2-5-1
Nick Tomalin snd Simon Whiteside host a variety of podcasts about jazz .From the short vignettes of two pianist, five minutes, one podcast through to the Two pianist, Five Podcasts, One subject and in depth look at the life work and piano stylings of single pianists. So far Sonny Clark and Kenny Drew have been covered.
Episodes
112 episodes
2-5m-1-S2E40-Busking a Tune
Episode 40 of Series 2 to the 50 plus episodes from series 1 and our long form series on Sonny Clark and Kenny Drew. Busking a tune what does that men? Sometimes when you hear a jazz band some of the players are playing a tune for ...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E39- When is a Band a Bigband?
What do we understand to be a big band? Nick and Simon discuss the ingredients that might go into to making a big band in terms of instruments style and techniques. Then put the template to the test by considering a few examples
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E38- Mole Jazz Record Shop
In this episode Nick and Simon talk about Mole Jazz a shop that closed 20 years ago now but is fondly remembered by Jazz aficionados of a certain age. They also had a small catalogue of releases on the Mole Jazz label.
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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5:42
2-5m-1-S2E37- Jazz Cooks Book review
The connection between jazz and cooking is investigated through this book review of Jazz Cooks: Portraits and Recipes of the Greats by Rob Young and Al Stances with photographs by Deborah Feingold.
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E36- Jazz Pseudonyms
In this Episode Mink Coal Tin and This is Wine mode discuss the mercurial art of creating a Pseudonym to get around a contractual issue with ones record company, so to find out who Kunst Bauer is and if he ever recorded with Sir Osbert Ha...
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Episode 36
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E35- Sir Charles Thompson
One of our under the radar pianist episodes, we look at the piano stylings of Sir Charles Thompson.
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E34- Kind Of Blue Book
Nick and Simon present one of their jazz book reviews.Kind of Blue : Miles Davis and the making of a masterpiece. Ashley Kahn Granta 2001 is an in-depth look at the legendary album its creation and its legacy. A...
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5:44
2-5m-1-S2E33-Sven Klang
Sven Klang’s Kvintet2-5-1- field trip notesWe went to the Barbican during the London Jazz Festival in November 2023 and watched a screening of this film. There was an introductory talk and...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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5:44
2-5m-1-S2E32-Didn't you used to be Tom Scott?
Didn't you used to be Tom Scott?In this episode we talk about the relationship of fame/commercial success and Jazz. During May 2024 several Jazz musicians have died David Sanborn, Bill Holman and Pa...
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Episode 32
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E31-Bird film
Bird [ the Movie] Clint Eastwood Bird is a 1988 American biographical musical
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Episode 31
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E29a-Rays Jazz Shop-bomus episode
Here is a bit more about Ray Smith of Rays Jazz Shop fame
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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3:10
2-5m-1-S2E29-Rays Jazz Shop
Rays Jazz ShopRays Jazz shop was originally Collets Jazz and Folk Records " The shop moved to Shaftesbury Ave in 1974 and the following year Ray came to an agreement with Chris Barber to store and sell a vast ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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5:40
2-5m-1-S2E28-But is it Jazz?
But is it JazzWe discuss another philosophical question and throw up a few questions to each other as to if we class things as jazz or not. This episode could have gone on for much longer if you have any questions on that line of jazz/n...
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5:40
2-5m-1-S2E27-Can an AI Learn Jazz
Can Ai Learn JazzIn this episode we discuss the question above. Neither of us are developers but we both teach and so, in many ways ,the episode is more about what is required to learn Jazz and ponder whether artificial Intellige...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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5:40
2-5m-1-S2E26-Comping
What is comping? Who Does it? What is it meant to achieve? We discuss this and more in this episode. Find a playlist from Apple Music that is multiple versions of the same tune with different comping styles
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E25-ECM records
ECM records have a place in Jazz only rivalled by the classic American Labels like Blue Note, Prestige. There are clear comparisons with Blue Note,A Unique looka Particular sounda roster of important musician...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E24-A Great Day in Harlem
A picture that is well known to those in jazz and beyond was taken August 12th 1958 for esquire Magazine by Art Kane. we discuss it in this episode. The documentary is available here
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Episode 24
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E23-Andy Warhol Jazz record sleeves
The fame of Andy Warhol has lasted a lot longer than fifteen minutes but perhaps his jazz album cover artwork is less well known than his soup tins, Marilyn Monroes or his Velvet underground Banana Cover. We discuss these in this episode ...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E22-Pat Moran
Pat Moran was active as a Jazz pianist in the 1950s-1960s and played with many good artists particularly on the west coast. Her trio album with Scott La Faro 1957 is a real gem in our opinion. Her Classical training has furnished he...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E21-Romare Bearden
Nick and Simon talk about the artist Romare Bearden Who was connected to the jazz scene in more than one way. His most well know works are collage and often depict jazz subjects. He went to School with Billy Eckstein and wrote Seabreeze with hi...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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5:39
2-5m-1-S2E20-Piano Jazz
Simon and Nick talk about the long running radio show hosted by Marion McPartland.episodes are still available to stream from NPR like this one with Gene...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E19-Chappie Willet
This episode is based around the book " Blue Rhythm Fantasy" which is concerned , primarily, with the Work of arranger Chappie Willet. A freelancer who set up an office in the Times Square district calling it The Broadway Music clinic. He...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E18-Club 11
Nick And Simon Discuss the short lived but influential London Jazz club "Club Eleven", named after the number of founder members, began life just before Christmas in 1948. It was a co-operative arrangement designed to bring bebop to the attenti...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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5:47
2-5m-1-S2E17-Blow up a storm
Nick And Simon talk about the Jazz Novel Blow up a storm published in 1959 [ a seminal year in Jazz history]This is a first novel by the director, producer and dramatist, Garson Kanin, whose short stories have appeared in Esquire, V...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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6:01
2-5m-1-S2E16-The Music of Mr Benn
Simon & Nick discuss the Score to Mr Benn by Don Warren an Alias for Duncan Lamontwho for several decades Lamont worked as a freelance musician (on flute and clarinet as well as saxophone), based around Archer Street in Soho and playing...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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5:44