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In Poland, it’s almost a rite of passage for jazz musicians to take on the challenge of playing the music of Krzysztof Komeda. For many other musicians, there’s almost a  “necessity”  to be tackle the music of Thelonious Monk at some point, and that’s what saxophonist Dan Willis and his Continue Reading

No April Fool’s Day tricks, just the straight goods. (One week later, there was a trick!  Due to technical issues, Taint Radio had to repeat this show.  Ha! Ha!  So much for that opening line!) Some of the fine new recordings sampled in this edition of One Man’s Jazz: Lina Continue Reading

Many current jazz artists love to honour their predecessors. For saxophonists, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman are two revered figures. This show finds three different tips of the bell to Ornette by Miguel Zenon, Charles Lloyd and Fredrik Nordstrom. The Oles Brothers from Poland have long admired the work of Continue Reading