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Jazz for the New Year

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Alyn Shipton starts of 2026 with listeners' choices, in all styles of jazz from historic reissues to the newest sounds around including music from Hiromi, Art Farmer, Joe Webb, Gareth Lockrane & Brigitte Beraha.

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23 days left to listen

59 minutes

Last on

Last Sunday16:00

Music Played

  • Hiromi

    Out There: Takin' Off (feat. Sonic Wonder)

    • Out There.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.
  • Joe Webb

    Curve Ball

    • Hamstrings and Hurricanes.
    • Edition.
    • 6.
  • Brigitte Beraha's Lucid Dreamers

    What Does It Mean to be

    • Teasing Reflections.
    • Let Me Out Records.
    • 7.
  • Anouar Brahem

    Dancing Under the Meteorites

    • After the Last Sky.
    • ECM.
    • 7.
  • Michael Sutton

    There's A Lull in My Life

    • And I Love Her.
    • Michael Sutton Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Gareth Lockrane Big Band

    Memories in Widescreen

    • Box of Tricks.
    • Whirlwind.
    • 4.
  • Valeria Pozzo

    Forgive

    • Circles.
    • Naonis Music.
    • 5.
  • Dick Wellstood

    Snowy Morning Blues / Carolina Shout

    • Live at the Sticky Wicket.
    • Arbors.
    • 7.
  • Claude Thornhill

    Snowfall

    • L’Histoire des Big Bands.
    • 14.
  • Art Farmer

    Fair Weather

    • Modern Art (in Four Classic Albums).
    • Avid.
    • 10.
  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Enter Priest

    • The Cool World.
    • Verve.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday16:00

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