Hot Flavours 103: Rain Dogs and Wayward Angels
Fri 17th Oct '25, 10:00pm
Christian McBride, plus Wes Montgomery, Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster. Cecile McLorin Salvant will surely delight, whilst Tom Waits lets his ‘Rain Dogs’ off the leash.
Hot Flavours
Airs Fridays at 10pm week 2 of the month.
From Blues to Bee-bop, James Fernie plays the music and tells the story from the great blues and jazz era.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Hot Flavours 102: Piano Players Mainly
Fri 12th Sep '25, 10:00pm
Our autumn return features Chick Corea, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal - plus guitarist Jim Hall. Peter reads John Burnside. Songstress Nina Simone casts her spell and more.
Hot Flavours 101: Three Blind Mice
Fri 11th Jul '25, 10:00pm
Hank Mobley, Fats Waller, Joe Pass, and Norah Jones - she of the velvet voice - while Peter reads Simon Armitage and Andrew Greig, and more. Come, join us - do!
Hot Flavours 100
Fri 16th May '25, 10:00pm
Hodges Blows ‘Blues A Plenty’. To celebrate our Centenary we feature: The Johnny Hodges Orchestra classic ’58 performance ‘Blues A Plenty’. Plus Yotam Silberstein from ‘Standards.
Hot Flavours 99: No ‘Illusion’ – ‘But Beautiful’
Fri 11th Apr '25, 10:00pm
Gregory Porter: No ‘Illusion’ - ‘But Beautiful’ Oscar Peterson, Toots Thielemans, Stephane Grappelli & so much.
Hot Flavours 98: Simone Steals The Show
Fri 14th Mar '25, 10:00pm
Brubeck, Jamal, Bill Frisell, George Benson, plus - Ry Cooder. Peter reads Billy Collins. Paul Gonsalves meets Earl Hines - and yet Nina Simone Steals The Show
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