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All About Jazz presents curated radio programs and podcasts daily and our current programs are featured in the RADIO & PODCASTS section on the home page. You can view our entire archive of shows from the radio and podcast landing page or by clicking EXPLORE (top left). If you have a jazz radio program or podcast and would like to join the All About Jazz network, review this page and if your show is a good fit, contact Michael Ricci.

Weekly Schedule

Monday

A Broad Spectrum with Mary Foster Conklin
One Man's Jazz with Maurice Hogue
Situation Fluxus with Cheryl K.
The First Instrument Jazz Show with Jua Howard

Tuesday

Mondo Jazz with Ludovico Granvassu
Songs & Stories with Steven Roby
The Jazz Continuum with David Brown
The K Jazz Show with Ngwako Malakalaka

Wednesday

Allston Boylston with Hobart Taylor
Ben Boddie On Jazz with Benjamin Boddie
Liner Notes with David Bixler
The Outer View with Jerome Wilson

Thursday

Jazz Bastard with Patrick Burnette
The Jazz Disturbance with Cheryl K.
The Third Story with Leo Sidran
World of Jazz with Bob Osborne

Friday

Bitches Brew with Len Davis
Jazz First with Tony Poole
Jazz Odyssey with Andy Crowther

Saturday

Jazz Backstory with Monk Rowe
Mondo Jazz with Ludovico Granvassu
Spotlight On with Lawrence Peryer
Talk About Jazz with Doug Hall

Sunday

Bitches Brew with Len Davis
Neon Jazz with Joe Dimino
RootsWorld with Cliff Furnald
The Happening with Bernadette Hawkes

Active Shows

A Broad Spectrum

With Mary Foster Conklin
From New York City

My weekly radio show on WFDU 89.1 FM highlighting music and lyrics by women broadcasts live every Sunday from 3PM to 7PM streaming on their HD2 channel, Jazz and What's More. A Broad Spectrum offers up an assortment of music by Women Who Inspire -... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Monday

Allston Boylston

With Hobart Taylor
From Irvine

The Allston Boylston Show, hosted by Hobart Taylor, is available on both Mixcloud and Soundcloud. I highlight new releases featuring Jazz and music with Jazz sensibilities from any genre. I focus on presenting outstanding neglected artists as well... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Wednesday

Ben Boddie On Jazz

With Benjamin Boddie
From Raleigh

Ben Boddie On Jazz is dedicated to the preservation and the promotion of jazz. While recognizing the genius and contributions of Jazz Masters, we are equally dedicated to supporting the achievements of musicians who are keeping the music alive... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Wednesday

Bitches Brew

With Len Davis
From Melbourne

In 1969, Miles Davis turned jazz on its head. Bitches Brew was a groundbreaking album that added new sounds to jazz, making everyone take notice. Miles introduced rock sounds as well as many electronic instruments. My program is inspired... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Friday, Sunday

Jazz Backstory

With Monk Rowe
From Syracuse

The podcast series, Jazz Backstory, is based on the holdings of the Fillius Jazz Archive located at Hamilton College, in Clinton, New York. Established in 1995, and dedicated in 2013 in honor of Milton F. Fillius, Jr. ’44 and Nelma “Nikki”... read more

Presented on Saturday

Jazz Bastard

With Patrick Burnette
From Indianapolis

Let's talk about jazz! There are lots of podcasts that offer playlists of jazz, but fewer which discuss the music in depth. The goal here is to have a causal but thorough conversation about jazz albums—something more along the lines of chatting... read more

Format: Music & Talk
Presented on Thursday

Jazz First

With Tony Poole
From Valencia

I am a former BBC jazz presenter and promotor. I hosted Jazz First on BBC Essex for five years. Chances are, if you were a crate digger during the 90’s and a visitor to recored fairs, you bought some rare jazz vinyl from me aka ViRGO ViBES. I... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Friday

Jazz Odyssey

With Andy Crowther
From London

A journey in jazz from the '60s through to right now! Highlighting the best in new jazz releases along with classics and discoveries.

Format: Music
Presented on Friday

Liner Notes

With David Bixler
From New York City

A few years ago, in a conversation with a colleague of mine after a gig, we realized that our generation gleaned much of our knowledge of the history of jazz music from reading the liner notes off the backs of LPs. Today my students have fluid... read more

Format: Talk
Presented on Wednesday

Mondo Jazz

With Ludovico Granvassu
From New York City

Mondo Jazz is dedicated to the proposition that Jazz is a language that originated in the United States but is now spoken all over the world in various, at times very strong, accents, which make it a rich resource for rewarding sonic explorations.... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Tuesday, Saturday

Neon Jazz

With Joe Dimino
From Kansas City

Neon Jazz is a radio show and interview series created and distributed since 2011. Hatched & Hosted by Joe Dimino out of Kansas City, Missouri. The series has been Engineered and generously supported by John Christopher over thirteen years, with... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Sunday

One Man's Jazz

With Maurice Hogue
From Winnipeg

One Man's Jazz has been in existence since 1999. I had always wanted to try my hand at doing radio because I loved jazz, had too many records, was active in it as a performer, and I was working as an artist representative and manager for primarily... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Monday

RootsWorld

With Cliff Furnald
From New Haven

RootsWorld is music magazine and radio program. While we focus on roots-related music from around the world, we venture into jazz, experimental and avant garde music regularly. The program is produced and hosted by RootsWorld editor Cliff Furnald,... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Sunday

Situation Fluxus

With Cheryl K.
From New York City

Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson is an independent print and broadcast journalist, involved in both media for over thirty years. In 2007, she moved to New York and four years later, joined WGXC 90.7 FM and began hosting "The Jazz Disturbance", a... read more

Presented on Monday

Songs & Stories

With Steven Roby
From San Francisco

Hosted by music journalist and entertainment reporter Steven Roby, the program blends expert commentary, exclusive interviews, and new releases. The show airs every other Thursday on KOWS at 92.5 FM. The signal covers West Sonoma County with... read more

Format: Music & Talk
Presented on Tuesday

Spotlight On

With Lawrence Peryer
From Seattle

Creative people drive our culture. Host Lawrence Peryer has revealing talks with the people shaping the past, present, and future of culture, media, and entertainment. Hear discussions with musicians, writers, thinkers, pioneers, innovators and... read more

Format: Talk
Presented on Saturday

Talk About Jazz

With Doug Hall
From Boston

Talk About Jazz With Doug Hall is a 30 minute interview format with a guest jazz musician in studio or remotely, which includes 2 snippets of 2 compositions played during interview for discussion. The Belmont Media Center is the hosting media... read more

Format: Talk
Presented on Saturday

The First Instrument Jazz Show

With Jua Howard
From Raleigh

Starting in April 2021, I had an opportunity to bring a dream of mine to life...to host a radio show. As a result, The First Instrument Jazz Show was created and had its first home on Taintradio. Being a jazz vocalist myself, I thought it was... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Monday

The Happening

With Bernadette Hawkes
From London

The Happening is a radio show/podcast which currently airs via www.margateradio.co.uk every 4th Saturday of the month at 10.00 am GMT. The show is a mixture of music, talk and interviews. From being a purely music show, The Happening has morphed... read more

Format: Music & Talk
Presented on Sunday

The Jazz Continuum

With David Brown
From Philadelphia

Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out...wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. Airing Saturday’s 6-8pm live on G-Town Radio, 92.9 FM... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Tuesday

The Jazz Disturbance

With Cheryl K.
From New York City

Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson is an independent print and broadcast journalist, involved in both media for over thirty years. In 2007, she moved to New York and four years later, joined WGXC 90.7 FM and began hosting “The Jazz Disturbance,” a... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Thursday

The K Jazz Show

With Ngwako Malakalaka
From Johannesburg

The K Jazz Show is an award-winning weekly program hosted by Ngwako Malakalaka from Kofifi FM 97.2 in Johannesburg. K Jazz focuses on jazz musicians and their music from South Africa and beyond.

Format: Music & Talk
Presented on Tuesday

The Outer View

With Jerome Wilson
From Washington

The Outer View is a radio show dedicated to exploring all the facets of modern jazz as it is played all over the world in a time span ranging from the bebop era up to the present. I often spend a show dealing with one particular theme. Sometimes I... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Wednesday

The Third Story

With Leo Sidran
From New York City

The Third Story podcast features long-form interviews with creative people of all types, hosted by me, Leo Sidran. Their stories of discovery, loss, ambition, identity, improvisation, risk, and reward are deeply moving and compelling for all of us... read more

Format: Talk
Presented on Thursday

World of Jazz

With Bob Osborne
From Manchester

World of Jazz is a weekly two hour radio show dedicated to covering the best in new releases with the aim of being as international as possible and demonstrating that jazz is truly global. There are no genre barriers to what gets featured on the... read more

Format: Music
Presented on Thursday

Archived Shows

All About Jazz
Show Archive
Host: AAJ Italy Staff

Audioguide
Show Archive
Host: Emily Jones

BIMHUIS Radio
Show Archive
Host: BIMHUIS

Centro d'Arte
Show Archive
Host: Centro d'Arte Padova

Crazeology
Show Archive
Host: Nick Davies

Currents
Show Archive
Host: Michael Ambrosino

Doing Jazz
Show Archive
Host: UDEiGWE

Gifts & Messages
Show Archive
Host: Marc Cohn

Jazz & Juice
Show Archive
Host: Kristen Lee Sergeant

Jazz at 100
Show Archive
Host: Russell Perry

Nerd Mountain
Show Archive
Host: Christy N Bennett

South African Jazz
Show Archive
Host: Seton Hawkins

Timeless Jazz
Show Archive
Host: Ken Dryden

Tom Scott's Podcast Express
Show Archive
Host: Joseph Vella

Turntable For One
Show Archive
Host: H William Stine

What Is Jazz?
Show Archive
Host: Mr Lob

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