases and classic tracks
1 McCoy Tyner, Four By Five
2 McCoy Tyner, What Is This Thing Called Love? - new release
3 Horace Silver, Song For My Father - new release
4 Rin Seo, Blues a la Carte - new release 1/2
1 McCoy Tyner, Four By Five
2 McCoy Tyner, What Is This Thing Called Love? - new release
3 Horace Silver, Song For My Father - new release
4 Rin Seo, Blues a la Carte - new release 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
JazzTastic 02-12-25: The latest new releases and classic tracks
1 McCoy Tyner, Four By Five
2 McCoy Tyner, What Is This Thing Called Love? - new release
3 Horace Silver, Song For My Father - new release
4 Rin Seo, Blues a la Carte - new release 1/2
1 McCoy Tyner, Four By Five
2 McCoy Tyner, What Is This Thing Called Love? - new release
3 Horace Silver, Song For My Father - new release
4 Rin Seo, Blues a la Carte - new release 1/2
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums/reissues from McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Rin Seo, Emma Smith, Out Of/Into, Something Blue & Miles Davis. We also have more from McCoy Tyner and a track from the vaults featuring Howard McGhee
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums/reissues from McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Rin Seo, Emma Smith, Out Of/Into, Something Blue & Miles Davis. We also have more from McCoy Tyner and a track from the vaults featuring Howard McGhee
New music & classic tracks on the menu from JazzTastic. Listen here to:
1 Lee Morgan, Growing Pains
2 Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Pec a Sec - new release
3 Freedom Art Quartet, Stop Watch - new release
4 Rin Seo, City Suite: 1, The Big Apple - new release 1/2
1 Lee Morgan, Growing Pains
2 Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Pec a Sec - new release
3 Freedom Art Quartet, Stop Watch - new release
4 Rin Seo, City Suite: 1, The Big Apple - new release 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
New music & classic tracks on the menu from JazzTastic. Listen here to:
1 Lee Morgan, Growing Pains
2 Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Pec a Sec - new release
3 Freedom Art Quartet, Stop Watch - new release
4 Rin Seo, City Suite: 1, The Big Apple - new release 1/2
1 Lee Morgan, Growing Pains
2 Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Pec a Sec - new release
3 Freedom Art Quartet, Stop Watch - new release
4 Rin Seo, City Suite: 1, The Big Apple - new release 1/2
On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums from John Donegan, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, The Freedom Art Quartet, Rin Seo, Jay Phelps and Pharaoh Sanders. Plus some vintage Lee Morgan and Dexter Gordon
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums from John Donegan, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, The Freedom Art Quartet, Rin Seo, Jay Phelps and Pharaoh Sanders. Plus some vintage Lee Morgan and Dexter Gordon
JazzTastic 18-11-25: Another hour of great jazz
1 Joe Henderson, Swing Spring
2 Joe Henderson, Milestones
3 Eric Scott Reed, They
4 Eric Scott Reed, Glow
5 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, PSFJ
6 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, Song For Eddie
7 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lisbon Stomp 1/2
1 Joe Henderson, Swing Spring
2 Joe Henderson, Milestones
3 Eric Scott Reed, They
4 Eric Scott Reed, Glow
5 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, PSFJ
6 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, Song For Eddie
7 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lisbon Stomp 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
JazzTastic 18-11-25: Another hour of great jazz
1 Joe Henderson, Swing Spring
2 Joe Henderson, Milestones
3 Eric Scott Reed, They
4 Eric Scott Reed, Glow
5 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, PSFJ
6 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, Song For Eddie
7 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lisbon Stomp 1/2
1 Joe Henderson, Swing Spring
2 Joe Henderson, Milestones
3 Eric Scott Reed, They
4 Eric Scott Reed, Glow
5 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, PSFJ
6 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, Song For Eddie
7 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lisbon Stomp 1/2
On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) we squeeze in 11 great tracks, including double helpings of Joe Henderson, Eric Scott Read and John Rae and Ben Wilcock.
Also Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ike Quebec, Gregory Porter, Art Hirahara and Blue Mitchell.
Also Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ike Quebec, Gregory Porter, Art Hirahara and Blue Mitchell.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) we squeeze in 11 great tracks, including double helpings of Joe Henderson, Eric Scott Read and John Rae and Ben Wilcock.
Also Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ike Quebec, Gregory Porter, Art Hirahara and Blue Mitchell.
Also Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ike Quebec, Gregory Porter, Art Hirahara and Blue Mitchell.
JazzTastic 11/11/25: More new jazz albums plus classic tracks:
1 Joe Farnsworth, Prime Time - new release
2 Joe Farnsworth, Radical - new release
3 Al Foster, E.S.P. - new release
4 Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Alone Together - new release
5 Jim Mullen, Kiko - new release 1/2
1 Joe Farnsworth, Prime Time - new release
2 Joe Farnsworth, Radical - new release
3 Al Foster, E.S.P. - new release
4 Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Alone Together - new release
5 Jim Mullen, Kiko - new release 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
JazzTastic 11/11/25: More new jazz albums plus classic tracks:
1 Joe Farnsworth, Prime Time - new release
2 Joe Farnsworth, Radical - new release
3 Al Foster, E.S.P. - new release
4 Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Alone Together - new release
5 Jim Mullen, Kiko - new release 1/2
1 Joe Farnsworth, Prime Time - new release
2 Joe Farnsworth, Radical - new release
3 Al Foster, E.S.P. - new release
4 Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Alone Together - new release
5 Jim Mullen, Kiko - new release 1/2
JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) has new music from, Joe Farnsworth, Al Foster, Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Jim Mullen, Alma Micic and John Scofield & Dave Holland, plus Fats Navarro and Oscar Peterson
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) has new music from, Joe Farnsworth, Al Foster, Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Jim Mullen, Alma Micic and John Scofield & Dave Holland, plus Fats Navarro and Oscar Peterson
JazzTastic: Celebrating Jack DeJohnette
The show has music featuring Jack, plus new albums and classic tracks:
1 Bill Evans Trio (w Jack DeJohnette), Round Midnight
2 Jack DeJohnette New Directions, Multo Spiliago
3 Keith Jarrett (w Jack DeJohnette), The Masquerade Is Over 1/2
The show has music featuring Jack, plus new albums and classic tracks:
1 Bill Evans Trio (w Jack DeJohnette), Round Midnight
2 Jack DeJohnette New Directions, Multo Spiliago
3 Keith Jarrett (w Jack DeJohnette), The Masquerade Is Over 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
JazzTastic: Celebrating Jack DeJohnette
The show has music featuring Jack, plus new albums and classic tracks:
1 Bill Evans Trio (w Jack DeJohnette), Round Midnight
2 Jack DeJohnette New Directions, Multo Spiliago
3 Keith Jarrett (w Jack DeJohnette), The Masquerade Is Over 1/2
The show has music featuring Jack, plus new albums and classic tracks:
1 Bill Evans Trio (w Jack DeJohnette), Round Midnight
2 Jack DeJohnette New Directions, Multo Spiliago
3 Keith Jarrett (w Jack DeJohnette), The Masquerade Is Over 1/2
We remember drummer Jack DeJonette on JazzTastic tonight (10pm) following his death just over a week ago. Hear him in action with Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and his own band New Directions. Also music from Horace Silver, David Kikoski, Kenny Dorham and Sarah Vaughan.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We remember drummer Jack DeJonette on JazzTastic tonight (10pm) following his death just over a week ago. Hear him in action with Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and his own band New Directions. Also music from Horace Silver, David Kikoski, Kenny Dorham and Sarah Vaughan.
Great jazz just a click away . . . the latest JazzTastic presented by @woodyroy:
1 Pharaoh Sanders, Moment's Notice -new release
2 Pharaoh Sanders, I Want To Talk About You -new release
3 Zoot Sims, Willow Weep For Me -new release
4 Miles Davis, How Am I To Know? -new release 1/2
1 Pharaoh Sanders, Moment's Notice -new release
2 Pharaoh Sanders, I Want To Talk About You -new release
3 Zoot Sims, Willow Weep For Me -new release
4 Miles Davis, How Am I To Know? -new release 1/2
JazzTastic: The great jazz just keeps on coming!
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October 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Great jazz just a click away . . . the latest JazzTastic presented by @woodyroy:
1 Pharaoh Sanders, Moment's Notice -new release
2 Pharaoh Sanders, I Want To Talk About You -new release
3 Zoot Sims, Willow Weep For Me -new release
4 Miles Davis, How Am I To Know? -new release 1/2
1 Pharaoh Sanders, Moment's Notice -new release
2 Pharaoh Sanders, I Want To Talk About You -new release
3 Zoot Sims, Willow Weep For Me -new release
4 Miles Davis, How Am I To Know? -new release 1/2
Lots of new stuff on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101). There's a track from the first duo album by John Scofield and Dave Holland (Memories of Home, due out on Nov 21). Also Pharaoh Sanders, Zoot Sims, Miles Davis and Fergus McCreadie. 1/2
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Lots of new stuff on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101). There's a track from the first duo album by John Scofield and Dave Holland (Memories of Home, due out on Nov 21). Also Pharaoh Sanders, Zoot Sims, Miles Davis and Fergus McCreadie. 1/2
Episode One of Matthew’s new spy drama (episode 2 also available, then weekly)
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1. ‘I’m Done With That Life’
Podcast Episode · The Divide · S1 E1 · 18m
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October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Episode One of Matthew’s new spy drama (episode 2 also available, then weekly)
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6 new albums plus a track from the vaults on this week's JazzTastic:
1 Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet - The 23 (New release)
2 Charles Lloyd, Chulahoma (New release)
3 Charles Lloyd, Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir (New release)
4 The Project, Invicta (New release)1/2
1 Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet - The 23 (New release)
2 Charles Lloyd, Chulahoma (New release)
3 Charles Lloyd, Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir (New release)
4 The Project, Invicta (New release)1/2
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
6 new albums plus a track from the vaults on this week's JazzTastic:
1 Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet - The 23 (New release)
2 Charles Lloyd, Chulahoma (New release)
3 Charles Lloyd, Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir (New release)
4 The Project, Invicta (New release)1/2
1 Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet - The 23 (New release)
2 Charles Lloyd, Chulahoma (New release)
3 Charles Lloyd, Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir (New release)
4 The Project, Invicta (New release)1/2
BREAKING NEWS: GIG CANCELLATION
JazzTastic has just heard that this Thursday's Jazz in Hull gig by The Project has been cancelled because of illness in the band. Their music, as mentioned previously, will still feature in the show and hopefully they'll be welcomed back soon
JazzTastic has just heard that this Thursday's Jazz in Hull gig by The Project has been cancelled because of illness in the band. Their music, as mentioned previously, will still feature in the show and hopefully they'll be welcomed back soon
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
BREAKING NEWS: GIG CANCELLATION
JazzTastic has just heard that this Thursday's Jazz in Hull gig by The Project has been cancelled because of illness in the band. Their music, as mentioned previously, will still feature in the show and hopefully they'll be welcomed back soon
JazzTastic has just heard that this Thursday's Jazz in Hull gig by The Project has been cancelled because of illness in the band. Their music, as mentioned previously, will still feature in the show and hopefully they'll be welcomed back soon
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) we play two tracks from a new release by The Project, who'll be playing live in Hull this Thursday.
Also two tracks from Charles Lloyd's new album plus new releases featuring 1/2
Also two tracks from Charles Lloyd's new album plus new releases featuring 1/2
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) we play two tracks from a new release by The Project, who'll be playing live in Hull this Thursday.
Also two tracks from Charles Lloyd's new album plus new releases featuring 1/2
Also two tracks from Charles Lloyd's new album plus new releases featuring 1/2
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
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
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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
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.
@woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101).
Also The Heavy Hitters, Duke Ellington, Joe Williams with Count Basie and Lee Morgan.
October 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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.
@woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101).
Also The Heavy Hitters, Duke Ellington, Joe Williams with Count Basie and Lee Morgan.