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Simon Whiteside and Nicholas Tomalin
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Nick Tomalin snd Simon Whiteside host a variety of podcasts about jazz .From the short vignettes of two pianist, five minutes, one podcast through to the Two pianist, Five Podcasts, One subject and in depth look at the life work and piano stylings of single pianists. So far Sonny Clark and Kenny Drew have been covered.

  1. 2D AGO

    2-5m-1-S3E20 The Horn John Clellon Holmes -JBR

    one of our jazz book reviews podcasts about the  Novel The Horn by John Clellon Holmes-born 12th March 1926 Studied at various places Columbia 1943 and post Draft on GI bill and the New School 1949 where he met Jack Kerouac  And remained a life long friend First Novel published as GO a fictional book based on real characters and considered the first beat novel The Horn was his second novel and again contains many barely disguised characters  The Protagonist  the fictional Tenor Colossus Edgar Pool is know as  “ The Horn” a jazz Legend who took jazz from Swing to Bebop  his trajectory, skill and invention.  makes him a revered Alpha Male.  The book takes place on the evening of The Horn’s final day as he stumbles through New York after being outplayed [ allegedly for the first time] by a young sax player. As his friends and lovers search for him they reminisce about his life  It is a classic pean to the talented jazzer who slowly self destructs through drink drugs and sex  It is structured in an attempt to mimic jazz performance practices of the 1940s  Chaptesr are called Choruses or riffs In the chorus chapters Holmes defines his key characters who talk about "The Horn"  The riff chapters advance the present day the narrative of his final night The prose itself is dense, rhythmic, and lyrical, with long, flowing sentences that evoke the complexity  and intensity of jazz phrasing, as words are deployed like notes in an extended solo

    5 min

  2. APR 15

    2-5m-1-S3E19 Jazz and Traditional notation

    we discuss the issue of notating jazz in traditional western music notation in this episode

    5 min

  3. APR 1

    2-5m-1-S3E18 Stella By Starlight TWL

    We discusss  "Stella by Starlight"  a popular jazz standard with music by Victor Young that was drawn from thematic material composed for the main title and soundtrack of the 1944 Paramount Pictures film The Uninvited. Appearing in the film's underscore as well as in source music as an instrumental theme song without lyrics, it was turned over to Ned Washington, who wrote the lyrics for it in 1946. At one point in the film, the main character, Rick (Ray Milland) tells Stella (Gail Russell) that he is playing a serenade, "To Stella by Starlight". an Apple Music playlist is here

    5 min

  4. MAR 15

    2-5m-1-S3E17-Eddie Costa-URP

    in this episode we discus the pianist and vibraphonist Eddie Costa

    5 min

  5. MAR 8

    2-5m-1-S3E16 2-5-1-special The 21026 Jazz grammy awards

    in this episode we discuss the winners of the jazz categories of the grammy awards 2026 Large ensemble-christian McBrideBest Jazz Vocal Album-Portriat Samara JoyBest Jazz instrumental album -Soouthern Nights Sullivan FortnerBest Alternative Jazz Album-LIVE-ACTION-Nate SmithBest Latin Jazz -A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveirobest Live album Windows – Live – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade  Simon's Apple Music Playlist Here

    38 min

  6. MAR 1

    2-5m-1-S3E15-Alan Plater

    In this episode we discuss the writer and dramatist Alan Plater and his connection to jazz.

    5 min

  7. FEB 15

    2-5m-1-S3E14-Tunes we love and why-Softly

    We are starting a new strand to the ever expanding tapestry of 2-5-1 : Tunes we love and why. The first of these is on the song Softly as in a Morning Sunrise by Sigmund Romberg a 32 bar  AABA format tune, often in C minor, that has become a favourite amongst musicians. Here is an Apple Music play list which is only the tip of the iceberg [or should that be Romburg?]

  8. FEB 1

    2-5m-1-S3E13-Jazz Casual

    Nick leads the discussion on the TV jazz show Jazz Casual. Most episodes are available on YouTube  Wikipedia describes it thus "Jazz Casual was an occasional series on jazz music on National Educational Television (NET), the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The show was produced by Richard Moore and KQED of San Francisco, California. Episodes ran for 30 minutes. It ran from 1961 to 1968 and was hosted by jazz critic Ralph Gleason. The series had a pilot program in 1960. That episode, however, has been destroyed. 31 episodes were broadcast; 28 episodes survive. Most episodes included short interviews with the group leaders"

    5 min
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Nick Tomalin snd Simon Whiteside host a variety of podcasts about jazz .From the short vignettes of two pianist, five minutes, one podcast through to the Two pianist, Five Podcasts, One subject and in depth look at the life work and piano stylings of single pianists. So far Sonny Clark and Kenny Drew have been covered.

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  • Creator
    Simon Whiteside and Nicholas Tomalin
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    146
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Simon Whiteside and Nicholas Tomalin