2-5-1 Podcast
1) 2-5m-1-S3E4-Jazz Ken Burns
Send us a text Jazz is a multi hour multi episode documentary about the genesis and progression of Jazz in America by Ken Burns Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American filmmaker known for his documentary ...Show More
2) 2-5m-1-S3E3-Montuno
Send us a text One of our practical episodes, Simon and Nick discuss the Montuno. a rhythmic ostinato common in Mambo and Salsa. Check our website as we sometimes make blog Posts about the subjects we...Show More
3) 2-5m-1-S3E2-Peruchin
Send us a text Pedro JĂşstiz was born in Banes, HolguĂn, on January 31, 1913 into a family of local musicians. Taught by his mother since 1923, he soon learned to play the piano and joined the family b...Show More
4) 2-5m-1-S3E1-Mambo Kings play songs of love
Send us a text The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Oscar Hijuelos, published in 1989. It tells the story of two Cuban brothers, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immi...Show More
5) 2-5m-1-S2E52-Outros-endings
Send us a text To round off this Series we talk about Ours and endings. The way jazz players stop a tune. thanks for Listening and look out for series 3! Perhaps you will hear the ending and intro o...Show More
6) 2-5m-1-S2E51-So you make it all up right?
Send us a text In this episode Simon and Nick talk about the common conception and mis conceptions- of how jazz happens. We actually made this episode up of the cuff....How very meta! This is our web...Show More
7) 2-5m-1-S2E50-What is a Chord Symbol?
Send us a text This is one of our more technical episodes where we try to demystify the way jazz musicians make the music by the end of this episode you may even know what Cm7b5 means in musical terms...Show More
8) 2-5m-1-S2E49-Jazz Versions of pop tunes
Send us a text Jazz has always taken popular tunes as a starting point. Some of the most famous jazz originals like Ornithology are new tunes on old chords sometimes called contrafacts. In this episo...Show More
9) 2-5m-1-S2E48-URP-Terry Pollard
Send us a text Watch Terry Pollard with Terry Gibbs here Terry Pollard (August 15, 1931 – December 16, 2009) was an American jazz pianist and vibraphonist active in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s...Show More
10) 2-5m-1-S2E47-Book Review-You Can't Steal a Gift
Send us a text You can't steal a gift a book review You Can't Steal a Gift. Frederick Eugene John Lees (February 8, 1928 – April 22, 2010) was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journa...Show More