Jazz Matters

Born and raised in North Yorkshire and now living in Amsterdam, Sam Newbould is a saxophonist, composer and band leader. He is a graduate of the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam and winner of the Keep An Eye The Records Award, with its €10,000 prize.

From his initial interest in drumming and percussion, to his latest album Bogus Notus, in this episode, we learn all about this Englishman in Amsterdam.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Northern Quarter - Sam Newbould
• Forget Me Not - E's Jammy Jams
• Members Only - Track Tribe
• Honey - Bad Snacks
• Six O'Clock Rush - Track Tribe
• Hear The Noise (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Chances - Silent Partner
• Pitch - Lish Grooves
• Together With You - JR Tundra
• Concrete Caterpillar - Nam Newbould
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

In this episode we dive in to the life and career of one of the UK's best known Singer/Saxophonists, Kim Cypher.

From her start in music and her early inspirations, to he latest album, Love Kim, and how she has been making the best of life in Lockdown.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Make Believe - Kim Cypher
• Six O'Clock Rush - TrackTribe
• Hip Bone - Quincas Moreira
• Sunday - TrackTribe
• Forget Me Not - E's Jammy Jams
• Pitch - Lish Grooves
• Jazz Mango - Joey Pecoraro
• Crazy Times - Kim Cypher
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Sounds of A&R come to the Jazz Matters Podcast hot off the back of the release of their fantastic new album, Questions Left Unanswered.

In this episode, we learn all about the individual journeys of vocalist April May Webb and trumpeter Randall Haywood, and how they found their way to each other and started to S.O.A.R.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Jolene - Sounds of A&R
• Honey - Bad Snacks
• Six O'Clock Rush - TrackTribe
• Sunday - TrackTribe
• Leslie's Strut - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Hurts So Good Blues - Unicorn Heads
• Dancebroom Riddim - Konrad OldMoney
• Hip Bone - Quincas Moreira
• The Skin I'm In - Sounds of A&R
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Born and raised in the Australian Outback, and now living in Philedelphia, Gemma Sherry is a jazz saxophonist-turned vocalist.

In this episode we learn more about her start in music, right through to her new album, crowd-funded in the midst of a global pandemic.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• I Fall In Love Too Easily - Gemma Sherry
• Jazz Mango - Joey Pecoraro
• Dancebroom Riddim - Konrad OldMoney
• Walk Through the Park  - TrackTribe
• Ersatz Bossa (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Sunshine Samba - Chris Haugen
• Hurts So Good Blues - Unicorn Heads
• The Gentleman Is A Dope - Gemma Sherry
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Joe Webb is one of the UK's most in-demand young pianists. As well as fronting his own trio, he has also been head-hunted by the likes of Adrian Cox and Kansas Smitty's.

In this episode we find out more about a boy from Wales came to be a big part of the London jazz scene, including his early influences and just how close he came to permanently plying his trade in Spain.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• GOATS - Joe Webb
• Members Only - TrackTribe
• Finding Light - Dan Lebowitz
• Da Jazz Blues - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
• Leo - Joe Webb
• Sour Tennessee Red (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Staycation - Corbyn Kites
• Eletrosamba - Quincas Moreira
• You Had To Be - E's Jammy Jams
• Some Might Say - Joe Webb
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Trumpet player, Composer and Bandleader, Mark Kavuma, is part of the London-based, new generation of Jazz artists lighting up the jazz scene.

In this episode, we follow Mark's journey from South London schoolboy, to playing with some of the biggest names in Jazz, selling out the Jazz Cafe in Camden and playing the Love Supreme festival.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Papa Joe - Mark Kavuma
• Cruiser - Magic In The Other
• Finding Light - Dan Lebowitz
• Sparse Clouds - Quincas Moreira
• Hurts So Good Blues - Unicorn Heads
• Saint Gary - John Deley and the 41 Players
• The Banger Factory - Mark Kavuma
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

In this episode we learn more about Boston-born pianist/singer/songwriter Jen Kearney. With a high-energy sound and a powerful, soulful voice, Jen has, quite rightly, established herself as a force to be reckoned with on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Better - Jen Kearney
• Jazz Mango - Joey Pecoraro
• Finding Light - Dan Lebowitz
• Sparse Clouds - Quincas Moreira
• River Changes - Freedom Trail Studio
• One Life - Patrick Patrikios
• Jazzeton - Quincas Moreira
• Electrosamba - Quincas Moreira
• Waiting For It - Jen Kearney
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

From his debut pop release, "I Wonder Why", back in 1991, to his 2020 album, "Gentleman", Curtis Stigers has become one of the most recognisable faces on the International jazz circuit.

We take a look at where it all started for Curtis, some of his career highlights and find out more about his brand new album.

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Music in this Episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Gentleman - Curtis Stigers
• Only Farwell - Dan Lebowitz
• Finding Light - Dan Lebowitz
• Slow Burn - Kevin MacLeod
• Pitch - Lish Grooves
• Eletrosamba - Quincas Moreira
• Soul and Mind - E's Jammy Jams
• A Lifetime Together - Curtis Stigers
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

We hear more about the 2019 Parlimentary Jazz Award winning vocalist and songwriter, Zoe Gilby, including how her career in music started and her highly creative partnership with Husband, Andy Champion.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Nice Work If You Can Get It - Zoe Gilby
• Bluebird - E's Jammy Jams
• Bumper Tag - John Deley
• You Had To Be - E's Jammy Jams
• Sunshine Samba - Chris Haugen
• Way Down In The Hole - Zoe Gilby
• Sour Tennessee Red (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Soul & Mind - E's Jammy Jams
• Sinking Feeling - Jesse Spillane
• Caravan - Zoe Gilby
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Naia are a sensational four-piece band emerging onto the London jazz scene. An eclectic fusion of Latin, funk and neo-soul defines their sound, with live performances that never fail to get the audience up and moving.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Freedom - Naia
• Ersatz Bossa (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Eletrosamba - Quincas Moreira
• Dancebroom Riddim - Konrad OldMoney
• You Had To Be - E's Jammy Jams
• Sour Tennessee Red (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Jazzeton - Quincas Moreira
• Love or Lust - Quincas Moreira
• Say - Naia
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Irish singer-songwriter, Graham J, is blessed with a truly unique voice as a male contralto. In this episode, we hear more about how he came to find his voice and just where it is taking him.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Both Sides Now - Graham J
• Slow Burn - Kevin MacLeod
• Anxiety - Kai Engel
• You Had To Be - E's Jammy Jams
• Present Day - E's Jammy Jams
• Chances - Silent Partner
• Electrosamba - Quincas Moreira
• Pitch - Lish Grooves
• Cry Me A River - Graham J
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Lucy Merrilyn is a young jazz vocalist with a tone and quality to her voice that belies her age. 

Having released her debut EP, Sometimes I'm Happy, back in 2019, we take moment to learn more about Lucy and see what the future has in store for this exciting addition to the UK jazz scene.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• I Understand - Lucy Merrilyn
• Forget Me Not - E's Jammy Jams
• Sunshine Samba - Chris Haugen
• Talkies - Huma-Huma
• Too Young To Go Steady - Lucy Merrilyn
• Ersatz Bossa (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Et Voila - Chris Haugen
• Number 0 - Jesse Spillane
• Sometimes I'm Happy - Lucy Merrilyn
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Alison Limerick is best known for her 90's club Anthems, such as 'Where Love Lives'.

However, her jazz pedigree is well established and, along with long-time collaborator and keyboardist, Gordon Hulbert, they have ventured firmly back in to the jazz genre with their latest project, Algorisms.

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Music in this Episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Eat Logic - Eat Logic
• Dancebroom Riddim - Konrad OldMoney
• Faster Does It - Kevin MacLeod
• One Life - Patrick Patrikios
• Bumper Tag - John Deley
• Pitch - Lish Grooves
• Almonds and Olives - Aaron Lieberman
• Georgia On My Mind - Algorisms
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

In this episode, we take a closer look at UK-based vocalist, pianist and Hammond player, Wendy Kirkland, as she tells us more about the beginnings of her musical life and the story behind her two albums, Piano Divas and The Music's on Me.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• The Music In Me - Wendy Kirkland
• Forget Me Not - E's Jammy Jams
• You Had To Be - E's Jammy Jams
• Da Jazz Blues - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
• Electrosamba - Quincas Moreira
• Nothing Like You - Wendy Kirkland
• Ersatz Bossa (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Et Voila - Chris Haugen
• Slow Burn - Kevin MacLeod
• Haven't We Met - Wendy Kirkland
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Living in Barcelona, Arema Arega is a musician, composer, artist and designer of unquestionable talent.

In this episode we appreciate her huge and diverse artistic output as she tells us a little bit of her story.

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Aldo Lopez Gavilán

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Juan Antonio Leyva and Magda Rosa Galván

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf1uVKWqp1I
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Tensei:

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Josh One

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Bahama Soul Club

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Born74

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Blue Bossa-My Feeling - Arema Arega & Born74
• Danzon De Pasion (Sting) - Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
• One Life - Patrick Patrikios
• Latin Lover - Quincas Moreira
• Jazzeton - Quincas Moreira
• Natural Jazz (Theremix) Arema Arega
• Sour Tennessee Red (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Dancebroom Riddim - Konrad OldMoney
• Da Jazz Blues - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
• Love Or Lust - Quincas Moreira
• Wherever You Are - Arema Arega
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

We’re going out of 2019 with a few party!

Hailing from the streets of London, and raised by its punk-jazz underbelly, Dat Brass (dB) are a high octane, eleven-piece outfit who blend anthemic horn lines, lyrical verse, pounding percussion and razor sharp scratch.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley & The 41 Players
• Battle - Dat Brass
• Sour Tennessee Red (Sting) - John Deley & The 41 Players
• Cruiser - Magic In The Other
• Faster Does It - Kevin MacLeod
• Quarter Mix - Freedom Trail Studio
• Service With A Smile - Dat Brass
• Dewey, Cheedham & Howe (Sting) - John Deley & The 41 Players
• Sing Swing Bada Bing - Doug Maxwell/Media Rights Production
• Sinking Feeling - Jesse Spillane
• I Need A Dollar - Dat Brass
• You Had To Be - E’s Jammy Jams
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley & The 41 Players

UK-based jazz singer/pianist has just released a brand new album, Re-Versed, which reconnects a selection of well-loved standards with their opening verses which have become lost over time.

In this episode, we learn more about Robin's career, the projects he has been working on, as well as an impending documentary.

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Music in this episode;

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Forget Me Not - E's Jammy Jams
• They Can't Tale That Away From Me - Robin Phillips
• Ersatz Bossa (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Chances - Silent Partner
• Jazzeton - Quincas Moreira
• Arabian Sand - E's Jammy Jams
• Bluebird - E's Jammy Jams
• Rhythm Changes - John Deley and the 41 Players
• A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Robin Phillips
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Nigel Price is, probably, the most 'in demand' jazz guitarist on the UK jazz scene, appearing on over 50 albums and playing with some of the biggest names in the business, at some of the most prestigious venues.

In this episode, we learn more about his beginnings as a professional musician, hear his thoughts on music in the internet age and find out what other projects he is keeping himself busy with.

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Music in this Episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Jeannine - Nigel Price
• Et Voila - Chris Haugen
• Bridges - Dan Lebowitz
• Forget Me Not - E's Jammy Jams
• Bumper Tag - John Deley
• Blues Infusion - Quincas Moreira
• Jazz Da Blues - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
• Hit The Road - Nigel Price Organ trio
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Beverley Beirne is a Yorkshire-based jazz singer and Artistic Director of the Ilkley Jazz Festival. In this episode, we hear more about her career, with music from her album, Jazz Just Wants To Have Fun.

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Music in this episode:

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Feel The Funk - Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
• Too Shy - Beverley Beirne
• Sinking Feeling - Jesse Spillane
• Chances - Silent Partner
• Arabian Sand - E's Jammy Jams
• Soul and Mind - E's Jammy Jams
• Bridges - Dan Lebowitz
• Love Struck - E's Jammy Jams
• Sunshine Samba - Chris Haugen
• Cha Cappella - Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
• Pop Muzik - Beverley Beirne 
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players

Mark Cherrie tells us more about his career in music and how he came to bring the Steel Pan to the front of the Jazz Quartet.

Often seen as a novelty instrument, we hear about some of the hurdles Mark has had to navigate on the path to the Ronnie Scott's stage, a UK Tour and his 2018 album, 'Joining The Dots'.

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Music in this episode;

• Play Song - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Almonds & Olives - Aaron Lieberman
• Morse Code - Mark Cherrie Quartet
• Quarter Mix - Freedom Trail Studio
• Together With You - JR Tundra
• Da Jazz Blues - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
• Love Or Lust - Quincas Moreira
• Ersatz Bossa (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players
• Et Voila - Chris Haugen
• Pitch - Lish Grooves
• Smells Like Teen Spirit - Mark Cherrie Quartet
• Dixie Outlandish (Sting) - John Deley and the 41 Players