Chatting with fabulous Alice Zawadzki - composer, singer and violinist
This week we're talking with creative musical supremo Alice Zawadzki - an astonishing singer, violinist and composer. We explore her journey...
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Watford Jazz Junction
This was a weekly jazz chat exploring the personal stories and creative junctions of fabulous and funny musical guests. We produced 54 episodes from 2020-2022 that remain available. We conti...
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Chatting with Mark Armstrong - trumpeter & artistic director of NYJO
This week we're talking with Mark Armstrong - trumpeter, composer, arranger and artistic director of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. We d...
Chatting with pianist, composer & collaborator Alex Webb
This week we're joined by the super talented and very interesting Alex Webb - pianist, composer, arranger and serial collaborator. We chat a...
Chatting with Jess Gillam - saxophonist, presenter and all round musical star
This week we're in conversation with Jess Gillam MBE, presenter of the This Classical Life Podcast as well as being a hugely talented saxoph...
Chatting with harp & bass duo Tara Minton & Ed Babar about their new fabulous album
This week we're joined by Tara Minton and Ed Babar to find out more about their new album, 'Two for the Road'. We chat about all sorts inclu...
Chatting with Dave O'Higgins about playing sax, finding his niche and recording jazz
We launch 2022 and Series 9 of the WJJ Podcast in conversation with UK saxophonist Dave O'Higgins. We talk about his journey into music, the...
Chatting with Ayanna Witter-Johnson - cellist, singer & composer
We round off 2021 with a hugely enjoyable conversation with celebrated cellist, singer & composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson. We talk about playi...
Chatting with Barney Stevenson, artistic director of the Marsden Jazz Festival
In our penultimate episode of 2021 we chat with Barney Stevenson, who's the artistic director of the Marsden Jazz Festival based in Yorkshir...
Holidays Special 2021 with Camilla George, Lotti Newstead, Ben Castle, Jim Newstead & special guests
A festive podcast journey aboard our star-packed Polar Jazz Express as we travel through the snow-capped highlands of Watford to a little pl...
Chatting with vibes player Anthony Kerr about live performance, wellbeing and all things jazz
In this week's bumper episode we take the time out to talk with Anthony Kerr, professor of jazz vibraphone at the Royal College of Music, an...
Chatting with Ohio-based jazz producers Unc D about remixes, Spotify & the London jazz scene
Unc D (musicians Dante Basista & Danny Svenson) are an Ohio-based remix and production team who've seen a huge growth of interest across the...
Chatting with Jagadeesh Ramanujam Mudambi & Madhuri Jagadeesh from Indian fusion band MoonArra
In our first crossing to India, we have a fabulous conversation with the talented and entertaining musicians behind the Indian world/jazz fu...
Chatting with tenor player & singer Ray Gelato about all things entertainment & jazz
As you'd expect in the company of Ray Gelato, this is an extremely entertaining episode to conclude the current series. We chat about rhythm...
Chatting with MOBO-winning jazz musician and composer Zoe Rahman about jazz education, Jamie Cullum, mentoring and the EFG London Jazz Festival
We're still celebrating our first year anniversary as part of this fabulously entertaining and giggly conversation with pianist Zoe Rahman....
Chatting with pianist Elliot Galvin in our 1-year anniversary special!
The WJJ Podcast turns 1-year old this week, and we celebrate in conversation with the hugely talented, funny and thoughtful pianist & compos...
Chatting with pianist Greg Foat about the UK jazz scene
In this week's episode we talk with pianist Greg Foat about his musical influences, his journey into jazz and his reflections on the current...
Chatting with Jo Harrop about singing, the blues, and working with Christian McBride on her new album
In this week’s episode we chat with the fabulous singer and songwriter Jo Harrop. We chat about her new album 'The Heart Wants', working wit...
Chatting with pianist and composer Paul Edis about composition, working with others, and his wonderful new album
In this week’s episode we chat with the very talented pianist, composer and arranger Paul Edis. We chat about his latest album "The Still Po...
Chatting with singer & composer Irene Serra about her band, her journey and all things jazz
In this week's episode with chat with Italian-born singer Irene Serra. She shares more about her journey to the UK via Copenhagen and Milan,...
Chatting about spiritualism: contrasting Tool, Sibelius & Brad Mehldau
In this week's episode, Chris is joined by his lovely siblings Lotti and Jim. Lotti is a concert soprano & music appreciation tutor; Jim is...