Episodes
The jazz hamsters play Bing, swing and bop - powered by a heady mix of hoola hoops, mince pies, sherry and satsumas . . .
The jazz hamsters look back at some of their favourite albums from the first half of 2021 . . . a classic year even with Covid restrictions!
The cats go pop. Or at least as poppy as they get . . . Oasis by Brad . . .Steely Dan through the Hazelrigg Bros . . . Blondie by The Bad Plus .. . you get the gist .. . . .
Some British conversations, a ride through history, ghosts of the sun, where the streets lead and a first class Prysm . . .
When the cat's away .. . .the other cat has to play! Some Danish determination . . . a winning Tone Poem . . a blast from the past with Billy Hart and a homecoming.
Some Japanese mellowness, a celebration with Gordon, a woody one . . . some 24 hours from Hans Koller and you'll have to wait for the new Emile Parisien!
The cats celebrate the London Jazz Festival - which starts this weekend!
The boys' bouncin' bonfire bonanza. No hedgehogs were hurt in the making of the programme . . .
Be scared. Be very scared. It's the black cats in the hats hop-tu-naa jazz spooktacular. Listen at your peril .. . . or from behind your sofa . . . .
The jazz hamsters go back to 1974 for some classic Oregon, a short protest, four MF's playin' tunes and a musical water feature
The cats hear the news, a lightweight elementary particle, some new Bill at Oil Can Harry's and to start a Chelsea shuffle.
The gatti in the hatti . . . . celebrate the land of pasta and pizza with an Italian Jazz Special. Oh - and Peroni as well of course . . .
It's bye to Dr Lonnie, a Tubby but not Hayes, a quiet tiger, a birthday boy in Soho and it's all about Tuesdays . . .
A post-election-free zone . . . marking some more jazz losses, Eberhard by Lyle, some astigmatic Poles and a parking ticket
To celebrate the IOM Food and Drink Festival 2021, the boys put on a delicious spread of jazzy treats from Fish to ice-cream and ginger bread to pancakes . . .albeit in a rather eccentric order. But what else would you expect . . .
A track for a notable date, a not so young Joey, a sleepy selection of superstars a look forward to LJF 2021 . .let's do it!
The cats cut it down with Zen-funk master, Swiss piano maestro Nik Bartsch - and a suitably slim slice of minimalist jazz . .
The jazz hamsters pay tribute to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. A rocker by day - a jazzer by night!
Some Motian sickness . . . a ripcord, a sideslip a kalimba impression and the kid from the redbank - the jazz hamsters have it all this week on Jumpin' In
We begin all at once . . .three birthdays in one, some Liberation time from John McLaughlin, more Polish brilliance though still tricky to pronounce and a Seagal in the Vortex . . .
Some runners, a spin marvel, a bit of Lennie Mr JC and JC himself . .
The boys march on Washington, catch some sunlight with Dave Stapleton, enjoy a soundwalk and head to the River Tethys . .
A big picture from Vince, a forthcoming Side Eye NYC from Pat, the pied piper and a last bit of Poo . . . what's not to like?
Some last Miles a bit of Martial . . . dreaming spires with the OUJO .. . and meditative soundscapes with a Pharoah . . . .
Some slowly rolling camera . . .the Aspen River . .Aldo Romano is reborn and it's Five for England from Mike Gibbs. It's coming home . . . jazz that is. Always home on Manx Radio . . .
Some new releases . . a birthday boy, a squint a retired rodent and some tree lines . . . it's all here with the jazz hamsters . . .
Another special as the cats in the hats talk to saxophone colossus - and fellow hat lover - Joe Lovano!
The Jazz hamsters - as Ralph Towner once called them - get off to some slow awakenings, look to other worlds with Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas, and enjoy some Blue Doom . .
An elastic circle, a Rainbow Sign from Ron Miles, Eldar enjoys a Night in Tunisia, a Personal Legend and remembering Curtis Fuller . .all on Jumpin In . . .
It's a BruJazzWe special .. . as the aged cats console themselves that for the second year in a row, a trip to the Brussels Jazz festival hasn't happened. But the music lives on in this celebration of some of the many artists they've enjoyed there over the years . . along with sausages, cheese and of course wheat beer . . .