Grab your winter coat and koto, we’re back with a slightly seasonal special! In this episode, we chart floral and festive paths from the library music-inspired serenity of Sven Wunder’s ‘Snowdrops’, to Roland Kirk’s honktacular rendering of ‘We Free Kings’. En route we take in hip-hop, Japanese jazz and even some Christmas music, plus a brief rundown of some of our favourite albums of the year. Stay tuned as we get cooking again in 2024.
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Tracklists below (SPOILERS!)
OLLIE
- Sven Wunder – Snowdrops (Late Again, Piano Piano Records, 2023)
- Danny Brown – Hanami (Quaranta, Warp, 2023)
- The Horace Silver Quintet – Cherry Blossom (The Tokyo Blues, Blue Note, 1962)
- Hideo Shiraki Quintet – Sakura, Sakura (Sakura, Sakura, SABA, 1965)
- Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet – Oriental Flower (Illumination!, Impulse!, 1964)
- Hank Jones – Wind Flower (Hanky Panky, East Wind, 1975)
- Roland Kirk – We Free Kings (We Free Kings, Mercury, 1962)
DAN
- Sven Wunder – Snowdrops (Late Again, Piano Piano Records, 2023)
- Oscar Rocchi Quintet – Thema (Jazz Progression, Flam, 1984)
- Bill Evans – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Trio 64, Verve, 1964)
- A Child Is Born – Joe Lovano (Joyous Encounter, Blue Note, 2005)
- Roland Kirk – We Free Kings (We Free Kings, Mercury, 1962)
