OK Jazz Podcast

Epizodes

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  OK Jazz Episode #196 26.07.2026 1h 9min

  Short but sweet mid-summer episode with new music from France, the UK, USA and Brazil, groovy Japanese fusion, all-time great 90s rock and more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #195 27.06.2026 1h 35min

  OK Jazz is BACK! New music from Brazil, Australia, Taiwan/USA, World Cup soukous, tributes to SonnyRollins and Abdullah Ibrahim & more! (Sorry for the poor audio today, some mic issues I could not fix!)
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  OK Jazz Episode #194 29.03.2026 1h 41min

  Early morning episode with a LOT of new music! Brazil, Spain, Holland/Japan, some VERY hot live Freddie Hubbard, dance-o-rific Soukous from Congo and lots more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #193 -Give It Up For The Rhythm Section! 21.02.2026 1h 20min

  Quickie episode paying respect to the rhythm sections! Mainly some old favorites, tunes where the rhythms always just jumped out to me, not just funky and soul but in jazz, afrobeat and even some 'ginga' from Angola. Turn this one up!
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  OK Jazz Episode #192 31.01.2026 1h 24min

  OK Jazz returns in 2026 with another packed episode!, new music from Brazil, Senegal and Spain (Radio Tarifa are back!) Some prog-rock inspired jazz, New Orleans groove, an essential re-issue from Mali and more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #191 - Some Great Tunes from 2025! 20.12.2025 1h 38min

  The 2025 Year-End episode, some of my favorite tunes of the year from ALL around the world!
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  OK Jazz Episode #190 - with Peter Barakan 30.11.2025 1h 52min

  Super fun episode chatting with broadcasting legend Peter Barakan! Peter has been on Japanese TV & Radio for more than 40 years, and has introduced me to at least a couple hundred albums over the years. We sat down recently to just exchange some recent favorites and music stories! (NOTE: My microphone track was unusable so had to make the best of it, I sound like I'm across the street...best listened to with headphones!)
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  OK Jazz Episode #189 16.11.2025 1h 27min

  Back again with an episode of great tunes! New groovy jazz from Melbourne, compilation of Kenyan 'benga', deep cut from the departed legend Jack DeJohnette, some country-rock, the new Atlas Maior album, and lots more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #188 w/special guest Philip Arneill Part 2 29.10.2025 1h 48min

  Part 2 of this special episode with my Tokyo Jazz Joints Photo Project brother Philip Arneill! We get into his arrival in Japan, record store exploring, how we met, some classic hip-hop, soul, jazz and lots more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #187 w/special guest Philip Arneill Part I 24.10.2025 1h 5min

  After ten years wandering Japan taking photos of jazz joints with this boss, I finally got him on the podcast! Photographer, writer, actor, fashionista and my brother in jazz, this is Part 1 of a very special episode where Philip Arneill takes us back through his life in music. Lots of laughs, jangly, bluesy tunes, life in Northern Ireland & college in Scotland, right up to when he first came to Japan (to be covered in Part 2). This is a fun one!
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  OK Jazz Episode #186 11.10.2025 1h 27min

  Packed new episode with new music from SarathyKorwar, RobertoMontero, contemporary Polish jazz, deep cuts from the heart of Louisiana Creole culture, dreamy electro-pop & more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #185 - Salif Keita Mini-Interview! 23.09.2025 35min

  Salif Keita Mini-Interview! The legend from Mali is in Japan for some live shows celebrating his new album So Kono. I got to speak briefly with him before his first Tokyo gig at a small live house, beyond a thrill to get even a short time with one of my favorite ever musicians!
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  OK Jazz Episode #184 20.09.2025 1h 2min

  Short but sweet new episode, with new music from Poland, Cape Verde, Mali, Australia and Sweden, some huge jazz reissue news, and a soul classic comes off the CD shelf!
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  OK Jazz Episode #183 - Cheikh Lô Special! 30.08.2025 1h 5min

  To celebrate the upcoming release of Cheikh Lô s new album, here's a very special episode looking back at his career! He doesn't record often as this is only his sixth album to date, so it's a good time to show love to one of the OK Jazz Podcast first ballot Hall of Fame members, the remarkable Ceikh Lô from Senegal!
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  OK Jazz Episode #182 - 2025 Hot Summer Special! 09.08.2025 1h 43min

  Record hot summer in Japan means it's time for the third annual HOT Summer OK Jazz Special! Smokin' tunes from the US, Trinidad, Brazil, Peru, Nigeria, Thailand & more, turn it UP!
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  OK Jazz Episode #181 12.07.2025 1h 30min

  Packed episode with a bunch of new jazz releases, the return of the MinyoCrusaders, more new music from Brazil, more guitar mastery from Madagascar, and tribute to some rock legends!
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  OK Jazz Episode #180 Rainy Season Special! 28.06.2025 1h 24min

  Another (loose!) theme episode, celebrating the Japanese Rainy Season! Tunes from around the world about the rain, that mention the rain, or that I just loved listening to while walking in the twinkling, atmospheric, beautiful rainy streets of Tokyo & Yokohama. 梅雨特集エピソード！
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  OK Jazz Episode #179 07.06.2025 1h 40min

  A ramshackle episode of OK Jazz but with the usual great musical selections! BlackSabbath sung in Amharic, new music from BrandeeYounger, more classic Strata-East jazz, respect to Sade, a visit to the Soviet Union and lots more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #178 29.04.2025 1h 50min

  Back with a guitar heavy episode! Wizardry from Gabor Szabo, Djelimady Tounkara, Donna Grantis, & Syran Mbenza. New music from Kuunatic, the Billy Hart Quartet, rocking grooves from 1970s Zimbabwe, two Soca classics from Trinidad, plus lots more!
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  OK Jazz Episode #177 05.04.2025 1h 29min

  Quickie episode today but with great tunes as always! Two of 2025's best new releases so far, 1970s Samba-Rock, Grammy Museum & TV talk, J-Jazz classic & more!