<p>We discusss &nbsp;"<strong>Stella by Starlight</strong>" &nbsp;a popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_standard">jazz standard</a> with music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Young">Victor Young</a> that was drawn from thematic material composed for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_title">main title</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack">soundtrack</a> of the 1944 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uninvited_(1944_film)"><i>The Uninvited</i></a>. Appearing in the film's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underscoring">underscore</a> as well as in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_music">source music</a> as an instrumental <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_song">theme song</a> without lyrics, it was turned over to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Washington">Ned Washington</a>, who wrote the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrics">lyrics</a> for it in 1946.</p><p>At one point in the film, the main character, Rick (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Milland">Ray Milland</a>) tells Stella (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Russell">Gail Russell</a>) that he is playing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenade">serenade</a>, "To Stella by Starlight".</p><p>an Apple Music playlist is <a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/stella-by-starlight/pl.u-kvXlJIgLpGy">here</a></p>

<p>in this episode we discus the pianist and vibraphonist Eddie Costa</p>

<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>In this episode we discuss Philip Larkin [the English Poet] and his love of some jazz and his hatred of other jazz&nbsp;</p><p>This is our <a href="https://2-5-1.onpodium.co">website</a>&nbsp;<br>This is our <a href="https://instagram.com/twofiveonepodcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr ">Instagram</a><br>This is our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100032453421239">Facebook</a> group</p>

<p>Tete Montoliu was a Spanish pianist who had a long and successful career. As part of our "under-the-radar" pianists strand we discuss him and his playing style. This goes with our other episodes on pianists Mel Powell, Joe Albany, Hod O'Brien and Horace Parlan, all well worth checking out if you haven't heard those episodes.</p>

<p>Riverside Records only ran from 1953 to 1964 but in that time captured some of the greats of the period. Orin Keepnews was the producer of a majority of the jazz albums, and even had a tune named after him composed by Bill Evans at his anagramatical best!&nbsp;</p>

<p>In this Episode Nick and Simon discuss <b><em>Stars of Jazz</em></b>  which was an American television program that ran between 1956 and 1958 and featured performances and interviews with many leading <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz'>jazz</a> performers of the time. The innovative program started on <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KABC-TV'>KABC-TV</a> in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles'>Los Angeles</a> in June 1956. It was produced by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Baker_(television_producer)'>Jimmie Baker</a>, and presented by pianist and songwriter <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Troup'>Bobby Troup</a>. Musicians who appeared on the show included <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson'>Oscar Peterson</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday'>Billie Holiday</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Blakey'>Art Blakey</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brubeck'>Dave Brubeck</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Getz'>Stan Getz</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Ory'>Kid Ory</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker'>Chet Baker</a>, and Troup&apos;s wife <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_London'>Julie London</a>.  All 130 shows were filmed as <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinescope'>kinescopes</a>, but all but 45 were later lost. The remaining films were donated to the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Film_and_Television_Archive'>UCLA Film and Television Archive</a>, where they are gradually being restored.</p>

<p>Another in our series of&nbsp;music theory podcasts, this time we focus on the whole tone scale. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music">music</a>, a <strong>whole-tone scale</strong> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(music)">scale</a> in which each <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_note">note</a> is separated from its neighbors by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)">interval</a> of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_tone">whole tone</a>. In twelve-tone <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament">equal temperament</a>, there are only two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complement_(music)#Aggregate_complementation">complementary</a> whole-tone scales, both six-note or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexatonic_scale"><i>hexatonic</i></a> scales. A single whole tone scale can also be thought of as a "six-tone equal temperament". Some early instances of the use of the scale in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz">jazz</a> writing can be found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bix_Beiderbecke">Bix Beiderbecke</a>'s "In a Mist" (1928) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Redman">Don Redman</a>’s "Chant of the Weed" (1931). In 1958, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Evans">Gil Evans</a> recorded an arrangement that gives striking coloration to the "abrupt whole-tone lines"of Redman's original. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter">Wayne Shorter</a>'s composition "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JuJu_(album)">JuJu</a>" (1965), features heavy use of the whole tone scale, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>'s "One Down, One Up" (1965), is built on two augmented chords arranged in the same simple structure as his earlier tune "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressions_(instrumental_composition)">Impressions</a>"</p><p>However, these are only the most overt examples of the use of this scale in jazz. A vast number of jazz tunes, including many standards, use augmented chords and their corresponding scales as well, usually to create tension in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnaround_(music)">turnarounds</a> or as a substitute for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_seventh_chord">dominant seventh chord</a>. For instance a G7 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_seventh_chord">augmented 5th dominant chord</a> in which G <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_scale">altered scale</a> tones would work before resolving to C7, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritone_substitution">tritone substitution</a> chord such as D♭9 or D♭7♯11 is often used in which D♭/G whole tone scale tones will work, the sharpened 11th degree being a G and the flattened 7th being a C♭, the enharmonic equivalent of B, the major third in the G dominant chord.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum">Art Tatum</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk">Thelonious Monk</a> are two pianists who used the whole-tone scale extensively and creatively. Monk's "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_in_One_(composition)">Four in One</a>" (1948) and "Trinkle-Tinkle" (1952) are fine examples of this.</p>

<p>Nick and Simon talk about <b>Birdland</b> the  <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_club'>jazz club</a> which  started in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City'>New York City</a> on December 15, 1949. The original Birdland, which was located at 1678 <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_(Manhattan)'>Broadway</a>, just north of West <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_Street_(Manhattan)'>52nd Street</a> in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan'>Manhattan</a>, was closed in 1965 due to increased rents, but it re-opened for one night in 1979 for the 30 year anniversary. A revival began in 1986 with the opening of the second nightclub by the same name that is now located in Manhattan&apos;s <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theater_District,_Manhattan'>Theater District</a>. The current location is in the same building as the previous headquarters of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer'><em>The New York Observer</em></a>.</p>

<p>Horace Parlan is another of our 'under-the-radar' piainists,&nbsp; known for working in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_bop">hard bop</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-bop">post-bop</a> styles of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz">jazz</a>. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus">Charles Mingus</a> recordings <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus_Ah_Um"><i>Mingus Ah Um</i></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_%26_Roots"><i>Blues &amp; Roots</i></a>.&nbsp;<br><br><br>&nbsp;</p>

<p>What is a fakebook, where can I get one and is a real book different? These questions are answered as Nick and Simon discuss the jazz player's tune bible.</p>

<p>In this episode Nick and Simon discuss&nbsp;classic holiday albums from the past, and also look at a couple of new Christmas releases.<br>This year we also deal with the issue of wassailing!&nbsp;<br><br>Here is an apple music playlist of some of the albums we discuss<br><br><a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/2-5-1-christmas-special-2021/pl.u-2aRjqtKaoYZ">https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/2-5-1-christmas-special-2021/pl.u-2aRjqtKaoYZ</a><br><br>MERRY CHRISTMAS!</p>

<p>Norman Granz set up Jazz at the Philharmonic with little more than chutzpah and a handful of cash. JATP would go on to create careers and fortunes for many musicians.<br><br>&nbsp;Find out more as Nick and Simon discuss a series of concerts that changed jazz.</p>

<p>Simon and Nick discuss an instrument less often heard in jazz - the harp.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>We talk about the some of the big figures in jazz education Dizzy Gillespie, Hal Crook, Jerry Coker, John Meghan, Jamey Aebersold, Mark Levine and Barry Harris.&nbsp;</p><p>There are others we couldn't fit into the 5 minutes</p><p>This is our <a href="https://2-5-1.onpodium.co">website</a>&nbsp;<br>This is our <a href="https://instagram.com/twofiveonepodcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr ">Instagram</a><br>This is our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100032453421239">Facebook</a> group</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Who was the Jazz Heavy weight?  Nick and Simon discuss the biography of a jazz great who had a varied career.</p>

<p>What is an altered scale, where can you use it, what are its other names, and what scale is it related to? Nick and Simon shed light on the altered scale and its harmonic usage.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Simon &amp; Nick talk about a book they both enjoyed reading. But Beautiful by Geoff Dyer</p>

<p>Who was Hod O&apos;Brien? In this episode Nick introduces Simon to a pianist he feels deserves wider recognition.</p>

<p>In this episode Nick and Simon discuss the Cabaret Card and it&apos;s impact on the New York jazz scene of the 1940&apos;s and 50&apos;s.<br/><br/></p>

<p>Nick And Simon visited <b>Paul Pace</b> at <b>Ronnie Scotts</b> and asked him these <b>5 questions</b></p><ul><li>1. Could you tell us about the history of the Spice of Life jazz club. How did it come about, what were the early days like etc</li><li>2. What is your involvement with the club now and what are some of the challenges involved in running a jazz club at this time. </li><li> 3. How did you become involved with Ronnie Scott&apos;s jazz club </li><li>4. What does your work at Ronnies involve today.  </li><li> 5. Could you reflect on the jazz scene in the UK today. What do you feel are the challenges it faces, and how do you see the future.</li></ul><p>Find out what his answers were.<br/><br/></p>

<p>Can You Hear Me at the Back?<br/><br/>Nick and Simon lay out the development of amplification, and how it has been used in jazz.<br/><br/><br/></p>

<p>Salutations solid gone gators, Nick and Simon beat their gums to give you the swingformation on Jive talk. They are putting it down and you better pick up on it, so tune on in and get your signal right. Hey gate! put down that giggle water we don't want no gin mill cowboys here, so agitate the gravel jack, only Ding Dong Daddies and Dungaree Dolls hip to the jive welcome.&nbsp; If you dug our episode on nicknames, a few hair cuts on the back beat now, this will fry your wig, 'cause this is the most to say the least.<br><br>If you understood all that you are one copasetic shape in a drape! If not you may need to translate with<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Straight-Fridge-Dad-Dictionary-Hipster/dp/1842432885"> Straight from the fridge dad</a><br><br>Click Below for useful links<br><br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273">Patreon</a><br><br><a href="https://linktr.ee/cyberdonkey">Linktree</a><br><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511">Facebook</a><br><br><br>&nbsp;</p>

<p>In this episode Nick and Simon enjoy an ice cream while speaking Esperanto. No? OK,  they discuss the concept of &apos;The Lick&quot;, that divisive little melodic fragment in the improvisation debate.  Are you improvising if you play a lick?  What does the &apos;language analogy&apos; bring to the table,  la table, la mesa, la tablo?  Will you have a banana? Have you been to the Guildhall?<br/><br/><br/>Click Below for useful links<br/><br/><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273'>Patreon</a><br/><br/><a href='https://linktr.ee/cyberdonkey'>Linktree</a><br/><br/><a href='https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511'>Facebook</a></p>

<p>In our jazz quest to entertain and inform we like to shed light on some less well-known pianists who we think are worth exploring.  Joe Albany is one such player.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Click Below for useful links<br/><br/><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273'>Patreon</a><br/><br/><a href='https://linktr.ee/cyberdonkey'>Linktree</a><br/><br/><a href='https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511'>Facebook</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Jazz on screen is an annual tie-in with the London Jazz festival. recent years have seen&nbsp;</p><p>2023</p><p>The three films were: <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/jazz-on-screen-imagine-the-sound-introduction">Imagine the Sound + Introduction by Stewart Lee</a>; <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/jazz-on-screen-sven-klangs-combo-intro">Sven Klang’s Combo + Introduction by Ehsan Khoshbakht</a> and <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/jazz-on-screen-the-stormy-man">The Stormy Man</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/series/jazz-on-screen-2024">2024</a></p><p>Symphonies in Black : Duke Ellington Shorts</p><p>We Insist-Black Sun</p><p>So Watt: Jazz and Improvisation on British TV</p><p>Our episode on Sven Klang is <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/973312/episodes/15163518">here</a>&nbsp;</p><p>2025</p><p><strong>The Diaspora Suite by Ephraim Asili-Nov 13th</strong></p><p><strong>So Watt: Derek Bailey's On the Edge – Improvisation in Music Nov15th</strong></p><p><strong>Jazz In Exile – Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe &amp; Cecil Taylor à Paris Nov 16th</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Link to this years events <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/series/jazz-on-screen">here</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is our <a href="https://2-5-1.onpodium.co">website</a>&nbsp;<br>This is our <a href="https://instagram.com/twofiveonepodcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr ">Instagram</a><br>This is our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100032453421239">Facebook</a> group</p>

<p>When it&apos;s a voicing.<br/><br/>Nick and Simon discuss the meaning of the word voicing in jazz and on piano in particular.<br/><br/><br/></p>

<p>In this episode we outline the origins of some nicknames of jazz players. Why was Charlie Parker called Bird? How did Jeff 'Tain' Watts get his moniker and we skate over why Eddie Davis was known as Lockjaw!<br><br>Click Below for useful links<br><br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273">Patreon</a><br><br><a href="https://linktr.ee/cyberdonkey">Linktree</a><br><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511">Facebook</a></p>

<p>In the first of our new interview stream we talk to Steve Rubie who has run the 606 club for many decades.&nbsp; We asked him about<br>1. The history of the club and the move to Lots road.<br>2. The ethos of the club<br>3.&nbsp; Surviving the pandemic<br>4. Highlights over the years and any anecdotes<br>5. What does the future of the 606 look like?<br><br>Check out the 606&nbsp; <a href="https://www.606club.co.uk">Website</a>&nbsp;</p>

<p>In this episode Nick introduces Simon to a little known pianist : Dick Twardzik. <br/><br/>follow us on <a href='https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511'>Facebook</a><br/>we have a<a href='https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511'> Patreon Page</a> also<br/><br/><br/><br/></p>

<p>In this episode Nick and Simon discuss this symmetrical scale that has been known about for a surprisingly long time, and has come to be used extensively by jazz improvisers.</p>

<p>Normal service is resumed after the April fools gag that was Des Luton.<br><br>In this episode Nick and Simon discuss the use of the tuba in jazz, from its role as primary bass instrument to colouristic and improvisational member of the ensemble.<br><br>Comments welcome&nbsp; via your podcast app or via our Facebook page.&nbsp;<br><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511">2-5-1-Facebook&nbsp;</a><br><br>Thanks for listening!</p>

<p>In this episode Nick and Simon discuss the obscure British pianist Des Luton [1924-1987?]. Known for an incredible left-hand technique, Des has since fallen into obscurity.  Nick and Simon have managed to get hold of possibly the only recording of the mercurial piano player via a 78 RPM recording made as a demo and unreleased commercially; so for once we can play it!<br/><br/>(Please note, this episode of our podcast was an April Fools Day special and sadly Des &apos;Left Hand&apos; Luton never actually existed!)<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></p>

<p>In this episode Nick and Simon consider the subject of bebop scales. Did Charlie Parker use them?  What are they and what do they sound like?</p>

<p>In this episode Nick and Simon discuss the legendary Village Vanguard Jazz Club in New York.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>In this episode Nick and Simon discuss how the available recording media at various times have affected jazz. <br/><br/><br/><br/></p>

<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Another of our book reviews, this one is of a biography of Sonny Clark.</p><p>This is our <a href="https://2-5-1.onpodium.co">website</a>&nbsp;<br>This is our <a href="https://instagram.com/twofiveonepodcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr ">Instagram</a><br>This is our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100032453421239">Facebook</a> group</p>

<p>Nick and Simon briefly explore the pianistic technique of playing block chords, find out what block chords are, who used them and how they work.</p>

<p>Nick and Simon discuss the pianist Mel Powell who had an illustrious career&nbsp;in jazz and modern classical music.&nbsp; He played with some of the top jazz players of the age and married a film star.&nbsp; His later years&nbsp; were as an educator at the highest level replacing Paul Hindemith as head of composition at Yale and setting up Cal Arts back in Hollywood.&nbsp;<br><br>A pianist who deserves more attention perhaps?&nbsp;</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p><b>WTFH?</b><br/><br/>What the French Horn?<br/><br/>Nick and Simon discuss the use of the French Horn in Jazz<br/><br/>Take a look at our <a href='https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511/?view_public_for=101450671563511'>Facebook page</a><br/><br/></p>

<p>In this bonus Christmas edition Nick and Simon discuss five Christmas tunes favoured by jazz musicians.</p><ol><li>The Christmas Song</li><li>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</li><li>White Christmas</li><li>Winter Wonderland</li><li>O Christmas Tree</li></ol><p>Check out our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511/?view_public_for=101450671563511">facebook page.</a><br><br>Merry Christmas!</p>

<p>In the final episode of Series 2 Nick and Simon discuss Dexter Calling, the last album Kenny Drew made with Dexter Gordon in the US, and One Flight Up one of the few Blue Note albums recorded in Europe in the 1960s; Our Man in Paris being another obvious example, also a Dexter Gordon session.&nbsp; In 1961 Kenny Drew moved to Europe and Dexter Gordon soon followed. Dexter did return in 1973 to US soil but Kenny Drew saw out the rest of his career in Europe.<br><br><a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dexter-calling-remastered-2015/1444098842">Dexter Calling</a>&nbsp;<br><br><a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/one-flight-up-remastered-2015/1444037164">One Flight Up</a><br><br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273&amp;fan_landing=true">Please support our Patreon page</a></p>

<p>Nick and Simon discuss Undercurrent, arguably a hidden gem in the rich soil of the Blue Note label&apos;s discography. It was Kenny Drew&apos;s last album as leader for the label, and shows his compositional style and improvisation skills off in a showcase of original tunes with a band playing exceptionally well.</p>

<p>This Episode focuses on the classic&nbsp;John Coltrane album <strong>BLUE TRAIN </strong>and <strong>Kenny Drew's</strong> part in it.<br><br>In 1957 <strong>John Coltrane</strong> had a pivotal year. He was sacked by Miles Davis for his heroin addiction so kicked the habit cold turkey and got down to rebuilding his life. He joined Thelonius Monk and made several albums under his own name as leader but only one of those was for <strong>Blue Note.</strong><br><br><a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/blue-train/1468202477"><strong>Apple Music</strong></a><br><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511"><strong>FACEBOOK GROUP</strong></a><br><br><a href="http://valdez.dumarsengraving.com/tranesubtunes.pdf"><strong>JASON LYON ARTICLE</strong></a><br><br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273&amp;fan_landing=true"><strong>PATREON</strong></a></p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Nick and Simon discuss Kenny Drew&apos;s contribution as sideman on the original vinyl release of It Could Happen to You , Chet Baker Sings. <br/><br/><a href='https://music.apple.com/gb/album/it-could-happen-to-you/1444050487'>Apple Music link</a><br/><br/><a href='https://open.spotify.com/album/3Ih8NWQfxpZAFWlYbJTuWV'>Spotify Album Link</a><br/><br/><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273&amp;fan_landing=true'>Patreon Page</a><br/><br/><a href='https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511/?ref=bookmarks'>Facebook Group</a></p>

<p>Nicholas Tomalin and Simon Whiteside are back for a new series of 2-5-1 Two Pianists,Five Podcasts, One Subject.  In this series the subject is pianist Kenny Drew.<br/>We examine this hard-bop pianist through the lens of five albums. The first is his Blue Note debut as leader from the series of 10 inch LPs &quot; New Sounds New Faces &quot; called Introducing the Kenny Drew Trio.<br/><br/>Facebook page <a href='https://www.facebook.com/2-5-1-Two-pianistsFive-podcastsOne-Subject-101450671563511/'>CLICK HERE</a><br/><br/>Album on <a href='https://music.apple.com/gb/album/new-faces-new-sounds-introducing-the-kenny-drew-trio/1455162555'>Apple Music</a><br/><br/>Album on <a href='https://open.spotify.com/album/0DLP5YTFIZkV0CvDYzrtzP?si=uC6aoAqMSNqwOmeHNOCBgg'>Spotify</a></p>

<p>In the season finale Nick and Simon discuss Sonny Clark's ballad playing style as sideman and soloist, playing musical excerpts and discussing his playing approaches.<br><br><i><strong>This episode is sponsored by Open Studio - Jazz Lessons from Jazz Legends. Become a better jazz musician, guaranteed at </strong></i><a href="http://openstudiojazz.com/"><i><strong>openstudiojazz.com</strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i><br><br>Nick and Simon go on to discuss Sonny Clark's legacy, and talk about what they have learned from the extensive listening and study they have done and what happens next.<br><br>Thanks for listening and please leave constructive comments, reviews and suggestions&nbsp;<br>and give the podcast a rating.<br><br><br>&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/973312/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>This is not about the inner voice that tells pianists to " kill the bass player" this is about moving the middle of the chord around to create interest and tension then release.&nbsp; There is a bonus recording at the end of some of a transcription Simon did of the Introduction to Stella from Standards Live Keith Jarrett Trio.</p><p>Here is a<a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/september-in-the-rain/279893311?i=279893525"> link</a> to the Apple Music version of September in the Rain Anita Wardell with Liam Noble&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is our <a href="https://2-5-1.onpodium.co">website</a>&nbsp;<br>This is our <a href="https://instagram.com/twofiveonepodcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr ">Instagram</a><br>This is our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100032453421239">Facebook</a> group</p>

<p>In Episode 4 we discuss Sonny Clark as a leader in the trio format. We focus on two tunes in detail: "Somebody Loves Me" from what is now known as the Standards Album, and Sonny's most recorded original tune "Minor Meeting" the version (take 9) from the full edition of the trio album with George Duvivier and Max Roach. We also consider his improvising style, his compositional approach and his influences.</p>

<p>In this episode we explore Sonny Clark&apos;s work as leader on Blue Note records. Specifically his work with ensembles.</p>

<p>In this episode Nick Tomalin and Simon Whiteside discuss the music Sonny Clark recorded with Buddy de Franco, Grant Green and Dexter Gordon. Even after re-recording the Buddy De Franco section to half it&apos;s length, the original podcast plan to also include Sonny Criss and Hank Mobley meant it ran to 1.5 hours. So we decided to drop those two sections.<br/>If you would like to hear that long version it will be publicly available on our Patreon page later. If enough people register their interest through comments on the podcast outlets we can upload it to all the usual suspects later.<br/><br/>https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25450273</p>