Programme Schedul
i) The main elements of the programme schedule should be outlined in terms of content, duration and proposed hours of broadcasting, together with an indication of any developments anticipated and the timing of their introduction.
Jazz FM's will broadcast a continuous 24-hour service to the people of Dublin.
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Jazz FM's Weekday Programme Schedule |
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MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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6.00 |
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7.00 |
TOAST |
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8.00 |
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9.00 |
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10.00 |
Jazz
Brunch
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11.00 |
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12.00 |
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1.00 |
Take
Five
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2.00 |
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3.00 |
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4.00 |
Movin'
The Jazz FM's Drive Show |
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5.00 |
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6.00 |
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7.00 |
Sports |
Murray & Mackey |
Sports |
Documentary |
Jazz FM's |
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8.00 |
Cool |
Jazz |
Mundo |
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9.00 |
Latino |
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10.00 |
Cutting |
Melanie |
Dark End of |
Blues in |
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11.00 |
Edge |
O'Reilly |
The Street |
The Night |
Funky |
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12.00 |
Groove |
Reggae |
Lounge |
Black |
Friday |
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1.00 |
Connection |
Vibes |
Lizzard |
Magic |
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2.00 |
Overnight
Music
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3.00 |
Chill |
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4.00 |
Out |
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5.00 |
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Jazz FM's Weekend Programme Schedule |
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SATURDAY |
SUNDAY |
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6.00 |
Overnight
Music
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7.00 |
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8.00 |
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The Ten |
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9.00 |
Jazz FM's |
Commandments |
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10.00 |
Saturday Morning |
Jazz FM's |
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11.00 |
Lie In |
Easy like |
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12.00 |
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Sunday Morning |
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1.00 |
Jazz FM's |
Jazz FM's |
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2.00 |
Phone In |
Jazz |
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3.00 |
Request Show |
Chart |
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4.00 |
Latin |
Show |
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5.00 |
Chart |
Jazz FM's |
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6.00 |
Show |
World |
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7.00 |
Jazz Set with |
Jazz |
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8.00 |
Branford Marsalis |
Beale Street |
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9.00 |
Jazz Profiles |
Caravan |
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10.00 |
With Nancy Wilson |
Jazz FM's |
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11.00 |
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Late Night |
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12.00 |
Club |
Love |
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1.00 |
Jazz |
Jazz Profiles |
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2.00 |
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With Nancy Wilson |
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3.00 |
Overnight
Music
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4.00 |
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5.00 |
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Jazz FM's will cater for both the jazz aficionado and generalist alike in its output. Our aim is to play the music that our audience loves, to reinforce their choice and give them reasons to keep on listening. The weekday output tends to be wide ranging in its scope, playing an eclectic mix of all jazz genres, soul, R&B and Blues. The tempo and approach varies across the day, uptempo in the morning, winding down in the afternoon and evening to relax the listener on their journey home and enhance quality time in the evening.
Weekdays
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6am 10am |
“TOAST” The Jazz FM's Breakfast Show |
The perfect mix of jazz and soul for the early mornings. The presenter will have a strong, warm, personality and a relaxed and friendly manner. The presenter will aim at a sophisticated audience who enjoy the music we play. There will be news headlines every 20 minutes and there will be constant traffic and weather updates. The programme will also contain sports headlines and business news with music and showbuisness stories too. This will be a show no one will want to miss. |
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10am 1pm |
Jazz Brunch |
A combination of more relaxed music and interviews. Our presenter will chat with showbusiness personalities and news makers and ask the questions you want answered. There will be INN news and sport on the hour and Inside Edition, a 15-minute news review at 12.30 produced and presented by our own news team. |
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1pm 4pm |
Take Five |
This is where our listeners take over. They phone a dedicated line, leave a voice request and we play the request back and play their choice of music. Listeners can also e-mail or write to our presenter and enter our competitions. There will be INN news on the hour, every hour. |
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4pm 7pm |
Movin' The Jazz FM's Drivetime Show |
The music moves up-tempo again to help our listeners cope with Dublin traffic. Presentation style will be warm and humorous. Our own news team will produce news every 20 minutes to complement the main INN bulletins on the hour, and at 6.30 Inside Edition will provide a comprehensive insight into today's news stories. With constant travel and weather information this show will be essential listening for everyone on their way home from work. |
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7pm 8pm |
Talk |
In this time slot we will feature everything from sports programmes to our exclusive documentaries about music. Monday and Wednesday are dedicated to Sports with guests in the studios providing insight into the stories of the week and telling their stories and anecdotes about life in sport. Tuesday evening will be presented by Paddy Murray and Liam Mackey, reprising the award winning Today FM show “The Murray and Mackey Show”, and discussing life the universe and everything in their own inimitable style. Thursday sees Jazz FM's broadcasting award-winning documentaries detailing the incredible history of the music that is core to our broadcasting philosophy. |
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8pm 10pm |
Cool Jazz |
Smooth sounds to help you unwind in the evenings featuring a mix of classic jazz and some of the very latest sounds. |
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10pm 2am |
Roots |
Our
wide range of special interest music programmes: |
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2am 6am |
Music |
Automated overnight music presenting a broad cross section of our playlists. |
Jazz FM's will use the weekend to indulge the tastes of its listeners more widely, with specialist and review programming that informs on the jazz scene both local and in the USA. The listener has more time and is hungry for their particular favourite jazz show. We will have shows covering the full spectrum. A feature will be Irish jazz, where Irish musicians will be interviewed and tracks played from their albums.
Saturday
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8am 1pm |
Saturday Lie In |
Smooth sounds to help you start the weekend |
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1pm 4pm |
Phone In Request Show |
Leave your request on our answering machine and we'll play it on this show. |
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4pm 7pm |
Latin Chart Show |
Music from Latin America. |
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7pm 9pm |
Branford Marsalis |
Exclusive to Jazz FM's, the Jazz great will present this special programme featuring live music and interviews |
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9pm 11pm |
Jazz Profiles |
Jazz legend Nancy Wilson chats to other giants of Jazz and plays their music. |
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11pm 3am |
Club Jazz |
Party the night away in the company of our presenter and some of the best dance floor jazz grooves ever recorded |
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3am 8pm |
Music |
Automated overnight music presenting a broad cross section of our playlists. |
Sunday
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7am 9am |
The Ten Commandments |
All the way from Memphis, two hours of heavenly gospel music from the giants of the past to the greats of today |
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9am 1pm |
Easy |
Smooth jazz to get Sunday underway. |
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1pm 5pm |
Jazz Chart Show |
The sounds that are making the charts in Jazz, Soul, Blues and R&B in the USA. |
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5pm 7pm |
World Jazz |
Jazz sounds from Africa and Latin America |
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7pm 9pm |
Beale Street Caravan |
Blues from Memphis |
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9pm 1pm |
Late Night Love |
Jazz is for Lovers and here is our chance to play all those romantic sounds from Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald and the great song stylists. |
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1pm 3pm |
Jazz Profiles |
Another chance to hear our exclusive programme hosted by Nancy Wilson. |
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3pm 6am |
Music |
Automated overnight music presenting a broad cross section of our playlists. |
(a) Programme Policy Statement
Music to Speech Ratio
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Daytime (06.00-19.00) Minimum % |
Daytime Maximum % |
(19.00-06.00) Minimum % |
Non-Daytime Maximum % |
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Weekday |
25 |
35 |
15 |
25 |
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Saturday |
20 |
30 |
10 |
25 |
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Sunday |
20 |
30 |
10 |
25 |
Percentage of speech programming
proposed to be devoted to news and current affairs
We intend to comply with the current
regulatory 2 hours of news and current affairs programming between the hours
of 7am and 7pm, and 20% throughout the day. The following is a breakdown of
our news schedules
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Weekends/Holidays
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Time |
Provider |
Time Duration (aprox) |
Provider |
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0600 3' |
INN |
0600 3' |
INN |
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0630 2' |
Jazz FM's |
0700 3' |
INN |
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0700 4' |
INN |
0800 3' |
INN |
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0720 1' |
Jazz FM's |
0900 3' |
INN |
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0740 1' |
Jazz FM's |
1000 3' |
INN |
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0800 4' |
INN |
1100 3' |
INN |
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0820 1' |
Jazz FM's |
1200 3' |
INN |
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0840 1' |
Jazz FM's |
1300 3' |
INN |
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0900 4' |
INN |
1400 3' |
INN |
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0930 1' |
Jazz FM's |
1500 3' |
INN |
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1000 3' |
INN |
1600 3' |
INN |
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1100 3' |
INN |
1700 3' |
INN |
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1200 3' |
INN |
1800 3' |
INN |
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1230 15' |
Jazz FM's |
1900 3' |
INN |
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1300 3' |
INN |
2000 3' |
INN |
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1400 3' |
INN |
2100 3' |
INN |
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1500 3' |
INN |
2200 3' |
INN |
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1600 3' |
INN |
0000 3' |
INN |
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1700 3' |
INN |
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1720 1' |
Jazz FM's |
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1740 1' |
Jazz FM's |
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1800 4' |
INN |
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1830 15' |
Jazz FM's |
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1900 3' |
INN |
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2000 3' |
INN |
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2100 3' |
INN |
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2200 3' |
INN |
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2300 3' |
INN |
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0000 3' |
INN |
National, international and local news coverage
The role of the news and information service on Jazz FM's is to ensure that in selecting us as their music station of preference, our listeners do not miss out on key stories affecting their lives. We must always keep our audience in touch, but without losing our primary function as a music station. We aim for Jazz FM's to be the first choice station of our listeners. We do not want them to be forced to switch stations for up-to-date and relevant news.
In planning our news service, we will create a partnership which brings together
Striking the right balance in our news bulletins between national, international and local news is critical, and only a dedicated team of radio news professionals, based at Jazz FM's can do this. They will ensure that, by the time they come to air, our bulletins will be:
Current affairs coverage
Jazz FM's is aware that Dublin people are among the biggest consumers of media in the world. In keeping with our policy on news, we also want listeners to feel that Jazz FM's will provide them with expert comment and analysis on issues that affect their lives. We therefore intend broadcasting two 15-minute current affairs programmes daily called Inside Edition produced and presented by our own news team to offer comment on issues that affect life in Dublin.
sports coverage
Jazz FM's understands the key role sports plays in the life of almost every Dubliner. We intend to reflect this passion by not only broadcasting regular sports bulletins, but also by providing two dedicated sports programmes on a Monday and Wednesday evening covering all aspects of sport in Dublin, and issues abroad that are of interest to a Dublin audience.
Music policy of the station and details of the range and type of music programming proposedAlthough Jazz FM's's music is unambiguously distinctive, it is not only a station for people who would describe themselves as jazz fans. We assume no specialist knowledge from our listener and we do not attempt to educate them. Our experience shows, and our research confirms, that our audience is a wide group of listeners who simply enjoy good music. They clearly state that they don't want the repetitive or beat-driven selection of other music stations.
Jazz FM's daytime mix focuses predominantly on jazz and soul, complemented by blues and R&B. The station also features a range of themed and specialist programmes in these and related areas.
Jazz FM's exists to complement rather than duplicate existing commercial radio stations. A maximum of one in five songs played on the station, averaged over any three-hour period, may have featured in the Top 40 UK Singles Chart - this is a maximum and not a norm. Any chart material featured must fall broadly within the station's core genres of jazz, soul, blues and R&B.
Jazz FM's music falls within four policies:
Our daytime mix is carefully constructed to attract a general audience. Contemporary jazz accounts for two thirds or more of this policy with a sound that is mellow, stylish and sophisticated. Typical artists include Dianne Reeves, Grover Washington Jr., Diana Krall and Bob James. Complementing this, the remaining one-third of our daytime music comprising mainly soul together with other jazz influences such as blues and R&B. The function of these categories is primarily to add variety of texture and pace while maintaining the jazz mood. Within these categories we also play a light sprinkling of more familiar songs - mainly classic soul - at a rate of about one an hour.
The total number of active tracks for our daytime jazz and soul output will be between 700 and 800, with monthly reviews to keep the music fresh. Our most frequently played songs - current jazz tracks - will receive at least six hours title separation, while our least played tracks will be played at intervals of up to three weeks
Jazz FM's will be sensitive to the needs of the Irish music industry and will integrate music by Irish artists throughout its playlists.
Music research informs our choice of tracks and complements the creative instinct and flair of our programmers. Regular “in-house” music research - including cassettes of music sent to the homes of listeners and potential listeners will yield actionable results, significantly improving time spent listening to the station, and helping to convert new listeners sampling the station in response to our heavyweight promotional activity.
Cool Jazz blends music from across the entire range of the Jazz FM's repertoire. The music here will be selected by hand, drawing from both the presenter's own CD collection and the music in our library assembled. We would estimate this would add around 4000 tracks to the active playlist.
Finally, specialist programming is a key Jazz FM's commitment, bringing a further layer of depth, variety and distinctiveness to the station. Our schedule includes jazz funk, Irish jazz, cutting edge new jazz, traditional jazz, blues, soul and Latin/salsa. We would wish to retain flexibility to introduce additional specialist output during the licence period, and to review the initial balance of shows in the light of audience reaction.
As indicated under Jazz FM's presentation style will be informative, intelligent, and entertaining, conveying our passion for the music in an understated but warm fashion. We do not play more than two records without intervening presentation during the Breakfast Show and the Drivetime programme. At other times there may be up to four records in a row, but more typically three.
Sample music playlist
Daytime Shows
As indicated above, our choice of music during the daytime features accessible contemporary jazz blended with other jazz-influenced music such as soul, blues, and R & B in a typical 60:40 jazz/others ratios.|
Music type |
Illustrative tracks |
Artist |
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New Jazz |
Come In |
Dianne Reeves |
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Vocal |
Tupelo Honey |
Cassandra Wilson |
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(from the |
Holding Back The Years |
Jimmy Scott |
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last 15 years) |
Soul food |
Manhattan Transfer |
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New Jazz |
Midnight in Manhattan |
Peter White |
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Instrumental |
Let it flow |
Grover Washington Jnr. |
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(from the |
Together again |
Dave Koz |
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last 15 years) |
For the love of you |
Candy Dulfer |
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Contemporary |
We're in this love together |
Al Jarreau |
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Soul/R&B |
Can't take my eyes off you |
Lauryn Hill |
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(from the |
Kiss of life |
Sade |
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last 15 years) |
Gone ‘till November |
Wyclef Jean |
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Classic |
Living for the city |
Stevie Wonder |
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Soul/R&B |
May I baby |
Sam & Dave |
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Come go with me |
Staple Singers |
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(15+ years old) |
Daydreaming |
Aretha Franklin |
Classic Jazz |
Miles |
Miles Davis |
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Sunshine of your love |
Ella Fitzgerald |
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(15+ Years Old) |
Goin' out of my head |
Wes Montgomery |
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Mack the knife |
Louis Armstrong |
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Irish |
Moondance |
Van Morrison |
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(all eras) |
Double cross |
Mary Coughlan |
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Love for sale |
Hugh Buckley |
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Blues |
Simple Song |
Eric Bibb |
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(all eras) |
Hoochie coochie man |
Muddy Waters |
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The healer |
John Lee Hooker / Carlos Santana |
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Don't be afraid of the dark |
Robert Cray |
Other programmes
The Cool Jazz programme in the evening is central to our music policy, as outlined above. The following table gives examples of typical tracks.|
Programme |
Illustrative tracks |
Artist |
Cool Jazz |
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me |
Diana Krall |
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Moanin' |
Charles Mingus |
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Your Mind Is On Vacation |
Mose Allison |
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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress |
Charlie Hayden & Pat Metheny |
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Milestones |
Charles Earland |
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Blues Parat |
Snowboy |
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Sail Away |
Terry Callier |
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Until Mornin' Comes |
Wilton Fender |
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Rose Rouge |
St.Germain |
In the evenings and at weekends Jazz FM's intends exploring a wider range of jazz influenced music as illustrated below.
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Music type |
Illustrative track |
Artist |
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Blues |
Smokestack lightning |
Howlin' Wolf |
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Ain't nobody home |
B B King |
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Sinkin' blues |
Big Joe Williams |
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Boom boom |
John Lee Hooker |
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Music type |
Illustrative track |
Artist |
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New Jazz |
Man with the Golden Arms |
Terence Blanchard |
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Come In |
Dianne Reeves |
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Calypso |
Lynne Arriale |
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Confirmation |
Ronan Gilfoyle |
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Music type |
Illustrative track |
Artist |
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World Jazz |
Soweto |
Smooth Africa |
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Cafe Carnival |
Craig Chaquito |
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Samba Pa Ti |
Ottmar Leibert |
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Petals on the Path |
Night Ark |
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Music type |
Illustrative track |
Artist |
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Latin |
Come with me |
Tania Maria |
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Be-bop |
Tito Puente |
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Cookie |
Mongo Santamaria |
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Mas que nada |
Sergio Mendes |
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Music type |
Illustrative track |
Artist |
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Soul |
My favourite person |
O'Jays |
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Superstar |
Luther Vandross |
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School Days |
Al Green |
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Dark End of the Street |
James Carr |
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Music type |
Illustrative track |
Artist |
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Cutting Edge |
I've Known Rivers |
Courtney Pine |
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New Jazz |
Pienso en ti |
Masters At Work |
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Seasons Change |
Sylk 130 |
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Channel One Suite |
The Cinematic Orchestra |
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Music type |
Illustrative track |
Artist |
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Chillout |
He Is The Joy |
Donna Allen |
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Nowhere |
Santessa |
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S. Tone Inc |
Ainda Sonhar |
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Groove Armada |
Dusk You and Me |
We are happy to commit to the full extent of our specialist output in a Format or Programme Policy Statement, but we would wish to retain some flexibility in future years.