emuliJazz                      podcast, photography and promotion by Pete Woodman

A slightly shorter podcast this month as I'm in the process of moving home. This one features music from Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat,...

Fergus McCreadie’s award winning trio came to Crookes Social Club on Friday 3 September as part of the Sheffield Showcase event and put...

***** Martin Archer's Discus Music continues its run of Keith Tippett releases with Aeolian, documenting Keith's collaboration with...

The September edition of the podcast features music from Mike Taylor Quartet, Not Now Charlie, Melody Gardot, Art Blakey's Jazz...

***** On many occasions I have heard artists take a melody or just an idea and gradually de-construct it; Shiver's new album 'Night...

A review of Newcastle Jazz Festival - 14 & 15 August 2021

The August emuliJazz podcast features music from Harry Keeble Quartet, Dave Stapleton, Byron Wallen, French/Japanese duo Donkey Monkey,...

July's podcast features music from the Dean Stockdale Trio, Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble, Dylan Howe, Archipelago, Hexagonal,...

**** My first experience of Archipelago was a 15 minute showcase live set which left me with the impression that what I had heard was not...

Télémaque – ‘The King’s Hall Concert’ (NEWJAiM5) ♦♦♦♦ This concert recording – originally billed as the Joe McPhee Trio – from an...

**** Following on from 2 CDs of his arrangements of Ray Davies compositions, composer, arranger and bass guitarist Ben Crosland has just...

The June podcast features music from Alan Barnes +11, Johnny Richards, Mike Walker, Alexander Hawkins Trio, S.O.S., Laura Cole, Ben...

The May edition of the podcast features a mixture of music, blurring the boundaries between jazz, rock and soul with a spot of Bossa Nova...

The April podcast includes an interview with South African guitarist and composer Vuma Levin and music from Vuma's Quintet alongside...

The March podcast is special to commemorate International Women's Day and all the music in this month's edition comes from female...

The next edition of the monthly podcast will be appearing slightly later than usual in order to coincide with International Women's Day...

Having played an extract from Laura Toxvaerd's new CD Calling [NEWJAiM1] on the January podcast, February's edition includes a feature...

The 4th edition of the emuliJazz podcast is now live and is a special European edition (a minor protest at having my EU citizenship...

The December edition of the emuliJazz podcast is now live. This month features artists from Scotland and the North of England and...

Here is the playlist for the second edition of the emuliJazz podcast which is now live:- Theme music - His Imagined Histories (Vuma...

I've started the emuliJazz podcast, playing music from my own collection which I have built up since the 1970s. Shows will be going out...

It's been a long time since my first blog post, mainly for personal reasons, so this review of the second half of 2019 is going to be...

I thought it was about time I did more than just post photographs on the site, so here goes. This is basically going to be a resumé of...