After the great reaction to Hot Box 108s focus on big bands, we felt that a second dip into this big reservoir of music was advisable, if not inevitable. Some of the best ever herein!

Big Bands! A selection of recordings of big bands modern and not-so modern.

Stimulated by the upcoming release of John Donegans album Light Streams featuring his Irish Sextet, Hot Box 107 checks out some new releases, and a couple of returns to recent albums for a second loo

Hot on the heels of a little exploration of the role of the Hammond organ in jazz (HB104) a listener suggested we take a look at the role of another minority instrument in jazz music - the vibraphon

This edition of the Hot Box is comprised 9 pieces of new material, with all of it coming from USA and Canada.

In which we devote over an hour to the Hammond organ! In vogue during the 1960s and having star exponents like Jimmy Smith, and latterly Joey DeFrancesco, the Hammond B3 occupied a secure slot in inst

Tony Bennett died on July 21st, aged 96, representing in a very real sense the end of an era. Across much of the history of crooning and singing jazz, Bennett succeeded in transferring a reputation

Some jazz journalists have been using phrases like the end of an era since the death of Wayne Shorter and Ahmad Jamal. In this Hot Box we pay tribute to a few of the jazz greats who have left us in

As the title suggests, this is a new record for the hot box. Five fantastic tracks, one hour show! Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) kicking things off with 13 minutes of magic.

We made it! 100 episodes of The Hot Box. Thank you to all our listeners and subscribers for sticking with me. In this episode we feature two tracks from our good friend Linley Hamilton, with Gerry Buc