Hot Flavours 105: Ella and Basie – ‘On The Sunnyside’
Fri 12th Dec '25, 10:00pm
Ella Fitzgerald with The Count Basie Big Band Bring class and sunshine - plus Art Tatum - Allen Toussaint. And more
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.
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ProgrammeHot 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 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.
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