The best in jazz ... always on JazzTastic: 1 Johnny Griffin, Ball Bearing 2 Harben Kay, Blue Beetle - new album 3 Melissa Aldana, La Sentencia - new album 4 Michael Dease ST in the House - new album 5 Michael Dease, Some Skunk Funk - new album 1/2

New music on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) from Melissa Aldana, Harben Kay, Steve Lodder and Michael Dease. We'll also hear Johnny Griffin, Blue Mitchell, Wynton Kelly & Wes Montgomery, John Etheridge & Liane Carroll and Jelly Roll Morton

JAZZTASTIC 13-01-26: Setting the scene for a year of great jazz: 1 John Coltrane, Rifftide (live) 2 Miles Davis, Walkin (live) 3 Bill Evans, Nardis (live) - new release 4 Jacqui Dankworth, Will You Wait For Me 5 Bud Powell, Cherokee 6 Oscar Lavën, Dizzy Campaign - new release 1/2

2026 will see centenary celebrations for Miles Davis and John Coltrane and JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) has music from both. Plus new releases from Oscar Lavën and Joel Ross and music from Bill Evans, Jacqui Dankworth (in Beverley soon), Bud Powell and Brandon Sanders

Al Foster named JazzTastic Album of the Year. But what else made the list (check our Mixcloud page for Part One): 1 Art Blakey, I Can't Get Started 2 Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging 3 Sultan Stevenson, El Roi 4 Ella Fitzgerald, Don't Be That Way (Vocal Album of the Year) 1/2

Jazz Albums of the Year, Part 2, on Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101 tonight at 10pm. We'll be counting down to our Album of the Year and revealing our Vocal Album of the Year along the way. Be great to see you!

Part 1 of JazzTastic's pick of our favourite albums of 2025, including a track from our archive album of the year. Part 2 next week 1 Carl Allen, Happy Times 2 Artemis, Sights Unseen 3 Alison Rayner Quintet, Semaphore 4 Fergus McCreadie, Sparrowsong 5 Horace Silver, No Smokin 1/2

It's Part One of our Pick of the Year show on JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) when we play tracks from our favourite albums released in 2025, including our Archive Album of the Year. Part 2 next week when JazzTastic's Album of the Year will be revealed

JazzTastic's Cool Yule jazz Christmas! 12 crackers to make Christmas swing: 1 Jeremy Pelt, Christmas Time Is Here - new release 2 Joey DeFrancesco, Home For the Holidays 3 Tommy Smith Quartet, Have Yourself A Merry Christmas 4 Ezra Collective, Joy To The World - new release 1/3

Have a Cool Yule - it's the JazzTastic Christmas special! Dusting off your favourite Christmas jazz and spinning it for you - tonight at 10 on Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101. Hear Jeremy Pelt, Joey DeFrancesco, Tommy Smith, Ezra Collective, Jamie Cullum, Ahmad Jamal, Terence1/2

JazzTastic 16-12-15: The latest Podcast: 1 Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage 2 Bill Evans, How My Heart Sings - new album 3 Art Blakey, Along Came Betty - new album 4 Nigel Price, Tricotism - new album 5 Georgia Cecile, Last Christmas - new release 1/2

On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) new music from Nigel Price, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Georgia Cécile, Steve Lodder and Paul Cornish. Plus Herbie Hancock, Cannonball Adderley and the Ben Crosland Quintet with Alan Skidmore

Great to see Irish label Livia Records represented by pianist-saxophonist Carole Nelson and guitarist Louis Stewart in JazzViews’s albums of the year list. Also included is Scottish Hammond organist Peter Johnstone’s all-star debut.

JazzTastic 09-12-25: Listen here! Nine fantastic tracks ... classics, reissues, new music: 1 Moanin', Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - new album 2 Quite Logical, Simon Oslender - new album 3 Chattermouth, Freedom Art Quartet - new album 4 Peri's Scope, Bill Evans -new album 1/2

On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), newly-discovered recordings by Art Blakey. Also new: Simon Oslender, Freedom Art Quartet, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Jim Mullen and Brandon Sanders. Plus we have some Gerry Mulligan and Wes Montgomery

JazzTastic 02-12-25: The latest new releases and classic tracks 1 McCoy Tyner, Four By Five 2 McCoy Tyner, What Is This Thing Called Love? - new release 3 Horace Silver, Song For My Father - new release 4 Rin Seo, Blues a la Carte - new release 1/2

On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums/reissues from McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Rin Seo, Emma Smith, Out Of/Into, Something Blue & Miles Davis. We also have more from McCoy Tyner and a track from the vaults featuring Howard McGhee

New music & classic tracks on the menu from JazzTastic. Listen here to: 1 Lee Morgan, Growing Pains 2 Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Pec a Sec - new release 3 Freedom Art Quartet, Stop Watch - new release 4 Rin Seo, City Suite: 1, The Big Apple - new release 1/2

On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums from John Donegan, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, The Freedom Art Quartet, Rin Seo, Jay Phelps and Pharaoh Sanders. Plus some vintage Lee Morgan and Dexter Gordon

JazzTastic 18-11-25: Another hour of great jazz 1 Joe Henderson, Swing Spring 2 Joe Henderson, Milestones 3 Eric Scott Reed, They 4 Eric Scott Reed, Glow 5 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, PSFJ 6 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, Song For Eddie 7 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lisbon Stomp 1/2

On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) we squeeze in 11 great tracks, including double helpings of Joe Henderson, Eric Scott Read and John Rae and Ben Wilcock. Also Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ike Quebec, Gregory Porter, Art Hirahara and Blue Mitchell.

JazzTastic 11/11/25: More new jazz albums plus classic tracks: 1 Joe Farnsworth, Prime Time - new release 2 Joe Farnsworth, Radical - new release 3 Al Foster, E.S.P. - new release 4 Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Alone Together - new release 5 Jim Mullen, Kiko - new release 1/2

JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) has new music from, Joe Farnsworth, Al Foster, Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Jim Mullen, Alma Micic and John Scofield & Dave Holland, plus Fats Navarro and Oscar Peterson

JazzTastic: Celebrating Jack DeJohnette The show has music featuring Jack, plus new albums and classic tracks: 1 Bill Evans Trio (w Jack DeJohnette), Round Midnight 2 Jack DeJohnette New Directions, Multo Spiliago 3 Keith Jarrett (w Jack DeJohnette), The Masquerade Is Over 1/2

We remember drummer Jack DeJonette on JazzTastic tonight (10pm) following his death just over a week ago. Hear him in action with Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and his own band New Directions. Also music from Horace Silver, David Kikoski, Kenny Dorham and Sarah Vaughan.

Great jazz just a click away . . . the latest JazzTastic presented by @woodyroy: 1 Pharaoh Sanders, Moment's Notice -new release 2 Pharaoh Sanders, I Want To Talk About You -new release 3 Zoot Sims, Willow Weep For Me -new release 4 Miles Davis, How Am I To Know? -new release 1/2

Lots of new stuff on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101). There's a track from the first duo album by John Scofield and Dave Holland (Memories of Home, due out on Nov 21). Also Pharaoh Sanders, Zoot Sims, Miles Davis and Fergus McCreadie. 1/2

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6 new albums plus a track from the vaults on this week's JazzTastic: 1 Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet - The 23 (New release) 2 Charles Lloyd, Chulahoma (New release) 3 Charles Lloyd, Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir (New release) 4 The Project, Invicta (New release)1/2

BREAKING NEWS: GIG CANCELLATION JazzTastic has just heard that this Thursday's Jazz in Hull gig by The Project has been cancelled because of illness in the band. Their music, as mentioned previously, will still feature in the show and hopefully they'll be welcomed back soon

On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) we play two tracks from a new release by The Project, who'll be playing live in Hull this Thursday. Also two tracks from Charles Lloyd's new album plus new releases featuring 1/2

TURN IT UP - IT'S JAZZTASTIC! Our usual great selection of new albums and classic tracks, presented by @woodyroy: 1 The Heavy Hitters, Groundation 2 Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet, Slow Freight - new release 3 Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet, You'll See - new release 1/2

New albums from Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet, Charles Lloyd and Tommy Smith & Gwilyn Simcock on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101). Also The Heavy Hitters, Duke Ellington, Joe Williams with Count Basie and Lee Morgan.

JAZZTASTIC'S DREAM SEQUENCE ... Seven new albums featured on the latest JazzTastic podcast: 1 Fieldwork, Propaganda 2 Josh Lawrence, Long As You're Living 3 Josh Lawrence, Evidence 4 Phil Bancroft Standards Trio, Inner Urge 5 Keith Jarrett, Basin Street Blues 1/2

A dream show tonight on JazzTastic with @woodyroy (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101): New albums from Josh Lawrence, Fieldwork, Phil Bancroft Standards Trio, Keith Jarrett, Joan Fort, Nicola Glover and the Carole Nelson Trio. Plus great music from Louis Armstrong and Artemis

A 'jazzaholic's' dream tour of the Big Apple Another chance to catch our special programme devoted to live recordings from New York's jazz clubs: 1 George Coleman, Blues For Smalls 2 Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Past Intact 3 Art Blakey, Split Kick 4 Miles Davis, S'il Vous Plait 1/2

A JAZZ WALK THROUGH NEW YORK . . . Tonight's JazzTastic with @woodyroy (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) is another chance to hear live recordings from New York jazz clubs. On our 'bandstand': George Coleman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Mary Stallings 1/2

Six new releases and a final Scarborough Jazz Festival preview on the latest JazzTastic. Listen to: 1 Nigel Price Organ Trio, Splash The Cash (new album) 2 John McLaughlin, 4th Dimension, Kiki (new album) 3 Pharoah Sanders, Love Is Here (Part One) (new album) 1/2

On JazzTasticn with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101), new albums from guitarists John McLaughlin and Nigel Price. Also a terrific new album from Carole Nelson, newly-discovered live recordings from Pharaoh Sanders plus, as part of a final look ahead 1/3

New and classic jazz albums ... all here on JazzTastic. Plus Part 2 of our Scarborough Jazz Festival preview Listen to: 1 Bobby Watson, Country Corn Flakes 2 Paul Cornish, Dinosaur Song (new release) 3 Alan Barnes, Chilli Pepper 4 Gaz Hughes, Shootin' From The Hip 1/2

LISTEN TO JAZZTASTIC TONIGHT AT 10PM With John Coltrane's centenary due to attract much attention during 2026, Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith (pictured) has decided to get in early and reissue his dedication to Coltrane, Embodying the Light. We feature a track on JazzTastic 1/2

A great month for live jazz as we preview this month's Scarborough Jazz Festival and a new season of Jazz In Hull gigs. And our JazzTastic playlist is pretty good too! 1 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Children Of The Night 2 Five-Way Split, Out Of Wayne's Bag 1/2

JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm) has the first preview of this month's Scarborough Jazz Festival and also news of a new Jazz in Hull season. Great music, too, from Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Five-Way Split, Trish Clowes, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Emily Masser & Horace Silver

BEST BY MILES: THE GREATEST EVER JAZZ ALBUMS Second part of a programme based on the book "The 100 jazz albums that shook the world" chooses selections from the top 50 1 Ornette Coleman, Eventually (Shape of Jazz To Come) 2 Pat Metheny, Turnaround (80/81) 1/3

JazzTastic tonight with @woodyroy (10pm Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) is another chance to hear Part 2 of a special programme based on the book "100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World", originally broadcast more than three years ago. We count down with Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny, The 1/2

60 minutes of great jazz ... listen here to classic cuts and more new releases. It's JazzTastic! 1 Steps Ahead, Islands 2 Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, The Moontrane 3 Linda May Han Oh, The Sweetest Water - new release 4 Poppy Daniels, Due To The Circumstances - new release 1/3

Jazz celebrations as JazzTastic reaches show No 350. What a line-up to mark this milestone: 1 Buddy Rich, Milestones 2 Miles Davis, Dr Jekyll 3 Sheila Jordan, If You Could See Me Now 4 Sheila Jordan, Relaxing At The Camarillo 5 Charlie Parker, Relaxing At Camarillo 1/2

JazzTastic reaches a milestone tonight (10pm Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) when @woodyroy presents show 350: Buddy Rich, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Theon Cross, Nigel Price, Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat and Threeway with John Ethridge; plus we remember the great Sheila Jordan

Oscar at 100, plus new releases and classic tracks on JazzTastic: 1 Oscar Peterson, On Green Dolphin Street 2 Count Basie & Oscar Peterson, Jumpin' at the Woodside 3 Oscar Peterson (with Joe Pass), Secret Love 4 Nat King Cole, Sweet Lorraine 5 Brad Mehldau, Between the Bars (new album) 1/2

It really is the Oscar Peterson centenary this week (Friday), so three tracks from him open tonight's show (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101). Also something from one of his influences - Nat King Cole. Also tonight: New albums from Brad Mehldau and Fergus McCreadie, a reissue of a rare 1/2