After over a year with no jazz at Hedsor, or very many other places come to that, there is little to report back on.

I’m sure by now you have found your own routes to jazz past, YouTube being one great way, perhaps less good since they have upped the advertising breaks on my links.

However there are others still to investigate.

The BBC doesn’t produce a lot of jazz on TV, but by Radio (steam or otherwise!) they do have a lot going on. I have investigated this these past months via their Sound app. Do look at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-jazzandblues-jazz?sort=popular

I have enjoyed the jazz programs from Northern Island https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05mpjy4, and some of the previously broadcast Jamie Cullum programs from Radio 2. 

One of the great advantages of these Sounds repeats is that, via your iPhone or tablet, you can turn them on and off and listen when it suits you.

One of the drawbacks if you are used to listening to Radio via a Hi Fi system is that via a tablet or phone the default method is either very tinny using the in built speakers or less tinny via headphones, neither of which are a really comfortable substitute for sitting in front of your Hi Fi in your favourite chair. However, if you haven’t invested in a streaming radio system for your amp and speakers, you can, for around £20 add in a Bluetooth connector.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Adapter-Streaming-Wireless-Speakers/dp/B016NUTG5K/ref=asc_df_B016NUTG5K/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=394366101554&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16433790698445488158&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006906&hvtargid=pla-523770557921&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=87233666332&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=394366101554&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16433790698445488158&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006906&hvtargid=pla-523770557921

Yes, a long link, but just follow the picture clues!

If you connect the adaptor to a line in input on your amplifier and a power source, you can connect your phone or tablet via a Bluetooth wireless link to your Hi Fi. The above adaptor comes with all the necessary instructions on how to do this.

Another music link I have only just recently discovered comes courtesy of Tony Lee and Google. 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_4h4o5gAuTOTEdVdzJXSmI2M1E

Here you can discover some jazz past from the likes of Lennie Best, Dick Morrisey and Terry Smith to mention just 3. There are hours of music for you to get your ears round recorded way back in the 1970’s. They are live gig recordings, many from The Bull's Head at Barnes. Download the tracks via Google or store in your personal Google Drive cloud. I would recommend downloading and playing back the files from your phone, tablet or laptop as running everything in real time could lead to musical hiccups!

Here is one last idea from me today via an email and another link to live jazz that is coming to you tomorrow and it comes from Vasilis

 

 

Dear Friends, Thanks so much for joining us last month for the music of Harold Arlen! Next Friday April 23d at 8pm will be the final live-streaming gig of Paul Edis and myself, hoping that from May onwards we'll be able to start gigging again in public (following all the restrictions of course). For this month we have selected a series of songs that have all been influenced by the beauty of Springtime, such as Spring can really Hang You Up the Most, Spring is Here, April in Paris and a few more that we both think you'll recognise. Tickets will be available again from Paul's website at  https://www.pauledis.co.uk/store/spring-is-here-vasilis-xenopoulos-and-paul-edis-live We hope you can join us on the day! Many thanks,  Vasilis