The DUKE ELLINGTON programme will broadcast recordings from 1953-1955. Three recordings from the Capitol sessions which were not included in the previous two programmes, concert recordings in California from 1953 and 1954 and four pieces of Ellington’s period as a piano soloist from April 1953. Source: D.E. : The Capitol Sessions 1953-1955 (4CD-Box Definitive Records DRCD 11361) D.E. : Best Of The California Concerts (2 CD set, GNP Crescendo Records, GNPBX 3011)

Soul jazz from the 50s, 60s & 70s: THE SOUL OF CANNONBALL ADDERLEY. The last episode in a series of two programmes about alto saxophonist and bandleader Julian “Cannonball” Adderley. Tonight’s programme features some selections of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the end of the sixties, highlighting a performance in a Chicago church.

American drummer Joe LaBarbera ( born 1948) part 1. Jazz Compass label recordings JC1004, from 1999. With Joe LaBarbera, Clay Jenkins, Bob Sheppard, Bill Cunliffe, Tom Warrington.

Recent (re)release of blues and rhythm & blues

Dutch Jazz on CD, compiled by Jan Verwey.

Jazz, blues and nostalgia, by Sjaak Roodenburg.

Music & Politics. Episode #6: THE GROOVE

Fifty years ago, American contrabass player Barre Phillips (born 1934) made the first solo contrabass album. With these legendary recordings as a starting point, we will explore his broad discography with duo and trio recordings and we will finish our journey with his last solo contrabass CD from 2018.

American drummer Joe LaBarbera ( born 1948) part 1. Jazz Compass label recordings JC1004, from 1999. With Joe LaBarbera, Clay Jenkins, Bob Sheppard, Bill Cunliffe, Tom Warrington.