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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 continue to produce the Watford Jazz Junction festival that runs across the penultimate weekend of May each year.

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41:33

Chatting with one of the busiest UK jazz musicians,...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/03/21

In this fabulous episode, sax player and clarinetist Ben Castle talks about his jazz journey and all the junctions en route.A fount of great stories, Ben shares tales from his exceptional musical journey including meeting Stevie Wonder in Buckingham Palace (as you do), playing with scores of wonderful musicians from the worlds of jazz, pop and rock, and reveals all about that sensational viral clip featuring his dad Roy Castle dancing alongside Buddy Rich and Sammy Davis Jnr.Ben's album choices

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40:29

Chatting with MOBO nominated jazz saxophonist Camilla...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/03/14

To launch Season 3, Chris is joined by saxophonist and MOBO-nominee Camilla George, to discuss her music, her journey into jazz, and her new 3rd album!Camilla, who leads her own band, has also been an influential member of Tomorrow's Warriors, Jazz Jamaica, Venus Warriors and the Nu Civilisation Orchestra. She discusses her influences, helps Chris map out the current London jazz scene, and tells all about an infamous and traumatic recorder incident!Camilla's album recommendations include:Songbook by

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37:40

Chatting with Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club's house...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/03/08

Chris is joined by pianist James Pearson, to discuss his music and working life in the UK's most famous jazz club, with more famous name drops than the Jazz Junction has ever contended with!In our series 2 finale, James, artistic director at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, recounts tales of jazz derring do including the appearances at the club of Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Wynton Marsalis and the Rev Jesse Jackson. There's comparison of the geniuses of Erroll Garner, Thelonius Monk, Oscar Peterson and Bill

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36:32

Chatting with Clark Rundell about orchestral...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/03/01

Chris is joined by conductor Clark Rundell, to discuss his approach to music, working with many of the world's jazz greats and orchestras.Clark, professor of conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music, is a versatile and globally-in-demand musician. Hear him talk about current projects with Esperanza Spalding & Wayne Shorter, what challenges a classical & jazz conductor faces, and what music makes him smile.There's also a double-change to the house band!Clark's album recommendations

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37:26

Chatting with one of the most popular UK tenor sax...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/02/23

Chris is joined by tenor sax player, composer and educator Dean Masser, to discuss his journey into jazz, reflections on improvisation, the influence of the great tenorists, really really listening to albums, and what it's like working on the UK scene.Dean is one of the most in-demand tenor players in the UK and can be heard ('out of lockdown') in venues north and south of Watford! :-) He also teaches and supports the next generation of players.Discover more about Dean, including how to book lessons

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51:21

Chatting with with flute player Eddie Parker about...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/02/18

Chris is joined by musician and composer Eddie Parker, to discuss the creative & technical process in lock-down, musical influences, the role of the natural environment for wellness, Loose Tubes and all sorts of jazz en route.Eddie's career as a flautist-extraordinaire has threaded a creative line between the classical and jazz worlds. He talks about collaboration, suggests not just one 'top-3 album list' but two(!), adds ukele to the house-band and solves a 30-year lyrical mystery for

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24:36

Chatting with alt, rock & world music YouTube...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/02/10

Chris is joined by his brother, musician and composer Jim Newstead, to discuss mental wellness, great albums and the importance of listening to music.Jim's YouTube channel has racked up hundreds of thousands of views across the last 3 years. Across this time Jim has received countless recommendations for tracks to review, including Snarky Puppy, Hiromi and Tigran Hamasyan mixed in amongst more heavy metal, prog rock and fusion than you can shake a studded-leather wrist band at.Jim also reviews our

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30:33

Chatting with Faye MacCalman, indie & avant-garde...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2021/02/02

Chris is joined by jazz musician and composer, Faye MacCalman.Faye shares her journey into jazz, explores free improvisation, explains her new compositions for BBC Sounds, rates the Lancaster Jazz Festival, chooses her 3 favourite albums of all time, and replaces a member of our house band! Wow!Faye’s album listing includes:Clouds by Joni Mitchell (1969) on Reprise Records.Outward Bound by Eric Dolphy (196o) on New Jazz records.12 Little Spells by Esperanza Spalding (2018) on Concord

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16:22

Reviewing the 2020 EFG London Jazz Festival: Part 2...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2020/12/17

Chris reviews 5 gigs held in the second half of this year's EFG London Jazz Festival (13-22 November 2020). Most of the gigs reviewed should still have their streams available to watch for free, linked from the LJF website.Using a exceptionally complex and subtle scoring structure(!) Chris reflects on performances from Yazz Ahmed, Kansas Smitty's, Istanbul Psychedelic, Jerry and the Pelican System, and Abel Selaocoe.This is the last episode in the current series. A new series will return in early

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12:23

Reviewing the 2020 EFG London Jazz Festival: Part 1...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2020/11/19

Chris reviews 4 gigs and a conversation that were held in the first half of this year's EFG London Jazz Festival (13-22 November 2020). All the gigs reviewed should still have their streams available to watch for free on the LJF website.Using a complex scoring structure(!) Chris reflects on performances from Guy Barker's 'Jazz Voice', Jasdeep Singh Degun, Emile Parisien & Vincent Peirani, Harold López-Nussa and a powerful conversation between Kevin Le Gendre, Carleen Anderson and Orphy

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33:39

Chatting with one of the UK's leading jazz singers,...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2020/11/16

Chris is joined by jazz singer extraordinaire, Emma Smith.Emma discusses being a jazz musician during lockdown, her new album and her song Monogamy Blues (featured), singing at Ronnie Scott’s and performing with the Puppini Sisters, her love of Ella Fitzgerald, chooses her 3 favourite albums of all time, and replaces a member of our house band!Emma’s album listing includes:Swings Schubert Alley by Mel Tormé (1960) Prd. Russell Garcia. Released on Verve.Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel

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17:09

Must sees at the London Jazz Festival 13-22 November...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2020/11/10

Chris explores all the gigs that are available at this year's London Jazz Festival (13-22 November 2020) and makes his recommendations for shows and acts not to be missed in this online, streamed and digital extravaganza of jazz!There are 'look outs' for so many great acts including Guy Barker's 'Jazz Voice', Tigran Hamasyan, Mornington Lockett, Jazz Plus Ensemble, Shabaka Hutchings, Tomorrow’s Warriors, Kevin Le Gendre, Carleen Anderson and Oprhy Robinson, Tina Edwards, Shri, Seed Ensemble,

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27:48

Chatting with Miles Ashton, sound director of Ronnie...

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2020/11/08

Miles Ashton - sound director at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club - looks back over a lifetime in live jazz.His stories include Amy Winehouse's first ever gig in front of a live audience, being hired by Ronnie Scott & Pete King, and touring with Shri Sriram.He also chooses the inaugural line-up for our podcast's fantasy house band!Miles's album listing includes:The Nightfly by Donald Fagan (1982) Prd. Gary Katz. Released on Warner Bros.Heavy Weather by Weather Report (1977) Prd. Joe Zawinal, Jaco

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12:06

What this jazz conversation podcast is all about

Watford Jazz Junction ·

2020/11/02

A look forward to the Watford Jazz Junction - a new festival of jazz and more - coming to Watford in 2021. We also discuss what else we'll cover in future episodes relating to jazz and lots of musical junctions.SupportYou can help support the podcast and keep us ad free. Especially useful if you’d like to support the podcast and want to keep it ad free. Plus it makes Chris feel very happy indeed! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ChrisNewsteadShow infoPresenter: Chris NewsteadTheme: by SoundWorkLab,

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