The Jazz Podcast
Rob Cope brings you The Jazz Podcast, in conversation with musicians from around the world. We love stories of how people get into playing music and what keeps them going. We hope you enjoy our collection. Hosted by Rob Cope and Tara Minton. We are proudly sponsored by Crown Lane Studio.
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Episodes
269 episodes
Xhosa Cole - On a Modern Genius, Vol. 1
Winner of the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year, Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community arts programmes in Birmingham including the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jazzlines Ensemble, and Birmingham Music Service....
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Alex Clark (Hosted by Emily Masser)
As a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in the 2019 British Jazz Awards and three-time nominee in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Alex is known to be one of the most in-demand and versati...
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Ali Watson
Hailing from the North Coast of Scotland, bassist/composer Ali Watson journeyed to London to pursue his studies in music, returning to his homeland in 2022 to establish himself in Glasgow’s vibrant jazz scene. Driv...
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Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird Of A Thousand Voices
Tigran Hamasyan is considered one of the most remarkable and distinctive jazz-meets-rock pianists/composers of his generation. A piano virtuoso with groove power, Hamasyan seamlessly fuses potent jazz improvisation and progressive rock with the...
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Tom Thorp - Here, There Be Monsters
Tom is based in Manchester, UK. He studied Saxophone and composition at the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Manchester. His classical training from Rob Buckland (saxophone), Camden Reeves and Gary Carpenter (composition) c...
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Joan Hutton
Joan Hutton is a performer, composer and educator residing in Minneapolis. Joan’s diverse interests have taken her from jazz, free improv and funk to classical, chamber music and pit orchestras. She has released two jazz albums featuring her or...
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Darius Brubeck & Catherine Brubeck: Playing The Changes
Darius and Cathy join the show to share their lifetime of work and achievements. With a new book and film Playing The Changes as well as a rerelease of The Jazzanians iconic album We Have Waited Too Long theres so much to catch up on!
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Trio HLK - Anthropometricks
In a world which celebrates the virtuosity of the individual, HLK’s vision has been to develop their ensemble virtuosity, compelled by a unified vision. The music comprises precise notated sections, moments of conversational interaction and roo...
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Sam Braysher - That's Him: The Music of Kurt Weill
Sam joins Rob Cope to tell us all about his brand-new album. We chat about the music, the influences and the key decisions behind the project.
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Halie Loren - Dreams Lost and Found
Loren’s began her career as something of a prodigy at age 13, when she won a songwriting contest, gaining national attention. Before she was 19, she did a stint in Nashville, soaking up that city’s ancestry of great American songwriting. She re...
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Prof. Anthony M. Kelley - The Last Unfinished Work of Mary Lou Williams
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Music at Duke University, Anthony Kelley joined the Duke faculty in 2000 after serving as Composer-in-Residence with the Richmond Symphony for three years under a grant from Meet the Composer, Inc....
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Rob Cope - Gemini - Guest Host Martin Hummel
Our guest host Martin Hummel interviews Rob Cope about his new album, Gemini which is out now. Rob chats about his influences and inspirations and Martin does a stunning job in the captains chair.
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Martin Hummel - Ubuntu Music
Music has been an integral part of Martin’s entire life. Since his early days as a musician, Martin staged concerts as a teenager (featuring Elton John), worked in various music clubs and was a DJ/Music Director in professional radio. For...
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Tim Garland
As a band leader and co-leader he is responsible for much of the output of the groups; Lammas, The Underground Orchestra, Storms / Nocturnes (feat. Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer), Acoustic Triangle, the last few years of Bill Bruford’s Earthwor...
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Kirk Hamilton - Strong Songs, Jazz and Music in Video Games
Kirk is a musician and writer based in Portland, as well as being a multi-instrumentalist he makes a music podcast, Strong Songs and produces and co-hosts the
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Simon Lasky - For The Dreamers
Simon’s latest project features his recently formed U.S. Jazz Octet with three front line horns and vocals. There are special guest appearances by leading U.K. jazz artists, including Tim Garland and Paul Booth and, for the first ...
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Mark Lockheart - 7th Anniversary Spectacular Part 2
Mark joins the show to chat about his new album, Smiling. Joining the show is Olivia Cuttill as a guest host. Saxophonist and composer Mark Lockheart first came to prominence in the mid 1980s with the influential big band Loose Tub...
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Olivia Cuttill - 7th Anniversary Spectacular Part 1
Rob Cope chats to Olivia about her brand new album, The Whole Damn Plan, featuring guest host and long time friend of the show, Mark Lockheart. Our 7th birthday celebrated in style with one of the finest musicians of the next generation.
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Clara Green - Being Green
Swedish jazz vocalist and composer Clara Green talks to Tara Minton about her new record, "Being Green."
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Jamil Sheriff
Jamil joins the show today to chat about his new album, Red Kite. He has recorded and collaborated with many artists and recorded four albums of his own music, each of which have received national and international accolades. Jazz UK writes abo...
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