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In this episode Simon and Nick talk about the common conception and mis conceptions- of how jazz happens. We actually made this episode up of the cuff....How very meta!

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This is one of our more technical episodes where we try to demystify the way jazz musicians make the music by the end of this episode you may even know what Cm7b5 means in musical terms.

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Jazz has always taken popular tunes as a starting point. Some of the most famous jazz originals like Ornithology are new tunes on old chords sometimes called contrafacts. In this episode Nick and Simon discuss the subject of modern songs done in a jazz way.

Jazz versions of Beatles tunes playlist here

Rock Swings here

Herbie Hancock The New Standard here

When Love Breaks down Dominic Howles Septet here

Post Modern Jukebox here

All above are Apple Music Links you will find them on other streaming sever ices too

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Watch Terry Pollard with Terry Gibbs here

Terry Pollard (August 15, 1931 – December 16, 2009) was an American jazz pianist and vibraphonist active in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s. She has been described as a "major player who was inexplicably overlooked."

listen to Terry Pollard on Apple Music here or Spotify here

Listen to a Detroit Legend on Apple Music here or Spotify here

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You can't steal a gift a book review You Can't Steal a Gift. Frederick Eugene John Lees (February 8, 1928 – April 22, 2010) was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States, where he was a music critic and lyricist. His lyrics for Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Corcovado" (released as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars"), have been recorded by such singers as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Queen Latifah, and Diana Krall.

Listen to arranging the score Series 1 episode 44 here

Erratum Simon Apologises for getting his American Geography wrong Louisville is in in Kentucky!

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Christian Jacob

Jacob was born in Metz, Lorraine on 8 May 1958. A pianist by age four, he was immersed in studying the French classics. Something of a child prodigy, Jacob had perfect pitch and natural talent. He did not discover jazz until age 10, but when he did, its improvised nature appealed to him immediately. Early influences were Dave Brubeckand Oscar Peterson. As a teen, Jacob studied under Pierre Sancan at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris.Later, he would teach piano at the Conservatoire National de Region in Metz.

In January 1983, Jacob entered Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and won many awards as a student, including the Joe Zawinul Jazz Masters Award, Oscar Peterson Jazz Masters Award, and Down Beat "Top Collegiate Jazz Soloist" before graduating magna cum laude in 1985. Jacob then took a teaching position at Berklee.

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One of our book reviews this time it is the Novel or is it? by Michael Ondaatje

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The work deals with the life of Buddy Bolden the legend of early jazz who never recorded or was documented much during his life.

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This is a follow on to episode 44. We go a bit further into the beat poets reading their poetry with live jazz backing. We talk about City Lights and Steve Allen and more.

A couple of Corrections

Howl was first performed by Ginsberg who read a draft of "Howl" at the Six Gallery reading in San Francisco in 1955. Fellow poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Books, who attended the performance, published the work in 1956. Upon the poem's release, Ferlinghetti and the bookstore's manager, Shigeyoshi Murao, were charged with disseminating obscene literature, and both were arrested. On October 3, 1957, Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that the poem was not obscene.

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Al jazzbo Collins records were with Steve Allen you can watch the records revolve and listen to his righteous Spiel here

If you haven't already check out our on podium blog on this subject

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