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.
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Jazz has always taken popular tunes as a starting point. Some of the most famous jazz originals like Ornithology are new tunes on old chords sometimes called contrafacts. In this episode Nick and Simon discuss the subject of modern songs done in a jazz way.
Jazz versions of Beatles tunes playlist here
Rock Swings here
Herbie Hancock The New Standard here
When Love Breaks down Dominic Howles Septet here
Watch Terry Pollard with Terry Gibbs here
Terry Pollard (August 15, 1931 – December 16, 2009) was an American jazz pianist and vibraphonist active in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s. She has been described as a "major player who was inexplicably overlooked."
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Listen to a Detroit Legend on Apple Music here or Spotify here
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You can't steal a gift a book review You Can't Steal a Gift. Frederick Eugene John Lees (February 8, 1928 – April 22, 2010) was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States, where he was a music critic and lyricist. His lyrics for Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Corcovado" (released as "...
Christian Jacob
Jacob was born in Metz, Lorraine on 8 May 1958. A pianist by age four, he was immersed in studying the French classics. Something of a child prodigy, Jacob had perfect pitch and natural talent. He did not discover jazz until age 10, but when he did, its improvised nature appealed to him immediately. Early influences were Dave Brubeckand Oscar Peterson. As a teen, Jacob studied under Pierre Sancan at th...
One of our book reviews this time it is the Novel or is it? by Michael Ondaatje
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The work deals with the life of Buddy Bolden the legend of early jazz who never recorded or was documented much during his life.
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This is a follow on to episode 44. We go a bit further into the beat poets reading their poetry with live jazz backing. We talk about City Lights and Steve Allen and more.
A couple of Corrections
Howl was first performed by Ginsberg who read a draft of "Howl" at the Six Gallery reading in San Francisco in 1955. Fellow poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Books, who attended the perf...
We intended for this to be just one episode but felt that we had a lot more to say and ended up with enough for 2 five minute episode the next will follow in March 1st 2025.
this is the introduction to a blog on the beats on our website links below
The Beat movement was a literary movement which emerged in the United States in the post war-era. ‘Beat’ was slang for ‘down and out or poor and exhausted...
In this episode we chat about Christmas with the George Shearing Quintet album. I t was recorded with George Shearings new quintet
- Vibraphone – Don Thompson
- Guitar – Reg Schwager
- Piano – George Shearing
- Bass – Neil Swainson
- Drums – Dennis Mackrel
A mixture of classic Jazz tunes, many of which we looked at in detail in our 2020 Christmas special, and traditional carols. including a John Rutter carol who also helpe...
Nick and Simon are taking a break. The next 2-5-1- 5 Monte podcast will go out on Feb 1st 2025. We are about to record a Christmas special in a slightly longer format so that will appear in your feed if you subscribe or find it on our website
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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 the first time by ear with a few pointers from the person calling the tune.
Simon and Nick discuss the concept
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 Haberdasher listen to this episode of 2-5-1
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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. Ashley Kahn has written much about jazz and his books on A Love Supreme and Impulse Records : the house that Trane built [ Simon got that title slightly wrong in the podcast]
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Sven Klang’s Kvintet
2-5-1- field trip notes
We 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 the Black and white movie was projected on a good sized screen. In brief the plot is a function band lead by Sven Klang is joined by a really good Sax Player and his addition causes big changes in the band. It is about t...
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