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Martley Village Show

We were at the Martley village show and had a wonderful time, see the photos below!

When we arrived to hitch up the studio to deploy to Upton the phrase, “perfect weather for caravans” was uttered but once we were on the road the clouds parted and the sun shone and we were on our way

Alun and Tony St John live at Upton Jazz Festival

Well after the successful test broadcast the other day we have just been waiting for some deliveries to arrive and the good news is that most of them have! So we have removed the sprawling cable mass from the other

(Android) Longside Radio app v1.1 released!

v1.1 of our Android app has gone live and your Android devices should be updating soon with the new version! It takes a while for updates to happen on the Google Play store but the update should be available in

Louie Louie AY YA YA YA YEAH!

Work has been frantic at the top secret Longside Radio Mobile Broadcast build location over the last couple of days 🙂 Please forgive this wall of text but there is something at bottom worth waiting for, but please don’t skip

Yet again a multi day update, apologies all! It has been like Christmas with lots of kit arriving this week including a couple of key components of the studio. We are missing a couple of photos at the moment so

Longside Radio Android App now available!

Hi All, We now have an Android app available on the Google Play store! It is nice and simple and quick to use, please let us know how if you like it or have any suggestions. Click here or use

We have been busy ordering equipment today and trying to get the best kit at the best price. We gave had to cut back on a few things to squeeze it into the available budget, but the good news is

A multi-day update here to get you up to speed with what we have been doing! On Saturday while I was helping the team from Jigsaw Community Festivals put this up: Mark had been a bit busy and had not

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2 days ago

Hello. On 'The Jazz Hour' this week I'll be recognising what would have been the 'birthdays', over the past week, of Buddy Tate, David Newman and Dexter Gordon and this weeks 'offering' in the theme 'The Norman Granz Season' features pianist and singer Blossom Dearie.

I'll have the final instalment from the 'Album of the Month' from Curtis Fuller and this weeks 'Back to Back' takes in two tracks from the London born big leader Harry Roy.

I'll also have an update on Worcestershire's very own 'Pershore' and 'Upton' Jazz Festivals for 2021.

So, with all that to come and much, much more please join me from 9pm on Sunday evening here on Longside Radio, for some super jazz.

Have a great weekend!!

Alun
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1 week ago

Hello. On 'The Jazz Hour' this week, I'll have the start of a new theme I'm calling 'The Norman Granz Season', a theme, which over the next few weeks' looks at the many tours and concerts known as 'Jazz at the Philharmonic', that brought together many of the great and the good of the jazz world.

I'll also have tracks featuring Humphrey Lyttelton, The Benny Goodman Orchestra, Buddy De Franco, Nancy Wilson and Nina Simone to get through, and I'll be remembering the late, great Chick Corea who passed away earlier this month.

There will of course be much, much, so why not join me from 9pm on Sunday evening, here on Longside Radio.

Have a great weekend!!!

Alun
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2 weeks ago

Hello. On 'The Jazz Hour' this week, amongst others, I'll have tracks from Bix Beiderbecke, Wardell Gray, Wingy Manone and Blossom Dearie to get through, plus two tracks released last month from John Geel (aka Giovanni Blue) and Pat Girondi.

'The Opener' is the title of a 1957 album by tromboneist Curtis Fuller which is 'Album of the Month' and I'll be telling you all about a new theme starting next Sunday, which I'm calling 'The Norman Granz Season' which recognises the 'Jazz at the Philharmonic' tours that took place between 1944 and 1983 and featured some of the 'very best in the business'

So, for all that and much, much more, please join me here on Longside Radio on Sunday evening from 9pm.

Have a great weekend!!

Alun
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3 weeks ago

Hello. It's 'The Jazz Man' here. As a precursor to a new theme on my 'Jazz Hour' programme on Sunday evenings, I'm trying to make contact with anyone who may have attended or knows of someone who may have attended a concert 'Jazz at the Philharmonic', at either the Birmingham Town Hall or Birmingham Odeon somewhere during the period 1958 to 1960, as arranged by Norman Granz. If you have such information,then I'd love to hear from you by email please to alun@longsideradio.co.uk.

Thank you!

Alun
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Longside Radio - Where Variety Matters

3 weeks ago

Hello. On 'The Jazz Hour' for this week, I'll have tracks from Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt and 'The Temperence Seven' to get through, plus the start of a new 'Album of the Month' featuring trombonist Curtis Fuller.

This weeks 'Back to Back' features a couple of tracks from the delightful vocalist Sue Holliday and I'll be remembering pianist Keith Nicholls, a favourite of many a jazz festival here in the UK, who sadly passed away in January.

So, for much, much more of the same, I do hope you'll join me from 9pm on Sunday evening here on Longside Radio.

Have a great weekend!!

Alun
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Martley Village Show

Upton Jazz Festival!!

Alun and Tony St John live at Upton Jazz Festival

We seem to have built a studio!

(Android) Longside Radio app v1.1 released!

Louie Louie AY YA YA YA YEAH!

Suddenly a wild studio appears!

Longside Radio Android App now available!

Order! Order! and a bit of rotten luck

Progress!