<- Miles Davis at Newport -> 1955-1975. The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Sony Music)

CD1: Miles (trumpet); Zoot Sims (tenor sax); Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax); Thelonious Monk (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums)

Spoken intro by Duke Ellington & Gerry Mulligan; Hackensack; 'Round Midnight; Now's the Time. July 17, 1955.

Miles (trumpet); Cannonball Adderley (alto sax); John Coltrane (tenor sax); Bill Evans (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums)

Spoken intro by Willis Conover; Ah-Leu-Cha; Straight no Chaser; Fran-Dance; Two Bass Hit; Bye,Bye, Blackbird; The Theme. July 3, 1958.

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Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm).

https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen. 

Playlist 11/10/26 (repeated Tuesday 13/10/26)

Requests from Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club: Gavin Lee-Ian Wynne Quartet, George Lewis, Chris Barber, Benny Goodman, Max Collie, Bill Withers, Lester Young Quintet, George Lewis.

Requests: George Wein Quintet, Brent Wallarab Jazz Orchestra.

Memories: Jo Jones, Art Blakey + Terence Blanchard, Art Tatum, Jon Batiste.

NE jazz/Durham Jazz Festival: Olivia Cuttill Quintet, Martin Taylor.

More Memories: Lee Konitz & Gerry Mulligan, Kenny Garrett/Miles Davis.

Aycliffe Radio is now available on DAB in County Durham & the Darlington Area and via your smart speaker.

Dean Stockdale Trio @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church - October 9

Dean Stockdale (piano); Mick Shoulder (double bass); John Bradford (drums)

A bright, blue sky afternoon up on Cockton Hill Road. October's Bishop Auckland Jazz session featured the Dean Stockdale Trio - pianist Stockdale, bassist (and gig organiser) Mick Shoulder and drummer John Bradford. 

Autumn Leaves. An autumnal beginning, befitting the season. Our three musicians have worked together on numerous occasions, this afternoon's concert would be a breeze. 'Tis Autumn, something of a feature for drummer Bradford, continued the seasonal theme. 

Late Night Chicago Radio with Denny Farrell (Oct. 8 - 14)

Peggy Lee: Fever.

Page Cavanaugh Trio: I Only Have Eyes For You.

Ray Anthony: Shiny Stockings.

Louis Armstrong: You go to my Head.

Teddy Wilson: As Time Goes by.

Johnny Hartman: Sometimes I'm Happy.

Blossom Dearie: Manhattan.

Stan Getz: Girl From Ipanema.

Gene Harris: Girl Talk.

Bucky Pizzarelli/Howard Alden: Moonglow.

Billie Holiday: In my Solitude.

Stan Kenton: You and the Night and the Music.

Lee Wiley: Stormy Weather.

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Knats Look North

Good to see Geordie Jazzers Knats interviewed on BBC Look North tonight ahead of their Mercury Prize nomination.

Stan, King and Ferg came over well. We wish them good luck. Lance  

Press release: Sarah Heneghan - Tiny Sacred Gaps

Sarah Heneghan (drums, electronics, sampling, guitar); Ben Gaunt (piano, Rhodes, organ); Charlotte Keeffe (trumpet, flugelhorn)

Originally from the Rhondda Valleys in Wales, Sheffield-based drummer and composer Sarah Heneghan presents a trio album that brings together improvisation, Nordic jazz, folk, post-rock, minimalism and ambient electronics. Built around lyrical flugelhorn melodies, gently patterned piano and highly textural drumming, the music evokes landscapes, long train journeys, and the changing moods of coast and countryside.

Tiny Sacred Gaps is set for release on October 9th, 2026.

Album Review: Chris Potter - Alive With Ghosts Today (Edition)

Chris Potter (tenor and soprano saxophones); Bill Frisell (guitar); Burniss Travis (bass); Nate Smith (drums); Rane Moore (clarinet); Zekkereya El-magharbel (trombone); Sara Caswell (violin)

I’ve long been a fan of Chris Potter and he’s assembled quite a team for this project. Although a septet, it sounds more like a small big band when everyone plays in unison. The album is inspired by the raid on an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia led by John Brown (he whose body lies a moulderin’ in the grave whilst his soul goes marching on), who intended to use the weapons to start a slave revolt.

John Rowland Trio play the music of Lester Young @ Jesmond Library - Oct. 9

John Rowland (tenor sax); Alan Law (keys); Paul Grainger (bass)

The combination of hard-hitting tenor saxist John Rowland and the lighter toned jazz of Lester Young seemed, at least on paper, an unlikely coupling. However, in any activity, the form book can go out the window which it did this afternoon at Jesmond Library. This turned out to be a musical marriage made in Heaven. Spiritually only Billie Holiday got closer to the man she nicknamed 'Pres' (the President).

Rowland captured Young's sound to near perfection: the languid tone, the laid back phrasing, the nonchalant - yet meaningful - improvisations were spot-on. The only way he differed was the angle he held the tenor.

Press release: Durham Jazz Festival to go out with a bang with King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys and Olivia Cuttill

One of Britain’s best-loved jump, jive and swing bands and a New Orleans-inspired quintet will take to the stage for Durham Jazz Festival’s closing-night double bill.

The inaugural three-day event, which runs at venues across the city from 23 to 25 October 2026, will come to a rousing close on Sunday, 25 October, as King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys and the Olivia Cuttill Quintet perform at Redhills Durham Miners’ Hall.

Presented in association with Durham Brass Festival, the double bill brings together two acts made for a memorable night out: the irresistible rhythm and showmanship of King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys and the soulful, story-led sound of rising trumpet star Olivia Cuttill and her quintet.

Single review: Edison Herbert & Ian Lewinson - Togetherness

Edison Herbert (lead/rhythm guitar, keys); Ian Lewinson (lead guitar); Derek Taylor (bass, drum programming); Chris Wells (drums intro)

I don't usually entertain singles, mainly because they're invariably the trailer to the big picture that is coming shortly to a download near you. There's no indication that that is the case here but, so what? It only lasts 4.11 minutes and hey! I can remember in the pre-LP age when singles were what you bought and they rarely lasted more than three minutes. True you got two sides but you never played the B side.