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Roy Woodcock
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Journalist running Yorkshire media & PR company. Presenter Humber Wave Radio. Food, wine, football (lifetime Gooner), cars and music: Pure Blues (10pm) on Humber Wave Mondays and JazzTastic (10pm) on Humber Wave and also Vixen 101 every Tuesday
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The vibes are good for JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) - the line-up includes Milt Jackson (with John Coltrane), Mark Sherman and Joel Ross (both his new album and with Out Of/Into). Also we revisit the new Julian Lage and Oscar Lavën 1/2
February 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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Hot blues . . . right here, right now!
Catch the latest edition of Pure Blues and the bluesmen who ran their own record labels:
1 Mighty Joe Young, Guitar Star
2 B B King, 3 O'Clock Blues
3 Levi Seabury, Motherless Child Blues
4 Rosetta Perry with Milliard Lee, Farewell Blues 1/3
February 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Don't miss Pure Blues on Humber Wave Radio tonight (10pm) for some great blues, including releases on blues artists' own record labels. You'll hear B B King, Mighty Joe Young, Fenton Robinson, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Little Mack Simmons and more
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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JazzTastic 27-01-26: Poetry to our ears ... 10 great tracks; listen here:
1 Booker Little, Opening Statement
2 Stan Tracey Quartet, Starless and Bible Black
3 Charles Mingus, Scenes in the City
4 Tommy Smith, Into Silence - new reissue 1/2
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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A mixed jazz bag with a few surprises thrown in tonight on JazzTastic (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101). We embrace poetry and jazz via Charles Mingus and Tommy Smith and take time out to listen to music inspired by poet Dylan Thomas's play Under Milk Wood. 1/2
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Pure Blues 26-01-26: Coffee to cure your blues hangover
Drink your fill of this great blues selection:
1 Muddy Waters Blues Band, Watch Dog
2 Muddy Waters, Unk In Funk
3 Muddy Waters, Fox Squirrel
4 Muddy Waters, Hoochie Coochie Man
5 Howlin Wolf, Smokestack Lightning 1/3
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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A drop of the hard stuff (the music that is!) on Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) followed by a coffee-themed segment just to keep us on the straight and narrow!
Sip and savour ... Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Koko Taylor, Betty James, Mississippi John Hurt, 1/2
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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The best in jazz ... always on JazzTastic:
1 Johnny Griffin, Ball Bearing
2 Harben Kay, Blue Beetle - new album
3 Melissa Aldana, La Sentencia - new album
4 Michael Dease ST in the House - new album
5 Michael Dease, Some Skunk Funk - new album 1/2
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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New music on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) from Melissa Aldana, Harben Kay, Steve Lodder and Michael Dease.
We'll also hear Johnny Griffin, Blue Mitchell, Wynton Kelly & Wes Montgomery, John Etheridge & Liane Carroll and Jelly Roll Morton
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Pure Blues 19-01-26: listen here:
1 Roy Hawkins, The Thrill Is Gone
2 Roy Hawkins, The Thrill Hunt
3 Mercy Dee Walton, Homely Baby
4 T-Bone Walker, The Hustle Is On
5 Tinsley Ellis, Sunnyland
6 Tinsley Ellis, Sweet Ice Tea
7 Chris Ardoin, Stay In Or Stay Out 1/3
January 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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A new Jasmine compilation featuring T-Bone Walker as an accompanist plus a new album from Tinsley Ellis get spins on Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio). Plus we've got the original version of The Thrill Is Gone and music from Jnr Parker, Rufus Thomas 1/2
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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JAZZTASTIC 13-01-26: Setting the scene for a year of great jazz:
1 John Coltrane, Rifftide (live)
2 Miles Davis, Walkin (live)
3 Bill Evans, Nardis (live) - new release
4 Jacqui Dankworth, Will You Wait For Me
5 Bud Powell, Cherokee
6 Oscar Lavën, Dizzy Campaign - new release 1/2
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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2026 will see centenary celebrations for Miles Davis and John Coltrane and JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) has music from both. Plus new releases from Oscar Lavën and Joel Ross and music from Bill Evans, Jacqui Dankworth (in Beverley soon), Bud Powell and Brandon Sanders
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Pure Blues; New Lil Ed plus tribute to Dave Riley:
1 Mary Lane, Hurt My Feelings
2 Willie Mabon, Lonely Blues
3 Willie Mabon, I Don't Know
4 Otis Spann, Five Spot
5 Dave Riley, Travelling the Dirt Road
6 Dave Riley, Mississippi Po Boy 1/3
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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B B King playing with Otis Spann? He does on Pure Blues tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio). As well as that rare combination w've a new album from Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, a tribute to Dave Riley plus great music from Mary Lane, Willie Mabon, J B Hutto, Fred McDowell and more.
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Al Foster named JazzTastic Album of the Year. But what else made the list (check our Mixcloud page for Part One):
1 Art Blakey, I Can't Get Started
2 Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging
3 Sultan Stevenson, El Roi
4 Ella Fitzgerald, Don't Be That Way (Vocal Album of the Year) 1/2
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Jazz Albums of the Year, Part 2, on Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101 tonight at 10pm. We'll be counting down to our Album of the Year and revealing our Vocal Album of the Year along the way. Be great to see you!
January 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Front-row seats at the Pure Blues New Year's Blues Festival:
1 B B King, Caldonia/How Blue Can You Get/Sweet Little Angel
2 Rick Estrin, You Gonna Need My Help
3 Jnr Wells, That's All Right/Look On Yonder's Wall/Messin' With the Kid 1/2
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Wall-to-wall music tonight (10pm Humber Wave Radio) as you're invited to the Pure Blues New Year's Blues Festival. Listen on 106.9FM and DAB+ in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and everywhere on humberwave.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Part 1 of JazzTastic's pick of our favourite albums of 2025, including a track from our archive album of the year. Part 2 next week
1 Carl Allen, Happy Times
2 Artemis, Sights Unseen
3 Alison Rayner Quintet, Semaphore
4 Fergus McCreadie, Sparrowsong
5 Horace Silver, No Smokin 1/2
December 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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It's Part One of our Pick of the Year show on JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) when we play tracks from our favourite albums released in 2025, including our Archive Album of the Year. Part 2 next week when JazzTastic's Album of the Year will be revealed
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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KIRK FLETCHER: PURE BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Playing tracks from our favourite albums released in 2025.:
1 Robbin Kapsalis, The Blues Is In The House
2 Buddy Guy, Blues On Top
3 Willie Buck, She Turned Me Down
4 Oscar Wilson & Bob Corritore, Woman Wanted 1/3
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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It's our end of the year show on Pure Blues tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) when we feature some of our picks of the year and reveal our Album of the Year.
Join us on 106.9FM and DAB+ in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and everywhere on humberwave.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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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
December 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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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
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM