Journeys In Jazz

A merry mix of Fliss’s guests this series talking about anything and everything  & concluding the second series of ‘Journeys In Jazz’.
Georgina Jackson talks of the importance of positive mentors in …

Discovering jazz improvisation on violin, balancing numerous jobs and projects, the importance of the Great American Songbook and the difficulties of dancing whilst playing your instrument! In this e…

Growing up in a Maharaja's palace, working on migrant ships to Australia in the 60s and working in Humphrey Lyttelton’s wonderful band.
Jazz musician Jimmy Hastings discusses the camaraderie of music…

Why is Latin music less egotistical than jazz? Can you really  fit a whole latin big band inside one Air B&B cottage? Why is it important that jazz musicians continue to tour to less populated locati…

Church choirs, touring with the stars of yester-year and whether the stereotypical testosterone fuelled 'cutting ground' of jazz was really ever as intense as it was portrayed. Bassist and pianist Pe…

An awkward  encounter with a pop star,  the ups and downs of balancing family life with life as a professional musician, being a side woman vs band leader and the draw of London as a musical hub. Naa…

What it felt like to be stuck on a cruise ship unable to dock whilst the world shut down in 2020 and what it was like to wear shell suits in Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra in the 90s!
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Journeys In Jazz is back! 
Music for old people, pretentious music for the middle classes, complex music for young intellectuals or something we can all appreciate & enjoy? 

With the contribution of mu…

The deterioration of record sales and the success of the internet to attract  audiences for live gigs, national & international tour life with Father John Misty and the dilemma of how to tour whilst …

This episode is a marvellous miscellany of Fliss’s guest so far, talking about anything and everything & concludes the first series of ‘Journeys In Jazz’. 
British jazz trumpet legend Enrico Tomasso t…

Jazz pianist Jack is still working today aged 91. He talks of his house being bombed by a doodlebug in WWII, his first job as a song plugger, working as Vera Lynn's MD and his wife's shopping trips w…

The positives and negatives of jazz degree courses, representation for women in jazz and the financial challenges of writing, recording and releasing original music. London based double bassist Charl…

The excitement of jazz versus the predictability of pop music, why young people enjoy jazz gigs, and how it's important for them to hear authentic jazz. 
Raised in Oman, Jordan and Cornwall Sara talks…

Hungarian heritage, growing up in Northampton UK, why we shouldn’t learn violin as children, all night jazz gigs in the 80s & why jazz degree courses work. Oh, and how he escaped Birmingham by submar…

An interview with Canadian jazz vocalist Lauren Bush. Lauren talks of growing up in Ontario, Texas & Vancouver Island, her first gigs, how she chooses repertoire and her determination to continue to …

Italian heritage, migration, child slavery, monkeys & organ grinders and the Northern club circuit in the 1960s. British jazz trumpet legend Enrico Tomasso talks to Fliss about his life, from being m…

Music for old people, pretentious music for the middle classes, complex music for young intellectuals or something we can all appreciate & enjoy? 

With the contribution of musicians in and around her …